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Rangers, Hibernian and Dundee United are among 10 teams from the UK who will discover their first opponents in the qualification rounds of the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League this week.

The draws for the first round of qualifying for all three competitions take place on Tuesday, 17 June with the second round qualifying draws a day later.

All three competitions have four rounds of qualifying prior to a league phase.

The three Scottish teams enter at the second qualifying round of their respective competition – Rangers in the Champions League, Hibs in the Europa League and Dundee United in the Conference League.

Northern Irish champions Linfield and Welsh title winners The New Saints both enter the first round of Champions League qualifying.

Dungannon Swifts, who won the Irish Cup, enter the second round of Conference League qualifying alongside Dundee United

The remaining four teams from the UK – Penybont and Haverfordwest County from Wales, and Larne and Cliftonville from Northern Ireland – all feature in the Conference League's first qualifying round.

The first and second rounds of qualifying for all three competitions take place across July.

Rangers will have to get through three rounds of qualifying to reach the Champions League for the first time since the 2022-23 season

The 28 teams in the Champions League's first qualifying round have been split into two pots – seeded and unseeded.

The New Saints and Linfield are both seeded, meaning that – on paper – they have a more advantageous draw.

Teams they could potentially face include Dinamo Minsk of Belarus, Shelbourne from the Republic of Ireland and Armenian side Noah, who met Chelsea in the group stages of the 2024-25 Conference League.

Should either side advance to the second qualifying round, they will enter the champions path – for clubs who qualified as national champions.

Both teams would enter as unseeded teams, where potential opponents include Danish champions Copenhagen or Slovakian champions Slovan Bratislava.

Rangers enter at this point, but are in a separate section known as the league path.

The Glasgow side are one of three seeded teams in that path and will face either Panathinaikos (Greece), Servette (Switzerland) or Brann (Norway) in the second round.

Scottish champions Celtic enter at the play-off qualifying round and will face one of eight sides for a place in the Champions League, with Basel (Switzerland) and Sturm Graz (Austria) among their potential opponents.

Hibernian finished third in the Scottish Premiership during the 2024-25 season

Hibernian are the only British side entering either of the first two Europa League qualifying rounds.

As one of eight unseeded sides in the second qualifying round, their potential opponents include Braga of Portugal, Belgian outfit Anderlecht or Midtjylland from Denmark.

PAOK (Greece) and Young Boys (Switzerland) will enter later in the competition, as well as 16 losing sides from earlier qualifying rounds in the Champions League.

Aberdeen will enter the final round of Europa League qualifying and will be an unseeded team in the draw.

Larne played in the league phase of the Conference League during the 2024-25 season

Of the 10 UK teams featured in the first two qualification rounds for Europe's three club competitions, six are going into the Conference League.

Northern Irish duo Larne and Cliftonville and Welsh sides Penybont and Haverfordwest County all enter the first round.

Larne enter as a seeded team, with the other three sides all unseeded.

Dundee United and Dungannon Swifts enter the second round of qualifying, with the former seeded and the latter unseeded.

Larne are guaranteed to be a seeded side in the second qualifying round, should they get that far.

Nottingham Forest will enter the final round of Conference League qualifying and are guaranteed to be a seeded side in that draw, meaning they will avoid a meeting with Fiorentina (Italy), Rayo Vallecano (Spain), Mainz (Germany) and Strasbourg (France), among others.

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Johnny Sexton says he was not surprised to see a record number of Ireland players selected in the British and Irish Lions squad, but accepts "everyone has their own opinion".

Lions head coach Andy Farrell, who has also been Ireland boss since 2019, picked 15 inhis initial 38-man squad for the Australia tourand last week called up Connacht prop Finlay Bealham following Zander Fagerson's injury.

When asked about the strong Ireland contingent – 12 Leinster players, three from Connacht and one from Munster – Sexton pointed to the national team's form in recent years.

"Well, Ireland have done pretty well over the last few years, having won the [Six Nations] championship last year, the Grand Slam the year before, so you're probably looking over the last three years," said the former Ireland captain, who is a kicking coach in Farrell's Lions backroom team.

"With some players, coaches would look at form over eight, nine years. It's not just if you've played well in a couple of games in the Six Nations, you can't force your way in, but sometimes you take a bigger picture look with players.

