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Bukayo Saka celebrates scoring against Real Madrid, April 16
Men's Football / 17 April 2025
17 April 2025
Arsenal's Thomas Partey scores their side's first goal of th
Men’s football / 13 April 2025
13 April 2025
Arsenal's Declan Rice scores their side's first goal of the
Men’s football / 9 April 2025
9 April 2025
Two goal hero Declan Rice has been praised by Gunners manager Mikel Arteta after the game of his life
Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou
Men’s football / 5 April 2025
5 April 2025
Eberechi Eze celebrates scoring England's third goal of the
Men’s Football / 25 March 2025
25 March 2025
Arsenal's Mikel Merino celebrates scoring their side's first
Men’s football / 17 March 2025
17 March 2025
Arsenal's Alessia Russo (left) and West Ham United's Camila
Women's football / 3 March 2025
3 March 2025
Arsenal's Martin Odegaard stands dejected after West Ham Uni
Men’s football / 23 February 2025
23 February 2025
Men’s football / 16 February 2025
16 February 2025
Arsenal's Martin Odegaard (left) scores their side's third g
Men’s Football / 23 January 2025
23 January 2025
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after the Premier League match
Men's football / 19 January 2025
19 January 2025
Liverpool's Ibrahima Konate and Nottingham Forest's Elliot A
Men's football / 15 January 2025
15 January 2025
Brighton and Hove Albion's Joao Pedro scores their side's fi
Men’s football / 5 January 2025
5 January 2025
Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus scores their side's third goal of th
Men’s Football / 19 December 2024
19 December 2024
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta following the Premier League ma
Men’s Football / 15 December 2024
15 December 2024
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka scores their side's second goal of the
Men’s Football / 12 December 2024
12 December 2024
Ukraine's Oleksandr Zinchenko during the UEFA Euro 2024 Grou
Men’s football / 21 November 2024
21 November 2024
Arsenal's Alessia Russo celebrates after scoring the opening
Women’s Football / 17 November 2024
17 November 2024
Chelsea's Pedro Neto (right) scores their side's first goal
Men's Football / 11 November 2024
11 November 2024
Referee talks with Arsenal's manager Mikel Arteta during a C
Men’s Football / 7 November 2024
7 November 2024
Arsenal fans waving flags during the Women's Super League ma
Women’s Football / 6 October 2024
6 October 2024
A general view of the action as the sun shines through a gap
Men’s Football / 6 October 2024
6 October 2024
Arsenal's Beth Mead (second left) celebrates with team-mtaes
Women’s football / 27 September 2024
27 September 2024
Atalanta's Matteo Retegui (right) has a penalty saved by Ars
Men’s football / 20 September 2024
20 September 2024
Arsenal’s Martin Odegaard (left) shoots towards goal
Men’s football / 19 September 2024
19 September 2024
Harry Kane
Men’s football / 11 September 2024
11 September 2024
Caitlin Foord
Women’s football / 5 September 2024
5 September 2024
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka reacts after missing a chance during t
Men’s Football / 1 September 2024
1 September 2024
Mikel Arteta
Men’s football / 23 August 2024
23 August 2024
Arsenal's Leandro Trossard scores their side's second goal o
Men’s football / 14 August 2024
14 August 2024
Arsenal's William Saliba celebrates scoring
Men’s football / 14 August 2024
14 August 2024
Burnley's Wilson Odobert celebrates scoring their side's sec
Men’s Football / 13 August 2024
13 August 2024
An England fan holds a flag before a Group C match between D
Layth’s Take / 28 June 2024
28 June 2024
England manager Gareth Southgate
Men’s football / 27 June 2024
27 June 2024
Men’s football / 27 June 2024
27 June 2024
Sam Northeast
Men’s cricket / 7 June 2024
7 June 2024
Real Madrid's Aurelien Tchouameni celebrates with the trophy
Men’s Football / 2 June 2024
2 June 2024
Highbury
Men’s football / 3 May 2024
3 May 2024
