Mikel Arteta suggests Arsenal star could be out until 2026 after injury update

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta suggests the Gunners could be without a key player until 2026 after a pre-Chelsea injury update.

Arsenal set for Premier League six-pointer against Chelsea

The Gunners face a brief period of assessment ahead of Sunday’s Premier League blockbuster at Stamford Bridge, with Arteta sweating over the fitness of a few key players following Wednesday’s triumphant Champions League win over Bayern Munich.

Their commanding 3-1 victory over the German champions came at a cost, with Leandro Trossard forced off in the first half through injury.

The Belgian’s withdrawal was a fairly worrying sight given his excellent form this season, though substitute Noni Madueke stepped up brilliantly in Trossard’s stead to score his first goal for the club.

Arteta played down fears surrounding Trossard’s injury in his post-match press conference, suggesting the decision to withdraw him was precautionary rather than enforced by serious damage.

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However, the manager’s cautious approach means Trossard’s participation against Chelsea remains uncertain, with Arsenal’s medical staff set to analyse his condition ahead of Sunday.

Kai Havertz and Viktor Gyokeres are also doubts for this weekend, with Arteta refusing to confirm their involvement against Chelsea following their spells out through injury.

Havertz has been nursing a knee problem which required surgery, keeping him out since the very start of 2025/2026, while Mikel Merino has deputised well in place of Gyokeres, who hasn’t featured since their 2-0 win over Burnley at Turf Moor.

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Gabriel Jesus continues to work his way back to full fitness after 11 months out with an ACL injury, with the Brazilian participating in a behind-closed-doors friendly this week.

Jesus is actually set for an ‘earlier than expected’ return from injury, but uncertainty continues to surround his compatriot Gabriel Magalhaes.

The star defender injured his thigh on international duty with Brazil and is set to miss the trip to Chelsea, with Arteta also asked if he’ll return before the end of 2025.

Mikel Arteta suggests Arsenal star Gabriel could be out until 2026

When asked by reporters if Gabriel would make a return to the field this year, Arteta’s answer cast doubt.

This suggests that the £100 million defender may not be back until 2026, thrusting summer signings Piero Hincapie and Cristhian Mosquera right into the spotlight.

Hincapie was given the nod for Arsenal’s 4-1 win over Spurs last weekend, and the Ecuadorian performed very well alongside William Saliba at the heart of Arteta’s backline.

Mosquera was then chosen to partner Saliba against Bayern, and again earned plaudits for his display, so Arsenal’s boss has a key selection decision to make against Enzo Maresca’s side.

Rashid three-for, Ibrahim fifty lead Afghanistan to series win

A rapid powerplay meant the Afghanistan batters were never troubled during their chase of 126

Alagappan Muthu31-Oct-2025

Rashid Khan took three wickets to derail Zimbabwe’s innings•Zimbabwe Cricket

Afghanistan cruised to a series victory over Zimbabwe, with Ibrahim Zadran backing up a disciplined bowling performance with a half-century of his own. Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Abdollah Ahmadzai and Rashid Khan had limited the hosts to 125 all out in Harare, setting up a straight-forward chase.Mujeeb stiflesZimbabwe tried to do the right thing. Their batters realised the importance of getting set. They attempted to regroup when wickets fell. There was no collapse this time, but there was no redemption either.Opener Dion Myers looked to be doing well against Mujeeb, only to sweep him straight to short fine. He was aiming to clear the fielder because there was no one in the deep. Good plan. Bad execution.Brendan Taylor was less adventurous, perhaps wanting to make amends for a low-percentage shot that led to a first-ball dismissal on Wednesday. But Mujeeb kept building pressure. It was the last over of the powerplay. Zimbabwe were 34 for 2, having only hit three boundaries. Trying to exploit the field restrictions before they ran out, Taylor was caught at mid-off, trying to hit the bowler over his head.Zimbabwe had the best of intentions. It didn’t stop them backfiring.Abdollah the enforcerThe pitch was slightly on the slower side – except whenever Abdollah came on to bowl. The 22-year-old fast bowler is all hustle and bustle, hitting the deck and troubling batters with bounce. Ryan Burl, who was in the middle of patching things up with his captain Sikandar Raza, fell trying to swat one of Abdollah’s well-directed short balls off his face. Zimbabwe slipped to 57 for 4. They couldn’t score more than a run a ball in seven of the first 10 overs.Sikander Raza held Zimbabwe’s innings together•Zimbabwe Cricket