"They know the way Andy coaches, they know the system. It didn't surprise me because historically, let's say when there was a Welsh coach and the Welsh team did well, there were the majority of the Welsh team.

"I think the teams that performed the best in the Six Nations got selected."

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When asked if he could understand why people would question the number of Ireland players in the squad, Sexton said "everyone has their own opinion", which is the "beauty of sport".

"You can go through the players and think 'well who are you talking about that you wouldn't have picked?' because for me in terms of the last three or four years they have performed well," added the two-time Lions tourist.

"Sometimes you can be swayed by how the Six Nations finished. The first game, Ireland against England, it was a great performance and that comes into consideration.

"With Andy, I've never seen such a thorough process with all the combinations and the amount of players that were considered and talked about.

"Andy did all those players justice in terms of doing enough research and work, asked relevant people and he's picked the squad he thinks give him the best chance to win the tour."

Having retired after the 2023 Rugby World Cup, Sexton took a job in the commercial sector before returning to the Ireland set-up as a part-time coach for last year's autumn internationals and this year's Six Nations, a role he "loved".

In April, he "jumped at" the chance to join Farrell's Lions backroom team and take a full-time role with the Irish Rugby Football Union after the tour to Australia.

Now, after a year outside of rugby, he feels he is "where I should be" after admitting "deep down" he always wanted to give coaching a try.

And while some Irish coaches have opted to cut their teeth abroad – Ronan O'Gara in France, for example – Sexton said working abroad has never appealed to him.

"I want to be in Ireland, but I've got to concentrate on the here and now," he said.

"That's ultimately how I made the decision. I have to make myself happy in the here and now and not worry about the future. If it [the IRFU role] is only for two years, it's only for two years.

"We'll see what happens. It's just enjoy the moment and try to make the most of it."

Sexton says his role will involve a "little bit of everything"

As part of his Lions role, Sexton – who was a key member of the successful 2013 tour to Australia – will work closely with fly-halves Finn Russell, Marcus Smith and Fin Smith.

"There's a little bit of everything really. It depends on what person you're working with, what form they're in, if they need help or if they're in a good place.

"The first week's been getting to know Marcus and Fin Smith. I don't think I played against Fin but I played against Marcus a couple of times.

"They're remarkable, talented, great characters, great people, I've got to know that over the first week. I'm looking forward to working with them."

The Lions face Argentina at Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Friday (20:00 BST) in their pre-tour send-off fixture.

The 15-strong cohort of Bath, Leicester and Leinster players who were involved in Saturday's Premiership and United Rugby Championship finals linked up with the squad for Monday's training at University College Dublin.

Scotland full-back Blair Kinghorn is the only absent player as he is in Top 14 semi-final action with Toulouse on Friday, while Jamie George and Asher Opoku-Fordjour will be released back to England camp after Lions training on Monday.

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Salernitana spent three seasons in Serie A between 2021 and 2024

Salernitana have requested the second leg of their Serie B relegation play-off against Sampdoria be postponed, after players and staff were admitted to hospital with food poisoning.

The Italian club have formally requested a postponement after 21 of the travelling party became ill as they flew back from Genoa after losing Sunday's first leg 2-0.

Salernitana face relegation to Italy's third tier after dropping out of Serie A 12 months ago, but many of their players are too ill to train before Friday's second leg.

"We are truly shocked by what happened and by the series of events that risk jeopardising Salernitana's smooth and peaceful approach to the final and crucial minutes of the season," club CEO Maurizio Milan said.

"Many players and staff, at the moment, are not even able to show up at the sports centre to resume training."

The club say they have made informal contact with Serie B officials and received "general openness" to evaluating their postponement request.

Salernitana have also called for an investigation into the "causes of this widespread and serious episode".

They had been due to play Frosinone in the relegation play-off, but a four-point deduction for Brescia because of financial irregularities meant they were automatically relegated in place of Sampdoria, who then replaced Frosinone in the tie.

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Guy Pepper is yet to earn a full international cap

Bath flanker Guy Pepper has been named in England's 36-player training squad for their match against a France XV at Allianz Stadium Twickenham on Saturday.

The 22-year-old, who has trained with England in the past, was player of the match asBath beat Leicester 23-21on Saturday to lift their first Premiership title in 29 years.

