Arsenal are close to finalising new contracts with key duo Martin Odegaard and Ben White, while they also want to discuss a fresh deal with Oleksandr Zinchenko.

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Max Verstappen finished fastest in practice in Qatar as he closes in on a hat-trick of world championships. The Dutchman needs to finish only sixth in Saturday’s sprint race to clinch the title and he made light work of Friday’s sole practice at the Lusail International Circuit. Verstappen finished three tenths clear of Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, with Charles Leclerc third in the other scarlet car. Fernando Alonso took fourth spot for Aston Martin, one place ahead of Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez. George Russell and Lewis Hamilton finished only eighth and 13th for Mercedes. Verstappen has dominated this season – winning 13 of the 16 races staged – and he will claim his third straight title if he scores three points in the 19-lap sprint race. First, Verstappen must qualify for Sunday’s main event and, on the evidence of the early running, he appears favourite to take pole position. The Dutch driver soared to the top of the time sheets of the one-hour running in the final minutes with a healthy third-of-a-second advantage to the rest of the field. Russell was almost a second back in the lead Mercedes, with Hamilton 1.2 sec behind Verstappen. Qualifying takes place at 8pm local time (6pm BST). Read More Fernando Alonso lauds Max Verstappen as best F1 driver since Michael Schumacher Fernando Alonso lauds Max Verstappen as best F1 driver since Michael Schumacher Max Verstappen pips Oscar Piastri to pole after tense qualifying for Japanese GP

Call of Duty: Warzone 2 Season 6 is the final MW2 season before Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 drops on Nov. 10.

Several million federal employees will stop being paid if lawmakers cannot agree on funding the federal agencies by the start of the coming fiscal year on October 1. Hundreds of people wrote to CNN to express their views about the looming shutdown.

Noah Erb proposed to Abigail Heringer on August 8 at a beachside house in La Jolla, San Diego

(Bloomberg Markets) -- On Brazil’s east coast, the vast parking lot off Avenida Henry Ford sits empty. Shift workers once

Russia’s Investigative Committee has confirmed Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash

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Joao Felix has admitted he's delighted with his start to life at Barcelona, having joined the club on transfer deadline day.

Jadon Sancho could be allowed to leave Man Utd on a long-term loan deal in January with no resolution to his current status at the club on the horizon. United are hoping to re-establish Sancho's market value.

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