Arsenal still fighting for Premier League title, says Mikel Arteta

LONDON, MAY 1 (AP):

Arsenal is not satisfied with just qualifying for the Champions League and is still fighting for the Premier League title, manager Mikel Arteta insisted Monday.

Arsenal has already secured a return to the Champions League after a six-year absence but let control of the Premier League title race slip out of their hands with a painful 4-1 beating at Manchester City last week.

City is now a big favorite to defend its title, but Arteta said the loss hasn’t diminished his players’ ambitions.

“That is the mentality that we need and that is

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what I love more the last few days,” Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta said ahead of Tuesday’s home game against Chelsea. “We are still not satisfied, we are still upset and we want more.”

With five games left for Arsenal — and six for Man City — Arteta insisted “a lot of things are going to happen still” in a title race that many have already called for Pep Guardiola’s team.

City now tops the table again after winning 2-1 at Fulham on Sunday to move one point clear of Arsenal, which is on a four-game winless run. Guardiola’s team also has played one game fewer. Arsenal has led the standings for 247 nights this season and can add one more Tuesday with a win against fast-falling Chelsea, which has just two points from six league games.

14th Aries Shooting Championship 2023

DIMAPUR, MAY 1

(NPN): Keshenpfu Kehun (men’s fellowship) Rengma Baptist Church Kohima (RBCK) organized a twoday outdoor games event as part of its ‘Sports Meet 2023: Empower’ at 4th NAP Sports Complex, Thizama in Kohima on April 28 and 29, 2023. Altogether, four teams—team Berea, team

Derbe, team Lystra and team Antioch—took part in various outdoor sports events.

Team Derbe emerged as the champion in basketball and volleyball while team Berea and team Antioch bagged champion trophy in tug-of-war and football respectively. The valedictory function, Haiyalo Magh, who won the 100-metre race, expressed gratitude to the commandant, officers and the rank and file of 4th NAP Thizama for permitting the event to be held at their sports Complex.

The organisers informed that schedules for the indoor events would be held on May 13, 2023 and invited all the members to be part of the event.

TOKYO, MAY 1 (IANS): Japanese table tennis star Kasumi Ishikawa, who won three women’s team medals at three consecutive Olympic Games, announced her retirement on Monday. The 30-year-old Ishikawa made the announcement in Japanese on Instagram and in Chinese on Weibo. She said she had decided to call it quits after the WTT Macau in April when she lost to China’s Chen Meng in the women’s singles round of 16.

“Starting to play table tennis at 7 and representing Japan in international competitions from 14, I am very happy that many of my dreams have come true,” Ishikawa said. She went on to help Japan win the women’s bronze medal in Rio 2016 and silver again in Tokyo 2020.

DIMAPUR, MAY 1

(NPN): The 14th Aries Shooting Championship 2023 was held at Aries Sports Complex Shooting Range, Bamunpukhuri-A