Wembley and the newly renovated Camp Nou are both competing for the 2029 final, according to UEFA, while Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena is the only one of the two competing for the 2028 Champions League final.
Munich was the only city to advance to the 2028 final after hosting it in 2025 when Paris Saint-Germain defeated Inter Milan 5-0.
Munich also hosted the Olympic Stadium’s 1979, 1993, and 1997 finals, as well as the Allianz Arena’s 2012 and 2025 editions.
The Budapest Puskas Arena will host the final of the season in 2027, while Madrid’s Metropolitano will host the Metropolitano.
Due to Arsenal’s ongoing fixture stack-up, Mike Arteta cautioned that the top priority for football’s rule-makers should be the player welfare.
On December 16, Arteta’s side will face Crystal Palace in the League Cup quarter-finals.
However, that would leave Palace with three games in five days, and Palace could lose to the FA Cup holders if their game was moved to the Emirates Stadium.
The final-eight game should be played on December 16th, according to what Arsenal are willing to accept in order to avoid further aggravated by the hectic Christmas schedule.
Arsenal are currently playing seven matches in just 22 days, with the Premier League leaders visiting Burnley on Saturday and then making their Champions League debut at Slavia Prague on Tuesday.
Every choice we make regarding a fixture must be based on two things; The rest must be very, very far away from the players’ welfare, followed by supporters, and that is it. And that rule should never be forgotten, Arteta told reporters on Friday.
We in our industry all won’t get there if we have that large piece of paper with those two principles in front of us before we make any decisions. Anything is possible if we don’t and simply ignore that. ”
INCLUDE With a 3-1 aggregate win over Benin, the Super Falcons qualify for the 2026 World Football Championship.
After being injured during Manchester City’s and Arsenal’s English Premier League game at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north-west England, on September 22, 2024, the Spanish midfielder #16 Rodri (C) receives medical attention before being taken off the field. (Photo by Paul ELLIS/AFP)
Rodri, a midfielder for Manchester City, stated last year that players could strike as a result of a rise in competition.
Arteta asked whether the discussion of player strikes would continue as the fixtures grew, noting that: “We will never get to that point.
The window must be closed there, we told the owner. That window cannot be opened. It needs to be closed. It is our most priceless asset. ”
With a 2-0 victory over Brighton on Wednesday, Arsenal advanced to the semifinals of the League Cup.
The red-hot Gunners won eight straight victories in all competitions under the banner.
With a four-point lead at the top of the table and a defense that hasn’t been broken in six matches, they’ll head to Burnley.
After finishing the previous three seasons as runners-up, Arsenal are hoping to capture the English title for the first time since 2004.
When asked if Arsenal are currently unstoppable in his camp, Arteta responded, “No, because you always feel like you have that sense of urgency, and you see the difficulties and challenges that the next opponent is going to bring you, and we know that and every three days, we have very little time to train and prepare.
We have a lot of room for improvement, but we must maintain that level of consistency, which is difficult.
We will need to reach those performance levels once more. ”
149 referees were suspended by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) on Friday after being accused of betting on matches.
The TFF stated in a statement that three other referees’ investigations are ongoing, with the TFF stating that their disciplinary committee had issued suspensions ranging from eight to twelve months.
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The federation’s investigation into 571 Turkish professional league referees revealed on Monday that 152 of them had active betting accounts and 371 of them had sports betting accounts.
According to TFF President Ibrahim Haciosmanoglu, “refereeing is a profession of honor.”
Anyone who violates that honor will never play football again, Haciosmanoglu added.
The TFF announced on Monday that 22 of the officials (seven match officials and 15 assistants) are employed by the highest league.
Ten of the TFF’s referees placed more than 10,000 bets, with one of them alone placing 18,227.
The head of Turkish football said on Friday that 42 referees had staked in more than 1, 000 football games.
He did not specify whether any of them were suspected of betting on matches they had officiated, though.
The Istanbul public prosecutor’s office has also begun an investigation.
After a string of defeats in their last seven games that plunged the Premier League champions into crisis, Liverpool manager Arne Slot warned his team not to make it a habit to lose games they should win.
Prior to Aston Villa’s Saturday trip to Anfield, the Reds have lost their last four league games, and they also lost to Crystal Palace in midweek.
After facing criticism for his 3-0 defeat to the Eagles, Slot again defended the need to rest his key players after a string of injury issues in the first half of the season.
Ryan Gravenberch is only just starting to recover from an ankle injury, while Alexander Isak, Jeremie Frimpong, and Alisson Becker are all still sidelined.
Slot was watching Villa’s impressive visit, Real Madrid’s Champions League trip to Anfield on Tuesday, and Liverpool’s clash with Manchester City on Sunday.
At his pre-game press conference on Friday, Slot stated, “It has nothing to do with the squad depth; it has rather how we have handled the injuries and availability throughout the season.”