England head coach Steve Borthwick has named nine other players who featured in the final, including try scorers Max Ojomoh of Bath and Leicester's Jack van Poortvliet.

Although Bath flanker Sam Underhill has been selected, he is serving the final match of afour-game banfor a dangerous tackle.

Ben Curry, Fraser Dingwall, George Furbank and Harry Randall are undergoing rehabilitation programmes with the national team.

Players selected for the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia have not been included.

Borthwick will announce his touring squad for the summer Tests against Argentina and the USA on 23 June.

Fin Baxter (Harlequins), Arthur Clark (Gloucester Rugby), Alex Coles (Northampton Saints), Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins), Theo Dan (Saracens), Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints), Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins), Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby), Jamie George (Saracens), Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers), Ted Hill (Bath Rugby), Nick Isiekwe (Saracens), Manny Iyogun (Northampton Saints), Jack Kenningham (Harlequins), Curtis Langdon (Northampton Saints), Asher Opoku-Fordjour (Sale Sharks), Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby), Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks), Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby), Tom Willis (Saracens).

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Vinicius Jr joined Real Madrid in 2018 from Flamengo

Four people have been handed suspended jail sentences after being found guilty of committing hate crimes against Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr.

The quartet were found guilty ofhanging an inflatable effigy of Vinicius Jrover a bridge near Real Madrid's training ground in January 2023, shortly before Atletico Madrid's Copa Del Rey match at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.

A banner above the effigy read: "Madrid hates Real".

Three of the group were sentenced to 14 months in prison, while one was given a 22-month sentence for distributing images of the act online.

However, the sentences have been suspended after all four signed a letter of apology to the Brazil international, Madrid, La Liga and the Spanish football federation (Rfef).

The sentence included a restraining order preventing the quartet from coming within 1km of Vinicius, his home or Real Madrid's training ground, as well as a blanket ban on attending La Liga or Spain national team matches.

According to Real Madrid, 14 people have now been convicted of racist attacks against the club's players.

"This criminal conviction comes in addition to the several already handed down in recent months for racist insults received by Real Madrid players at the stadiums in Valladolid, Valencia, Palma de Mallorca and Madrid," the club said in a statement.

"Real Madrid have joined its player in prosecuting this case, and in many others currently underway, and will continue to work to protect the values of our club and to eradicate any racist behaviour in the world of football and sport."

Vinicius Jr has regularly been the victim of racial abuse since joining Real Madrid in 2018 from Flamengo.

The Brazilian, who has made 316 appearances for the club, was subject to racist chanting by Atletico fans during a La Liga match in September 2022.

The 24-year-old was targeted again later that month during a match against Real Valladolid, withfive people later being handed suspended prison sentences.

In December 2022 – one month before the effigy was put up – Vinicius urged La Liga to act on banning those found guilty of racist chanting from attending matches.

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Owen Farrell left Saracens following their Premiership play-off semi-final defeat by eventual champions Northampton in May 2024

Former England captain Owen Farrell has agreed to rejoin Saracens, just a year after leaving the club for French side Racing 92.

The 33-year-old has signed a two-year deal after the Premiership club came to an agreement with Paris-based Racing to end his stint in Top 14 a year early.

Farrell, England's record points scorer, previously spent 16 years at Saracens, helping the club win six Premiership titles and three European Champions Cups.

He made 256 appearances for the north London side, as well as playing 112 games for England and winning six Test caps for the British and Irish lions.

"Saracens is my home and the opportunity to come back is one that excites me enormously," Farrelltold the club website.,external

"Having watched from afar this season, it is clear to see that the club has incredible potential, and I can't wait to get back in the mix for the 2025-26 season."

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The fly-half's return means he is available for selection by England for their forthcoming tour to Argentina – and in theory he could even make the Lions squad should there be an injury.

Saracens are requiring cover for the injured Alex Lozowski and are allowed dispensation in the salary cap to replace him in their squad for next season.

Farrell made 17 appearances in all competitions for Racing this season as they finished 10th in Top 14, the French top-flight.

He scored one try and kicked 41 points but was dogged by a persistent hip problem before suffering what proved to be a season-ending concussion midway through the first half of Racing's European Challenge Cup semi-final loss to Lyon last month.

