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Champions League Round of 16 Draw—As it Happened

European soccer’s premier club competition has reached the business end.
The round of 16 draw will finalize the Champions League bracket.
The round of 16 draw will finalize the Champions League bracket. | Kristian Skeie/UEFA/Getty Images

Premier League sextet Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur were among those to learn their fate in the Champions League round of 16 draw, alongside La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid and holders Paris Saint-Germain.

Read how it unfolded in real-time in the below live blog.


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Toby Cudworth
TOBY CUDWORTH

Toby Cudworth is Lead Editor for SI FC. A Premier League, EFL and UEFA accredited journalist, Cudworth is a graduate of the University of Gloucestershire, where he studied Broadcast Journalism. He previously worked for 90min as a writer, academy manager, editor and eventually content lead, before joining Sports Illustrated in May 2025. A lifelong supporter of West Ham United, he still can’t quite believe they won a European trophy and feels nature is healing now that results have slipped back into the yo-yo patterns of the last 30 years.