Five teams are through to the UEFA Champions League round of 16, and 12 more go into the fifth set of group fixtures on 22 and 23 November able to join them with a match to spare. UEFA.com explains the permutations.Through: Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético Madrid, Bayern München, Borussia DortmundCan qualify on matchday five: Benfica, Napoli, Beşiktaş, Barcelona, Manchester City, Monaco, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Madrid, Leicester City, Porto, Sevilla, JuventusCannot finish in top two: Ludogorets Razgrad, Basel, PSV Eindhoven, Rostov, Brugge, Dinamo Z... UEFA.com - News
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How Jason Heyward’s Rain-Delay Speech Made Cubs World Series Champions
Jason Heyward might have earned every penny of his $ 184 million contract with one speech Wednesday night. Rajai Davis’ two-run homer shockingly tied Game 7 of the World Series for the Cleveland Indians in the eighth inning, and Heyward’s Chicago Cubs entered the 17-minute rain delay that preceded extra innings possibly feeling sorry for themselves. That’s when Heyward stepped forward and rallied his teammates. “That was the best thing for us,” Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant told FOX Sports on the field after the game. “I mean, we all got together in the weight room, and, you know, we all supported each other. … Jason Heyward led the... NESN.com
Champions League podcast: Four through, City revenge
Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Atlético Madrid and Bayern München went through and Manchester City beat Barcelona on a thrilling Tuesday night: in the UEFA Champions League podcast as host Rob Daly is joined by European football expert Andy Brassell and commentators Adam Summerton and Steve Wyeth to review the action.Download the podcast from iTunes or listen in the official competition app. Matchday Live returns with commentary and updates from 19:30CET on Wednesday with Tottenham Hotspur facing Bayer Leverkusen in the featured game. ... UEFA.com - News
Champions League podcast: Leicester celebrations
We head from Claudio Ranieri, Danny Drinkwater and Riyad Mahrez in the UEFA Champions League podcast as host Rob Daly is joined by European football expert Chris Parrott and commentators Richard Connelly and Jonathan Beck to review Tuesday's action while Wednesday's games are previewed with help from Gerard Piqué.Download the podcast from iTunes or listen in the official competition app. Matchday Live returns with commentary from Barcelona v Manchester City and updates from all the other games at 19:30CEST on Wednesday. ... UEFA.com - News
Eleven in a row for Belarusian champions BATE
BATE Borisov have won their 11th successive Belarusian Premier League title after a 1-0 victory at lowly Granit Mikashevichi on Friday.A late goal from substitute Nikolai Signevich secured victory and BATE's 13th national championship with five games to spare. After Mikhail Gordeichuk had missed a penalty late in the first half, it took an 86th-minute intervention from Belarus forward Signevich – striking after a great ball by Maksim Volodko – to clinch the domestic crown for Aleksandr Yermakovich's team."It was a very tough match but the boys showed character and managed to get the points," said coach Yermakovich, whose side are now out of reach of Shakhtyor Soligorsk... UEFA.com - News
The Champions League side 22 games unbeaten
And Europe's in-form side is?Bayern and Manchester City both had claims until their 100% starts to the season ended over the space of 24 hours before the international break. The English club can at least console themselves that, at ten matches, their winning start to 2016/17 lasted longest. So who does that leave? Real Madrid loom large having gone 21 games without suffering the pain of defeat, since April's 2-0 loss at Wolfsburg (one of only two reverses in 37 outings under Zinédine Zidane). They have subsequently won 15 and drawn six.However, the UEFA Champions League team on the longest
LIVE: Women’s Champions League round of 32
The UEFA Women's Champions League comprises a qualifying group stage, four rounds of two-legged knockout ties and a one-off final.Qualifying roundThe lower-ranked champion clubs compete in four-team, one-venue mini-tournaments hosted by one of the participants.Knockout phaseThe qualifying round winners join the teams given a bye past that stage in the round of 32. From here on the competition consists of two-legged knockout ties, continuing with the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals played over two legs. If scores are level after 90 or 120 minutes of the second leg, the team with the most away goals wins, otherwise a pena... UEFA.com - News