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Arsenal have been drawn at home to Hull City in the fifth round of the FA Cup. The Gunners advanced to the last 16 with victory over Burnley on Saturday afternoon, while Hull won 3-1 at Bury - with on loan Arsenal striker Chuba Akpom scoring a hat-trick. There is, of course, plenty of history between Arsenal and Hull when it comes to the FA Cup. Wenger's side completed a remarkable turnaround in the 2014 final, coming from 2-0 down to win 3-2 after extra-time.

Football Has called for Aubameyang to stay focused and said the sky is the limit for the Gabonese international. He also revealed that they wouldn't try to force him to stay at the club.

Man city Kelechi Iheanacho's hat-trick kept Manchester City's quadruple dream alive as they strolled to a 4-0 FA Cup win over Aston Villa. The striker's treble saw Manuel Pellegrini's men cruise in the fifth round just days after they reached the League Cup final. City also remain in the hunt to regain their Premier League crown and face Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League next month. The impressive Iheanacho added to his early strike with a cool penalty before running through unchallenged in the second half to claim the match ball. Raheem Sterling hooked in a fourth at Villa Park to ensure Sergio Aguero and David Silva were never needed from the bench. But in 19-year-old Iheanacho, who now has eight goals this season, they have a striker who demonstrated he can be an able deputy to Aguero after he ran Villa ragged. He left the hosts - last season's beaten finalists - to concentrate on their survival battle with Remi Garde's side 10 points from s...

Arsenal Fc Arsène Wenger spoke to the media after his side beat Burnley in the FA Cup fourth round. Here's a full transcript of what he said: on the game… We needed to work. At the start it looked like it would be easy because we had a lot of the ball and good opportunities around the box. When it came back to 1-1, it became a different game. I think we were a bit shocked and they gained belief. I saw them against Derby and I could see that this is a very efficient, strong team with no weakness. Everything they do is based on efficiency and they’ve shown that today. In the second half, I don’t think they created a lot. They had one or two opportunities on the counter-attack but we managed to win the game and we looked quite in control at the end. We needed to keep our focus, our urgency until the last minute.

Arsenal Arsène Wenger has revealed the latest team news ahead of Saturday's FA Cup fourth-round clash against Burnley at Emirates Stadium: on the team news… Mertesacker is out because of the red card, and everybody else is available, apart from Jack Wilshere and Santi Cazorla. After that it is just a question of selection and decision-making, that is the key. on Wilshere and Cazorla… Jack and Santi are progressing well but they are at least a few weeks away. But these two apart, it is just about competitiveness and match fitness.

Nacho Monreal  A Look Back At The Rise Of This Spaniard For all the compliments directed towards Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez, there is another member of this Arsenal team who has quickly become a crowd favorite and that is Nacho Monreal. The Spaniard has been in top form this season, producing consistent displays week in week out which has propelled Arsenal to the top this season. Monreal joined the Gunners in January 2013 from La Liga side Malaga for a fee of £8.3m. Initially, the 29 year old, struggled to adapt to the speed of the Premier League and often found himself playing second fiddle to Kieran Gibbs. However, he has turned things around in the last season-and-a-half and has become an integral part of the north Londoners’ starting XI. Arsenal recently confirmed that left-back Nacho Monreal has penned a new long-term deal with the Premier League leaders. The news was welcomed with cheers amongst the Gunner faithfuls with many believing he is criminally underrat...

Emmanuel Emenike West Ham have agreed a deal with Fenerbahce to sign Emmanuel Emenike but a loan move for Galatasaray's Burak Yilmaz appears to be off. Sky sources understand Turkish club Fenerbahce have accepted West Ham's loan offer for former Nigeria international striker Emenike, 28. Dubai-based Al Ain, where he had been on loan, no longer have Emenike registered as one of their three foreign players. It is understood Emenike will travel to London for a medical on Thursday and the club will also prepare a work permit application.

Andros Townsend The 24-year-old England winger has signed a five-and-a-half-year deal for a fee Sky sources understand to be £12m. The two Premier League clubs agreed the fee on Tuesday after weeks of negotiations that included two rejected offers - one of a loan, the other for £10.5m. Townsend, who has been keen to leave Spurs after failing to gain a first-team appearance since October, picked up his possessions from their Hotspur Way training base on Tuesday and drove immediately to Tyneside. And, after completing his medical and wrapping up personal terms on Wednesday, he said: "I'm delighted to be here.

Messi & Ronaldo Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have made a habit of breaking records, and they are on the brink of another remarkable goal-scoring landmark. If Messi scores in Barcelona's Copa del Rey quarter-final against Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday, he will take a combined goal tally with Ronaldo to 1,000 goals for club and country. Since scoring his first Barcelona goal as a late substitute in a 2-0 win over Albacete in May 2005, Messi has hit 481 overall - including 49 for Argentina.

