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The beginning of each UEFA Champions League season restores the true rhythm of a European campaign, in which the continent’s top teams mix in competition against each other and undergo new litmus tests as they aim to answer one question: Does their ambition match the ability to pull off their goals? For Matchday 1 in […]

Well, what a week that was. Three days, 18 games, a boatload of high-grade performers: there really hasn’t been a shortfall of options for our first Champions League team of the week. We’ll be playing 4-4-2 this time, partly because it’s the formation that lets you get the broadest sweep of options into your XI […]

Getty Images New U.S. men’s national team head coach Mauricio Pochettino said he aims to take the team to the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cup on home soil, a feat they haven’t accomplished since 2002. Pochettino suggested the target is not just his but also shared by U.S. Soccer’s higher-ups, who have long hoped […]

Barcelona enter Champions League play in good form under new manager Hansi Flick, and they’ll look to get off to a hot start Thursday against AS Monaco. Flick has gotten Barcelona back to the top of La Liga with an eye popping 17 goals scored in only five games, and while Robert Lewandowski has led […]

The first week of Champions League football comes to an end on Thursday night with the Europa League champions Atalanta welcoming Arsenal to Bergamo in the midst of a pivotal week for the Gunners. Having ground out victory at Tottenham on Sunday, Mikel Arteta’s side begin their European campaign with half an eye on Sunday […]

A first goalless outing in 18 European matches might immediately catch the eye where Manchester City, held goalless by Inter at the Etihad Stadium, are concerned but Pep Guardiola will know that his greater worries are less what happened in the final third than what might have happened at the other end. There were flashes […]

Two titans will square off in a UEFA Champions League battle as reigning Premier League kings Manchester City host Serie A champions Inter Milan on Wednesday on Paramount+. Man City have start off the new season 4-0 in league play, but haven’t done so without letting multiple goals get by them. Meanwhile, Inter are making […]

Soccer superstar David Beckham will host “Beckham and Friends,” an alternative live broadcast during the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League as part of CBS Sports’ coverage of Europe’s top club competition. Beckham and Friends will air during the second legs of both Champions League semifinals in 2025 and 2026, as well as the […]

Getty Images Inter Miami’s march toward the Supporters Shield and chance of the MLS single-season points record marches on with a trip to face Atlanta United on Wednsday. Lionel Messi returned from his injury with a bang, scoring two goals and assisting another, but will he be risked in back-to-back matches?  It’s clear that the […]

A pair of EFL League One clubs with famous American investors will go head-to-head on Monday when Birmingham City hosts Wrexham on Paramount+. NFL legend Tom Brady is a Birmingham investor, while actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney are in charge at Wrexham. This is the blockbuster match of the season to this point, especially […]