Basle fans will look back fondly on their last home game in the last 16 of the Champions League three years ago as they return to the knock-out stages of the competition on Wednesday night. A 1-0 win over Bayern Munich electrified the Swiss city and gave rise to hope and expectation that they could clinch a major scalp and become one of the best eight clubs on the continent for only the second ...Full Story »

Basle and Ludogorets could both move closer towards an unexpected place in the last-16 of the Champions League with victory at St Jakob Park on Tuesday night. Real Madrid are clear at the top of Group B following three successive victories and are again expected to see off the challenge of Liverpool at the Bernabeu, having romped to a 3-0 win on Merseyside a fortnight ago. The second qualifica...Full Story »

Liverpool became the latest big-name English scalp to be claimed by Basle who capitalised on the Reds' well-known vulnerability at set-pieces. The Swiss had beaten Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham in the last four years and added the five-time Champions League winners to that list to move ahead of their opponents in Group B after Marco Streller converted a 53rd-minute corner. It was no...Full Story »