The knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League kicks off Tuesday with first-round action that includes the first leg of a battle between Real Madrid and Benfica. The match is scheduled to start at 3 p.

The 15-time European champions have their sights set on the round of 16.

Real Madrid beat 10-player Paris FC to set up a Clasico meeting with Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the Uefa Women's Champions League.

Benfica take on Real Madrid in the Champions League playoff first leg on Tuesday night, and you can follow it all here with ESPN.

Benfica have said that Gianluca Prestianni is the victim of a "defamation campaign" while backing up the winger's claim that he did not racially abuse Vinicius Junior in Tuesday night's Champions League clash with Real Madrid.

Arbeloa has gone back to Carlo Ancelotti principles since taking over from Xabi Alonso but structural issues remain. Can he patch them up?

Real Madrid say they have supplied "all available evidence" to UEFA as the governing body investigates allegations of racism made by Vinícius Júnior.

This year there will be two events in Madrid, one with the finish line at the Bernabéu and another at the Ciudad Real Madrid.