Real Madrid coach Xabi Alonso said Monday superstar striker Kylian Mbappe feels no anxiety to win the Champions League for the first time as Los Blancos prepare to face Marseille. Mbappe, 26, left Paris Saint-Germain last summer to join record 15-time winners Madrid, only to see his former club go on to lift the trophy…
Madrid and Warsaw will host the 2027 men’s and women’s Champions League finals respectively, UEFA announced on Thursday. The Executive Committee met in Tirana on Thursday and decided the men’s Champions League final will be played at the Estadio Metropolitano, home of Atletico Madrid and the venue where Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur in the 2019…
Chelsea will face tough competition on its return to the Champions League with Germany’s Bayern Munich and Spain’s Barcelona among its league stage opponents. The FIFA Club World Cup winner will also take on Benfica (Portugal), Atalanta (Italy), Ajax (Netherlands), Napoli (Italy), Pafos (Cyprus) and Qarabag (Azerbaijan). Chelsea has lifted the Champions League twice, with…
Champions League holders Paris St Germain will play Bayern Munich and Barcelona in this season’s league phase while record 15-times winners Real Madrid will face Manchester City and Liverpool after Thursday’s draw set up some blockbuster encounters. PSG will also meet Premier League sides Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United along with Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen…
Real Madrid, the most successful team in Champions League history, drew England’s Manchester City and Liverpool in the league stage of the 2025-26 edition of the competition. Madrid will also face Juventus (Italy), Benfica (Portugal), Marseille (France), Olympiakos (Greece), Monaco (France) and Kairat Almaty (Kazakhstan). Madrid, which was eliminated in the semifinal last season, will…
Europe’s top clubs will find out their fixtures for the UEFA Champions League 2025-26 season at the draw for the league stage, which will be conducted in Monaco on Thursday. The league stage will follow the 36-team format that was introduced during the 2024-25 season. The 36 sides in the league stage have been drawn…