LAYTH YOUSIF writes about the highlights and lowlights on his journey to reaching The 92 Club after four decades of trying
Manchester United's Aaron Wan-Bissaka (left) and Coventry Ci
Men’s football / 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta
Men’s Football / 22 April 2024
22 April 2024
Martin Odegaard
Men’s Football / 21 April 2024
21 April 2024
Dortmund
Layth’s take / 19 April 2024
19 April 2024
Bayern's Harry Kane celebrates after he scored his side's se
Men’s Football / 10 April 2024
10 April 2024
Kai Havertz
Men’s football / 7 April 2024
7 April 2024
Chelsea's Cole Palmer (centre) celebrates scoring
Men’s football / 5 April 2024
5 April 2024
Mikel Arteta
Men’s football / 5 April 2024
5 April 2024
Arsenal's Martin Odegaard (right) celebrates scoring
Men’s football / 5 April 2024
5 April 2024
England's Jude Bellingham celebrates scoring the second goal
Men’s Football / 27 March 2024
27 March 2024
Jonas Eidevall
Women’s football / 14 March 2024
14 March 2024
Arsenal’s Stina Blackstenius and Aston Villa's Danielle Tu
Women’s football / 7 March 2024
7 March 2024
Men’s Football / 3 March 2024
3 March 2024
Manchester City's Erling Haaland celebrates scoring
Men’s football / 29 February 2024
29 February 2024
Porto Arsenal
Men's Football / 22 February 2024
22 February 2024
Manchester United's Rasmus Hojlund celebrates scoring their
Men's Football / 19 February 2024
19 February 2024
Luton Sheffield
Men’s football / 11 February 2024
11 February 2024
Eidevall
Women’s football / 11 February 2024
11 February 2024
Manchester City's Phil Foden
Men’s football / 7 February 2024
7 February 2024
Arsenal's Martin Odegaard, who hit back at critics who claim
Men’s football / 6 February 2024
6 February 2024
Tottenham
Men’s football / 1 February 2024
1 February 2024
Southampton's Stuart Armstrong celebrates scoring their side
Men’s Football / 28 January 2024
28 January 2024
Liverpool's Joe Gomez applauds the fans after the League Cup
Men’s Football / 25 January 2024
25 January 2024
Chelsea reach League Cup final with second-leg hammering of
Men’s Football / 24 January 2024
24 January 2024
Ipswich Town's Jeremy Sarmiento scores their side's first go
Men’s football / 23 January 2024
23 January 2024
Chelsea Preston
Men’s Football / 7 January 2024
7 January 2024
Brentford Wolves
Men's Football / 7 January 2024
7 January 2024
Arsenal's Kai Havertz celebrates scoring their side's second
Men’s Football / 17 December 2023
17 December 2023
Brighton and Hove Albion's Joao Pedro (centre) celebrates af
Layth’s Take / 15 December 2023
15 December 2023
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka scores their side's first goal of the
Men’s football / 3 December 2023
3 December 2023
Arsenal players line up, back row from left, Takehiro Tomiya
Men’s football / 1 December 2023
1 December 2023
Arsenal's Kai Havertz (left) celebrates with Eddie Nketiah a
Men’s football / 26 November 2023
26 November 2023
England's Bukayo Saka (left) and North Macedonia's Ezgjan Al
Layth’s Take / 24 November 2023
24 November 2023
LAYTH YOUSIF pens a column about his recent travels and the football he encountered on the journey
England's Harry Kane (left) and Phil Foden applaud the fans
Men’s football / 22 November 2023
22 November 2023
Arsenal's Oleksandr Zinchenko (second right) celebrates scor
Men’s Football / 12 November 2023
12 November 2023
Arsenal's Oleksandr Zinchenko attempts a shot on goal which
Men’s Football / 9 November 2023
9 November 2023
Tempers flare between players at the final whistle
Men’s football / 8 November 2023
8 November 2023
Arsenal's Declan Rice and Sheffield United's Gustavo Hamer (
Sport / 29 October 2023
29 October 2023
Report by Layth Yousif at Ashburton Grove 
The memorial service
Sport / 27 October 2023
27 October 2023
by Layth Yousif
Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus celebrates scoring their side's firs
Men's Football / 25 October 2023
25 October 2023
Arsenal's Leandro Trossard (centre) celebrates with his team
Men's Football / 22 October 2023
22 October 2023
Tim Murtagh.
