Arsene Wenger has not given up on a top-four finish in the Premier League after Arsenal moved past their points tally from last season with a 2-0 win over Sunderland on Tuesday.
The Gunners finished second in the table behind Leicester City in 2015-16, but are in danger of missing out on Champions League football this time around, sitting fifth ahead the final round of matches.
Wenger who has yet to sign a new contract with the club has received his fair share of criticism following their underwhelming results, but the Frenchman feels their potential failure to clinch a top-four finish is very much down their rivals improvements rather than their own struggles.
However, the Frenchman refuses to throw in the towel ahead of their clash with Everton on Sunday.
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Gianfranco Zola believes there is little prospect of social media platforms becoming safe spaces for sports stars, warning: Bad people will always be there.
England footballers Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho were subjected to racist abuse online after their penalty shoot-out misses in the Euro 2020 final.
Those failures from the spot helped Italy to land their second European Championship triumph.
There have been calls for the likes of Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to police their platforms more effectively, with 19-year-old Saka urging the three tech giants to each step up their game.
Former Italy and Chelsea forward Zola told Stats Perform: Racial abuse is unjustifiable, unforgivable and unacceptable. I reckon that youngsters have to u…
Challenging for the Premier League title may bring back painful memories for Liverpool after their failed attempts in 2009 and 2014, but Jurgen Klopp wants the Reds to embrace the battle this season.
Liverpool s most recent attempts to claim the crown for the first time since 1990 have both ended in disappointment, as they finished runners-up behind Manchester United and City respectively.
As the current campaign enters the second half, the Reds sit level with Tottenham in second place, seven points adrift of leaders Chelsea.
But rather than being worried about another missed opportunity, Klopp wants his side to relish the challenge and enjoy the remainder of the season.
The only thing I want is that, as a club, we really enjoy this situation because…
According to a recent report from Sky Sports News, AC Milan have made an approach for Nottingham Forest defender Matty Cash, with an aim to put forward a bid in the January transfer window.
The youngster has enjoyed a strong campaign for the East Midlands side up to this point as they continue to go in search of promotion back to the Premier League. Now, though, Forest are under pressure from bigger clubs to sell as we get closer and closer to the end of the window.
Alongside AC Milan, Southampton are also very interested in the prospect of bringing Cash on. They are also looking at Kyle Walker-Peters from Tottenham who is set to go out on loan, but their primary target is still said to be Matty Cash.
For the next nine days, it certainly seems as if Forest…
Barcelona have confirmed the sacking of the club s under-19 coach Victor Valdes.
Former goalkeeper Valdes was appointed to the role in July but lasted only three months in charge of the Juvenil A team.
Valdes reportedly clashed with former Barcelona striker Patrick Kluivert, who is now in charge of La Masia, prior to his departure.
Although Barca s U-19s are sitting in second place behind Real Zaragoza in the league, they lost their opening two UEFA Youth League fixtures to Borussia Dortmund and Inter under Valdes leadership.
Barcelona have informed Victor Valdes on Monday that he is no longer U19A coach and no longer employed by the club, said a brief club statement.
The 37-year-old won the 2010 World Cup with Spain and a raft of honours at Ba…
There s a full deck of Premier League fixtures this weekend, bookended by two major clashes between the four teams that once dominated the competition.
League leaders Arsenal square off with Manchester United on Sunday.
First, Liverpool and Chelsea go head-to-head in a battle between two sides who are desperately in need of a return to their best form on Saturday.
In between, champions Manchester City face Wolves, high flyers Newcastle United make the trip to Crystal Palace and Everton meet West Ham in a basement battle.
Ahead of the latest slate of matches, test your football expertise with our Opta-powered Premier League quiz. The answers are at the bottom.
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Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has vowed to not stand still in his ambition to drive further positive change in the area of the club’s stadium.
An in-depth analysis of Spurs’ socio-economic impact from the 2021-22 season by law company EY has found the club now contribute around £900million of gross output to London’s economy, generating an additional £478m of Growth Value Added (GVA) in London.
A total of £296m of this GVA is for the borough of Haringey specifically, which is a vast increase on the £120m GVA per annum being generated in 2015 when the club called 36,284-seater White Hart Lane its home.
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Ange Postecoglou will be the first Australian to manage in the Premier League after taking up the reins at Tottenham.
Australia will be the 25th nation to provide a permanent Premier League boss and one of nine to be represented by just a single manager.
Here, the PA news agency looks at the one-offs.
Australia – Ange Postecoglou
Tottenham – 2023 –
The Premier League’s last recruit, Postecoglou arrives at Tottenham having significantly enhanced his curriculum vitae with what he achieved at Celtic. The former Melbourne Victory and Yokohama F Marinos boss was recruited after completing a domestic treble in Scotland to take his tally to five major trophies in just two seasons.
Austria – Ralph Hasenhuttl
Southampton – 2018-2022
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The touchdown market has become one of the most popular and potentially profitable props in the NFL betting world. Each week, we’re going to throw down three to five units as we try to uncover some of the best weekly NFL TD props and dig into the matchups that surround them.
Week 11 has us looking at two possible running backs with expanding roles and a double-dip on the New Orleans tight end depth chart.
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Miami Heat swingman Gerald Green was hospitalized Nov. 4 after causing a commotion at his condominium that came with very little explanation. The for the incident and unearthed a few more details about what happened, but they mostly raise further questions. Miami Fire and Rescue was initially called to the building, but police were called for help after Green turned into a “combative patient.” From the Herald: Green, 29, showed up at the front desk of his condo with bloody hands, asked a clerk to call paramedics, then walked outside into the valet area, where he collapsed. Then Green recovered, walked back inside and punched someone in the eye who was trying to stop him from going back up to his apartment, the report says. “Mr. Green tried to make his way up to his unit. When …