Mikel Arteta has signed a one-year contract extension at Arsenal, .
The Gunners captain is the latest in a long list of Arsene Wenger’s squad to commit their immediate future to the North London club after Santi Cazorla, Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny and Tomas Rosicky all put pen to paper in recent weeks.
Arteta moved to the Emirates Stadium from Everton in August 2011, and he has gone on to make one hundred and thirty appearances for the club in all competitions, the latest of which coming in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with local rivals Tottenham Hotspur though he was substituted with a calf injury after just twenty-eight minutes.
The point at the weekend maintained Arsenal’s unbeaten start to the league season, though they will this evening look to aveng…
Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto labelled his team s shock 3-1 win over Uruguay as a historic triumph for the CONCACAF nation.
Oscar Tabarez s men were stunned in Fortaleza as the lowest-ranked side in Group D pulled off a surprise triumph.
Pinto acknowledged the significance of Saturday s victory, against the team who had beaten them in a qualification play-off for the 2010 World Cup.
(It is) a historic triumph for football in Costa Rica, said the 61-year-old after the match.
The Colombian added: We had worried a lot about their passing game but today we beat them.
It s an important victory that motivates us. I want to congratulate the team for their tactical defence work.
A Uruguay side missing the injured Luis Suarez led 1-0 at half-time after Ed…
Argentina forward Gonzalo Higuain has had a lot of bad luck with his crucial missed chances in finals, according to Gabriel Batistuta.
Higuain has often been criticised for his wastefulness in big matches, namely Argentina s losses in the 2014 World Cup final and the 2015 and 2016 Copa America deciders.
But Batistuta, who scored 54 goals for Argentina during his career, feels Higuain – and to a lesser extent Sergio Aguero – has been unfortunate with the national team.
They ve had a lot of bad luck, especially Higuain. He missed key chances in the three finals, he told FIFA 1904.
I say it s bad luck because he was the one who created those three opportunities. It s not like a team-mate did everything and left him through on goal. His bad luck was tha…
Turkish giants Fenerbahce continue their search for a creative midfielder that will fill in the No 10 role in the team and, according to, Younes Belhanda has been identified as their main summer target.
Fenerbahce’s interest in Twente’s Hakim Ziyech has been cancelled by the high transfer fee Dutch club were looking to get for their man and Sari Kanaryalar have now set their sights on the 26-year-old Morocco international.
Belhanda is Dynamo Kyiv’s player who spent the second part of last season on loan at Bundesliga outfit Schalke, but German club decided not to pursue and option to make the deal permanent.
Fenerbahce have already made contact with the Ukrainean club and the talks are going quite favourably for the Turkish side.
Younes Belhanda ha…
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We re entering slightly unknown territory this week with all FA Cup fifth round ties being set to take place across the next few days as opposed to at the weekend. There are sixteen teams left in the race to win football s oldest club competition, and while the big boys are still in play, there s a very real chance that one of the lesser fancied sides could go all the way. Today we ll be taking a look at two such examples as West Bromwich Albion prepare for the arrival of Newcastle United.
West Brom
While nothing is certain in a league like the Championship it certainly seems as if the Baggies are on their way back to the big time. They know how to handle this division and through an ambitious manager…
Newcastle United have completed a club-record deadline-day move for midfielder Miguel Almiron from Atlanta United.
The on-off move had been mooted since December, when Almiron led Atlanta to MLS Cup glory, and was finalised on Thursday as Newcastle splashed out a reported £20.5million on the Paraguay international.
The deal sees the Premier League s longest standing club-record broken, with the Magpies belatedly agreeing a deal to surpass their £16.5m signing of Michael Owen in 2005.
Almiron was nominated for the MVP award in MLS in 2018, having quickly established himself as one of the league s standout stars after arriving at the expansion side the previous season.
The 24-year-old scored 21 goals in 62 regular season MLS games, contributing 28 assists…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp accepts there will be more nerve-wracking moments to come in the title race but is determined to enjoy it.
After conceding after 90 seconds against Brighton they fought back to win 2-1 with goals from Luis Diaz and Mohamed Salah and, after hanging on towards the end, they finished the day top of the table after Manchester City’s goalless draw with Arsenal.
With nine matches to go for the Reds, including games against Manchester United, Tottenham and Aston Villa – sixth, fifth and fourth respectively – there are likely to be more twists and turns but Klopp is keen to make the most of his final season at Anfield.
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Mikel Arteta saluted his phenomenal Arsenal side after they returned to the top of the Premier League with a 1-0 derby win at Chelsea.
Gabriel Magalhaes capitalised on poor Blues defending to score the only goal of the game in the second half, tapping in a Bukayo Saka corner that evaded everyone and gifted the defender a chance he could not miss.
Chelsea did not pose a threat as their 12-match unbeaten home run came to an end, with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang starved of service in his first match against his former club before he was hauled off in the second half.
Arsenal comfortably saw out a third consecutive win at Stamford Bridge for the first time since 1974, moving two points clear of Manchester City at the summit.
Gunners head coach Arteta expects an…
New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning believes his side s 2008 Superbowl victory will have no impact on this year s decider.
Manning and his team-mates were 17-14 winners against the New England Patriots in Arizona in the 2008 showpiece and the same teams will meet again in Indianapolis on Sunday.
What happened in the last Superbowl doesn t matter, Manning said.
I think we have 16 guys, New England s only got seven guys, who were on that team, so a lot of guys who are going to be key factors in this game did not play in that last Superbowl. I think we have to have the mind-set that s it s a new game.
It didn t really matter who the opponent was. I just wanted to be here (at the Superbowl).
I m happy just to be here, and I know we re going…
Stuart Maynard felt a sense of relief after Notts County secured their first home win in 2024 with a 3-0 triumph over Harrogate.
Goals from Macaulay Langstaff, Jodi Jones and Jim O’Brien was enough for a vital three points for the Magpies boss, who had seen his side lose five times during a seven-match winless run at Meadow Lane following his appointment.
“I am relieved because I know how much it means to the fans,” said Maynard.
“I know how much it means to everyone around the football club to get that good feeling again so that was key.
“We need to make this place a fortress and that is what you need every week. You saw the atmosphere and the way they clapped the lads off at the end.
“Since I have been here, I know it has been diffic…