Group AHull 1-4 Arsenal (Snodgrass 79p; Alexis Sánchez 17 83, Walcott 55, Xhaka 90+2)Alexis Sánchez might have had a hat-trick, missing a penalty on 40 minutes after Jake Livermore was dismissed for handling in the box. Substitute Granit Xhaka's first goal for his new club capped a third successive league win for the Gunners. Zug v BaselSwiss Cup – to be played on Sunday at 15:30.Caen 0-6 Paris (Cavani 12 23p 38 45+1, Lucas 67, Augustin 78)Edinson Cavani bounced back from his missed chances against Arsenal to collect hi... UEFA.com - News
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UEFA.com’s weekly wonderkid: Joel Asoro
This week's wonderkid is a 17-year-old forward who has made his club and Sweden Under-21 debuts in the last three weeks.Name: Joel AsoroClub: SunderlandDebut: 21 August 2016 v MiddlesbroughPosition: forwardNationality: SwedishBorn: 27 April 1999Preferred foot: rightThey say ..."I'd say for a 17-year-old – if it was me watching him for the first time – this boy has got something."Sunderland manager David Moyes"You can all now see why I selected him. The way he finds space and the ... UEFA.com - News
Classic Europa League and UEFA Cup comebacks
Zenit made headlines on Thursday by fighting back from 3-0 down to secure a sensational 4-3 victory at Maccabi Tel-Aviv in their opening game of this season's UEFA Europa League. Like so many epic comebacks, the Russian side completed their win with a dramatic added-time clincher, Luka Djordjević heading in to leave the home fans bewildered.He also added Zenit's name to a long list of teams who have defied daunting deficits in the UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup – and UEFA.com now looks back at some of the most memorable. Shelbourne 3-5 Rangers, UEFA Cup first qualifying round first leg, 22
Sweden qualify for Women’s EURO: who can join them
The last UEFA Women's EURO 2017 qualifying group stage games are beiong played and on Thursday, Sweden joined the seven teams previously confirmed of places in the Netherlands with seven to join them by Tuesday and two more to be confirmed in October's play-off. We explains who needs what to book qualification regardless of results in other groups.Qualified: Netherlands (hosts), Germany (holders), England, France, Norway, Spain, Sweden, SwitzerlandConfirmed at least play-off: Iceland, Scotland, Romania, Denmark, Russia, Belgium, AustriaCan still qualify: Finland, Portugal, Italy, Czech Republic, Northern Ireland•... UEFA.com - News
UEFA EURO 2016 website up for Lovie Awards
The official UEFA EURO 2016 website has been nominated for two categories in the sixth Annual Lovie Awards:If you have a minute then please vote via the links above – preferably for us. Voting closes on 22 September, with the winners announced on 27 September. There were over 300 million visits to EURO2016.com and the official apps during the tournament, generating 1.5 billion page impressions between the eve of the tournament on 9 June and the day after the final on 11 July – almost four times the levels reached during UEFA EURO 2012.Another section of the site, UEFA EURO 2016 Fantasy
Dortmund six-shooters wreck Legia’s comeback
Borussia Dortmund made an emphatic statement of intent in UEFA Champions League Group F by putting six unanswered goals past Legia Warszawa.The Polish champions are back on European club football's greatest stage for the first time since 1995/96 having negotiated three qualifying rounds. However, Besnik Hasi's side may not yet feel like they belong there, after conceding three goals inside 17 minutes on their comeback appearance. First Mario Götze nodded Ousmane Dembele's left-wing cross past Arkadiusz Malarz. Then, from one Raphaël Guerreiro free-kick, Sokratis Papastathopoulos headed the second; and follo... UEFA.com - News
Beşiktaş grateful for their ‘young Rivaldo’
Likened to a "young Rivaldo" by his Beşiktaş team-mates, Talisca's 93rd-minute free-kick leveller at Benfica was a goal the Brazilian great would have been proud of.On loan from Benfica at the Black Eagles, Talisca – a second-half substitute in the Group B opener – sensed his moment as the game moved into added-time, with Beşiktaş trailing 1-0. Ricardo Quaresma noted Talisca's hunger when Benfica were awarded a free-kick in a dangerous position. "When I picked up the ball, he asked me if he could hit it; he was feeling confident," the UEFA EURO 2016 winner recalled. "He strikes a good dead ball and I was