Former Scotland captain Gemma Fay believes Celtic will progress to the Champions League group stage, and says it would be "massive" for the SWPL.

Join Michael Butler for reaction after Celtic enjoyed a perfect opening night and Spurs rallied to turn defeat into victory at Coventry

Celtic kicked off their Champions League campaign with a 5-1 home thrashing of debutants Slovan Bratislava on Wednesday. Celtic went ahead after 17 minutes through Liam Scales' powerful close-range header from a corner,

Matchday 1 of the Champions League has come to an end and what a matchday it was. Barcelona dropped points, Manchester City and Arsenal failed to win and there were some banner results already. Bayern Munich scored nine goals to move to number one in our power rankings but how did the other teams around UCL do?

Bayern Munich sit atop of the Champions League table following the first round of fixtures this week. Vincent Kompany’s men hammered Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 at home on Tuesday night. It has been a good start for German clubs,

If a team endures a terrible run of form, then sacking the coach is a viable option if that club wants to turn their fortunes around. In the case of Dinamo Zagreb coach Sergej Jakirović, that was his fate as he was given the sack by his club after a crushing 9-2 defeat to Bayern Munich on the first day of the Champions League: This is not the first time that Bayern handed out a defeat to another team which culminated in sacking their coach.

The new Champions League format forces teams to go for the win, Atletico Madrid head coach Diego Simeone said after his side fought back from a deficit to grab a late 2-1 victory over RB Leipzig on Thursday.

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone says the new Champions League format “forces us to win”. The new-look 36-team league phase of Europe’s elite club competition commenced this week, replacing the previous group stage format.

The first week of Champions League football comes to an end on Thursday night with the Europa League champions Atalanta welcoming Arsenal to Bergamo in the midst of a pivotal week for the Gunners. Having ground out victory at Tottenham on Sunday,