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Sanchez is yet to find his best form this season with just one goal and two assists in seven Premier League games. Arsenal 5/1 to beat Man City The Chile international, whose contract expires at the end of the campaign, was heavily linked with a move to Manchester City in the close-season – and may yet join Pep Guardiola’s side in January or ahead of 2018-19. As Arsenal prepare for a trip to league leaders City on Sunday, Wenger backed the 28-year-old to recapture his best form....

Barca make Herrera No.1 target Wenger’s future was uncertain following the conclusion of the 2016-17 Premier League season, in which the Gunners failed to qualify for the Champions League and also finished behind north London rivals Tottenham. However, the club defeated Chelsea in the FA Cup final at Wembley - their third victory in the competition since the 2013-14 competition - and Wenger has now committed his future to the club, despite a swathe of fan protests throughout the season....

The Hammers midfielder has found himself singled out of late, with disgruntled supporters eager to find a scapegoat when things are going badly. Wenger: Pundits brainwash people Noble is in good company when it comes to incurring the wrath of those on the terraces, with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger having seen protests staged against his reign. Manchester United skipper Wayne Rooney has also faced regular calls for his presence to be removed from the Red Devils line-up, and the starting XI for England....

The Blues currently have 30 players out on loan to other clubs, with their top talent - such as Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne - more often sold for a profit than breaking into their first team. RUMOURS: PL giants tracking Brandt Wenger is uncomfortable with an approach he sees as concerned with protecting a club’s financial interests as much as giving the players the best possible path for their development and emergence into senior football....

A few debatable decisions from the referee opened the floodgates for Arsenal, who came back from 0-1 to beat Norwich City 3-1 in the final minutes of the game at the Emirates. This win helped Arsenal climb to third place in the Premier league, hinting at a strong finish to their season. Arsenal are only a point ahead of both Chelsea, who have a game in hand, and Tottenham Hotspurs....

Some Gunners supporters accused Wenger of killing the club during Tuesday’s 5-1 home defeat to Bayern Munich, which sealed a humiliating 10-2 aggregate loss and a seventh-straight exit from the Champions League in the round of 16. Xabi Alonso announces retirement Wenger’s deal expires at the end of the season, with reports suggesting a two-year contract has been offered by the Arsenal board. The Frenchman’s future has sparked a fiery debate among Arsenal’s followers, something he admits will be a factor in his thoughts....

First-half goals from Lars Stindl and Jannik Vestergaard in a span of seven minutes and close to 70 percent possession for much of the game gave Gladbach a trouble-free victory and lifted them to fifth on 14 points. Werder, champions in 2004 and runners-up two years later, have gone into free fall, having lost four of their opening games to sit in 17th place on just four points and putting the future of coach Alexander Nouri in serious doubt....

Purkey, 68, of Lansing, Kansas is scheduled to receive the lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana on Wednesday for the 1998 murder of 16-year-old Jennifer Long. If his execution goes ahead, he’ll become the second federal death row inmate to be put to death this week after the federal government resumed executions after 17 years. Daniel Lewis Lee, 47, was executed on Tuesday morning for the 1996 killings of an Arkansas family as part of a plot to create a whites-only enclave in the Pacific Northwest....

Darren Moore’s men needed the game at the Liberty Stadium to end in a draw to keep their survival hopes alive, but Manolo Gabbiadini’s winner confirmed West Brom’s relegation. The Baggies go down despite a 1-0 win over Tottenham on Saturday, a result that extended their unbeaten run to five games. The club joins Stoke City, who were relegated on Saturday after they lost 2-1 to Crystal Palace , in dropping from the top flight....

So what’s today all about? Three years ago, Albion launched the Pass It Forward project at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi and began building the Club’s profile in India driven by the desire to expand their audience beyond international boundaries and into a region which resonates so naturally and obviously with its own surrounds. The Club have supported grassroots football in both Mumbai and Delhi and pioneered coaching support for some of the poorest youngsters in Delhi’s sprawling suburbs through a fully funded scholarship programme....

