PSG, Man City in same CL group

ISTANBUL: Paris S-Germain and Manchester City, two of the leading candidates to win the Champions League, will face each other in the group stage after coming out together in Thursday’s draw.

Pep Guardiola’s City beat PSG in the semi-finals last season.

Qatar-owned PSG responded to that disappointment by signing Lionel Messi and there is a chance that the two meetings of the clubs could see the Argentine come up against his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been linked to City. Groupings: Group A:

Manchester City, Paris SaintGermain, RB Leipzig, Club Brugge; Group B: Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Porto, AC Milan; Group C: Sporting Lisbon, Borussia Dortmund, Ajax, Besiktas; Group D: Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sheriff Tiraspol; Group E: Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Benfica, Dynamo Kiev; Group F: Villarreal, Manchester United, Atalanta, Young Boys; Group G: Lille, Sevilla, Salzburg, Wolfsburg; Group H: Chelsea, Juventus, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Malmo

Djokovic could face Berrettini, Zverev

NEW YORK:

Novak Djokovic could face a Wimbledon final rematch with Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in a US Open quarter-final and meet Olympic champion Alexander Zverev in the semi-finals in his bid to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam at New York.

The draw released Thursday by the US Tennis Association, may see 34-year-old Serbian top seed square-off against Australian fourth seed Alex de Minaur in the fourth round.

in the women’s section, defending champion Naomi Osaka could meet second seed Aryna Sabalenka in the semi-final stage while top-ranked Australian Ashleigh Barty might have a Wimbledon final rematch with Karolina Pliskova in the last four.

Aubameyang going nowhere, says Arteta

LONDON: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is and will remain an Arsenal player, the Premier League side’s manager Mikel Arteta said on Thursday.

The 32-year-old scored a hattrick in the 6-0 whipping of West Brom in the League Cup on Wednesday.

“Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is our player and he will remain here,” said Arteta. However, Arteta was not so sure what might happen if the club was to receive a huge offer for the player.