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Newcastle United will host Barcelona on Matchday 1 of the 2025 UEFA Champions League league phase on Thursday on Paramount+. Barcelona, which have won five Champions League titles, will be without superstar Lamine Yamal, who is out with a groin injury. Newcastle enters Thursday’s tilt unbeaten in three of their last four matches. Now, they’ll go head-to-head […]

A wild first week of UCL action brought many surprises, but who is at No. 1 should not surprise you Sep 18, 2025 at 6:04 pm ET • 6 min read Getty Images Matchday one of the league phase has come to a close, and most of the big teams took care of business, but […]

And so the 2024-25 Ballon d’Or is won. Can you really believe they gave it to that guy? Amid all that controversy. All the drama on the night too! Truly those are scenes we will never forget. (Do you think they can tell I started writing all this in advance?) The hometown favorite ultimately won […]

Everton haven’t defeated Liverpool in the Premier League since 2024, but coming into the Merseyside derby, there are plenty of reasons for David Moyes to feel confident that his side can be the first team to earn points off of the Reds in the new season. Liverpool have been leaving things late with stoppage time […]

Content on this page may include affiliate links. If you click and sign up/place a wager, we may receive compensation at no cost to you. The Brazilian winger was benched in the last home Champions League match against Olympique Marseille Sep 20, 2025 at 5:56 am ET • 1 min read Getty Images After winning […]

LONDON — This shouldn’t feel sweet for Arsenal. There is every possibility that come the end of the season, this will have the look of two points frittered away by a conservative selection and a drab first-time display. The familiar tropes that are deployed against Mikel Arteta were present in abundance: a midfield that lacked […]

The 2025 edition of the Ballon d’Or, the most prestigious individual soccer prize, will take place on Monday in Paris live on Paramount+. After the 2024 edition, when Manchester City’s Rodri won the prize while Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr. decided not to attend the event that takes place at the Theatre du Chatelet, there are even more […]

Champions League soccer has returned, and with it comes rotation. As Premier League teams look to balance their European duties with league play, it can cause some sides like Newcastle United to be stretched thinner than they’d like while trying to balance playing three matches in eight days, but it provides opportunities for fresher opposition […]