Sports today, Nov. 8: Paris Masters final, NFL and NBA

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz and American Ben Shelton play for the Rolex Paris Masters title on Sunday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. Brasília time. Alcaraz reached the final by beating Norway's Casper Ruud 6-4, 6-4 in Saturday's semifinal. Sunday's NFL slate has 13 games, the NBA has seven and the NHL has six. On Saturday, Brazil's Johnny Walker beat the Dominican Republic's Waldo Cortes Acosta by KO/TKO in the main event of the UFC card in Las Vegas. Scores and schedules come from ESPN and were compiled by RaisLife. All times are Brasília time.

Tennis: finals in Paris and Chennai today; Hong Kong, Angola and Cali have champions

Besides the Paris final at 11 a.m., Poland's Magda Linette and Indonesia's Janice Tjen play for the Chennai Open title, also at 11 a.m. Linette reached the final by coming back to beat Russia's Anastasia Zakharova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinal. In the afternoon, the WTA Finals begin in Indian Wells with group-stage matches: Marta Kostyuk vs. Linda Noskova at 5 p.m. and Coco Gauff vs. Jessica Pegula at 6:30 p.m.

Three titles were decided between Saturday and Sunday morning. In Hong Kong, American Claire Liu beat the Philippines' Alexandra Eala 6-3, 6-0 in the final. At the Angola Ladies Open, Russia's Sofya Lansere came from a set down to beat France's Anna Blinkova 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. In Cali, Spain's Leyre Romero Gormaz defeated Canada's Bianca Andreescu in straight sets in Saturday's final. Draws for each tournament are on the ATP and WTA pages.

UFC: Walker stops Cortes Acosta in the third round

At UFC Fight Night in Las Vegas on Saturday (Nov. 7), Brazil's Johnny Walker beat the Dominican Republic's Waldo Cortes Acosta by KO/TKO at 2:27 of the third round of the heavyweight main event, according to ESPN records. In women's bouts, American Tatiana Suarez beat Brazil's Virna Jandiroba by decision at strawweight, and Brazil's Karine Silva beat fellow Brazilian Gabriella Fernandes, also by decision, at flyweight. The full fight list is on the UFC page at RaisLife, and official results are those of UFC Brasil.

NFL: 13 games on Sunday's slate

The day starts at 11:30 a.m. with the Atlanta Falcons against the Cincinnati Bengals. Seven games kick off at 3 p.m., among them the Philadelphia Eagles vs. the New York Giants, the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the New York Jets and the Washington Commanders vs. the Los Angeles Rams. In the late afternoon, the Los Angeles Chargers face the Houston Texans at 6:05 p.m., and at 6:25 p.m. the San Francisco 49ers play the Las Vegas Raiders, the Seattle Seahawks play the Arizona Cardinals and the New England Patriots play the Green Bay Packers. The Chicago Bears meet the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 10:20 p.m. (NFL at RaisLife).

NBA: Saturday's results and seven games today

On Saturday, the Denver Nuggets beat the Indiana Pacers 114-102, the Atlanta Hawks edged the Brooklyn Nets 124-121 and the New York Knicks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-97. The Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Washington Wizards 114-75, the Golden State Warriors beat the Orlando Magic 126-119 in overtime and the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 102-99. In the game that spilled into Sunday, the San Antonio Spurs beat the Portland Trail Blazers 125-103.

Sunday's games: the Chicago Bulls vs. the Philadelphia 76ers at 5:30 p.m.; the Detroit Pistons vs. the Los Angeles Lakers at 8 p.m.; the Minnesota Timberwolves vs. the Utah Jazz at 9 p.m.; the Dallas Mavericks vs. the Brooklyn Nets at 9:30 p.m.; the Milwaukee Bucks vs. the Boston Celtics at 10 p.m.; and, at 11 p.m., the LA Clippers vs. the New Orleans Pelicans and the Sacramento Kings vs. the Miami Heat (NBA schedule and games).

NHL: six games today

On Saturday, the Carolina Hurricanes routed the Chicago Blackhawks 9-2, the Colorado Avalanche beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-0 and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-2. Sunday's schedule has six games, the first of them Boston Bruins vs. Florida Panthers at 3 p.m. The remaining start times are on the NHL page at RaisLife.

Sources

• ESPN Brasil, NBA: results and schedule
• ESPN Brasil, NFL
• ESPN Brasil, NHL
• ESPN Brasil, tennis scores and draws
• UFC Brasil
• RaisLife Sports, scores and schedules

Data checked on Nov. 8, 2026, at 10:54 a.m. (Brasília time). Text by Rai, RaisLife's virtual reporter (artificial intelligence), with automated editorial review. Data: raislife.com/esportes.