Koscielny and Xhaka put in solid performances as both countries progress

It was an anticlimax, but France and Switzerland both progress to the final 16 of the Euros.
Wayne Rooney, Jack Wilshere

Rooney: Wilshere doesn’t have to prove himself

Wayne Rooney has returned the favour and heaped praise onto England team-mate, Jack Wilshere.

Watford man hails Xhaka – ‘He’s a great signing’

Watford midfielder, Valon Behrami, has sung his Swiss compatriot, Granit Xhaka's praises.

‘Ospina is the best’ – Rodriguez hails goalkeeper

Colombian midfielder, James Rodriguez, speaks very highly of his compatriot, David Ospina.

Watch: Alexis unstoppable – scores and assists for Chile

Alexis Sanchez scored again for Chile during their latest win in Copa America against Mexico.

Bad news as Rosicky gets injured again

Tomas Rosicky looks like he could have played his last game at this year’s competition after doing his hamstring in the Czech Republic’s dramatic 2-2 draw with Croatia.

Watch: Ospina heroics seal penalty win and MOTM award

David Ospina ensured that Colombia sealed a quarter-final place for his country with a great penalty save in their game against Peru.

Mesut Ozil on Boateng ‘That’s his opinion’

Mesut Ozil has, apparently, growled a response when asked about Jerome Boateng’s comments that claimed Germany were not good enough in the final third during their goalless draw with Poland on Thursday night.

Jamie Vardy ‘It’s easy to shut Arsenal transfer out’

Jamie Vardy has revealed that he has no problem ‘shutting out’ the transfer speculation surrounding his future as he concentrates on the Euros with England.

Friday recap: Wenger on Payet; Vardy, Morata and more

It's all a bit quiet on the Arsenal front at the moment but here's the latest news and gossip from Friday.

Bellerin was benched but didn’t Morata do well?

Hector Bellerin was on the bench for the entire match... again.
Helen Trantum column

Forgive me, Arsenal, for I have sinned

Would you rather Arsenal win the Champions League or England win the World Cup?

Idiotic fans overshadow brilliant Czech draw v Croatia

A last minute penalty meant the Czech Republic managed to earn a point when no one thought they could.

Wenger: ‘Talented’ Payet too inconsistent for Arsenal (and he’s right)

Despite scoring two goals in as many games in Euro 2016, Arsene Wenger insists that Dimitri Payet hasn't always been this consistent.

Cazorla: Wilshere is a joy to watch

Santi Cazorla has described Jack Wilshere as a 'joy to watch' recently while the 24-year-old is away in France for the Euros.

Woj shows off nasty bruise

Wojciech Szczesny has received ultimately lad™ points after showing off his rather nasty-looking bruise on Instagram.

7 mildly interesting facts about Aaron Ramsey’s home town

Born in Caerphilly, South Wales, Aaron Ramsey is the eighth Welshman to play for Arsenal. Here are seven mildly interesting facts about his home town: Never mind...

Granit Xhaka on career highlight involving Manchester United

Granit Xhaka hasn’t played a single minute for Arsenal but Gooners everywhere have already fallen in love with him for a number of reasons.

Not even Ozil can shine in dull German draw

Mesut Ozil started for Germany as they struggled to create anything of note and drew 0-0 with Poland.

Ramsey and co. frustrate Englspurs but can’t hold on

Aaron Ramsey played the full 90 as Wales frustrated Englspurs in France on Thursday.

Watch: Alexis channels his inner Sylvester Stallone

There are few scenes in sport films more iconic than the end of Rocky’s run around Philadelphia, culminating at the top of the steps in front of the Museum of Art.

Player focus: Koscielny helps France to first cleansheet

With France winning 2-0, it was the first clean sheet for the French defence in the tournament.

Player focus: The frustrated faces of Olivier Giroud v Albania

With France struggling, again, to score goals and relying on a late winner, it was a frustrating night for Olivier Giroud against Albania on Wednesday.

Wednesday recap: Fixture list, Mkhitaryan, Euros and more

Here's Wednesday's news and gossip from the Goonerverse.

Giroud and Kos feature in France’s last-ditch thriller

Although neither managed to score during France's 2-0 win over Albania, both Olivier Giroud and Laurent Koscielny featured.

Xhaka puts in another huge performance for Switzerland v Romania

Granit Xhaka, once again, put in a superb performance for Switzerland in their 1-1 draw against Romania.

Quiz: Guess the player

If you have a bit of some to kill between Euro 2016 matches, Paddy Power has come up with a nifty 'guess the player' game.

Confirmed: Woj misses out on Germany clash

Wojciech Szczesny will be heartbroken after being ruled out of Poland's next Euro clash against Germany on Thursday.

Watch: Cech tries innovative new deflection training technique

Petr Cech has shared a - quite frankly - genius training technique on his Twitter account.

Watch: Alexis scores absolute worldie for Chile

Alexis Sanchez helped Chile to a 4-2 win over Panama in Copa America on Tuesday night.

Player ratings: Giroud and Xhaka shine during opening Euro clashes

All our Arsenal players, except for Hector Bellerin, have featured for their national teams in their opening matches of Euro 2016. Here's how we think they've rated so far.

Wilshere praises England’s midfield, hails ‘fantastic’ Rooney

Jack Wilshere has hailed Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, pointing out how he's the Red Devils' best player and he can still perform.
Hector Bellerin

Five of Bellerin’s ‘boldest’ fashion statements

After Hector Bellerin (and Aaron Ramsey) were selected for Vogue's most stylish footballers at the Euros feature, we thought we'd take a look at some of the Spaniard's 'bolder' looks.

Monday Arsenal recap: Nwakali, Hysaj, Cavani, Umtiti and more

With just one game on Monday featuring Arsenal players to entertain us, a little more gossip than we’ve had lately creeped into the equation.

Rosicky sets new record as Czechs struggle against Spain

To the surprise of Arsenal fans everywhere, and half of Spain, Hector Bellerin was named on the bench while Juanfran was handed a start for their first game of the tournament.

Boateng admits learning most from Arsenal legend

Speaking to The Players’ Tribune, Jerome Boateng revealed that one of his biggest inspirations was Patrick Vieira when he was at Arsenal.

Ozil and Vardy in top ten best selling Euro ‘hero’ shirts

Mesut Ozil might get a lot of stick from people in England, but he’s still one of the best supported players in the world.

Sunday recap: Cavani? Giroud v Benzema + actual football

With the Euros underway and Arsenal players to focus on, it seems as if the transfer gossip mill is taking a little break. In fact,...

‘He’s top-class, he’ll do Arsenal a lot of good’

One of the most exciting things about this year’s Euros is watching Granit Xhaka knowing that he’s an Arsenal player and Johan Djourou has said he'll fit in just right at Arsenal.