Champions League draw: The winners and losers?

Some tantalising ties but it looks the end of the road for Manchester Ctiy

Barcelona’s Lionel Messi raises the bar even higher

Luis Suarez gets first goal for Catalan club, but PSG still top Group F after Ajax win

German player ratings

Malachy Clerkin runs the rule of the individual performances of the world champions in Gelsenkirchen

Bundesliga nurseries leave their English counterparts in the shade

Academies of top flight German clubs combined cost equivalent of one Gareth Bale transfer to Real Madrid

PSG tear into Barcelona to make light of tardy start to domestic season

Fragile Catalan defence exposed as French champions put three past visitors

Germany call up Schalke striker Sidney Sam

Lightning-quick forward will increase Joachim Löw’s options after Mario Gomez squandered chances against Argentina

Özil’s perceptive and selfless passing will be hard for Republic of Ireland to contain

Arsenal midfielder stung by treatment in Spain but still remains central to Germany’s campaign to win fourth World Cup

Anthony Stokes delivers on time for Celtic

Swedish defender Mikael Lustig injured ahead of meeting with Ireland on Friday

Kharkiv ban likely to cause Champions League confusion

Ukrainian club has right to appeal and likely to be reinstated pending CAS finding

Opportunity knocks for Sammon as Trapattoni makes a contentious call

Manager places trust in Derby striker to replace the injured Keane

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