Arsenal beat 10-man Chelsea to claim Wembley victory

Aaron Ramsey scored the winning goal after Diego Costa’s equalizer cancelled out Alexis Sanchez's controversial lead.

Arsenal won a record 13th FA Cup trophy after they beat London rivals, Chelsea 2-1 on Saturday in a packed Wembley stadium.

Aaron Ramsey scored the winning goal after Diego Costa’s equalizer cancelled out Alexis Sanchez's controversial opener.

The game kicked off after a minute silence was observed in the 90,000-seater Wembley for the victims of the Manchester suicide bombing that claimed the lives of 22 people, including children.

The opening minutes kicked off with Arsenal camping in the Chelsea half, and the pressure soon paid off as Sanchez put the Gunners in an early 3rd-minute lead, although in controversial version.

After blocking a defensive clearout from the Chelsea defence with what looked like a handball, Sanchez ran unrestricted into the Chelsea box past Aaron Ramsey in offside position and coolly slotted the ball past Thibaut Courtois with the outside of his boot.

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Turkish NBA star tweets 'you can't catch me' at arrest warrant report

Enes Kanter, the Turkish NBA star whose home country has revoked his passport, on Friday expressed disdain on social media at reports that Turkey's government had issued a warrant for his arrest.

"You can’t catch me. Don’t waste your breath. I will come on my own will anyway, to spit on your ugly, hateful faces," Kanter said in a Twitter post accompanied by a photo of a story by Turkish newspaper Sabah about the arrest warrant.

Kanter's agent, the National Basketball Association player's union and representatives for the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kanter's team, did not respond to requests for comment.

Kanter, a vocal critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, was detained in Romania on May 20 when authorities learned his Turkish passport had been revoked. He returned to the United States on Sunday.

On Monday in New York, Kanter lashed out at Erdogan at a news conference, calling him the "Hitler of our century."

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