5:00 AM ET The 2022-23 Champions League group stage is all wrapped up, and there was no shortage of drama, goals and chaos. Bayern Munich achieved a perfect record, Tottenham Hotspur narrowly clinched qualification into the knockouts and Club Brugge made it out of the group stage for the first time in their history. Meanwhile,
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6:03 PM ET Manchester City’s Rico Lewis became the youngest player to score on their first Champions League start. MB Media/Getty Images Manchester City teenager Rico Lewis marked his first senior start with his maiden goal for the club as City came from behind to complete their commanding Champions League group stage with a 3-1 defeat
6:43 PM ET Chelsea and England defender Ben Chilwell reacts after going down in his team’s win over Dinamo Zagreb. Getty Images England‘s Ben Chilwell pulled up in stoppage time of Chelsea‘s 2-1 Champions League win over Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday with a hamstring injury, putting his participation in the World Cup in Qatar in doubt.
7:10 PM ET The tourist board of Swedish coastal province Halland has asked football fans to stop confusing its name with that of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland. Twitter posts in which the Norway international’s name is spelt Halland rather than Haaland mean social media users trying to discover the area online are instead directed
5:32 PM ET Shakhtar were no match for a rampant Leipzig side who avenged a 4-1 defeat in matchday one to win 4-0 and advance to the Champions League last 16 at the Ukrainian side’s expense. EPA/Leszek Szymanski WARSAW, Poland — “We wanted to hit the jackpot, but it was not to be,” Shakhtar Donetsk coach
6:00 PM ET Kylian Mbappe scored the opener and set up the winner for Paris Saint-Germain as they beat Juventus 2-1 at the Allianz Stadium in the Champions League on Wednesday, but finished a heartbreaking second in their group. PSG came into the match knowing they needed to win to ensure top spot in Group
5:20 PM ET Tottenham forward Son Heung-Min is a major fitness doubt for the World Cup after Spurs confirmed the South Korea star will undergo surgery to stabilise a fracture around his left eye. Son was forced off during the first half of Tottenham’s crucial Champions League victory over Marseille on Tuesday following a challenge
12:20 PM ET Associated Press The United States will start preparations for the 2026 World Cup with friendlies against Serbia and Colombia in the Los Angeles area in January. The U.S. will play Serbia on Jan. 25 at Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles and meet Colombia three days later in Carson, California, the
12:49 PM ET A stirring speech made by Lionel Messi before Argentina‘s Copa America win against Brazil has been revealed in a new documentary about the tournament. Messi captained Argentina to the trophy last year — his first senior honour for his country after a host of near-misses — with a 1-0 victory against Brazil
6:00 PM ET Chelsea midfielder Denis Zakaria scored on his debut as his side finished their Champions League Group E campaign with a 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday, topping the group and ending the European campaign for the Croatians. Chelsea, who had secured group victory with a game to spare,