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Title race fans might assume this is a weekend Manchester City narrow the five-point gap to Arsenal. With Pep Guardiola’s side visiting newly-promoted Leeds United and the league leaders hosting …

Leeds have a remarkable record at Elland Road under the lights. It could impact the title race Read More

The Premier League has finally decided to cut out the middle man by launching its own direct-to-consumer streaming channel in Singapore — a move that may signal the end of …

Premier League trialling direct-to-consumer streaming in Singapore: Is this the future? Read More

Strap yourselves in, we have ourselves a proper title race. Five points separate Manchester City from league leaders Arsenal, which could close to just two if City win their game …

Arsenal vs Manchester City: Analysing the Premier League title race Read More

Arsenal almost broke even for the 2024-25 financial year, recording an overall loss of £1.4million, while announcing record revenues of £691m. The overall loss included £15.2m of written-off player values …

Arsenal announce record revenues and wage bill in seventh straight loss-making year Read More

Justin Setterfield / Getty Images Feb. 25, 2026Updated 6:36 a.m. EST The referee who disallowed a Tottenham Hotspur equaliser in Sunday’s north London derby has said he is “comfortable” with …

North London derby referee stands by decision to rule out Tottenham equaliser Read More

In the flurry of abhorrent messages sent to four Premier League footballers at the weekend, a notable one was shared by Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Tolu Arokodare on his Instagram stories. …

The growing link between gambling and racist abuse of Premier League players Read More

Jesus celebrates during Arsenal’s fourth round win over Wigan James Fearn/Getty Images The FA Cup fifth round is almost upon us — and it feels like the start of the …

Arsenal fans: Take part in The Athletic’s FA Cup survey Read More

“If you’re going to score against Arsenal, it will be hard earned.” Those were the words of Brentford head coach Keith Andrews after their 1-1 draw at home to Mikel …

Why Arsenal have been immune to conceding counter-attack goals – for 36 games and counting Read More

Arsenal’s shortest away trip of the season felt, going into the game, like their biggest test so far. Reeling after sloppy performances had seen them throw away four points at …

How Arsenal adapted to Igor Tudor’s tactical system much more effectively than Spurs did Read More

Welcome to Row Z, The Athletic’s weekly column that shines a light on the bonkers side of the game. From clubs to managers, players to organisations, every week we’ll bring …

Row Z: Sheikh Brendan, the politicisation of headwear and Sweden being ‘Spursy’ Read More