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Soccer
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Mikel Arteta has said he is prepared to take players to task in order to change the negativity around the club -
Jürgen Klopp has compared his side’s mission to be crowned the world’s best team to the 1969 moon landing
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Rangers swept aside Hibernian at Easter Road but the match was marred by the throwing of missiles from home fans in the East Stand
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News
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The 100
Match previews
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Mikel Arteta will get a good look at what he is dealing with when Arsenal play Everton at Goodison -
Southampton can swap places in the relegation zone with Aston Villa if they can win on the road and may fancy their chances with Tyrone Mings missing from Villa’s defence -
In depth
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Newcastle’s forward talks to Louise Taylor about faith, overcoming rejection, how Bruce and Benítez compare and why he wants snow -
Attendances fell at Unai Emery’s Arsenal press conferences but managers need to lead by words now as well as deeds to uphold a club’s profile and Mikel Arteta has made a good start
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Video
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Arteta faces the challenge of getting Arsenal back into the Champions League; they have not qualified since he left the club as a player
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A look back at some of the more amusing moments from press conferences over the last 12 months
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Chinese fans of Arsenal have expressed anger at the player posting on social media
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Serie A has received widespread condemnation after artwork for an anti-racism campaign comprised of three paintings of monkeys
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A late Mason Greenwood strike spoilt the party for Duncan Ferguson as his Everton side drew at Old Trafford
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Jürgen Klopp has said reports that Liverpool are involved in talks to expand the Champions League are 'absolute bollocks'
World football
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Lucien Favre was left to rue the mistakes that cost them a crucial three points
Next generation
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Eidur Gudjohnsen’s son, the new Paul Pogba and Ansu Fati feature -
We select the best young first-year scholars at each top-flight team -
From Rashford to Tielemans, we check in on the initial players to be chosen for our Next Generation project -
The winger, who was part of the Guardian’s first Next Generation in 2014, talks about rebuilding his career after being released by Southampton
Opinion
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PSG may have got it right at last, Frank Lampard returns to Munich – and it’s now or never for Cristiano Ronaldo and Juve -
Even a laughably reactive recruitment strategy tells the right time once a decade -
England’s captain deserves understanding, not least when most women’s games are broadcast while she is playing
Regulars
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Featuring Alex Morgan, Lionel Messi, Marcelo Bielsa and a cast of many more -
Danny Drinkwater to Besiktas? | Zlatan Ibrahimovic to Everton? | Conor Gallagher to Burnley? -
Catch up
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Black footballers are dealing with a rise in vicious abuse on social media. Musa Okwonga finds out why -
The midfielder is in tune with a United Nations panel and human rights groups over the imprisonment of millions of Uighurs but the club chose to raise a white flag
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The former Tottenham striker talks to Sid Lowe about being a spoilt brat at Real Madrid and thriving at Granada -
Judged this week by the Guardian as the best female footballer in the world, Matildas captain Sam Kerr now has her chance to prove it on the European club stage
The big picture
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