UEFA Champions League

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Wednesday with UAE Executive Affairs Authority Chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, who is also the owner of the English Premier League club Manchester City FC, and noted that Al Mubarak was a personal friend of his as well as a great friend of Serbia.

Prosecutors have given the green light for the release on bail of 30 Croatian nationals arrested in August after a 29-year old man died in violent clashes between soccer clubs fans in Athens.

Turkish champions Galatasaray will begin their first UEFA Champions League campaign in four years in a strong group featuring Bayern Munich and Manchester United.

The two giants will be favourites to advance from Group A, which also includes FC Copenhagen, the Danish champions.

MONACO - Serbian football champions Red Star Belgrade were on Thursday drawn to play Manchester City, Red Bull Leipzig and Young Boys in Group G of the 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League.

The draw ceremony was held in Monaco.

The group stage of the competition begins on September 19-20 and ends on December 13.

MONACO - Serbian football champions Red Star Belgrade were on Thursday drawn to play Manchester City, Red Bull Leipzig and Young Boys in Group G of the 2023/2024 UEFA Champions League.

The draw ceremony was held in Monaco.

The group stage of the competition begins on September 19-20 and ends on December 13.

The United States Embassy in Athens released a report on Wednesday due to the UEFA Champions League match between Panathinaikos F.C. and French side Olympique de Marseille, particularly following the violence that took place in the match between AEK Athens and Croation team Dinamo Zagreb.

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.

Greece's police force, ELAS, on Tuesday responded to criticism in the wake of a violent clash between dozens of soccer fans in Athens that resulted in the death of a young man, a week before the capital is set to host the UEFA Super Cup final.

A 22-year-old Greek man died on Monday night in a violent altercation involving soccer hooligans ahead of Tuesday's match between Athens side AEK and visiting Dinamo Zagreb from Croatia.

NYON - Serbia's runner-up football champions TSC Backa Topola were on Monday drawn to play the winner of the tie between Panathinaikos Athens and Olympique Marseille in the UEFA Champions League play-offs if they knock out Portuguese outfit Braga in the third qualifying round.