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Morning all. There’s not much stirring from an Arsenal perspective this morning, so let’s begin with the story that Premier League clubs are to vote on a motion put forward by Wolves to scrap VAR. They said in a statement: After five seasons of VAR in the Premier League, it is time for a constructive and critical debate on its …

Anthony Gordon delivered a brilliant interview after last night’s painful 3-2 defeat away to Manchester United, telling Sky Sports “get rid of it, or get better” when discussing VAR. The winger saw Sofyan Amrabat rake down his ankle in what he describes as a “clear penalty”, but the video assistant referee opted against an on-pitch review. Speaking to Sky moments …

May 15 – The Asian Confederation has awarded hosting of its 2026 and 2029 AFC Women’s Asian Cup competitions to Australia and Uzbekistan. The hosts were ratified at a meeting of the AFC’s executive committee Wednesday, in Bangkok, Thailand, following recommendation the AFC Women’s Football Committee. “On behalf of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), I would like to thank the …

May 14 – Addressing the 34th AFC Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, FIFA president Gianni Infantino called for unity amongst world football’s federations but stopped short of proposing any concrete action against Israel over the war on Hamas and the resulting destruction of Gaza and the knock-on effect in the West Bank for all Palestinians. “We are only as strong as …

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In this episode I’m joined by Tim Stillman to chat about the idea of rivalry in the wake of Man City beating Spurs, and whether that’s something managers should pay attention to. We also discuss Mikel Arteta’s influence on this Arsenal team and how fans bought into his communication, …

With Manchester City now just 90 minutes away from getting their hands on a fourth consecutive Premier League title, the 2023/24 campaign will draw to a close on Sunday afternoon. As the race to clinch a top-six finish going right down to the wire, we should be set for an action-packed afternoon from across the country. With a host of …

As the defending NBA Champions, league media had a lot to say when the Nuggets lost the first two games vs. Minnesota. The Timberwolves won both games in Denver and momentum was on their side. Moving forward, the Nuggets needed to play their best brand of basketball to get back into the series. They’ve done just that. Denver won the …

Merih Demiral was on the books of Juventus between 2019 and 2022, although he spent the last of those campaigns on loan at Atalanta. The Turkish defender joined the Bianconeri as one of the finest young defenders in Europe, and much was expected of him. While Juve were impressed by him, there wasn’t space for him to play, with Leonardo …

Taking a giant leap towards securing a top-six return, Chelsea claimed a 2-1 victory away at Brighton on Wednesday night. Now on the cusp of booking a Europa League ticket, Mauricio Pochettino’s men opened the scoring just after the half hour mark as the record-breaking Cole Palmer notched a 22nd Premier League strike of the season. Watching French international Christopher …

Eddie Howe has bemoaned our awful defending, missed chances and VAR’s decision to miss Anthony Gordon’s “clear” penalty claim in Wednesday night’s 3-2 defeat at Man Utd. The boss felt we could “score at any moment” and had enough openings to win the match, but feels sure we lost the game based on our defending for all three goals. Speaking …