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European Football Matchday: City, Liverpool lock horns in potential title-decider; Barcelona eye seventh straight LaLiga win
Here's a look at some of the major footballing fixtures across Premier League and other European leagues on Sunday.
UEFA on verge of 40% leap in European club TV revenues from 2024
The increase will strengthen UEFA's campaign to discourage any re-emergence of plans for a breakaway super league on the lines of the short-lived rebellion by 12 clubs in April 2021.
UEFA study finds COVID-19 pandemic left European clubs poorer by €7 billion
The virus-disrupted past two seasons, with many games played to empty terraces, ended an uninterrupted rise in revenue over the previous 20 years.
Premier League: Managers to meet over worsening COVID-19 concerns
Manchester City Pep Guardiola may join the growing list of those in isolation after he returned an inconclusive COVID-19 test that forced the cancellation of his press conference on Friday
Serie A: Denmark's Christian Eriksen leaves Inter Milan 'by mutual consent'
The 29-year-old has been fitted with a pacemaker. That means he is not allowed to play in Italian football, but other championships do not have the same rules
Premier League: Rio Ferdinand says it is time for manager Gunnar Solskjaer to leave Manchester United
The Norwegian boss is under intense pressure after a 5-0 home thumping by Liverpool and a one-sided 2-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester City on Saturday
European football: In-form West Ham host Liverpool; Serie A awaits Milan derby
Liverpool can extend its unbeaten run to 26 matches, which would beat the club’s all-time league landmark set by Bob Paisley’s 1982 team
PSG, Man City set to benefit from expected end to financial fair play restrictions
Rivals of PSG and City have consistently asked how the duo can be respecting the rules when they spend as much as they do, most notably when the French side splurged the two biggest transfer fees in history to sign Neymar and Kylian Mbappe in 2017.
Serie A: Napoli continue perfect start at Udinese to move top of table
Napoli moved top of Serie A on Monday thanks to a 4-0 stroll at Udinese which made sure they maintained their 100 percent start to the season.
Champions League: Griezmann returns to Atletico amid jeers as Spanish champions survive Porto scare
Griezmann was left out of the starting line-up by Diego Simeone and was then whistled by a large section of Atleti fans when he came on in the second half.
Champions League: Unpopular Leipzig still no match for Man City, PSG's petrodollars
Derided by opposition fans for trampling over German football traditions, RB Leipzig find themselves in the unusual position of not being cast as the bad guys as the Champions League's group of death kicks off on Wednesday.
Champions League: Real Madrid aim to defy power shift and assert themselves in Europe again
Madrid reached the semi-finals last season but were resoundingly beaten by Chelsea, whose 3-1 win on aggregate would have been more emphatic had they not missed a cluster of chances in the second leg.
Champions League: All eyes on European football's big-spenders as group stages begin
PSG, backed by Qatar Sports Investment since 2011, reached the Champions League semi-finals last season and the final the year before that, but have never won the title.
Champions League draw: PSG draw Manchester City; Bayern Munich, Barcelona to meet in group stage
Thursday's draw in Istanbul also saw Barcelona come out in a fascinating Group E along with Bayern Munich, Benfica and Ukrainian champions Dynamo Kiev.
Ligue 1: Nice-Marseille match abondoned after fan violence disrupts proceedings
The game had been interrupted with players leaving the field after home fans threw projectiles and invaded the pitch. Unverified photos on social media showed at least three players were injured.
European football matchday: Man City aim to open Premier League account; Barcelona seek a second straight win
Inter Milan kick off their title defence at home to Genoa in the first match of the Serie A season.
Euro 2020: Trophy brings joy to Italy after a year of COVID-19 suffering
“It’s been a complicated year for everyone but especially for us who were one of the first countries hit. This is a signal of a new beginning,” said Michela Solfanelli, a 30-year-old event producer based in Milan.
Euro 2020: Gareth Southgate's England seek history as Italy aim to spoil party
Southgate's side has sent the nation into a frenzy by reaching their first European Championship final, leaving them one win away from a first title since the 1966 World Cup.
Serie A: 'Fans, I'm coming,' Jose Mourinho set to arrive in Italian capital as AS Roma hope to end 20-year drought
Mourinho had only been out of work for 15 days after leaving Tottenham two months ago before his return to Serie A was announced on a three-year deal.
Euro 2020: England face Germany in mouth-watering clash after Switzerland stun France
England have never won the European Championship and a victory against Germany would be only their second knockout stage win in the history of the competition.