Men’s Cricket / 20 October 2023
20 October 2023
Harry Kane celebrates scoring England’s third goal of the
Men’s football / 18 October 2023
18 October 2023
Tottenham's Micky van de Ven (right) is congratulated by tea
Men’s Football / 8 October 2023
8 October 2023
Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus gestures during the UEFA Champions L
Men's Football / 4 October 2023
4 October 2023
Arsenal's Kai Havertz celebrates scoring their side's third
Men’s Football / 1 October 2023
1 October 2023
Arsenal's Reiss Nelson
Men’s football / 28 September 2023
28 September 2023
Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung-Min (left) celebrates scoring
Men's Football / 24 September 2023
24 September 2023
Despite Arsenal lead, Son keeps Gunners quiet as match ends with 2-2 draw
Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin celebrates scoring his sides
Sport / 24 September 2023
24 September 2023
Queens Park Rangers' Lyndon Dykes during the Carabao Cup fir
Men's Football / 20 September 2023
20 September 2023
Arsenal's Leandro Trossard (centre) celebrates scoring their
Men's Football / 18 September 2023
18 September 2023
Arsenal's Declan Rice (right) and team-mate Gabriel celebrat
Men’s football / 6 September 2023
6 September 2023
Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo (centre) celebrates scoring their s
Men’s Football / 3 September 2023
3 September 2023
Luton Town's Amari'i Bell, West Ham United's Jarrod Bowen, a
Men’s football / 3 September 2023
3 September 2023
Arsenal fans in the stand before the FA Community Shield mat
Men’s Football / 1 September 2023
1 September 2023
Buy your club’s fanzine, says the Gooner's editor LAYTH YOUSIF
Kieran McKenna
Sport / 20 August 2023
20 August 2023
Loftus Road
Men’s football / 18 August 2023
18 August 2023
Ahead of QPR vs Ipswich Town at Loftus Road, Layth Yousif takes a trip down memory lane to recall west London heroes in blue and white hoops
Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo celebrates scoring against Tottenha
Men’s Football / 13 August 2023
13 August 2023
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka (right) celebrates scoring their side'
Men’s Football / 13 August 2023
13 August 2023
Arteta’s Gunners started the season on the right foot despite a delayed start due to 'issues with the ticketing system' which prevented fans from entering the ground on time
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and team lift the trophy after
Men’s Football / 11 August 2023
11 August 2023
Arsenal players and staff celebrates with the trophy after t
Men’s football / 7 August 2023
7 August 2023
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta reacts during the pre-season fr
Men’s football / 4 August 2023
4 August 2023
LAYTH YOUSIF has been at the club's HQ London Colney to speak with the Basque ahead of the Wembley curtain raiser
FC Barcelona forward Ferran Torres, left, scores past Arsena
Men’s football / 28 July 2023
28 July 2023
From Broadway to Boreham Wood, LAYTH YOUSIF reflects on Arsenal’s pre-season tour to the United States and says it is only a matter of time until the Premier League will play matches Stateside
A young fan holds up a sign after the MLS All-Star soccer ma
Layth’s Take / 21 July 2023
21 July 2023
LAYTH YOUSIF pens a letter to Morning Star readers from across the pond, where he’s followed the Gunners for some pre-season football action
Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice drives the ball in the second
Men’s football / 21 July 2023
21 July 2023
MLS All-Star head coach Wayne Rooney, of DC United, smiles a
Men’s Football / 19 July 2023
19 July 2023
Layth’s Take / 23 June 2023
23 June 2023
England's Bukayo Saka celebrates scoring their side's fifth
Men’s Football / 20 June 2023
20 June 2023
England's Sam Curran celebrates taking the wicket of Pakista
Men’s Cricket / 26 May 2023
26 May 2023
Barnsley's Liam Kitching celebrates scoring their side's fir
Men’s Football / 26 May 2023
26 May 2023
The Colliers are looking to seal an immediate return to the Championship against South Yorkshire rivals The Owls at Wembley Stadium on Bank Holiday Monday. Ahead of the big game, LAYTH YOUSIF focuses on Michael Duff’s Reds
Coventry City fans in the stands celebrate their team gettin
Men’s Football / 25 May 2023
25 May 2023
