News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
There was little fanfare but a few lessons perhaps learnt as the most expensive player in the history of English football - Angel di Maria - lasted 70 minutes on his Premier League debut for Manchester United in their goalless draw at Burnley on Saturday.
The sports tycoon said he was extending his offer until June 27, seeking to gain a key 97.6 percent level needed to buy out compulsorily the last remaining shareholders.
England midfielder Frank Lampard has retired from international football after winning 106 caps, he said on Tuesday.
There will be no seismic shifts in the balance of the world's richest football competition if the first weekend of the new Premier League season is anything to go by.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice to earn Arsenal a 3-2 Premier League win over Everton on Sunday, extending the Gunners' unbeaten start to 2020 and moving them back into the battle for European places. The win lifts Mikel Arteta's Arsenal side up to ninth place in the league with 37 points, while Everton remain without a victory at the Gunners in 24 years and a point adrift in 11th.
German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is unlikely to play for Manchester United this season, manager Jose Mourinho said on Friday.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was charged with improper conduct by the Football Association on Monday for the comments he made about referee Alan Wiley after United's 2-2 draw with Sunderland this month. In a post-match interview Ferguson accused Wiley of not being fit enough although he did apologise for causing Wiley "any personal embarrassment" a week later in a statement issued by the club.
The Group L fixture, to be played under tight security in the Serbian capital, comes after England's black players suffered racist abuse at their Euro 2020 qualifier at neighbouring Bulgaria on October 14.
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Roberto Martinez, the manager of Premier League club Wigan Athletic, was fined 10,000 pounds by the Football Association on Wednesday for comments he made after his side's 4-0 defeat to Manchester United last month.
Pogba also said he is no longer bothered by criticism from soccer pundits because he has grown used to it.
Former soccer star David Beckham will star in the documentary film 'David Beckham: For the Love of the Game,' which has been commissioned by the BBC.
Multiple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will train with Borussia Dortmund on Friday as the retired Jamaican sprinter fulfils his ambition to workout with a major professional soccer team, the German club said on Thursday.
Even if Chelsea enjoy success every season for the next 30 years -- they still won't match the Spanish giants.
The re-born Paul Pogba scored twice, for the second time since Jose Mourinho's departure from the club, as Manchester United beat Bournemouth 4-1 to make it three wins in a row for caretaker boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Already an English, European and now world champion with Manchester United, Wayne Rooney is hungry for international glory. Rooney smashed United's winner in Sunday's Club World Cup final against Ecuador's LDU in Japan to complete an unprecedented treble for Alex Ferguson's side.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Friday.
Some of soccer's biggest names are cheering the rescue of 12 Thai boys and their coach from a flooded cave
Argentina skipper Lionel Messi has said that "in principle" last year's World Cup would be his fifth and final appearance.
The Dutchman said he accepted responsibility for the incident but added that he had not intended to hurt Ashley Cole.
The family of Indian student Souvik Pal, whose body was found in a canal near Manchester United Club's football ground in London, on Wednesday asked the government to prevail on Britain to expedite handing over their son's body and bear the cost of flying it back to India.
Robin van Persie could return from injury for Manchester United's Premier League game with Everton on Wednesday, manager David Moyes said on Tuesday.
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has put aside club rivalry by stating that Liverpool's Steven Gerrard would be the best man to lead England at Euro 2012.
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I'm not sure how the stoppage will affect everybody, but Bayern Munich may have a slight advantage because they are playing football now and they are getting their match sharpness back, I wouldn't be surprised if they are now the favourites'
Darren Fletcher is lucky to be playing after chronic bowel disease threatened to end his career, the Manchester United midfielder said on Wednesday.
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Aston Villa and Ireland goalkeeper Shay Given will be out of action for a month after suffering a torn hamstring, the Premier League club said on their website (www.avfc.co.uk) on Monday.
English striker Rohan Ricketts has been signed for the I-League Champion, Dempo SC for the 2012-13 season.
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who have won the award 10 times between them, are included
Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA's European Club Footballer of the Year on Thursday after scoring 42 goals last season including eight in the Champions League.
Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure has said the abuse he suffered on social media is 'a disgrace' and called for world soccer's governing body FIFA to reassess the way they deal with racism.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Manchester United counterpart Jose Mourinho both insisted the London side's 2-0 win on Sunday was not about them, or their rivalry, but in many ways it was.
The 56-year-old Portuguese returns to management for the first time since being sacked by Manchester United in December, and replaces Mauricio Pochettino, who was sacked on Tuesday.
Liverpool, five-times European champions and last season's Champions League runners-up, eased past the Bavarians and into the quarter-finals with two goals from Sadio Mane and one from Virgil van Dijk after a goalless first leg at Anfield.
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Factbox on Jose Mourinho, who was named manager of Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday
