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Arsenal Shine Without Sanchez

Arsenal shrugged off the absence of Alexis Sanchez as they romped to a 4-1 victory over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday.


With Sanchez not in the squad as talks continue over a move to Manchester United, the Gunners blew Palace away with four goals in a dazzling opening 22 minutes.

Nacho Monreal, Alex Iwobi and Laurent Koscielny all finished from close range before Alexandre Lacazette fired in after a slick passing move.Palace improved in the second half but could only pull back a consolation goal in the 78th minute through Luka Milivojevic.

The win is Arsenal's first in 2018 and provides a timely boost after defeat at Bournemouth last weekend and then a week dominated by transfer speculation.

Van Persie Returns To Feyenoord

Former Arsenal and Manchester United striker Robin van Persie has signed for his boyhood club Feyenoord, 14 years after leaving the Dutch giants.

The 34-year-old is to return on a free transfer after leaving Turkish side Fenerbahce.

The Netherlands international made his senior debut at Feyenoord in 2001 and went on to play 78 games for the club, scoring 22 goals.
He left to join Arsenal in 2004.

Van Persie spent eight seasons with Arsene Wenger's side, winning the FA Cup with them in 2005, before joining Manchester United in 2012 after scoring 132 goals in 278 games for the Gunners.

He is the all-time top scorer for the Netherlands with 50 goals and won the Premier League in his first season in Manchester before moving to Fenerbahce three years ago.

Impressive Kerber Crushes Sharapova ln Straight Sets

Angelique Kerber produced a superb performance to beat Maria Sharapova and confirm herself as a title contender at the Australian Open.

The German 21st seed won 6-1 6-3 in the much-anticipated night-session clash between the only two former champions left in the draw.

She needed just 64 minutes to see off Sharapova, breaking serve five times.

Kerber, the 2016 winner, will play Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei, ranked 88th in the world, in the fourth round."I know Maria is always fighting," said Kerber.

"After the first set, I was trying to not thinking about the score, just going for it, trying to be aggressive and playing my game. 

"And it works. It works from the beginning. I'm happy about how I played tonight."

North Korea Sending 22 Athletes To Winter Olympics In South Korea

North Korea will send 22 athletes to compete in three sports at the Winter Olympics in South Korea in February.

The two countries agreed a breakthrough deal earlier this month in the first high-level talks in two years.

The International Olympic Committee hosted a meeting in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss North Korea's participation in Pyeongchang.

IOC president Thomas Bach announced the two nations would march together at the opening ceremony on 9 February.

Describing the agreement as "a milestone in a long journey", Bach also confirmed North and South Korea will be allowed to field a unified women's ice hockey team at the Games.
North Korea will also be represented in skating and skiing.

The two countries had already agreed to compete under a unified Korean flag.

from Bola Esho's Blog