Manchester United Soccer News

MANCHESTER, England (AP) _ Manchester United wants world soccer's governing body to help untangle the contractual issues that are delaying its bid to sign Carlos Tevez. United wants to sign the Argentina striker from West Ham, but the deal has been stalled by debate over who owns Tevez's contract. Representatives from Manchester United have been in discussions with the Premier League and West Ham this week over the transfer, but with no resolution. Manchester United chief executive David ...

LONDON (AP) _ The last time Manchester United went more than three seasons without an English championship title, the Premier League hadn't even started. United manager Alex Ferguson can avoid that happening again on Sunday. If United beats Manchester City on Saturday (Rogers Sportsnet, 7:30 a.m. ET), and defending champion Chelsea fails to win at Arsenal on Sunday (Fox Sports World Canada, 11 a.m. ET), the title will be on ...

ROME (AP) _ Two Manchester United fans who were stabbed during clashes before a Champions League match with AS Roma remained in hospital Thursday and are expected to live. Rome prefect Achille Serra said the fans were stabbed in either the groin or backside during clashes with Roma supporters. A total of 18 fans were reported injured and Serra said at least three were Italian. ``On both sides there is ...

MADRID, Spain (AP) _ Real Madrid is reportedly confident of signing Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of the season. In a story headed ``This one will get the Bernabeu on its feet'', sports daily Marca said Thursday that Madrid president Ramon Calderon has made the Portugal forward's signing ``an absolute priority'' even though ``he will cost a fortune.'' Calderon has reportedly been informed by Madrid's sports director Predrag ...

Alex Ferguson has named five ``world class'' players he coached during his 20 years at Manchester United and David Beckham wasn't among them. Asked for the list for a club history published this week, Ferguson came up with goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, winger Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona, Wayne Rooney and Roy Keane. While he added that current winger Cristiano Ronaldo has the potential to join the list and that Paul Scholes ...

Manchester United will play a European all-star team in March to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. Marcello Lippi, who guided Italy to its World Cup triumph in Germany, will coach the European team which could include former Red Devils midfielder David Beckham in the March 13 game at Old Trafford. Although the game is to mark the anniversary of the treaty that led to the formation of the European Union, Manchester United also wants it ...

Manchester United beat Manchester City 3-1 on Saturday to move nine points ahead of defending champion Chelsea in the Premier League. Goals by Wayne Rooney and Louis Saha gave the Red Devils a 2-0 halftime lead in the neighbours' 146th meeting. Although Hatem Trabelsi scored for City in the 72nd, Cristiano Ronaldo completed the scoring with six minutes to go. United's 14th victory this season leaves it with 44 points from 17 games while Chelsea, which hosts Arsenal ...

A six-point lead at the top of the English Premier League and firmly in the hunt for the Champions League title. After two seasons lagging behind Chelsea, Alex Ferguson's Manchester United is regenerated and challenging for top trophies again. A year ago, United was dumped out of the Champions League in the group stage by Benfica and struggling to keep up domestically with the Blues. ``Sometimes you need that disappointment ...

Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United have little time to celebrate reaching the final 16 of the Champions League. They're preparing for two derbies this weekend that could have a big impact on the English Premier League race. Manchester United, which has a six-point lead over Chelsea at the top of the standings, plays Manchester City at Old Trafford on Saturday (Rogers Sportsnet, 7:30 a.m. ET). Chelsea hosts Arsenal on Sunday ...

Manchester United maintained its three-point lead over Chelsea at the top of the English Premier League on Wednesday with a 3-0 win over Everton. The Blues also won, beating Bolton 1-0 at the Reebok Stadium. But Arsenal suffered its fourth loss away from home, finishing with 10 men and falling 2-1 to Fulham on a goal by Canadian international Tomasz Radzinski. Manchester City beat Aston Villa 3-1 for its first ...

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is pleased with American goalkeeper Tim Howard's form at Everton and would be happy to welcome him back to Old Trafford. Howard lost his place to Edwin van der Sar and spent almost all of last season on the Red Devils' bench before going on loan to Everton. The two clubs meet at Old Trafford on Wednesday and Howard will miss his first league ...

Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo is a master at taunting defenders with his feints and stepovers. Off the field, he's taken a bold swipe at Chelsea that is sure to irritate the Blues going into Sunday's showdown before 76,000 at Old Trafford in Manchester, England _ the biggest match so far this season in the Premier League. Ronaldo's point: Chelsea is no better this season than they were last despite ...

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney was questioned by police Friday about a scuffle outside a Manchester, England, night spot last month. Manchester police said the England forward, 21, was interviewed _ but not arrested _ over allegations that a photographer was assaulted outside the Panacea Restaurant and Bar in downtown Manchester on Oct. 15. Police said they would prepare a file for the Crown Prosecution Service, which decides whether charges ...

Shunsuke Nakamura scored from a free kick in the 81st minute Tuesday to lift Celtic to a 1-0 win over Manchester United and, for the first time in club history, a spot in the second round of the Champions League. Man United now needs a draw against Benfica in the final Group F game to advance. A draw against Celtic would also have been enough. Louis Saha had a chance ...

Wayne Rooney has regained his scoring touch, giving Manchester United a lift as it faces Scottish rival Celtic with a chance of qualifying for the next round of the Champions League. United's surprise 1-0 loss to FC Copenhagen two weeks ago ended the Red Devils' perfect record in Group F. So the second ``Battle of Britain'' has gained greater importance. Alex Ferguson's team needs only a draw in his hometown ...

