Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta admitted he was "pretty worried" over an injury suffered by star winger Bukayo Saka in Saturday's 5-1 win over Crystal Palace.

Frank Anguissa and Amir Rrahmani scored Napoli's goals in an eight-minute spell in the first half before Andrea Pinamonti cut the deficit early in the second period.

Should Saka, Arsenal's player of the season so far, be out for a significant time with a hamstring injury, an in-form Jesus will certainly be needed.

Pedri sent the Catalans ahead but second-half goals from Rodrigo De Paul and Alexander Sorloth helped Diego Simeone's side move three points clear at the top of the table, having played one match fewer than Barca.

Newcastle United striker Alexander Isak bagged a hat-trick as his side thrashed Ipswich Town 4-0 in the Premier League on Saturday, with two of the goals arriving as early Christmas gifts from the hapless home defence.

National discard forward Nabib Newaj Jibon scored in his third successive match in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to help Rahmatganj MFS register an emphatic 3-1 win over Brothers Union at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Flight Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Mymensingh today.

Aston Villa beat crisis-hit Manchester City 2-1 on Saturday to heap more misery on floundering manager Pep Guardiola, who has now suffered nine defeats in his past 12 matches.

Carlo Ancelotti warned Real Madrid's La Liga rivals Saturday that superstar striker Kylian Mbappe's adaptation period is now complete.

George Eastham, a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad, has died at 88, his former club Stoke City said on Friday.

Pep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland will find his form so long as the rest of his Manchester City team-mates raise their game but has not ruled out January transfer window signings as he looks to revive the Premier League champions' fortunes.

Diego Simeone's red-hot Atletico are one of the most in-form teams in Europe on an 11-game winning streak in all competitions and looking like a well-oiled machine with Antoine Griezmann, Julian Alvarez and Rodrigo de Paul firing on all cylinders.

"There is no winner in this case which involves members of my family and people I have known since childhood," the former Juventus and Manchester United star said through his lawyer.

There was little mood for celebration after at least two people were killed and more than 60 injured when a vehicle barrelled through a crowd of revellers in Magdeburg at high speed, leaving a trail of bloody carnage.

Leicester City midfielder Hamza Choudhury has hoped that his decision to switch allegiance from England to Bangladesh will open up avenues for Bangladeshi players to play in European leagues.

The Reds have a two-point lead over second-placed Chelsea after 15 games and are six points ahead of Arsenal, with a game in hand over both after their match at Everton was postponed due adverse weather conditions caused by Storm Darragh.

The Portugal international missed all five matches in November with a calf problem but returned at the start of December and has been an ever-present this month.

A depleted Abahani tasted their maiden victory over Bashundhara Kings in the Bangladesh Premier League when they handed the defending champions a 1-0 defeat at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla today.

The BFF president also announced plans to organise a one-month training camp for the national team during the midseason break of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), aiming to prepare for next year's Asian Cup qualifiers against India.

 Tottenham Hotspur survived a furious Manchester United comeback to reach the League Cup semi-finals with a 4-3 home victory in a gripping tie littered with bizarre errors on Thursday.

A Paris court on Thursday sentenced a brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.