Football

It is the first time Arsenal have been as high as third place since April 2017

Wood replaces acting president Phil Barry, who resigned last week

Star striker scores brace in team’s 2-0 win over Espanyol

Victory is essential after Arsenal dropped to fifth place as a result of Manchester United's 2-1 win over Watford

Defender says he has learnt a lot during his face-off with Ronaldo in 2016

Man City manager says defender need to show consistency

31-year-old French-born forward stands down from national duty with 75 caps

Italian teenager says he is ready to take up responsibility for Juventus

Serie A top scorer earned his recall to Roberto Mancini's squad owing to his 21 goals in 28 league games

The governing body of European football opens disciplinary proceedings following abuse aimed at black England players

England manager Gareth Southgate said he heard racist chants aimed at Danny Rose and promised to report issue to UEFA

Loew’s side survive severe test as Schulz helps team win 3-2

19-year-old forward was the first player born in the 21st century to score for the senior team

The result secured them second place in Group C to join Madagascar and Mauritania

2010 World Cup winners were not at their clinical best in Valencia but got their Group F campaign off to a solid start

Manchester City winger has now scored five goals in his last three England games

Former United boss would like to be appointed at a club where he can add to his European triumphs

Pinto, who is Portuguese, was involved with a series of leaks that exposed murky dealings across European football

Barcelona forward returns to the national team after the World Cup last year in Russia

World Cup semi-finalists earn a battling 3-1 win over Russia as Netherlands romp to a 4-0 win over Belarus

Sanjrani said Pakistan has immense untapped potential for the game

Loew’s side will open their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign when they face the Netherlands in Amsterdam

The one thing which stood out while meeting Puyol was the Barca legend’s humbleness

Three Lions will be expected to qualify for Euro 2020 as they aim to make an impact at next year's tournament

The first meeting will be in Buenos Aires on April 8

Three times UCL winner added it was goof for European football that the Italian competition is becoming a force again

Judgement is separate to an ongoing investigation regarding club’s 2017-18 finances where they signed Neymar, Mbappe

The tournament will take place between June 12 and July 12 of next year

The Three Lions open their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign at home to the Czech Republic on Friday

Barca legend talks visit to country, favourite defender in exclusive interview

United have rediscovered their verve under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and has guided the club to 14 wins in 19 games

There will be a vote at the FIFA Congress in Paris on June 5

The match is a warm-up for Sunday's prestigious opening Euro 2020 qualifier away to the Netherlands

Portuguese is facing charges of "improper conduct" after mimicking Diego Simeone's crotch-grabbing

No less than 50 people were killed by an alleged white supremacist in New Zealand on Friday

Without the Portuguese, the team slumped to a 2-0 defeat but remain on track for an eighth consecutive league title

Arsenal midfielder was photographed with Turkish president last May, raising questions about his loyalty to Germany

A nervy victory enabled the Merseyside club to leap two points above Manchester City into pole position in the table

Argentine’s treble, fourth of the season and 51st of his career, moves Barca 10 points clear of Atletico Madrid

60,739 fans gather at the top-flight club match in European women's football

Siewert's side looked to have kept alive their faint hopes of beating the drop as they raced into a 3-1 lead

Italian manager had won his first match but his side fell to their relegation-threatened hosts

With eight games left, Lucien Favre’s men will focus to continue their winning momentum to win the league

Los Blancos won their first game under the French manager by defeating Celta Vigo 2-0 at the Bernabeu

Guardiola's team remain in the hunt for an unprecedented clean sweep of all four major trophies

Barca legend met fans on Saturday where he signed shirts, footballs

Puyol is a retired Spanish professional footballer who spent his entire career FC Barcelona

Infantino still wants to move ahead with his plans for a 'pilot edition' of a 24-team Club World Cup

45-year-old former defender takes the post vacated in January by his mentor and compatriot Marcello Lippi

Juve, Liverpool will face Ajax, Porto respectively