Chelsea gave their new Brazilian coach Luiz Felipe Scolari the perfect start on Sunday with a stunning 4-0 victory over Portsmouth in their opening Premier League match at Stamford Bridge.
Manchester United strolled to a 2-0 defeat of Manchester City on Sunday to return to the top of the English Premier League and closer to a record-equalling 18th title. Chelsea made sure of finishing at least third with a 4-1 victory against their fellow Champions League semi-final losers Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.
Manchester United strolled to a 2-0 defeat of Manchester City on Sunday to return to the top of the Premier League and closer to a record-equalling 18th title.
Giuseppe Rossi continued his remarkable comeback with a 15-minute hat-trick as Fiorentina recovered from two goals down to defeat previously unbeaten title-holders Juventus 4-2 in Serie A on Sunday.
European champions Manchester United were held to a 2-2 draw by Porto at Old Trafford to leave their Champions League quarter-final on a knife-edge ahead of the second leg in Portugal next week.
Manchester United's players were given a lift ahead of their Premier League game against Arsenal when Diego Maradona visited them at their training ground today. The new Argentina coach is visiting clubs in England to meet up with some of the key players in his national squad.
FIFA is banning third-party ownership of players and outlawing the practice of clubs buying licences from teams in higher divisions to secure promotion, its president Sepp Blatter said on Monday.
Manchester United reached the League Cup final on Tuesday with a 4-2 win over Derby County at Old Trafford to overturn a shock 1-0 defeat in the first leg.
Wayne Rooney scored the winner but suffered a hamstring injury in a 1-0 victory over Wigan Athletic that moved Manchester United up to second in the Premier League on Wednesday.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes the club's old guard will face real competition after manager Alex Ferguson's spending spree.
'This team is really good and we have invested a lot in it. Now we have to work with that'
Liverpool's long wait for a home league win over Manchester United finally ended on Saturday when Ryan Babel came off the bench to give them a deserved 2-1 victory over the champions. Carlos Tevez had put United ahead after three minutes, with a Wes Brown own goal levelling before Babel struck 13 minutes from time to secure their first home win against United for seven years.
Two more goals from irrepressible midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo helped Manchester United to a 3-1 home win over Tottenham Hotspur in their FA Cup fourth-round tie on Sunday.
Manchester United took a huge step towards retaining their Premier League title when they beat West Ham United 4-1 at Old Trafford on Saturday after playing more than half the match with 10 men.
West Ham United were fined a record 5.5 million pounds by a Premier League panel on charges of breaching ownership rules.
Manchester United routed Aston Villa 4-0 while Arsenal fought back from two goals down for a 3-2 win over Bolton Wanderers.
Two spectacular goals from England winger Shaun Wright-Phillips kept Chelsea firmly on Manchester United's heels after a 4-1 win over West Ham United at Upton Park on Wednesday.
West Ham United stole the limelight with a stunning double swoop for Argentines Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
Champions Manchester United stumbled to their second successive Premier League draw on Wednesday when they were held 1-1 at Portsmouth.
A stunning hat-trick by Cristiano Ronaldo saw the champions outclass Newcastle United and go top of the Premier League.
Juventus's win over Real Madrid has strengthened their conviction that they are good enough to rejoin European football's elite after years of watching the Champions League final stages from the sidelines.
Arsenal strode into the New Year with their lead at the top of the English Premier League intact after a 2-0 victory over West Ham United.
Argentina beat Mexico 3-0 to set up a meeting with Brazil in the Copa America final.
Alex Ferguson said his current squad is the best he has ever had since becoming manager at Old Trafford 21 years ago.
Manchester United stormed to the top of the Premier League on Saturday with a 4-1 thumping of Middlesbrough as Chelsea stole the limelight with a 6-0 hammering of third-placed Manchester City.
West Ham United were fined for breaching ownership rules over signings of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.
Manchester United went top of the EPL for the first time this season with a 4-0 win over Wigan Athletic.
Toure criticises players for accepting lure of China cash
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.
Sheffield United finished the season in 18th place with a goal difference of -23, a single goal worse than Wigan, to join already relegated Charlton Athletic and Watford in the second division.
Juventus will end 2013 five points clear at the top of Serie A after a 4-1 victory at Atalanta stretched their winning league run to nine games on Sunday.
Chelsea returned to their early-season form to open up a five-point lead in the Premier League, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi continued to make mincemeat of La Liga defences and Juventus extended their lead in Serie A. In France, Olympique Lyonnais retained top spot with a 2-0 win at RC Lens.
Favourites Argentina, one game away from their first Olympic soccer title, are laying the foundations for a new era of international success in Greece.
Financial details of Oscar's transfer to Shanghai SIPG from English Premier League club Chelsea have not been released, but media reports have suggested Shanghai paid 60 million euros ($62.6 million) to lure the 25-year-old to the Chinese super league club.
A virtuoso performance from Sergio Aguero earned Manchester City a 4-1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League on Saturday, the Argentine scoring all his side's goals in an incident-packed clash at The Etihad.
Manchester United dropped further down the table after losing 5-3 against newcomers Leicester City. Barcelona and Real Madrid scored 13 goals between them during a memorable La Liga weekend, when Cristiano Ronaldo netted a hat-trick.
Argentine clubs River Plate and Boca Juniors will contest the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final, South America's equivalent of the Champions League, in Madrid on Sunday.
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