Champions League

BRAGA - Serbia's TSC Backa Topola lost 3-0 away to Portuguese side Braga in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round on Tuesday evening.

Bruma opened the scoring in the 18th minute, Pizzi netted in the 19th minute and Alvaro Djalo made it 3-0 in the 87th minute.

The return leg in Backa Topola is scheduled for August 15.

The police had been informed in time about the movements of the Croatian hooligans ahead of the Champions League qualifying game between AEK Athens and Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday, which was postponed by European governing soccer body UEFA after a 29-year-old Greek fan was fatally stabbed in overnight clashes between rival supporters in the Greek capital.

A 29-year-old fan was killed in overnight clashes between rival supporters in the Greek capital, prompting European governing soccer body UEFA to postpone a Champions League qualifying game between AEK Athens and Croatia's Dinamo Zagreb on Tuesday.

A 29-year-old Greek fan has died after overnight clashes between rival supporters in Athens, with European governing soccer body UEFA announcing it has postponed a Champions League qualifying game scheduled for Tuesday because of the violence.

Panathinaikos returned after six years to the Champions League qualifiers with a victory on the road, while PAOK and Aris recorded draws in their opening games for the Conference League qualifying stages.

The Greens won 3-1 at Kosice, in Slovakia, that Dnipro-1 uses as its home ground for its European games being unable to host matches in Ukraine.

After 16 years, Greece will host a major soccer event, the UEFA Super Cup game between current Champions League title holders Manchester City and Europa League winners Sevilla.

The game, to be played at the Karaiskakis Stadium in the Piraeus neighborhood of Neo Faliro on August 16, will attract upwards of 15,000 supporters of the two teams.

With Greece set to host the UEFA Super Cup final in just under a month's time, the Citizen Protection Ministry on Monday convened a meeting of all the relevant agencies to discuss security measures for the big soccer match on August 16.

CONCACAF has meted out suspensions to Weston McKennie and Sergino Dest of the United States and Mexico's Cesar Montes and Gerardo Arteaga in the wake of the stormy Champions League clash between the two nations.

The United States triumphed 3-0 in the semifinal match that saw both sides finish with nine men.

The UEFA Champions League final game that Istanbul hosted at the weekend has given a huge boost to the city's hotels and marks "a milestone" for the local tourism industry, says Müberra Eresin, the president of the Hotel Association of Türkiye (TÜROB).

Manchester City won the first Champions League in their history on June 10 and secured a treble of trophies by beating Inter Milan 1-0.

In a far closer match than many pundits had predicted, Rodri's sweetly-struck goal proved the difference for Abu Dhabi-backed City, who have already won the Premier League and FA Cup this season.