India, June 2 -- Nearly 70, the European club championship now known as the Champions League has seen only 24 winners. Paris St-Germain (PSG) broke into an elite club where there have been only three new entrants since 2011-12.

Breaking through is difficult in Europe's top five leagues as well. Only seven teams have won the Premier League, which at 33 is approaching middle-age. There have been no first-time winners since Leicester City in 2015-16. It's worse in La Liga which, four short of 100, has had only nine winners and no new champions since Deportivo la Coruna in 1999-2000. Also 96, 16 clubs have won Serie A. Napoli and Sampdoria winning it in successive seasons meant two new champions in 1989-90 and 1990-91, but Italy has seen no ...