– Champions League

Chelsea full-back Ben Chilwell is the latest major injury doubt ahead of the World Cup. The 25 year old went down towards the end of Chelsea’s tie with Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions’ League on Wednesday, and then had to hobble off the pitch in tears with what appeared to be a hamstring injury. Later manager Graham Potter said that, ...

Kyiv, Ukraine — a very different place four years ago. The city now decimated by Russian invasion was once a festival of football — hosts of the Champions League final. The road to Ukraine had been treacherous for fans of Liverpool and Real Madrid, some taking 36 hours to reach the Olimpiyskiy National stadium. The blistering heat quickly transitioned into ...

As we approach the Champions League final, it’s still unclear whether Liverpool or Real Madrid will be crowned kings of Europe in Paris, as they go head to head in a rematch of the 2018 final in Kyiv. Those checking the Champions League final betting odds will have a hard time deciphering whether Carlo Ancelotti or Jürgen Klopp will reign ...

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part Three here; Part Four here; Part Five here; Part Six here; Part Seven here; Part Eight here and Part Nine here.). On 11th May 1985, ...

Continuing the series looking back at some of the dirtiest football matches in the history of football. For Part One please click here; Part Two please click here; Part Three please click here; and Part Four here).  Celtic’s place on the roll call of football infamy had already been assured by their part in the Battle of Montevideo against Racing ...

Chelsea are considering making a move for Juventus defender Matthijs de Ligt. Thomas Tuchel is determined to add defensive reinforcements and, although another move for Sevilla’s Jukes Koundé cannot be discounted, alternatives are also being considered. And one of them is the Dutch international whose current deal with Juventus ends in June 2024. There have been suggestions that the West ...

Jurgen Klopp has warned that failure to secure Champions League football for next season will make it difficult to attract top players in the summer. A dismal run of results since Christmas has seen Jurgen Klopp’s side slip to seventh place in the Premier League table, the latest being their home defeat to Chelsea on Thursday night, with injuries to ...

Jurgen Klopp last season did what the likes of Graeme Souness, Roy Evans, Gerard Houllier, Rafa Benitez, Roy Hodgson, and Brendan Rogers had all failed to do before him, and brought the Premier League title back to Anfield for the first time in 30 years, a year after leading them to success in the Champions League final. And, when he ...

The Europa League has reached the semi-final stage, with Manchester United set to take on Sevilla and Inter Milan playing Shakhtar Donetsk. The United match will be played in Cologne on Sunday (August 16th), with the Inter game set for the following evening in Dusseldorf. Both games will kick-off at 9 pm local time. A Cup final is difficult to ...

UEFA has confirmed that new signings will not able to play in the Champions League when it restart later this season. On Wednesday, Europe’s governing body confirmed plans to complete this year’s event with a knock-out tournament to be staged in Lisbon in August for the last eight teams in the competition. And, with some round of 16 ties still ...