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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah (left) and Harvey Elliott celebrate after the club's second goal against Lille on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Jan 22, 2025
Liverpool's magnificent seven secures Champions League progress
Harvey Elliott's deflected strike secured a seventh consecutive Champions League victory for Arne Slot's men.
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez celebrates at the end of the English Premier League football match between Brentford and Liverpool in London on Saturday.
SOCCER
Jan 21, 2025
Slot challenges Liverpool striker Nunez to prove he is elite
Nunez has struggled to win over both Slot and his predecessor Jurgen Klopp since signing from Benfica in 2022.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola in Ipswich, England, on Sunday. Guardiola has appeared drained and depressed by City's recent struggles.
SOCCER
Jan 21, 2025
Revitalized Manchester City confident for PSG 'final': Guardiola
Pep Guardiola's side is languishing in 22nd place in the 36-team Champions League table with two games left.
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone gives a news conference on the eve of the UEFA Champions League football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen at the Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Jan. 20.
SOCCER
Jan 21, 2025
Atletico targeting Champions League final, says Simeone
Atletico Madrid is the only team to reach three Champions League finals without winning the trophy.
Stuttgart's Anrie Chase applauds the fans after a match against Bayer Leverkusen on Nov. 1.
SOCCER
Dec 29, 2024
How Anrie Chase went from a Fukushima high school to playing against Real Madrid
Just three years ago, the Stuttgart defender was still playing for Shoshi High School in Koriyama. Now he's competing against the likes of Kylian Mbappe.
Pep Guardiola looks on from the technical area during Manchester City's Champions League match against Juventus in Turin, Italy, on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Dec 12, 2024
Pep Guardiola stays positive after City's woes continue against Juventus
The Premier League champion has recorded just one victory in its last 10 games across all competitions.
Manchester City's Phil Foden, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Jack Grealish and Kyle Walker during training in Manchester on Tuesday
SOCCER
Dec 11, 2024
City's Foden and Kovacic not expected to face Juventus, says Guardiola
Guardiola's struggling team have three games left to clinch a top-eight spot that would earn a last-16 place and avoid a playoff.
Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah shoots from the penalty spot and scores the opening goal during the UEFA Champions League, league phase match against Girona FC in Girona, Spain, on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Dec 11, 2024
Salah keeps Liverpool perfect as Real down Atalanta in Champions League
Salah's 63rd-minute penalty proved decisive against dogged debutants Girona.
Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti looks on during a training session on the eve of the UEFA Champions League soccer match between Atalanta and Real Madrid in Bergamo, Italy, on Monday.
SOCCER
Dec 10, 2024
Real Madrid heading for Champions League playoffs, says Ancelotti
Real is languishing four points off the top eight in 24th, the last spot that earns a place in the playoffs.
Kawasaki players celebrate after Yuki Yamamoto (second from left) scroed the team's second goal during the first half of Wednesday's Asian Champions League home win over Shandong.
SOCCER
Dec 5, 2024
Kawasaki hands Shandong an Asian Champions League thrashing
The win puts the J. League side on 12 points to sit one point behind Yokohama F. Marinos, Gwangju FC and Vissel Kobe in the east standings.
Vissel's Daiju Sasaki (center) fights off a defender during Kobe's Asian Champions League loss to Pohang Steelers on Tuesday in Pohang, South Korea.
SOCCER
Dec 4, 2024
Pohang clip Vissel's wings in Asian Champions League
Kobe racked up four wins and one draw from their opening five games but Vissel could not cope with a hungry Pohang side on Tuesday.
Kylian Mbappe had a penalty saved during Real Madrid's loss against Liverpool during the Champions League.
SOCCER
Nov 29, 2024
European giants struggle in new Champions League format
Heavyweights such as Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are currently at risk of an early exit.
Liverpool's Cody Gakpo (center) celebrates scoring his team's second goal, alongside Virgil van Dijk (left) and Ibrahima Konate, in Liverpool, England, on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Nov 28, 2024
Mbappe misses penalty as Liverpool exacts revenge on Real Madrid
Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo scored the goals in the second half as the Reds maintained their perfect record to return to the top of the table.
