Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Thiago ends drought as Liverpool down Porto

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LIVERPOOL: Jurgen Klopp saluted Liverpool’s understudies after they dented Porto’s bid to qualify for the Champions League last 16 as Thiago Alcantara’s first goal since May inspired a 2-0 win on Wednesday. Klopp’s side had already booked their place in the knockout stages as Group B winners, but they did not rest on their laurels … Read more

Late Milan winner stuns Atletico and throws qualification race wide open

Atletico

MADRID: Atletico Madrid’s chances of reaching the Champions League last 16 were dealt a hammer blow on Wednesday after a 1-0 defeat by AC Milan left them needing to win at Porto in their final game in Group B. A scrappy contest at the Wanda Metropolitano looked set to end goalless until Milan substitute Junior Messias headed home a … Read more

Man City secures top spot, PSG through to knockout stages despite defeat

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MANCHESTER: Paris Saint-Germain face a potentially hazardous draw in the last 16 of the Champions League after Manchester City secured the top spot in Group A with a 2-1 win over the star-studded French side on Wednesday. Kylian Mbappe put PSG in front against the run of play at the Etihad five minutes into the second half. … Read more

RB Leipzig’s Marsch, Gulacsi test positive for Covid

RB Leipzig's Marsch, Gulacsi test positive for Covid

RB Leipzig’s American head coach Jesse Marsch and captain Peter Gulacsi will both miss Wednesday’s Champions League match at Brugge after testing positive for Covid-19. The absence of goalkeeper Gulacsi is a further blow to Leipzig in Belgium with forwards Yussuf Poulsen and Dani Olmo already sidelined by injury. With Marsch also out, assistant coach … Read more

Dortmund without Haaland and Hummels in Lisbon showdown

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BERLIN: Borussia Dortmund will be without both Mats Hummels and Erling Haaland when they head to Portugal for Wednesday’s potential Champions League Group C decider against Sporting Lisbon. Level on points with two games to play in the group stage, Sporting and Dortmund meet on Wednesday in a clash which could decide which of them … Read more

Tuchel says Chelsea owner Abramovich ‘in love with the game’

Thomas Tuchel

Thomas Tuchel has praised Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich for being “in love” with football ahead of the title-holders Champions League match against Juventus. Abramovich, a Russian billionaire, was in London to host Israeli president Isaac Herzog at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and may stay on to see Chelsea at home against Italian giants Juventus on … Read more

Quarantined quintet give Bayern a Champions League headache

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BERLIN: Bayern Munich must do without five quarantined stars, including Joshua Kimmich, in the Champions League as the absent midfield dynamo fuels debate in Germany after refusing to be vaccinated against Covid. The Bavarian giants are already guaranteed a last 16 place as Group E winners ahead of Tuesday’s match at bottom side Dynamo Kyiv. However, … Read more

History on line as unprecedented fourth AFC Champions League crown beckons

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HONG KONG: Al Hilal face Pohang Steelers in the AFC Champions League final in Riyadh on Tuesday with both teams looking to be the first to lift Asian club football’s biggest prize four times. But South Korea’s Steelers will have to overcome fervent home support with an expected 68,000 Al Hilal fans packing out the … Read more

Zinedine Zidane shows no interest in becoming Man Utd’s new manager

Zidane

Manchester United has approached Zinedine Zidane about taking over as manager, but according to sources close to the former Real Madrid manager, he is not interested in going to Old Trafford at this time. United fired Ole Gunnar Soskjaer on Sunday following a 4-1 loss to Watford on Saturday. Zidane’s second stint as a Real … Read more

Griezmann cleared to face Milan after Atletico appeal

Griezmann cleared to face Milan after Atletico appeal

Antoine Griezmann will be available to play against AC Milan in the Champions League on Wednesday after Atletico Madrid successfully appealed his two-match suspension. Griezmann’s ban by UEFA has been reduced to one game, which has already been served after the Frenchman missed Atletico’s 2-0 defeat by Liverpool at Anfield on November 3. “The appeal … Read more

Sheriff stun Real Madrid with unlikely victory at Bernabeu

Sheriff stun Real Madrid with unlikely victory at Bernabeu

MADRID: Sheriff Tiraspol pulled off one of the biggest upsets in Champions League history on Tuesday by beating Real Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu, with Sebastien Thill smashing a stunning 89th-minute winner. Madrid fell behind to Jasurbek Yakhshiboev’s header in the first half but Karim Benzema s penalty appeared to have spared the blushes … Read more

In separatist Transnistria, Sheriff calls the shots

In separatist Transnistria, Sheriff calls the shots

TIRASPOL: This year’s Champions League features an improbable upstart: FC Sheriff, a club run by an eponymous company built on murky money in a pro-Russian separatist enclave of Europe’s poorest country, Moldova. The would-be state, which harkens back to its Soviet past with a towering Lenin statue in the center of its administrative hub, Tiraspol, … Read more

