Adam Silver: NBA jealous of Champions League - FanSided
In his second year as NBA commissioner, Adam Silver admits casting a longing eye at European soccer and wishing his league could mimic it more.
Manchester City Avoids Liverpool’s Fate in Champions League
City advanced to the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League when it won at Roma, a day after Liverpool was knocked out.. Soccer Roundup; Manchester City defeats Roma, 2-0, to advance to knockout round of UEFA Champions League; other news noted.
Real Madrids home discomforts can ease at Schalke in Champions League
A 2-0 victory ��� in which the goalkeeper made two important saves ��� meant that Madrid remained a point clear at the top of the table and that Casillas equalled Ra��l as the player with the most league wins in Real Madrids entire history, but it did not.
Can Guardiola, Ancelotti, Mourinho or Di Matteo win the.
The four managers remaining in this seasons Champions League who have won it before share similarities and differences, writes Gab Marcotti.
Sevilla, Valencia Battle for CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Spot
With the top three expected to win comfortably on Saturday, the weekends standout game in La Liga is Sundays clash between two ambitious teams fighting to secure a lucrative Champions League berth.
Harsh Reality Is That Liverpools Captain Stood Alone in a Lost Cause
Steven Gerrard tried his best to keep Liverpool from being knocked out of the Champions League, but he got little to no help from his teammates.
Champions League: Paris Saint-Germain holds Chelsea
PSG will be the most annoyed -- Laurent Blancs side had chance after chance to win the tie and put a dent in Chelseas Champions League hopes. In the end, Edinson Cavanis strike ensured parity after Branislav Ivanovic, the Serbia defender, had given.
Cox: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE places up for grabs
Five into two wont go, so which clubs outside the Premier Leagues top two have the best chances of claiming a Champions League spot? Michael Cox investigates.
Jose Mourinho warns Chelsea beware of PSG divers
The two sides meet in the last 16 of the Champions League tonight, PSG having perished at the quarter-finals against Mourinhos team last season in painful fashion - to a goal three minutes from time, going out on away goals��.
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Bayern Munich: Score, Grades, Reaction from Champions.
Shakhtar Donetsk and Bayern Munich played out a dull 0-0 draw in their first-leg tie in the Champions League round of 16 on Tuesday night, with neither team willing to show its hand in a long game of poker. Shakhtar were hosting their Bavarian visitors.
Chelsea take stroll around Paris ahead of Champions League clash against PSG
Chelsea got themselves in the mood for their Champions League encounter with French giants Paris Saint-Germain with a gentle stroll around the city. The squad were pictured walking around the five-star LHotel Du Collectionneur in Paris on Tuesday .
Paris Saint-Germain v Chelsea - The Gooners Guide
Paris Saint-Germain v Chelsea betting preview for 2015-02-17 | Champions League match tips and odds written by Auls.
Champions League last 16: where the ties will be won and lost
Champions League last 16: where the ties will be won and lost. This years draw for the knockout stage has thrown up some tantalising match ups, including Manchester Citys clash with Barcelona and a tough encounter��.
Valencia and Porto Reach Quarterfinals
Valencia and Porto advanced in the Champions League yesterday, while yet another Italian team, Fiorentina, fell out of a major competition. The two teams will join Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Manchester United in the quarterfinals.. Champions League soccer results (S)
Andrea Pirlo challenges Juventus to rise to CHAMPIONS LEAGUE test
Its not easy to win the Champions League. There are so many different factors -- luck, being in good shape when it matters, the draw. For these reasons, its hard to win a European Cup. Juve welcome Dortmund to the Juventus Stadium next Tuesday.
In CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Play, Barcelona and Liverpool Lead a List of Underachievers
The Russian champion Rubin Kazan went to Spain and upset Barcelona while Liverpool lost to Lyon in Champions League games Tuesday.
When Youre Barcelona or Manchester City, Its Easy to Trust in the Talent
In the Champions League, Samir Nasri provided the finishing skills that City supposedly was lacking, while Barcelonas Big Three all scored in a win over Paris St.-Germain.
Barcelona Reaches Round of 16
Two-time winner Barcelona reached the round of 16 in European soccer’s Champions League after a 2- 2 draw at Lyon, while Inter Milan, Roma and Sevilla advanced with victories.
