Sol Campbell is back with Arsenal at the age of 35. He begins his return with a reserves match and according to Wenger, he's an important dressing room figure for the youthful Arsenal squad. The following is a transcript of how Sol and Arsene reached their agreement.

Wenger: Sol, what have you been up to lately?

No previous World Cup hosts have ever failed to progress beyond the first group stage.
Even seriously unfancied teams such as Switzerland in 1954, Chile, Mexico twice and Japan all kept the hope of the home crowds alive by performances that were gritty and beyond the call of duty.Alberto Parreira admits his team have "a mountain to climb" to match up to this bit of World Cup history.

At first it seemed like a humanitarian act beyond the call of duty.An international manager sees one of his players break someone's leg in a league game and, instead of checking to see if he didn't strain his calf in the bone cruncher, makes a stand by dropping him from his squad.And then you see the tackle, and realise it looked bad only when the extent of the injury to Hatem Ben Arfa was known.

At first it seemed like a humanitarian act beyond the call of duty.An international manager sees one of his players break someone's leg in a league game and, instead of checking to see if he didn't strain his calf in the bone cruncher, makes a stand by dropping him from his squad.And then you see the tackle, and realise it looked bad only when the extent of the injury to Hatem Ben Arfa was known.

Footballer helps to launch footballers' favourite hobby Manchester City full-back Wayne Bridge was on hand to launch the gaming sensation that is Call of Duty: Black Ops at Battersea Power Station. Wayne claimed: "I don't get to play it much." But he subsequently proved that he plays it a fair bit more than Clarence Seedorf [.

I know that this may be sacrilege right now with the new Call of Duty game getting everyone from Charlie Davies to Sacha Kljestan all hot and bothered right now but the shooter I am waiting for is Homefront. It doesn't drop until February but maybe that's a good thing because you'll need a minute to get used to the concept of a U.