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Biennial World Cup?

Critics of the biennial idea - principally UEFA and Conmebol, the South American federation - say it is "unviable"

Salah equals Gerrard's record for scoring most UCL goals at Anfield

Egyptian and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has equalled Steven Gerrard's record of scoring most Champions League goals at Anfield

Champions League: Messi and PSG held by Brugge; City, Liverpool, Madrid win

Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbapp and Neymar lined up together in the near-perfect attack for Paris Saint-Germain and still could not score or deliver a win in the Champions League

UCL: Lewandowski strikes twice as Bayern Munich defeat Barcelona

Robert Lewandowski scored a brace as Bayern Munich defeated Barcelona 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League Group E match on Tuesday (local time).Apart from Lewandowski, Thomas Muller also got on the scoring sheet as Bayern outclassed Barcelona.Muller registered the first goal of the match in the 34th minute and Lewandowski followed with two goals in the second half.Lewandowski registered goals in the 56th and 85th minutes of the game respectively.Bayern Munich will next lock horns against Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday, September 29.In another game, Manchester United suffered a 1-2 defeat at the hands of Young Boys while Chelsea defeated Zenit 1-0 in the UEFA Champions League.

UEFA compensates dropped Euro 2020 hosts with Europa League finals

UEFA compensated Dublin and Bilbao on Friday for dropping them as European Championship hosts by awarding each city a future Europa League final

Hopeful of new era, Bayern presents coach Julian Nagelsmann

Bayern Munich has won an unprecedented nine straight Bundesliga titles, five German Cups and the Champions League twice in the past decade. It isn't enough. Bayern CEO Oliver Kahn and sporting director Hasan Salihamidic said Wednesday they wanted to start a new era as they presented new coach Julian Nagelsmann. Expectations are not small at Bayern Munich, said Kahn, who took over the club's top position from former executive board chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge last week. Kahn, a former goalkeeper who helped Bayern win 23 titles between 1994 and 2008, said the club had watched Nagelsmann's progress at rivals Hoffenheim, then Leipzig and seen that he has the quality to take teams to the next level. Nagelsmann's predecessor, Hansi Flick, left after claiming back-to-back Bundesliga crowns, and a clean sweep of every possible title in his first season. But well-publicized disagreements with Salihamidic contributed to his decision to leave despite having a contract for two more ...

Ex-Madrid captain Sergio Ramos signs 2-year deal with PSG

Obsessed with winning the Champions League, Paris Saint-Germain added precious experience to its squad by recruiting former Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos on Thursday

UEFA abolishes away-goals rule in club competitions

The away-goals rule was abolished on Thursday by UEFA after 56 years as a fundamental way of deciding matches in its European club competitions. The move was often proposed in recent years by club coaches who felt an idea from the 1960s was no longer relevant. Games now tied on aggregate score after the regulation 90 minutes in the second leg will go direct to extra time and then to a penalty shootout. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin cited the "unfairness, especially in extra time, of obliging the home team to score twice when the away team has scored." UEFA cited several factors that "blurred the lines between playing at home and away" including more television coverage to better understand opponents' styles, comfortable travel and better playing surfaces. Ceferin said the rule outlived its usefulness and inhibited home teams from attacking "because they fear conceding a goal that would give their opponents a crucial advantage.

European Super League project still alive, says FC Barcelona President

FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta insisted on Sunday that the controversial European Super League project "is still alive".Joan Laporta told the FC Barcelona's members about the European Super League project and presented a thorough review of the background, the evolution of the process and the current situation of a competition that was initially promoted by a group of 12 European clubs and that is currently "alive, but not mature enough to leave it in your hands", so it was not possible to submit the item to a vote in the assembly."The economic conditions are very favourable, because the sporting and economic programme behind the Superleague includes an investment of 3.5 billion euros and "guarantees us more than 700 million euros per season plus variables," Laporta told the club's members, an official statement by Barcelona revealed.After the 12 initial founder clubs of the competition announced their intentions, there were reactions from the world of football and also from the ..

Dinamo Zagreb headlines Champions League qualifying draw

While eight of its squad are playing at the European Championship, Dinamo Zagreb was among the biggest names in a draw on Tuesday for next season's Champions League

Romelu Lukaku sends message to Eriksen as Belgium wins at Euro 2020

Romelu Lukaku delivered a heartfelt message to Denmark player Christian Eriksen after scoring the first of his two goals in Belgium's 3-0 win over Russia on Saturday at the European Championship

Game changers

The last thing world football needs is more games

Uefa meeting with British government on Champions League final at Wembley

UEFA was meeting virtually with the British government on Monday to discuss the logistics of using Wembley for the all-English Champions League final between Manchester City and Chelsea.

As Europe's Super League project dies, hopes of Asian riches fade

The deal's longer-term appeal, analysts said, was the opportunity to expand deeper into some of their fast-growing markets in Asia.

European soccer embraced multi-billion-euro deal, now it faces all-out war

The plan by 12 clubs to form their own European competition has triggered a game of brinkmanship with the football authorities

Bayern Munich and PSG bosses confirmed on UEFA executive committee

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge was ratified on the UEFA executive committee alongside Paris Saint-Germain chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi as representatives of the European Club Association

PSG, Bayern the big names missing from European Super League plan

The new Super League soccer competition in Europe is, surprisingly, missing the names of Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain. Last year's Champions League finalists were noted absentees from the elite clubs announced in the league's formation on Sunday. Bayern would face difficulties convincing its fans and members, who have a majority say in club business. PSG's Qatari owners could be wary of disrupting next year's World Cup which will be played in Qatar and a lucrative UEFA broadcast deal if there's a civil war in European soccer. The Super League has signed up 12 clubs from England, Spain and Italy and left open three more spots for founder members, who will get permanent places in the competition. Bayern, PSG and Borussia Dortmund have been linked with those founder places. However, Dortmund said Monday that it and Bayern reject the Super League in favor of reforming the existing Champions League. They are both on the board of the European Club Association, which held an .

Britain considering 'range of options' to prevent European Super League

The British government is considering a range of options to prevent the European Super League from going ahead, a spokesperson for the prime minister has confirmed.

JPMorgan bets $4.8 billion on disrupting European football; draws flak

The clubs have signed a binding agreement to commit to remaining part of the Super League for a set number of years

Bad sport

The European Super League will harm football