Champions League 2015: Round of 16 - SBNation.com
Flashing back, looking forward, evaluating players, predicting weak spots, wondering if Real Madrid can win again.this Champions League preview has it all.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE power rankings: Barcelona enters knockout stage as the.
As the UEFA Champions League enters the knockout stage, four teams have separated from the pack ��� Barcelona, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. Winners of the past four trophies of club footballs premier competition, they are the favorites of the .
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are not Champions League
However, Madrid, the reigning world and European champions, along with 2012-13 Champions League winners Bayern, are said to have one of the strongest cases to win the competition this year. However, the Portuguese��.
David Luiz admits TROLLING Bayern Munich stars in.
DAVID LUIZ has revealed that he trolled Bayern Munich players Mario Gomez and Bastian Schweinsteiger as Chelsea won the 2012 Champions League final.
LIVE ��� UEFA Champions League: Chelsea, PSG clash; Shakhtar host Bayern.
In the other clash on Tuesday reigning German champions and one of the favorites to win the Champions League this season, Bayern Munich, travel to war-torn Ukraine to face Shakhtar Donetsk. The game will be played in Lviv, 750 miles way from Donestk .
Jackie Robinson West, a Team That Won Hearts, Loses Its Little League Title
An investigation revealed that the Chicago team, which captured the attention of the country last summer, had falsified boundaries to field ineligible players.. Jackie Robinson West, all-black Little League baseball team from Chicago that reached the championship game in 2014, is stripped of its United States title for falsifying boundaries to field ineligible players; boys on team were reportedly unaware of any wrongdoing.
Israel Cannot Hold Matches
Israel was barred from playing host to international matches until further notice because of the violence that has affected the region. In a letter sent to the Israel Football Association yesterday, UEFA, the European soccer governing body, said all games scheduled for Israel “shall be played outside of Israeli territory.”.
Premier Leagues ���6.9bn TV deal risks relegating Champions
With televised English top-flight games worth around ���12 million each and other leading European leagues battling to keep up, the Champions League stands to lose out heavily. Despite its continuing rise in stature since the��.
James, Lucas Moura and the missing Champions League stars
Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Schalke are the teams most affected by injuries and suspensions as the Champions League returns with four last-16 ties this week. For PSG, their 2-2 draw with Caen at the weekend��.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Results 2015: Scores, Top Players for Round of 16 Day 1
The Champions League round of 16 is all square after the first day of competition. Chelsea left their mark on Paris Saint-Germain to take a 1-1 draw from their away trip while Bayern were held 0-0 at Shakhtar Donetsk. Despite the lack of goalmouth.
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are not Champions League favourites - Mourinho
Diego Costa, who has not played for the Blues since last months League Cup semi-final victory over Liverpool, having served a three-game suspension for stamping on Emre Can, is expected to start in midweek, but Mourinho is worried about his sharpness.
A Dazzling Barcelona Wins With Style
Patience and flair triumphed over force as Barcelona won Europe’s most prestigious club soccer tournament, 2-0.
Juventus Advances
Alessandro Del Piero scored twice as visiting Juventus beat Real Madrid, 2-0, to reach the Round of 16 in the Champions League. Manchester United played to a 1-1 tie against Celtic in Glasgow. Del Piero left the field in a late substitution to applause from both sets of fans. A goal by Ryan Giggs in the 84th minute earned a point for Manchester United, the defending champion, which ran its unbeaten streak in the tournament to 17 games.
Chinese Team Earns Spot in Asian CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
The Chinese club Guangzhou RandF scored a 3-1 win over the host Central Coast Mariners of Australia to earn a spot in the Asian Champions League. Guangzhou joins Gamba Osaka of Japan, Seongnam of South Korea and Buriram United of Thailand in .
PSG vs Chelsea, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: as it happened
But Chiles is gone now, eased unceremoniously out a side window, and so on Tuesday evening saw the debut of Mark Pougatch as the anchor of ITVs Champions League coverage. A radio and television broadcaster of some repute, this was nonetheless a .
Chelsea PSG Eden Hazard CHAMPIONS LEAGUE | Football.
EDEN HAZARD believes Chelseas 1-1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain is a good result for the club.
Bayern and Lyon Advance
The Dutch wing Arjen Robben scored on a stunning volley in the second half as Bayern Munich eliminated Manchester United on Wednesday.
