UEFA Champions League News

Liverpool out of Champions League despite victory

AFP - Wednesday, November 25

Liverpool's miserable season continued as they were knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage despite a 1-0 victory over Debrecen at the Ferenc Puskas Stadium here on Tuesday. More »

  • Lyon's Sweden midfielder Kim Kallstrom (L) fights for the ball with Fiorentina's midfielder Riccardo Montolivo during their UEFA Champion's League Group E football match at Artemio Franchi Stadium in Florence. Fiorentina beat Lyon 1-0 to book their place in the Champions League knock-out stages with a game to spare and send 2005 winners Liverpool crashing out on Wednesday.

    Fiorentina win sends Liverpool crashing out

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Fiorentina beat Lyon 1-0 to book their place in the Champions League knock-out stages with a game to spare and send 2005 winners Liverpool crashing out on Wednesday.

  • Liverpool knocked out of Champions League despite win

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Five-times champions Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday despite a 1-0 victory over Debrecen in Group E.

  • Arsenal beat Liege 2-0 to go through in top spot

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    LONDON (Reuters) - Arsenal secured their place in the knockout phase of the Champions League for the 10th successive season when a comfortable 2-0 win over Standard Liege secured top spot in Group H with a game to spare on Tuesday.

  • Cristian Ansaldi(L) of Russia's Rubin Kazan vies with Andriy Shevchenko of Ukraine's Dynamo Kiev during their UEFA Champions league football match in Kazan. The match ended on a goalless draw.

    Kazan give Barcelona breathing space after Dynamo draw

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Russian champions Rubin Kazan failed to really turn the pressure on Champions League holders Barcelona on Tuesday as they were held 0-0 by Dynamo Kiev in their Group F match.

  • AC Milan coach Leonardo, seen here on November 22, insisted on Tuesday that his team has been buoyed by a recent unbeaten run of nine games ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash against Marseille.

    Milan feeling buoyant, says Leonardo

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    AC Milan coach Leonardo insisted on Tuesday that his team has been buoyed by a recent unbeaten run of nine games ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash against Marseille.

  • Ronaldo poised to return for FC Zurich clash

    Reuters - Wednesday, November 25

    MADRID (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to play some part in Real Madrid's Champions League match against FC Zurich on Wednesday after a two-month absence through injury

  • Barcelona's Lionel Messi takes part in a training session at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on the eve of their Champions League match against Inter Milan.

    Barca wary of exit as Eto'o comes home

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Barcelona's dream of retaining the Champions League trophy for the first time is on the line on Tuesday when they face a must-win Group F match against unbeaten Inter Milan and defeat could see the holders crash out of the competition.

  • Liverpool's English midfielder Steven Gerrard in action during their English Premier League match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in London in October. Liverpool set out for a must-win Champions League clash with Debrecen without injured striker Fernando Torres but with Gerrard insisting they can still turn their season around.

    Liverpool ready for must-win clash with Debrecen

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    Liverpool set out for a must-win Champions League clash with Debrecen without injured striker Fernando Torres but with captain Steven Gerrard insisting they can still turn their season around.

  • Injury crisis gnaws at Barca as Liverpool face exit

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    It would normally be unthinkable -- but it is just possible that holders Barcelona will become the first winners since the 1993 introduction of the Champions League format not to survive the group stages.

  • FIFA call crisis talks after qualifiers, betting scandal

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    FIFA president Sepp Blatter has called an extraordinary general meeting for December 2 following the Thierry Henry handball incident and an ongoing investigation into match-fixing in Europe.

  • Wenger demands sharper fire from Gunners

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    Arsene Wenger has played down the significance of his side's first defeat in 14 matches and challenged his players to prove him right in Tuesday's Champions League clash with Standard Liege.

  • Rangers hint at twin-pronged assault on Stuttgart

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    Rangers manager Walter Smith has hinted that Kris Boyd could be handed the chance of resurrecting the club's Champions League hopes against Stuttgart on Tuesday.

  • Germans demand stiff sanctions for match-fixing ring

    Reuters - Sunday, November 22

    BERLIN (Reuters) - German coaches and officials on Saturday demanded stiff sentences for members of a ring suspected of having fixed or tried to rig at least 200 matches across Europe, including three in the Champions League.

  • Europe stunned by football match-rigging bombshell

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    European football was reeling on Saturday from what one UEFA official called the continent's worst ever match-fixing scandal, with 200 games under suspicion of having been rigged in nine countries.

  • UEFA overturn Dinamo Zagreb points penalty

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb on Friday had their Europa League points deduction replaced with a 75,000 euros fine and a three-year suspended ban from European competition.

  • Europe rocked by fresh match-fixing scandal

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday.

  • New match-fixing scandal - 200 matches implicated

    AFP - Saturday, November 21

    Around 200 football matches in nine countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on Friday.

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