Theo Walcott in Emirates Cup action

Late Laurent Koscielny equaliser sends Arsenal fans home content with the result but crying out for Arsene Wenger to make signings

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Theo Walcott in Emirates Cup action

Arsenal 2 Napoli 2 match report: Oliver Giroud overhead kick sparks Gunners fightback in Emirates Cup clash

Late Laurent Koscielny equaliser sends Arsenal fans home content with the result but crying out for Arsene Wenger to make signings

Arsene Wenger and Luis Suarez

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Ballet dancer Carlos Acosta

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Carlos Acosta is a generous host. Classical Selection, a programme celebrating the ballet star’s 40th birthday, is much more substantial than most galas. Looking back over his own career, Acosta also makes the most of his colleagues from The Royal Ballet. It’s a lavish but surprisingly intimate evening, with superb dancing, live music and a friendly sense of scale.

Cesc Fabregas

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The 'Llullaillaco Maiden' mummy was found in 1999 in what is now north-west Argentina

Drugs and alcohol in child victim reveal sacrificial secrets of the Incas

Analysis of mummy's hair by UK team shows teenage girl was given coca and alcohol before ritualistic death

Gonzalo Higuain

Gonzalo Higuain completes move from Real Madrid to Napoli

Arsenal had been hopeful of signing the striker

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The wind blows Pope Francis's mantle as he speaks at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro

Windswept Pope gives sermon to pilgrims at Copacabana beach

It seems even His Holiness is not safe from a wardrobe malfunction, as his mantle blew right over his face in the middle of his speech in Copacabana beach.

Gonzalo Higuain

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The striker had at one stage appeared destined to move to Arsenal

Lionel Messi in action against Bayern Munich's Thiago Alcantara

Lionel Messi denies playing role in appointment of Gerardo Martino as Barcelona coach

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