Premier League: Chelsea wins 3-0 as Palace collapses at the Bridge

Premier League: Chelsea wins 3-0 as Palace collapse at the Bridge

On the opening weekend of the Premier League, Chelsea wins by 3-0 over Crystal Palace as the European champions started off with outstanding performance. Spanish left-back Marcos Alonso of Chelsea availed the free-kick opportunity and bumped up the score to 1-0 on the 27th minute. After a while, just five minutes before half-time, US forward … Read more

Messi Says Dream to Lead PSG to Champions League Glory

Messi Says Dream to lead PSG to Champions League Glory

Lionel Messi said on Wednesday that he is happy to have signed for French club Paris Saint Germain (PSG). He further added that he was ready to lead the club to their first-ever Champions League title. “That’s why I am here. It’s an ambitious club,” Messi told a news conference. “You can see they’re ready … Read more

Neymar Jr. set to extends PSG contract until 2025

Neymar Jr. Set To Extend PSG Contract

Brazil striker Neymar will extend his contract on Saturday with Paris St Germain by four years until 2025 Neymar, 29, joined PSG in 2017 from Barcelona for a record transfer fee of 222 million euros. Neymar said he wanted to leave PSG in 2019 amid reports he wanted to return to Barcelona but eventually stayed … Read more

European Super League: UEFA threatens clubs and players with ban

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The Union of European Football Association (UEFA) on Monday has threatened clubs and players for joining the separate Super League could face a ban from all of its competitions and the World Cup as it blasted a “disgraceful and self-serving proposal”. As per JP Morgan, he is financing the new league, which includes clubs such … Read more

Real Madrid, Man City, Chelsea likely to be banned from Champions League

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On Monday, UEFA executive committee member Jesper Moller said that clubs Real Madrid, Manchester City, and Chelsea are likely to be banned from this season’s Champions League semi-finals.

“The clubs must go, and I expect that to happen on Friday. Then we have to find out how to finish (this season’s) Champions League tournament,” said Moller.

“There is an extraordinary executive committee meeting on Friday,” he added.

Moller’s comments came just after UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said he wanted to ban all the rebel clubs from the Champions League.

“We’re still assessing with our legal team but we will take all the sanctions that we can and we will inform you as soon we can,” he said. “My opinion is that as soon as possible they have to be banned from all our competitions and the players from all our competitions,” Ceferin added.

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UEFA Champions league 2021: Quarter-final and semi-final draws

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The matches will be played on April 6 and 7, whereas the return matches will be played on April 13 and 14. The final will be held on May 29 in Istanbul Turkey. Semi-final dates: First leg: April 27/28 Second leg: May 4/5 Real Madrid vs Liverpool in between El Clasico First leg: Real Madrid … Read more

Manchester City beat Everton & takes lead with 10 points

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Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti said he supposes Manchester City to cruise to the Premier League title after Pep Guardiola’s men opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the table with a 3-1 win at Goodison Park. Carlo Ancelotti said in his statement that, “It is really difficult to say another name at this … Read more

Never considered Lionel Messi as rival says Ronaldo

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Cristiano Ronaldo, one of the most famous players in world football, says that he has never considered Lionel Messi as his rival. According to the details, the captain of the Portuguese football team and the star footballer who represents the football club Juventus, Cristiano Ronaldo has said that he has never considered Lionel Messi as … Read more

UEFA initial draw for Qatar 2022 will be streamed live

UEFA initial draw for Qatar 2022 will be streamed live

UEFA initial draw to be held in Zurich on 7 December at 18:00 CET. The event will be streamed live on FIFA.com and FIFA on YouTube 13 out of 55 UEFA member associations to qualify for FIFA World Cup 2022. As per reports, the teams drawn will be owed to a group in alphabetical order, … Read more

Lionel Messi marks another milestone

Barcelona Captain

Mats Hummels had high praise for Lionel Messi, who inspired Barcelona’s 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday. Mats Hummels said Lionel Messi is the best footballer he has ever seen after the Barcelona superstar ran Borussia Dortmund ragged in the Champions League. Messi scored once and assisted two others as Barca eased past Dortmund … Read more

4 goals in 15 minutes

Lewandowski makes tremendous history with 4 goals in 15 minutes

Robert Lewandowski made Champions League history with four goals in 15 minutes as managerless Bayern Munich romped to a 6-0 win at Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday. It was the fastest four-goal haul in the competition’s history and makes Lewandowski the top scorer in Europe this season with 10 goals in five games. He also … Read more