Day: November 5, 2025

The Asian Games is the continent’s biggest multi-sport event, bringing together 45 member National Olympic Committees of Asia to celebrate sport and culture. Held once every four years, the Asian Games is a big event that fosters friendship through sports and contributes to peace in Asia. It is also an opportunity to deepen growing exchange within the region.

With a strong desire to deliver the best possible Asian Games, Aichi-Nagoya 2026 is working hard to create an exciting and memorable experience for all visitors to the event. To make sure all visitors can enjoy the events, Aichi-Nagoya will take measures to facilitate travel and transportation around the venues.

Aichi-Nagoya’s transport plan will focus on leveraging existing infrastructure to ensure comfortable and efficient travel for both athletes and spectators. Shuttle buses will be used to connect competition venues to public transportation stations, and measures will be taken to reduce private vehicle use.

A two-day World Press Briefing — the first on-site inspection for global media representatives — came to a close Friday, attracting more than 110 participants from around the globe. The briefing focused on functional areas, including accreditation, accommodation, transport, logistics, technology and sports. The organizing committee will continue to work closely with the international media to support their coverage preparations for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

The Champions League is a tournament that pits the champions (and, for some countries, one or more runners-up) of Europe’s top national leagues against each other. It is regarded as the most prestigious club competition in the world. The trophy is kept permanently by the club that wins it, and it is almost as coveted as the FIFA World Cup trophy.

In 2020 UEFA reworked the format of its flagship event, moving to an expanded 36-team “league phase” in place of the traditional group stage. In this new structure each team plays eight different teams — four at home and four away — during the league phase, and sides that finish in the top eight automatically qualify for the knockout play-off round, while those who finish ninth through 24th will compete in two-legged play-offs for the remaining eight spots.

UEFA has also revamped the way that home advantage is decided in the knockout phases of the competition, and a bracket based upon league rankings will be used to create all of the fixtures up through the semifinals. This will eliminate the need for an open draw in the quarterfinals and semifinals, and UEFA says it will result in a spread of marquee matches throughout the bracket.

The teams in Pot 1 are ordered by their UEFA club coefficient, while the teams in Pots 2 through 4 are ranked according to their results from last season’s qualifying phase. The final draw, held on Feb. 27, will create the full bracket for the remainder of the competition.