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Calafiori, Havertz and Ødegaard fire the Gunners to Community Shield win over Man City

Post author:Faz Ali
Post published:17 August 2026
Post last modified:18 August 2026

Arsenal opened the new season with a controlled, confident and quietly emphatic 3-0 win over Manchester City in the Community Shield, delivering a performance that underlined their status as Premier League holders and exposed early frailties in the first competitive match of the Enzo Maresca era. A blistering start, sharp execution in key moments and a far more secure defensive display than anything seen in pre-season carried Mikel Arteta’s side to a comfortable victory at the Principality Stadium. The tone was set inside half a minute. Myles Lewis‑Skelly, trusted from the start despite speculation around his future, clipped a perfectly weighted…

Equity calls on Manchester City Council to ensure Pride performers are paid

Post author:The Canary
Post published:17 July 2026
Post last modified:17 July 2026

With six weeks to go until Manchester Village Pride, performing arts union Equity is calling on Manchester City Council to ensure that performers out of pocket from last year’s Manchester Pride collapse get the pay due for their work. Pride takes place from 28-31 August this year under a new Community Interest Company rooted in Manchester’s Gay Village. This follows the collapse of Manchester Pride in 2025. The new Manchester Village Pride event will be one of the first Pride events to operate on a union agreement, after Equity and Manchester Village Pride signed a house agreement for minimum terms and…

How the far right targeted City of Sanctuary with misinformation campaign

Post author:Olaitan Mos-Shogbamimu
Post published:7 July 2026
Post last modified:7 July 2026

An exposé by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) has laid bare how City of Sanctuary, a charity that promotes empathy and compassion towards asylum seekers and refugees, became the target of a far right misinformation campaign. Charity workers and schools faced death threats, Islamaphobic and hateful abuse for an activity meant to spread love. When freelance journalist Charlotte Gill took issue with one of the charity’s harmless Valentine’s Day activities, the charity found itself at the centre of a media storm. As part of the Schools of Sanctuary programme, students wrote heart-shaped welcoming cards for refugees to be displayed at schools and…

Mosque targeted in a suspected arson attack in Dublin city centre as anti-Muslim hate rises

Post author:Maddison Wheeldon
Post published:30 June 2026
Post last modified:1 July 2026

A suspected arson attack set a mosque in Dublin city centre ablaze in broad daylight on Monday 29 June at 3:35pm. Police subsequently arrested a man in his 40s in connection with the fire. In video footage, the man shouted: Go back to your country. We don’t want Islam in this country. People have repeatedly targeted the mosque by walking in during prayers, confronting worshippers, and filming videos to post on social media in an attempt to demonise Muslims in Ireland. Now, this suspected arson attack marks a dangerous escalation. It shows just how far anti-Muslim hate has spread and how…

Manchester City leads the world… List of the most represented clubs at the 2026 World Cup

Post author:Alaa Shamali
Post published:4 June 2026
Post last modified:9 June 2026

With the final squads for the 2026 World Cup now confirmed, the competition is no longer limited to national teams alone, but has also extended to the clubs that have become the biggest suppliers of stars for the biggest tournament in World Cup history, which will feature 48 teams and 1,248 players for the first time. According to data released by FIFA following the approval of the final squads, the major European clubs have dominated the scene, whilst Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal has made an exceptional showing as the leading Arab and Asian representative. City in the lead… a new record English…

MAP aid worker and baby son injured during Israeli strikes on Gaza City

Post author:The Canary
Post published:28 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

A staff member at Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) and her baby son have been injured in an Israeli military airstrike on a residential area of Gaza City. On the evening of Tuesday 26 May, a MAP programme officer sustained minor injuries when Israeli forces struck a residential building adjacent to her home. The attack also injured her baby son. Both are now in a stable condition. On the same evening, simultaneous Israeli military attacks targeted residential apartments and other civilian sites in Gaza City. They reportedly killed six people and injured several others. Mai Elawawda, MAP’s communications officer in Gaza,…

Pep Guardiola leaves Manchester City after 10 special years

Post author:Faz Ali
Post published:26 May 2026
Post last modified:8 June 2026

Pep Guardiola’s final match at the Etihad felt like a punctuation mark rather than a spectacle. He chose a day that honoured staff, academy graduates, and long‑serving players rather than chasing one last headline. The tone was controlled, personal and unmistakably Guardiola: detail‑driven, human‑centred and low on theatrics. The farewell City fielded an experimental side and the result mattered less than the people on the pitch. That selection underlined a simple point: Guardiola treated the club as a project of stewardship, not a stage for self‑promotion. The final day was about the club’s story and the people who helped write it.…