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Arsenal host Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday evening in what looks the standout game of this weekend s Premier League fixtures.

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Starting with the host, after Arsene Wenger saw his 22-year reign in North London come to an end last summer, the Gunners have done an impressive job of adjusting to life under Unai Emery. Despite losing their opening two Premier League games to Manchester City and Chelsea, the Gunners are now enjoying a 13 match unbeaten run across all competitions. Scoring 24 goals already this season, only the defending champions have a better attacking record in the Premier League. While the hosts have now not dropped a point since August 18th, t…

Adelaide United confirmed Guillermo Amor will not continue as coach in 2017-18, with the former Barcelona midfielder having informed the A-League club of his decision to leave on Wednesday.

Amor leaves Adelaide after three years, with the Spaniard having started at the club as a technical director before taking over as coach from compatriot Josep Gombau before the 2015-16 A-League campaign.

Adelaide was Amor s first job as a head coach.

The Reds won their inaugural A-League championship under Amor last season, while also claiming the Premier s Plate, but Adelaide s defence of those two titles never truly got going in 2016-17.

Amor struggled to improve Adelaide s form as they failed to win in their first eight matches and eventually finished ninth, while t…

Real Madrid are open to offers for the services of Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale, according to .

The 13-time European giants haven t given up on their interest in signing Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund and Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain, and the money potentially received for Hazard and Bale would go towards securing the funds for the two rising stars.

It has now been two full seasons since Hazard arrived to Madrid for Chelsea for a fee believed to have been in the region of €120 million, and he has so far scored mere five goals and produced 8 assists in all competitions for Real, during what has been a spell heavily hit with injuries.

There has been a lot of talk about Bale in recent years. His relationship with head coach Zinedine Zidane and the…

Sevilla topping LaLiga ahead of Barcelona and Real Madrid has come as a surprise to defender Simon Kjaer, who warned there is a lot more to come from the Spanish leaders this season.

There is a shock pacesetter in LaLiga, where Sevilla are a point clear of defending champions Barca heading into matchday nine following the international break.

After opening the season with a 4-1 rout of Rayo Vallecano, Sevilla went three league games without a win – drawing at home to Villarreal before losing the Seville derby to Real Betis and going down to Getafe.

Sevilla, however, have won four successive LaLiga games since, including a 6-2 demolition of Levante and a 3-0 masterclass against European champions Real Madrid last month to top the table.

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Bayern Munich said Wednesday they have started legal action against a senior member of European football s governing body UEFA over unsubstantiated allegations of corruption made in German magazine Stern.

The complaint, filed in the Munich offices of the state prosecutor, is against UEFA s head of their disciplinary service Peter Limacher and his colleague Robin Boksic.

According to Bayern, the pair made comments that were totally untrue and slandererous in an article to appear in Stern on Thursday.

In the edition of Stern magazine, to be published on Thursday, we read that these two people have discredited the club and individuals in professional football, read a statement issued by Bayern.

Bayern Munich will do everything in its power to see that the…

Germany defender Jerome Boateng is suffering from a bout of flu and will miss Tuesday s Euro 2012 qualifier against Kazakhstan in Astana, team officials said Monday.

Boateng s place as left back is set to be filled by Heiko Westermann, who played in Friday s 3-0 win over Turkey.

In other team news Germany manager Joachim Loew is waiting on playmaker Mesut Ozil, who injured his left ankle against Turkey, to pass a fitness test later Monday.

Loew s team, runners-up at Euro 2008 and third in the World Cup, head Group A on nine points with pointless Kazakhstan footing the table after notching up their third straight loss, to Belgium, in their latest qualifier last week.

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Kevin-Prince Boateng has labelled the Ghana Football Association amateurish following his indefinite suspension from the national team.

Boateng and team-mate Sulley Muntari were banished from the Ghana squad on the eve of their final Group G fixture against Portugal at the FIFA World Cup last week for alleged indiscipline.

Schalke midfielder Boateng, who retired from international football in 2011 only to return two years later, was sent home for vulgar verbal insults targeted at coach Kwesi Appiah during a training session.

While Muntari was banned after an unprovoked attack on an executive committee member of the GFA and a management member of the Black Stars .

Boateng has since lifted the lid on Ghana s torrid World Cup campaign that saw the country ex…

Mikel Arteta is happy to remain at Arsenal despite rumoured interest in his services, the player s agent has reaffirmed.

The Spaniard moved to the Emirates Stadium from Everton in 2011 and has since made 94 Premier League appearances for the club.

Last week, the midfielder s representative, Inaki Ibanez, publicly played down suggestions that his client was set to move to Athletic Bilbao, but that has not dampened speculation over his future, with Serie A outfit Fiorentina also now reportedly interested.

However, Ibanez has once again declared Arteta is not in line for a transfer.

I haven t heard from any clubs, Ibanez told Radio Blu. What are the chances of him leaving? He s the captain of Arsenal, he is an Arsenal player and he s happy here.

He…

France star Antoine Griezmann insists he is not obsessed with winning the Ballon d Or, even if he is eager to lay his hands on the coveted prize.

Griezmann is among the contenders for the award after helping France win the World Cup, as well as guiding Atletico Madrid to Europa League glory, in 2018.

Speaking after France s 1-0 friendly win over Uruguay on Tuesday, the 27-year-old was clear over his desire to claim the gong.

I want to win it [Ballon d Or] too, said Griezmann.

But asked if he felt obsessed, he responded: No, that is a problem with France.

People there do not like when you seek something for yourself individually, but I m proud to be there and hopefully I will win it.

Of course, there are other people who can win it and …

The man responsible for a bomb attack on Borussia Dortmund s team bus has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being found guilty of 28 counts of attempted murder.

Dortmund were en route to their Signal Iduna Park home for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final against Monaco on April 11, 2017 when three explosions went off.

Defender Marc Bartra was wounded and suffered a broken wrist, while the game was delayed by 24 hours – the Bundesliga side suffering a 3-2 defeat before eventually bowing out 6-3 on aggregate.

The Federal Prosecutor s Office alleged that the 29-year-old suspect of dual German and Russian nationality, identified during the trial as Sergej W , was motivated by financial gain after buying options on the day of the attack …