If you are looking for more certainty as to which clubs will advance to the knock-out round, Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League results did not help. Draws by the leaders of Groups B, C, and D drew trailing teams closer to the top, and while all the names at the top remain in the same, [...]

Groups A through D resume UEFA Champions League group play on Tuesday, as the tournament’s initial stage enters its home-stretch: the reverse fixtures; second-half of the schedule; the point after which we can start comparing teams with more certainty.
To this point, we can only be reasonably confident that (from these groups) Chelsea, Porto, and [...]

It was not as big an upset as Tuesday’s result at Camp Nou, but Milan’s late goal at the Santiago Bernabéu – handing Real Madrid their first home loss of the Galactícos 2.0 era – was enough of a shock to knock Rubin Kazan out of the headlines, earning the Italians a 3-2 win.
Perhaps as [...]

Between them, Real Madrid and AC Milan have 16 European titles, finishing second another seven times. In the 54-year history of the European Cup and Champions League, roughly two-fifths of the finals have featured one of these clubs. Milan’s presence has been slightly less frequent, having made eleven finals appearances (winning seven), but [...]

On the last Inside the Six, five guests and myself previewed the English Premier League. I closed each interview with seven, quick questions which asked each guest to predict how the Premiership would play-out.
Playing the role of Mr. Good Host, I stayed away from the fray, giving my guests their platform. But the [...]

It was irresistible. Whether on the pitch, during the celebration, or after. When a man has just won his eleventh league title, it’s obligatory.
“Where does this squad rank, amongst all the sides you’ve managed?”
You can’t blame reporters for asking. They almost would not be doing their jobs if they didn’t. [...]