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Barcelona striker Lionel Messi has become the first player to score against 34 different teams in UEFA Champions League. (Photo:AFP)

Lionel Messi first player to score against 34 different teams in UCL

against 34 different teams in UEFA Champions League. He achieved the feat against Dortmund on Wednesday (local time)..

28 Nov 2019 9:48 AM IST

Lionel Messi scored in his 700th match for Barcelona and also set up goals for Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann as the Catalans beat Borussia Dortmund 3-1 on Wednesday to seal a spot in the Champions League knockout stages as Group F winners. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Lionel Messi helps Barcelona enter round 16 after 3-1 win...

Messi set up Suarez to put Barca ahead at a packed Camp Nou in the 29th minute .

28 Nov 2019 9:37 AM IST

The FIFA and LOC delegation, led by project head Oliver Vogt, will next inspect the venue in Guwahati on Thursday. (Photo: AFP)

FIFA inspection team express happiness over Salt Lake Stadium's...

The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2020 will be held in India from November 2 to 21.

27 Nov 2019 7:37 PM IST

Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane on Tuesday (local time) became the fastest player to score twenty Champions League goals. (Photo:AFP)

Harry Kane fastest footballer to score 20 Champions League goals

He achieved the feat in the side's match against Olympiacos, goal.com reported. Kane managed to score twice in the...

27 Nov 2019 3:40 PM IST

Bayern Munichs Robert Lewandowski on Tuesday (local time) became the fastest player to score four goals in a Champions League match. (Photo:AFP)

Robert Lewandowski fastest player to score four goals in Champions...

He achieved the feat in the match against Crvena Zvezda, goal.com reported.

27 Nov 2019 12:39 PM IST

Zinedine Zidane confirmed Eden Hazard twisted his ankle during Real Madrids draw against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, with the Clasico against Barcelona only three weeks away. (Photo:AP)

Eden Hazard's first El Clasico in doubt after ankle injury

Hazard limped off in the second half of Madrid's 2-2 draw vs PSG.

27 Nov 2019 11:49 AM IST

Tottenham looked a different side after the break and Harry Kane struck twice, either side of Serge Auriers thumping effort, to take his Champions League tally to 20 in a record 24 games beating the 26 it took Alessandro Del Piero to reach the mark. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Tottenham Hotspur overturn Olympiacos' lead to win 4-2

Mourinho's first decisive act, sending on playmaker Christian Eriksen for defensive midfielder Eric Dier after 29...

27 Nov 2019 11:11 AM IST

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has said injured midfielder Ross Barkley showed a lack of professionalism after a video emerged of him shirtless in a nightclub during the international break. (Photo:AFP)

Ross Barkley lacked professionalism, says Frank Lampard after...

Barkley, 25, has not played since Oct. 19 due to an ankle injury.

27 Nov 2019 10:40 AM IST

Ilkay Gundogan had fired City ahead in the 56th minute but Shakhtar earned a potentially valuable point after Israeli substitute Manor Solomon equalised in the 69th. (Photo:AFP)

UCL 2019-20: Manchester City enter round of 16 after 1-1 tie vs...

City have 11 points at the summit ahead of their final group game away to Dinamo with Shakhtar in second place on six...

27 Nov 2019 10:28 AM IST

Bayern Munich secured top spot in their Champions League group with a match to spare after four second-half goals from Robert Lewandowski inspired them to a 6-0 away mauling of Red Star Belgrade on Tuesday. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: Robert Lewandowski helps Bayern Munich crush Red Star...

The result left Bayern top of Group B on 15 points, five more than Tottenham Hotspur.

27 Nov 2019 10:15 AM IST

Karim Benzema knocked into an empty net to give Real the lead in the 17th minute of his 100th Champions League start and the French forward doubled the advantage with a 79th minute header. Yet Kylian Mbappe immediately reduced the deficit in the 81st minute, capitalising on a mistake from Real goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois before Pablo Sarabia equalised in the 82nd. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: PSG produce dramatic comeback to draw 2-2 vs Real Madrid

Real Madrid underlined their return to top form with a spectacular Champions League display at home to Paris...

27 Nov 2019 10:06 AM IST

Paulo Dybala curled in a free kick from the unlikeliest of angles to give Juventus a 1-0 Champions League win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday, which left the Spaniards with a battle to secure a round-of-16 place. (Photo:AP)

UCL 2019-20: Paolo Dybala's screamer helps Juventus inch past Atletico...

The Turin side, with 13 points from five games, made sure of winning Group D with one match to spare.

27 Nov 2019 9:56 AM IST