The draw for the league phase of the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League took place on Thursday, with all 36 teams discovering their opponents. Each team plays eight fixtures in the ‘league phase’, with this year’s men’s tournament seeing a radical change, including the end of a group stage. The high-tech …
Read More »Real Madrid beat Dortmund to win record 15th Champions League title
Real Madrid have emerged winners of the UEFA Champions League for the 15th time after beating Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the final on Saturday night. Aftet a goalless first half, Toni Kroos sets up the first goal on final club appearance with Dani Carvajal heading in from a brilliant cross. …
Read More »Bellingham nets winner as Real Madrid pip UCL debutants Union Berlin
Jude Bellingham was the goalscorer for Real Madrid in their 1-0 victory over Union Berlin in their Champions League opener on Wednesday night. After several failed chances to break the deadlock, both sides were heading for a goalless draw at the Bernabeu. But Federico Valverde’s 94th-minute strike incidentally deflected into …
Read More »Arsenal, Man Utd, City, Newcastle discover Champions League group foes
Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Manchester City have discovered their Champions League group stage foes during the draw on Thursday. Newcastle United will play European giants Paris St-Germain, Borussia Dortmund and AC Milan in Group F. The English side are making a return tO the group stage of the …
Read More »UCL: Liverpool thrash Ajax to reach knockouts as Barcelona crash out again
Liverpool thrashed Ajax 3-0 in the Netherlands on Wednesday night to seal their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League. The Jurgen Klopp side need just a draw to advance, but goals by Mohamed Salah, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott sealed a big victory. With the win, the …
Read More »Bayelsa Queens set for Champions League as team arrive host city
Nigeria’s representatives at this year’s Africa Women’s Champions League, Bayelsa Queens have arrived Casablanca, Morocco where the tourney is billed to take place. The team, who are reigning champions of Nigeria, arrived the host city on Monday ahead of the competition, and are lodged at the Magic Village Sports Centre. …
Read More »UCL: Chelsea defeat Milan again as Man City advance to knockouts
Chelsea clinched yet another win against AC Milan in the space of a week as they won 2-0 over the Italians in the Champions League on Tuesday night. The Blues had thrashed Milan 3-0 in the reverse fixture at Stamford Bridge last week. At San Siro, the hosts played most …
Read More »UCL: Barca risk elimination after Inter defeat; Liverpool, Napoli seal victories
Barcelona are on the edge of crashing out of the group stage of the Champions League as they fell to a 1-0 defeat to Inter Milan on Tuesday night. Hakan Calhanoglu’s strike in first-half stoppage time was the difference at the San Siro. The defeat leaves Barcelona, who had fallen …
Read More »Rivers Utd, Plateau Utd into next round of CAF Champions League
Nigeria’s representatives at the CAF Champions League, Rivers United and Plateau United have both advanced to the next round after victories in the preliminary stages. Rivers United went through to the next round despite going down to a 1-0 defeat against Liberia’s Watanga FC in the second round of their …
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