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Borussia Dortmund take over New York's Times Square for charity event

Borussia Dortmund may have been left frustrated by Werder Bremen’s late comeback in Friday’s Bundesliga Matchday 5 opener, but Die Schwarz-Gelben were busy putting smiles on people’s faces on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean less than 24 hours later.

Bayern Munich face early season test in onerous Autumn fixture list

Serial winners in Germany and regular protagonists in the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League, Bayern Munich are no strangers to difficult runs of fixtures. Even by the Bavarians’ phenomenal standards, though, their seven-game stretch before the next international break in November is a demanding one – to put it very mildly.

Why play-off win may not send Wales to World Cup

Wales face Norway in the Women's World Cup play-off final knowing even a famous victory may not be enough to send them to Brazil in 2027.

Di Canio fears Tresoldi ‘has already chosen’ between Italy and Germany

Nicolò Tresoldi has made headlines by scoring a hat-trick against Inter, and while Italy hopes...

Watch Tresoldi’s reaction as Italy-born striker emulates Bale against Inter

Italy-born striker Nicolò Tresoldi had a hilarious reaction after learning he became the second player,...

Champions League: Roma vs. Real Madrid – probable line-ups, where to watch on TV

Donyell Malen and Paulo Dybala start for Roma as the Giallorossi host José Mourinho’s Real...

Joining Shakhtar as they make base in London: ‘We’re here to show the world that we are alive’

With no ‘home’ games in Ukraine, Arda Turan’s side hit the road again, with Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge hosting their Champions League campaign The morning has thinned out into low, wispy cloud. Beneath it, Shakhtar Donetsk’s players are going through their paces. It is a light session for those who did not start against Veres Rivne the previous day; that means Arda Turan observes from the side, watching with the director of football, Darijo Srna. A stray ball zips towards them and Srna, after juggling it up, bends it into the goal with a familiar right-footed arc. “Modric!” exclaims Turan. But the two men are football legends in their own right and, as they continue to joke before Srna dashes away to take another phone call, the thought occurs that this happy scene could be played out almost anywhere else. Nearby, just beyond the team’s accommodation, a lake shimmers under the emerging sun. It masks the fact that, around dawn, air raid sirens disrupted the peace for everyone in view. Even here, in Shakhtar’s bucolic spa hotel base 15 minutes outside Lviv, nobody is safe from the threat of Russian rockets and drones. In Rivne, three hours’ drive to the north-east, another alarm had sent the players and staff down to the stadium’s shelter. The second half was delayed by 20 minutes and that, no matter the corner of the country or the vividness of the autumn colours, is a weekly reality. Continue reading...

How Ukrainians are uniting behind Shakhtar in London

Shakhtar Donetsk will be playing Champions League home games at Stamford Bridge this season. It is a scenario nobody wants ideally, but the UK's Ukrainian community is making the best of a difficult situation.

Six-goal thriller sees Bayern Munich and Viking share the spoils in UEFA Champions League

Harry Kane struck twice to help Bayern Munich overturn a two-goal deficit against Viking, but Michael Olise’s red card and a late equaliser denied them victory in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday.

Iraola has ‘100 per cent’ trust in Wirtz and Barcola

Liverpool head coach Andoni Iraola has “100 per cent” trust in Florian Wirtz and Bradley Barcola after the two £100m-plus signings came in for criticism.

Premier League overreactions: Will fan anger wear Man City down? Liverpool's Wirtz worry? Arbeloa in trouble?

After a three-week intermission, the Premier League returned with a bang last weekend.

Champions League roundup: Tresoldi treble stuns Inter in Club Brugge win

Inter 3-4 Club Brugge; Galatasaray 1-4 Barcelona Olise sent off as Bayern held 3-3 at Viking Stavanger Club Brugge and their young forward Nicolò Tresoldi shocked Inter 4-3 at San Siro in the Champions League’s result of the night. Tresoldi, a 22-year-old Italian-born Germany Under-21s forward, scored the first three goals for the Belgian side. A Hakan Calhanoglu foul on Carlos Forbs resulted in a penalty which Tresoldi slotted in just before the half hour. Tresoldi picked up his second after capitalising on a blunder by the Inter keeper Josep Martínez and reacted faster than the Inter defence for the third with a quarter of an hour to go. Continue reading...

Tresoldi: ‘An incredible night with hat-trick, spoke to both Italy and Germany’

Nicolò Tresoldi admits scoring a hat-trick for Club Brugge to beat Inter at San Siro...

Tresoldi: ‘A dream come true, feels like a derby’ against Inter in Champions League

Nicolò Tresoldi admits it is ‘a dream come true’ to play at San Siro for...

Luis Enrique: ‘Donnarumma is amongst the best goalkeepers in the world’

Paris Saint-Germain head coach Luis Enrique insists that he has no hard feelings towards his...

Champions League line-ups: Inter vs. Club Brugge

Lautaro Martinez, Marcus Thuram and Hakan Calhanoglu start as Inter seek their first Champions League...

Is it time for Liverpool to drop Wirtz?

More than a year since his £116m move, Florian Wirtz is still struggling to hit top form at Liverpool - so does he need to be dropped?

Tennis scores: Medvedev in Shanghai with Swiatek in Wuhan on Wednesday