Security for the Paris Saint-Germain-Barcelona Champions League football match at the Parc des Princes will be "significantly increased" after Islamic State threatened to "kill them all".

The UEFA Executive Committee met in Paris on Wednesday and approved UEFA's strategy for the next six years. "United for Success" is based on seven values. The detailed revenue-sharing system for UEFA's men's club competitions from 2024-27 was also approved.

The UEFA Executive Committee has taken a step forward in the growth of women's football, which has seen an increase in all its structures in recent seasons.

Real Sociedad-Benfica in Group D and Napoli-Union Berlin in Group C are the two early kick-off matches scheduled at 6:45 PM in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage. Both matches hold significant implications.

At 6:45 PM, the fourth match day of the Champions League kicks off with two games: Borussia Dortmund vs. Newcastle and Shakhtar vs. Barcelona. These matches open the day, especially the latter, to be played in Hamburg due to the war, with Barcelona looking to secure passage to the knockout stage with a win. If successful, it will end a dry spell in recent seasons where the Blaugrana failed to progress beyond the group stage.

World Rugby says it is taking steps to improve access to the Stade Vélodrome after fans faced major delays and congestion entering the Paris 2024 venue, prior to the men's Rugby World Cup clash between England and Argentina.

French Sports Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra has claimed the country has learned lessons from the shambolic handling of last year's men's UEFA Champions League final at the Stade de France, and revealed plans to deploy up to 7,000 security personnel during the Rugby World Cup - a major event in the build up to next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Gaël Ondoua, a footballer with Swiss club Servette, and a Russian citizen, has been denied entry into Scotland for his club’s UEFA Champions League qualifier with Rangers.

UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings after fans of Ħamrun Spartans and Maccabi Haifa clashed, forcing the Champions League first qualifying round tie in Malta to be stopped for 30 minutes.

Eintracht Frankfurt fans have been banned from buying tickets to the team's UEFA Champions League match against Napoli on March 15 in Italy.

UEFA is set to implement a refund scheme for fans who were most affected when trying to access the Stade de France for the Champions League final last May.

French Sport and Olympics Minister Amélie Oudéa-Castera has insisted France has "learned all the lessons" from the disturbances outside the Stade De France in the build-up to the UEFA Champions League Final last May.

"He was not interested in what was happening outside. In fact quite the opposite; his arrogance astounded me."