PSG beat Arsenal on penalties in Champions League final – updates

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · May 30, 2026 · 68 words · By Kevin Hand; Rohan Sharma; James Dodd

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PSG beat Arsenal on penalties (1-1 aet): Champions League – as it happened All the updates, with full post-match reaction and interviews, following our text commentary stream of the UEFA final.

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What happened

PSG beat Arsenal on penalties (1-1 aet): Champions League – as it happened All the updates, with full post-match reaction and interviews, following our text commentary stream of the UEFA final.

Why it matters

Published On 30 May 2026 This page is now closed, but a summary of the game is available below, and you can click here for our full match report.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: UEFA final.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “UEFA final”

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Wikipedia entries for the '2025–26 UEFA Champions League' and '2026 UEFA Champions League final' explicitly confirm that the final was played on 30 May 2026. This is further corroborated by ESPN and other sports highlights sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 season was Arsenal Football Club's 34th season in the Premier League, their 100th consecutive season in the top flight of English football, becoming the first team to spend 100 seasons str…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_Arsenal_F.C._season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League was the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_UEFA_Champions_League

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UEFA Champions League final was the final match of the 2025–26 UEFA Champions League, the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UEFA_Champions_League_fin…

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Claim 2: “Published On 30 May 2026”

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The evidence shows that the match (the subject of the article) took place on May 30, 2026. Multiple news sources reporting on the match are dated May 30, 2026, and May 31, 2026, confirming the publication timeframe aligns with the event.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956), is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_May

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — May is the fifth month of the year. May, MAY or may can also refer to:
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Claim 3: “PSG beat Arsenal on penalties (1-1 aet)”

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Multiple independent web sources (Al Jazeera and two other news reports) confirm that PSG beat Arsenal on penalties (4-3) after a 1-1 draw after extra time.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026–27 UEFA Champions League will be the 72nd season of Europe's premier football tournament organised by UEFA and the 35th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026–27_UEFA_Champions_League

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