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From ninth tier to coaching in Champions League against Manchester United

September 09, 2026 6:36 pm

From managing ninth-tier London Tigers to leading Sabah into the Champions League, Valdas Dambrauskas returns to England to face Manchester United.

PSG's Marquinhos, center right, is congratulated by teammate Joao Neves, center left, after scoring the opening goal during the French League One soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain, and Monaco, in Paris, France, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026. (AP Photo)

Can PSG win 3 Champions League titles, or does continuity and stability render them stale?

September 07, 2026 9:19 am

Are additions of Ferran Torres, who denied Argentina the second world title they believed they deserved, as well as Mika Godts and Maghnes Akliouche, enough to keep the French juggernaut going? Only Real Madrid have 3 UCL titles till date.

What will be different about jerseys of debut players for UCL 2026/27 season

September 03, 2026 1:27 pm

The 36-team UEFA Champions League tournament will start on September 8

Soccer Football - UEFA Champions League - League Phase Draw - Grimaldi Forum, Monaco - August 27, 2026 UEFA Deputy Secretary General Giorgio Marchetti, former footballers Thierry Henry and David Villa and presenters Pedro Pinto and Reshmin Chowdhury look on as the screen shows the fixtures of pot 4 ahead of the league phase REUTERS/Manon Cruz

Champions League draw: Arsenal face Real Madrid, Rodri to face Manchester City in Barcelona colours

August 27, 2026 11:58 pm

The Champions League is into the fourth season in its league-phase format and the draw for this year has thrown up quite a few marquee clashes.

Yaya Touré makes history as first African manager in UCL group stage

August 27, 2026 12:35 pm

Touré, who is in his first top-level managerial role, surpassed the achievement of Ndubuisi Egbo, the Nigerian coach who led FK Tirana of Albania to UCL qualification but failed to progress beyond the qualifying stage in 2020.

After thumping Curacao 7-1 in the opening game, Germany will take on Ivory Coast in the next game. (AP)

World Cup: Germany look to rediscover Teutonic tradition of tournament-stompers

June 20, 2026 7:28 am

While Joshua Kimmich wears the armband gently and is competent in the midfield, fans pine after a tough marshaling leader, like Beckenbauer, Ballack and Lahm used to be

780 arrested in Paris as PSG Champions League win marred by violent clashes

May 31, 2026 7:26 pm

Paris police said smaller groups caused disturbances, with some vandalising shops and setting off fire at several locations.

Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta embraces Martin Odegaard and Leandro Trossard, right, at the the end of a Champions League semifinal, second leg, soccer match between Arsenal FC and Atletico Madrid at Emirates Stadium in London. (AP Photo)

The night the Emirates finally became Highbury

May 06, 2026 6:58 pm

Arsenal are ninety minutes from history. For one extraordinary night, twenty years of waiting felt worth it.

Every Simeone team bears certain common traits — grit, fight and heart. (AP Photo)

The man Arsenal must stop: What a new documentary reveals about Diego Simeone

May 04, 2026 10:48 am

As Atletico Madrid face Arsenal in the Champions League semi-final, Living Match by Match strips back the fury to reveal the fears, tears and obsessions of football's most compelling manager

PSG's celebrate after the Champions League semifinal first leg soccer match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich in Paris, Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (AP Photo)

PSG vs Bayern Munich: Nine goals on a night football forgot to be complicated

April 30, 2026 12:53 am

PSG and Bayern have scored 40-plus goals each in this Champions League — the first time two teams have done that in the competition's history. On Tuesday night in Paris, they showed why.