CSKA Moskva came away from Leverkusen with a useful 2-2 draw. Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund looked impressive with 4-0 and 6-0 wins, while new boys Leicester City went to Bruges and won by three goals without reply. Agüero replied to Messi's hat-trick yesterday. Sporting nearly surprised Real.
Groups EFGH played on Wednesday and Matchday 1 is over
Group E
Bayer Leverkusen 2 CSKA Moskva 2
Mehmedi 9 Dzagoev 36, Eremenko 38
Hakan Çalhanoglu 15
Tottenham 1 Monaco 2
Alderweireld 45 Bernard Silva 15, Lemar 31
Group F
Real Madrid 2 Sporting CP 1
Ronaldo 89 Bruno César 48
Morata 90+4
Legia 0 Dortmund 6
Götze 7, Papastathopoulos 15, Bartra 17, R. Guerreiro 51, Castro 76
Aubameyang 87
Group G
Club Brugge 0 Leicester City 3
Albrighton 5, Mahrez 29, 61 (pen.)
FC Porto 1 Kobenhavn 1
Otávio 13 Cornelius 52
Group H
Lyon 3 Dinamo Zagreb 0
Tolisso 13, Ferri 49, Cornet 57
Juventus 0 Sevilla 0
Yesterday's games
Groups ABCD played on Tuesday night in Matchday 1 of the Champions League. An excellent result for Arsenal away in Paris, spectacular performances from Bayern münchen and FC Barcelona, scoring twelve goals between them without reply. A bad start for Russian team Rostov.
Group A is all drawn on one point apiece, with two away draws for Arsenal at Paris Saint-Germain and Ludogorets in Switzerland, Basel. The match in Kyiv between Dinamo and Napoli in Group B was sewn up by half-time, Milik getting both of the Italians' goals after Garmash fired the home side ahead. In the other Group B match in Lisbon, Talisca, on loan from Benfica to Besiktas, gave Benfica some of their own medicine, shooting the winner home on 90+3 after Cervi put the hosts ahead - it is common for Benfica to score goals well after the 90 minutes has passed.
In Group C, a thunderstorm put off the match between Manchester City and Borussia Moenchengladbach to tonight; in the other game Barcelona thrashed Celtic seven nil, with a hat-trick from Messi. In Group D, Atlético got a valuable away victory at PSV while Bayern thrashed Russian side Rostov 5-0.
Group A
PSG 1 Arsenal 1
Cavani 1 Alexis Sánchez 78
Basel 1 Ludogorets 1
Steffen 1 Jonathan Cafú 45
Group B
D. Kyiv 1 Napoli 2
Garmash 26 Milik 36, 45+2
Benfica 1 Besiktas 1
Cervi 12 Talisca 90+3
Group C
Barcelona 7 Celtic 0
Messi 3, 27, 60
Neymar 50
Iniesta 59
Suárez 75,88
Manchester City v. Borussia Moenchengladbach playing tonight (thunderstorm)
Group D
PSV 0 Atlético 1
Saúl Ñíguez 43
Bayern München 5 Rostov 0
Lewandowski 28 (pen.)
Kimmich 53,60
Müller 45+2
Bernat 90
Champions League 2016-2017
The Groups, the schedules, the results and the scorers from the beginning to the end of the season.
The Groups
Group A Arsenal FC (England) FC Basel 1893 (Switzerland) Paris Saint-Germain (France) PFC Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria)
Group B Besiktas JK (Turkey) FC Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) SL Benfica (Portugal) SSC Napoli (Italy)
Group C Celtic FC (Scotland) FC Barcelona (Spain) Manchester City FC (England) VfLBorussia Moenchengladbach (Germany)
Group D Club Atlético de Madrid (Spain) FC Bayern München (Germany) FC Rostov (Russia) PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands)
Group E AS Monaco FC (France) Bayer 04 Leverkusen (Germany) PFC CSKA Moskva (Russia) Tottenham Hotspur FC (England)
Group F Borussia Dortmund (Germany) Legia Warszawa (Poland) Real Madrid CF (Spain) Sporting Clube de Portugal (Portugal)
Group G Club Brugge KV (Belgium) FC Kobenhavn (Denmark) FC Porto (Portugal) Leicester City FC (England)
Group H GNK Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) Juventus (Italy) Olympique Lyonnais (France) Sevilla FC (Spain)
Total: 32 clubs
4 clubs competing: England, Germany, Spain
3 clubs: France, Portugal
2 clubs: Italy, Russia
1 club: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
The schedule
Group Phase
Matchday 1 September 13/14 Finished
Matchday 2 September 27/28
Matchday 3 October 18/19
Matchday 4 November 1/2
Matchday 5 November 22/23
Matchday 6 December 6/7
Round of 16
First Legs February 14/15 21/22
Second Legs March 7/8 14/15
Quarter-finals
First Legs April 11/12
Second Legs 18/19
Semi-Finals
First Legs May 2/3
Second Legs May 9/10
Final June 3
The venue for this year's final is Cardiff, Wales, UK - at Cardiff's National Stadium
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
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Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey specialized in long distance running as a teenager and in 1974, at 16 years of age, achieved a time of 13.30.01 in the five thousand meters and a year later, a time of 28.00.21 in the ten thousand meters in regional competitions, however he chose not to enter competitive sport and preferred to play football (Soccer), handball, tennis, judo, Krav Maga, table tennis and badminton in his free time. Today at 58 years of age, he continues to play the same sports as a participant and maintains an active interest in all modalities as a spectator and commentator, beginning and ending each day with a routine of TaiJi.