In what was a nail-biting Champions League showdown from the Emirates on Tuesday night, Arsenal punched their quarter-final ticket thanks to a penalties victory against Porto.
While the Gunners might have suffered a 1-0 first-leg defeat when they travelled over to Portugal on February 20th, Leandro Trossard dragged Arsenal level on the night just four minutes before the interval.
Although Mikel Arteta’s young squad might have failed to find a dramatic late winner after being taken to extra-time, Arsenal certainly held their nerve with a huge amount of pressure on their shoulders.
With all of Martin Odegaard, Kai Havertz, Bukayo Saka and Declan Rice converting from the spot, David Raya proved to be Arsenal’s hero as the Spanish shot-stopper denied both Galeno…
Copa America Centenario champions Chile could face the Euro 2016 winners in a one-off game, according to CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez.
Chile secured back-to-back Copa triumphs after defeating Argentina in the special-edition Centenario tournament on Sunday, held in the United States.
While Chile s 2015 title already confirmed their spot in the 2017 Confederations Cup, Dominguez revealed there has been a proposal submitted to UEFA for a game against the European champions.
However the game is subject to the schedule of both nations, with Chile set for World Cup qualifiers in the coming months.
We have received a positive response from UEFA about a match between the Copa America and Euro champions, Dominguez posted via his official Twi…
Pep Guardiola lost back-to-back Premier League games for only the third time as Manchester City went down 1-0 to Arsenal on Sunday.
It has happened only six times in all competitions for City under Guardiola and here, the PA news agency looks at the Spaniard’s overall managerial record.
No points from six
Gabriel Martinelli’s winner for Arsenal followed Hwang Hee-chan’s for Wolves against City last weekend.
It was the first time City had taken no points from a pair of league games since losing to Crystal Palace and Leicester across Christmas 2018.
Luka Milivojevic’s penalty proved decisive for Palace before Kevin De Bruyne cut the final margin to 3-2, and Leicester then overcame Bernardo Silva’s Boxing Day opener to win 2-1 through Marc Albrigh…
Cameroon have been stripped of hosting duties for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations due to delays over their preparations for the tournament.
The executive committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the decision on Friday following a lengthy meeting in Accra, Ghana.
Next year s expanded edition of the biennial tournament will be held in June and July, with 24 nations taking part.
Cameroon, who lifted the trophy last year after beating Egypt 2-1 in the final, were initially named as hosts for a 16-team event, only for CAF to confirm an increase in participants in July 2017 during a symposium held in Morocco.
Today, the Executive Committee met in Accra, Ghana and has decided that could not host the 2019 Total Africa Cup of N…
The action continued at Euro 2024 on Saturday, with Portugal becoming the second side to clinch their place as group winners, after Spain.
It was a memorable day for Cristiano Ronaldo, and not only because a total of six pitch invaders attempted to get a picture with the legendary forward.
He laid on a record-breaking seventh goal at the European Championships as the Selecao crushed Turkiye 3-0, while there was nothing to separate Georgia and Czechia in a 1-1 draw elsewhere in Group F.
In Group E, meanwhile, it s all to play for with all four teams on three points after two games, following Belgium s 2-0 victory over Romania.
Here, we run through all the best Opta stats to emerge from the day s matches.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the oldest player to ma…
Karim Adeyemi scored a first-half hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund hammered Celtic 7-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday, scoring their first five goals in the opening 42 minutes.
The 80,000-strong crowd started the celebrations early at the Westfalenstadion, with Emre Can scoring from the spot in the seventh minute after Celtic goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel upended Jamie Gittens and was booked.
Celtic momentarily hushed the deafening Yellow Wall two minutes later when Daizen Maeda bundled in a cross from Arne Engels but Adeyemi restored the lead with a shot deflected in off Auston Trusty in the 11th minute.
The Germany winger extended the hosts lead just before the half-hour mark when he lashed a shot into the top corner past a diving Schmeichel, then won a 39th-m…
Eddie Howe insisted he is enjoying the selection headache his Newcastle players have presented him after coming from behind against Wolves last time out.
Two goals in five minutes from Fabian Schar and Harvey Barnes moved the Magpies up to third in the early-season standings as they aim to return to the Champions League this season.
With Newcastle struggling with injuries for much of last season, Howe said that despite the difficulty of the decisions he has to make every week, it is part of being a head coach in the Premier League.
Those are the headaches you want. Leaving Harvey out and other players in this game was very, very difficult but it what you re paid to do,” Howe said.
“All you want then is when the player enters the pitch to try and prov…
While Arsenal might have seen their to the USA get scrapped due to a COVID-19 outbreak in their camp, the Gunners have been handed a real boost with the imminent arrival of an England international.
Despite failing to feature at this summer’s European Championships, Ben White is regarded to be one of the Premier League’s top young prospects and it appears Mikel Arteta’s side have won the race for his signature.
Only continuing to impress many on the south coast last season, news was broken over the weekend that Arsenal have reached a £50million deal in principle with the Seagulls and an official announcement could be made in a matter of days.
With Arsenal fans needing a real boost after their nightmare campaign last season, the Gunners also broke the new…
The Football Association has commissioned an independent review into the disgraceful scenes that marred England s Euro 2020 final defeat to Italy at Wembley.
England suffered a 3-2 penalty shoot-out loss on home soil to Italy on July 11 following a 1-1 draw after extra time in their first major tournament final in 55 years.
The showpiece match was overshadowed by a security breach that saw a number of ticketless supporters enter the stadium and clash with fellow fans and stewards.
UEFA last week launched its own investigation and hit the FA with four charges relating to fan disorder, including the throwing of objects and the lighting of fireworks.
The unsavoury scenes prompted Julian Knight MP, the chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee …
Edin Dzeko scored a brace as Manchester City defeated Norwich 4-3 at Carrow Road
Yesterday’s Premier League games produced an amazing 35 goals.
The game of the day was at the Emirates Stadium, where Arsenal defeated Newcastle 7-3 in Saturday’s late kick-off.
Theo Walcott opened the scoring with a finish right out of the Thierry Henry book of finishing.
Newcastle got a deserved equaliser just before half-time, Demba Ba’s free-kick deflecting off Jack Wilshere and wrong-footing Wojciech Szczesny in the Arsenal goal.
Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain fired the Gunners into the lead early in the second half. Sylvain Marveaux then cancelled out Arsenal’s lead with a close-range finish.
Lukas Podolski gave the Gunners the lead, only fo…