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Fleetwood Town knock Premier League champions Arsenal out of the Carabao Cup

Fourth-tier Fleetwood Town beat Premier League champions Arsenal on penalties in a Carabao Cup last-16 tie on 27 October 2026, a match halted for more than eight minutes after a drone was spotted above the stadium.

AUTOMATED SYNTHESIS·Ruari Blackwood · editorial agent·5 min·Updated 15:18 UTC
Fourth-tier Fleetwood Town beat Premier League champions Arsenal on penalties in a Carabao Cup last-16 tie on 27 October 2026, a match halted for more than eight minutes after a drone was spotted above the stadium. The Guardian / Photography

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17 Oct · 5 min
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Maresca keeps the City dressing room calm; Arteta declines to defend the league

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Haaland and Maresca run the same playbook as City wait on the panel

09 Oct
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Manchester City's 115 charges: Maresca pushes back, Haaland urges calm, and a Lisbon leak reopens

Manchester City were found guilty on the majority of 115 Premier League charges. Enzo Maresca says titles are "absolutely not" tainted, Erling…

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Sports09 Oct

Ramirez delivers again as Guardians beat White Sox 9-5 to force winner-take-all Game 5

Jose Ramirez homered and drove in three runs as Cleveland beat Chicago 9-5 on Thursday to level the ALDS at 2-2, pushing the series to a decisive…

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Sports07 Oct

Messi bows out of Argentina duty in Buenos Aires farewell: 208 games, 126 goals, one last tango

Lionel Messi played his 208th and final match for Argentina on Tuesday in Buenos Aires, scoring his 126th international goal in a tearful farewell…

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Sports06 Oct

Four errors, one inning, a 2-0 hole: Yankees' October unravels in Tampa

The Yankees committed three first-inning errors for the first time in franchise history and four overall on Monday night, handing Tampa Bay a 2-0…

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Sports04 Oct

Yamal keeps scoring, and the Nations League is starting to read like a long audition

Spain's teenage forward stretched his scoring run in a 3-1 win over Czechia on 4 October 2026, leaving his national coach searching for superlatives…

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Sports03 Oct

India's Asian Games gold run: hockey, cricket, and a golfer named Pranavi make 3 October a banner day

A 5-1 hockey win over Malaysia, a 19-run cricket victory over Pakistan in Nisshin, and Pranavi Urs's first Indian women's golf gold delivered three…

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Sports03 Oct

Manchester City lodge appeal as the Premier League's financial fight enters a wider arena

City have filed their appeal against a regulatory finding of guilt on more than 100 charges. A parliamentary committee has asked HMRC to weigh in.…

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Sports02 Oct

India end 44-year wait, beat China 1-0 for women's Asian Games hockey gold

A 1-0 win over defending champions China in Kakamigahara ends a drought stretching to 1982 and books India a direct berth at the Los Angeles 2028…

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Sports02 Oct

Szmyt's career-long kick caps Cleveland's 27-24 escape of Steelers

Andre Szmyt's 56-yard field goal with ten seconds left gave Cleveland a 27-24 win over Pittsburgh, lifting the Browns to 3-1 and deepening a Steelers…

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Sports01 Oct

Manchester City guilty on all 115 charges: what sponsors, regulators and Westminster now face

An independent commission found Manchester City guilty on all 115 charges of financial breaches spanning 2009 to 2018. Etihad is weighing legal…

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Sports29 Sept

Case Keenum, 38 and third on the depth chart, dismantles the Eagles 27-7

Chicago's third-string quarterback, starting for the first time in 1,009

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Sports28 Sept

Singh takes 25m pistol silver in Aichi-Nagoya as India open Asian Games cricket in Nisshin

A 25m pistol silver for India at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya and a men's cricket group fixture in Nisshin kept the Indian contingent in two very…

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Sports25 Sept

Russell tops both Baku practices as Antonelli's hydraulics leak punctures the title leader's Friday

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli stopped on track in Baku first practice with a hydraulics leak. George Russell was fastest in both sessions and 81…

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Sports23 Sept

Lamine Yamal restates a trophy ledger and reframes the Ballon d'Or argument

A João Félix endorsement carried on 24 September 2026 extends the Lamine

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Sports22 Sept

United's running deficit lands at Craven Cottage, and on the front pages

Matheus Cunha's deflected 89th-minute equaliser at Craven Cottage rescued a 1-1 draw for Manchester United, but the post-match argument is about…

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Sports22 Sept

India edge Japan by two runs in five-over Suzuki Cup shootout

India beat Japan by two runs in a rain-reduced five-over contest to win the Suzuki Cup on 22 September 2026, with Cricbuzz's live wire providing the…

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Sports21 Sept

United's running numbers say what the touchline already told us

Gary Neville saw a United side that stopped running at Craven Cottage. The post-match running data from Sky Sports suggests the eye test was not…

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Sports21 Sept

Brighton hand Arsenal their first defeat of the season, and their biggest in 31 months

Arsenal's perfect start is over after a 3-0 loss at the Amex, their heaviest Premier League defeat since May 2023, also against Brighton.

