The UEFA Champions League play-off fixtures are confirmed following the conclusion of the third qualifying round on Tuesday.WHO'S IN THE GROUP STAGE? Ties on 21 & 29 AugustChampions pathCrvena zvezda (SRB) v Salzburg (AUT)BATE Borisov (BLR) v PSV Eindhoven (NED) PAOK knocked out Spartak Moskva
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Champions League play-off draw: Benfica, Celtic learn fate
The likes of Ajax, Benfica, Celtic and Dynamo Kyiv discovered their potential UEFA Champions League play-off opponents following the draw in Nyon on Monday.THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIXTURES The play-offs are split into the champions path and the league path; the winners of the six ties will complete the group stage line-up. The exact contenders will be decided when the third qualifying round concludes on Tuesday 14 August.Champions League play-off draw
Europa League play-off draw made
The UEFA Europa League play-off draw was conducted in Nyon on Monday.THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND FIXTURES The play-offs are split into the champions path and the main path; the winners of the 21 ties will join the 21 automatic entrants and six UEFA Champions League play-off losers in the group stage.Europa League play-off draw: champions path Will Legi... UEFA.com - News
LeBron James Offers Candid Explanation Of How He Handles Playoff Losses
LeBron James firmly stated that he “wouldn’t lose sleep” over the Cleveland Cavaliers’ loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals, but the star forward just might have been trying to put on a brave face. Ahead of Saturday’s Game 3 at Quicken Loans Arena, James spoke rather candidly about how he responds to playoff defeats. “I mean, I lose sleep,” James said, per ESPN. “I mean, at the end of the day, when you lose any game in the postseason, (you lose sleep), so it’s never comfort. Playoffs is never comfort. There’s nothing about the playoffs that’s comfortable until you either win it all or you lose a... NESN.com
UCF Relentlessly Trolls College Football Playoff Committee After Peach Bowl Win
The University of Central Florida Knights finished off a perfect season Monday when they defeated the No. 9 Auburn Tigers in the Chik-Fil-A Peach Bowl 34-27. UCF, who went 0-12 two seasons ago, finished the year as the only undefeated team in college football after beating an Auburn team that was the only program to beat both No. 4 Alabama and No. 3 Georgia, the two team’s that will play in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Jan. 8. College football is the only sport in which an undefeated team like UCF doesn’t get the chance to play for all the marbles, so the Knights elected to troll the College Football Playoff Committee who ranked UCF 12th ent... NESN.com
NFL Playoff Schedule 2018: Dates, Kickoff Times, TV Listings For Each Game
The NFL postseason is upon us. The fields in both the AFC and NFC officially are locked in after a rather eventful Week 17. The road to the Super Bowl in the AFC will run through New England, as the Patriots secured home-field advantage with a win over the New York Jets. The Buffalo Bills, on the other hand, snuck into the postseason thanks to the Baltimore Ravens’ stunning loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. In the NFC, the road to the big game at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minnesota will run through Philadelphia, as the Eagles own the No. 1 seed for the first time since the 2004 campaign. Elsewhere, the defending NFC champion Atlanta
World Cup play-off race: ranking of second-placed teams
How the best second-placed teams are rankedAll nine group winners qualify automatically. The eight best runners-up with the best records against the sides first, third, fourth and fifth in their groups go into the play-offs for UEFA's remaining four berths (the exclusion of results against sixth-placed sides was retained to alleviate any possible imbalance between the qualifying groups caused by the late introduction of Gibraltar and Kosovo). With matches against the bottom side in the six-team groups discounted, the runners-up are ranked by the following criteria, in this order, as per FIFA competition regulations, article 20 paragraph ... UEFA.com - News