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Top 10 best players in the UEFA Champions League 2023-24

The Champions League is back and so are the stars that come along with it.

This season in the UEFA Champions League will be the first in almost two decades without the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi — arguably the two best players of all time and the two all-time goal scorers in the competition. 

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Players with the most Champions League goals: All-time top scorers

The UEFA Champions League has long been considered the pinnacle of club football. With the best teams competing to be crowned Europe's elite, players get the perfect stage to showcase their abilities. The competition is where legends are born, and those legends don’t get bigger than the players with the most Champions League goals in history.

Champions League will not follow 'absurd' new added time rules

The new stoppage time rules that English soccer has introduced this season to avoid time wasting are absurd and will not be used in UEFA competition, Zvonimir Boban, the European governing body's chief of football, said on Wednesday.

Following FIFA's approach at the men's and women's World Cups, England's referees body said in July that officials would add on the exact time lost to goal celebrations, substitutions and injuries.

The aim is to increase the time the ball is in play, with games now routinely going beyond 100 minutes in total.

When and how to watch Champions League group stage in the U.S. (and beyond)

Wondering when and how to watch Champions League group stage in the United States in 2023-2024? Don't worry, we've got you covered. With the draw made in Monaco on Thursday, the groups are now set and dates have been announced for each of the Champions League group stage matchdays. Here's what you need to know.

Christian Pulisic To Face Former Club And PSG In Champions League Group of Death

Paris St Germain will kick off their quest for a maiden Champions League trophy in a strong Group F, which looks to be the Champions League Group of Death, featuring Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan and Newcastle United following the draw on Thursday. This means American Christian Pulisic will face his former club Dortmund as well as PSG in the opening stage of his quest for a second Champions League trophy.

CBS and FOX start calling Nations League a ‘major trophy’ and act like no one will notice

The UEFA and CONCACAF Nations League finals both took place Sunday, and records fell, legends became immortal and history was written as the world came to a standstill to watch the heroics of goalkeeper Unai Simón and a blonded Gio Reyna.

Spain win shootout to deny Luka Modrić and Croatia in Nations League final

ROTTERDAM - Serial winner Dani Carvajal converted the decisive spot-kick to hand Spain a first title in more than a decade as they edged Croatia 5-4 in a penalty shootout to win the Nations League in Rotterdam on Sunday.

The 31-year-old, who has won five Champions League titles with Real Madrid, calmly chipped home Spain’s sixth kick of the shootout as they claimed their first silverware since the 2012 European Championship.

Croatia book spot in UEFA Nations League final after 6-goal extra time thriller vs. Netherlands

ROTTERDAM — Croatia scored twice in extra time to beat the Netherlands 4-2 in their Nations League semifinal in Rotterdam on Wednesday and advance to Sunday’s decider.

Croatia will play either Italy or Spain, who face off in the second semifinal in Enschede on Thursday, for a first major title as they continued their form from last year’s World Cup in Qatar, where they finished third.

No time to change – Jack Grealish celebrates UCL title until 5 a.m. in his Manchester City kit

Jack Grealish is the life and soul of the party. The man just can't help himself when it is time to celebrate. We saw it in Las Vegas last year, in different tabloid stories, and of course, he wasn't going to shy away after Manchester City collected the Champions League trophy.

UEFA will include fans in planning future Champions League finals after 2022 chaos

UEFA will involve fans in the "planning and execution" of finals, it said on Friday as it announced plans to implement recommendations made by an independent panel following the chaos at the 2022 Champions League showpiece.

The Champions League final was delayed by 36 minutes after thousands of Liverpool supporters were unable to get into the Stade de France for the match on May 28, which Real Madrid won 1-0.

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