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Arsenal 0-2 West Ham: Player ratings as Hammers dent Gunners' title hopes

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West Ham secured their first Premier League win at the Emirates Stadium since 2015 and damaged Arsenal's title hopes with a surprise 2-0 London derby victory on Thursday evening. A calamitous scramble in the Gunners box ended when Tomas Soucek arrived to belt in the opener before Konstantinos Mavropanos flicked in James Ward-Prowse's corner to double the Hammers' lead. Arsenal could not muster a response despite the likes of Leandro Trossard, Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus having good opportunities, allowing Liverpool to grow a two-point lead at the top of the table at the conclusion of Gameweek 19. How the game unfolded West Ham showed threatening signs early on as Ward-Prowse fired goalwards from 20 yards, his effort just soaring over David Raya's goal. Nice work from Ben White, Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard helped Mikel Arteta's side fashion their first major opening with the ball falling to Bukayo Saka, but the England winger's effort was fired disappoin...

MotoGP Qatar GP: Martin takes vital sprint win to roll title battle to final round

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Coming into Saturday’s sprint at Losail trailing Francesco Bagnaia by 14 points, the latter could have won the 2023 title this weekend. However, Martin’s charge to victory in the sprint and Bagnaia struggling to fifth means the gap between them shrinks to seven, ensuring the title battle will go to the final round of the year in Valencia next weekend. Di Giannantonio scored a first podium of the season on his Gresini Ducati as he looks to earn a place on the MotoGP grid next year, while poleman Luca Marini was third. VR46 Ducati rider Marini converted pole to the holeshot off the line at the start of the 11-lap sprint , while Gresini’s Alex Marquez jumped to second. Martin and Bagnaia made contact at Turn 1, the Pramac rider barging his way through into third ahead of his factory Ducati team rival. At Turn 4, Martin ran wide and allowed Bagnaia and Honda’s Marc Marquez through, demoting him to fifth. However, Martin eased by Marquez on the main st...