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Arsenal overpowered London rivals Chelsea 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday to mark Arsene Wenger’s 20th anniversary as Gunners boss in style. Earlier, Manchester United thrashed defending Premier League champions Leicester City 4-1 to vindicate manager Jose Mourinho’s decision to drop Wayne Rooney while Manchester City maintained their perfect start with a 3-1 win at Swansea City. Arsenal scored ...

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insisted Cristiano Ronaldo has to learn to live with being substituted after sulking off the field visibly frustrated in the European champions’ 2-2 draw at Las Palmas. Zidane replaced the three-time World Player of the Year with Madrid leading 2-1 18 minutes from time, but an unhappy Ronaldo watched from the bench as Sergio Araujo ...

Arsene Wenger celebrates his 20th anniversary as Arsenal manager this weekend against opponents who have caused him more anguish than almost any other team. The Frenchman has won only five of his last 31 meetings against Chelsea and had his last major milestone – his 1 000th match as Arsenal manager – spoilt by a 6-0 thrashing at Stamford Bridge. But ...

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has hit back at the “football Einsteins” who have criticised him during the club’s recent run of three straight defeats. United stopped the rot with a 3-1 win over third-tier Northampton Town in the third round of the EFL Cup on Tuesday after losing to Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford in the past week. “I ...

Lionel Messi will be out for three weeks after suffering a groin strain in Barcelona’s draw with Atletico Madrid. The striker went off on 59 minutes on Wednesday after a Diego Godin tackle. He was forced to miss Argentina’s World Cup 2018 qualifier against Venezuela earlier this month with a groin injury, but has played in all five La Liga ...

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he will not pick Yaya Toure until his agent apologises for criticising the decision to leave the player out. Toure, 33, has made one appearance for City this season and he was left out of the Champions League squad. His agent, Dimitri Seluk, claimed the midfielder had been “humiliated”,and Guardiola said: “Seluk must apologise. ...

Yaya Toure will not play again for Manchester City until the player’s camp apologises for comments made by his agent, manager Pep Guardiola vowed on Tuesday. Dimitri Seluk accused the City manager of “humiliating” Toure, 33, by leaving him out of the club’s Champions League squad at the start of this month. The Ivorian midfielder, who announced his retirement from ...

The Harambee Starlets have been drawn in Group B alongside defending champions Nigeria, Mali and Ghana for the 19 November to 3 December tournament in Yaounde. “We are not scared for facing Nigeria at all. Yes we are underdogs but they will be more on pressure facing a team they do not know much about,” Kenya captain Ann Oluoch Onyango ...

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid both hit five ahead of their showdown on Wednesday, but continue to trail league leaders Real Madrid. Here, AFP Sports looks at five things we learnt from the fourth round of La Liga this weekend: James takes his chance to shine Without the ill Cristiano Ronaldo and injured Gareth Bale, Real Madrid laboured for 45 minutes ...

Nigeria’s defence of their Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title will begin with matches against Ghana, Mali and Kenya in Group B of the 2016 tournament. Hosts Cameroon are in Group A and will face Egypt in the opening match of the finals on 19 November in Yaounde. South Africa and Zimbabwe, who both played at the Rio Olympics, complete ...