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Chelsea have been drawn against Real Madrid and Arsenal’s conquerors Paris FC in the Women’s Champions League group stage mobile
Emma Hayes’ side, beaten finalists in 2021, will also face Swedish outfit Hacken in Group D mobile
French side Paris beat last season’s semi-finalists Arsenal on penalties in the first qualifying round on their way to this phase of the competition for the first time mobile
Neighbours Paris Saint-Germain, who dispensed with WSL runners-up Manchester United in the second qualifying round, have been drawn in Group C along with Bayern Munich, Roma and Ajax mobile
Eight-times winners Lyon face Slavia Prague, St Polten and Brann - who beat Scottish champions Glasgow City to reach this stage for the first time - while reigning champions Barcelona were paired with Rosengard, Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt mobile
Chelsea were beaten by Barcelona in last season’s semi-finals, following a memorable quarter-final victory against the holders Lyon mobile
Meanwhile, Manchester United manager Marc Skinner clarified his comments around the Champions League qualifying format after suggesting it was “crazy” United played PSG in a qualifying round mobile
After finishing second in the Women’s Super League last season, United went through the competition’s qualifying rounds and were knocked out at the second hurdle on Wednesday night after being beaten 4-2 on aggregate by PSGLast year’s WSL winners Chelsea earned an automatic group spot, while third-placed Arsenal went into the qualifiers, where they were eliminated by Paris FC in the first round mobile
Skinner said: “My comment was much more about the breadth and quality, I believe there is a need for more teams to be in this competition, and then you’ll see who is average and who isn’t mobile
“Who knows, we might have been average in a group stage, you don’t know that mobile
If there was any offence taken then I’m sorry for that, but that’s not what I meant mobile
“What I meant, and I’ll be clear on it, was I think there should be a broader scope of teams and there should be more teams in this competition so that we can actually then see where the elite level lies within Europe mobile
“I still think that’s a bit cloudy because the reality is, if we were playing a team that are from - what people might believe- to be a league that doesn’t have the experience, then we don’t know until we’ve played those, we only ever play those teams in friendlies mobile
“If you really want the real quality from all of the European leagues to rise, then you’ve got to play them against each other, which I think now other teams are ready for mobile
“If you enter that stage and are getting through, then congratulations mobile
We’re not there so we can talk about what that looks like, but they are there so congratulations to everyone who’s gone through mobile
”Chelsea are now the only WSL team left in the competition, and Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall believes that English teams need to improve mobile
He told a press conference: “We’re number four in Europe [in UEFA’s coefficient rankings] mobile
We can’t say that’s anyone else’s problem except our own mobile
We need to improve, English teams have not done well enough in Europe mobile
“The Conti Cup group that Manchester United are in now might be tougher than some Women’s Champions League groups mobile
But [UEFA] need to grow all of women’s mobile football in Europe - that’s really important mobile
They can’t only take [WSL] opinions into account mobile
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Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has expressed his delight with the way his side successfully chased down 283 runs in a stunning upset against Pakistan in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 mobile
Afghanistan on Monday clinched their second win in the 2023 World Cup by comfortably beating Pakistan by eight wickets at Chennai’s MA Chidambaram Stadium mobile
It marked Afghanistan’s first-ever One-Day International (ODI) victory against their neighbours mobile
Overjoyed Afghanistan skipper Shahidi, who scored the winning run, said the victory that ended their seven-match losing streak to Pakistan “tastes sweet” mobile
Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Nabi said the win was bigger than the one against England earlier in the tournament mobile
RecommendedAustralia vs Netherlands LIVE: Cricket score and updates from ODI World CupDavid Warner and Mitchell Marsh tons guide Australia to World Cup win over PakistanJoe Root acknowledges growing uncertainty surrounding future of ODI cricket“This win tastes sweet mobile
The way we chased was very professional mobile
Looking forward to the other games mobile
The way we chased today, we’ll do it again,” Shahidi said at the post-match presentation on Monday mobile
“The quality cricket that we have been playing from the last couple of years, the belief was there when we were playing the Asia Cup also mobile
”“At the start of the tournament, I said that we want to make this tournament historic for our country’s people mobile
First was England, and today Pakistan; looking forward to the other games mobile
We’ll try our best to play positive cricket and do a lot for our country in this World Cup mobile
”Afghanistan produced an all-round effort against Pakistan, who fell short in their bowling and fielding, according to their captain Babar Azam mobile
The spin team of Afghanistan, as anticipated, were excellent on the Chennai track, with only Mujeeb Ur Rahman finishing with an economy of over six mobile
The rest of the spinners – Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed and Nabi – leaked just three or four runs an over in their respective 10-over spells mobile
“The spin bowling department did very well mobile
We gave Noor a chance and trusted in him and he showed his talent mobile
The way Gurbaz and Ibrahim started the innings, gave that momentum and confidence mobile
The game was in our hands from the beginning till the end mobile
The last partnership that me and Rahmat played was also good,” said the Afghan skipper mobile
Nabi, meanwhile, was thrilled to finally get a victory over Pakistan in the 50-over format mobile
“It’s a big moment for the whole team, but also whole [of] Afghanistan as well mobile
We have been waiting for the last 10-12 years mobile
We have played around eight games against Pakistan, and we won one game in a big event,” said Nabi in a post-match interview mobile
“It’s a big achievement for the guys mobile
For the last three months, we’ve been working very hard mobile
We played a series against Pakistan, then the Asia Cup, and then came here to the World Cup mobile
It’s a lovely moment today mobile
”Afghanistan jumped to sixth place in the Cricket World Cup 2023 points table, while Pakistan remained in the fifth spot mobile
Pakistan’s team has four points from five games with a net run rate of -0 mobile
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Their road to the semi-final looks tough now as their remaining group games are against South Africa, Bangladesh, New Zealand and England mobile
South Africa and New Zealand are in top form while England are the defending champions mobile
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