Lewandowski scores for the 15th consecutive season in the Champions League

PRAGUE (AP) — Robert Lewandowski's second-half strike for Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday made it 15 consecutive seasons in which he's scored in Europe's elite club competition.

The 37-year-old Poland international sealed Barcelona’s 4-2 win at Slavia Prague with a 71st-minute goal. His own-goal in the 44th had left the game tied 2-2 at halftime.

Lionel Messi and Karim Benzema both reached 18 successive seasons of Champions League scoring, and Cristiano Ronaldo got to 16.

“Finally the first goal came,” said Lewandowski, who was making his sixth Champions League appearance with Barcelona this season. “Hopefully it will get easier now.”

He joined the Catalan club in 2022 from Bayern Munich.

Lewandowski’s first-ever Champions League goal came in 2011, and Wednesday's strike means he's scored in 16 consecutive calendar years in the competition.

The Poland striker has scored 114 goals in UEFA competitions. He remains third in the all-time scoring list, behind the 132 of Messi and the 145 of Ronaldo.

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Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Slavia Prague and Barcelona in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Slavia Prague and Barcelona in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski, right, scores his side's fourth goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Slavia Prague and Barcelona in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Slavia Prague and Barcelona in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski, right, celebrates with his teammate Marcus Rashford after scoring his side's fourth goal during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Slavia Prague and Barcelona in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

One year after a winter storm forced postponements across U.S. sports, another major weather system is prompting a reshuffling of games this week and threatened to wreak havoc on the weekend schedule.

A storm that meteorologists say could rival the damage of a major hurricane is expected to bring snow, ice and frigid temperatures from New Mexico to New England starting Friday.

Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers canceled their annual Fan Fest event scheduled for Saturday due to the weather forecast for frozen precipitation in North Texas and “in the interest of safety for players, fans, and employees.”

The number of states where college games were being adjusted showed the large path of the approaching storm.

The Sun Belt Conference preemptively shook up its women’s basketball schedule, moving around the start times on several games from Thursday through Saturday. The American Athletic Conference also adjusted its weekend men’s and women’s basketball schedules, moving some games up to Friday.

North Carolina Central postponed two men’s and two women’s basketball games scheduled to be played from Thursday through Monday in Durham, North Carolina.

Appalachian State moved up its men’s basketball home game with Louisiana-Lafayette to Thursday morning and Marshall made its home game against Louisiana-Monroe a noon Thursday tipoff. Tennessee’s swim meet at Georgia and the USC Upstate women’s basketball game at Longwood were pushed to Friday from Saturday due to the forecast.

Among other women’s basketball games moved up several hours Saturday included No. 20 Princeton at Brown and North Florida at Eastern Kentucky, along with men’s games involving Towson at North Carolina A&T and Texas State at James Madison.

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Traffic passes piled-up snow in Lowville, N.Y., Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Cara Anna)