Raza’s resistanceRaza tried to do his best to shepherd the innings forward. He came in during the fifth over and showed that run-scoring was still possible, hitting two fours off his first two balls – though both of them were overpitched and allowed him the freedom of his super fast hands. His best shot was an inside out, one-bounce four over extra cover, against a yorker gone wrong from Abdollah.All this happened while the Afghanistan captain Rashid Khan was tending to an injury to his right hand in the field. He had only bowled one over till then. When he picked the ball back up in the 17th, he knocked over Raza, which left the score at 104 for 6, and then ran through the tail. Zimbabwe’s highest partnership was just 24 runs.Ibrahim anchors the chaseAfghanistan ransacked nine boundaries in the powerplay, three times as many as their opposition. Some of that was good strokeplay. The rest of it was just Zimbabwe offering what every batter wants on a sluggish pitch – width and the chance to get under the ball.Ibrahim Zadran helped himself to back-to-back T20I fifties, though this one was a little more hard work. Afghanistan went 43 balls without a boundary after the powerplay but they’d done enough damage while the field was up, scoring 54 of the required 126.Questions remain over Afghanistan’s middle order. Sediqullah Atal – who had turned his right ankle while fielding and required attention – and Darwish Rasooli combined to score just 25 runs in 32 balls through the middle overs.

"مش مرتاح".. تعليق قوي من شوبير بعد تعادل منتخب مصر مع الإمارات في كأس العرب

علّق الإعلامي أحمد شوبير على تعادل منتخب مصر الثاني أمام منتخب الإمارات في الجولة الثانية من مرحلة المجموعات ببطولة كأس العرب 2025، مؤكدًا أنه غير راضٍ عن أداء المنتخب رغم الخروج بنقطة التعادل.

وقال شوبير في تصريحاته الإذاعية: “يا جماعة، لماذا نشعر بالخوف بهذا الشكل؟ ما معنى ضبط الأداء الدفاعي؟ لا يوجد شيء بهذا المعنى في كرة القدم بصراحة”.

وتابع: “كابتن حلمي طولان يعرف قيمته عندي، لكن وجود عمرو السولية ومحمد النني وغنام في وسط الملعب أمر صعب، بل صعب جدًا، ومع ذلك، تبرير الأمر بضبط الأداء الدفاعي لا أعتقد أنه كان تفكيرًا صحيحًا من الكابتن حلمي، عندما تواجه الفريق الذي أمامك، يجب أن تظهر له أنك داخل بعقلية هجومية شرسة”.

وواصل: “أعجبني كثيرًا تصريح الكابتن علي ماهر عندما قال إن دوره هو جعل الهجوم أكثر شراسة، وهذا بالفعل ما حدث، والدليل أن سيراميكا كليوباترا يتصدر الدوري العام، الشراسة مهمة جدًا جدًا، وأن تبدأ المباراة مهاجمًا من اللحظة الأولى إذا كنت تريد الفوز”.

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وأضاف: “هناك من يقول إن الدفاع الجيد يؤدي إلى الفوز، وأنا لا أعترض، لكن يجب أن يبدأ الدفاع من رأس الحربة بشكل جيد، وفي الوقت نفسه يجب أن يكون هناك توازن هجومي دفاعي، هذا أمر بالغ الأهمية، نعم، يجب أن ندافع بشكل جيد، لكن كيف ندافع دون أن نهاجم؟ ما معنى الدفاع دون هجوم؟ هل يعقل أن يُختبر حارس مرمانا بينما لا يُختبر حارس الفريق المنافس؟”.

واستكمل: “هناك الكثير مما يمكن قوله عن المنتخب الثاني، لكن الأهم أن أمامنا مباراة يجب أن نفوز بها، وحتى إذا تعادلنا بشرط تعادل المنافسين، قد نتأهل، لكن ما كنت أحب أبدًا أن نكون في المركز الثاني بعد مباراتين بنقطتين فقط، كنت أتمنى أن نكون قد حققنا الفوز، وأن نكون أكثر استعدادًا للمراحل المقبلة”.

