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Uefa Champions League

While you were sleeping: Madrid, Bayern lose in UCL, Luka Doncic’s injury blow

Shocks and thrills across the premier competition in Europe, while there’s some NBA, cricket and more.

Shocks and thrills across the premier competition in Europe, while there’s some NBA, cricket and more

3 Oct 2024 - 12:27PM

While you were sleeping: Arsenal down PSG, Sinner v Alcaraz in Beijing final

2 Oct 2024 - 7:29AM

While you were sleeping: Raya’s heroics save Arsenal, Australia thrash England

20 Sep 2024 - 7:30AM

While you were sleeping: Inter boss Inzaghi’s ‘despair’ at City draw, Celtic hit 5

A bit quieter on the Champions League front this time around, but at least the managerial merry-go-round has started spinning.

19 Sep 2024 - 1:32PM

Inter Milan’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan reacts after missing a chance against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Photo: AFP

While you were sleeping: Liverpool ease past Milan, Kane scores 4, United get 7

Goals is the name of the game for this one. From the Midlands to Milan, and everywhere in between, nets were bulging almost non stop.

18 Sep 2024 - 12:16PM

Uefa Champions League 2024-25: all you need to know about ‘Swiss model’ format

Goodbye groups, hello league: from 32 to 36 teams, matches in January and an extra play off round – a look at the new system.

17 Sep 2024 - 8:30AM

8 richest football managers in the world, from Alex Ferguson to Zinedine Zidane

How do current managers Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola, Diego Simeone, José Mourinho and Wayne Rooney stack up against legends like Ferguson, Zidane and Jürgen Klopp?

30 Aug 2024 - 5:00AM

Eight richest soccer managers in the world in 2024: net worths, ranked – including from left, Argentina’s Diego Simeone, Portugal’s José Mourinho and Italy’s Carlo Ancelotti. Photos: @simeone, @adidasoriginals, @mrancelotti/Instagram

Who is Jude Bellingham’s model girlfriend? Meet Laura Celia Valk

The Dutch influencer is represented by The Four Models, and holds a business degree from the Amsterdam University of Applied Science

29 Jul 2024 - 7:00PM

My Take | How should diplomats react to random racist insults of their countries?

By getting involved, Chinese diplomats give the impression that no slight, no matter how minor, should go unnoticed.

21 Jun 2024 - 10:00AMvideocam

Why is Prince William so obsessed with Aston Villa Football Club?

While his schoolmates supported Manchester United or Chelsea, Prince William decided to go another route, supporting less popular English club Aston Villa – so what’s the appeal for the royal?

12 Jun 2024 - 6:00PM

Prince George and Prince William delighted onlookers with their nearly identical mannerisms during an April Aston Villa game against Nottingham Forest. Photo: @jjgiddens/Instagram

Pass master Kroos bows out in style as Champions League record holder

Victory over Borussia Dortmund at Wembley gave German midfielder Toni Kroos his sixth Champions League title.

2 Jun 2024 - 10:43AM

Real Madrid players lift Toni Kroos on their shoulders at the end of the Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund. Photo: AP

Son, Park came close but Asia’s wait for second Champions League winner goes on

Only two players from Asia – one of whom was also the only medal winner – have ever featured in a final, though a few more have been on the bench.

1 Jun 2024 - 10:00AM

Players could ‘strike’, take legal action for being overworked, unions warn Fifa

Player unions want football’s world governing body to address the workload of elite players, especially with the addition of the Club World Cup.

1 Jun 2024 - 2:11AM

Enjoy the moment, Ancelloti tells his team as Champions League final draws near

The 64-year-old Italian, heading into his ninth Champions League final, says the fear will always come nearing the final, ‘but before it does, I’m going to enjoy it’.

28 May 2024 - 3:27AM

Real Madrid’s Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti said, ahead of their Champions League final against Borussia Dortmund, that he had a lot of confidence in his team. Photo: AFP

Fifa moves towards ending tradition and letting league games be staged overseas

New policy will be attractive to the international owners of European clubs, while governing body also finally set a date for first Women’s Club World Cup.

