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Arsenal's Kepa Arrizabalaga saves a penalty from Crystal Palace's Maxence Lacroix during the shoot-out. Reuters

Kepa keeps Arsenal's League Cup dreams alive with shoot-out heroics

Goalkeeper saved Maxence Lacroix's spot-kick to see Gunners advance to semi-finals 8-7

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Afcon 2025: Elias Achouri gets Tunisia up and running with brace against Uganda

Liverpool may be forced into Salah rethink with Isak facing long injury lay-off

Afcon 2025: Salah spares Egypt's blushes with late winner against Zimbabwe

David Neres double seals Italian Supercoppa win for Napoli in Riyadh

Premier League team of the week: Rogers and Haaland feast on goals

Afcon 2025: Morocco open with win as Regragui gives Hakimi update



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  • Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers celebrates scoring their second goal against Manchester United. Reuters

    Premier League team of the week: Rogers and Haaland feast on goals

  • Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes, left, pulls up injured in the 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa. Reuters

    Man United player ratings v Aston Villa: Fernandes 7, Yoro 3, Cunha 8

  • Soccer Football - Premier League - Newcastle United v Chelsea - St. James' Park, Newcastle, Britain - December 20, 2025 Newcastle United's Nick Woltemade remonstrates to Chelsea's Trevoh Chalobah Action Images via Reuters/Lee Smith EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO USE WITH UNAUTHORIZED AUDIO, VIDEO, DATA, FIXTURE LISTS, CLUB/LEAGUE LOGOS OR 'LIVE' SERVICES. ONLINE IN-MATCH USE LIMITED TO 120 IMAGES, NO VIDEO EMULATION. NO USE IN BETTING, GAMES OR SINGLE CLUB/LEAGUE/PLAYER PUBLICATIONS. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .

    Newcastle v Chelsea player ratings: Gordon 9, Woltemade 8; James 8, Chalobah 6

  • Morroco's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the FIFA Arab Cup 2025 final football match between Jordan and Morocco at the Lusail Stadium Stadium, in Lusail on December 18, 2025. (Photo by Karim JAAFAR / AFP)

    Afcon 2025: All you need to know about the tournament in Morocco

  • Liverpool's French striker #22 Hugo Ekitike celebrates scoring the team's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on December 13, 2025. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /

    Premier League predictions: Liverpool pile pressure on Thomas Frank at Spurs

  • Boxing - Jake Paul v Anthony Joshua Press Conference - The Fillmore, Miami Beach, Florida, U. S. - December 17, 2025 Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua face off during the press conference REUTERS / Marco Bello TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

    Joshua v Paul: All you need to know about 'crazy' boxing mismatch on Netflix

  • Junaid Siddique secured a life-changing sum of money when he signed for Sharjah Warriorz at the ILT20’s first auction earlier this year. photo: ILT20

    How IPL and ILT20 cricketers manage life-changing cash windfalls

  • Royal Challengers Bengaluru are the defending champions of IPL. AFP

    Who are the highest paid cricketers in IPL 2026 after player auction?


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Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes, left, pulls up injured in the 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa. Reuters

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Morroco's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the FIFA Arab Cup 2025 final football match between Jordan and Morocco at the Lusail Stadium Stadium, in Lusail on December 18, 2025. (Photo by Karim JAAFAR / AFP)

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Nizar Al Rashdan, centre, celebrates with teammates after scoring against Saudi Arabia in the Arab Cup semi-final. AFP

Arab Cup 2025: Jordan seek to banish memories of Doha heartbreak against Morocco

Two years after losing Asian Cup final to Qatar, Jamal Sellami's side out to cap their incredible rise with silverware

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South American heart, European mentality: Flamengo look to upset PSG in Doha

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Erling Haaland signed a new 10-year contract with Manchester City in January. AP

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