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In case you didn’t know… Bellerin has been on the sidelines since he picked up a knee injury back in January. The right-back has since undergone ACL surgery and came off the bench to play 13 minutes as the Gunners established a thumping 5-0 win over Nottingham Forest in the League Cup last night. The Spain international replaced Kieran Tierney and made an immediate impact, bagging an assist for Joe Willock’s goal....

Video circulated on social media purported to show Kolasinac confronting and scaring off two attackers who had approached a vehicle driven by Ozil. The perpetrators were seen wielding weapons that were reported to be knives or machetes. In a statement to Omnisport, Arsenal said: “Mesut and Sead are both fine.” A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said on Thursday evening: “It was reported that suspects on motorbikes had attempted to rob a man who was driving a car....

Club to scout Cengiz Ünder from Roma According to a report from the Guardian, Arsenal are considering making a move for Roma midfielder Cengiz Ünder. The Gunners have had a bright start to the season – they are currently on a 19-match unbeaten run – but have a serious need for a wide player in their attack. The report further says that Arsenal had sent scouts to study the performance of the attacker against Inter Milan on Sunday, when Rome locked horns with them at Stadio Olimpico....

Arsenal are fighting for a top-four finish in the Premier League, sitting fifth ahead of Sunday’s trip to Leicester City. They are also in the Europa League semi-finals, where one of Emery’s former clubs in Valencia await. In his first season at the helm, Emery said he wanted to take Arsenal to great heights, but added he needed to be given time. “We want to get with this club to the point where we are the best club in England and the world, but it is a long process....

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has finally provided some assurance to the fans that the club will make notable signings this summer. Arsenal will spend money to add big names to the side. Initially, they had lost out on Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain, who signed for Napoli. The Gunners are releasing Marouane Chamakh and Gervinho to reduce their wage bill. Luis Suarez is Arsenal’s only major target this season. Suarez wants to leave Liverpool, after he had problems with the manager Brendan Rogers....

Aubameyang robbed Norwich City goalkeeper Tim Krul of the ball to roll home his 50th goal in the English top flight and put Arsenal on course for a 4-0 win. The Gabon international is the fastest Arsenal player to reach 50 goals in the Premier League. He teed up Granit Xhaka to make it 2-0 and doubled his tally for the game in the second half before Cedric Soares rounded things off with a debut strike....

“We were told by the attorney general that they were going to do a complete investigation, and we know for a fact that they did not,” Stanley Jackson, an attorney for the family, said at a news conference on Wednesday. Jackson said the family is requesting a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting, as well as into the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) police. “We believe this is not probably the first incident....

Smack talking from players has essentially existed since online gaming’s inception. However, recent reports suggest online behavior is as bad as ever, even recently spurning a Respawn Entertainment developer to criticize Apex Legends players for their toxicity. RELATED: Nvidia Aims to Harness AI For Medical Imaging Modulate’s new moderation service is being called ToxMod. Touted as the world’s first voice-native moderation service, ToxMod uses voice as a medium to moderate better than plain text moderation....

Vidal has claimed Barcelona owe him €2.4 million in bonuses for his performances in the 2018-19 season. Vidal’s legal team has lodged a claim appeal at Spain’s players’ union and is demanding quick action. Vidal has called this entire matter as an unfortunate event which his legal team is dealing with. The 32-year-old midfielder was quoted saying to Radio ADN in Chile, Barcelona think Vidal is pushing for a January exit While Vidal is adamant that he deserved to be paid €2....

VoteVets.org was originally established to inform American citizens on issues in the Iraq war. They currently address a number of matters including unemployment, foreign policy, labor, immigration, LGBTQ, and environmental issues. The statement from Goodwin reads, “It is disgusting that Donald Trump’s allies have attacked a wounded warrior, like Lt. Col. Vindman, as having dual loyalties to Ukraine, simply because he is telling the truth to Congress about Trump’s abuse of power....

Both the Black Knights and Midshipmen will don uniforms that honor the respective histories of their corresponding military branches. Army will sport the “Old Ironsides” uniform on Saturday, which honors the 80th anniversary of the 1st Armored Division, the U.S.’s first armored division to see battle in World War II. Likewise, Navy will feature an astronaut-themed look that honors the branch’s historical ties to NASA. The Naval Academy has produced 54 astronauts, more than any other university in America (including, of course, the Air Force and West Point)....