A much-changed Blues XI were knocked out of the EFL Cup at the same ground in October but Antonio Conte’s men were all business this time around. They absorbed early pressure without coughing up chances and Eden Hazard displayed the devastating, clinical edge West Ham lacked as he scythed through them for a counter-attacking opener. Conte’s side carried menace on the break throughout, although their second came courtesy of poor set-piece defending from Slaven Bilic’s side, with Diego Costa needing no second invitation to collect his 18th goal of the season after 50 minutes....

All the latest transfer rumours The Premier League side and the Bundesliga outfit, who have regularly plundered France for its top young stars, are prepared to pay a fee in the region of €10 million for the 18-year-old attacker. Monaco were previously in the running, but since signing Jordi Mboula from Barcelona have cooled their interest. It is anticipated that Karamoh’s departure from the Normandy club will be formalised in the days to come, with Saint-Etienne having been put off by the high asking price for the speedy winger, who scored five times in 35 matches as Caen avoided the drop thanks to a 1-1 draw against Paris Saint-Germain on the final day of the season....

The players touched down at the Grantley Adams International Airport here on Tuesday and were met on arrival by Sports Minister Stephen Lashley and Tourism Minister Richard Sealy along with the Barbados Cricket Association president and legendary former fast bowler Joel Garner, reports CMC. A large number of fans, family and well-wishers were also on hand at the airport to greet the players. They were feted during a brief function before starting out on a motorcade which took them along the south coast, into the city before winding back to the Accra Beach located on the south coast....

West Indies completed their Champions Trophy preparations with a 17-run win over Sri Lanka in a warm-up match at Edgbaston on Tuesday. Both sets of batsmen spent time in the middle, with West Indies making 297 for six before Sri Lanka were dismissed for 280. Dwayne Bravo (71), Johnson Charles (58) and Ramnaresh Sarwan (55) provided the bulk of the West Indies’ runs, while Kumar Sangakkara (56) top-scored for Sri Lanka....

The two teams didn’t get to play much in the T20I series after rain washed away four out of the five T20Is, with the visitors winning one match. Pakistan are currently placed fifth in ICC’s rankings for Test teams while the Caribbean team is languishing in seventh. Both teams will be looking to start their campaign in the 2021-23 World Test Championship on a positive note. Earlier this year, West Indies beat Bangladesh in the away series and then drew the Test series at home against Sri Lanka....

The 1961 version from director Robert Wise is already considered to be one of the greatest movie musicals ever made. It ended up walking away with 10 Oscars, the highest amount ever earned from a musical, along with an honorary award for co-director Jerome Robbins. Even by today’s standards, the original West Side Story is still a magnetic and powerful musical and an absolute must-watch for any fan of the genre....

They just wanted to get a win. Oklahoma City finally broke through for the first time in five tries this season. Paul George and Russell Westbrook each scored 23 points, and the Thunder beat the Suns 117-110 on Sunday. “It feels special,” guard Dennis Schroder said. “I think we can build off of that win. We’re going to keep getting better. It was a good one tonight.” Nerlens Noel had 20 points and 15 rebounds and Patrick Patterson added 17 points for the Thunder....

And that’s what this award is meant to recognize, the men and women who have crafted some of the most memorable video game narratives from the past year (from Dec. 2011 to Nov. 2012 specifically — sorry Far Cry 3 fans). Moreover, it usually recognizes some of the unique voices that fly under the radar from time to time — people like Amy Hennig (Uncharted) and Patrice Désilets (Assassin’s Creed)....

The world’s No.1 golfer, Rory McIlroy, missed the cut last week at the Honda Classic, his first PGA Tour event of the season, and he sounds motivated to redeem himself at Doral. “Yeah, I’m pissed off,” McIlroy said. “I don’t like missing cuts. You want to be playing on the weekend, and I’m not there.” Rory is the clear favorite to win this week’s WGC event, opening at 5-to-1 odds at the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook....

The Werewolves Within game released back in 2016 as a VR title for the Oculus Rift and PlayStation VR. The story was set in medieval times and featured a town that was under siege by one member of the townsfolk who was also a werewolf. The social deduction game had players decide which user was indeed the werewolf and it appears the movie is going to follow the same basic format....