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Results: Champions League Group Stage Draw

Aug 25, 2017 10:49 AM

The group stage draw of the 17-18 Champions League was set on Thursday:

Group A: Benfica, Manchester United, Basel, CSKA Moscow
Group B: Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain, Anderlecht, Celtic
Group C: Chelsea, Atlético Madrid, Roma, Qarabag
Group D: Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiakos, Sporting Clube de Portugal
Group E: Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Liverpool, Maribor
Group F: Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Napoli, Feyenoord
Group G: Monaco, Porto, Besiktas, Leipzig
Group H: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham, Apoel Nicosia

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UEFA Confirms Pots For Champions League Draw

Aug 23, 2017 6:21 PM

UEFA has confirmed their four pots for the 32-team Champions League draw on Thursday.

The first group matches will be played on Sept. 12-13.

Pot 1: Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Benfica, Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk, Monaco, Spartak Moscow

Pot 2Barcelona, Atletico, Paris Saint-Germain, Borussia Dortmund, Sevilla, Man City, FC Porto, Man United

Pot 3: Napoli, Tottenham, FC Basel, Olympiakos, Anderlecht, Liverpool, Roma, Besiktas

Pot 4: Celtic, CSKA Moscow, Sporting CP, APOEL Nicosia, Feyenoord, NK Maribor, FK Qarabag, RB Leipzig

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Turner To Air Most Champions League Matches On Paid Streaming Service

Aug 17, 2017 11:41 AM

Turner Broadcasting successfully bought the broadcast rights to the Champions League and Europa League beginning for the 18-19 season and will launch a stand-alone sports streaming service that will broadcast the vast majority of matches.

Many of the most important Champions League games, including the semifinals and final, will still be broadcast on cable television.

But eighty percent of matches will only be available to fans who pay for the new subscription service.

Turner, which owns cable networks including TNT, TBS, CNN and Cartoon Network, and already owns some rights for games in Major League Baseball, the N.B.A. and the men’s N.C.A.A. basketball tournament, will build its new product around soccer, at least to start.

Turner paid $60 million for the rights.

Turner president David Levy said viewers should not expect any games from the other sports for which it owns the rights, such as the N.B.A. or Major League Baseball, to appear on the streaming service, at least not at the beginning.

“This isn’t about taking current rights and putting them on this platform,” he said. “This is a new platform, which is untethered to our existing businesses.”

NBC created a similar service for the Premier League priced at $50 that puts about a third of the schedule in their streaming-only product. 

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