Scotland 1 Northern Ireland 0: A late header by substitute Christophe Berra gave Scotland a narrow but deserved 1-0 win over Northern Ireland in their Vauxhall International Challenge match at Hampden Park.

Arsenal face an anxious wait to find out the extent of the hamstring injury to England midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Arsenal loanee won’t be part of the Nerazzurri’s Europa League campaign.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has accepted an apology from goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny for smoking but has hit out at claims made by German striker Lukas Podolski after his move to Inter Milan.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is confident he has the "many solutions" in attack needed to secure a successful end to the season, but warned against expecting too much too soon from Theo Walcott.

Arsenal have confirmed German forward Lukas Podolski has completed a loan move to Inter Milan for the remainder of the 2014/15 season.

Manager Arsene Wenger would not have walked out on Arsenal if they had lost the FA Cup final last season, and is determined to do all he can to deliver another open-top bus parade around Islington in the summer.

Arsenal striker Danny Welbeck (thigh) is a doubt for the Barclays Premier League trip to Southampton on New Year’s Day.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called for the establishment of an independent panel to help stamp out diving and to retrospectively ban those found guilty.

Arsenal midfielder Tomas Rosicky makes his first Barclays Premier League start as he returned to the side against QPR at the Emirates Stadium today.

Arsenal 4 Newcastle 1

France international Mathieu Debuchy has been deployed at centre-half in a makeshift Arsenal defence for today’s Barclays Premier League clash against Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey hopes his wonder goal against Galatasaray in Istanbul can help spark a run which kick-starts the Gunners’ domestic campaign - and dedicated the victory to under-fire boss Arsene Wenger.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will focus on recovering domestic form to be in the best possible shape for a potential tough draw in the last 16 of the Champions League next year.

Champions League Group D

Galatasaray 1 Arsenal 4

Stoke 3 Arsenal 2

Arsenal have doubts over several players for Saturday’s Premier League trip to West Brom, including England forward Danny Welbeck, who has a swollen knee and a hamstring problem.

Arsenal put their recent troubles behind them tonight as they beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at the Emirates Stadium and qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League with a match to spare.

Germany picked up their obligatory group win over Gibraltar but the expected flurry of goals failed to arrive as they only managed to score four without reply in Nuremberg.

Champions League Group D

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 8 in the Premier League.

Manager Arsene Wenger is confident Arsenal can use their dramatic stoppage-time victory at Anderlecht as a springboard to secure qualification for the knockout stages of the Champions League once again.

Anderlecht 1 Arsenal 2

Substitute Lukas Podolski netted a dramatic late winner as Arsenal came from behind with two goals in the final two minutes to beat Anderlecht 2-1.

Germany 1 Republic of Ireland 1

Poland 2 Germany 0

While Ireland has spent most of the week discussing a former football great, the air of expectancy surrounding their modern-day icon Robert Lewandowski is only ratcheting up in Poland.

Arsenal vice-captain Per Mertesacker has warned Chelsea the Gunners are ready to “try new things” when they head to the Barclays Premier League leaders on Sunday boosted by their European success.

Chile international Alexis Sanchez had to again be content with a place on the bench as Arsenal took on Tottenham in the north London derby at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal 1 Southampton 2

Premier League

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 5 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Champions League Group D

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 4 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

If Celtic Football Club wants to improve their jersey sales in Donegal, they might have to give Jim McGuinness an offer he can’t refuse.

Midfielder James McArthur believes Scotland can show they play football the right way when they take on the world champions after Germany striker Lukas Podolski claimed they would play a "dirty game".

New striker Danny Welbeck is confident Arsenal’s England core can boost chances of a successful Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.

Germany 2 Argentina 4

Arsenal 1 Besiktas 0 (Arsenal win 1-0 on aggregate)

Champions League play-off second leg

Arsenal 0 Bestiktas 0

USA 0 Germany 1

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