Champions League podcast: First legs in focus

Champions League podcast: First legs in focus

Hear from Arjen Robben, Unai Emery, Arsène Wenger, Thomas Tuchel and Toni Kroos as host Rob Daly is joined by UEFA.com's European football expert Chris Parrott and match commentators Adam Summerton and Phil Blacker to review this week's round of 16 action and look ahead to the coming ties in the official UEFA Champions League podcast.Download the podcast from iTunes or audioBoom, or listen in the official competition app. Our radio show matchday Live returns with commentary and updates on Tuesday from 19:30CET on UEFA.com and in the app.

Patriots Coach Bill Belichick Focused Only On Super Bowl, Not Retirement

Share this: The New England Patriots will aim for a fifth Super Bowl title Sunday when they take on the Atlanta Falcons at NRG Stadium in Houston. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick already has accomplished everything as an NFL coach, but retirement is far from his focus this week. Watch him explain in the “NESN Sports Today” video above, presented by People’s United Bank. More Stories Source link

Arda Turan chirpy after Barcelona treble

Arda Turan chirpy after Barcelona treble

The evening began with the focus on whether Lionel Messi might equal an all-time UEFA Champions League group stage scoring record. It ended with Arda Turan confirming that he too is in the most prolific form of his career.The Turkey midfielder had not registered a hat-trick in eight and a half years, but his triple against Borussia Mönchengladbach means he is averaging a goal every 36.5 minutes in this season's competition: 146 minutes played, four goals, one assist. Having hit the net twice in the Liga and with a goal every 83 minutes in Barça's Spanish Super Cup win, Arda

Quarter-finalists in focus

The draw for the final stages of the UEFA Women's Champions League is held in Nyon at 13.30CET on Tuesday and streamed live on UEFA.com.Eight teams remain in contention to lift the trophy at Stamford Bridge on 23 May with Olympique Lyonnais in good shape for an unprecedented third consecutive triumph. France, like Sweden, provides two quarter-finalists, and while Arsenal LFC are in this stage for a record 11th time, FC Rossiyanka and ASD Torres CF have never before made it past this round and the sole remaining debutants, VfL Wolfsburg, are many people's tip as Lyon's strongest challengers. UEFA.com profiles the quarter-finalists.Tournament calendarQuarter-finals: 20/21 & 27/28 MarchSemi-finals: 13/14 & 20/21 AprilFinal (Stamford Bridge): 23 MayArsenal LFC (ENG)Best performance: winners

Neville: Rooney ban moves focus from issues

Referee Wolfgang Stark believes Wayne Rooney may escape a prolonged Euro 2012 ban as he declined to protest his dismissal on Friday, but Gary Neville says the talk of his suspension is merely a distraction from the fact England are "not good enough". GettyImagesEngland are awaiting UEFA's decision on the length of Wayne Rooney's ban • Redknapp: Ban could be costly• Wilkins urges FA to consider Hoddle Stark issued Rooney with a straight red for kicking out as England played out a 2-2 draw in Montenegro in their final competitive game before the finals and, given his status as Fabio Capello's star player, there are concerns that it could severely hamper the country's chances. UEFA is likely to make a ruling on the length of the