Injuries to some of soccer’s biggest names are mounting ahead of the World Cup which starts next month, including Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal and Mohamed Salah.

Now for the encore, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.

Florian Wirtz scored two and made two as Germany twice came from behind to beat Switzerland 4-3 in a thrilling friendly.

Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first against Ireland with both teams aiming to bow out of the Twenty20 World Cup with a consolation win.

Kai Havertz scored twice against his former team and Ben White also got a brace as Arsenal brushed aside a dismal Chelsea side 5-0 for its biggest league win over its London rival.

There was no festive cheer for north London rivals Arsenal and Tottenham.

Raheem Sterling has been ruled out of England’s World Cup round of 16 match with Senegal because of a “family matter.”.

Arsenal no longer has Champions League qualification in its own hands.

Injury-hit Leeds has slumped to its second alarming loss in five days, 4-1 at home to Arsenal in the only English Premier League match to take place because of a wave of pandemic-affected postponements.