Mikel Arteta hailed a momentous step in the evolution of his Arsenal side after they beat Manchester City with a deflected late winner from Gabriel Martinelli. The dramatic conclusion to a largely cagey encounter ended their 12-match losing run in the Premier League against Pep Guardiola’s team and signalled that the title race this season could yet be wide open.
Arsenal leapfrogged City, who have now lost consecutive league games, to go second and Arteta explained that the pain of previous setbacks had given them the mental resilience to break the hex at last.
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Asked whether the win had lifted a psychological barrier, he said: “I …
Rafael Benítez has reassured Richarlison that the goals will come and insisted he has no problem with the Everton forward’s reaction to being substituted against Burnley.
The Everton manager held talks with the Brazilian after Monday’s 3-1 win over Burnley and praised him for a tireless contribution, rather than admonish the 24-year-old for making clear his displeasure when withdrawn in the 81st minute. With Everton comfortably ahead and Dominic Calvert-Lewin sidelined for several weeks, Benítez wanted to protect Richarlison before Saturday’s visit to Aston Villa and, after three games without a goal, believes it is only a question of time before his effort is rewarded.
Demarai Gray well on his way to proving himself the steal of …
To those who say football is only a game, tell them to go to Wrexham.
“I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s an unbelievable place now,” marvels 76-year-old John Evans in his wheelchair outside the town’s historic Racecourse football stadium. A crowd has gathered around a brass band playing Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon and a carnival atmosphere fills the Mold Road.
Evans, who has terminal cancer, used to cycle 23 miles to watch his beloved Wrexham as a teenager but has not watched many games recently due to ill-health. The club learned about his situation and gave him two of the most sought-after tickets in Wales. “It’s really special. It’s a dream come true,” he says. “The good days are back …
Thomas Tuchel made clear his target is to land the World Cup and add a second star to the England shirt, as the German acknowledged it could be win or bust for him after his appointment on an 18-month deal.
Tuchel, the third foreigner to take charge of the senior men’s team, was not shy to set his sights on silverware as he revealed his excitement at his unveiling at Wembley. The former Chelsea head coach, who will get to work on 1 January after signing a contract with the Football Association in secret last Tuesday, was straightforward in saying his mission is to end England’s quest for a first major men’s trophy since 1966.
The focus is on the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in Canada, Mexico and the USA,…
Obviously, it’s never a good winter in Buffalo. And winter never stops, so I’m told. Anyway, the one thing that can make the time pass in the darkest months on the shores of Lake Erie is a hockey team worth watching. Kids, the Buffalo Sabres will very much be worth watching this season. So the residents may only need two batches of foot warmers each day. If you’re in search of a second team or are unaffiliated but need a team slightly below the glitterati to pay more attention to, and kind of attach yourself, the Sabres are probably the ticket. Mostly because they have firepower for days. This is a team that will come as close to a real-life version of “Hit The Ice” as any (was I the only one to ever play this game? With the live octopus on the ice? Forget it). Sabres games ar…
Some people are fans of the Oakland Raiders. But many, many more people are NOT fans of the Oakland Raiders. This 2017 Deadspin NFL team preview is for those in the latter group. Read all the previews so far here. Your team: Oakland Raiders. For two or three more years. And here I thought McCarran airport couldn’t get any more destitute. By now you know the story: owner and “first man you see in the nudist colony lobby” Mark Davis agreed to move the team to Las Vegas after using Vegas tycoon Sheldon Adelson to secure $750 million in local tax money (for a stadium complex that will cost nearly TWO BILLION DOLLARS), and then turning around and cutting Adelson out of the deal when he wanted a piece of the action. I’m sure that Adelson isn’t plotting ways to undermine the Raider…
Italy's Serie A is a league of stories, full of characters, narratives, plots, tensions, climaxes, and clichés. Time and again, the line between fact and fiction becomes so blurred that you just have to throw your hands up and shrug. You really couldn't make a lot of this stuff up. Here's a storia, and the biggest one looming over the league right now. The Italian Football Federation (FIGC), which controls soccer in Italy, recently held elections for president. The candidates were Demetrio Albertini, a former AC Milan and Italy midfielder, and Carlo Tavecchio, a career politician with five convictions for crimes ranging from forgery to tax evasion. Naturally, Tavecchio was heavily favored a few weeks before the election. Then he started talking. At the end of July, Tave…
Every year it's the same thing. Right around the all-star break, LeBron James throws down a few dunks in practice, waits for the video to get out, and basks in all the "Why won't LeBron do the dunk contest?" chatter. LeBron threw down at least three dunks after practice in Phoenix today, via this video from Sports360AZ. The first is super-impressive: He hurls the ball a long way off a column—not the back wall, but a column—and takes off 15 nine feet from the rim. The second and third have a lower degree of difficulty, but part of the wow factor is how easy he makes them look. That's what happens when you're 6'8" and among the most athletic people on the planet. Still, we've got six awesome dunkers this year. LeBron: Either dunk or get…
data-mm-id=”_20v3nx9we”>After the Tennessee Titans' 20-13 victory over the New England Patriots in the AFC Wild Card game, much of the media focus was on how the Patriots lost the game and possibly their grip on their dynasty. However, lost in all of that was the story of the team that beat those Patriots, a team that early in the season looked like they would miss out on the playoffs.Now the Tennessee Titans may be the most quietly dangerous team in football, and it may be too soon to write them off as cannon-fodder for the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens when the two teams square off in the divisional round next week.The Ravens' obvious advantage is an offense led by presumptive NFL MVP Lamar Jackson, coming up against a Tennessee pass defense which hasn't put up a truly e…
data-mm-id=”_govsurzxa”>Fans and analysts alike are firing up the creative processes of their brains to concoct a realistic scenario in which professional sports could return in the span of six-to-eight weeks. It's a tough exercise because based off the opinions of various medical experts, things are still in the process of getting worse before they get better. The return of sports may yet be a while coming, but coming up with scenarios in which they return earlier than expected is helpful in keeping us all optimistic. To whit, Jay Williams took a crack at an outside-the-box scenario on Golic & Wingo this morning in which the NBA could not only return, but play a full playoff bracket when June rolls around. How might they do this? By holding the playoffs … on a pair of cruis…