• Bayern and Shakhtar have never played a competitive fixture before.
• Bayern’s ten previous matches against Ukrainian clubs have all come against FC Dynamo Kyiv, who beat the Munich team 3-0 over two legs to win the 1975 UEFA Super Cup.
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The heads of the Chinese Super League and managers in the leading clubs in the united states paid a trip to England last week to find out about the way in which the Premier League is run and by what method the league’s teams are really so successful.
In December a year ago the CSL and Premier League consented to set up a long term, proper partnership to work closely together to reach common goals wherever possible. The Premier League recognises that its development in China will gain significantly from having credible local partners, while the CSL, backed by the Chinese FA and Authorities, recognises that developing their contest is a challenge that it cannot succeed in alone. So it turned to the Premier League for help as it views this as a sector leader both on and off the pitch.
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Ryan Taylor scored all three goals as Newcastle United went top of Barclays Under-21 Premier League Division 2 with a 2-1 win over Stoke City.
The 30-year-old, who is continuing his recovery from injuries that sidelined him for over two years, captained Newcastle and scored with two superb strikes from distance either side of an own goal in the encounter at Britannia Stadium that was televised by Sky Sports,
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Tottenham Hotspur head coach Mauricio Pochettino admits the meeting with his former side Southampton at White Hart Lane will be an emotional occasion.
Pochettino swapped the South Coast for north London during the summer season and Southampton also lost star players Rickie Lambert, Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren, Luke Shaw and Calum Chambers. But they have rebuilt impressively under new manager Ronald Koeman and are enjoying a superb start to the campaign.
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Tottenham Hotspur were denied a first win of their 2014/15 UEFA Europa League campaign when Demba Ba’s late penalty sealed a draw for Besiktas at White Hart Lane.
Spurs had taken the lead on 27 minutes when Harry Kane fired home from the edge of the area but a spirited Besiktas side came back into the contest, only to find goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in fine form. The Frenchman made three superb saves but was beaten with a minute to go when Ba slotted into the corner from the spot after Vlad Chiriches had handled in the area.
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— Holders Real Madrid make a brilliant beginning with four first half goals to overcome Basel 5-1– Atletico autumn 3-2 at Olympiacos while 2013 runnersup Dortmund defeat Arsenal 2-0– Debutants Malmo and Ludogorets endure creditable losses at Juventus and Liverpool– Zenit triumph at Benfica, Galatasaray refuse Anderlecht and Monaco return with success
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For over a century, the finest watches in Europe happen to be stamped using the words ‘Swiss made’. The same could now be said of a few of Europe’s finest footballers.
With precision-tooled efficacy, FC Basel 1893’s academy has spent the previous decade creating talented young players. The alumni comprise Ivan Rakitic, Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka. Such ability has helped the Rotblauen win the Swiss Super League three seasons running, knock Manchester United FC from the UEFA Champions League and, last season, twice defeat Chelsea FC.
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UEFA has issued details of its UEFA Champions League earnings distribution system for the 2014/15 season. The gross commercial sales in the 2014/15 UEFA Champions League and the 2014 UEFA Super Cup for this campaign is estimated at around EUR1.34bn.
From the estimated gross commercial sales, EUR55m will be assigned only to the playoffs, as was the situation in the 2013/14 season. Every one of the 20 teams involved in the playoffs will be given a fixed quantity of EUR2.1m. Following the deduction of the apportionment for the teams active in the playoffs, the gross sum readily available for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Super Cup totals EUR1.285bn.
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Everton winger Aiden McGeady scored twice to help the Republic of Ireland open their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a 2-1 victory over Georgia in Tbilisi.
McGeady slotted into the corner after 23 minutes and then after Georgia had equalised through Tornike Okriashvili, he claimed the winner in the 90th minute with a superb curling shot from the edge of the area. Everton players also assisted both goals, with James McCarthy setting up the first and Seamus Coleman playing in McGeady for the second.
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