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UEFA formally postpones May’s Champions League, Europa League finals

NYON: UEFA announced on Monday that this season’s Champions League, Europa League and women’s Champions League finals scheduled for May have been formally postponed, an inevitable move with European football in total shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic...

All three competitions are currently suspended along with almost every European domestic league because of the coronavirus while UEFA last week postponed the Euro 2020...

Champions Trophy: Sri Lanka skipper doubtful for Champions Trophy opener

Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews has suffered a calf injury and may not play in their first Champions Trophy group match on Saturday, the cricket board said...

India pins hopes in new tennis league to find singles talent

MUMBAI: The franchise-based Champions Tennis League, which will begin its second season next month, will help end India's search for quality singles players, its promoter and former Davis Cupper Vijay Amritraj said...

Lazio survive missed penalty to clinch Champions League spot

ROME: Lazio bounced back from two debilitating losses and survived a storming Napoli fightback, including a missed penalty, as they won 4-2 on Sunday to finish third in Serie A and qualify for the Champions League playoff round after both teams finished with 10 men...

With Juventus and AS Roma having secured automatic entry to the Champions League, Napoli required no less than a win at the San Paolo in coach Rafael Benitez’s last game...

Man City look for long-awaited Champions League breakthrough

LONDON: With all their vast wealth and boundless ambition, Manchester City are in the perfect position to at last start punching their weight in Europe this week by reaching the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time...

In a season when City’s domestic form is starting to go off the rails — they are nine points off the lead in the Premier League, it appears the rest of this season boils down to success in the Champions...

Sterling stars as Liverpool maintain Champions League hopes

LIVERPOOL: Raheem Sterling helped Liverpool keep alive their hopes of Champions League football next season with a comfortable 2-0 Premier League victory on Monday against a Newcastle United side who finished with 10 men at Anfield...

Newcastle, who had Moussa Sissoko sent off for a second booking late on, were condemned to a fifth straight league defeat as Liverpool closed the gap on fourth-placed Manchester City to four points with...

Guangzhou into AFC Champions League semis

GUANGZHOU: Luiz Felipe Scolari guided Guangzhou Evergrande into the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, with the 2013 winners holding Kashiwa Reysol to 1-1 at home to advance 4-2 on aggregate on Tuesday...

Scolari joined the Chinese Super League champion in June after his World Cup flop on home soil with his native Brazil, replacing Fabio Cannavaro...

PSG, Benfica earn narrow first-leg leads in Champions League

LONDON: The much-maligned Edinson Cavani came off the bench to score the winner as Paris St Germain edged Chelsea 2-1 in a pulsating first leg in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday...

”In the night’s other match, in-form striker Jonas headed a dramatic injury-time winner for Benfica as the Portuguese champions beat 10-man Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon...

Champions League draw throws up intriguing reunions, tantalising matchups

HAVING created history in Cardiff just a few months ago, Real Madrid would’ve hoped for some luck in the first phase of their quest to become the first team to win three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles...

No team had been able to retain the European Cup since it was branded as the Champions League in 1992...

Real, Besiktas advance in Champions League

PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as holders Real Madrid thrashed APOEL Nicosia 6-0 in Cyprus to reach the Champions League last-16 and Tottenham Hotspur piled the misery on Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday...

And the 32-year-old, who has only scored once in eight La Liga appearances this season, scored his eighth Champions League goal this term with an excellent left-footed finish from a tight angle...

Champions League returns with Real the team to beat

LONDON: The Cham­pions League group stage starts this week with Real Madrid looking to win Europe’s top club competition for a third straight year, a feat not achieved since Bayern Munich in the 1970s...

Real welcome back four-time world player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo, who is still serving a domestic suspension, when they begin their title defence at home to Cyprus champions APOEL Nicosia on Wednesday...

PSG style, United goals, Chelsea drama in Champions League

LONDON: More routs, stunning losses and late drama made for a standout night in the Champions League on Wednesday...

Paris St Germain sent out a statement of intent as they tore apart five-time European champions Bayern Munich, and got goals from bickering forwards Edinson Cavani and Neymar in a 3-0 win that was the night’s defining performance...

Juventus rounds out mouthwatering final four in Champions League

The so-called 'Old Lady' of Turin, looking not old at all, ground out a 0-0 draw with Monaco on Wednesday to secure a 1-0 win on aggregate and become the first Italian team since Inter won the competition in 2010 to qualify for the Champions League semifinals...

Striker Carlos Tevez, a 2008 Champions League winner with Manchester United, also is a constant headache for opposing defenders, even when sick as he was against Monaco... ...

Real in no mood to relinquish Champions League title

MADRID: Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti sent a warning to Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus that his side will not relinquish their Champions League title lightly after finally seeing off Atletico Madrid to progress to the semi-finals 1-0 on aggregate...

The outcome was eerily familiar for the La Liga champions as a late goal from Ramos also denied them in last season's Champions League final before Real romped to a 4-1 victory...

Barcelona beats Juventus 3-1 in Champions League final

BERLIN: Barcelona won the Champions League for the fourth time in a decade on Saturday, with Luis Suarez grabbing the crucial goal in a 3-1 victory over Juventus at the end of a season that began with the Uruguay striker serving a ban for biting...

Ivan Rakitic had sent Barcelona into a fourth-minute lead, but the Spanish champions failed to build on their early dominance before Juventus leveled 10 minutes into the second half...