Leicester City made its UEFA Champions League debut in style, winning at Belgium’s Club Brugge in a romp. Marc Albrighton scored with the Foxes’ first shot, Riyad Mahrez made it 2-0 witha masterful free kick before halftime and the Algerian added a second goal from the penalty spot for a 3-0 win.
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UCL: Real Madrid spared embarrassment with late comeback
Sporting Lisbon, Cristiano Ronaldo‘s former club, was a minute away from beating Real Madrid when Ronaldo and Alvaro Morata broke Lisbonite hearts with goals to give the defendingchampion a 2-1 win in their UEFA Champions League opener.
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New UEFA president Ceferin: Champions League reform is top priority
As expected, Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin was elected the new UEFA president, beating Dutchman Michael van Praag, 42-13, in a vote of its 55 members. Ceferin said his No. 1 priority isChampions League reforms. Recent changes call for Europe’s top four domestic leagues to be guaranteed four places each in the group stages of the Champions […]
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Wembley party ends badly for Tottenham
Tottenham drew 85,011 fans at Wembley Stadium for its UEFA Champions League opener, and it did not go well. Monaco, which leads the French league after four games, beat Spurs, 2-1, taking advantage ofpoor defending to score on golas by 22-year-old Portuguese Bernardo Silva and 20-year-old Thomas Lemar.
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Canada does not extend Floro's contract
Canada Soccer won’t pick up the option on the contract of men’s national team head coach Benito Floro. Not surprisingly, the Spaniard is out after Canada again failed to qualify for theHexagonal. Canada has not reached the final round of World Cup qualifying since 1997 and has not played in the World Cup finals since […]
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Bayer Leverkusen loses Bellarabi for rest of 2016
Bayer Leverkusen winger Karim Bellarabi needs surgery on Wednesday in Switzerland on a groin injury that will keep him be out for the rest of the year. The Germany international was injured inthe opening seconds of Saturday’s match against Hamburg.
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UCL: Frantic Arsenal earns point with 1-1 draw in Paris
Arsenal tied Paris St. Germain in the battle of the Group A favorites in the UEFA Champions League, but it had to survive a first-minute goal by Edinson Cavani. Alexis Sanchez’s second-halfstrike evened the score for the Gunners, who had Frenchman Olivier Giroud was sent off in injury-time.
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Messi scores sixth UCL hat trick
Barcelona opened its UEFA Champions League campaign with a 7-0 win over Celtic. Lionel Messi scored his sixth Champions League hat trick to hand Celtic its heaviest ever European defeat.Luis Suarez added two goals while Neymar had a goal and four assists.
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Vardy: Leicester ready to leave mark in Europe
Leicester City makes its Champions league debut against Club Brugge on Wednesday, and forward Jamie Vardy says the Foxes want to make an impact on the competition. “We definitelywant to make a mark in this tournament,” Vardy told Reuters in an interview. “We don’t just want to sit there and roll over and get beat […]
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UCL: Guardiola wants to take Man City to next level
New manager Pep Guardiola is ready to help establish Manchester City among Europe’s elite. But even after a start with four wins in four EL games, he says City must reach a new level if it isto reach to the final that eluded the club with its semifinal exit last spring. “It was a pleasure […]