All news by author: John Cross

England head into next summer's European Championships as one of the favourites to lift the trophy and Gareth Southgate already has the basis for even more success going forwards

Arsenal's captain missed two recent fixtures after taking a blow in training and has now not reported for duty with Norway due to a separate issue as he receives treatment

Raheem Sterling has been left out of Gareth Southgate's England squad again despite his impressive form for Chelsea, while team-mate Cole Palmer has now been called up

Chelsea produced one of their best displays in the Premier League this season on Sunday as Cole Palmer's injury-time penalty secured a 4-4 draw against Man City

Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino had to be held back by his staff at the final whistle as he made a beeline for referee Anthony Taylor as he screamed at the official

Chelsea fell behind to Manchester City three times in an all-time cracker at Stamford Bridge, but earned a share of the spoils thanks to Cole Palmer's stoppage-time penalty against his old club

Reece James turned down a call-up to Gareth Southgate's latest England squad, with the Chelsea defender not yet feeling fully fit after a year blighted by injury issues

Gareth Southgate has admitted that trophies are the "missing piece" to Harry Kane's glittering career, with the forward in sensational form for Bayern Munich so far this season

Gareth Southgate has explained why his England contract does not expire until December 2024 as he prepares to lead the Three Lions into next summer's European Championship

JOHN CROSS COLUMN: Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was one of the Premier League's most high-profile managers to voice his concerns over the new "30 second rule" which was introduced this season

Thomas Partey hasn't featured for Arsenal since before the last international break and the midfielder isn't expected to return to action until 2024 due to injury

The Three Lions will take on Malta at home and North Macedonia away in the upcoming international break having already secured qualification for Euro 2024 in Germany

"Saka has played 183 games since the start of the 2020/21 campaign and is already on course for another 50 game season. That is a staggering total for a 22-year-old whose body is still developing and a player who gets kicked off the park virtually every week."

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta seems notably calm over the fitness of star player Bukayo Saka despite the winger limping out of the win over Sevilla injured on Wednesday

England have a number of fitness concerns going into their final two European qualifiers, but manager Gareth Southgate will name a strong squad for the double-header

Arsenal's dominant display against Sevilla was just what Mikel Arteta would have wanted after last Sunday's dramatic defeat at the hands of Newcastle and the subsequent fall-out

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is insisting that Gabriel Jesus prove his fitness for the Gunners before he heads off on international duty with Brazil after his hamstring injury

Gunners boss Arteta branded the officials “embarrassing” and a “disgrace” after referee Stuart Attwell allowed Anthony Gordon’s controversial winner at Newcastle to stand

Brazil boss Fernando Diniz has insisted that he wants to make his own checks on Arsenal forward Jesus - who has missed the last three games with a hamstring injury

Tottenham were beaten heavily by Chelsea on Monday night as they suffered their first Premier League defeat of the season, eventually going down 4-1 to Mauricio Pochettino's side after being reduced to nine men

Mikel Arteta was fuming with what happened in Arsenal's 1-0 loss to Newcastle on Saturday and let rip at the match officials in his post-game press conference

Tottenham had two men sent off as their unbeaten record came grinding to a halt with a 4-1 loss to Chelsea, on a night where VAR checks took over 20 minutes and five goals were disallowed in a crazy London derby

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Arsenal have been dealing with a lengthy list of absentees including striker Gabriel Jesus, who's on the verge of a comeback from injury ahead of the international break

Gareth Southgate's England will face titans Brazil on Saturday, March 23, before facing off against another heavyweight opponent in Belgium three days later on Tuesday, March 26