European club football
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Nathalie Boy de la Tour became the first female president of the French football league on Friday
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Polish champions Legia Warsaw have been banned from selling tickets for their Champions League trip to Borussia Dortmund by Uefa for crowd trouble at Real Madrid in October
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Which club’s fans have just been patronised with a non-celebration celebration?
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The country’s top clubs have rallied behind the Hellenic Football Federation decision which comes amid an investigation into an organised criminal group controlling football
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Joshua Kimmich is the perfect Pep Guardiola player – smart, versatile and adept on the ball – and now he is even scoring goals for Bayern Munich and Germany
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Featuring the standout strikes from the FA Cup first round, a couple from the US, a team goal by Barcelona and an even better effort from their women’s team
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Stefano Pioli has taken his first managerial role with one of Italy’s leading three clubs
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The eastern German club Dynamo Dresden have also been ordered to close a section of their stands following the incident during a cup match with RB Leipzig in August
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Jorge Sampaoli’s side are on the up and a breathless, brilliant display threatened to deflate Barcelona until their Argentine talisman sprang into life
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Real Madrid won 3-0 at home to Leganés to stay two points clear of Barcelona, who won 2-1 at Sevilla in La Liga
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Roma’s 3-0 home win over Bologna kept them four points behind the Serie A leaders Juventus, who earlier won 2-1 at Chievo
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Robin van Persie scored for Fenerbahce before being carried off and taken to hospital with a bleeding eye but the club said later his ‘condition is good’
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Sevilla took the lead after a blistering start but Lionel Messi equalised just before half-time and Barcelona dominated the second half, Luis Suárez’s goal on the hour proving enough to earn victory
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The former Arsenal striker scored one penalty and won another as Real Sociedad won 2-0 in San Sebastián, denying a tired-looking Atlético Madrid the chance to go top of La Liga
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Kerem Demirbay’s thunderbolt gave Hoffenheim an early lead at the Allianz Arena before Bayern Munich forced a 1-1 draw that keeps them three points clear at the top of the league
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Schalke beat Krasnodar 2-0 while Ajax won 3-2 against Celta Vigo and they were joined in the last 32 by Zenit St Petersburg and Shakhtar Donetsk
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A late goal by Mateo Kovacic secured a 3-3 draw for Real Madrid in their Champions League match against Legia Warsaw
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Bayern Munich, Atlético Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain all reached the Champions League knockout stages with 2-1 victories on a dramatic night of action
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A 0-0 draw at the Signal Iduna Park was a fine result for Schalke but served to increase the pressure on Dortmund’s Thomas Tuchel
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At Las Palmas, Quique Setién has proved that football is fun, not least in their crazy 3-3 draw with Celta Vigo at the weekend
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Napoli supporters were furious when they lost their talisman to Juventus in the summer but the Old Lady have benefited from Higuaín’s potency ever since
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Guardian Sport Network Rafa Benítez's record as a promotion specialist bodes well for Newcastle fans
Rafa Benítez is best known for winning La Liga with Valencia and the Champions League with Liverpool but the promotions he secured while in charge of Extremadura and Tenerife suggest he can mix it in the Championship
Vitolo: ‘Teams in Spain are better tactically – but English ones have power’