With Coventry City set to take on Luton Town in this weekend’s Championship Playoff final, LAYTH YOUSIF takes a look at the proud history of this club, which, along with its fans, has proved itself to be a survivor
Leicester City's Jonny Evans and team-mates appear dejected
Men's Football / 17 May 2023
17 May 2023
Erling Haaland
Layth’s Take / 5 May 2023
5 May 2023
Manchester City's Julian Alvarez celebrates scoring the open
Men's Football / 30 April 2023
30 April 2023
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Layth’s Take / 28 April 2023
28 April 2023
Manchester City's Kyle Walker (centre) celebrates with teamm
Men’s football / 27 April 2023
27 April 2023
Aston Villa's Douglas Luiz celebrates scoring his side first
Men's Football / 23 April 2023
23 April 2023
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta applauds the fans after the fin
Layth’s Take / 21 April 2023
21 April 2023
Men's football / 19 March 2023
19 March 2023
by Layth Yousif at Edgeley Park
Arsenal's William Saliba celebrates after scoring his side's
Men’s Football / 17 March 2023
17 March 2023
LAYTH YOUSIF discusses Thursday’s action-packed night in Islington, and previews Arsenal’s Premier League clash with Crystal Palace this weekend
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka (right) celebrates scoring a goal with
Men’s Football / 9 March 2023
9 March 2023
As Arsenal gear up to face Sporting Clube De Portugal in the last 16 of the Europa League this evening, Layth Yousif spoke to Gabi Martinelli on behalf of the Morning Star newspaper 
Ivan Toney
Men’s football / 8 March 2023
8 March 2023
Arsenal�s Gabriel Martinelli celebrates scoring
Men’s Football / 2 March 2023
2 March 2023
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka (right) celebrates scoring a goal with
Men's Football / 26 February 2023
26 February 2023
Arsenal mascot Gunnersaurus Rex (left) and Sporting Lisbon m
Layth’s Take / 24 February 2023
24 February 2023
LAYTH YOUSIF reminisces reporting on Sporting Lisbon as Arsenal prepare to face them once again
Arsenal's Leandro Trossard celebrates scoring the first goal
Men’s Football / 12 February 2023
12 February 2023
A composite image of Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Manche
Layth’s Take / 10 February 2023
10 February 2023
Men's Football / 7 February 2023
7 February 2023
Everton manager Sean Dyche during the Premier League match a
Men’s football / 5 February 2023
5 February 2023
HOSTING THE GUNNERS: An aerial view of Goodison Park, home o
Layth’s Take / 3 February 2023
3 February 2023
Arsenal's Caitlin Foord celebrates scoring their side's thir
Women’s Football / 27 January 2023
27 January 2023
Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah celebrates scoring their side's firs
Men's Football / 23 January 2023
23 January 2023
Emirates Stadium
Layth’s Take / 20 January 2023
20 January 2023
LAYTH YOUSIF looks back on precious moments spent with his Dad connecting through their beloved Gunners, and reflects on Arsenal v Man Utd over the years
Chelsea's Sam Kerr celebrates scoring
Women’s Football / 15 January 2023
15 January 2023
Men's Football / 27 December 2022
27 December 2022
Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah celebrates scoring
Men's Football / 27 December 2022
27 December 2022
Juventus' Alessandro Riccio (left) and Arsenal's Reiss Nelso
Men's Football / 18 December 2022
18 December 2022
Arsenal's Stina Blackstenius (left) and Juventus' Cristiana
Women’s Football / 8 December 2022
8 December 2022
Fans display a banner during the German Bundesliga soccer ma
Layth’s Take / 18 November 2022
18 November 2022
LAYTH YOUSIF explains why when the tournament kicks-off, he will be refraining from reading, writing, commenting on, or watching it
Arsenal's Martin Odegaard (centre) celebrates scoring their
Men’s Football / 13 November 2022
13 November 2022
PLAYER OF THE SEASON SO FAR: Manchester City star Erling Haa
Layth’s Take / 11 November 2022
11 November 2022
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta
Men’s football / 4 November 2022
4 November 2022
PSV's Luuk de Jong, right, celebrates with Ibrahim Sangare a
Men's Football / 28 October 2022
28 October 2022
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta speaks to his players during a
Men's Football / 23 October 2022
