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Jane Lewis presents highlights from the weekend's fixtures in the SWPL. 

Igor Tudor is expecting a tough test and a “high-level” game against Borussia Dortmund when Juventus kick off their Champions League campaign on Tuesday. Last season, Juventus made it to the knockout-stage play-offs under Thiago Motta but were knocked out after a 4-3 aggregate defeat to PSV, missing out on the last 16. Tudor took over in March and directed …

Former World Cup-winning centre-back Samuel Umtiti has retired from football at the age of just 31. Umtiti started alongside Raphael Varane in six of France’s seven games at the 2018 tournament in Russia, as Didier Deschamps’ men beat Croatia in the final to win their second crown. Umtiti also won LaLiga twice and the Copa del Rey on three occasions …

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard will not feature in their Champions League opener with Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday after suffering a recurrence of a shoulder injury.

The Champions League returns this week. Lights down, cue the music…

The Cincinnati Bengals are 2-0, but they would be forgiven for feeling as if their season is already over after receiving devastating news about an injury to starting quarterback Joe Burrow.

Chris Wilder has been reappointed as Sheffield United manager following the sacking of Ruben Selles on Sunday.

Numerous reports throughout the summer transfer window spoke about Cristian Romero wanting to leave Tottenham Hotspur. However, the Argentinian defender, who has been named club captain after the departure of Son Heung-min, is adamant that wasn’t the case. Spurs captain Cristian Romero insists that he NEVER said he wanted to leave the club in the summer👀🤐 pic.twitter.com/bemsdvTXoI Vesko is a …

Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham has been out of action for over two months due to a shoulder injury. However, the England international has returned to training and might be back on the pitch when Los Blancos welcome Olympique Marseille at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday. After missing the start of the season following shoulder surgery, Jude Bellingham has returned …

Less than three weeks after losing the Leagues Cup final 3-0 in Seattle, Inter Miami have a chance for revenge at home – but their only result since then was no confidence-booster, suffering another 3-0 defeat in the MLS at Charlotte on Saturday.

Thomas Frank says he is “hugely looking forward” to managing his first Champions League game with Tottenham on Tuesday night.

Inaki Williams insists Athletic Bilbao have no fear of Arsenal despite being deprived of the services of Nico Williams for their Champions League opener.

Jude Bellingham has been named in the Real Madrid squad for tomorrow night’s Champions League group-stage opener against Marseille.

Andrew Robertson has made it clear he will not give up his spot as Liverpool’s first-choice left-back, even after admitting there was a chance he could have joined Atletico Madrid in the summer.

Thomas Frank allowed himself and his players 24 hours to celebrate their 3-0 win over West Ham on Saturday and the Tottenham manager expects his debut as a coach in the Champions League to be “very exciting”.