Rostov beats mighty Bayern 3-2. Messi gets two. Group B is wide open. Rostov guarantees Europa League football. Dinamo Kiev leaves the Champions League and cannot enter the Europa League.
Tonight Groups ABCD played. The following teams are through to the last 16: Arsenal and Paris SG; Barcelona, Manchester City; Atlético, Bayern; These teams are joined by Monaco, Dortmund, Real Madrid, Leicester City, Juventus, all played yesterday.
There is one Matchday left to play and everything to play for in some groups
Group A
Arsenal 2 Paris Saint-Germain 2
Giroud 45+1 (pen.) Cavani 18; Iwobi 77 (o.g.)
Verratti 60 (o.g.)
Ludogorets 0 Basel 0
Arsenal 5 3 2 0 14 5 11
Paris SG 5 3 2 0 11 5 11
Basel 5 0 2 3 2 8 2
Ludogorets 5 0 2 3 4 13 2
Group B
Besiktas 3 Benfica 3
Cenk Tosun 58 Gonçalo Guedes 10; Semedo 25; Fejsa 31
Quaresma 83 (pen.)
Aboubakar 89
Napoli 0 Dinamo Kiev 0
Benfica 5 2 2 1 9 8 8
Napoli 5 2 2 1 9 7 8
Besiktas 5 1 4 0 9 8 7
D. Kiev 5 0 2 3 2 6 2
Group C
Moenchengladbach 1 Manchester City 1
Raffael 23 Silva 45+1
Celtic 0 Barcelona 2
Messi 24, 65(pen.)
Barcelona 5 4 0 1 16 4 12
Manchester City 5 2 2 1 11 9 8
B. Moenchengladbach 5 1 2 2 5 8 5
Celtic FC 5 0 2 3 4 15 2
Group D
Rostov 3 Bayern 2
Azmoun 44 Douglas Costa 35; Bernat 52
Poloz 50 (pen.)
Noboa 67
Atlético 2 PSV 0
Gameiro 55
Griezmann 66
Atlético 5 5 0 0 7 1 15
Bayern München 5 3 0 2 13 6 9
Rostov 5 1 1 3 6 12 4
PSV 5 0 1 4 4 11 1
Group E
Monaco 2 Tottenham 1
Sidibé 48 Kane 52 (pen.)
Lemar 53
CSKA 1 Leverkusen 1
Natcho 76 (pen.) Volland 16
Monaco 5 3 2 0 9 4 11
B. Leverkusen 5 1 4 0 5 4 7
Tottenham 5 1 1 3 3 5 4
CSKA Moskva 5 0 3 3 8 3
Group F
Dortmund 8 Legia 4
Kagawa 17, 18 Prijovic 10, 24; Kucharczyk 57; Nikolic 83
Nuri Sahin 20
Dembélé 29
Reus 32, 52
Passlack 81
Rzezniczak 90 + 2 (og)
Sporting CP 1 Real Madrid 2
Adrien Silva 80 (pen.) Varana 29; Benzema 87
Dortmund 5 4 1 0 19 7 13
Real Madrid 5 3 2 0 14 8 11
Sporting CP 5 1 0 4 5 7 3
Legia 5 0 1 4 8 24 1
Group G
Leicester City 2 Club Brugge 1
Okazaki 5 Izquierdo 52
Mahrez 30 (pen.)
Kobenhavn 0 FC Porto 0
Leicester City 5 4 1 0 7 1 13
FC Porto 5 2 2 1 4 3 8
Kobenhavn 5 1 3 1 5 2 6
Club Brugge 5 0 0 5 2 12 0
Group H
D. Zagreb 0 Lyon 1
Lacazette 72
Sevilla 1 Juventus 3
Pareja 9 Marchisio 45+2 (pen.); Bonucci 84; Mandzukic 90+4
Juventus 5 3 2 0 9 2 11
Sevilla 5 3 1 1 7 3 10
Lyon 5 2 1 2 5 3 7
D. Zagreb 5 0 0 5 0 13 0
Matchday 4
Group A
Ludogorets 2 Arsenal 3
Johnathan Cafú 12 Xhaka 20, Giroud 42, Özil 88
Keserü 15
Basel 1 PSG 2
Zuffi 76 Matuidi 43, Meunier 90
Group B
Besiktas 1 Napoli 1
Quaresma 79 (pen.) Hamsik 82
Benfica 1 D. Kyiv 0
Salvio 45+2 (pen.)
Group C
Manchester City 3 Barcelona 1
Gündogan 39, 74 Messi 21
De Bruyne 51
Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 Celtic 1
Stindl 32 Dembélé 76 (pen.)