Football Sky Sports pundit and former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has described Liverpool's victory as massive. "This is a massive result," he said. "I wouldn't say this saves Liverpool's season, as they are still in two other cup competitions, but they are already in the semi-final of the League Cup so they've got more chance of winning this. "This is a big result for the manager. Klopp won't be fooled by the euphoria at the end of the Norwich game or tonight, they were poor tonight and got out of jail at Carrow Road.

Football Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Emmanuel Adebayor. The 31-year-old Togo striker was a free agent having been released by Tottenham in September but has agreed a deal at Selhurst Park until the end of the current campaign. It is understood negotiations between Adebayor's representatives and Palace began just over a fortnight ago. The player has been training every day with a personal trainer and passed his medical at the south London club on Tuesday morning.

Basketball Newcastle Eagles became the first team to book their spot in the BBL Trophy semi-finals, while four of the top five in the BBL Championship all picked up victories on Sunday. The Eagles saw off Cheshire Phoenix for the fifth time this season with a 97-87 victory, despite 34 points from Akeem Ellis. Newcastle were led by Rahmon Fletcher's 18 points with Joe Chapman and Charles Smith adding 16 apiece. Leicester Riders defeated Plymouth University Raiders 90-80 behind 27 points from Neil Watson and a 20-point, 10-rebound double-double from TrayVonn Wright.

Tennis Serena Williams continued her domination of Maria Sharapova with her latest triumph, a 6-4 6-1 victory in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open. Williams has not lost to Sharapova since 2004 and she is now unbeaten in 18 matches against the Russian after the win on Rod Laver Arena. The world No 1 will now face Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska in the last four and stands two wins away from a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title. Not only has Sharapova failed to beat Williams in 12 years she has struggled even to stretch her, winning only three sets during her losing streak.

Football Sunderland   are keeping tabs on   Arsenal full-back   Mathieu Debuchy   as manager Sam Allardyce looks to bolster his resources at both ends of the pitch,   Press Association Sport   understands. The 30-year-old former Newcastle defender has expressed a desire to leave the Emirates Stadium this month in order to keep alive his hopes of making France’s Euro 2016 squad, with  Aston Villa  registering their interest. PA Sport report Debuchy is one of a series of options for Allardyce, who wants a defender and attacking player to add to the captures of centre-half Jan Kirchhoff, frontman Dame N'Doye and third-choice keeper Steve Harper this month.

Football Barcelona head coach Luis Enrique has revealed Neymar will renew his contract at the Camp Nou. The Brazilian’s future at Barca has been the subject of intense media speculation in recent weeks as his long-term future yet to be decided. Reports published in Spain this week claim Real Madrid were willing to trigger Neymar’s buy-out clause, believed to be a staggering €190m (£144m). However, speaking ahead of Barca’s top-of-the-table clash with Atletico Madrid, Enrique revealed Neymar would commit his future to the Catalans. "I think he'll end up renewing," the Barca boss said of the Brazilian ace who has two years left on his contract with Barcelona. Sourced- Skysports

Football Sources at Corinthians have revealed Alexandre Pato’s deal with Chelsea is now finalised. Sky Sports News HQ understands the Brazilian will move to Stamford Bridge on a six-month loan deal, with an option of permanent transfer in the summer. The same sources told us yesterday that interim Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink had reservations about signing Pato.

Football Chelsea's recruitment of young talent is under scrutiny after it emerged Burkina Faso international Bertrand Traore played for their under-18s side when aged 16, in an apparent breach of FIFA regulations. If the Blues are found guilty of wrongdoing they could be placed under a transfer embargo. They have subsequenetly defended their position.

Football Barcelona  forward  Luis Suarez  says he would only play for  Liverpool  if he were ever to return to the Premier League.  The 29-year-old left Anfield in a £75million move in July 2014, having scored 84 goals and propelling the club to within touching distance of a maiden Premier League crown.   And the Uruguay international Suarez has revealed that if he were to move back to England, it would only be for the Reds, having originally signed from Ajax in January 2011.  

Newcastle United agree fee of £12m for Tottenham Hotspur winger Andros

Crystal Palace have completed the signing of Emmanuel Adebayor. The Togo striker was a free agent having been released by Tottenham in September but has agreed a deal at Selhurst Park until the end of the current campaign. It is understood negotiations between Adebayor's representatives and Palace began just over a fortnight ago. The player has been training every day with a personal trainer and passed his medical at the south London club this morning. He will be assessed by the Palace backroom staff tomorrow morning and they will establish whether he will be fit enough to feature in the Eagles' fourth-round FA Cup tie against Stoke on Saturday.

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