UEFA Champions League third qualifying round matches [Full results]

First leg matches of the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round were played on Tuesday.

Other teams are to play on Wednesday.

However, second leg matches will be played August 1 and 2.

Below are the results from Tuesday:

Qarabag FK (AZE) 0 – FC Sheriff (MDA) 0

Slavia Prague (CZE) 1 (Skoda 20-pen) – BATE Borisov (BLR) 0

AEK Athens (GRE) 0 – CSKA Moscow (RUS) 2 – (Dzagoev 45+1, Wernbloom 56)

Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 2 (Budescu 37, Teixeira 61) – Viktoria Plzen (CZE) 2 -(Krmencik 23, Kopic 53)

FK Vardar (MKD) 1 (Balotelli 65) – FC Copenhagen (DEN) 0

Partizan Belgrade (SRB) 1 (Tawamba 10) – Olympiakos (GRE) 3 – (Ben 6, 56, Emenike 90+1)

Teams to play on Wednesday:

FC Astana (KAZ) v Legia Warsaw (POL)

Dynamo Kiev (UKR) v Young Boys (SUI)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva FC (ISR) v Ludogorets (BUL)

Viitorul (ROM) v APOEL (CYP)

Celtic (SCO) v Rosenborg (NOR)

Maribor (SLO) v FH Hafnarfjordur (ISL)

Salzburg (AUT) v Rijeka (CRO)

Nice (FRA) v Ajax (NED)

Club Brugge (BEL) v Istanbul Basaksehir (TUR)

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Monaco rejects Arsenal’s third bid for Thomas Lemar

Arsenal have seen a third offer for Monaco winger, Thomas Lemar, rejected.


Lemar is Arsene Wenger’s No1 target following the arrival of Alexandre Lacazette, but the Ligue 1 champions are reluctant to allow the France international leave.

After a second bid of €45million was rejected earlier this week, French outfit, L’Equipe, reports that a third €50million offer has also been turned down.

This comes after Monaco vice-president, Vadim Vasilyev, insisted the player will be staying at the Principality .

“Fabinho and [Thomas] Lemar are essential players, they will stay with us,” he said on Wednesday.

“We have kept all of the key players we intended to keep.”

Monaco have reportedly set an £80million price tag on the 21-year-old.

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Monaco rejects Arsenal’s third bid for Thomas Lemar

Arsenal have seen a third offer for Monaco winger, Thomas Lemar, rejected.


Lemar is Arsene Wenger’s No1 target following the arrival of Alexandre Lacazette, but the Ligue 1 champions are reluctant to allow the France international leave.

After a second bid of €45million was rejected earlier this week, French outfit, L’Equipe, reports that a third €50million offer has also been turned down.

This comes after Monaco vice-president, Vadim Vasilyev, insisted the player will be staying at the Principality .

“Fabinho and [Thomas] Lemar are essential players, they will stay with us,” he said on Wednesday.

“We have kept all of the key players we intended to keep.”

Monaco have reportedly set an £80million price tag on the 21-year-old.

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Photos: Footballer, Mikel Obi surprises his girlfriend with bouquets of flowers.

Olga Diyenchenko, Mikel Obi's girlfriend and the mother of his twin daughters, was surprised by the footballer with these lovely bouquets of flowers in their London home.

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