Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola will face the media this evening ahead of the Blues Champions League tie with Real Madrid. City are favourites to beat the Spanish heavyweights but the contest ...

Austria got permission from FIFA to select former England and Germany youth internationals ahead of playing at the World Cup against Argentina and Lionel Messi. Borussia Dortmund winger Carney ...

Under Kompany's leadership, Bayern have enjoyed a brilliant start to their 2025-26 campaign. Saturday's win 3-0 win at Borussia Monchengladbach was their 13th straight victory in all competitions, ...

City now have an extremely tough set of fixtures coming up which will make or break their season. City restart their Champions League campaign on Wednesday evening as they travel to Spain to take on ...

Chelsea are plotting a swoop to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Aleksandar Pavlovic, according to Fichajes. Pavlovic came through the ranks at Bayern’s academy before making his first-team debut in the ...

Such are the Premier League riches these days that even your West Hams and Brentfords will be keeping a very keen eye on the Champions League last-16 ties for possible summer recruits. We’ve picked ...

Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; Marc Atkins / Getty, John Walton / Getty, Joe Giddens / Getty, Clive Rose / Getty Can a football club really be cursed? It is a question many ...

Austria will be allowed to pick a player for this summer’s World Cup who previously starred for England at youth level ...

ISMAILA SARR rarely smiles even when he scores – but one time you’ll definitely catch him smiling is when he’s back home with ...

From Arsenal's Bukayo Saka to Barcelona's Lamine Yamal, these are The Athletic's young players to watch in the Champions League ...

In addition, Liverpool have fallen the last two times at this hurdle in the Champions League. In 2022/23 they were humbled at home by Real Madrid while last year Paris Saint-Germain triumphed on ...