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Wasteful PSG held by Arsenal in opener

Battle royale: Marquinhos and Olivier Giroud get physical.

Paris St Germain's stuttering start to the season continued on Wednesday morning when they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Arsenal in their Champions League Group A opener.

Socceroo Rogic preparing for Barca test

Relishing the challenge: Tom Rogic.

Socceroo Tom Rogic is still basking in the afterglow of Celtic's Old Firm success but is under no illusion as to how big a test they will face against Barcelona on Wednesday morning.

Jets striker Haliti eager to represent new nation Kosovo

Heritage: Labinot Haliti says the chance to play for his homeland is an 'emotional' propsect.

Once he completes a successful comeback from a major knee injury, Newcastle Jets striker Labinot Haliti is hoping to fulfil a heartfelt ambition to play for the world's newest national team, Kosovo – the country of his birth.

Man City short of Europe's best: Guardiola

Not ready: Pep Guardiola has said Manchester City are not at the level of Europe's elite yet.

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are not yet ready to compete with Europe's elite but his side will be confident of opening their Champions League campaign with victory over Borussia Moenchengladbach.

Barcelona beaten at home, Real hammer Osasuna

Bad day at the office: Barcelona went down to newly promoted Alaves at the Camp Nou.

Promoted Alaves dealt champions Barcelona a shock 2-1 defeat at the Nou Camp, while Cristiano Ronaldo returned from injury to help Real Madrid thrash Osasuna 5-2 and go two points clear at the top of La Liga.

FIFA opens bribery case against Blatter

Bribery investigation: Sepp Blatter reportedly gave himself, as well as Jerome Valcke and Markus Kattner, bonuses of ...

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke, already banned from football for ethics violations, are facing a fresh investigation over the salaries and bonuses they received in office.