Several Gunners' stars were reluctant to make too much contact with players from opponents Portsmouth as they lined up at the start of Monday night's FA Cup match.

MATT BARLOW AT FRATTON PARK: Arsenal have made it through to the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory over Portsmouth in the fifth round.

Mikel Arteta admits he took a risk making nine changes for the FA Cup win at Portsmouth but claims he was left with no choice as some of his players were 'knackered' after Europa League exit.

Arsenal were dealt an injury blow during their FA Cup fifth round win over Portsmouth as midfielder Lucas Torreira was taken off on a stretcher. The Uruguayan went to ground holding his ankle.

Billy Gilmour's man of the match performance for Chelsea in their FA Cup win over Liverpool has seen calls grow louder to insert him straight into the next Scotland line-up. 

Torreira was taken off on a stretcher early on during the 2-0 victory at Fratton Park following a crunching tackle from Portsmouth's James Bolton. The midfielder will see a specialist on Friday.

North Carolina man Jurgen Henn, who works in a nearby retail complex, said he heard so many crunches and metal grinding crashed over the years.

Maya Devi, 40, is the only woman railway porter in the Punjab city of Ludhiana. As the mother of a 12-year-old, she has no choice but to keep working.

The United Nations' World Food Programme has cautioned that the world faces famines if enough funds are not pledged to combat the effects of the virus in the world's most fragile countries.

First we had Billy Joe Saunders doing his level best to convince us how delighted he is to be defending his world super-middleweight title on the undercard of a YouTube circus act in America.

JEFF POWELL: It defies belief that now, 30 years later, relatives of the 96 victims are still bereft of the closure which might apply some spreading of balm upon their grief.

Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who suffered a heart attack in May, has been registered by the club to play in this season's Portuguese league.

Real Madrid stars flocked to the Reina Sofia museum on Thursday to support Sergio Ramos at the premiere of his new documentary El Corazon de Sergio Ramos (The Heart of Sergio Ramos). 

Spanish football officials are said to have fast-tracked the process of integrating the highly-regarded youngster into the national set up after impressing at Barcelona.

Iker Casillas, the 38-year-old, who lifted the World Cup with Spain in 2010, is therefore due to hang up his gloves in the summer if he is elected ahead of current president Luis Rubiales.

Turkey sent troops into Kurdish-held regions of Syria and Sahin's support for the operation caused uproar among some of second division club's supporters.

The latest batch of names, placing in from 20 to 11, includes a 21-year-old World Cup winner, a Brazilian who lifted 26 trophies this decade and a jewel in Manchester City's crown in the last decade.

Ahead of Saturday's World Cup quarter-final in Samara, Sportsmail's MARTIN KEOWN takes a look at the likely Sweden XI who will be out to stop Gareth Southgate's Three Lions.

After a nerve-racking penalty shootout victory against Colombia, England are in a buoyant mood and triumph against Sweden would set them up with a semi-final clash against either Croatia or Russia.

British Number One Johanna Konta said people have told her they 'want her to die', but tries to cut herself off from it by getting a member of her team to delete hurtful comments and block trolls.

Teenage psychopath Aaron Campbell, who raped and murdered six-year-old Alesha MacPhail on the Isle of Bute, was subject to the SNP's Named Person scheme, a secret report reveals.

ANDREW PIERCE: Ian Blackford, the SNP leader in Parliament, who comfortably retained his Highlands seat, is non-executive chairman of internet provider Commsworld.

Goncalo Guedes's second half strike proved the difference as Portugal saw off Holland 1-0 in Porto to become the inaugural winners of the UEFA Nations League.

Cristiano Ronaldo took his goal-scoring career tally to an incredible 700 after netting in Portugal's 2-1 defeat against Ukraine. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner confidently slotted away a penalty.

The legendary rocker, 71, walked with the help of a cane while his X Factor star wife, 67, lent a helping hand, as they made their way home following dinner Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills on Friday.

