Now the jeopardy really kicks in for the Champions League with a title chase, pride and hard cash on the line. At least four former European champions will be among eight teams eliminated when the new knockout playoff round ends
MILAN (AP) — Atalanta is losing hope of silverware match by match. It followed up Wednesday’s disappointing — and controversial — defeat at Club Brugge in the Champions League with a goalless draw at home to relegation-threatened Cagliari in Serie
Bayern Munich looks set to survive the new Champions League playoffs round. AC Milan joined Atalanta and Monaco losing their first-leg games Wednesday. Bayern got high-class strikes from Michael Olise and Harry Kane either side of halftime in a 2-1
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City and Real Madrid go head-to-head again in the Champions League on Tuesday, with the eventual loser facing an unusually early exit from European club soccer’s most prestigious tournament. The giants are meeting in the
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — UEFA and top European soccer clubs are set to drop the Swiss agency that has sold Champions League rights since 1992 and replace it with the U.S. firm of Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. New York-based
Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League is the accidental blockbuster of the new knockout playoffs round that starts Tuesday. The past two title winners surprisingly finished mid-table in the new 36-team standings format that ended in January.
MUNICH, Germany (AP) — Two second half penalties from Harry Kane and a tap-in from substitute Leroy Sané gave Bayern Munich a 3-0 win over Werder Bremen on Friday and a nine-point lead in the Bundesliga. Bayern had the better
When Lille lost its opening Champions League match in September, only a few bold gamblers would have bet on the Ligue 1 side to qualify for the last 16 of European club soccer’s elite tournament. But the northern France side
STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Gianluigi Donnarumma produced a save that kept the momentum going for his team as PSG progressed to the Champions League playoffs. Often criticized this season, the Italy goalkeeper was inspirational on Wednesday as PSG beat Stuttgart