Liverpool winger Ryan Babel has been fined 10,000 pounds ($15,860) for comments about referee Howard Webb and the doctored picture he posted on Twitter after his side's FA Cup defeat by Manchester United this month.
Liverpool's Ryan Babel could face disciplinary action for posting on Twitter a mocked-up picture of referee Howard Webb in a Manchester United shirt after a 1-0 FA Cup loss on Sunday.
Man U players Ryan Giggs and Christiano Ronaldo have been fined by the FA for their part in a fracas during and after a Premier League game against Arsenal.
Alex Ferguson has opted for experience for Manchester United's Club World Cup semi-final against Japan's Gamba Osaka on Thursday. The United manager told a news conference on Wednesday that Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Phil Neville will all start the game in Yokohama for the red-hot tournament favourites.
The holders swept into the quarter-finals with a 2-0 victory.
Sunderland gained the upper hand on Manchester United by deservedly winning their League Cup semi-final, first leg 2-1 on Tuesday to intensify the pressure on visiting manager David Moyes after a testing week.
Manchester United's past and future collided as debutant James Wilson scored twice in a 3-1 win over Hull City on Tuesday that marked the end of stalwart Nemanja Vidic's Old Trafford career and set tongues wagging about Ryan Giggs.
Football star Wayne Rooney and former Prime Minister Tony Blair's wife Cherie are among a new group of 46 people suing over alleged phone-hacking by Rupert Murdoch's News of the World newspaper, court documents showed on Friday.
Manchester United players need to remember the legacy of those affected by the Munich air disaster because the aftermath of the tragedy is part of what makes the club great, Ryan Giggs said on the 55th anniversary on Wednesday.
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has dismissed media reports that his long-serving trio of Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Rio Ferdinand will leave the Premier League leaders at the end of the season.
Leaders Manchester United moved closer to a 20th title and pushed Queens Park Rangers nearer to relegation when goals from Rafael and Ryan Giggs gave them a 2-0 win at the bottom side in the Premier League on Saturday.
Dimitar Berbatov struck twice as Premier League leaders Manchester United recovered from two goals down to beat promoted Blackpool 3-2 in a thrilling game on Tuesday.
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Striker Dimitar Berbatov scored a clinical first goal as Manchester United sauntered to a 3-0 victory against promoted Newcastle United in their Premier League opener at Old Trafford on Monday.
Cristiano Ronaldo is on course for a hat-trick of PFA Player of the Year awards after being included in the nominations released on Tuesday. Central defensive partnership Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic are in contention for the award voted for by their fellow professionals while Ryan Giggs and goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar are also nominated. Title-chasing Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard, who won the vote in 2006, completes the list of six.
Two penalties by captain Ryan Giggs led Manchester United to a 3-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur that took them two points clear of Chelsea at the top of the Premier League despite being without Wayne Rooney on Saturday.
Manchester United overwhelmed Schalke 04 as they strolled to a 2-0 victory in their Champions League semi-final first leg on Tuesday in a one-sided match that left the home fans stunned.
Javier Hernandez struck twice to lift Manchester United to a 2-1 win over Olympique Marseille on Tuesday and a place in the Champions League quarter-finals for the fifth year in a row.
When Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes trudged off the pitch after a 3-1 defeat at White Hart Lane in 2001 they would hardly have imagined they would still be playing for Manchester United 10 years later.
Reading ended Liverpool's unbeaten start to the Premier League season with a shock 3-1 win.
Thierry Henry's move to the New York Red Bulls is another boost for Major League Soccer and the profile of the sport in America, David Beckham said on Wednesday.
Wayne Rooney's glittering season continued when he was named English soccer's players' player of the year on Sunday.
Manchester United ushered in a new era under interim manager Ryan Giggs with a 4-0 Premier League win over Norwich City on Saturday full of the verve and attacking intent often absent under the sacked David Moyes.
The Portugal winger finished ahead of Didier Drogba of Chelsea and United team mates Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes in the 60th vote organised by the Football Writers' Association (FWA).
European soccer's governing authority said there was no proof of a technical error in Ryan Giggs's disputed goal that gave Manchester United victory in the champions League.
A round-up of weekend action in the main European leagues.
Wayne Rooney scored a two-penalty hat-trick as Manchester United won 4-1 at Portsmouth on Saturday to trim Chelsea's Premier League lead to two points.
It's a good draw which gives us a good opportunity to qualify, the Manchester United manager said of the 1-1 draw at Olympique Lyon.
Goals from Ryan Giggs and Park Ji-sung gave Manchester United a comfortable 2-0 win at Middlesbrough on Saturday to extend their lead in the Premier League to six points with four games remaining.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice as Manchester United romped to a 4-2 away win at Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday to make it three wins from three in Champions League Group F.
A hat-trick by Paul Scholes was the feature of their 6-2 win in the English premiership.
Porto and Lille completed the line-up for the final 16 of the Champions League as the group phase of the competition ended.
Manchester United retained the Premier League title on Sunday when they won 2-0 at Wigan Athletic.
While champions Chelsea beat their bogey team Charlton Athletic 2-1
Cristiano Ronaldo scored an 88th-minute penalty to give Manchester United a 2-1 victory over Everton at Old Trafford on Sunday that kept them within a point of Premier League leaders Arsenal.
Manchester United beat bottom-placed Derby County 4-1 at Old Trafford while Chelsea beat Sunderland 2-0.
Wayne Rooney scored twice in a 4-1 victory in the English Premier League.
The Blues suffered a 4-2 battering at London rivals Charlton Athletic.
Avram Grant lost his opening match as Chelsea's coach with his side going down to 2-0 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday.
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