There were big wins for some of the UEFA Champions League group stage teams as the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain all made light work of domestic opposition.Liga champions Barça began their new season in blistering form, with Luis Suárez hitting a hat-trick and Lionel Messi registering twice in a 6-2 defeat of Betis. UEFA Europa League holders Sevilla also racked up half a dozen goals, downing Espanyol 6-4, before Gareth Bale scored two in Madrid's 3-0 victory at Real Sociedad.Robert Lewandowski hit the ground running as well with a hat-trick for Bayern in their 5-0 German Cup succ... UEFA.com - News
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Roma v Porto background
Both experienced UEFA Champions League campaigners, Roma and Porto know one of them will miss out on the group stage as their play-off tie draws to a close in the Italian capital.Previous meetings• The first leg on 17 August finished 1-1. Porto's André Silva equalised from the spot, team-mate Felipe having inadvertently deflected a well-worked corner past Iker Casillas midway through the first half. Roma played almost an hour with ten men following the dismissal of Thomas Vermaelen (41) on his debut for the Serie A side.• Prior to the first leg, the clubs' only past UEFA competition encounters were in the 1981/82 European Cup Winners' Cup second ro... UEFA.com - News
Germany see off Sweden for Olympic gold
Germany have scooped Olympic gold for the first time in their history thanks to a 2-1 victory against Sweden in the Rio final.Dzsenifer Marozsán (48) curled Germany in front from the edge of the area and the final looked as good as over as Linda Sembrant put through her own net in the 62nd minute when Marozsán's free-kick cannoned into her after hitting the post.Stina Blackstenius (67) turned in Olivia Schough's cross 12 minutes after coming on as a substitute to give Sweden hope but they could not prise an equaliser for coach Pia Sundhage, who was aiming for a third consecutive Olympic triumph having guided the United States to gold in 2008 and 2012.Germany's succe... UEFA.com - News
APOEL v København background
København are in prime position to settle an old score with APOEL as the teams reconvene for the return leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off.Previous meetings• Ivan Jovanović's APOEL eliminated Ståle Solbakken's FCK in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League play-offs. Zdeněk Pospěch scored the only goal as FCK won in Copenhagen, but Kamil Kosowski (2) and Chrysostomos Michail (18pen 41) struck in a 3-1 home victory for APOEL in the second leg.• However, FCK have the edge going into the final instalment of this tie after a 1-0 first-leg victory on 16 August. Andrija Pavlović rounded Boy Waterman two minutes before half-time, giving København... UEFA.com - News
Classic UEFA Champions League play-offs
Bremen 3-1 SampdoriaSampdoria 3-2 Bremen (aet; agg: 4-5)2010/11Bremen looked to be home and dry after building a 3-0 first-leg lead against ten-man Sampdoria, but their celebrations were dampened by a late Giampaolo Pazzini strike. The German side's job was not finished yet, and so it proved as Sampdoria roared back with three goals in the return, Antonio Cassano's 85th-minute effort seemingly settling the tie – only for Markus Rosenberg to pounce on 93 minutes, before Claudio Pizarro had the final say in extra time.Braga 1-0 SevillaSevilla 3-4 Braga (agg: 3-5)2010/11
UEFA Champions League play-offs tie by tie
Full draw resultsLeague routeSteaua București (ROU) v Manchester City (ENG) – 16 & 24 August• Steaua defender Gabriel Tamaş was on the losing side in all three of his appearances against Manchester City during his spell at West Bromwich Albion from January 2010 to September 2013. • In their one previous meeting with Romanian opposition, Manchester City beat FC Timişoara 3-0 on aggregate in the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League play-offs. Joe Hart, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, David Silva and Yaya Touré featured in the tie. Steaua's Alexandru Bourceanu started both legs for Timişoara.Porto ... UEFA.com - News
UEFA Europa League play-off draw live: seedings
The field for the UEFA Europa League play-off draw is complete following the conclusion of the third qualifying round on Thursday.When and where is the draw?The draw takes place in Nyon, Switzerland. Proceedings begin at 13:00CET on Friday and you can watch the action live on UEFA.com.Which teams are in the draw?The 29 third qualifying round winners are joined by the 15 losers from the same stage of the UEFA Champions League (marked by *).Group 1:Seeded1 Genk (BEL) 2 Olympiacos* (GRE) 3 BATE Borisov* (BLR) 4 Midtjylland (DEN)5 Rapid Wien (AUT) Unse... UEFA.com - News