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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Arsenal midfielder Myles Lewis-Skelly (second right) reacts after being sent off by referee Michael Oliver on January 25, 2025.
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Jan 29, 2025
Arsenal boss Arteta urges stop to abuse after red card rescinded
The referees' body, PGMOL, said the police were investigating threats and abuse directed at referee Michael Oliver following the game.
Celtic's Arne Engels (left) and Young Boys' Silvere Ganvoula M'boussy vie for the ball during their Champions League match in Glasgow, Scotland, on Wednesday.
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Jan 23, 2025
Celtic makes 'little bit of history' with Champions League progress
Celtic ensured it will have at least three more games at Europe's top table this season.
Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (left) and Harvey Elliott celebrate after the club's second goal against Lille on Tuesday.
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Jan 22, 2025
Liverpool's magnificent seven secures Champions League progress
Harvey Elliott's deflected strike secured a seventh consecutive Champions League victory for Arne Slot's men.
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez celebrates at the end of the English Premier League football match between Brentford and Liverpool in London on Saturday.
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Jan 21, 2025
Slot challenges Liverpool striker Nunez to prove he is elite
Nunez has struggled to win over both Slot and his predecessor Jurgen Klopp since signing from Benfica in 2022.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola in Ipswich, England, on Sunday. Guardiola has appeared drained and depressed by City's recent struggles.
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Jan 21, 2025
Revitalized Manchester City confident for PSG 'final': Guardiola
Pep Guardiola's side is languishing in 22nd place in the 36-team Champions League table with two games left.
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone gives a news conference on the eve of the UEFA Champions League football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Jan. 20.
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Jan 21, 2025
Atletico targeting Champions League final, says Simeone
Atletico Madrid is the only team to reach three Champions League finals without winning the trophy.
Stuttgart's Anrie Chase applauds the fans after a match against Bayer Leverkusen on Nov. 1.
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Dec 29, 2024
How Anrie Chase went from a Fukushima high school to playing against Real Madrid
Just three years ago, the Stuttgart defender was still playing for Shoshi High School in Koriyama. Now he's competing against the likes of Kylian Mbappe.
Pep Guardiola looks on from the technical area during Manchester City's Champions League match against Juventus in Turin, Italy, on Wednesday.
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Dec 12, 2024
Pep Guardiola stays positive after City's woes continue against Juventus
The Premier League champion has recorded just one victory in its last 10 games across all competitions.
Manchester City's Phil Foden, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish and Kyle Walker during training in Manchester on Tuesday
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Dec 11, 2024
City's Foden and Kovacic not expected to face Juventus, says Guardiola
Guardiola's struggling team have three games left to clinch a top-eight spot that would earn a last-16 place and avoid a playoff.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah shoots from the penalty spot and scores the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League, league phase match against Girona FC in Girona, Spain, on Tuesday.
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Dec 11, 2024
Salah keeps Liverpool perfect as Real down Atalanta in Champions League
Salah's 63rd-minute penalty proved decisive against dogged debutants Girona.
Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti looks on during a training session on the eve of the UEFA Champions League soccer match between Atalanta and Real Madrid in Bergamo, Italy, on Monday.
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Dec 10, 2024
Real Madrid heading for Champions League playoffs, says Ancelotti
Real is languishing four points off the top eight in 24th, the last spot that earns a place in the playoffs.
Kylian Mbappe had a penalty saved during Real Madrid's loss against Liverpool during the Champions League.
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Nov 29, 2024
European giants struggle in new Champions League format
Heavyweights such as Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are currently at risk of an early exit.
Liverpool's Cody Gakpo (center) celebrates scoring his team's second goal, alongside Virgil van Dijk (left) and Ibrahima Konate, in Liverpool, England, on Wednesday.
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Nov 28, 2024
Mbappe misses penalty as Liverpool exacts revenge on Real Madrid
Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo scored the goals in the second half as the Reds maintained their perfect record to return to the top of the table.
Manchester City's Erling Haaland reacts after his side blew a 3-0 lead and settled for a draw against Feyenoord in Champions League action on Tuesday.
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Nov 27, 2024
Manchester City not 'stable,' says Guardiola after Feyenoord collapse
A point did snap City's five-game losing streak, but did little to inspire confidence ahead of Sunday's daunting trip to Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Inter Milan's Davide Frattesi vies for the ball during his team's Champions League match against Arsenal in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday.
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Nov 7, 2024
Inter Milan sink Arsenal in Champions League
Arsenal continued its shaky run of form and sits in 12th place with seven points.
AC Milan players celebrate after defeating Real Madrid 3-1 in a Champions League group stage match in Madrid on Tuesday.
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Nov 6, 2024
AC Milan topples Champions League holder Real Madrid
Mbappe failed to find the net, with the France captain having scored once in his last six matches for Madrid across all competitions.
Paris Saint-Germain players pose for a group picture prior to the start of a UEFA Champions League match against PSV Eindhoven in Paris on Oct. 22.
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Nov 5, 2024
With Mbappe gone, misfiring PSG are under pressure in Champions League
PSG have just four points from three games, despite starting with kind home fixtures against Girona and PSV Eindhoven either side of a trip to Arsenal.
Aston Villa's Jhon Duran celebrates after scoring against Bayern Munich during their Champions League match in Birmingham, England, on Wednesday.
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Oct 3, 2024
Aston Villa stuns Bayern in repeat of 1982 European Cup final
Prince William was among the over 40,000 Villa fans who inspired Unai Emery's men to shrug off the vast gulf in Champions League pedigree between the sides.
Lille's Ayyoub Bouaddi celebrates with his teammates after their win over Real Madrid in the Champions League in Lille, France, on Wednesday.
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Oct 3, 2024
Lille's Bruno Genesio celebrates perfect night after upset win over Read Madrid
Lille prevailed courtesy of a Jonathan David penalty in first-half stoppage time.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola addresses a news conference in Bratislava on Monday.
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Oct 1, 2024
Guardiola promises strong City side in Slovan Champions League tie
Team will play without Rodri, who will miss the rest of the season after suffering a serious knee injury.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.
A 40-year wait for ‘Mishima’ ends at TIFF
Made at a time when Japan was still grappling with Yukio Mishima’s legacy, Paul Schrader’s biopic “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters” was blocked from screening in the country for decades.

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