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Arsenal’s Caitlin Foord will face a 14-day quarantine when she returns to Arsenal after international duty with the Australian national team.

In the rush to avoid the spread of Coronavirus/Covid-10, the FA’s medics were today praised by the Daily Mail for being ‘ahead of the curve’ when they banned England players from shaking hands with players during the last international break – in November.

Mesut Ozil is a busy man away from the pitch with a number of charitable endeavours and he’s been tweeting about his most recent moves aimed at promoting gender equality, teamwork as well as off-pitch initiatives focusing on clean water and recycling.

Over 60 civil society organisations, writers, personalities and Nobel laureates have appealed to the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to free detained human rights defenders, during the Hay Festival Abu Dhabi, which ran from 25 to 28 February 2020.

Chelsea ejected some Manchester United fans for singing ‘that’ Ashley Cole chant on Monday night.

Justin Fashanu was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday as a trailblazer in the game as the first £1m black player and the first professional footballer to come out as gay, a decision that was to cost him his life.

The BBC have sacked former Derby County player, Craig Ramage, after he criticised the Ram’s ‘young black lads’ on a local radio station.

Bobby Madley is set for a return to refereeing in England, despite being sacked by PGMOL for mocking a disabled person.

As the UK Brexits because it can apparently do better on its own, groups of football supporters are trying to bridge rivalries to feed those who are driven to foodbanks because of the conditions in this country.

An FA charge against Mark Sampson that he used racist language (again) has been dropped as ‘unproven’.

The FA and Premier League are seriously discussing rewarding clubs post-Brexit with credits to allow them to buy more foreign players if they field more English ones first.

Manchester United have cancelled their planned winter training camp in Qatar due to rising political tensions in the area.

Bobby Madley quit as a referee last summer in a move that was said to have sent ‘shocks’ through PGMOL, the overlords of officialdom, but the former official has broken his silence about what happened and it raises even more questions about PGMOL and what they get up to out of sight.

With FA Cup games kicking off a minute later than normal to highlight mental health issues, Paul Merson has revealed that this time last year he was suicidal.

A Chinese streaming service has lifted their Arsenal blackout but will not mention Mesut Ozil during commentary.

Vivianne Miedema has become an Ambassador for War Child who “aim to reach children as early as possible when conflict breaks out, and stay on to support them—long after the TV cameras have gone home.”

Stan Kroenke’s sports empire, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, has been named the ‘most valuable sports conglomerate in the world’ by Forbes, but what is the real price of supporting a  team owned by someone like Stan?

Pro Evolution Soccer will remove Mesut Ozil from their game in China as the authoritarian regime continues to throw a hissy fit over the German’s tweet that dared called attention to their treatment of Uighurs within their borders.

It was more than a little disappointing to see Arsenal put their commercial interests ahead of human rights when they hung Mesut Ozil out to dry with their statement about his comments on the Chinese treatment of the Uighurs.

A 3-1 win and, hopefully, the start of a new era at Arsenal, but for one long-time supporter, the evening left her “with a sick feeling in my stomach and an overwhelming sense of disillusionment with attending live football.”