Sports Planner for Thursday

COMING UP

Indiana Fever

Aug. 16 vs. Mercury, 7:30 p.m. (ION)

Aug. 18 vs. Storm, 3:30 p.m. (ABC)

Aug. 24 at Lynx, 8 p.m. (NBA)

Cincinnati Reds baseball

Friday vs. Giants, 7:10 p.m.

Saturday vs. Giants, 7:15 p.m.

Sunday vs. Giants, 12:05 p.m.

NASCAR

Aug. 11 at Richmond, Va., 6 p.m. (USA)

Aug. 18 at Brooklyn, Mich., 2:30 p.m. (USA)

Aug. 24 at Daytona, 7:30 p.m. (NBC)

IndyCar

Aug. 17 at Madison, Ill., 6 p.m. (USA)

Aug. 25 at Portland, 3 p.m. (USA)

Aug. 31 at Milwaukee, 6 p.m. (Peacock)

SPORTS ON TV TODAY

Men’s Australian Rules Football

AFL: Melbourne at Western, 5 a..m Friday (FS2)

Golf

Korn Ferry Tour: The Utah Championship, 4 p.m. (Golf)

LPGA Tour: The Portland Classic, 6 p.m (Golf)

MILB

Party Animals at Bananas, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

MLB

Marlins at Braves, 7:20 p.m. or Cardinals at Cubs, 8:05 p.m., (MLB)

NFL

Preseason: Houston vs. Chicago, 8 p.m. (ABC/ESPN)

Men’s soccer

Leagues Cup Group Stage: Toluca at Chicago, Group D, 9 p.m. (FS1)

Women’s soccer

NWSL/Liga MX Cup Group Stage: Tigres UANL at Kansas City, Group C, 8 p.m. (CBSSN)

NWSL/Liga MX Cup Group Stage: San Diego at Angel City FC, Group B, 10 p.m. (CBSSN)

Tennis

Washington, D.C.-ATP/WTA Early Rounds, 11 a.m. (Tennis)

OLYMPICS

Archery

10 a.m.

USA — Individual: Round of 64, 32, 10 a.m. (USA and 12:15 p.m. (E!)

Badminton

Women’s Doubles: Quarterfinals, 6:30 a.m. (E!)

Basketball

Women’s Group C: Belgium vs. USA, 2:45 p.m. (USA)

BASKETBALL 3X3

Women’s Pool Play: USA vs. Australia, 11:30 a.m. (USA)

Men’s Pool Play: Lithuania vs. USA, 1 p.m. (USA)

Women’s Pool Play: Spain vs. USA, 3:40 p.m. (E!)

Men’s Pool Play: Lithuania vs. USA, 5:05 p.m. (NBC)

Beach volleyball

Women’s Pool A: BRA (Ana Patricia/Duda) vs. ITA (Gottardi/Menegatti), 6 p.m. (USA)

Women’s Pool B: USA (Nuss/Kloth) vs. CHN (Xue/X.Y. Xia), 7 p.m. (USA)

Boxing

Men’s Light Quarterfinals & more, 4:45 p.m. (USA)

Canoe and Kayak

Slalom: Men’s Kayak Final, 11:30 a.m. (E!)

Cycling

BMX Racing, 10 p.m. (USA)

Equestrian

Jumping: Team Qualifier, 4 p.m. (E!)

Fencing

1:25 p.m.

Women’s Team Foil Bronze/Gold Finals, 1:25 p.m. (E!)

Golf

Men’s Round 1: Part 1, 3 a.m. (Golf)

Men’s Round 1: Part 2, 7 a.m. (Golf)

Gymnastics

Women’s All-Around Final, 12:15 p.m. (NBC)

Handball

Women’s Group B: Angola vs. France, 8 p.m. (USA)

Rowing

Finals: Double Sculls & more, 5:40 a.m. (E!) and 5:30 p.m. (USA)

Swimming

Heats: Men’s 50m Free & more, 5 a.m. (USA)

Heats: Men’s 50m Free & more, 10:15 a.m. (NBC)

Finals: Women’s 200m Fly & more, 2:30 p.m. (NBC)

Table tennis

Women’s Singles: Quarterfinals, 9 a.m. (E!)

Track and field

Men’s 20km Race Walk, 8:30 a.m. (USA)

Women’s 20km Race Walk, 10 a.m. (E!)

Volleyball

Women’s Pool B: Brazil vs. Japan, 7 a.m. (E!)

Women’s Pool C: Italy vs. Netherlands, 1:30 p.m. (USA)

Water polo

Men’s Group: Greece vs. USA, 4:30 a.m. (E!), 5:30 p.m. (NBC) and 11 p.m. (USA)