The Champions League talking points ahead of the first set of second-leg matches in the round of 16 on Tuesday and Wednesday:
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Long after the final whistle blew, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Pep Guardiola stood on the touchline, arms wrapped around each other.
Five straight home losses for the first time in the club’s 128-year history. More than 10 hours since a goal from open play at Anfield.
The stadium that was once a fortress for Liverpool is...
MADRID (AP) — Two weeks ago, Gerard Piqué and Antoine Griezmann were heatedly arguing with each other in a big loss to Paris-Saint Germain in the Champions League that deepened Barcelona’s...
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain striker Moise Kean has tested positive for the coronavirus and has gone into isolation, the club said Wednesday.
MADRID (AP) — Former Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu was provisionally set free on Tuesday after appearing before a judge following a night in jail while being investigated for possible...
MADRID (AP) — Catalan police arrested four people — including former president Josep Maria Bartomeu — after raiding Barcelona’s stadium on Monday in a search and seizure operation, adding to the...
GENEVA (AP) — Former European champions Manchester United and AC Milan will meet in the round of 16 of the Europa League, putting 39-year-old forward Zlatan Ibrahimović up against his former...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — First in the Spanish league and then in the Copa del Rey, Barcelona and Sevilla will meet twice in five days with each team’s hopes in both competitions on the...
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Versatile, tactically astute and boasting the creativity of a midfield playmaker, Joao Cancelo is a one-of-a-kind defender who is proving to be Manchester’s City unlikely...
It’s a decade since Pep Guardiola won the Champions League.
If that already feels an absurdly long time for someone widely feted as the greatest active soccer manager, consider that...
LONDON (AP) — The Champions League talking points ahead of the second set of first-leg matches in the round of 16 on Tuesday and Wednesday:
PARIS (AP) — Days after routing Barcelona in the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain lost 2-0 at home to Monaco to fall back down to earth and into third place in the French...
LONDON (AP) — With five losses in six games plunging Tottenham into midtable in the Premier League, Jose Mourinho is starting to view the Europa League as his team's route into next season's...
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — A first win at Anfield since 1999 for Everton. The worst form for Liverpool at home in the league since 1923 after a fourth straight loss.
GENEVA (AP) — With four places likely to be added to the Champions League starting in 2024, the president of the European Leagues group is working to ensure those extra spots go to smaller teams...
SEVILLE, Spain (AP) — Erling Haaland scored twice as Borussia Dortmund ended Sevilla’s nine-game winning streak with a 3-2 come-from-behind victory in the first leg of the round of 16 of the...
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Wednesday:
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Cristiano Ronaldo returns to his homeland when Juventus faces Porto in the first leg of the round of 16....
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Kylian Mbappé outplayed Lionel Messi as Paris Saint-Germain put Barcelona up against the ropes in the Champions League again.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Liverpool’s players will take any help they can get as the stuttering English champions look to snap out of an alarming slump in form.
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Five-time defending champion Lyon was paired with Brondby of Denmark in the Women’s Champions League last-16 draw on Tuesday.
MADRID (AP) — The last time Barcelona hosted Paris Saint-Germain, it was one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history.
The same teams will meet Tuesday at the Camp Nou for the...
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Monday:
ENGLAND
Chelsea hosts Newcastle with the opportunity to move back into the Premier League’s top four after defending champion...
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Saturday:
ENGLAND
Tottenham was starting to look like a serious title challenger when Jose Mourinho's side beat Manchester City 2-0 in...
NEW YORK (AP) — The European Champions League final is returning to U.S. network television after a one-year absence.
CBS said Thursday that this year's final at Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s best team of 2021 is not even playing at the Club World Cup.
Eintracht Frankfurt has only dropped two points from a possible 21 in the Bundesliga since the league...
GENEVA (AP) — The Champions League is set to grow bigger and richer amid fears Europe’s mid-ranked soccer nations could be even worse off as a result.
A look at what’s happening in European soccer on Saturday:
ENGLAND
Manchester United hosts Everton buoyed by thrashing Southampton 9-0. A victory would take second-placed United level...
HYERES, France (AP) — Former France and Chelsea forward Nicolas Anelka was hired as the sporting director of fourth-tier French club Hyeres on Wednesday.
MILAN (AP) — Turin's mayor and four others were convicted and sentenced to a year and six months in jail on Wednesday in connection with a stampede during a public viewing of the 2017 Champions...
Chelsea pivoted to Thomas Tuchel in a bid to turn around its sputtering season, hiring the German coach on an 18-month deal on Tuesday barely a month after he was fired by Paris...
ROME (AP) — After a week marked by the highly anticipated arrivals of former Juventus forward Mario Mandžukić and Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori, AC Milan was expected to celebrate winning Serie...
Plans by Europe's richest soccer clubs to launch a new competition worth nearly $5 billion annually jolted FIFA and Champions League organizer UEFA into warning players on Thursday that they would...
PARIS (AP) — Just days into his new job and Paris Saint-Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino's mind is already on the Champions League showdown with Barcelona.
Mauricio Pochettino pledged to instill a “combative and attacking” identity for Paris Saint-Germain as he takes over as coach.
The French champions announced the hiring of Pochettino — their...
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain fired coach Thomas Tuchel on Tuesday, paving the way for the expected hiring of Mauricio Pochettino.
The confirmation of Tuchel’s dismissal — only four...
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Barcelona will face Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16 of the Champions League in a rematch of their classic encounter at the same stage four seasons ago.
MADRID (AP) — After both teams staved off elimination from the Champions League, Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid now face each other.
The Spanish rivals meet on Saturday at the Alfredo Di...
The last night of the Champions League group stage began with a display of players united against racism for a second straight evening in Paris.
MILAN (AP) — Inter Milan and Shakhtar Donetsk were both eliminated from the Champions League after drawing 0-0 at San Siro on Wednesday in their final group game.
MADRID (AP) — After a difficult group stage, Real Madrid found its familiar swagger to easily avoid an early elimination from the Champions League.
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid came through tricky final group-stage games on Wednesday to complete the lineup for the Champions League knockout stage.