The Champions League returns: Your guide to its new format, storylines, tactics and how to watch
This season will bring us a Champions League like none we have seen before. In the competition’s new “one big league” format, holders Real Madrid will be looking to add…
How the NFL and John Malkovich inspired UEFA’s Champions League video – The Business of Football
CBS Sports’ creative director Pete Radovich has won 45 Emmys and numerous other awards for documentaries, features and “teases”, those short films TV executives use to keep us watching something…
Mbappe’s goals, midfield chaos, gaps at the back: What I’m seeing at Real Madrid
This is a year of change for Real Madrid – and that always brings complications. The club has no time for transition. All that matters is winning. For the first…
Hakan Sukur and his U.S. exile: ‘I’m like a good version of Voldemort – he who shall not be named’
In the Galatasaray club museum, there’s a film dedicated to their victory in the 2000 UEFA Cup final. They remain the only Turkish team to win a European trophy, so…
Don’t call it the Super League: Champions League clubs’ views on UEFA’s display of power
In case you haven’t heard, the Champions League group stage is history and on Thursday in Monaco, UEFA showed strength in introducing a new reality to Europe’s premier club competition.…
Barcelona, mass tourism and the protests aimed at foreign visitors
If you’ve visited Barcelona recently, you may have noticed something unusual happening. Since early summer, central hotspots like La Rambla and neighborhoods like Gracia and Parc Guell have been graffitied…
Liverpool face Real Madrid and Arsenal face PSG after a draw in the Champions League
Liverpool have been drawn against Real Madrid in the league competition of the 2024-25 Champions League, while Arsenal will face Paris Saint-Germain. Madrid will also face Borussia Dortmund in a…
Champions League draw live updates: New format explained ahead of action in Monaco today
Let’s start with the clubs from the “big five” leagues in Europe. And before anyone shouts at me, the last time a club outside this league won big old ears…
UEFA faces legal threat over new Champions League format
Chilean sports consultant Leandro Shara has threatened to sue UEFA for the “unauthorised and unfair use” of the “league level” it is introducing for its three club competitions this season.…
Kylian Mbappe’s Bernabeu debut: How Ronaldo, Beckham and others started at Real Madrid
On Sunday afternoon in the Spanish capital, Real Madrid fans will finally get to see Kylian Mbappe play in the club’s white jersey at their Bernabeu home ground. Many will…