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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is known for his innovative – often unorthodox – methods to motivate his players. This week he lit a fire at their London Colney training ground.Why? To “prepare” for a crucial week, he said.On Wednesday, they hosted Sporting in the Champions League and secured a place in the semi-finals. Next up is a visit to Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday – their closest challengers in the title race.”Every game we use different themes to try to prepare the game in the best possible way and that depends on what we do,” said Arteta.”The…

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George Balderson claimed four wickets as Lancashire dominated a rain-curtailed opening day of the County Championship Division Two match with Gloucestershire in Bristol.After losing the toss, the home side had plunged to 124-6 off 44 overs by the time the weather brought play to a halt at 14:45 BST, with seamer Balderson producing figures of 4-27 from 16 overs, including a spell of 3-5 either side of lunch.Ollie Price top-scored with 35 on another miserable day for the home side, who went into the match following innings defeats in their first two games.Balderson’s contribution was all the more important given…

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Chelsea midfielder Cole Palmer says he has “no plans” to leave the club after insisting he “laughs” at reports linking him to Manchester United.The 23-year-old England international joined the Blues from Manchester City in 2023 in a £42.5m deal.Despite spending 13 years at the Etihad, Palmer is a boyhood Manchester United fan. After 43 goals in his first 97 appearances for Chelsea over his first two seasons at Stamford Bridge, Palmer has managed just 10 this campaign.It has been suggested that Palmer’s drop in form has been partly influenced by homesickness, which led to reports that Manchester United could try…

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We had to get special dispensation for Alex to get a Premier League winners medal in 1998. Back then, you needed 10 appearances to get one – he had only made seven.Everyone at the club thought he fully deserved it, though, and the Arsenal fans took to Alex too, because of how brilliantly he played.They had a song for him, roughly to the tune of the nursery rhyme Three Blind Mice.Alex Manninger, Alex ManningerGot a sore finger, got a sore fingerLoves Arsene Wenger, loves Arsene WengerWe would sing it to him too, whenever he came into the room. He loved…