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Lucky Spurs Win UCL Opener

Sep 17, 2025

Tottenham have had a lucky start to their Champions League campaign, capitalizing on an early own goal by Villareal to beat the Spanish side 1-0 this morning.

This was Spurs’ first appearance in Europe’s top club competition since the 2022/2023 season.

In other selected results, Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard scored for Arsenal in their 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.

Kylian Mbappe scored both goals as Real Madrid defeated Marseille 2-1.

While Juventus scored in injury-time to salvage a 4-4 draw with Borussia Dortmund.

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Elsewhere, Aston Villa have crashed out of the EFL Cup…losing to Brentford in a penalty shootout after their third-round tie ended 1-1 at the end of regulation time.

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Closer to home…JDT let a one-goal lead slip, as the Southern Tigers fell to a 2-1 defeat to Thailand’s Buriram United…in their opening game at the Asian Champions League Elite.

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Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai have made a strong start at the China Badminton Masters, with wins over their respective first round opponents.

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And, Formula One has confirmed that Singapore will be one of six venues to host an F1 sprint race next season.

The other sprint events will be in China, Miami, Canada, Britain and the Netherlands.