Topic: Champions League Football
The Al Jazeera satellite channel on Tuesday broke a long established taboo by broadcasting a football match featuring an Israeli team on Arab television for the first time. The UEFA Champions League match between Israeli champions Maccabi Haifa and Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich was aired on the Qatari channel and commentary was in English. Al Jazeera has obtained rights to ...
Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho insisted on Tuesday that striker Samuel Eto'o would have no more motivation to beat former team Barcelona than he does anyone else as he is already a born winner. Inter host the holders in their Champions League Group F opener in a match that immediately pits Eto'o and Barca's Zlatan Ibrahimovic against ...
2008 Champions League winners Manchester United and the team they beat in that final Chelsea got off to slender but winning starts on Tuesday in their opening Champions League group matches. United - outclassed by Barcelona in last season's final - edged Besiktas 1-0 in the fiery cauldron of the Turkish side's stadium in Istanbul, thanks to a second-half goal ...
