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Prodigal sons: When Bukayo Saka scored the opening goal during the Uefa Champions League match between Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven, the team did not look like it had spent six seasons in the wilderness. Photo: Charlotte Wilson/Offside/Getty Images

Gunners are back with a bang

Is Kgosientsho Ramokgopa an undercover Gunner?

Doing a Pep Guardiola?: The DA could have a pre-season wishlist and R500 million for the moonshot team. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

Is it moonshot or money shot in South Africa’s coalition land

Will Manchester City, like Mzwanele Manyi, pull off a treble this weekend?

Arsenal fans during their final game of the season against Wolves at the Emirates Stadium. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

No trophy for second, but Arsenal lived the dream

Mikel Arteta’s work-in-progress squad made the fans believe — and placed football on notice

Liverpool’s Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah (C) is comforted by team members and Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos (3nd L) as he leaves the pitch after injury during the UEFA Champions League final football match between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine on May 26, 2018. (Photo by Raddad Jebarah/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Champions League final preview: A tale of revenge for Liverpool

The Reds are the favourites this time around, but they must not let emotions of the past cloud their heads when they face Real Madrid on Saturday

NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND – MAY 16: Martin Oedegaard of Arsenal looks dejected following their sides defeat in the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St. James Park on May 16, 2022 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Newcastle blow up Arsenal’s Champions League dream

Mikel Arteta’s men were well beaten by the Magpies to almost certainly seal their fate in next year’s Europa League

Once more a Guardiola team failed to negotiate the fine margins that define the latter stages of the Champions League. (Photo by Alex Livesey – Danehouse/Getty Images)

Man City meltdown among most painful in Champions League history

Four times Pep Guardiola’s men held a two-goal advantage in a classic semi-final tie they eventually lost 6-5 on aggregate

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – APRIL 26: Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City celebrates scoring their 1st goal with Phil Foden of Manchester City during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final Leg One match between Manchester City and Real Madrid at City of Manchester Stadium on April 26, 2022 in Manchester, United Kingdom. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)

Three things we learned from Manchester City v Real Madrid

Man City make their Champions League mark but Benzema keeps Madrid alive

MILAN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 16: Naby Keita and Roberto Firmino of Liverpool FC applaud the fans following the final whistle of the UEFA Champions League Round Of Sixteen Leg One match between Inter and Liverpool FC at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on February 16, 2022 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Images)

Liverpool see off spirited Inter to put one foot in Champions League quarters

Goals from Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah in the last quarter of an hour gave Liverpool a commanding lead ahead of the last-16 second leg at Anfield in three weeks’ time

Players of Sheriff celebrate after Dimitrios Kolovos’ goal during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between Real Madrid and Sheriff at Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain on September 28, 2021. (Photo by Burak Akbulut/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Sheriff fire shot for less ‘Super’ clubs at Real Madrid

With all the talk of a European Super League for the elite, the minnows from the Moldovan league gave a timely reminder of the appeal of open competition

Euro 2020 shrouded in uncertainty 100 days before kick-off

The tournament is set to begin on 11 June, but Uefa are facing many logistical challenges due to travel restrictions

Nigeria’s Ndubuisi Egbo (l) and Nwankwo Kanu (r) walk off the pitch, shocked by their defeat on penalties  (Photo by Matthew Ashton/EMPICS via Getty Images)

Meet the first African coach to win a European league title

Nigeria’s Ndubuisi Egbo is also the first African coach to take a team into the European Champions League

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – JUNE 24:  Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp looks on prior to the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace at Anfield on June 24, 2020 in Liverpool, England. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

Klopp and his Beatles move on from ‘Yesterday’

The wait was long and painful, from the endless jokes to that Steven Gerrard slip. But after 30 years Liverpool are finally Premier League champions of England

Red-card artist: David Luiz of Arsenal battles for possession with Riyad Mahrez of Man City in Wednesday night’s game. Luiz was sent off after this incident. (Matt McNulty /Manchester City/Getty Images)

Football’s back but still no fags

‘Augmented’ level three has me conflicted. I’m happy more people will be able to go back to earning a living, but case numbers will rise

Preventative measures: Paris Saint-Germain (right) and Dortmund line up in an empty Parc des Princes stadium in Paris stadium.  (Getty Images/UEFA/AFP)

Covid-19 red cards major events

Sporting events, from football and tennis to rugby and cycling, on this year’s calendar are in doubt

Manchester United completed the double over Manchester City in the English Premier League for the first time in a decade. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Three things we learned from the Premier League

Derby delight for the Red Devils kept them on Chelsea’s coattails in the battle for a top-four finish, but it was also a good Sunday for the Blues as they thrashed Everton 4-0.

Timo Werner of RB Leipzig (right) celebrates scoring the winning goal with Christopher Nkunku during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg match between Tottenham Hotspur and RB Leipzig at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on February 19, 2020 in London, United Kingdom. (Visionhaus)

Can Spurs halt RB Leipzig’s despised march?

The Germans might not be making many friends back home but who needs them when you’re making history?

United must make Champions League to boost coffers

The club’s revenue for the three months to December 31 fell nearly 20% because of a £39-million drop in broadcasting income

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How Carlo Ancelotti has brought steel back to Everton

Everton are finally a team with direction again thanks to the Italian’s astute man-management

Chelsea Manager Frank Lampard applauds the home fans after the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Tottenham Hotspur at Stamford Bridge. (Visionhaus)

Three things we learned from the Premier League

Video Assistant Referee (VAR) was firmly back in the spotlight in the Premier League this weekend as Manchester United and Arsenal showed signs they are finding form as the race…

Harry Maguire of Manchester United celebrates scoring their second goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. (Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)

Race for Champions League descends into madness

Predicting who will qualify for Europe next season is now shamefully a fool’s errand