England head into Euro 2020 with a new factor for manager Gareth Southgate to deal with -- high expectations.
Arsenal eased past second-tier Reading 2-0 with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scoring twice, while Newcastle United romped to a 6-0 win over 10-man Preston North End and Hull City won 2-1 at Bristol City.
Manchester City tightened their stranglehold at the top of the Premier League on Wednesday by trouncing bottom club West Bromwich Albion 3-0 as nearest rivals Manchester United suffered a chastening 2-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.
Imperious Liverpool extended their Premier League home winning streak against Arsenal to six on Saturday with an easy 4-0 victory that lifted them to second in the table.
"After feeling strange in the second half of the Burton game in September, I underwent a series of tests," he said.
Images from UEFA Europa League semi-finals played on Thursday.
Wes Morgan's 90th-minute header earned 10-man Leicester City a 2-1 victory over relegation-threatened Burnley at Turf Moor in the Premier League on Saturday.
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IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
Kevin De Bruyne, Kelechi Iheanacho, Raheem Sterling and Ilkay Gundogan gave Man City a 4-0 win over Bournemouth before Nolito was sent off.
The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.
Liverpool surrendered a two-goal lead as they were held to a 2-2 draw by third-tier Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup fourth round on Sunday after second-half substitute Jason Cummins struck twice to inject some much-needed late magic into the competition. Earlier, Harry Maguire's thunderbolt for Manchester United started a goal rush at Tranmere where the Reds scored five times before halftime. Diogo Dalot, Jesse Lingard, Phil Jones, Anthony Martial and Mason Greenwood also scored.
Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.
RB Leipzig scored twice in the opening 13 minutes but had to survive a late comeback from Manchester United to cling on to a 3-2 win on Tuesday that sent them into the Champions League knockout stage and eliminated the English side.
A summary of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Two big derbies and an eventful weekend of football awaits us all...
Manchester United eased the pressure on manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer with a 3-1 win at Everton in the Premier League on Saturday with Bruno Fernandes scoring twice and Edinson Cavani grabbing his first for the club.
'Why was Top Gun: Maverick made? 'And the only reason I can think of is that the new film was made to emphasise and re-establish Tom Cruise's superstar status,' notes Aseem Chhabra who watched the Top Gun sequel at its premiere in Cannes.
IMAGES from Europa League matches played on Thursday.
Images from Sunday's action in the Premier League.
Images from the World Cup qualifying matches played on Wednesday night.
Images from the FIFA World Cup qualifiers matches.
Germany suffered their first home defeat in a World Cup qualifier in 20 years
France stretched their unbeaten run against Croatia to eight games after a late goal by Kylian Mbappe gave the world champions a 2-1 win in their Nations League top-tier Group 3 match on Wednesday.
A summary of Sunday's Premier League matches
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IMAGES from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches on Tuesday night.
Brighton & Hove Albion scored three times in the second half to fight back from two goals down and beat Manchester City
A summary of Thursday's Euro 2020 qualifying matches.
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Wednesday.
A summary of Wednesday night's action in the UEFA Champions League.
Top-class goals from Bernardo Silva and Sergio Aguero took Manchester City back to the top of the Premier League in a 2-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
IMAGES from the Euro 2020 qualifiers
Images from the UEFA Champions League matches played on Tuesday night.
Arsenal are eighth, seven points adrift of fourth-placed Chelsea, while Norwich remain second from bottom.
Images from Tuesday's action in the UEFA Champions League.
A round-up of Saturday's action in the Premier League.
Photos from the Premier League matches played on Sunday
Tottenham Hotspur's tenacious chase of leaders Chelsea continued as they claimed a 12th consecutive Premier League home win with a 4-0 rout of Bournemouth on Saturday to cut the gap to four points.
