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Arsenal and England in disagreement over Bukayo Saka's availability

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Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is set to butt heads with the English FA after ruling winger Bukayo Saka out of international duty. Despite claiming Saka was "in contention" for Sunday's victory over Manchester City, Arteta left the 22-year-old at home and later insisted Saka would not be able to join up with the England squad either. "No, he will not make it," Arteta said. "He has not trained for a single session. He is not available to play Football at the moment." Nevertheless, the Evening Standard state that the FA still expect Saka to report for international duty on Monday, where they plan to conduct their own medical checks on the Arsenal winger. England face Australia in a friendly on Friday and will then switch their focus to a European qualifier against Italy the following Tuesday. Southgate does not want to risk Saka / Catherine Ivill/GettyImages LISTEN TO THE LATEST EPISODE OF 90MIN'S TALKING TRANSFERS PODCAST: ALPHONSO DAVIES, VICTOR OS...

Group of 20 countries agree to increase clean energy but reach no deal on phasing out fossil fuels

Group of 20 leaders have agreed to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal NEW DELHI -- Group of 20 leaders agree d Saturday to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal. At a news conference shortly after the G20 leaders — whose countries also emit 80% of all planet-warming gases — announced the agree ment, Amitabh Kant, a senior Indian government official leading some of the G20 negotiations, called it "probably the most vibrant, dynamic and ambitious document on climate action.” While most climate and energy experts were not as ebullient, they agreed that the G20 leaders had put out a strong message on climate action, even as the world is seeing increasingly frequent natural disasters such as extreme heat. Even at the last...