⚽ …do you hear crickets? The silence in the football stadiums continues as fans look forward to the next international competitions and friendlies.

Afcon qualifiers: The sixth and final round of qualifying matches for the African Cup of Nations will take place today with only one match between Libya and Equatorial Guinea at 10pm tonight.

? The US Open quarter-finals are nearly over, with the last two matches in the men’s and women’s round of eight being played today and tomorrow.

Who’s already made it through: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic and the US’ Ben Shelton have booked their spots in the men’s semi-final round, while the women’s semi-finals so far have the US’ Coco Gauff and Czechia’s Karolina Muchova lined up to compete.

Happening tonight: Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev are going head-to-head in an all-Russian match tonight at 8:15pm, while world no.1 Carlos Alcaraz-Garfia is set to hit the court at 3:15am to battle it out with Germany’s Alexander Zverev. Over in the women’s championship, China’s Qinwen Zheng will play against Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka at 7pm, and the Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova is scheduled to face off with the US’ Madison Keys at 2am.

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