Celtic will have to overcome Armenian title-holders Alashkert in the first round of the Champions League qualifiers.
Brendan Rodgers side are aiming to secure a place in the group stages of the competition for a third successive season, but will have to progress through four qualifying rounds to do so.
A trip to Alashkert is first up, with the second leg at Celtic Park set to take place on the 17th or 18th of July. Iceland s Valur Reykjavik or Norway s Rosenborg will await in the second round.
Dutch giants Ajax, who finished runners up to PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie last term, have been seeded straight into the second round, and will take on Austria s Sturm Graz.
Home fixture confirmation v in the Q1 round. Away fixture confirmation TBC by .
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Jurgen Klopp refused to be drawn on whether Liverpool had been offered the chance to bring Philippe Coutinho back to Anfield.
Coutinho joined Barcelona from the Reds in a deal worth €160million midway through the 2017-18 season but has endured a disappointing time at Camp Nou.
The Brazil playmaker has been frequently touted for a potential departure to finance Neymar s mooted return to the LaLiga champions.
Arsenal and Tottenham have been suggested as destinations for Coutinho s Premier League return and, speaking ahead of Friday s season opener against Norwich City, Klopp elected to keep his cards close to his chest
To part one of your question, no answer, he said.
How we deal with things like this in the past gives us the opportunity to sa…
It turns out all Liverpool needed was a short midweek break to Budapest to reconnect, restore some confidence and rediscover their ruthless streak.
Tuesday s 2-0 triumph over RB Leipzig in the Hungarian capital was a much-needed boost for Jurgen Klopp s squad, as the Champions League seemingly holds their only hope of silverware.
Before the second leg, though, they resume a Premier League campaign that has seen the focus switch from retaining the title to finishing in the top four. With no club spared from feeling the financial impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Reds can ill-afford to miss out on the monetary benefits that come from playing in Europe s premier competition.
Next up: the Merseyside derby on Saturday. Liverpool welcome …
Brazil head coach Tite insists the Selecao will continue dancing during goal celebrations because it is part of their culture as he dismissed the suggestion they are showing disrespect.
Croatia await Brazil in the World Cup quarter-finals after Tite s side beat South Korea 4-1, a victory that saw them exhibit some of the best football on display at Qatar 2022.
Brazil players celebrated each goal by dancing, and Tite even joined in for the celebration after Richarlison made it 3-0.
The coach mimicked Richarlison s trademark pigeon dance after the Tottenham forward came over to the Brazil dugout.
Some pundits criticised Brazil for their celebrations, suggesting they were showing disregard for their opponents, but this is not an opinion Tite will accept.
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Despite claiming the number one seed in the AFC, there has not been much hype around the Tennessee Titans ahead of the start of their playoff campaign.
After they each exploded for five-touchdown performances in the Wild Card Round, most of the attention on the AFC side of the postseason has focused on the rematch between Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Kansas City Chiefs counterpart Patrick Mahomes.
Yet there is a 6ft 3in, 247-pound reason to pay attention to the Titans as they face Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals in the Divisional Round.
Running back Derrick Henry s season appeared to be over when he suffered a Jones fracture in his foot in the Titans Week 8 clash with the Indianapolis Colts.
But he was activated from injured reserve th…
Chelsea F.C. manager Jose Mourinho has indicated that Spain international midfielder Juan Mata could have a new role at Stamford Bridge this season, according to .
Mata, who joined the Blues from Valencia CF in a deal worth £23.5 million in August 2011, has been voted Chelsea Player of the Year in each of his first two seasons at the club.
Somewhat surprisingly, the return of Mourinho has raised doubts on the future of the Spain international, whose current contract expires in the summer of 2016.
However, the Portuguese boss has moved to rubbish the aforementioned speculation, insisting Mata fits into his plans.
Of course he fits into my plans, Mourinho said. I have my idea about him, about where he produces better and where he has more diff…
A VAR who made what referees’ chief Howard Webb described as an “error” in awarding a goal to Manchester City in the last round of Premier League matches has been selected as a fourth official for the coming weekend.
Tony Harrington will be on the touchline for the Newcastle v Brentford match on Saturday, and will also be the referee for Friday night’s Championship game between Hull and Coventry as he continues his return from injury.
Harrington and assistant VAR Adam Nunn checked and cleared Nathan Ake’s goal for City against Fulham on September 2, which put them 2-1 up in a game they ultimately won 5-1.
Go behind the scenes with and Howard Webb for a full breakdown of six key incidents from the Premier League season so far
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Malaga have announced the signing of Mounir El Hamdaoui on a season-long loan with an option to buy from Fiorentina.
The 29-year-old only joined the Italian club on a three-year deal in July 2012, but has now been farmed out to La Liga as Bernd Schuster looks to bolster his attacking options.
He will now hope to help Malaga turn things around after they kicked off the new campaign with 1-0 defeats to both Valencia and Barcelona.
El Hamdaoui began his career in the Netherlands with Excelsior, scoring 32 goals in 74 appearances for the Dutch club prior to moving to England with Tottenham.
However, the forward s time in the Premier League was largely disappointing and, after a brief loan spell with Derby County, he returned to the Eredivisie for stints with Willem I…
Portuguese newspaper that Borussia Dortmund are lining up a summer bid for FC Porto defender Abdoulaye Ba.
The Millionaires boss Jurgen Klopp is looking to sign another quality centre-back at the end of the season and he appears to have set his sights on the Senegalese stopper.
Abdoulaye Ba has a contract until June 2016 at Estadio do Dragao and a release clause of €40 million, but Borussia hope they can agree a fee with the Portuguese giants.
The 23-year-old has been under contract with Porto since 2008, and he enjoyed loan spells with Sporting Covilha and Academica before he was finally handed a senior debut for the Dragons.
Ba was recalled from the loan spell from Vitoria Guimaraes just few weeks ago as Nicolas Otamendi left the club and has since …
James Rodriguez should accept that he will not play under Zinedine Zidane and leave Real Madrid, according to former Colombia boss Hernan Gomez.
The 24-year-old, a reported €80million signing from Monaco in 2014, struggled to earn a consistent place in Zidane s plans following his appointment as Madrid boss in January.
James has often been linked with a move away from the Santiago Bernabeu in the past season, with Manchester United among the clubs rumoured to be monitoring him, though the playmaker said last month that he intended to fight for his place in the Spanish capital.
But Colombian Gomez, who now coaches Panama but worked as James international manager between 2010 and 2011, says it is not right to see the national team s star player accept a role as…