Owen Farrell's last international cap came as England beat Argentina in the third-place play-off at the 2023 World Cup in France

But he returns to Saracens – where he came up through the ranks to make his debut just 11 days after his 17th birthday – as one of the club's greatest-ever players.

Farrell was part of a clutch of international stars – including current Lions captain Maro Itoje, Jamie George and the Vunipola brothers Billy and Mako – who formed the Saracens spine as they dominated club rugby through much of the past decade.

He stayed with the club after they were relegated for breaching salary cap regulations and helped them win the Championship title in 2021 before the club went on to make the next two Premiership finals – winning the title in 2023 as Farrell kicked 13 points in a 35-25 win over sale at Twickenham.

Farrell helped Saracens finish fourth in the 2023-24 season before they were edged out 22-20 by Northampton at Franklin's Gardens in that season's Premiership semi-final.

"Owen has Saracens in his DNA; his competitive spirit is woven into the fabric of this club, and we are delighted he has chosen to come home," director of rugby Mark McCall said.

"He returns to a young group full of potential, players eager to learn, play and push for success. We know he will love being part of where this group, and this club, are headed."

Brian Barry Murphy joined Leicester City after Ruud van Nistelrooy's appointment in December 2024

Cardiff City have named Brian Barry-Murphy as their new head coach .

The 46-year-old leaves his coaching role at Leicester City to take charge at the Bluebirds following their relegation to League One.

Talks between the clubs concluded on Monday afternoon with the former Manchester City youth coach signing a three-year deal until the summer of 2028.

Current Manchester City academy coach Lee Riley has been named Barry-Murphy's assistant, having previously worked with him at Rochdale.

Owner Vincent Tan – who had the final say on the appointment – said Barry-Murphy was "the right man" to take the club forward.

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It ends Cardiff's prolonged search for a new manager having sacked Omer Riza just weeks before their relegation from the Championship was confirmed in April.

Charlton Athletic's Nathan Jones and Wales captain Aaron Ramsey, who had taken temporary charge after Riza's departure, had been targeted by Cardiff during the process.

But Barry-Murphy emerged as the frontrunner for the role after advanced talks last week and will now be given the task of preparing the team for the club's first season back in the third tier since 2003.

He leaves his role at the King Power Stadium having joined Ruud van Nistelrooy's backroom in December, Cardiff paying compensation for his services.

Prior his time at Leicester, Barry-Murphy had been under-23s boss at the Etihad for three years, helping the development of the likes of Cole Palmer.

His work with young players appealed to the Cardiff hierarchy, who are keen to utilise several promising academy graduates as they look to return to the Championship.

A former midfielder with Preston North End and Sheffield Wednesday, Barry-Murphy is returning to a frontline managerial role for the first time since a two-year spell in charge at Rochdale, where he also won praise for the side's style of play and use of local talent.

In a statement, Tan said: "Throughout the interview process, Brian showed a huge passion for our club because he believes in what we're trying to do.

"He knows this level having played and managed at this standard before, where he was noted for his style of play.

"Since then, he has only gone from strength-to-strength as a leader.

"He's got a proven track record in youth development having coached some of the brightest young prospects in the UK, many of whom are now playing at the very top of the game.

"He brings enthusiasm, vibrancy and an exciting outlook on what today's football is, while looking to play an attacking style that our fans are sure to enjoy.

"It's a combination of all of Brian's great talents that make him the right man to take us forward into this next chapter."

Benitez won his only cap for Argentina in March 2024

Crystal Palace are on the brink of signing PSV Eindhoven goalkeeper Walter Benitez on a free transfer.

Benitez, whose contract with the Dutch club expires this month, has completed a medical and Palace will announce the signing once all the relevant documents have been completed.

The Argentina goalkeeper, 32, was an ever-present in PSV's league campaign as they won the Eredivisie title, beating Ajax to the trophy by a point.

Benitez started 11 of PSV's 12 Champions League fixtures last term as they reached the last 16, where they were defeated 9-3 on aggregate by Arsenal.

Benitez will compete with Palace's current first-choice keeper Dean Henderson, who started for England in last week's 3-1 friendly defeat to Senegal at the City Ground.

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In the latest edition of Second Serve, our weekly snapshot of the tours, BBC tennis reporterJonathan Jurejkoanalyses Emma Raducanu's return to British number one.

The battle to be the British women's number one is an intriguing sub-plot which will continue over the grass-court season.