23 October 2022
Granit Xhaka
Sport / 21 October 2022
21 October 2022
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta
Men’s football / 20 October 2022
20 October 2022
Arsenal�s Ethan Nwaneri (right) comes on to replace Fabio
Men’s Football / 19 October 2022
19 October 2022
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka (right) and Leeds United's Pascal Stru
Men’s Football / 16 October 2022
16 October 2022
Arsenal's goalkeeper Matt Turner and Bodo/Glimt's Runar Espe
Layth’s Take / 14 October 2022
14 October 2022
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (third left) and staff during a
Men’s football / 13 October 2022
13 October 2022
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka (right) celebrates scoring their side'
Men’s football / 11 October 2022
11 October 2022
Arsenal's Bukayo Saka (right) celebrates scoring their side'
Men’s football / 11 October 2022
11 October 2022
Arsenal�s Rob Holding scores their side's second goal of t
Men’s Football / 7 October 2022
7 October 2022
Arsenal's Eddie Nketiah celebrates scoring their side's sixt
Men’s Football / 5 October 2022
5 October 2022
Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus scores their side's second goal of t
Men’s football / 2 October 2022
2 October 2022
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta
Men’s Football / 30 September 2022
30 September 2022
Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall
Women’s Football / 23 September 2022
23 September 2022
Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane scores their side's first goa
Layth’s take / 23 September 2022
23 September 2022
LAYTH YOUSIF explains how the North London Derby near sell-out is a moment to celebrate for all those involved
Arsenal's Beth Mead (right) and Ajax's Sherida Spitse battle
Women's Football / 21 September 2022
21 September 2022
Men's Football / 4 September 2022
4 September 2022
Arsenal's William Saliba celebrates his side's second goal o
Layth’s Take / 2 September 2022
2 September 2022
LAYTH YOUSIF questions why anyone would rather pore over Fantasy Football and transfer news instead of playing or watching the beautiful game
Arsenal's Gabriel Jesus score his sides first goal during th
Men’s Football / 1 September 2022
1 September 2022
Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers is unable to keep out Ar
Men’s Football / 21 August 2022
21 August 2022
Arsenal's Cedric Soares is mobbed by team-mates after scorin
Layth’s Take / 12 August 2022
12 August 2022
Fans celebrate the final whistle in Aylesbury United WFC, th
Women’s Football / 5 August 2022
5 August 2022
LAYTH YOUSIF speaks to Jen McKenzie, who played football for England U16s in the early 1990s, about last week’s Wembley triumph
STANWAY STUNNER: England’s Georgia Stanway celebrates scor
Layth’s Take / 22 July 2022
22 July 2022
LAYTH YOUSIF fills us in on his week spent savouring top-quality sport, travelling from Birmingham to Brighton
General view outside of North Marine Road cricket ground in
Men’s Cricket / 15 July 2022
15 July 2022
Here’s LAYTH YOUSIF’S special feature examining why
England�s James Anderson celebrates taking the wicket of I
Layth’s Take / 1 July 2022
1 July 2022
LAYTH YOUSIF writes about his passion for the longer, brighter and warmer evenings, and gives insight into how he spends them
England's Ben Stokes (left) and Jonny Bairstow celebrates vi
Men’s Cricket / 24 June 2022
24 June 2022
LAYTH YOUSIF discusses Jonny Bairstow’s loss of his father to suicide, and gives his own brave account of losing two friends the same way
England's Jonny Bairstow (centre) celebrates his century aft
Men’s Cricket / 17 June 2022
17 June 2022
LAYTH YOUSIF is savouring his delight after witnessing two Test victories earlier in the week, and hopes England’s fine form will continue at Headingley in the third and final Test
A general view of play during the Vitality Blast T20 match a
Sport / 10 June 2022
10 June 2022
Layth Yousif sampled the T20 London derby at Lord’s on Thursday and ponders whether this particular format has had its day
Liverpool's Fabinho (left) and team-mate Mohamed Salah embra
Layth’s Take / 27 May 2022
27 May 2022
LAYTH YOUSIF takes us through his highs and lows of the season, including a presser with Mourinho, his goal of the season, and the prestigious best pie award...