A distant relative found a family link to the football prodigy, as they are both related to George Male, the first player to win six English top-flight titles

Mikel Arteta has admitted that Arsenal’s defeat by title rivals Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final last month left him feeling like he had a ‘ball of poison’ in his stomach

Senegal have stunningly been stripped of their Africa Cup of Nations title after Morocco, who they beat in January’s final in Rabat, saw their appeal to the Confederation of African Football’s discipl...

Next year’s Africa Cup of Nations could be postponed until 2028 owing to doubts over the readiness of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to host

Inaugural prize expected to be handed to Donald Trump but ‘process’ for choosing future winners to be proposed by controversial tycoon’s committee

How Arsenal-supporting family put the youngster on road to history-making appearance at Emirates on Wednesday

Brexit and PSR are contributing to a spike in the fees and wages offered by big clubs for teenagers, but is this stockpiling really raising standards?

The Confederation of African Football’s general secretary, Véron Mosengo-Omba, has been accused of running the organisation as his ‘proprietorship’

Marcia Lewis has handled her son’s stellar rise by becoming an agent and setting up No1Fan.club to support parents of children in academies

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Crystal Palace are confident they will be cleared to play in next season’s Europa League even if French club Lyon also qualify

Geoff Thomas, Alan Smith and Pape Souaré recall their Wembley experiences and hope Palace finally go one better this year

After leading the Eredivisie by nine points with five games to go, Ajax now trail PSV by a point going into the final day of the season.

Senegal forward’s signing last summer was years in the making and his double helped fire Palace to the FA Cup final

Former coach’s conduct is said to be the tip of the iceberg and Fifa continues to investigate matters related to abuse

Former coach’s conduct is said to be the tip of the iceberg and Fifa continues to investigate matters related to abuse

Brighton and Cameroonian midfielder tells Ed Aarons about adapting at Brighton while grieving for his mother and how his parents shaped his work ethic

Andrea Berta, Arsenal’s sporting director, is understood to have met with Nico Williams’s agent, with the club heavily scouting the forward over the past two years

Crystal Palace have opened talks with manager Oliver Glasner over extending his contract in an attempt to ward off potential interest from RB Leipzig

Squad containing 15- and 16-year-olds will have Emirates stadium experience in FA Youth Cup tie against Manchester United

A club that missed out on the Afghan title has disbanded in protest at what it says is the federation’s failure to properly investigate allegations of match-fixing

The Zambian FA’s president Andrew Kamanga was re-elected unopposed after eight nominees were disqualified

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Arsenal have had a significant bid for Ollie Watkins rejected by Aston Villa, after identifying the England striker as a priority target

Tomas Rosicky is a leading contender to become Arsenal’s sporting director, although any return to his former club would likely be put on hold until the end of the season

Gunners must negotiate nine matches this month but manager says squad is one of the ‘thinnest’ in the top flight

Powerful acceptance speech for best male player at CAF awards matched a specially designed agbada for the occasion