LIVE: Atletico Madrid vs Arsenal – Champions League semifinal

A football match that produced five goals in the first half, four more in the second, and delivered the most exhilarating end-to-end action seen in recent years is being hailed as the greatest UEFA Champions League semifinal of all time.

Even before kickoff, the Paris Saint-Germain vs Bayern Munich semifinal on Tuesday was predicted to be a goalfest, but experts and fans have been left dumbfounded by the quality of football that bookended those nine goals.

Football great Thierry Henry termed the game, which ended in a 5-4 win for PSG, “pure cinema” in his post-match analysis on CBS Sports.

“Rest in peace to anyone who missed this game,” the former France talisman said.

“This is football at its absolute peak. Pure cinema. End to end, no breaks, no breathing space … you blink, and you miss something.”

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Boxers from Russia and Belarus will be free to compete “with immediate effect” in international competitions as neutral athletes, World Boxing says.

“The procedure was approved by the executive board of World Boxing at its most recent meeting in April 2026 and reflects the approach taken by the International Olympic Committee (IOC),” said World Boxing in a statement on Tuesday.

Under the policy, athletes from the two countries will compete as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), without national flags, anthems, logos or uniforms, and will be subject to a vetting process.

The move follows a decision by World Boxing’s executive board in March to approve membership applications from the Russian and Belarusian boxing federations, clearing the way for their athletes to compete in the events.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Ousmane Dembele scored twice each as Paris Saint-Germain beat Bayern Munich 5-4 in an epic first leg of their Champions League semifinal, an extraordinary encounter that became the highest-scoring match ever at this stage of the competition.

The first half alone on Tuesday night was wild, with Harry Kane giving Bayern the lead from a penalty only for Kvaratskhelia to equalise before Joao Neves headed the hosts in front at an enthralled Parc des Princes.

Michael Olise made it 2-2, but a Dembele penalty in first-half stoppage time had the reigning champions back ahead at the interval.

Kvaratskhelia, surely the standout player in this season’s Champions League, and Dembele both then scored again to have PSG seemingly out of sight, only for Dayot Upamecano to pull one back before Luis Diaz made it 5-4.

An unforgettable game – perhaps better even than last season’s semifinal between Inter Milan and Barcelona – leaves the tie between the continent’s two best teams of the moment wonderfully poised for next Wednesday’s return at the Allianz Arena.

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Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) 5 - 4 Bayern Munich

It's the Parisians who go into the second leg with a one-goal lead after an incredible game of football at the Parc des Princes.#UCL pic.twitter.com/mhBTQ0AwK8

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Representatives from Iran’s football federation were not present at the largest formal meeting of Asia’s football leaders before the World Cup.

In the presence of FIFA President Gianni Infantino, there was no discussion at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Congress about Iran’s participation in the tournament or whether the team’s games should be moved out of the United States because of the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Concerns were raised that visa issues could affect the Iranian delegation’s ability to travel to both the confederation meeting in Vancouver and the overall FIFA Congress on Thursday, as well as the World Cup starting on June 11.

The 48-team tournament is being hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico.

It was not clear if visa issues prevented Iranian representatives from attending the AFC Congress. However, as the nine AFC teams that qualified for the World Cup were presented with commemorative gifts, it was announced that Iran would receive their token “once they arrive”.

An Iranian government spokesperson said last week that the national team was preparing for “proud and successful participation” in its World Cup games in the United States.

Iranian officials absent from pre-World Cup football events in Canada https://t.co/77KnhJuY6t pic.twitter.com/kjrXYSGHcZ

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As we build up to the game in Spain, check out our latest edition of Game Theory with Samantha Johnson:

Hello, welcome and thanks for joining our live coverage as Atletico Madrid host Arsenal in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semifinal.

The teams have quite the act to follow after the pulsating 5-4 win for Paris Saint-Germain against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their last-four clash on Tuesday.

A marker was already laid down by the Gunners when the teams faced off in the league phase of the competition earlier this season, but Atletico are a team revived in the second half of the campaign.

I’m Kevin Hand, and I’ll take you through our live build-up to the match along with all the photo coverage of the day.

Adam Hancock will bring you the team sheets as they drop as well as the comprehensive text commentary of the game.