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Wednesday, 25 October 2023 12:21

By Paul Power

Celtic bid for first champions league win of the campaign

SOCCER

Celtic will bid for their first win in this season's Champions League Group stage when they face Atletico Madrid at Parkhead tonight.

The Group E match kicks off at 8pm.

The other match in that Group sees Feyenoord play Lazio.

Newcastle United are on top of Group F ahead of their battle with Borussia Dortmund, which has an 8 o'clock start at St James' Park.

The other tie in that Group is between P-S-G and AC Milan.

Jack Grealish could feature for champions Manchester City away to Young Boys in Bern - that Group G encounter also commences at 8pm.

The 100 million pound player has been on the sidelines of late, but City manager Pep Guardiola has reassured the winger of his value to the team.

The other match in that Group will involve RB Leipzig and Red Star Belgrade.

In Group H, Barcelona play Shakhtar Donetsk and it's Royal Antwerp up against FC Porto.

There are six games in the Championship in England.

Leeds United go to Stoke City for an 8pm start.

The other matches begin at 7.45.

Birmingham City take on Hull City, it's Bristol City versus Ipswich Town, Plymouth Argyle play Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton go to Preston North End and Rotherham United entertain Coventry City.

SNOOKER
Aaron Hill and Jordan Brown are in action at the Northern Ireland Open today.
Hill takes on Jordan Emery and Brown meets Sijun Yuan.

RUGBY

Leigh Halfpenny is to retire from the international game.

The Wales full back has made 101 appearances for his country and played four tests for the British and Irish Lions.

His final game will be against the Barbarians in November.