Champions League news

• How 'outstanding' Duran helped Celtic beat LASK

  20-08-2026 00:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Champions League analysts Pat Nevin and James McFadden look at the "outstanding" impact new signing Camilo Duran had for Celtic in their Champions League play-off first-leg win over LASK.
  
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• Shakhtar agree to play Champions League ties at Chelsea

  21-08-2026 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk agree to play Champions League home games at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge this season.
  
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• Celtic find value in 'special' Duran - but does ambition reach further still?

  20-08-2026 01:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Now that the Champions League money may be nigh, we will get to see the scale of Celtic's ambition, asks Tom English?
  
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• Hapoel Be'er Sheva earn comeback win over Sabah

  19-08-2026 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hapoel Be'er Sheva fight back from a goal down to beat Sabah in the first leg of their Champions League play-off.
  
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• Bodo/Glimt in strong position following first-leg win at NEC

  19-08-2026 23:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Last season's Champions League fairytale side Bodo/Glimt look set to qualify for this year's edition of the competition after winning 3-1 away at NEC Nijmegen of the Netherlands.
  
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• Duran stars as Celtic ease to comfortable win over LASK

  19-08-2026 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Celtic take a huge step towards the Champions League as two stunning Camilo Duran strikes help carve out a commanding first-leg play-off lead against LASK.
  
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• Celje fight back to earn draw against Slovan Bratislava

  19-08-2026 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Slovenia's Celje fight back from a goal down to earn a 1-1 draw away against Slovakian side Slovan Bratislava in the first leg of the Champions League play-offs.
  
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• Levski Sofia and AEK Athens play out goalless first leg

  19-08-2026 23:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Levski Sofia play out a goalless draw with AEK Athens in their Champions League play-off first leg at the Stadion Vasil Levski.
  
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• Viking fight back to claim thrilling first-leg draw at Dinamo Zagreb

  19-08-2026 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norway's Viking FK complete a comeback from two behind to hold Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia to a 2-2 draw in the first leg of their Champions League play-off.
  
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• Fenerbahce & Lyon play out entertaining first-leg draw

  19-08-2026 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fenerbahce and Lyon play out an entertaining 1-1 draw in their Uefa Champions League play-off first leg.
  
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• Duran's incredible double edges Celtic closer to Champions League

  19-08-2026 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Camilo Duran scores two excellent goals for Celtic in the first leg of their Champions League play-off against Austria's LASK, finding the top corner with a volley and curling an effort past Lukas Jungwirth in the visitors' goal.
  
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• Celtic take the lead through Nygren's 'magnificent' strike

  19-08-2026 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Celtic take the lead in their Champions League play-off first leg against LASK, as Benjamin Nygren finds the top corner in spectacular fashion from outside of the box.
  
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• Shakhtar want to play Champions League ties at Chelsea

  14-08-2026 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk want to play their Champions League home games at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge this season.
  
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• Brentford in talks to hold Shakhtar's Champions League matches

  26-06-2026 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brentford could play host to Champions League matches next season, despite not qualifying for the competition
  
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• Watch: Mbappe

  25-06-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  From Paris suburbs to the pinnacle of football, a look at a once-in-a-generation talent.
  
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• The Guardian view on a gripping season of British football: the best may be yet to come | Editorial

  01-06-2026 20:05
  England and Scotland will both compete in a men’s World Cup this month for the first time this century. For both nations there are reasons to believeThe agonising climax to Saturday’s men’s Champions League final in Budapest will haunt the imaginations of Arsenal supporters for years to come. Penalty shootouts – a sporting version of Russian roulette – are a brutal way to lose a football match, with hope turning to despair in the time that it takes to fire a ball ov
  
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• Use crayfish to keep Hampstead Heath swimmers at bay | Brief letters

  01-06-2026 18:44
  Protect wildlife ponds | Champions League final | Avoiding Arsenal | Colonial attitudes | Nine times tableI know how to stop swimmers using the wildlife ponds on Hampstead Heath (Report, 27 May). Erect a picture of all the enormous crayfish – an invasive species – now inhabiting many of the ponds, particularly the one pictured. I certainly wouldn’t want to be swimming with them snapping at my toes.Emilia Benjamin
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• PSG now stand alongside some of Europe’s best-ever, but with caveats | Jonathan Wilson

  01-06-2026 18:00
  The origin of PSG’s largesse and the effect it’s had on their domestic game can’t be ignored, even as we appreciate the team’s stunning qualitySign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletterSince 1990, only one side had ever successfully defended the Champions League – Real Madrid, who won three in a row between 2016 and 2018. Paris Saint-Germain’s victory in the final on Saturday elevates them to a new tier of the pantheon. No bad side has ever won the Europe
  
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• Arsenal v PSG had an estimated 16.2m illegal stream views in UK after not being free-to-air