Wayne Rooney scored two goals for Manchester United to beat Sheffield United 2-1 on Saturday and maintain its three-point lead atop the Premier League. Rooney scored in the 30th and 75th minutes, rallying the Red Devils who fell behind to a 13th-minute goal by Keith Gillespie. It was Man United's seventh straight league victory. Two-time defending champion Chelsea kept winning too, beating West Ham 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Geremi's 22nd-minute free kick. Manchester United has 34 points, ...

Manchester United assistant coach Carlos Queiroz lashed out at Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari on Friday after the Brazilian claimed Queiroz wanted his job. Queiroz said Scolari's claim was ``ridiculous, senseless.'' ``Scolari behaves like one of those people you lend your car to when it's got a full tank of gas and they use it all week, crash it and then leave it on a sidestreet with no gas and ...

Manchester United will have one eye on its upcoming match with Chelsea when it travels to Sheffield United in the Premier League on Saturday. The Red Devils lead the league with 31 points _ three more than two-time defending champions Chelsea _ and will aim to keep that buffer ahead of the top-of-the-table clash at Old Trafford on Nov. 26. ``The game with Chelsea will be a massive one and ...

England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will be questioned by police investigating an early morning scuffle outside a nightclub last month. Greater Manchester Police said Monday they would interview the 21-year-old Rooney over allegations a photographer was assaulted outside the Panacea nightclub in downtown Manchester on Oct. 15. Police said Rooney was not arrested and the photographer did not require medical treatment. Rooney played the previous day in United's ...

Manchester United beat Portsmouth 3-0 on Saturday to move three points clear atop the Premier League standings. Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo and Nemanja Vidic scored at Old Trafford to delight Alex Ferguson as he prepares to celebrate his 20th anniversary as manager of the Red Devils on Monday. Defending champion Chelsea can move into a tie for first place by winning at Tottenham on Sunday. Man United is also eight points ahead of third-place Bolton, which lost 1-0 ...

Paul Scholes and Rio Ferdinand helped put Manchester United back in first place in the English Premier League after a 2-0 victory over Liverpool on Sunday. Scholes, making his 500th appearance for United, scored in the 39th minute and Ferdinand added the second in the 66th as United reclaimed first place above defending champion Chelsea. Both teams have 22 points but United leads on goal difference. The Blues beat Portsmouth ...

Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't just want to win the Premier League title in his 20th year as Manchester United manager. He wants to do it by collecting at least 90 points. The Red Devils, who top the standings with 19 points so far, aim to add three more when they host Liverpool in their ninth game of the season on Sunday. ``We have to be looking to amass something around ...

Liverpool hasn't mounted the Premier League title challenge it expected. Now is the time for the Reds to deliver. Eleventh in the standings, eight points beind league-leader Manchester United, Liverpool faces the Red Devils at Old Trafford on Sunday. Manager Rafa Benitez hopes Liverpool's 1-0 win at Bordeaux in the Champions League on Wednesday will spark a better run of domestic form. Liverpool drew 1-1 with Blackburn and lost 2-0 ...

Manchester United stayed perfect in Group F of the Champions League, beating FC Copenhagen 3-0 Tuesday. Paul Scholes, John O'Shea and Kieran Richardson scored a goal each for Manchester United, which leads the group with nine points. Scholes scored in the 39th minute, driving the ball from the edge of box past diving Copenhagen goalkeeper Jesper Christiansen and into the near corner. ``We're really pleased, we got three goals and three points and it was an important win ...

Manchester United and Lyon stayed perfect in the Champions League on Tuesday, each winning their third straight match to close in on qualifying for the second round. AC Milan also won, beating Anderlecht 1-0 despite playing without defender Daniele Bonera for almost the entire second half after he was sent off in the 47th minute for getting a second yellow card. Manchester United beat FC Copenhagen 3-0 at Old Trafford ...

Manchester United appears in a rush to reach the knockout round of the Champions League after failing to get there last season for the first time in 10 years. A victory over FC Copenhagen at Old Trafford on Tuesday will give the Red Devils a maximum nine points from three games. United would then have beaten all three group rivals _ including Celtic and Benfica _ enough to put it ...

Manchester United rallied to beat Wigan 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday with goals from Louis Saha, Nemanja Vidic and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Wigan opened the scoring in the fifth minute through defender Leighton Baines. But two goals in five minutes _ Vidic's header in the 62nd marking his first for the Red Devils, before Saha stretched to control a cross from Wayne Rooney and score _ swung the game United's way. Solskjaer eluded two defenders to add ...

Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has won the right to a website address using his name. Ownership of the www.waynerooney.com domain name must be handed to the England forward and his management company, a U.N. intellectual property panel ruled Friday. The domain name was registered in 2002 by an actor from Wrexham, England, when Rooney was a 16-year-old player for Everton. Rooney subsequently filed a trademark on his name. A ...

UEFA will investigate allegations that Manchester United players were racially abused by spectators during a Champions League match at Benfica last month. United wrote to European soccer's governing body to complain about ``alleged racist conduct'' by fans at the match in Lisbon, Portugal, on Sept. 26. UEFA said in a statement released Saturday that it was investigating ``allegations by United players that they were subject to abuse of a racist nature.'' United won the group match 1-0.

UEFA is investigating a written complaint made by Manchester United FC about alleged racist conduct by spectators at the UEFA Champions League Group F match against SL Benfica in Lisbon on 26 September. The English club has submitted the complaint, following allegations by United players that they were subject to abuse of a racist nature at the game in Portugal, which United won 1-0.