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A young fan holds up a sign after the MLS All-Star soccer match between Arsenal and the MLS All-Stars, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Washington
Toffees struggle to savour final games before heading to new stadium
Bournemouth merited their triumph over Mikel Arteta’s underwhelming Gunners who had one eye very much on their crucial Champions League clash v PSG
A HOT and steamy mid-afternoon in the US capital during a record-breaking heatwave is an experience to behold. The mercury was nearing 100°F and humidity levels were even higher. The sun was blazing down.
You could barely breathe in the heat. To decide to walk was to invite sweat so prodigious it looked as if someone had thrown a bucket of water over you.
Around us were containers. Unprepossessing shipping containers that made up a public forum called The Bullpen in a recently regenerated area called Navy Yard. It wasn’t the most welcoming name for a meeting of like minds. Of people from a myriad of different creeds and colours and backgrounds and races and languages.
In the shadow of Heathrow and glow of Thorpe Park, a band of Arsenal loyalists have built something lasting — a grassroots club with old-school values, writes LAYTH YOUSIF
A point apiece at the Emirates with both Arsenal and Palace looking distracted by forthcoming semi-finals
