October 20 – December 17, 2022

November 17 – December 18, 2022

How artist Amy Sherald blazed a trail with her portraits depicting black America

Marcus, Luke, Jim and Pete reflect on a heartbreaking night for England that both bodes well for the future and summons some very familiar ghosts of the past.

And bloody hell, Morocco! We ask whether they can ‘Greece it’ and go all the way.

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Veteran midfielder Elneny praises Arsenal youngsters in 3-0 defeat of Lyon in Dubai by Michelle

Arsenal started their mid-season training camp in Dubai with a confident 3-0 win over Lyon in the Dubai Super Cup on Thursday.  Young goalkeeper Karl Hein did a cracking job between the sticks, gaining a bonus point for the Gunners.

Watch the match highlights including all goals and saves in the penalty shootout here…..

Video highlights: Arsenal defeat Lyon in Dubai Super Cup friendly

Mohamed Elneny believes the squad’s performance was a due to the work being put in on the training pitches.  The Arsenal squad, minus the players involved in the World Cup, were given a good run out in the first game of the tournament, with some excellent goals Gabriel, Eddie Nketiah and Fabio Vieira capping the display.

1-0 to Arsenal Women – how do we break the theme and score more goals? by Michelle

After Arsenal suffered their first loss of the season to Manchester United at Emirates Stadium our Gunners have managed to get back to winning ways, with two 1-0 wins on the bounce, against both Everton in the WSL and mid-week against Juventus in the Champions League.

But.. early in the season, when Arsenal of course had a fully fit and uninjured squad, we were rolling out regular 4-0 wins against Brighton and even Tottenham, when Arsenal set a new WSL attendance record of 47,367.

Since those seemingly glory days Arsenal have suffered numerous injuries to highly valued players with Leah Williamson and Rafaelle Souza only just returning to the squad after being out with foot injuries for 2 months.  Captain Kim Little and summer-signing Lina Hurtig are still not available for selection though boss Eidevall is hopeful of their imminent return.  Perhaps the biggest blow to the squad was then losing Beth Mead to a serious ACL rupture which will likely keep her out for the rest of the season and has thrown her chances of playing for the Lionesses in next summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup into serious doubt.

Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall is of course happy with these wins as are we all, keeping us apace with Chelsea & Man United at the top of the WSL table and also keeping us at the top of our group in our UEFA Champions League campaign. But those wins really should have been a lot more pronounced, particularly where our Gunners had 33 shots which culminated in only one goal by back-on-form Miedema, against 8th place Everton.  Incidently, Miedema was the only goalscorer in both of those matches.. Hail the Miedema Magic!

First, it was Belgium. Then it was Spain. Today, it was Portugal. Morocco has defeated yet another European soccer powerhouse to become the first African and Arab nation to advance to the semifinals in World Cup history.

The final score was 1-0 with the only goal coming off a leaping header from Youssef En-Nesyri late in the first half.

What a moment

Morocco scores its first ever men's FIFA World Cup goal in the knockout stage pic.twitter.com/hGS7QoE3vV

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) December 10, 2022

The Justice Department announced on Friday that Nicholas Ochs, the founder of the Hawaii Proud Boys chapter, was sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Nicholas DeCarlo, who was photographed at the Capitol with Ochs, was also sentenced to four years. Both men had previously pled guilty.

Members of Proud Boys, a far-right nationalist group comprised of self-described “Western chauvinists,” have helped promote the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. In recent months, Proud Boys members from across the country have been sentenced to prison time for their actions during the January 6 insurrection, including one who received a four year and seven month sentence after joining a mob going after Capitol police and coming within seconds of Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. In October, a North Carolina leader of the group pled guilty to seditious conspiracy related to his actions on January 6. A New Jersey leader pled guilty to “interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder” the same month.

Before entering the Capitol on January 6, Ochs and DeCarlo threw smoke bombs at police outside, according to the Justice Department. They were then photographed in front of a door inside the Capitol on which DeCarlo had written “Murder the Media,” the name of their social media channel on Telegram. DeCarlo also took plastic handcuffs from a Capitol Police duffel bag.

After leaving the building, Ochs apologized to his audience for not livestreaming the ordeal. “[S]orry we couldn’t go live when we stormed the f—-in’ U.S. Capitol and made Congress flee,” he said.

In a court filing, Ochs’ attorney Edward B. MacMahon said his client “recognizes the gravity of his involvement in the events at the Capitol on January 6.” He described his client as someone who grew up in a “warm and supportive family” before serving in the Marines, getting married, and becoming a father. MacMahon asked for a prison sentence of less than 18 months. 

Wow, what an incredible World Cup so far, with Spain, Brazil, Germany and now Portugal despatched, leaving England with a possibly (!) easy route to the final, if there is such a thing as easy!

Anyway, today is the big day for England fans as they now have to try and get past France to get that coveted place in the semifinal but it definitley won’t be easy against a France team with possibly the best young player in the world right now.

Watch Saka and Mbappe facing each other down the wing, and we will see who comes out on top shall we?

The biggest regret is that we will have William Saliba in the wway of Saka as he goes flying up the wing, I would prefer him stopping Mbappe instead!

I have to admit that I can’t wait. Every other quarter final has been enthralling so I can’t imagine how exciting this one is going to be.

Kari Lake is still trying to win the election she lost. Her latest move is a conspiratorial 70-page lawsuit filed in Arizona on Friday in which the former local news anchor asks that she be declared the victor of last month’s gubernatorial election because of unsupported allegations of voter fraud.

Lake’s lawsuit in state court argues that Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, who defeated Lake in November, and election officials in Maricopa County have “shattered” trust in the state’s elections. The results have already been certified by Hobbs, the state’s top elections official. There is no evidence the election was stolen. 

Nevertheless, Lake’s lawsuit demands an “order setting aside the certified result of the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election and declaring that Kari Lake is the winner of the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election.” If the court won’t grant her the victory automatically, Lake asks instead that it forces Maricopa County to “re-conduct the gubernatorial election” under the “direction of a special master.” 

The court is not expected to go along with either demand. Hobbs’ campaign manager called the case a “nuisance lawsuit” from someone who “needs attention like a fish needs water.

A statement from our campaign manager on Kari Lake’s latest desperate attempt to undermine our democracy and throw out the will of the voters.