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Former Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva is convinced Unai Emery's new-look side are serious contenders to win this year's Premier League title.

Arsenal travel to the capital of Portugal to face Sporting Lisbon in search of their 11th consecutive win.

Arsenal host Leicester City at the Emirates on Monday evening. Read on for Layth Yousif's match preview.

Arsenal boss Unai Emery has been speaking after his side's 5-1 victory over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday lunchtime,

Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United have all been handed home ties in the third round of the Carabao Cup.

Arsenal travelled to Stamford Bridge to play Chelsea in a hectic London derby. Read on for Layth Yousif's PLAYER RATINGS

Adnan Januzaj's stunning goal secured a much-changed Belgium side a 1-0 win over England's second string on Thursday evening and meant Gareth Southgate's men will face Colombia in the last 16 of the World Cup.

Read our World Cup blog over the coming weeks. Lee Power reviews one of the late games on day 13 of the tournament

The temperature nudged the mercury towards nearly 30c as the man sat down on a bench, sited between Grace Road's evocative pavilion and the sight screen.

Harry Maguire expects the nation to come to a standstill during England's World Cup opener against Tunisia and insists the team are ready to deliver.

Ashley Young says England are already raring to go for next week's World Cup opener against Tunisia.

A lack of match-winning contributions from batsmen has blighted Middlesex's latest Royal London One-day Cup campaign according to James Franklin.

An Arsene Wenger press conference is rarely dull and the departing boss gave an absorbing one as he held court on Thursday at London Colney in what will be his last chat with the media at the club's training ground as Arsenal manager. Read on for his must-read impish, considered, intelligent, passionate and thought-provoking musings on a number of topics - including why he mentioned 20,000 trees in Colney, Hertfordshire...

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger admitted he was left frustrated after his side's 3-1 defeat against Leicester City at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday evening but insists the team has the ability to challenge for the Premier League next season.

Barking Abbey does not only have three former players involved with the England men and women's basketball teams at the Commonwealth Games, but one of their current coaches too, writes Lee Power.

In the week of the Carabao Cup final read our series detailing previous Arsenal League Cup finals by talking to the people who were there. We spoke to Gunners legend Bob Wilson who kindly shared his memories of one of the biggest giantkilling acts in the history of English football as third division Swindon Town upset the odds by beating the North Londoners 3-1 in the 1969 Wembley showpiece.

With the January transfer window upon us, 'silly season' is sure to bring up some interesting rumours - but who is Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reportedly looking to bring in?

Arsenal take on West Ham in the Carabao Cup quarter-final bidding for a place in the last four on Tuesday evening.

For this week's Friday Q&A we have an old school Arsenal fan and passionate Trade Unionist Frank Radcliffe. There can't be many Gooners still attending who went to the Winterslag away game but loyal Frank was one of them. Read on for his strong views on the club - as well as being held up at gunpoint as an innocent bystander by German police after Sergio Tacchini gear disappeared on a pre-season trip to Bochum in the 1980s...

Arsenal legend Tony Adams insists North London rivals Spurs still have to prove themselves as a force in English football - and the only way they can do that is by winning silverware.

Gareth Southgate's England drew 0-0 for the second time in four days at Wembley Stadium, this time against Brazil in front of 84,595 fans.

England qualified for the World Cup in Russia next summer through a late Harry Kane goal that beat Slovenia 1-0 - but former Arsenal man Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had a match to forget for the Three Lions again.

The Arsenal Q&A is back - this week we have the very excellent Kurtis Powers - New York City's biggest Gooner. Read on for more, including a memorable day beating Spurs...

Laurent Koscielny will start the long journey of putting his FA Cup final heartbreak behind him when he returns from suspension for Arsenal on Sunday.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed Alexis Sanchez is available for Sunday's Premier League clash with Liverpool at Anfield.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger felt his side were wrongly denied a goal during their 1-0 defeat at Stoke City.

Gunners boss backs newcomer to impress

Arsenal won an enthralling game 4-3 after being behind against Leicester City until the final six minutes of this incredible match.

Arsenal take on Leicester City on Friday evening at the Emirates in the eagerly-awaited Premier League season opener - but with major questions hanging over key players in the squad including Alexis Sanchez.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was delighted with the intensity shown by his players as they won the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday

Cressida Bonas stars as Sonia Brownell in Mrs Orwell, the story of George Orwell's second and last marriage, at Islington's Old Red Lion Theatre in August

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has claimed that the Premier League is more important than the Champions League this week.

England 3 Poland 0

It's taken two years for Nikolai Foster's production of Annie to transfer from Leicester's Curve to the West End. It's a pity it wasn't sooner.

Former Gunner believes Chilean inspires team-mates

Arsene Wenger played down his first Premier League victory over a Jose Mourinho-led team after Arsenal triumphed 2-0 today at the Emirates.

Read Layth Yousif's latest hard hitting Arsenal Rewind column as he pulls no punches about Arsene Wenger's decline...

A bullish Arsene Wenger was delighted with his team's late victory after an 85th minute Robert Huth own goal clinched three points for Arsenal at the Emirates tonight.

Arsenal continued their good week with a second victory in four days with a late 1-0 win over Leicester City after a late Robert Huth own goal.

Smith and Broadhurst edged out in semi-finals

Arsenal were handed a tie against Manchester City in tonight's FA Cup semi-final draw.

A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Lauric Lebato from Manor House.

It's rated 18 - but the Barbican today screened controversial erotic thriller Fifty Shades Darker to a room full of babies.

The end of November marks a point in the football calendar at which a number of early-season ambitions have disappointingly evaporated and a harsher, more realistic, outlook has settled after more than three months of league action.

It's a while since Arsenal and Manchester United were genuine title rivals - yet any clash between the pair at Old Trafford somehow retains great significance.

In the latest of a series of features casting the spotlight on local football fans, Arsenal supporter Simon Morgan reveals his favourite player, his most memorable matches, his toughest moment following the Gunners and his prediction for Sunday's showdown against Spurs.

Islington legend Joe Orton had a younger sister, Leonie. As she releases a memoir dealing with their relationship she opens up to Nick Tyrrell

Theo Walcott has warned his Arsenal teammates not to be complacent ahead of their Champions League match against Bulgarian opponents Ludogrets at The Emirates on tomorrow evening.

After seven league games, it's pretty safe to say the Premier League table is now taking shape. There is a long way to go before the jigsaw is completed, but the pieces are being arranged into neat enough piles.