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Liverpool Ladies produced a fantastic display on Sunday evening as they defeated the previously unbeaten Arsenal Ladies 3-1 at Boreham Wood with goals from Fara Williams , Becky Easton and Asisat Oshoala . Add caption Williams produced an inspirational display as she helped Liverpool Ladies gain a priceless three points after a 3-1 win over Arsenal at Boreham Wood on Sunday evening. Despite playing in all of the games for England during a successful World Cup, the No.4 told Matt Beard she was raring to go to help the team get back to winning ways after the break. With Icelandic midfielder Katrin Omarsdottir back to full fitness and providing added steel in midfield, Beard 's charges made a great start when Williams fired a spectacular opener after just nine minutes. Williams then provided an assist when her corner was glanced into the net by Becky Easton to make it 2-0. Liverpool Ladies were playing some fantastic football at this point and with Asisa...

New Barcelona signing Arda Turan has rejected reports he will join another club on a six-month loan deal. Arda cannot play in an official game for  Barça  until January 2016 due to a sanction imposed on the Catalans for breaching rules regarding the transfer of underage players. Reports in Spain claim the Turkish midfielder could be loaned to former club Galatasaray until January, something Arda has vehemently denied.  Turan can not play for Barcelona until January "It's going to be hard not to play for six months," he told  El Mundo Deportivo . "But the important thing is that I will play for  Barça . I always dreamed of playing for  Barça . I will train until I can make my debut in January and I will help the team win every possible trophy." I wanted to play at Barcelona, the biggest club in the world. Arda Turan, Barcelona midfielder. Barça  signed Arda from Atletico Madrid for 32million euros on Monday, makin...

Arsenal will join Everton, Stoke City and a Singapore Select XI team for the Barclays Asia Trophy Singapore in July 2015. The pre-season tournament will take place at the newly built 55,000-capacity National Stadium at the Singapore Sports Hub. It will be the first time Arsenal have participated in the tournament, and the Gunners’ first visit to Singapore since 1991. The knockout competition will take place over two matchdays on Wednesday, July 15 and Saturday, July 18, with a final to determine the winner and a play-off to decide third place. There will be two matches on each day. The Barclays Asia Trophy has been held biennially since 2003. This year will be the first time that Singapore - celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2015 - has played host to the tournament. Source: arsenal.com

Chelsea are ready to pay £11 million a year to use Wembley Stadium for three seasons if the planned Stamford Bridge expansion goes ahead, The Times has reported. The newspaper says Chelsea, who are likely to need a temporary home from the 2017-18 season, made the offer to Wembley Stadium's board and now lead the race to occupy the ground. Tottenham, who will need to relocate during a similar period while their new stadium is built, are said to have offered just £8 million a year to use Wembley. The Times says the Wembley board has yet to decide whether to rent the national stadium to a team, given that it also generates substantial funds from other events, including NFL games and music concerts. Chelsea could also look to move to Twickenham, the national rugby union stadium, should they fail to secure a deal for Wembley. The Premier League champions are set to hold a public consultation on their Stamford Bridge redevelopment plans in Sep...