وأردف: “حتى لو تأهلنا – وهذا ما نتمناه جميعًا – سيكون الأمر صعبًا، لأنك ستواجه منتخبات قوية مثل السعودية والعراق، وهي منتخبات تمتلك قوة كبيرة في كرة القدم، إلا إذا أكرمنا الله بقرعة أسهل”.

واختتم: “الجزائر فازت على البحرين بخمسة أهداف، والجزائر والمغرب مثلنا يشاركان بالمنتخب الثاني، بينما تونس ذهبت بالمنتخب الأول، بشكل عام، أنا لست سعيدًا، ولست مرتاحًا، لدي شعور بعدم الارتياح، لكن في النهاية، يجب أن نستمر في دعم المنتخب كما اتفقنا، لأن الدعم في وسط البطولة أمر مهم للغاية”.

Copa Verde, Campeonato Maranhense e Rondoniense: saiba onde assistir as finais desta quarta-feira

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A bola vai rolar nesta quarta-feira para diversas finais espalhadas pelo Brasil. São os casos da Copa Verde, do Campeonato Maranhense e do Campeonato Rondoniense. Confira abaixo tudo sobre onde assistir, horário e boas histórias sobre as decisões.

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VILA NOVA X PAYSANDU
🗓️ Data e horário: quarta-feira, 29 de maio de 2024, às 20h (de Brasília);
📍 Local: Olímpico Pedro Ludovico, em Goiânia (GO);
📺 Onde assistir: não terá transmissão pela TV ou serviços de streaming definidos, ao menos por enquanto. A exibição da partida deverá ser de responsabilidade dos clubes envolvidos na decisão.

O torcedor do Paysandu já comprou faixas de campeão da Copa Verde. Só um milagre tira esse título do Papão, tendo em vista que a equipe goleou por 6 a 0 na primeira partida da final.

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Com o hat-trick, no primeiro jogo da final, o atacante Nicolas alcançou a marca de cinco gols na Copa Verde. Porém, os dados do centroavante do Papão não param por aí. Por exemplo: o jogador é o vice-artilheiro do Brasil, atrás somente de Pedro, do Flamengo, que tem 20 gols em jogos.

Nicolas tem 17 gols em 26 jogos e supera atacantes renomados como Júnior Santos, Germán Cano, Gabigol, Vegetti, Tiquinho Soares e Endrick.

SAMPAIO CORRÊA X MARANHÃO
🗓️ Data e horário: quarta-feira, 29 de maio de 2024, às 19h30 (de Brasília);
📍 Local: Castelão, São Luís (MA);
📺 Onde assistir: TV Sampaio.

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Sampaio Corrêa e Maranhão se enfrentam pelo primeiro jogo da final do Campeonato Maranhense após as finais serem alvo de polêmica. Na ocasião, o MAC eliminou o Tuntum, que perdeu pontos por entrar em campo com um jogador irregular.

O Maranhão chegou a empatar num primeiro jogo da final do Campeonato Maranhense com o Sampaio Corrêa. No entanto, o Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva (STJD) anulou a final, contra a Bolívia Querida, e a semifinal, contra o Tuntum. Com isso, o Moto Club se tornou um dos semifinalistas, mas também acabou sendo eliminado pelo MAC.

BARCELONA X PORTO VELHO
🗓️ Data e horário: quarta-feira, 29 de maio de 2024, às 16h30 (de Brasília);
📍 Local: Estádio Aluízio Ferreira, Porto Velho (RO);
📺 Onde assistir: sem informações sobre a transmissão.

O atrativo desta para esta final do Campeonato Rondoniense também fica por conta do poder ofensivo do Porto Velho. Luan Vianna e Marco Goiano lideram a artilharia da competição. Ambos possuem sete gols cada.

