FC Barcelon and Bayern Munich have been drawn in the same Group of the Champions League for the second season in a row meaning Robert Lewandowski will return to Bavaria sooner than anticipated. Inter Milan and Viktoria Plzen complete the group while PSG face Juventus, Benfica and Maccabi Haifa as the Parisians seek to achieve their ultimate aim of winning the Champions League
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La Liga have filed a complaint against Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City after accusing the two clubs of “continuously breaching financial fair play regulations”. PSG and City have both either retained or signed players that Real Madrid wanted to buy this summer.
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Russia have been disqualified from this summer’s Women’s Euros while its bids to host the men’s Euros in 2028 and 2032 have been deemed ineligible by UEFA. Scotland will benefit from Russia’s absence the Premiership champions will go directly into the competitions group stages, bypassing the qualifying play-off.
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Troy Parrott scored a brilliant late winner to hand Ireland a hard fought victory over Lithuania in their international friendly at the Aviva Stadium. The Boys in Green had the ball in the Lithuanian net four times on the night each being ruled out for offside before Parrott struck at the death,
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A late Alan Browne headed handed Ireland a deserved 2-2 draw in their friendly with Belgium. Chiedozie Ogbene had brought Ireland level after falling behind to a Michy Batshuayi strike before fellow Corkman Browne popped up to cancel out Hans Vanaken’s header to give the Boys in Green something to celebrate on the FAI’s centenary.
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