15 May 2024 - 9:00PM

A Spanish league match such as that between Real Madrid and Barcelona could soon be held overseas, and not just as preseason friendlies such as this one in Arlington, Texas last year. Photo: AP

Liverpool-Milan 2005 rematch? Kewell, Crespo meet in Asian Champions League final

Yokohama Marinos welcome Al Ain for the first leg of the AFC Champions League final on Saturday, with the two coaches having met 19 years ago in an epic European final.

9 May 2024 - 9:46PM

PSG’s Lee aims to be second Asian UCL winner, could face fellow Korean in final

Newly crowned French champions have never won the competition but are heavy favourites against Borussia Dortmund to reach Wembley next month.

1 May 2024 - 6:30PM

Kane, Bellingham headline Bayern-Real Champions League battle as Euro ’24 looms

Tuesday’s semi-final first leg in Munich pits the superstars against each other, before they join forces in the summer for England in Germany.

29 Apr 2024 - 2:45PM

Kane (right) and Bellingham have played on the same England side 22 times, losing just four matches. Photo: Getty Images

EPL clubs sweat on extra Champions League place after bad night for England

The defeats of Arsenal and Manchester City gave Germany’s Bundesliga the edge over England’s Premier League in the race for another spot in next year’s Champions League.

18 Apr 2024 - 10:00PM

Holders Man City to face Real Madrid in Champions League quarter-finals

Defending champions will meet Spanish side for third year running in European competition.

15 Mar 2024 - 9:50PM

Terry Venables, former England, Tottenham and Barcelona coach, dies aged 80

The death of Venables was announced on Sunday in a statement by his family to British media, saying he died on Saturday after a long illness.

27 Nov 2023 - 7:14AM

Terry Venables in 2007. The former England, Tottenham and Barcelona manager has died at the age of 80. Photo: AP

Saudi Arabia eyes Uefa Champions League spot, ready to pay for more top talent

Saudi Pro League boss Carlo Nohra says organisation is ‘trying to be different’ but still committed to Asian competition.

5 Sep 2023 - 2:16PM

Al-Nassr’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates scoring a goal during the Saudi Pro League against Al Fateh SC at Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Stadium. Photo: DPA

Taste of success: how Asahi beer and Manchester City make ideal partners

Style went behind the scenes at the Japanese brand’s biggest factory and watched the serial trophy winners play in Tokyo to find out what’s brewing between the two global mega-brands

21 Aug 2023 - 10:12AM

Greek authorities order 105 football fans be detained pending trial after fatal clash

The 102 Croat citizens and 3 Greeks have all denied any culpability in the fatal stabbing last Monday of AEK Athens supporter Michalis Katsouris. Prosecutors slapped blanket charges, a total of 11, on the detained fans.

14 Aug 2023 - 7:21AM

1 man dead, 5 in custody after violence erupts at Athens football match

Champions League qualifier between Panathinaikos and Dinamo Zagreb cancelled after a Greek fan is stabbed to death outside AEK Athens’ stadium.

9 Aug 2023 - 8:10PM

Football fans cover their faces while being detained as part of the inquiry on a stabbing. Photo: AFP

Real Madrid galacticos’ trip to Hong Kong recalled as Morientes returns to town

Having played in the city alongside Beckham, Zidane and Figo, former Real and Liverpool striker is reunited with ex-Hong Kong goalkeeper Fan Chun-yip, who kept him scoreless in 2003.

24 Jul 2023 - 8:15AM

Fernando Morientes, flanked by David Beckham (right) and Raul, with Real Madrid in Hong Kong in 2003. Photo: SCMP

Manchester City beat Inter Milan 1-0 to win Champions League

Abu Dhabi-backed City win the first Champions League in their history on Saturday and secure a treble of trophies at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

11 Jun 2023 - 10:34AM

Man City not resting easy despite thrashing Bayern, says Guardiola

‘It was not comfortable at all, emotionally I’m destroyed. I [aged] 10 more years today,’ Pep Guardiola says after Champions League quarter-final first leg.

5 Sep 2023 - 1:34PM

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Uefa Champions League

The Uefa Champions League is an annual continental competition for the top football clubs in Europe. It is one of the most prestigious tournaments in world football and the biggest prize in European football. Introduced in 1992, the competition replaced the European Cup, which had run since 1955. Real Madrid is the most successful club in the competition’s history with 13 titles. Real Madrid were champions for a third successive time in the 2017-18 season, beating Premier League giants Liverpool in the final.

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9 September, 2024