The X Factor star, 67, was every inch the doting wife as she helped her husband, 71, after they had dinner at San Vicente Bungalows in West Hollywood on Friday.

The former X Factor judge, 35, admitted that falling ill after cycling for eight hours in 'oven like' temperatures of up to 35 degrees centigrade

Jake Quickenden has revealed he is keeping himself occupied by watching lots of porn. The X Factor star said he was relishing the moments his girlfriend Sophie Church went downstairs.

The machines were spotted at two different restaurants in the island-city state: The House of Seafood restaurant in Punggol and Sea Tripod Seafood Group's Jurong restaurant, Singapore.

Make these tasty Singapore noodles with this recipe from the Hairy Bikers' new cookbook. It is Dave's go-to dish in Chinese restaurants, and surprisingly is not well known in Singapore.

A couple who allegedly killed their five-year-old boy by pouring boiling water over him three years ago began their trial on Tuesday at Singapore's High Court (pictured main).

Singapore Airlines is one of the most lauded carriers in the world, with more awards than you can shake a designer amenity kit at. But the scores from these experts are far from perfect...

An Australian cruise ship has been forced to evacuate 2,000 passengers in Singapore after a contagious virus caused mass vomiting and diarrhoea.

Sir James Dyson announced the move to Singapore in January, prompting claims of 'staggering hypocrisy' against the billionaire who backed Brexit in the 2016 referendum.

Footage of the allegedly distressed animal captured at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) S.E.A. Aquarium in Sentosa Island emerged on social media. An animal charity said posted the clip on Facebook.

The Gospers Mountain fire northwest of Sydney has destroyed an area more than six times the size of Singapore and has proved so terrifying it has been dubbed 'The Monster' by locals. 

Paul Leslie Quirk, 48, has been charged with murder after his wife Christina Khoo Gek Hwa, 43, was found dead in a third floor condo in the Singapore estate of Compassvale Bow last Friday.

Shoppers on the streets of central Singapore did a double take when millionaire socialite Jamie Chua, 45, and her lookalike daughter Calista, 21, walked past in matching mini-dresses.

A mind-blowing seafood and BBQ buffet in Singapore is being heralded as a 'foodie's dream' with 20 different kinds of meat, dipping sauces, oysters and lobsters on offer.

Subaru has issued an apology after a display of their latest modified SUV appeared to deliberately give it a rude title, F.U.*.K.S., which the carmaker said it had 'nothing' to do with.

Vincent and Jane Hee will also be chauffeured around in a Rolls-Royce, receive a rose-gold platinum ring set with a rare 2.08-carat diamond and spend the night at the Raffles Singapore hotel.

The 16-month-old girl was rushed to hospital and treated for second degree burns to her left hand and arm.

Paul Leslie Quirk, 48, was charged with murder after his wife Christina Khoo Gek Hwa, 43, was found dead in a third floor condo in the residential estate of Compassvale Bow earlier this month.

Singapore Airlines was entrusted with carrying St Therese of Lisieux's forearm and that of her parents Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, from France to Sydney this week.

The girl and her parents were unaware she had the highly contagious virus when they arrived in Australia on Qantas flight 52 early on January 17.

Antonia Kidman has spoken about her family's difficult decision to return to Australia after almost 10 years of living in Singapore. She labelled the move back home as 'bittersweet'.

The average download speed in Taiwan is 85Mbps and it takes 8 seconds to download a movie, in the UK it takes 30 seconds with an 18Mbps download speed.

Martial arts champion and ONE Championship founder Chatri Sityodtong offered to fly Quaden and his family on an all-expenses paid trip to Singapore.

A nine-year-old boy who was bullied for his dwarfism has been invited on a whirlwind trip to the US after his story made international headlines. 

Nicole Kidman's younger sister Antonia and her family have moved back to Sydney after a decade living in Singapore.