  01-06-2026 17:40
  Analysts trace illegal views to 3.7m IP addresses in UKChampions League final watched legally by more than 7mArsenal’s Champions League final defeat by Paris Saint-Germain attracted an estimated 16.2 million views on illegal streams in the UK after not being made free to air.Analysis conducted for the Guardian by the technology analyst Gaming Compliance International (GCI) shows there were 16.2m illegal stream views of longer than 90 seconds, traced to 3.7m unique IP addresses. The final w
  
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• Arsenal v PSG got 16.2m illegal stream views in UK after not being free-to-air

  01-06-2026 17:40
  Analysts trace illegal views to 3.7m IP addresses in UKChampions League final watched legally by more than 7mArsenal’s Champions League final defeat by Paris Saint-Germain attracted more than 16.2 million views on illegal streams in the UK after not being made free to air.Analysis conducted for the Guardian by the technology analyst Gaming Compliance International (GCI) shows there were 16.2m illegal stream views of longer than 90 seconds, traced to 3.7m unique IP addresses. The final was
  
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• Football Daily | Arsenal feel the love after Arteta’s Bigger Cup masterplan falls short

  01-06-2026 17:03
  Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!In recent weeks, there has been endless discourse on why so many people hate Arsenal. Yet, yesterday’s parade in the cultural melting pot of north London proved that plenty of people out there really, really, really love them. Due in no small part to the fact that he couldn’t head his penalty and none of his teammates were blocking the PSG goalkeeper, Gabriel Magalhães’ miss from the spot meant the Gunners came up agonis
  
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• Champions League team of the season: Lamine Yamal, Harry Kane … and a Spurs player

  01-06-2026 10:00
  To better highlight the whole field among Europe’s elite, we chose an XI that couldn’t feature more than one player from any one teamThis year we are picking a team of the season with a difference: I am allowed only one player per team. Of course, as finalists Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal have players with claims to all of these positions, so apologies to Willian Pacho and Declan Rice, among others. But what this format does allow for is an overall view of the Champions League sea
  
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• If Arsenal have made most of their resources, is this as good as it gets? | Jonathan Liew

  01-06-2026 09:00
  Thirst for renewal is strong and new players could help bridge the gap to PSG but there are no guaranteesThe greatest lie ever told about penalty shootouts is that they are a lottery. This is a recognisable and trainable footballing skill, a test not just of ball-striking and placement but research, psychology, mettle under pressure. Eberechi Eze puts the ball wide, Gabriel Magalhães sends it in the direction of the Danube: this is failure on the most brutal and unforgiving terms. But it
  
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• PSG provide perfect illusion with a model of beauty in soft-power project | Barney Ronay

  31-05-2026 21:12
  Re-enthroned Champions League-winning club should have always been this good but Qatar’s propaganda project is finally listening to an elite managerParis est mythique. There was nothing understated, no obvious shades of faux humilité about the headline in L’Équipe after Paris Saint-Germain had been re-enthroned as Champions League winners on Saturday night. Mythical. Storied. Ultimate. Yeah. But are they, though?In fairness it would be disappointingly un-Parisian not to
  
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• Hundreds arrested and police injured after Champions League riots in France

  31-05-2026 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nearly 800 people were arrested after clashes with police which saw 219 people injured, including 57 police officers.
  
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• Stick or twist for Arteta - keep to the formula or refine Arsenal style?

  31-05-2026 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arsenal are fresh from their Champions League final heartbreak but thoughts are already moving to what they need to do to improve next season.
  
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• Arsenal progress under Arteta is clear but flaws still remain for the ultimate glory

  31-05-2026 16:21
  Penalty misses from pre-season were repeated in Budapest while summer signings could help Gunners exert more control in biggest gamesWhen it was finally over – on the night and for the club season, devastation the overriding emotion for everyone connected to Arsenal – Declan Rice wanted to go back to make the point. To last July and his club’s first pre-season game, against Milan in Singapore.Arsenal won 1-0 before the teams agreed to stage a penalty shootout. The idea was clea
  
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• Clashes in Paris after PSG win Champions League final – video

  31-05-2026 13:26
  French police clashed with rioters in the capital after Paris Saint-Germain defeated Arsenal to win the Champions League title.Hundreds of people were detained across France, with the majority in the Paris areaFrench police arrest 780 after violent clashes as PSG fans celebrate Champions League win Continue reading...
  
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• 'We're devastated': Rice, Vitinha, Arteta and Luis Enrique on the Champions League final – video

  31-05-2026 12:13
  There were mixed emotions in Budapest after Paris Saint-Germain retained the Champions League title by beating Arsenal on penalties. Declan Rice and Mikel Arteta talked of the pain of defeat, while PSG's Vitinha called their triumph the 'ultimate dream'Arteta urges Arsenal to use Champions League final pain against PSG and ‘turn it into fuel’ Continue reading...
  
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• Champions League final 2026: PSG retain title to break Arsenal hearts – in pictures

  31-05-2026 10:35
  The best images from Budapest and beyond as, after reaching their first Champions League final in 20 years, Arsenal lost out on penalties to the defending champions Paris Saint-Germain Continue reading...
  
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