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The four-team English League Championship playoffs begin Thursday to determine which team will earn promotion to next season's Premier League alongside Reading and Southampton. Five Aside takes a closer look.

We preview the Champions League semifinals, Chelsea versus Barcelona and Real Madrid versus Bayern Munich.

Preview of the Champions League quarterfinals, leg 2

We take a closer statistical look at the Champions League second leg

We take a closer statistical look at the EPL's relegation battle.

Using the Soccer Power Index, we preview the return leg matches of the Champions League round of 16.

We predict the results of the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage, which starts Feb. 14.

We preview the opening pair of Group B games in the Women's World Cup, with Japan and England expected to win.

We preview the opening day of the Women's World Cup, with host and defending champion Germany facing Canada.

Swansea City earned a hard-fought promotion to the English Premier League. But how long can the Swans -- along with Queens Park Rangers and Norwich City -- expect to remain there?

We take a look at some key clashes at the bottom of the EPL table, where many teams are fighting for survival.

As the Champions League kicks off the second leg of the Round of 16 on Tuesday, let's take a look at some of the important aspects in each of this week's matches.

In the EPL, seven points separate the 10th place team from the bottom of the table. Using ESPN's Soccer Power Index (SPI), we determined which teams have the greatest chance of being relegated.

We preview the first two matches of the Champions League knockout stage, including AC Milan vs. Tottenham Hotspur.

We preview the first two matches of the Champions League knockout stage, including AC Milan vs. Tottenham Hotspur.

SPI crunched the numbers to predict which team will win La Liga this season.