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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! It may have taken Mikel Arteta six years and well over a billion pounds but his team trusted the process and got there in the end. Arsenal are Premier League champions and in scenes that called to mind the closing moments of the movie Fever Pitch, jubilant Gooners spilled out of homes and pubs around Highbury and Islington in a collective releas…

Philadelphia, Kansas City and Atlanta are among the hosts showing that price-gouging at thus summer’s tournament is, ultimately, a choice Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Philadelphia has spotted an opportunity. A chance to burnish a budding reputation as one of the East Coast’s most pleasant and interesting big cities – in the view of this columnist, at least – and one of its most…

Club need permission for proposed stadium upgrades Draw with Manchester City sealed first ever European qualification Bournemouth are facing a race to complete upgrades to the Vitality Stadium to enable it to stage European football next season. Uefa has granted Bournemouth a provisional stadium licence after meeting club officials in April to review their redevelopment project, but improvements …

Club say expulsion from playoffs is ‘disproportionate’ Chief executive apologies to their fans Southampton have described the decision to expel them from the Championship playoffs over the ‘Spygate’ scandal as “manifestly disproportionate” to any other sanction in the history of the English game. An independent commission on Tuesday imposed the penalty – which includes the docking of four points …

How tough is the move from college football to the NFL? We asked three players drafted by the New York Jets in the first round By No Helmets Required After a dismal 2025, the future is looking a little brighter for the New York Jets. They selected Texas Tech edge rusher David Bailey second in the 2026 draft and had two more first-round draft picks – Oregon tight end Kenyon Sadiq (No 16) and wide …

New forward is a priority and Alvarez also on list Funds in place to make one marquee signing Arsenal will reward Mikel Arteta for ending Arsenal’s 22-year wait to be champions by offering him a lucrative new contract that will cement the Spaniard’s status as one of the best-paid managers in the world. The club are also well advanced with plans to strengthen his squad. Talks over extending Arteta…

Walkouts to take place at Friday’s press conferences Dispute with grand slams gone on for more than a year The world’s top players are planning to protest over prize money by reducing their media appearances at the French Open as their public battle with the grand slams intensifies. Players selected to take part in Friday’s opening press conference at Roland Garros will walk out after 15 minutes,…

Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Sam Dalling as Manchester City drop points at Bournemouth to hand the Premier League title to Arsenal. On today’s podcast: joyous scenes on the Holloway Road as, with a game to spare, Arsenal are champions for the first time in 22 years. All of Mikel Arteta’s tactics, his training ground bonfires, his technical area jousting in tight t…

‘Robbo’ leaves the club on Sunday after nine years having won the lot and been loved by those who watched him play It was a bit of a surprise when we signed Andy Robertson from Hull City – not because he wasn’t a household name, but because all the focus had been on his teammate Harry Maguire. But, pound for pound, the £8m we paid for Robbo in the summer of 2017 has got to be one of the best valu…

Italian is expected to follow Pep Guardiola and maybe the decision was made a long time ago Now the secret is out it is possible to look at Enzo Maresca’s incendiary remarks about his “worst 48 hours” at Chelsea through a different lens. Change is coming at Manchester City, who are preparing for Pep Guardiola’s departure at the end of the season, and it does not require much reading between the l…

Teams with same owner cannot compete together Head of women’s football Kessler says ‘no exceptions’ Uefa’s head of women’s football has said rules prohibiting clubs with the same owner from playing together in the Women’s Champions League will be strictly enforced, dealing a blow to investors such as Michele Kang. Kang owns one of Saturday’s Women’s Champions League finalists, OL Lyonnes, and Lon…

Within days of new parenthood, cricket tragics often find themselves mapping out futures for their offspring in the game. I’m no different Every cricket-loving parent will know the feeling. Not a feeling, exactly, more a tiny flicker of hope. A ridiculous, irrational hope that the gods who once reached down and gently kissed the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Ellyse Perry might one day do the same…

The streamer has given us a broadcast so powerfully isolating it effectively anticipates sport’s viewerless future Game 7 in the NBA playoffs: a chance to kick back, enjoy the drama of a winner-takes-all shootout between basketball’s big beasts, and … switch over from your regular TV provider to Amazon Prime? The excitement drains from the occasion at the first touch of the remote. Amazon no doub…

We look at what Celtic’s title win means for Scottish soccer, Argentina’s World Cup plans and the prospect of a Premier League without Pep Guardiola Sir Alex Ferguson may have him beat for longevity and number of titles. Arsène Wenger can take some credit for English soccer’s modernization in the 1990s, but Pep Guardiola completely changed the landscape in his decade as Manchester City manager. C…

Clock would stop for injuries, substitutions and set pieces MLS previously used a stopping clock from 1996-1999 Ifab last debated a stopping clock in 2017 Major League Soccer has had discussions with the International Football Association Board, global football’s rule making body, about trialing the use of a stopped clock in matches. A continuously running clock that does not stop for fouls, set …