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Frankfurt are the first team to return to the Camp Nou in the Champions League as they face Barcelona tonight. The Blaugrana have been settling back into their old home following its reopening in the aftermath of major construction, and fans will be excited to flood the stands for a night under the lights in Spain. However, Hansi Flick's men have work to do. They are 18th in the standings, and three points off the automatic qualification places for the next stage of the competition. Frankfurt, meanwhile, are even further adrift, with just four points to their name.

The Germany national team will play a friendly match against Switzerland in the buildup to the 2026 World Cup. The game will be played in Basel, Switzerland, on the 27th of March. It is one of the two friendlies to be played in the March international window. Originally, Germany was supposed to play against Ivory Coast, but the game was canceled after the two sides drew each other in the World Cup group stage.

Emile Heskey was about 14 years old when he was chased from Leicester City's old Filbert Street stadium all the way into town by a man shouting racist abuse. He was a Leicester fan who had no idea he was abusing a player who would go on to help his club win promotion to the Premier League and two League Cups before a move to Liverpool for what, at the time, was the club's record transfer fee.

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I will forever be proud to have worn the Rayados captain's armband, to have led the team in the first Club World Cup in its new format, to have battled in the Clausura, the Apertura, the Leagues Cup, the Concacaf Champions Cup... and to have bravely defended the Estadio BBVA Bancomer alongside you in every home game we played.

"Hopefully this is coming to the end. What we care about are the players and we massively care about Marie and the situation she is going through," "It's not nice, particularly the fact she's been named also. I don't think that's great. But we deal with it. "Nobody wants to see these things happening in any walk of life, so hopefully it's drawn to a conclusion really soon.

Really happy to win another game at home with the fans. We have to continue, really happy. It's always a pleasure for me playing Champions League, I'm enjoying my dreams. Really happy to be here. It's a team that play man-to-man and you have to look for space and create chances. First half we had those chances but didn't score, luckily we had two goals in the second half. That's what we're trying to do [find consistency]. Two games, two wins. The weekend will be a tough game at [Nottingham] Forest, we hope we can continue this run.

The Portuguese coach, who is currently in charge of Benfica, spent three years at the helm in Madrid between 2010 and 2013. Mourinho boasted a 76.3% win percentage in LaLiga, with his Los Blancos side emerging victorious in 87 of their 114 league matches under his guidance (D16 L11) and scoring 326 goals across those games. He won the league title in the 2011-12 season, while also lifting the 2011 Copa del Rey and 2012 Supercopa de Espana.

Kovac insisted that his Borussia Dortmund side must not underestimate Bodo/Glimt when they face each other in the Champions League on Wednesday. Dortmund welcome the Norwegian side to Signal Iduna Park this week, and win could prove valuable in their quest to finish in the top eight of the league phase. They sit sixth in the standings heading into matchday six, winning 10 points so far, but they could find themselves as high as second should they register a victory.

Dec 9, 2025, 06:49 AM ET Ballon d'Or winner Ousmane Dembele and goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier will both miss Paris Saint-Germain's trip to Athletic Club in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. PSG said Dembele is sick while Chevalier is still recovering from a right ankle injury. It's another setback for Dembele, who returned from a left calf injury against Tottenham Hotspur at the end of November and only made two more appearances in Ligue 1.

Playing with and against world class players week-in, week-out is a real privilege. I love it here at London City. I love the players, the staff and I just want to carry that on,

🚨 Arne Slot on Salah's "under the bus" quote: "Who he meant? The ONLY one who can answer that question is Mo". "It's hard for me to tell who he means to be honest... I don't know. Ask Mo". 🚨🧨 Arne Slot on Mo Salah: "Usually I am calm and polite but it does NOT mean I'm weak. When a player says things like that, we have to react as a club". "And you can see he is NOT here". ❗️