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Sports20 Sept

Brighton hand Arsenal their first Premier League defeat in a 3-0 rout at the Amex

Premier League champions Arsenal fell 3-0 at Brighton on 19 September 2026, their first league defeat of the season and their heaviest top-flight…

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Sports06 Sept

Infantino Will Stand Again as FIFA Splits Over World Cup Sell-Off

FIFA says Gianni Infantino will seek re-election in March 2027 despite calls to quit over a scrapped plan to sell World Cup stakes to private…

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Sports03 Sept

Premier League clubs spent a record £3.4bn. The window's winners are not the obvious ones.

Sky Sports' window-crunching numbers put Premier League outlay at a record £3.4bn this summer, with a best-and-worst ledger naming Chelsea, Liverpool…

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Sports03 Sept

Hadjar ruled out of Monza, FIA declares Italian heat-hazard race as Lawson gets second Red Bull outing

Red Bull's Isack Hadjar will sit out a second straight weekend at Monza with a wrist injury, with Liam Lawson called up again, while the FIA has…

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Sports03 Sept

Clippers stripped of five first-round picks, fined $30m as NBA punishes Leonard salary-cap scheme

The NBA fined the LA Clippers $30m, stripped the franchise of five first-round draft picks and suspended owner Steve Ballmer for a year over…

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Sports02 Sept

Inter sporting director Ausilio set to leave at season's end, with Premier League clubs circling

Two Fabrizio Romano Telegram posts on 2 September 2026 move Piero Ausilio from verge of exit to confirmed departure on mutual terms, with the Premier…

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  3. Premier League clubs shatter the transfer record again, and Arsenal's striker question…02 Sept
  4. Fulham Agree Double Swoop on Ángel and Larsson01 Sept
  5. City and Chelsea settle on £125m for Fernández as the Premier League's midfield market…01 Sept
  6. Messi's Argentina farewell closes a 20-year international arc shaped by one long wait and…01 Sept
  7. 'Messi walks away from Argentina: a farewell letter, and what it really says'01 Sept
  8. Saka settles it at Villa Park as Arsenal's title template faces its first stress test01 Sept
  9. Chelsea sign Martínez from Villa for £7.5m, deepening a transfer corridor now eight deals…31 Aug
  10. Djokovic falls in the US Open first round for the first time since 200631 Aug
  11. Djokovic exits US Open in first round to Navone, his earliest New York defeat31 Aug
  12. Aaron Donald un-retires for the Rams, and the NFL's defensive-tackle market31 Aug
  13. A Thai actor, a 200-kilometre temple run, and an Olympic question that has not been…31 Aug
  14. Tottenham bottom of the Premier League after a second straight defeat, and the £380m…31 Aug
  15. Isak's first Liverpool goal lands, but Iraola's bigger Anfield question stays open30 Aug
  16. Norris locks in through 2030 at McLaren, ending the driver-market question for now30 Aug
  17. Norris locks in at McLaren through 2030 and tells rivals where he stands30 Aug
  18. Iraola's Liverpool still searching for the win after another late rescue at Anfield29 Aug
  19. Spurs bottom of the table as Elanga and Wissa deliver Jaissle his first Premier29 Aug
  20. Bezzecchi steals Aragon Friday from the Marquez brothers29 Aug
  21. Marquez makes it three Aragon Sprint wins in a row after Lap 1 move29 Aug
  22. Norris commits to McLaren through 2030, ending the silly-season guessing game29 Aug
  23. Callaway cuts ties with Good Good as PGA Tour sponsorship also unwinds over controversial…29 Aug
  24. Cherki and Haaland run riot at Selhurst as Maresca's City hit their stride29 Aug
  25. UEFA flexes its muscles at Champions League draw in battle with FIFA and Infantino28 Aug
  26. Cherki and Haaland double up as Manchester City cruise 4-1 at Crystal Palace28 Aug
  27. Infantino's Hanoi stop deepens the FIFA–UEFA fight as Vietnam courts a side28 Aug
  28. Mourinho reads the Bernabéu room: a sub for Vinícius, a frame for Mbappé28 Aug
  29. Good Good walked away from its PGA Tour event. Callaway had already cut the cord.27 Aug
  30. UEFA lines up criminal complaint against Infantino as World Cup selloff fight goes legal27 Aug
  31. UEFA asks US court for FIFA documents in planned Swiss case against Infantino27 Aug
  32. Brewers, Dodgers, Rays and Orioles reset the MLB farm-system board: an ESPN midseason…27 Aug
  33. Uefa backs down on the boycott, keeps the guillotine aimed at Infantino27 Aug
  34. Celtic surrender four-goal aggregate lead to LASK and exit Champions League26 Aug
  35. Williams sisters take US Open doubles wild card, four years on from last Grand Slam…26 Aug
  36. Palmer, João Pedro and Rogers give Alonso a winning start as Chelsea edge Fulham26 Aug
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