Tag: Champions League

Liverpool post £106 million world record net profit

LONDON: Liverpool posted a world record-breaking £106 million ($137 million) net profit last year even after spending £190 million on new players, according to...

Paddy Upton appointed Rajasthan Royals coach

NEW DELHI: Paddy Upton has been appointed as head coach of the Rajasthan Royals for the 2019 season, which begins in March. This is Upton's...

Liverpool draw Bayern as United face PSG in Champions League last...

LONDON: Liverpool will take on fellow five-time winners Bayern Munich in the last 16 of the Champions League, while Jose Mourinho's struggling Manchester United...

Bayern star Mueller apologises for horror kick on Ajax defender

AMSTERDAM: Thomas Mueller has apologised for his kung fu-style kick to the head of Ajax defender Nicholas Tagliafico which saw the Germany star being sent...

Lyon reach Champions League last 16, Bayern top group

MUNICH: Lyon clinched the final Champions League last-16 place as Nabil Fekir's second-half strike grabbed a 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk in a snowy...

Van Dijk targets Champions League glory after Liverpool escape

LONDON: Virgil Van Dijk believes Liverpool can use their Champions League escape against Napoli as a springboard to win Europe's elite club competition. Jurgen Klopp's...

Stop retirement talk, Rummenigge tells Coman

MUNICH: Bayern Munich chief Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has told Kingsley Coman to stop all talk of retiring from "aggressive" modern-day football and focus on returning...

Messi guides Barca to top of Champions League group

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS: Barcelona overcame PSV Eindhoven 2-1 on Wednesday to finish top of their Champions’ League group with one round remaining thanks to a...

Liverpool on the ropes as PSG close in on Champions League...

PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain took a big step towards qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages on Wednesday after Neymar helped sink Liverpool in a...

Bayern have problems playing in the Bundesliga, admits Kovac

MUNICH: Niko Kovac admits Bayern Munich have a problem with playing in the Bundesliga after his side brushed off recent woeful domestic form with...

Champions League final could disrupt England’s preparations

LONDON: England are in contention to win their first major international trophy since the 1966 World Cup next summer - but could their Nations League...

Mourinho fails to match up as Guardiola takes Man City streets...

LONDON: Manchester United turned to Jose Mourinho as the antidote to their "noisy neighbours" Manchester City finally achieving their long-held goal of hiring Pep...

Barcelona in CL knockout stage as Liverpool suffer shock loss

PARIS: Barcelona secured their place in the Champions League knockout stage on Tuesday with a 1-1 draw away to Inter Milan, as Harry Kane...

Watch out for ‘wounded’ Madrid, warns Barcelona coach

CAMP NOU: Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde has warned his team to beware a "wounded" Real Madrid side as the hosts head into Sunday's Clasico...

Marcelo delivers Real boost ahead of Clasico against Barcelona

MADRID: Real Madrid defender Marcelo trained on Thursday, according to pictures posted by the club, and could be fit to face Barcelona in La...

Madrid victory buys Lopetegui time but not security

MADRID: Julen Lopetegui grasped at the hope it could prove a turning point but Real Madrid's 2-1 win over Viktoria Plzen in the Champions League...

Messi back at Wembley looking to make up for lost time...

LONDON: As Lionel Messi lay on the Wembley grass, his left hand grasping the Champions League trophy and his right pumping the air, he...