Arsenal have been given a welcome lift with the news that Declan Rice’s injury is not serious

Six London players with roots on Montserrat have helped transform the Caribbean island’s football fortunes and put a Gold Cup within reach

The Kosovar heritage of Xherdan Shaqiri, Granit Xhaka and Valon Behrami means there is extra needle for the pivotal meeting in Kaliningrad

Kosovans are prepared to show their gratitude for the UK’s role in ending a brutal conflict by giving England’s team and fans an emotional welcome

A blog dissecting teams, players, tactics and managers started a journey which has led the 26-year-old to a coaching job at Red Bull Salzburg

The Ipswich manager, Kieran McKenna, has signed a new contract to 2028 that makes him one of the highest-paid managers in England

Read a classic Arsenal Magazine interview with Arsenal club captain Mikel Arteta from May 2014

Keeper has played a big part in a great start to season and he tells Nick Ames why he is so fleet of foot and why he loves his manager Kieran McKenna

Ipswich clinched promotion to the Premier League after goals from Wes Burns and Omari Hutchinson eased them to a 2-0 win over relegated Huddersfield

The former Manchester United coach who has overseen an unlikely promotion from League One tells Nick Ames about sticking to his principles

Mikel Arteta was on a sharp learning curve as he joined Manchester City’s coaching staff in 2016 and he will bring much of Pep Guardiola’s analytical mind to his new job at Arsenal

Everything you need to know (and more) about every squad member in Germany. Click on the player pictures for a fuller profile and match ratings

After a season in which his team’s bus was targeted in a bomb attack the US international is now looking forward to the German Cup final and thinks he could not have found a club better prepared to...

The 19-year-old winger, who wouldn’t dream of playing for England, tells Nick Ames why his decision to leave Nottingham Forest for RB Leipzig is a lesson for teenage talent hoarding Premier League...

West Ham’s Europa League opponents are one of several clubs outside Hungary benefiting from Hungarian assistance

From a ban for drug use in 2016 to an enduring strike partnership with Baghdad Bounedjah, destiny appears on the side of Algeria’s maverick Youcef Belaili in the Africa Cup of Nations

Not watching the television when rivals were in action helped in focusing on promotion for a club – and town – that is reborn

In his tenth and final season at Bayern Munich Arjen Robben talks about his extraordinary decade in Bavaria and his burning desire to avenge Champions League traumas at Anfield

Andrey Arshavin has retired at 37 after three years in the Kazakh Premier League and his career is hard to define: did he under- or over-achieve?

Kieran McKenna has transformed Ipswich from a third-tier team into one that has upset clubs with far greater resources

Supporters of clubs in Norway have demonstrated against the use of a video assistant referee, while Sweden continues to hold out against introduction

Kosovo’s exciting team that has grown up quickly has more than just possible Euro 2020 qualification as motivation

The Africa Cup of Nations has traditionally been in the winter but with a new summer schedule, expanded field and many top names, it's must-see TV.

Senegal manager Aliou Cisse and Algeria boss Djamel Belmadi grew up playing against each other. On Friday they meet with an AFCON title on the line.

Union Berlin are determined not to change as their first season in the unified Germany’s top division kicks off

Getting to grips with club is like ‘sitting on a volcano’ but big plans are afoot as Thursday’s Europa League semi-final awaits

The former Hammer joins fellow summer signings Kai Havertz and Jurrien Timber in timely revamp – a bold statement of the Gunners’ intent

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia is thought by many to be the best region within Uefa boundaries to pilot an integrated league

Kosovo's national team only began playing five years ago, but have hope to reach the European Championship and can give England a qualifying scare.

The formation of a European super league has been gaining traction, but it would mean the end of romance like Red Star's shock upset of Liverpool.

A blog dissecting teams, players, tactics and managers started a journey which has led the 26-year-old to a coaching job at Red Bull Salzburg

Italy’s Serie B was plunged into chaos by three pre-season bankruptcies and Entella, who had hoped to profit, now find themselves in limbo between the second and third tiers

"We can win the Europa League. If we couldn't, there's no point competing." Ostersunds FK chairman Daniel Kindberg has big goals for his tiny team.

They're the lowest-ranked nation at this summer's Africa Cup of Nations (their first), have survived brutal civil war and carry the hope of home with them to Egypt. In a sense, they've already won.

Pulisic’s long wait pays off, Rodgers helps Vardy roll back the years and Nuno the perfectionist is back on track

Our photographer Tom Jenkins was at Portman Road to witness the scenes as the Tractor Boys’ victory meant a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2002

Arsenal’s head of football, Raul Sanllehi, is the lone survivor of the process that led to the recruitment of Unai Emery – and he cannot afford to get it wrong again