Emma Raducanu replaced Katie Boulter as the nation's leading player following her run to the Queen's quarter-finals.

Raducanu has climbed one place to 36th in the world, with Boulter dropping five places to 39th after losing in the second round.

And it's not only Raducanu and Boulter in the mix. British number three Sonay Kartal is ranked just below them at 50th.

"It's nice [being British number one], but I wouldn't say it's the most important thing for me," said Raducanu, whose first spell came after she won the 2021 US Open.

"It was nice for me to have something to chase, and I'm sure Katie's going to enjoy that with me.

"The grass season is still young, and so is the rest of the season. We have a healthy competition."

Boulter, 28, had a two-year grip on the position but was leapfrogged by 22-year-old Raducanu when the rankings were released on Monday.

While both players insist it is not a huge deal – their focus remains on the bigger picture of climbing the world rankings – it is a storyline which will rumble into Wimbledon at the end of the month.

For Raducanu, though, it does represent a notable landmark as she continues to steadily rebuild her career.

She dropped outside of the world's top 300 after wrist and ankle injuries meant she missed most of the 2023 season and she was ranked as low as 165th this time last year.

Pulling out of this week's WTA tournament in Berlin with an ongoing back issue means she has missed the opportunity to force her way into the Wimbledon seedings.

But, with an improved serve and the ability to get low on the grass, Raducanu will still fancy her chances of replicating her run to the Wimbledon fourth round last year.

"I think maybe my goals have slightly shifted from being seeded to actually improving my game," said Raducanu, whose recent one-sided defeats by Grand Slam champions Iga Swiatek and Coco Gauff were reminders of how she remains behind the very best.

"I'd rather have a more competitive match, even if that means losing first round or second round."

It is one of the most remarkable title wins in WTA history. Veteran German qualifier Tatjana Maria came into Queen's having lost her previous eight tour-level matches – and left itas the champion.

Maria's success made her the first women's champion at Queen's since 1973 and, by all measures,the WTA event delivered.

Carlos Alcaraz's post-French Open trip to Ibiza is becoming an annual ritual. The 22-year-old sayslast week's jaunt was "more chill"than previous ones – although he admit to having a "few shots".

AmericanTaylor Fritzhas made the biggest move in the ATP rankings over the past week, climbing to fourth in the world after winning the Stuttgart title vacated by Jack Draper.

Fritz has jumped back above Draper and Novak Djokovic, putting himself in pole position to be seeded fourth for Wimbledon.

That is important because it means avoiding a potential match against any of the top three seeds – Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev – until the semi-finals.

Canada'sGabriel Diallohas moved to a career-high 44th after winning s'Hertogenbosch, with beaten finalistZizou Bergsof Belgium and semi-finalistReilly Opelkaalso notable climbers in the top 100.

Maria's stunning success means she is, unsurprisingly, the biggest climber in the WTA Tour this week.

The 37-year-old, who became the oldest WTA champion since Serena Williams in 2020, moved up 43 places to 43rd in the world.

Runner-upAmanda Anisimovaand semi-finalistZheng Qinwenhave both achieved new career-high rankings – 13th and fourth respectively – but former number oneIga Swiatekhas dropped further to eighth after not playing this week.

Meanwhile, 17-year-old AmericanIva Joviccracked the top 100 for the first time after winning the WTA 125 title in Ilkley.

The British grass-court season continues at Queen's, with the men taking over the iconic west London venue for the ATP 500 event.

Alcaraz and Draper headline the tournament, while Sinner, Zverev and former world number one Daniil Medvedev lead a quality field in Halle.

On the WTA Tour, nine of the world's top 10 are among a stacked entry list in Berlin – with only Swiatek missing.

While the next generation take up most of the headlines these days, two British stalwarts have reminded everyone they are still able to compete at the top level.

Former British number oneHeather Watson, 33, has moved back into the world's top 150 after reaching the Queen's second round as a qualifier.

AndDan Evans, 35, is back inside the top 200 after doing the same in s'Hertogenbosch last week.

Evans believes he can become a top-100 player again and justified that with a stunning win over world number 13 Frances Tiafoe at Queen's on Monday.

In the men's doubles, British pairJulian CashandLloyd Glasspoolcontinued their impressive progress by reaching a fifth ATP final of the season.

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