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Martin Ødegaard extends Arsenal lead at top with winner to break Hull resistance

As most Arsenal supporters would testify, patience is a virtue. They needed plenty during the 22-year wait to be crowned Premier League champions and Mikel Arteta’s side certainly had to retain their composure as they tried to break down a dogged Hull side. They had not beaten Arsenal in 14 attempts since winning on their first visit to this ground in 2008. But with 20 minutes to play, there was still every chance that Sergej Jakirovic’s team could have pulled off one of the shocks of the season. Arsenal had already been denied a penalty just before half-time for a shirt pull on Kai Havertz in

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Muniz rescues late point for Fulham against Newcastle after Murphy stunner

Questions over whether Álvaro Arbeloa and Matthias Jaissle have what it takes to succeed in the Premier League remain unanswered after these two young foreign managers watched their sides grind out a 1-1 draw at Craven Cottage. Arbeloa’s Fulham lacked fizz, physicality and personality before rescuing a point thanks to a late equaliser from Rodrigo Muniz, while Newcastle displayed little of Jaissle’s high-octane philosophy and squandered the chance to move into the top half after failing to build on a vicious opening goal from Jacob Murphy. Continue reading...

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Scotland trail in All Blacks’ wake once more despite Ewan Ashman hat-trick

Scotland 21-43 New Zealand Townsend ‘frustrated’ as first win eludes Scots again Scotland never got going; Murrayfield never got going; New Zealand did. Scotland have had some agonising defeats here in recent years, as they chase that first win against the All Blacks. This was not one of them. This was dispiritingly routine. Despite a hat-trick of tries in the first half for Ewan Ashman, the irrepressible hooker, Scotland could not register a point at all in the second. New Zealand cantered away to a tally of seven tries, two for Beauden Barrett who beetled through Scotland’s outside defences

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Manchester City break clear of Chelsea in WSL after Bronze’s freak own goal

Khadija Shaw hits hat-trick in City’s 5-0 rout of West Ham Chelsea held 1-1 by Everton after Lucy Bronze own goal An own goal by defender Lucy Bronze ⁠against Everton cost Chelsea top spot in the Women’s ⁠Super League as ⁠they ​were held to a 1-1 draw at home, allowing Manchester City ⁠to leapfrog them with a 5-0 drubbing of West Ham. Bronze headed ⁠the ball back across the goal to tee ​up Sandy Baltimore ‌to score ‌from close range in the 28th minute, but ‌five minutes later her attempted clearance rolled into her own net to put Everton level. The visitors held on for a draw as Chelsea droppe

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