Liverpool have crashed out of the Champions League despite a narrow 1-0 Group E win over Debrecen in Hungary.
Dutch international Ryan Babel has threatened to leave English Premier League side Liverpool unless he is picked to play in more games by his manager Rafa Benitez.
Lyon scored a last-minute equalizer to secure a 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool, sealing the French side's place in the Champions League last 16 and leaving the 2005 champions on the brink of elimination.
Porto striker Hulk has been called up to the Brazilian squad for friendly internationals next month against England and Oman.
Real Madrid capped a disappointing week by being held goalless by Sporting Gijon in the Spanish Primera Liga on Saturday night.
We're halfway through the Champions League group stage, which means it's midterm report-card time for Europe's elite. In this evaluation, though, you don't get a straight grade -- you're on a curve based on how you've performed relative to expectations.
Under-pressure Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has received the backing of the club's co-owner George Gillett amid speculation that the Spaniard is battling to keep his job.
Lyon snatched a dramatic last-gasp 2-1 victory at Anfield as Liverpool lost four games in succession for the first time since 1987 to leave the English giants' Champions League qualification hopes hanging by a thread.
Liverpool's Champions League hopes took a blow as teenage Montenegro international Stevan Jovetic scored both goals to give Italian side Fiorentina a deserved 2-0 Group E victory.
Giampaolo Pazzini scored the only goal as Sampdoria beat champions Inter Milan to leapfrog them at the top of Serie A on Saturday.
Liverpool have crashed out of the Champions League despite a narrow 1-0 Group E win over Debrecen in Hungary.
Dutch international Ryan Babel has threatened to leave English Premier League side Liverpool unless he is picked to play in more games by his manager Rafa Benitez.
Lyon scored a last-minute equalizer to secure a 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool, sealing the French side's place in the Champions League last 16 and leaving the 2005 champions on the brink of elimination.
Porto striker Hulk has been called up to the Brazilian squad for friendly internationals next month against England and Oman.
Real Madrid capped a disappointing week by being held goalless by Sporting Gijon in the Spanish Primera Liga on Saturday night.
We're halfway through the Champions League group stage, which means it's midterm report-card time for Europe's elite. In this evaluation, though, you don't get a straight grade -- you're on a curve based on how you've performed relative to expectations.
Under-pressure Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has received the backing of the club's co-owner George Gillett amid speculation that the Spaniard is battling to keep his job.
Lyon snatched a dramatic last-gasp 2-1 victory at Anfield as Liverpool lost four games in succession for the first time since 1987 to leave the English giants' Champions League qualification hopes hanging by a thread.
Liverpool's Champions League hopes took a blow as teenage Montenegro international Stevan Jovetic scored both goals to give Italian side Fiorentina a deserved 2-0 Group E victory.
Giampaolo Pazzini scored the only goal as Sampdoria beat champions Inter Milan to leapfrog them at the top of Serie A on Saturday.
Juventus maintained their fierce pace at the top of Serie A with a 2-0 home win over Livorno in Turin on Saturday night.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Samuel Eto'o were both kept under wraps by their former team-mates as Inter Milan held Champions League holders Barcelona to a dour Group F goalless draw at the San Siro.
Finally, the 2009-10 UEFA Champions League draw is done and we know who's playing who and when.
Holders Barcelona will face Inter Milan, pitting Samuel Eto'o and Zlatan Ibrahimovic against their former clubs, after the draw for the Champions League group stage was made in Monaco on Thursday.
Spanish Primera Liga side Atletico Madrid secured their place in the Champions League group stage after sealing a 5-2 aggregate win over 10-man Panathinaikos.
Spanish Primera Liga side Atletico Madrid have got one foot in the Champions League group stage after claiming a crucial 3-2 success at Greek side Panathinaikos in a tough qualifying round first leg encounter on Wednesday.
Arsenal will face Celtic in a mouthwatering all-British tie later this month to decide who reaches the Champions League group stages.
If this summer's transfer window is any indication, we can look forward to one of the most exciting European seasons in decades. With the three most expensive transfers in the history of the game recently made for amounts previously unimaginable, the stakes are higher than ever.
Alex Ferguson handed Michael Owen the famous number seven shirt at Old Trafford and then dropped a strong hint that Manchester United's spending in the summer transfer window was at an end.
CNN's Pedro Pinto has had his turn - now it's open to you! Real Madrid have conducted a flambouyant spending spree in recent months signing the FIFA World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo for a world record fee of $130m from Manchester United.
Big-spending Spanish giants Real Madrid have confirmed that France forward Karim Benzema will join on a six-year contract.
Lyon have accepted an offer of approximately 35 million euros ($50m) from Real Madrid for 21-year-old French international striker Karim Benzema.
Lyon's Brazilian playmaker Juninho has completed his 2.5m euros ($3.47m) transfer to Qatari champions Al-Garrafa -- a record fee for the country.
The summer transfer market is a few weeks away from opening and already the signs are that the global financial crisis is forcing clubs to rethink their annual spending.
Bordeaux clinched the French league title with a 1-0 win over Caen on a dramatic final day of the season.
Inter Milan opened a 10-point gap on city rivals AC Milan with a 2-0 win over Lazio in the San Siro on Saturday night.
AZ Alkmaar were crowned Dutch champions for the first time since 1981 after Ajax were thrashed 6-2 at PSV Eindhoven on Sunday.
Defending champion Lyon stayed ahead in the tight French title race with a 3-1 victory over Le Mans with star striker Karim Benzema scoring twice.
