The round of 16 in the UEFA Champions League continued on Tuesday with Inter Milan hosting Atletico Madrid and Borussia Dortmund facing PSV Eindhoven. The contest between Atletico and Inter Milan is one of the best matchups in the first knockout stage of the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League. Despite finishing runner-up in its group in […]

Manchester City and Real Madrid, two of the betting favorites to win the UEFA Champions League, picked up road wins to open the round of 16. Manchester City picked up a 3-1 win in Denmark to defeat FC Copenhagen at the Parken Stadium. In the other game on Tuesday, Real Madrid used a second-half goal […]

Clive Tyldesley, a veteran broadcaster who Americans can hear on CBS' Champions League coverage, says modern-day commentators are working too many games. The congested fixture of games plays no helping hand to those broadcasters. Yet, Tyldesley says these talents do not have ample time to prepare for the games they do. Nor do the commentators […]

Xabi Alonso's success with Bayer Leverkusen and the potential to deliver the German club its first Bundesliga title. Aston Villa finding new levels of success under Unai Emery and challenging for the top four in the Premier League. Real Sociedad winning its UEFA Champions League group to set up a tie with PSG in the […]

For the last few months, the European Super League scenario has dominated the conversation. The current leaders of the planned league, Real Madrid and Barcelona, want it to eventually replace UEFA's tournaments. After much deliberation, the European Supreme Court ruled in favor of the ESL in December 2023. According to them, UEFA has no business […]

City Football Group (CFG) may be forced to sell their stake in Girona if the Spanish side qualifies for the Champions League. The ownership group famously owns Manchester City, Girona, and a plethora of other clubs around the globe. CFG previously purchased a stake in the LaLiga club back in 2017. The transaction occurred as […]

CBS unveiled a commercial during the National Football League's AFC Championship that perfectly captures what it is like to watch the UEFA Champions League. At least, it perfectly captures what it is like to watch the competition for American viewers. The top international club competition in Europe has games that start around lunchtime for viewers […]

Manchester United, knocked out of the UEFA Champions League too soon, have lowered their profit prediction. Forecasted income from TV rights, sponsorships, and match-day profits has taken a major hit due to the club's failure to advance in the competition. According to Manchester United's board of directors, the club's early elimination from the Champions League […]

The season Girona is putting together in LaLiga has the potential to be the biggest story in the history of the Spanish top flight. After 20 games, the club in the northeast of Spain leads the league. Girona only made its first appearance in LaLiga six years ago. After finishing 10th in the 2022/23 campaign, […]

The head of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) has admitted that the relentless soccer calendar might lead players to seek legal recourse. Players have long griped about the jam-packed schedules caused by the proliferation of local leagues, international duty, and other contests. The PFA are hopeful that new opportunities may arise due to last week's […]

Accusations of financial rule breaches have Barcelona worried about a potential UEFA penalty for the start of 2024. As part of UEFA's financial regulations, the Catalan giants allegedly faced punishment for misleadingly presenting their costs relative to produced revenue. After pulling a number of financial levers in September of last year, Barcelona announced a post-tax […]

Because of accusations of financial rule violations in previous seasons, Barcelona could face a heavy UEFA fine. After sweeping their UEFA Champions League group, which included Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Antwerp, the La Liga heavyweights advanced to the Round of 16. Serie A champions Napoli will be their next opponents in a two-legged clash. But […]

The European Super League took a major step toward actualization on Thursday. The European Court of Justice ruled UEFA acted out of its boundaries in punishing clubs for competing in different leagues or tournaments. Consequently, the discussions about the future of the European Super League continued to ramp up. Granted, there is no concrete future […]

An official ruling in the much-anticipated case involving the European Super League (ESL) has come to light. The European Court of Justice declared that UEFA and FIFA abused their positions in attempting to block the ESL from forming. The two governing bodies of the sport acted unlawfully by threatening to sanction clubs for joining the […]

The last ever group stages under the current competition format have been wrapped up for UEFA's three club competitions. And with the qualifying teams all sorted out, all that was left was pairing them up for the knockout stages. The draw for the 2023-24 UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and (Europa) Conference League knockout stage […]