Barcelona defender Alejandro Balde may miss the club’s first UEFA Champions League2025-26 game at Newcastle after he suffered a hamstring injury on Wednesday. The left-back was hurt during training and Spanish reports estimate he could miss between three to four weeks. “Balde suffered a slight injury to his left hamstring during today’s training session. His…
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…
The complete roster of 36 teams for UEFA Champions League 2025-26 was complete on Wednesday, with a host of teams sealing their spots in the final qualifiers (second legs). Scottish side Rangers endured a night to forget, losing 0-6 to Club Brugge, while Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce lost against his former side Benfica 1-0. Who have…
Jose Mourinho is now one round away from taking Fenerbahce back into the UEFA Champions League for the first time in 17 years. The storied coach’s team surged into the Champions League qualifying play-offs by overturning a two-goal deficit on aggregate Tuesday with a 5-2 win against Feyenoord, coached by Robin van Persie. Fenerbahce advanced…
Paris Saint-Germain has been fined after misconduct by its fans during the club’s Champions League final win over Inter Milan in May, European football governing body UEFA said on Thursday. The French champion, which thrashed Inter 5-0 at the Allianz Arena in Munich, was charged after a pitch invasion by supporters, the setting off of…