Seven-time reigning champions Lyon went back to the top of the French first division with a 2-0 home win over Sochaux on Sunday.
Toulouse striker Andre-Pierre Gignac has been handed his first call-up to the France squad for their two World Cup qualifiers against Lithuania.
Thierry Henry scored twice as Barcelona booked their place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a 5-2 second leg victory against Lyon at the Nou Camp.
Lazio will take a slender one-goal advantage into the second leg of the Italian Cup semifinals after a 2-1 home victory over Juventus.
Thierry Henry snatched Champions League favorites Barcelona a crucial away goal in a 1-1 Champions League draw against Lyon at Stade Gerland.
Title holders Manchester United are facing a "nightmare" injury crisis in central defense ahead of their Champions League San Siro showdown with Inter Milan on Tuesday.
Argentine coach Diego Maradona has urged Carlos Tevez to quit Manchester United at the end of the season and head for Italy.
Lionel Messi grabbed a late winner as Barcelona scored a 3-2 victory at bottom club Osasuna to maintain their runaway charge towards the Spanish Primera title.
With the European seasons just about at the halfway mark, there seems to be one overriding theme. Every one of the big boys (except Barcelona) is generally stinking it up. Some more so, some less so, admittedly.
Lyon were held to a scoreless draw by Marseille on Sunday but kept their three-point lead at the top of the French league.
Miroslav Klose scored two goals as Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich beat Lyon 3-2 in France and finished top of Group F of the Champions League.
Midfielder Bruno Cheyrou scored the only goal on Sunday as Rennes beat Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 to extend their unbeaten run to 14 matches in the French league.
Seven-time defending champions Lyon struggled to a goalless draw at home to lowly Valenciennes on Saturday, badly missing injured star striker Karim Benzema.
Miroslav Klose scored twice and set up Luca Toni for another Tuesday to give Bayern Munich a 3-0 win over Steaua Bucharest and a place in the knockout stage of the Champions League.
Paris Saint Germain inflicted only Lyon's second league defeat of the season as a goal from Ludovic Giuly proved enough to beat the defending champions 1-0 at the Parc des Princes.
Karim Benzema has set his sights on a move away from seven-times French champions Lyon at the end of the current season.
Former Lyon and Portsmouth boss Alain Perrin is to succeed Laurent Roussey as coach of struggling French first division side Saint-Etienne.
Seven-time defending champions Lyon stayed four points clear of chasers Marseille with a slender 1-0 win at Monaco on Saturday night.
Midfielder Juninho and defender Anthony Reveillere scored to give Lyon a 2-0 win over Steaua Bucharest to take them to the top of Champions League Group F on Wednesday.
Bayern Munich ignored their poor Bundesliga form to secure a convincing 3-0 win over Fiorentina in Tuesday's Champions League match in Munich to take control of Group F.
Team Limey comes crashing into Jonah Freedman's beloved Power Rankings control room this week, as our lovable Power Ranker is on vacation down under. No doubt he's checking up on the Perth Glory's and Queensland Roar's chances of breaking into a future top 10.
Seven-time defending French champions Lyon crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Rennes on Sunday as Mickael Pagis grabbed a hat-trick.
Ze Roberto's second half goal earned Bayern Munich a 1-1 draw against French giants Lyon to keep Juergen Klinsmann's side top of Group F in the Champions League.
The draw for the Champions League group stages has become a bigger and bigger event in recent seasons and this year's ceremony proved no different.
Parma have signed AC Milan's 18-year-old Alberto Paloschi in a co-ownership deal, the Serie B club announced on their Web site on Wednesday.
Seven-time defending champions Lyon beat Grenoble 2-0 on Saturday with goals from Jean Makoun and Karim Benzema to share the lead in the French league standings with Marseille.
France coach Raymond Domenech has opted for youth over experience with veteran goalkeeper Gregory Coupet left out of a 20-man squad for the friendly against Sweden in Gothenburg on August 20.
Normal service was resumed after the first round of matches in the French league as seven-times defending champions Lyon thrashed Toulouse 3-0 to top the early standings.
It's been a slow summer in the Premier League, with no England in Euro 2008 and a transfer market that has been moving slower than 92-year-old Great Uncle Limey after several hours at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Probably something to do with the tightening finances in the football world and the soccernomics issues we wrote about last time around.
Ghana international Michael Essien has followed goalkeeper Petr Cech in agreeing a new five-year contract with English Premier League side Chelsea.
French champions Lyon have confirmed the sale of veteran international goalkeeper Gregory Coupet to Atletico Madrid.
Lyon have named Claude Puel as their new coach after the former Monaco midfield player signed a four-year deal with the seven-time defending French champions.
Listed below are complete squad lists for the 16 finalists at Euro 2008.
France coach Raymond Domenech omitted striker David Trezeguet from his provisional squad for next month's European Championship finals on Sunday.
Lyon romped to a seventh successive French League title as a 3-1 win at Auxerre saw them hold off the challenge of Bordeaux who were held 2-2 at relegated Lens.
Patrick Mueller has been named in Switzerland's provisional 26-man squad for Euro 2008, despite not having played an official match all season.
You have to search high and low for a surprise in this season's European league campaigns, which look set to go down as the most predictable in years.
High-flyers Bordeaux have been dumped out of the French Cup at the quarterfinal stage, losing 4-3 on penalties to Ligue Two side Sedan after the match ended in a goalless draw.
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