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Arsène Wenger lifts the FA Cup in May. Ivan Gazidis said on Thursday: ‘Sorry, old friend, but you are not the trophy we all want.’ Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Arsenal Emotions Run High With Talk Of Change Not Yet Matched By Actions

by Amy Lawrence | Jul 2, 2017 | Sports

London- Addressing an audience of around 250 Arsenal supporters Ivan Gazidis said there had barely been a single hour since the end of the season when he was not working on club business. A summer’s evening spent at the Royal Oak Suite at the Emirates summed up how...

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Ronaldo lifts the trophy after Brazil win the 2002 World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Germany. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Ronaldo’s Redemption: Recalling the Brazil Striker’s World Cup Fairytale 15 Years on

by Amy Lawrence | Jul 1, 2017 | Sports

In Saitama, during the summer of 2002, a busload of Japanese commuters facing the tiring last leg of their journey home found themselves suddenly overwhelmed by a gang of exuberant Brazilians who jumped aboard armed with ukeleles, percussion and an outpouring of...

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Kylian Mbappé, centre, warms up ahead of France’s World Cup qualification defeat by Sweden – a result that has brought calls for a shake-up of the national team. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images

Kylian Mbappé in Poll Position as France Urges Change after World Cup Loss

by Amy Lawrence | Jun 13, 2017 | Sports

Paris – L’Equipe is running a poll on its website at the moment, giving readers the chance to put themselves inside Didier Deschamps’s head and select a full squad of 23 to take to the World Cup next summer. Around 300,000 have duly sifted through the long list...

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Szczesny with Gianluigi Buffon after Roma played Juventus in December. Photograph: Alessandro Di Marco/EPA

Wojciech Szczesny: ‘I am the Best I Have Ever Been. I Don’t Want to Stand Still’

by Amy Lawrence | Jun 2, 2017 | Sports

London – Per Mertesacker recently got in touch with Wojciech Szczesny to invite him to the FA Cup final and the Arsenal squad’s end‑of‑season get-together. The gesture was genuinely appreciated. Loan players can easily feel out of sight and out of mind. The...

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Ray Parlour breaks the deadlock in the 2002 FA Cup final with the long-range goal the Arsenal midfielder later described as ‘probably the greatest moment of my life’. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

It was Arsenal’s Day in 2002 – but it Has Mostly been Chelsea’s Ever Since

by Amy Lawrence | May 27, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture, Sports

London – Winding the clock back to 2002, the last time Arsenal and Chelsea contested the FA Cup final, one of the telling moments took place at the end. Tony Adams, in what would be his final appearance before retirement, sought out a young John Terry, who had...