A Sheep Is Saved, and Celtic Wins
Glasgow Celtic overcame a 2-0 deficit from the first leg to advance to the Champions League group stage after beating Shakhter Karagandy on Wednesday.
With Loss, Manchester City Is Left Fighting to Advance
Nine-man Manchester City was upset at home by CSKA Moscow and dropped to the bottom of Group E with two games remaining.. Soccer Champions League Roundup; CSKA Moscow wins at Manchester City, 2-1, leaving city at bottom of Group E with two games left; other soccer tournament results noted.
PSG vs Chelsea LIVE: Goals, action and analysis as the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.
Jose Mourinhos side visit the French capital as they get the Champions League knock-put stages underway. Follow all the action from the Parc des Princes. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; Email. Refresh automatically On | Off. Chelseas team bus CRASHES as .
PSG vs. Chelsea live stream: Where to watch Champions League match
Chelsea is a significantly better team than last year, as evidenced by its dominating performance atop the Champions League leaderboard. It has incredible talent from top-to-bottom -- Diego Costa, Didier Drogba and Cesc Fabregas, to name three -- and.
David Beckham heads to France to cheer on Paris Saint.
David Beckham heads to France to cheer on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions league. AFTER supporting his wife Victoria Beckham at her latest fashion show in New York it looks like David Beckham is ready to indulge��.
Barcelona on top as Spanish clubs dominate Champions.
The Champions League is back and, ahead of the round of 16, Power Rankings guru Shaka Hislop is doing double duty as he ranks the clubs who still have hopes of lifting the European Cup in May.
Valencia Stuns Barcelona
A year after finishing fourth in the Spanish League, Valencia is on the cusp of playing for the top prize in Europe. Miguel Angel Angulo scored two goals and set up another before halftime as host Valencia stunned Barcelona, 4-1, yesterday in the first leg of their European Champions League semifinal.. Champions League soccer results noted (S)
Five factors that contribute to which team wins the Champions League
So how do you get closest to any guarantees? How does a club get the Champions Leagues specific characteristics to work in their favour? And in a competition where those with the best quality dont always win, what are the best attributes you can have?
Manchester United, Chelsea, Bordeaux and Porto Advance
Manchester United scored two late goals and Didier Drogba scored both for Chelsea as the two English clubs advanced in the Champions League.
Liverpool Gets a Victory, but Still Ends Up Losing
Liverpool of England has won the Champions League five times, but this season the Reds did not make it past the group stage.
Can Cristiano Ronaldo Catch Messis Three Champions League Titles This.
Cristiano Ronaldo has won his third Ballon dOr and been the most prolific goalscorer in La Liga this season. Ronaldo is chasing a third statistic this season: his third Champions League title. Will he tie Messis three Champions League titles? Watch.
Chelsea and Arsenal make quarter-finals as stats boffins predict Champions.
The Champions League is back with a bang this week as three Premier League sides vie for a place in the last eight of Europes premier club competition. Its extremely difficult to predict who will contest the final in Berlin on June 6 but football.
For Juventus CHAMPIONS LEAGUE hopes is it now or never.
The Champions League round of 16 kicks off on Tuesday and, ahead of the return of European club footballs elite competition, ESPN FC is asking -- and answering -- a series of burning questions. In the latest, James��.
Heres A Really Unfortunate Own Goal in an Asian.
There are own goals in soccer and then there is what the Central Coast Mariners Josh Rose did in an Asian Champions League qualifer vs. Guangzhou RandF on Tuesday. Its one thing to play a back pass to the keeper, as we��.
Sense of Deja Vu as Champions League Resumes
The Champions League will have an air of familiarity about it when it resumes this week with 11 of the clubs who reached the last 16 stage a year ago involved again.
Bayerns Matthaus A Success in Finale
Bayern Munich said farewell to Lothar Matthaus in style last night with a 4-1 victory over Real Madrid in Paris that made Bayern the second team to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals of the European Champions League, joining Barcelona.. Champions League soccer results noted (S)
Champions League Shakes Bundesliga Teams Awake
Bayern Munich shook off rust evident after the winter break with an 8-0 thrashing of Hamburg, and Borussia Dortmund also seems to have returned to life.