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  "id": 5550839,
  "title": "Women’s Champions League: Arsenal face Barcelona, Chelsea, City handed tough draws",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/womens-champions-league-arsenal-face-barcelona-chelsea-city-handed",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-04T12:14:43.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/womens-champions-league-arsenal-face-barcelona-chelsea-city-handed-tough-draws/"
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  "account": "The 2026/27 Women’s Champions League has been announced, featuring high-profile matchups that will kick off in September. Arsenal, Chelsea, and Manchester City are all facing challenging schedules. Arsenal will play reigning champions Barcelona, while Chelsea will take on Paris Saint-Germain. Manchester City, returning to the competition after a year, will also face PSG. The league phase will consist of six matches, with teams from England all set to compete. The knockout phase will follow in February, leading up to the final in May.",
  "summary": "Arsenal will face reigning champions Barcelona in the league phase of the 2026/27 Women’s Champions League, setting up an early heavyweight clash between last season’s semi-finalists and the holders. According to the UEFA draw on Friday, the Gunners will also face OL Lyonnes, Benfica, Paris FC, HB Koge and Inter Milan in the six-match league Read More:…",
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Women’s Champions League: Arsenal face Barcelona, Chelsea, City handed tough draws",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/womens-champions-league-arsenal-face-barcelona-chelsea-city-handed-5552436",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/caf-champions-league-san-pedro-coach-upbeat-ahead-rivers-united-clash",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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