Sporting’s hopes of a top-eight finish and automatic qualification for the round of 16 in the Champions League went up in smoke in a 2-1 defeat in Leipzig this evening. The German side, who had not earned a single point until tonight,

Sporting's hopes of reaching the Champions League knockout stage suffer a blow as they are beaten by already-eliminated RB Leipzig in Germany.

It may be too late, but RB Leipzig bagged their first points of their Champions League campaign with victory over Sporting Lisbon this evening. The 8th-minute brought about the first significant

Viktor Gyokeres has dropped a clear hint over the club he wants to join amid major transfer interst in the Sporting Lisbon star.

Hello and welcome to this evening's Champions League action. Arsenal, Real Madrid, PSG and Manchester City are all among the sides in action later on, but first Sporting are looking to bolster their chances of qualification as they visit Leipzig.

RB Leipzig pick up their first points in the league phase of the Champions League at the seventh attempt. The Bundesliga club wins 2:1 at home against Sporting Lisbon.

With just over an hour to go until kick-off, RB Leipzig head coach Marco Rose has announced his starting eleven to take on a talented Sporting Lisbon side. The team from the Portuguese capital are

The blaugrana team wants to sign a center forward who can be part of the club's future.

Shakhtar Donetsk beat Stade Brest 2-0 on Wednesday to keep their outside hopes of a Champions League play-off spot alive and hit the French side's automatic qualification prospects. In the other early game,

Star strikers Benjamin Šeško of Leipzig and Sporting’s Viktor Gyökeres had canceled each other out with goals before substitute Yussuf Poulsen settled the game by bundling the ball over the line in the 78th minute.

Leipzig looked to double their lead on the half-hour when Raum rattled the net but a VAR check spotted Openda interfering with Fresneda in an offside position. Aside from a small period of domination for the Portuguese visitors, Leipzig controlled swathes of the action with Christoph Baumgartner and Xavi Simons impressive.

Arsenal are desperate to fix their striker problems and could make a move for Viktor Gyökeres or Benjamin ... by signing a contract extension with RB Leipzig last summer. (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN ...