Borussia Dortmund snatched a 1-0 victory over Chelsea in the Champions League round of 16 first leg on Wednesday
With immense pressure on him to match the late great Diego Maradona and send the trophy back to Buenos Aires, Lionel Messi has lit up the Qatar tournament while others in the superstar stratum - Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo - have underwhelmed and gone home.
Portugal coach Fernando Santos has been boosted by news that key midfielder Otavio should be fully fit and ready to play in their World Cup last-16 match against Switzerland on Tuesday.
The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.
Real have not lost any of their last six games against Liverpool in the Champions League
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
If two or more clubs are level on points at the end of the group stage, a number of criteria will be taken into consideration to decide the qualifiers for the next round, starting with the head-to-head record among the teams in question. It then goes to superior goal difference and then goals scored in those matches.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Casillas was married to sports journalist Sara Carbonero for five years before their separation in March 2021. The couple has two sons.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Ajax wary of attacking Napoli.
IMAGES from the soccer matches played across European leagues on Friday.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A round-up of Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A round-up of Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich has announced the shortlisted images of the 2022 Astronomy Photographer of the Year!
Karim Benzema's hat-trick earned Real Madrid a 3-1 win at reigning European champions Chelsea in their Champions League quarter-final first leg on Wednesday. In another quarter-final match, Villarreal stunned six times European Cup winners Bayern Munich 1-0.
Manchester City took a slender lead from the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final after Kevin De Bruyne's 70th minute goal earned them a 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday. In anothr match, Liverpool took a firm grip of their Champions League tie with Benfica as goals from Ibrahima Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz earned them a 3-1 victory in Lisbon.
Images and a round-up of all the World Cup qualifiers played across continents on Tuesday.
Quaison fires Sweden to extra-time World Cup playoff win over Czechs
The three Premier League and three La Liga clubs in the last eight avoided each other, with Manchester City up against Atletico Madrid and Liverpool to face Portuguese side Benfica.
Rangers joined Barca in the last eight despite losing 2-1 at Red Star Belgrade, progressing 3-2 on aggregate.
Holders Chelsea made light of their off-pitch problems to reach the Champions League quarter-finals by beating Lille 2-1 away on Wednesday to complete a 4-1 aggregate victory.
Barcelona will face a struggling Galatasaray team who are 13th in the Turkish top-flight.
IMAGES from Europa League matches played on Thursday.
Russia should not be allowed to host soccer events such as the Champions League final
Images from EPL matches played on Saturday.
Barcelona were held 1-1 at home by Napoli in the first leg of their Europa League knockout stage playoff
In the third-tier Europa Conference League, English Premier League club Leicester City will face Danish side Randers and Scottish club Celtic will take on Norwegian champions Bodo/Glimt in the knockout playoff round.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday night.
Roma teenager Afena-Gyan plays down apparent racist remark.
Images from Wednesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday.
Lionel Messi scored his maiden goal for Paris St Germain in Tuesday's 2-0 Champions League victory against Manchester City.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
Barcelona were drawn in Group E with Bayern Munich, Benfica and Dynamo Kyiv.
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