diff --git a/sickbeard/name_parser/regexes.py b/sickbeard/name_parser/regexes.py
index fb1de508..38778a12 100644
--- a/sickbeard/name_parser/regexes.py
+++ b/sickbeard/name_parser/regexes.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ sports_regexs = [
      '''
      ^(?P<series_name>(UEFA|MLB|ESPN|WWE|MMA|UFC|TNA|EPL|NASCAR|NBA|NFL|NHL|NRL|PGA|SUPER LEAGUE|FORMULA|FIFA|NETBALL|MOTOGP))[. _-]+
      ((?P<sports_event_id>\d{3})[. _-]+)?
-     ((?P<sports_event_name>\w+)[. _-]+)?
+     ((?P<sports_event_name>\.+)[. _-]+)?
      (?P<sports_event_date>(\d{4}[. _-]+\d{1,2}[. _-]+\d{1,2})|(\d{1,2}\w{2}[. _-]+\w+[. _-]+\d{4}))
      [. _-]*((?P<extra_info>.+?)((?<![. _-])(?<!WEB)
      -(?P<release_group>[^- ]+))?)?$
diff --git a/sickbeard/postProcessor.py b/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
index 20aad248..ea6cacb8 100644
--- a/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
+++ b/sickbeard/postProcessor.py
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
         np = NameParser(file)
         parse_result = np.parse(name)
 
-        self._log("Parsed " + name + " into " + str(parse_result).decode('utf-8'), logger.DEBUG)
+        self._log(u"Parsed " + name + " into " + str(parse_result).decode('utf-8', 'xmlcharrefreplace'), logger.DEBUG)
 
         if parse_result.air_by_date:
             season = -1
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ class PostProcessor(object):
         # find the destination folder
         try:
             proper_path = ep_obj.proper_path()
+            test = proper_path
             proper_absolute_path = ek.ek(os.path.join, ep_obj.show.location, proper_path)
 
             dest_path = ek.ek(os.path.dirname, proper_absolute_path)
diff --git a/sickbeard/tv.py b/sickbeard/tv.py
index 77c02d4f..34153684 100644
--- a/sickbeard/tv.py
+++ b/sickbeard/tv.py
@@ -2055,10 +2055,13 @@ class TVEpisode(object):
             else:
                 pattern = sickbeard.NAMING_PATTERN
 
-        # split off the filename only, if they exist
+        # split off the dirs only, if they exist
         name_groups = re.split(r'[\\/]', pattern)
 
-        return self._format_pattern(name_groups[-1], multi)
+        if len(name_groups) == 1:
+            return ''
+        else:
+            return self._format_pattern(os.sep.join(name_groups[:-1]), multi)
 
     def rename(self):
         """