Arsenal eye Champions League charge

Arsenal start their bid for Champions League glory against Athletic Bilbao on Tuesday powered by a new-look attack revitalised by the Gunners’ summer spending spree.

Can Man Utd expose frailties in fresh-faced Man City?

Ruben Amorim is confident Manchester United will rise to the occasion against a Manchester City side in transition for Sunday’s clash between the local rivals, who are both off to poor Premier League starts.

WATCH: How exactly do Real Madrid play football?

Real Madrid have long carried the “Galacticos” tag, a philosophy built on signing the world’s biggest stars to light up the Santiago Bernabéu.

Pirates thrash Stellenbosch to secure fourth consecutive MTN8

Orlando Pirates sealed a historic fourth consecutive MTN8 title with a 3-0 extra-time win over Stellenbosch at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday.

WATCH: Moremi, Mabasa snatch four-peat MTN8 for Pirates

Tshepang Moremi’s brace and Tshegofatso Mabasa’s strike in the extra-time helped secure Orlando Pirates an MTN8 title, a fourth in a row.

Mbappe brilliance powers 10-man Real Madrid past Sociedad

Kylian Mbappe was at his brilliant best as Real Madrid showed grit to claim a 2-1 win at Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday, despite playing for an hour with 10 men after Dean Huijsen’s red card.

Guirassy extends scoring streak, Dortmund beat 10-man Heidenheim

Serhou Guirassy scored for the eighth straight league match and Maximilian Beier added another as Borussia Dortmund won 2-0 at 10-man Heidenheim on Saturday.

WATCH: Bournemouth scrape past Brighton, Arsenal thrash Forest

Semenyo shined against Brighton to give Bournemouth a relief win, while Arsenal disrupted Ange Postecoglou’s first macth in charge of Nottingham Forest.

Beckenbauer statue unveiled outside Allianz Arena

A bronze statue of Germany football legend Franz Beckenbauer was unveiled outside Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena on Friday, a day after what would have been his 80th birthday.

Guardiola: ‘Haaland above Isak in list of world’s top strikers’

Pep Guardiola said Erling Haaland is “a little bit above” Alexander Isak as the Manchester City boss responded to Arne Slot’s claim that Liverpool’s new signing was “maybe the best striker in the world”.