Mikel Arteta cast doubt over David Raya‘s availability for Sunday’s Premier League clash against Manchester City. The Gunners’ first-choice goalkeeper was absent through injury on Wednesday as they secured automatic qualification to the Champions League round of 16 with a 2-1 win at Girona. Editor’s Picks 1 Related In Raya’s absence, Neto made his Arsenal

Even in victory here, City were too often vulnerable on the counter-attack, with too many spaces in midfield for Club Brugge to exploit, but they dug deep when it mattered and clawed themselves out of the hole they were in. City will somehow have to fashion a vast improvement in the short period between this

The global average temperature has risen markedly since 1980, with 2024 the first year to be more than 1.5C above the pre-industrial average. The previous World Cup – held in Qatar in 2022 – was moved from June and July, when temperatures regularly exceed 40C and can reach 50C in Doha, to November and December

The English Premier League was the league phase’s strongest division. Three of the Premier League’s four teams – Liverpool, Arsenal and Aston Villa – finished in the top eight and went straight into the last 16. The other, Manchester City, sneaked into the play-off round with a final-day win over Club Brugge. Spain’s La Liga

Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso said Wednesday that Nigerian striker Victor Boniface is set to stay at the club following reports of a possible transfer to Saudi Arabia. Boniface had been left out of the squad in Leverkusen’s preparations for their 2-0 win over Sparta Prague in the Champions League on Wednesday, and Alonso had

Mikel Arteta has cast doubt over David Raya’s availability for Sunday’s Premier League clash against Manchester City. Arsenal’s first-choice goalkeeper was absent through injury on Wednesday as they secured automatic qualification to the Champions League round of 16 with a 2-1 win at Girona. In Raya’s absence, Neto made his Arsenal debut having arrived at

Celtic’s enthralling defeat at Aston Villa was a near-perfect illustration of the club’s gripping, and ultimately successful, Champions League campaign. A campaign which now rolls on to a tantalising two-legged play-off against either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in less than two weeks. In Birmingham, there were shades of the Borussia Dortmund horror show as

Tom HamiltonJan 29, 2025, 09:29 PM Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Chloe Kelly’s contract at Manchester City is up at the end of the season. Carl Recine/Getty Images Manchester City forward Chloe Kelly

Queens Park Rangers have signed South Korean teenager Yang Min-Hyeok on loan from Tottenham Hotspur until the end of the season. The 18-year-old winger moved to the Premier League side from K-League Gangwon earlier this month. Yang becomes Marti Cifuentes’ second signing of the transfer window, after defender Ronnie Edwards arrived on loan from Southampton

United States captain Keegan Bradley has named Jim Furyk as his fourth vice-captain for this year’s Ryder Cup. Furyk, who captained the USA to a heavy 18.5-11.5 defeat to Europe in the 2018 Ryder Cup, joins up with Brandt Snedeker, Webb Simpson and Kevin Kisner on Bradley’s backroom staff in 2025. The 45th Ryder Cup will

Northern Ireland’s Josh Rock believes he can challenge Luke Littler’s prospective dominance of professional darts in the future. Littler won his first world title at just 17 years old at Alexandra Palace earlier this month and appears well placed to emulate the kind of unprecedented supremacy enjoyed by legendary 16-time world champion Phil Taylor during

Manchester United are close to completing a deal for Lecce left-back Patrick Dorgu. United had one bid for the Denmark international turned down last week but have remained in negotiations for the 20-year-old and believe it is a matter of time before he is cleared to have a medical. Head coach Ruben Amorim has been

Lewis Hamilton has crashed his Ferrari during the team’s pre-season testing programme in Spain. The seven-time champion was unhurt after losing control of the team’s 2023 car at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday. Ferrari declined to comment on the incident, which happened on Hamilton’s second day of running at the Spanish track, where he

We now know the line-up of Super Bowl 59 – it’s a rematch of two years ago as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans on Sunday February 9. Here is a look ahead to the big game with the five storylines I will be monitoring in just a couple

Former grand prix driver Johnny Herbert has been dropped from his role as a steward in Formula 1. Governing body the FIA said that Herbert’s “duties as an FIA steward and that of a media pundit were incompatible”. The statement added that the decision was made “with regret” and that the three-time race winner was

Australia batter Steve Smith passed the 10,000-run mark in Test cricket during the first day of his side’s opening match in Sri Lanka. The 35-year-old went into the first Test of the two-match series on 9,999 runs and, as captain in the absence of Pat Cummins, chose to bat after winning the toss. He came

Anne: What’s happening with Chloe Kelly? She is far too good to be sitting on the bench. Emma: My information regarding Chloe Kelly’s future is the same as it was a few weeks ago. I believe Kelly is still very keen for a move – most likely a loan – as she wants game time