By David Gold
December 8 – Manchester United’s accountants will be counting the cost of their shock elimination from the Champions League at the hands of Basle last night, as the club could lose up to £22 million ($34 million/€26 million) in income.
By David Gold
December 6 – Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera has taken another step into the French sports media rights market with the acquisition of four UEFA packages to show Champions League games.
By Andrew Warshaw in Doha
November 15 – Barcelona President Sandro Rosell (pictured) wants all Europe’s main leagues slashed to 16 clubs in order to facilitate playing Champions League matches at weekends.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football Conference in London
October 5 – The advisor of Carlos Tevez insisted today that the Argentine and Manchester City striker did not refuse to play against Bayern Munich in the Champions League and that post-match comments by the player were mistranslated by a club interpreter.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 29 – UEFA says it has no power to ban Carlos Tevez for apparently refusing to play for Manchester City in Tuesday’s Champions’ League fixture against Bayern Munich.
By David Gold
September 12 – More players from Spain will participate in this season’s European Champions League than any other, with 81 players, and France close behind on 78, a new survey published today has revealed.
By David Gold
September 5 – Turkish outfit Fenerbahçe have confirmed that they have opened a case against UEFA and the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) after they were thrown out of the Champions League and replaced with last year’s runners up Trabzonspor.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 31 – UEFA were perfectly within their rights to replace disgraced Turkish champions Fenerbahçe with another Turkish club in this season’s Champions League, according to their competitions director.
By Andrew Warshaw in Monaco
August 25 – Defending champions Barcelona were drawn to play AC Milan in this season’s Champions League group stage today in a classic showdown of two teams who have won the tournament 11 times between them.
By Andrew Warshaw in Monaco
August 25 – Barcelona will open the defence of their Champions League title on Sept 13 against AC Milan in a mouth-watering clash between teams who have won the tournament 11 times between them.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 24 – Turkish champions Fenerbahçe were sensationally thrown out of the Champions League today over the country’s match fixing scandal that has even implicated the club’s chairman.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 24 – Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger has won a brief stay of execution from UEFA by being allowed on the touchline for the club’s potentially season-defining Champions League play-off second leg against Udinese later today.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – The crisis surrounding Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger went from bad to worse today when the Frenchman was handed a two-match ban from UEFA for breaching the terms of a previous Champions League suspension.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 19 – UEFA has formally opened disciplinary proceedings against Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger for allegedly breaching the terms of his Champions League touchline ban during this week’s qualifying tie against Udinese.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 16 – The Champions League final will return to Wembley in 2013 just two years after it staged this season’s final between Manchester United and Barcelona, UEFA announced today.