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Mushfiqur eyes century-Test celebration against misfiring Ireland

Ireland will have to forget a rough Test in Sylhet if they are to spoil Bangladesh and Mushfiqur’s party

Mohammad Isam18-Nov-2025

Mushfiqur Rahim is due some runs•ICC via Getty Images

Big picture: Bangladesh look for series sweepThe second and final Test between Bangladesh and Ireland in Dhaka will start off as a celebration of Mushfiqur Rahim’s 100th Test match. Mushfiqur is the first Bangladesh cricketer to reach the milestone, and tributes poured in from current and former team-mates and coaches. Ireland, meanwhile, will no doubt try to spoil the party.Ireland were no match for Bangladesh in the first Test in Sylhet, where they went down by an innings and 47 runs. Only when Paul Stirling and Cade Carmichael batted well on the first day did Ireland look in the game. They crumbled for the rest of the game.Related

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Stirling and Carmichael hit fifties, while Andy McBrine also fought hard to get a half-century in the second innings. Left-arm spinner Matthew Humphreys took an expensive five-wicket haul. But all told, Ireland had a forgettable outing.Bangladesh had plenty of strong performers including Mahmudul Hasan Joy, who returned to the Test side with 171. Mahmudul looked compact at the crease, and opened up his shoulders once he reached his second Test century. Najmul Hossain Shanto also struck a century, his eighth in Tests and fourth as the captain. It was a rapid knock, aided by Litton Das’ stroke-filled 60. Shadman Islam and Mominul Haque also made eighties.It was Bangladesh’s bowling that put them on top in the first place. The spinners Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam and Hasan Murad took 14 wickets among them. Murad, making his Test debut, bowled tight lengths with found subtle turn from time to time. Fast bowlers Nahid Rana and Hasan Mahmud too contributed with wickets in both innings.Mushfiqur was the only one in the Bangladesh top five who didn’t get a fifty. Perhaps he is saving one for the big occasion.Form guideBangladesh WLDWL
Ireland LWWWLMahmudul Hasan Joy celebrates his hundred in Sylhet•BCB

In the spotlight: Mahmudul Hasan Joy and Paul StirlingMahmudul Hasan Joy returning to Test cricket with an innings 171 is an encouraging sign for the young batter. He is said to have corrected his technique and worked on his mental make-up after he was dropped earlier this year. He played mainly in front of square on the off side, and struck a few good-looking drives. He looked focused and clearly wanted to play a long innings, which was the promise on which he was brought into the Test side in his debut four years ago.Paul Stirling looked comfortable in both innings in Sylhet, though he couldn’t quite make either a big one. He was enterprising in his handling of Rana in the first innings, cutting and square driving with ease. He had a tougher role in the second innings in Balbirnie’s absence from the top order and was later run out for 43. Stirling will have another major role in Dhaka, particularly because of his ability to handle low, spinning deliveries.Andy McBrine was one of the Ireland batters to give a good account of himself in Sylhet•Bangladesh Cricket Board

Team news: Teams likely to make one change eachEbadot Hossain could take Rana’s place in the only change in the Bangladesh playing XI.Bangladesh (probable): 1 Shadman Islam, 2 Mahmudul Hasan Joy, 3 Mominul Haque, 4 Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), 5 Mushfiqur Rahim, 6 Litton Das (wk), 7 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 8 Taijul Islam, 9 Hasan Murad, 10 Hasan Mahmud, 11 Ebadot HossainGavin Hoey could enter the fray for Ireland, replacing Craig Young in the spinners’ paradise that is Dhaka.Ireland (probable): 1 Cade Carmichael, 2 Andy Balbirnie (capt), 3 Paul Stirling, 4 Harry Tector, 5 Curtis Campher, 6 Lorcan Tucker (wk), 7 Andy McBrine, 8 Jordan Neill, 9 Barry McCarthy, 10 Gavin Hoey, 11 Matthew HumphreysPitch and conditions: A spin test as alwaysThe spin fest during the Bangladesh vs West Indies ODI series in Dhaka last month could continue into this Test match. The weather is on the drier side.Stats and trivia: Mahmudul takes second spot Mahmudul’s 171 is the second-highest score by a Bangladeshi opener in Test cricket. Jordan Neill was Ireland’s youngest Test debutant in Sylhet, at 20 years and 69 days. During the Sylhet Test, Taijul became the third Bangladesh bowler after Abdur Razzak and Enamul Haque to reach 500 first-class wickets.

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