How Ronaldinho's free kicks helped spark soccer's latest trend
Have you noticed how many players are laying down behind the wall, risking life and limb to block a low free kick these days? Here's how it started.
Fan unrest in Brazil a warning to Europe's super league dreams
Before UEFA rushes head-first into any cross-continental super league, they should reflect on what has happened to some of Brazil's "giant" clubs.
Liverpool's glory, Neymar's tears: Top soccer images of 2020
Getty Images has selected its top sports photographs of 2020, with a bumper crop of soccer stills among the year's most compelling pictures.
Real Madrid back huge football reform
Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has backed major reform of the European football calendar.
Mou: Quoting stats is like badly cooked meat
Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho has hit back at critics for relying on stats which don't tell the full story of his squad, he says.
Lewandowski FIFA's Best over Messi, Ronaldo
Robert Lewandowski has won The Best FIFA Men's Player of the Year for 2020, beating Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Juventus' Cristiano Ronaldo.
Neymar can lure Messi to PSG with another UCL masterclass
Neymar wants to be reunited with Lionel Messi and can put that in motion by leading PSG past old club Barcelona when they meet in the UCL last 16.
Barcelona vs. PSG, Messi vs. Neymar headlines Champions League draw
The path to the 2020-21 Champions League final has reached the knockout phase and the round of 16 has thrown up some truly heavyweight encounters.
UCL draw: Messi vs. Neymar, Ronaldo at Porto
Barcelona were drawn against Paris Saint-Germain in the standout tie of the Champions League round of 16.
Webo: There has to be consequences for racism
Istanbul Basaksehir assistant coach Pierre Webo has said he is still coming to terms with the alleged racist incident in the game against PSG.
Basaksehir's Webo: We sent world a message
Istanbul Basaksehir assistant coach Pierre Webo said Dec. 8 would be remembered in the fight against racism.
FIFA The Best: Messi, Ronaldo, Lewy nominated
Robert Lewandowski has been nominated for FIFA The Best Men's player of the Year for 2020, alongside Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Guardiola: Man City wary of wounded Man Utd
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola expects to face the "best version" of a wounded Manchester United side.
Champions League takeaways: Gladbach's joy, Why Man United failed, matches that mattered
The Champions League was like a good rom-com: lots of twists and turns, but a familiar ending that made sense. Here's how we arrived at our last-16.
UCL Ladder
GROUP A | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bayern Munich | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +13 | 16 |
Atletico Madrid | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 9 |
FC Salzburg | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
Lokomotiv Moscow | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -5 | 3 |
GROUP B | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Real Madrid | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 10 |
Borussia Monchengladbach | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +7 | 8 |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -7 | 8 |
Internazionale | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 6 |
GROUP C | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Manchester City | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | +12 | 16 |
FC Porto | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +7 | 13 |
Olympiakos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
Marseille | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -11 | 3 |
GROUP D | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Liverpool | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +7 | 13 |
Atalanta | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | +2 | 11 |
Ajax Amsterdam | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
FC Midtjylland | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -9 | 2 |
GROUP E | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Chelsea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | +12 | 14 |
Sevilla FC | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 13 |
Krasnodar | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 5 |
Stade Rennes | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -8 | 1 |
GROUP F | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | +7 | 13 |
Lazio | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 10 |
Club Brugge | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 8 |
Zenit St Petersburg | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -9 | 1 |
GROUP G | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Juventus | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | +10 | 15 |
Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | +11 | 15 |
Dynamo Kiev | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -9 | 4 |
Ferencvaros | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -12 | 1 |
GROUP H | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
Paris Saint-Germain | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | +7 | 12 |
RB Leipzig | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
Manchester United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
Istanbul Basaksehir | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -11 | 3 |