NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Draw made Friday for the Champions League knockout bracket:
Round of 16
First leg
March 10-11
Paris Saint-Germain vs. Chelsea
Galatasaray vs. Liverpool
Real Madrid vs. Manchester City
Atalanta vs. Bayern Munich
Newcastle vs. Barcelona
Atletico Madrid vs. Tottenham
Bodø/Glimt vs. Sporting Lisbon
Bayer Leverkusen vs. Arsenal
Second leg
March 17-18
Chelsea vs. Paris Saint-Germain
Liverpool vs. Galatasaray
Manchester City vs. Real Madrid
Bayern Munich vs. Atalanta
Barcelona vs. Newcastle
Tottenham vs. Atletico Madrid
Sporting Lisbon vs. Bodø/Glimt
Arsenal vs. Bayer Leverkusen
Quarterfinals
First leg
April 7-8
Paris Saint-Germain or Chelsea vs. Galatasaray or Liverpool
Real Madrid or Manchester City vs. Atalanta or Bayern Munich
Newcastle or Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid or Tottenham
Bodø/Glimt or Sporting Lisbon vs. Bayer Leverkusen or Arsenal
Second leg
April 14-15
Galatasaray or Liverpool vs. Paris Saint-Germain or Chelsea
Atalanta or Bayern Munich vs. Real Madrid or Manchester City
Atletico Madrid or Tottenham vs. Newcastle or Barcelona
Bayer Leverkusen or Arsenal vs. Bodø/Glimt or Sporting Lisbon
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Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the second leg of the Champions League playoff soccer match between Real Madrid and Benfica in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Bodø/Glimt's Jens Petter Hauge celebrates after scoring against Inter Milan during a Champions League soccer match, Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026, in Bodo, Norway. (Thomas Andersen/NTB Scanpix via AP)
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden's military has intercepted a suspected Russian drone off the south of the country as a French aircraft carrier was docked in the port of Malmö, officials said.
The armed forces said Thursday that a Swedish naval ship observed the suspected drone during a patrol in the Öresund, the strait that divides Sweden from Denmark. They said that unspecified countermeasures were taken to disrupt the drone, and that contact with it was then lost.
The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is in the southern Swedish city of Malmö this week as part of regular NATO exercise activities. Malmö is located on the Öresund, opposite Denmark's capital, Copenhagen.
French military spokesperson Guillaume Vernet told The Associated Press that the drone was detected on Wednesday and handled by Swedish forces integrated into a security system around the carrier. He said Friday that the drone was more than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Charles de Gaulle.
“This system showed it is robust, and this event had no impact on the activity of the aircraft carrier battle group,” Vernet said.
Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson told public broadcaster SVT Thursday evening that the suspected violation of Swedish airspace by a drone happened in connection with a Russian military ship being in Swedish territorial waters. Asked what country he thinks the drone belongs to, he replied: “Probably Russia.”
The Russian ship continued into the Baltic Sea, and Swedish authorities have been in close contact with Denmark about the incident, Jonson said. The armed forces said that no further drones were observed.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday that he didn’t know about the incident. Asked by reporters about Swedish officials linking the drone to the Russian ship, Peskov said that “it’s quite absurd” to claim that the drone was Russian just because a Russian ship was nearby.
Western officials say Russia is masterminding a campaign of sabotage and disruption across Europe. An Associated Press database has documented well over 100 incidents. Not all of them are public and it can sometimes take officials months to establish a link to Moscow.
While officials say the campaign — waged since Russia launched an all-out war against Ukraine in 2022 — aims to deprive Kyiv of support, they believe Moscow is also trying to identify Europe’s weak spots and divert law enforcement resources.
FILE - French aircraft carrier The Charles de Gaulle docks at Subic Bay port, a former U.S. Naval base northwest of Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Joeal Calupitan, File)