Simply put, the situation is as it is. I have to take care of a few of the players, and that is why I made the decision not to play. However, there are still more than enough good players available to play the game on Saturday, the game on Tuesday, and the game on Sunday. ”
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The final whistle whistle whistle whistle blows in the English Premier League match between Brentford and Liverpool at the Gtech Community Stadium in London on October 25, 2025. (Glyn KIRK/AFP photo)
Villa fell 12 points clear of Liverpool after five games of the Premier League campaign.
However, the two teams only meet this weekend because Unai Emery’s men are in top form just as Liverpool’s losing streak began.
Villa served as a primer for his team on how quickly things can change and how the Premier League can perform as a whole.
Only three points separate second-placed Bournemouth from eighth-placed Villa, despite Arsenal’s four-point lead at the top of the table.
Other than Arsenal, I believe there are other teams in the same points, which again proves how difficult the Premier League is,” Slot continued.
You don’t ever lose a game of football where you create more chances than the other team, even though the run is already quite long with us.
Let’s hope we make a habit of having more chances than the opponent but not winning it, Villa said. ”
Esther Okoronkwo, the Super Falcons’ star, is confident that Nigeria will claim their 11th title at the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON).
Following a 3-1 aggregate victory over neighboring Benin Republic, Nigeria, the competition’s defending champion, qualified for the tournament.
Okoronkwo believes the Super Falcons can make history in Morocco once more after the team secured a ticket to the competition scheduled for the following year.
“Yes. Everything is possible for sure with Nigeria, according to the AFC Toronto forward, who is well-known for her assists, on Thursday for Channels Television’s Sports Tonight .
“We’re not going there because we don’t want to win,” the statement read. We are certain that we will win the 11th WAFCON title.
With a 3-1 aggregate win over Benin, the Super Falcons qualify for the 2026 World Football Championship.
The Super Falcons won the title in July when they came from behind to defeat Morocco’s Atlas Lionesses 3-2.
In that game, Okoronkwo scored a goal and added two assists, earning her the award for African Women Player of the Year along with Rasheedat Ajibade, the team’s captain.
At the Paris Masters on Thursday, Jannik Sinner defeated Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-1, to advance to the quarter-finals, and Alexander Zverev, the current champion, defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in straight sets in the third round.
After Carlos Alcaraz’s shock early exit at the hands of Britain’s Cameron Norrie, a maiden crown in the French capital will bring Sinner back to number one in the world rankings.
As he pursues what would be his fifth championship of the year, the four-time Grand Slam champion from Italy, no set has been dropped.
“I thought the first set was very important today,” she said. It’s very difficult to play against Francisco because of his level, Sinner said on-court.
“I raised the level in the second set, and I’m thrilled to be in the quarter-finals here for the first time.”
When Sinner seized on the serve of Argentina’s 21st-ranked player Cerundolo at 6-5 to take control of the opener, which featured four consecutive breaks, Sinner won favorably.
The 24-year-old then immediately increased their lead in the second set by leading by a set 5-1 before meeting with US fifth seed Shelton in Friday’s quarter-finals.
Shelton advanced to the last eight after defeating Russian Andrey Rublev 7-6 (8 / 3) 6-3.
The 23-year-old won a landmark tournament in Turin, his second of his career, following up on his first 1000-level title, which he won in Toronto this summer.
Shelton described the season-ending event as “an accumulation of a year’s work, a lot of ups and downs, great results, poor results, and having to bounce back.”
‘My Kryptonite’
In the day’s final match-up, Zverev defeated Spanish 15th seed Davidovich Fokina 6-2, 6-4, to extend his title defense.
Former world number one Daniil Medvedev, who defeated Lorenzo Sonego of Italy in three sets, will face the German third seed next.
The now-ranked Russian won both matches, including the title-match in 2020, with Zverev and Medvedev having previously met in the Paris Masters.
“Daniil is a person I know very well, and he frequently outwits me.” Zverev acknowledged that he resembles my kryptonite a little.
Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan defeated US fourth seed Taylor Fritz 7-6 (7 / 6) 6-2 to set up a last-eight contest with world number six Alex de Minaur of Australia.
13th seed Bublik said it would take something extraordinary for him to win his career’s first Masters title despite the fact that he arguably had the best life in 2025.
The 28-year-old said, “I have three matches left to win, I have to beat the top ten players, maybe Jannik in the final,” which “sounds a miracle.”
De Minaur, Bublik’s next opponent, defeated Russian 10th seed Karen Khachanov 6-2, 6-2, cementing his place at the ATP Finals the following month.
On day four of the Paris ATP Masters 1000 tennis competition, which takes place at the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, on the outskirts of Paris, on October 30, 2025, Germany’s Alexander Zverev plays a backhand return to Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF/AFP)
Felix Auger-Aliassime from Canada defeated German Daniel Altmaier 33-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the quarter-finals after coming from behind for the third time in as many matches in Paris.
The ninth seed occupies a spot away from Lorenzo Musetti’s previous ATP Finals spot, which he currently holds after losing to Sonego on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old would advance above the Italian in the race to the eight-man showpiece with an Auger-Aliassime charge to the title-decider in Paris.
However, Auger-Aliassime must stop Monaco’s in-form Valentin Vacherot before he can begin to think about that.
