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Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he was told the club's decision to cut 60 jobs had been made to "achieve the success we want to create". Gunners chief executive Richard Garlick informed staff this week that Arsenal's workforce would be reduced across a number of departments. The cuts are set to affect up to seven per cent of Arsenal's 871 permanent staff, but will affect neither coaching nor performance staff.

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After losing his WBO heavyweight title in a brutal first bout in May, the Briton insists he can ‘right those wrongs’ on Saturday night Five months ago, watching a likely Fight of the Year between Daniel Dubois and Fabio Wardley in Manchester, a ringside seat offered an initially thrilling insight into the raw brutality of heavyweight boxing. It was easy to be swept up in the drama as Wardley, defending.

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England begin their tournament on Saturday with a must-win fixture in Perth that can inject some optimism into the European game Two games into the men’s World Cup and the tournament is already overflowing with colour. As if the biggest Test crowd in Sydney for more than 50 years was not enough cause for celebration, Australia and New Zealand served up one of the great international games of modern times,.

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Manchester United boss Michael Carrick says he is telling the truth about the club moving on from Lisandro Martinez's explosive post-match interview. Carrick's close friend and team-mate Wayne Rooney led the condemnation of Martinez, saying the Argentine defender could "rip the dressing room apart" with his attack on United's hierarchy after the 2-0 Champions League defeat by Atletico Madrid. Former United skippers Roy Keane and Gary Neville have also had.

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South African side had preparing for Champions Cup debut Player understood to have suffered a cardiac arrest A member of the Lions squad has been found dead in the team’s hotel ahead of the South African side’s Champions Cup game against La Rochelle. The player is understood to have been found unconscious in the shower having reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest. The so far unnamed player could not be revived.

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France boss Laurent Frayssinous suggests the gap between the NRL and Super League was a huge factor in their 78-4 defeat by Samoa at the Men's Rugby League World Cup. Melbourne storm winger Sua Fa'alogo came off the bench as a replacement for the injured Deine Mariner to score four of Samoa's 14 tries in an emphatic Pool B-C victory in Parramatta. Mariner had opened the scoring, with two tries.