Group D
Atlético 2 Rostov 1
Griezmann 28 Azmoun 30
90+3
PSV 1 Bayern 2
Arias 14 Lewandowski 34 (pen.), 74
Group E
Monaco 3 CSKA Moskva 0
Germain 13
Falcao 29, 41
Tottenham Hotspur 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1
Kampl 65
Group F
Dortmund 1 Sporting CP 0
Ramos 12
Legia 3 Real Madrid 3
Odjidja 40 Bale 1 Benzema 35 Kovacic 85
Radovic 58
Moulin 83
Group G
FC Porto 1 Club Brugge 0
Abdré Silva 37
Kobenhavn 0 Leicester City 0
Group H
Juventus 1 Lyon 1
Higuain 13 (pen.) Tolisso 85
Sevilla 4 Dinamo Zagreb 0
Vietto 31, Escudero 66, N´Zonzi 80, Ben Yedder 87
Matchday 3
Group A
PSG 3 Basel 0
Di Maria 40, Lucas 62, Cavani 90 + 3 (pen.)
Arsenal 6 Ludogorets 0
Alexis Sánchez 13,
Walcott 42
Oxlade-Chamberlain 47
Özil 56, 83, 87
Group B
D. Kyiv 0 Benfica 2
Salvio 9 (pen.) Cervi 55
Napoli 2 Besiktas 3
Mertens 30 Adriano 12, Aboubakar 38, 86
Gabbiadini 69 (pen.)
Group C
Barcelona 4 Manchester City 0
Messi 17, 61, 69
Neymar 89
Celtic 0 Borussia Moenchengladbach 2
Stindl 57, Hahn 77
Group D
Rostov 0 Atlético 1
Carrasco 62
Bayern 4 PSV 1
Müller 13 Narsingh 41
Kimmich 21, Lewandowski 59, Robben 84
Group E
CSKA Moskva 1 Monaco 1
L. Traoré 34 Bernardo Silva 87
Bayer Leverkusen 0 Tottenham 0
Group F
Sporting CP 1 Dortmund 2
Bruno César 67 Aubameyang 9, Weigl 43
Real Madrid 5 Legia 1
Bale 16 Radovic (penalty) 22
Jodlowiec (o.g.) 20
Asensio 37
Lucas Vázquez 68
Morata 84
Group G
Leicester City 1 Kobenhavn 0
Mahrez 40
Club Brugge 1 FC Porto 2
Vossen 12 Layún 68, André Silva 90 + 3 (pen.)
Group H
D. Zagreb 0 Seville 1
Nasri 37
Lyon 0 Juventus 1
Cuadrado 76
Matchday 2
Group A
Ludogorets 1 Paris Saint-Germain 3
Natanael 16 Matuidi 41, Cavani 56, 60
Arsenal 2 Basel 0
Walcott 7, 26
PSG 2 1 1 0 4 2 4
Arsenal 2 1 1 0 3 1 4
Ludogorets 2 0 1 1 2 4 1
Basel 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
Group B
Besiktas 1 Dinamo Kyiv 1
Quaresma 29 Tsygankov 65
Napoli 4 Benfica 2
Hamsik 20 Gonçalo Guedes 70, Salvio 86
Mertens 51, 58
Milik 54 (pen)
Napoli 2 2 0 0 6 3 6
Besiktas 2 0 2 0 2 2 2
D. Kyiv 2 0 1 1 2 3 1
Benfica 2 0 1 1 3 5 1
Group C
Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 Barcelona 2
Hazard 34 Arda Turan 65, Piqué 74
Celtic 3 Manchester City 3
Dembélé 3, 47 Fernandinho 12, Sterling 28, Nolito 55
Sterling 20 (o.g.)
Barcelona 2 2 0 0 9 1 6
Manchester City 2 1 1 0 7 3 4
Celtic 2 0 1 1 3 10 1
B. Moenchengladbach 2 0 0 2 1 6 0
Group D
Atlético 1 Bayern München 0
Carrasco 35
Rostov 2 PSV 2
Poloz 8, 37 Pröpper 14, L. De Jong 45 + 1
Atlético 2 2 0 0 2 0 6
Bayern 2 1 0 1 5 1 3
PSV 2 0 1 1 1 3 1
Rostov 2 0 1 1 2 7 1
Matchday 2
Group E
Monaco 1 Leverkusen 1
Glik 90+4 Hernández 74
CSKA Moskva 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1
Son 71
Group F
Dortmund 2 Real Madrid 2
Aubameyang 43 Cristiano Ronaldo 17 Varane 68
Schürrle 87
Sporting CP 2 Legia Warsaw 0
Ruiz 28
Dost 37
Group G
Kobenhavn 4 Club Brugge 0
Denswil 53 og
Delaney 64, Santander 69, M. Jorgensen 90+2
Leicester City 1 FC Porto 0
Slimani 25
Group H
Sevilla 1 Lyon 0
Ben Yedder 53
D. Zagreb 0 Juventus 4
Pjanic 24, Higuaín 31, Dybala 57, Dani Alves 85
Matchday 1 results
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 4 Borussia Moenchengladbach 0
Aguero 3 Kelechi
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
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
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.