Yokohama's Takuma Nishimura goes on the attack during his team's Asian Champions League Elite win over Pohang Steelers on Wednesday in Yokohama.
SOCCER
Nov 28, 2024
Yokohama tops Pohang as Gwangju stays second in Asian Champions League
Goals from Yan Matheus and Anderson Lopes were enough for Yokohama as the club moved up to third in the standings.
Daiju Sasaki scores the winning goal for Vissel Kobe on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Nov 27, 2024
Vissel Kobe retains top spot in Asian Champions League after goalkeeping error gifts win
Takayuki Yoshida's Kobe side leads the east Asian standings with 13 points from the first five league phase games.
Manchester City's Erling Haaland reacts after his side blew a 3-0 lead and settled for a draw against Feyenoord in Champions League action on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Nov 27, 2024
Manchester City not 'stable,' says Guardiola after Feyenoord collapse
A point did snap City's five-game losing streak, but did little to inspire confidence ahead of Sunday's daunting trip to Premier League leaders Liverpool.
Al Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo scores the team's third goal in an AFC Champions League Elite fixture against Al Gharafa in Al Khor, Qatar, on Monday.
SOCCER
Nov 26, 2024
Ronaldo takes Al Nassr to brink of Asian Champions League quarters
Al Nassr need just two points from their final three group games.
Marinos' Kenta Inoue (center) celebrates with his teammates after scoring against Buriram United in Yokohama on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Nov 7, 2024
Marinos rise up Asian Champions League standings after beating Buriram
Marinos continued their recovery from a heavy 7-3 loss in their opening game of the competition against South Korea's Gwangju FC.
Inter Milan's Davide Frattesi vies for the ball during his team's Champions League match against Arsenal in Milan, Italy, on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Nov 7, 2024
Inter Milan sink Arsenal in Champions League
Arsenal continued its shaky run of form and sits in 12th place with seven points.
AC Milan players celebrate after defeating Real Madrid 3-1 in a Champions League group stage match in Madrid on Tuesday.
SOCCER
Nov 6, 2024
AC Milan topples Champions League holder Real Madrid
Mbappe failed to find the net, with the France captain having scored once in his last six matches for Madrid across all competitions.
Trump pledges to save U.S. from 'decline,' vowing new 'golden age'
U.S. President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Cedar pollen is already in the air in Tokyo
Climate change and urbanization are believed to have contributed to the earliest ever observation of cedar pollen in Tokyo, on Jan. 8, an expert says.
Large fire breaks out near Osaka's Tsutenkaku Tower
Smoke rises from a fire at a commercial building near Tsutenkaku Tower, in Osaka, on Tuesday.
U.S. Osprey accidentally drops cargo into sea in Okinawa
A V-22 Osprey
What went wrong at Fuji TV's news conference on allegations against Nakai?
Fuji TV President Koichi Minato speaks at a news conference on Friday in Tokyo.
'America first' returns as Trump ditches focus on allies and rules-based order
U.S. President Donald Trump reviews troops during his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Monday.
Japan looks to learn from the past with bid to build Australian warships
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami frigate, of the class of the same name, is anchored at the MSDF's naval base in the city of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, in September 2022.
Amid rising world hunger, a Japan-inspired group in Kenya is making a big impact
Wawira Njiru, the founder of Food4Education, serves food during the opening of a new kitchen in Mombasa County, Kenya, in 2022. The organization started in 2012 by feeding 25 children out of a single kitchen. Now it feeds nearly half a million every day.
From Tokyo to Manhattan, Takuma Watanabe stirs up a stiff drink
It's taken Takuma Watanabe little time to establish himself as one of New York's hottest bartenders.
For tourists in search of seasonal sights, Yamagata makes its case
For some time away from Tokyo's suffocating urban sameness, Yamagata Prefecture is home to a soothing array of natural abundance.

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