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Virgil van Dijk and forward Mohamed Salah scored second-half goals as Liverpool battled to a 2-0 home win over Wolverhampton Wanderers to boost their hopes of ...

Liverpool climbed into sixth spot in the table on 39 points, ahead of Fulham on goal difference and with a game in hand, but the home side were forced to work hard on a rainy night at Anfield. But once they fell behind a 14th league defeat of the season became almost a formality and they remain third from bottom with 21 points having played a game more than the teams around them. A third victory in succession since losing at home to City lifted Arsenal to 60 points from 25 games with City on 55.

Bukayo Saka broke Everton's stubborn resistance late in the first half before Brazilian forward Martinelli doubled Arsenal's lead at the Emirates Stadium. Watch ...

Konstantinos Tsimikas played a one-two with Cody Gakpo before the Greek galloped into the Wolves box and picked out Salah to force the ball in with his thigh. The Reds close to within six points of fourth-placed Tottenham with a game in hand over Spurs still to come. Odegaard put the result beyond doubt in the 71st minute when Arsenal’s captain beat Jordan Pickford with a deflected strike from Trossard’s cross.There was still time for rampant Arsenal to net again in the 80th minute as Nketiah’s cutback was tapped in by Martinelli at the near post. Jurgen Klopp’s men were again far from the force of recent seasons, but have now taken 10 points from a possible 12 in their last four league games to remain in the hunt for a top-four finish. Saka was the provider for Arsenal’s second as he seized possession from the dozing Idrissa Gueye and found Martinelli, who slotted home from close-range for a goal that was confirmed after a VAR check for a tight offside claim against the Brazilian. Gabriel Martinelli starred as Arsenal moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League with a 4-0 rout of struggling Everton on Wednesday.

Arsenal got their revenge over Sean Dyche and his Everton in the best possible way to stretch their lead to five points.

The Reds soon broke the deadlock in the 73rd minute with Van Dijk’s header from Diogo Jota’s cross. The Belgian then assisted Martin Odegaard for Arsenal’s third goal in the 71st minute. Bukayo Saka broke the deadlock before assisting Gabriel Martinelli for Arsenal’s second-both goals came late in the first half. While Arteta solidified his midfield by sending on Thomas Partey for Jorginho, Dyche brought in Mason Holgate for the mistake-ridden Gueye. Good journalism costs a lot of money. Saka, Arsenal’s joint-highest scorer, broke the deadlock when he converted Oleksandr Zinchenko’s through ball with a fine shot.

LONDON: Arsenal extended its lead in the Premier League to five points by beating Everton 4-0 on Wednesday, with Gabriel Martinelli scoring two of the goals ...

Sixteen teams competed in the tournament, which featured teams that qualified for an International Cricket Council World Cup tournament at any level for the first time. This followed on from the inaugural women’s Under 19 T20 World Cup, held in January 2023, in which nine of the 15 appointed officials were women. Now, this is an established feature of the sport and is set to grow apace, with opportunities for players and match officials. 14, the first player to be bought was the Indian star Smriti Mandhana, for $400,000, the highest of the event. In comparison, England’s Sam Curran was sold for the highest-ever sum of about $2.2 million at the men’s auction on Dec. Australia’s feat in achieving a sixth women’s T20 World Cup trophy and a third successive one has led some observers to classify them as the world’s most successful team of all time in any sport. The latest embodiment of the first two of these aspects is the Indian Women’s Premier League, which starts on March 4. This compares with a total of $5.6 million for the 2022 men’s T20 World Cup, $1.6 million going to the winners. In a disastrous instant, the momentum of India’s innings was broken. In the first, India, chasing 173, looked to be on course for victory on 132 for the loss of four wickets after 14.3 overs. India’s captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, having scored 50, went for a straightforward second run, only to find her bat stuck in the turf as she went to run it into the crease. It had its share of surprises, not least of which was that the host nation reached the final, having lost its opening two matches, before losing to a strong Australian team.

Football News: Leaders Arsenal consolidated their top position in the Premier League standings on Wednesday after a dominating win at home against ...

Everton's Idrissa Gueye gifted Arsenal a second on the stroke of halftime. "Once we scored the first goal, the game unlocked. We needed a magic moment and Bukayo produced that. We had some difficulties at the start," Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said. Everton, who now have only one victory from their last 27 league visits to Arsenal, had actually looked capable of taking something from the game. The visitors thought they had been spared by an offside flag but a VAR decision overturned it and Arsenal went in at halftime to chants of "we are top of the league" from the home fans.