Litein High School students in Kenya burn institution after demand to watch Arsenal vs Manchester City match is declined

Litein High School students in Kenya burn institution after demand to watch Arsenal vs Manchester City match is declined

The students’ grievances, neighbours say, was the school administration’s decision to bar them from watching a live English Premier League match between Arsenal Footfall Club and Manchester City Football Club that ended in a 1-1 draw.

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Living in limbo: Rejected by kin and kith, Murang’a’s East African school games shot putt hero cries out for ministry support

Living in limbo: Rejected by kin and kith, Murang’a’s East African school games shot putt hero cries out for ministry support

The Grade Eight pupil at Ndeera Primary and Junior School in Makuyu lives alone in a small rented shack, two kilometres from the school compound. The shack is a single room with a tiny bed in the corner. The bed serves as both his dining table and study area.

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Mirror images or complementarity? Fans wonder if Man City and Arsenal managers are football’s Siamese twins

Mirror images or complementarity? Fans wonder if Man City and Arsenal managers are football’s Siamese twins

Last season, Arteta was promoting the idea of two squads to cope with the packed calendar, while Guardiola was an outlier, complaining about having a bloated squad. Arsenal have improved their depth drastically to reach a head count of 25, but it is Guardiola who has moved position by starting the season carrying 26 senior players for the first time.

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Football bosses make modest alterations in league structure, retain Kanya Premier League format for 2025-26 season

Football bosses make modest alterations in league structure, retain Kanya Premier League format for 2025-26 season

According to a press statement by FKF, the 2025-26 league season that kicked off in on September 19, 2025, will run through to June 2026, maintaining the traditional nine-month calendar.

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A reset Arsenal hands Nottingham Forest a hiding in a match ‘Nigerian’ boys Eze and Madueke’s flair wowed opposition

A reset Arsenal hands Nottingham Forest a hiding in a match ‘Nigerian’ boys Eze and Madueke’s flair wowed opposition

This has not been the first time the first international break in the season has been necessary for Arteta to rejig things. The biggest example was in the 2021-22 season, when Aaron Ramsdale, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ben White, Gabriel and Kieran Tierney became his new-look back five to help recover from a poor start to the season.

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‘Let it all work out’: Return of Eze Eberechi to Arsenal inspires new sense belonging and the boys are rocking

‘Let it all work out’: Return of Eze Eberechi to Arsenal inspires new sense belonging and the boys are rocking

A fair amount of consideration appears to have gone into Arsenal’s new signing announcements throughout the summer. Most have been themed around what that particular player would bring to the club. For example, part of the focus of Martin Zubimendi’s announcement video was control and rhythm, to demonstrate the qualities he would bring to Arsenal’s midfield.

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Some 1.5 million fans from 210 countries apply for FIFA World Cup Visa Presale Draw tickets

Some 1.5 million fans from 210 countries apply for FIFA World Cup Visa Presale Draw tickets

FIFA timing of a fan’s entry into the Visa Presale Draw during the entry period would not impact the fans’ chances of success and fans who have not yet applied could submit an entry any time before 11 am ET (17:00 CET) on September 19.

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If Grimsby’s humiliation of Man United isn’t demo of hope and possibilities of English football pyramid, then nothing is

If Grimsby’s humiliation of Man United isn’t demo of hope and possibilities of English football pyramid, then nothing is

We literally have the word ‘grim’ in our name, we wear black and white stripes (“Oooh it’s just like watching Juventus”), carry inflatable fish (that’s Harry the Haddock, by the way) and sing incessantly about the industry that once made Grimsby the world’s largest port (“yes we do, yes we do”). The chant “all Town aren’t we” is not a question. It’s a statement, maybe even a state of mind sometimes.

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Tidying up fitness imbalances: How fit do you have to be to play in English Premier League?

Tidying up fitness imbalances: How fit do you have to be to play in English Premier League?

Athletes would then receive a detailed report including graphics and graphs, to help them understand what’s working well and what needs improvement. The athletes’ data then gets compared to normative information collected from Speedworks, a company run by renowned performance consultant Jonas Dodoo.

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After two weeks of new Premier League season some ghastly injuries raise questions about fitness levels of players

After two weeks of new Premier League season some ghastly injuries raise questions about fitness levels of players

For context, Eduardo, now 24, spent four years at EFL club Lincoln City’s academy as a teenager and still plays regular five-a-side when he is not writing articles, so he is probably in better shape than most of us who watch sport for a living instead of playing it.

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