The flamethrowing free-agent closer has agreed to terms with the Yankees on a five-year, $86 million contract, as first reported by Fox Sports late Wednesday. That’s $24 million more than the record deal fellow reliever Mark Melancon received from the Giants, making Chapman far and away baseball’s highest-paid closer. MORE: Worst free-agent signings ever New York sent Chapman to the Cubs in a blockbuster at last season’s trade deadline in exchange for four prospects, including highly regarded shortstop Gleyber Torres....

Arsenal set prices starting at 37 pounds ($47.97) for a ticket, while watching Champions League football at Leicester costs at least 35 pounds. Italian giants Juventus are the most expensive team to watch at home with tickets starting at almost 39 pounds, ahead of La Liga champions Barcelona (38 pounds). Scotland’s Celtic (33 pounds) charge more than reigning champions Real Madrid (30 pounds), Bundesliga side Bayern Munich (26 pounds) and Manchester City (25 pounds)....

Arsenal fans, going by previous experiences with Cesc Fabregas, perhaps thought that they might have to rely on out-of-favour players like Marouane Chamakh and Park Chu-Young for the upcoming season. However, Arsene Wenger had other ideas in mind. The Frenchman quickly snapped up German international Lukas Podolski for £11million before the season ended. This quite rightly blew Arsenal fans away. Very rarely do Arsenal go for proven players and it’s even rarer that it is done before the transfer market even opens....

The Gunners started the game brightly and carved out a few openings for themselves. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was presented with the first opportunity of the match but the Gabonese fired wide from outside the box. In the 9th minute, Nicolas Pepe whipped in a pin-point corner that found the head of David Luiz. The Brazilian arched his neck optimally to glance his effort beyond the keeper. Thereafter, the aforementioned Ivorian came close when he curled a shot of his own past the far post....

The Eagles equalised late into the game when Yannick Bolasie fired a shot from outside the box to level the scores. The draw at home leaves Arsenal in fourth spot, level on points with third-placed Manchester City, but behind on goal difference. Manchester United are at the fifth spot, four points behind the Gunners. Let’s analyse the game with the major talking points from the Emirates: 1) Disappointing season for both sides With the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City struggling throughout the season, it was expected of Arsenal to end their Premier League title drought this season....

Arsenal scored a 3-0 victory over Cardiff in south Wales to heap pressure on Liverpool and Chelsea ahead of tomorrow’s matches and assert their dominance at the top of the table. Bluebirds youth product Aaron Ramsey struck a delightful header just before the half-hour mark to put the Gunners in the lead, completing his brace late on in some style on the other side of Mathieu Flamini’s 86th minute strike after coming off of the bench....

The Gunners hosted the Foxes at the Emirates Stadium in their first home league game of the season. Backed by a vocal crowd, they were eager to continue with their winning ways. Mikel Arteta fielded the same starting XI as last week, with Emile Smith Rowe and Takehiro Tomiyasu returning to the squad as substitutes. Brendan Rogers, on the other hand, went with a tried and tested front pairing of James Maddison and Jamie Vardy up front....

The Spaniard will take charge of his first competitive match as the Gunners’ head coach at Emirates Stadium on Sunday, having replaced long-serving manager Arsene Wenger. Arsenal were beaten by Pep Guardiola’s City three times last term, but Emery senses a good spirit in his squad and hopes to see that translated onto the pitch this weekend. “We are excited. We have a lot of ambition to start [well] on Sunday against the last winners of the Premier League,” he told a news conference....

The Spain midfielder has made just 11 appearances this term, the last of which came in October’s 6-0 Champions League win over Ludogorets, due to a problematic ankle injury. Wenger plays down Barcelona talk Recent reports suggested the 32-year-old will remain unavailable for the remainder of the campaign after suffering a setback, but Wenger remains cautiously optimistic that he can still be involved this term. “With Cazorla, I am not specialised enough to say when he will return because it is a special problem....