UEFA Champions League News

DRC club TP Mazembe are African champions again

TP Mazembe team pose before the first leg final match of the Orange CAF Champions League at Dan Anyiam stadium, Owerri in Imo State, on November 1. Tout Puissant Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo bridged a 41-year gap on Saturday by regaining the African Champions League title.
AFP - Sunday, November 8

Tout Puissant Mazembe of Democratic Republic of Congo bridged a 41-year gap on Saturday by regaining the African Champions League title. More »

  • England captain David Beckham (right) backheels a ball during a training session in 2002, on the eve of their match against Argentina. England's midfielder is relishing the chance to play Champions League football again once he returns to AC Milan on his second loan spell in January.

    Beckham raring to play Champions League

    AFP - Sunday, November 8

    England midfielder David Beckham is relishing the chance to play Champions League football again once he returns to AC Milan on his second loan spell in January.

  • Bordeaux' French midfielder Yoann Gourcuff chases the ball during a match against Bayern Munich in Munich on November 3. Bordeaux won 0-2. After proving in midweek that French football bears comparison with the best the Champions League has to offer, Bordeaux and Lyon return to domestic action this weekend, jousting for home supremacy.

    French Eurostars return to title fight

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    After proving in midweek that French football bears comparison with the best the Champions League has to offer, Bordeaux and Lyon return to domestic action this weekend, jousting for home supremacy.

  • Bayern Munich's Italian striker Luca Toni is seen during the match against Girondins de Bordeaux (France) in Munich on November 3. Coach Louis van Gaal has admitted a few sleepless nights ahead of Bayern Munich's Bundesliga clash with Schalke 04 on Saturday in the wake of their Champions League defeat at home to Bordeaux.

    Bayern's sleepless van Gaal eyes Schalke

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    Coach Louis van Gaal has admitted a few sleepless nights ahead of Bayern Munich's Bundesliga clash with Schalke 04 on Saturday in the wake of their Champions League defeat at home to Bordeaux.

  • Members of the Rangers FC celebrate their goal vs Unirea Urziceni in Bucharest on November 4. European football's ruling body UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings into Romanian club Unirea Urziceni following the violence-marred Champions League match with visitors Rangers

    UEFA opens disciplinary proceedings into Unirea

    AFP - Saturday, November 7

    European football's ruling body UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings into Romanian club Unirea Urziceni following the violence-marred Champions League match with visitors Rangers on Wednesday.

  • Chelsea CEO: Team may sell stadium naming rights

    AP - Saturday, November 7

    The chief executive of English soccer club Chelsea says the team is aiming to win the Champions League twice in the next five years and may sell its stadium naming rights to help fund the attempt.

  • Pohang face a confident Al Itthiad in Asian final

    AP - Friday, November 6

    South Korea's Pohang Steelers will attempt to add another major title to its trophy case when it meets Saudi champions Al Ittihad in Saturday's Asian Champions League final.

  • Fiorentina's Romania captain Adrian Mutu, seen ehre in 2008, is to undergo an operation after injuring knee ligaments in Wednesday's 5-2 Champions League rout of Debrecen, his club said Thursday.

    Mutu sidelined for month following knee op

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    Fiorentina's Romania captain Adrian Mutu is to undergo an operation after injuring knee ligaments in Wednesday's 5-2 Champions League rout of Debrecen, his club said Thursday.

  • UEFA charges Rangers over crowd trouble in Romania

    Reuters - Friday, November 6

    By Mike Collett

  • Rangers charged over European fan trouble

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    Glasgow Rangers were on Thursday charged with the improper conduct of their supporters following disturbances during Wednesday's Champions League match against Unirea Urziceni in Bucharest.

  • No H1N1 vaccines, or re-scheduled matches: Platini

    AFP - Friday, November 6

    European football chief Michel Platini said Thursday he would not take measures that would force players involved in European competition to be vaccinated against swine flu, or the H1N1 virus.

  • We have to win our last two games, says Smith

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    Walter Smith says Rangers must win their two remaining games if they are to have any chance of playing in Europe in the New Year after watching his side concede a late equaliser to Unirea Urziceni in their Champions League Group G clash on Wednesday.

  • We will pull off great escape, insists Benitez

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    Liverpool will overcome seemingly impossible odds and qualify for the knockout rounds of the Champions League insisted their increasingly embattled manager Rafael Benitez.

  • Wenger salutes maturing Arsenal's progress

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal are maturing into a force to be reckoned with after the Gunners routed AZ Alkmaar 4-1 to move within touching distance of the Champions League knockout stages.

  • Sevilla, Lyon through to Champions League knockout stages

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    English Premier League giants Liverpool are on the brink of going out of the Champions League after drawing 1-1 with Lyon on Wednesday.

  • Last-gasp Sneijder sends Inter top

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    Wesley Sneijder struck a dramatic late winner to earn Inter Milan a 2-1 comeback victory over Dynamo Kiev in their Champions League clash at the Lobanovskiy Stadium here on Wednesday.

  • Lyon through to last 16 after draw with Liverpool

    Reuters - Thursday, November 5

    LYON, France (Reuters) - A last-gasp goal by Lisandro Lopez earned Olympique Lyon a 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday that sealed the French team's place in the last 16.

  • Defiant Kazan hold Barcelona in Champions League

    AFP - Thursday, November 5

    Russian champions Rubin Kazan put up a stunning defensive display here on Wednesday to hold Champions League holders Barcelona 0-0.

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