
Wayne Rooney faces 3 weeks out with knee injury
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney faces spending up to three weeks out with a knee injury. Manager Alex Ferguson says the injury was sustained ...

United needs stingier defense in 2nd half of EPL
Despite being guaranteed top spot at the Premier League's halfway point, Manchester United's leaky defense could thwart its quest to regain the trophy ...

Benitez needs goals to keep flowing at Chelsea
Chelsea's free-scoring form is slowly chipping away at the enmity toward new manager Rafa Benitez from the club's fans. The 8-0 demolition of Aston ...

Barry heads Man City to 1-0 win over Reading
Manchester City took until stoppage time to find a way past bottom-place Reading, with Gareth Barry's header clinching a 1-0 victory in the Premier ...
Man United defender Jonny Evans signs new contract
Manchester United defender Jonny Evans has signed a new contract with the Premier League leaders through June 2016. The 24-year-old Northern Ireland ...
Balotelli accepts City fine, withdraws appeal
Mario Balotelli accepted a two-week fine by Manchester City on Wednesday for repeated on-field misbehavior last season, avoiding a legal case that ...

Messi conquers all in AP football rankings
Lionel Messi brushed aside all challengers in the AP Global Soccer rankings this week, although his Barcelona team came close to being topped by new ...

Man United beats Sunderland 3-1 in Premier League
Manchester United brushed aside an overmatched Sunderland in a routine 3-1 victory at Old Trafford on Saturday to ensure Alex Ferguson's side will be ...
Man City announces losses of more than $150M
Manchester City lost more than $150 million last season as the club maintained its heavy spending on players before winning its first English title ...
Vidic set for return to Man United on Saturday
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson says defender Nemanja Vidic's three-month injury layoff will end on Saturday with an appearance against ...

Boy arrested for sending racist tweet to player
Police say a 15-year-old boy has been arrested for sending a racist tweet to a Manchester United player, widely reported to be Rio Ferdinand, during ...

Manchester City's Barry charged by the FA
Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry has been charged by the FA for using abusive or insulting words toward a match official following his team's ...

Revival of racism, fan unrest haunts English game
Another Premier League weekend scarred by racist abuse, and the coin attack that left Rio Ferdinand dripping in blood at the Manchester derby, has ...

Coin hits Ferdinand, fan held for racism at derby
Crowd disorder marred the Premier League's Manchester derby on Sunday, with United defender Rio Ferdinand injured after being struck by a coin and ...

Van Persie gives United 3-2 win at City in EPL
Robin van Persie scored a stoppage-time winner to give Manchester United a 3-2 win at Manchester City on Sunday, ending the champion's unbeaten start ...
English Football Leading Scorers
Leading scorers Sunday in the English Premier League: Michu, Swansea, 12 Robin van Persie, Manchester United, 11 Demba Ba, Newcastle, 10 Luis Suarez, ...

United ends City's unbeaten start to title defense
After spurning Manchester City's advances in the offseason, Robin van Persie scored the goal that ended the champions' unbeaten start to the Premier ...

Man City still in United's shadow going into derby
Despite winning the Premier League title last season, Manchester City still has a sense of inferiority heading into Sunday's derby with United.

United, City set for season's 1st Manchester derby
Chelsea's recent implosion in the Premier League looks to have set up another two-team race for the title between Manchester United and Manchester ...

Cluj eliminated despite 1-0 win over Man United
CFR Cluj failed to reap any rewards for beating a below-strength Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford on Wednesday, with the Romanian minnow knocked ...
United's Kagawa may return for Manchester derby
United midfielder Shinji Kagawa could make an early return from his left knee injury by appearing in the Manchester derby against City on Sunday.

Cluj dreaming of shock win at Man United
With a Manchester derby looming, Romanian side CFR Cluj is hoping to catch Man United off guard on Wednesday and keep alive its hopes of reaching the ...

Man City held to 1-1 draw by Everton in EPL
Manchester City fell three points behind Manchester United in the Premier League title race after the champions were held to a 1-1 draw by Everton on ...

Former cricketer Flintoff wins first boxing bout
Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff began his new boxing career with a narrow points victory over Richard Dawson on Friday — despite being ...

Torres, Carroll go head-to-head with much to prove
With their goals in short supply, Fernando Torres and Andy Carroll are threatening to go down as the Premier League's most over-valued players.