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Jack Wilshere hailed his “best day” in an Arsenal shirt following the gunners’ 2-1 victory over Barcelona on Wednesday night

Arsenal defender Laurent Koscielny is eager to beat Manchester United to the Premier League title – and claims it is now a two-horse race

Manchester United right-back Gary Neville has announced his retirement from football with immediate effect

Liverpool striker Fernando Torres insists he never doubted his own ability despite enduring a difficult start to the season

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp insists Gareth Bale is not for sale at any price

CescFabregas has returned to full training ahead of Arsenal’s Champions League clash with Shakhtar Donetsk on Tuesday following a month-long spell on the sidelines

Unseeded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez upset Rafael Nadal to reach the final of the Thailand Open

Carlo Ancelotti will return to London in time to take charge of Chelsea’s clash with Arsenal on Sunday despite the death of his father Giuseppe

Juventus right-back Marco Motta has criticised Manchester City’s transfer policy ahead of this week’s Europa League clash between the two sides

Sir Alex Ferguson was disappointed his comments about Liverpool striker Fernando Torres stole the headlines from Dimitar Berbatov last Sunday

Arsene Wenger hailed CescFabregas’ inspired performance as Arsenal ruthlessly swept Sporting Braga aside at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night

Cristiano Ronaldo is confident Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid will soon play the brand of football that fans at the Bernabeu demand

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has revealed the governing body will consider both scrapping extra-time and reintroducing the ‘golden goal’ rule to promote free-flowing football at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

Defending champion Kim Clijsters has warned her US Open rivals that she is improving with every match after breezing past Ana Ivanovic to reach the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows

British No1 Elena Baltacha stormed into the second round of the US Open with an imposing straight sets victory over Croatia’s Petra Martic

Russia’s Vera Zvonareva came from a set down to beat unseeded Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova and reach her first Grand Slam singles final

Maria Sharapova says her failure to reach round three of Wimbledon for two years running helped inspire her to victory in her second-round match with Romania’s Ioana Olaru

Andrea Pirlo will start on the bench for Italy’s crucial final Group E game against Slovakia

Francesca Schiavone says one of the keys to winning her first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros was self belief

Fábio Aurelio will leave Liverpool after four years of “fantastic service” after the club and player failed to agree on a  new contract

Pep Guardiola described his Barcelona side as “exemplary” after they sealed the La Liga title on the last day of the season