Manchester City have issued a brief statement confirming that Kolo Toure was fined sixweeks’ wages for a ban imposed due to doping offences and accepted the punishment. Toure was banned for six months after testing positive to a banned substance which later turned out to be his wife’s diet pills. The Ivory Coast defender took […]
Rooney dropped from England squad
Wayne Rooney has been dropped from Fabio Capello’s squad to play in friendly games against Spain and Sweden. England coach Fabio Capello revealed that he had explained that he was looking towards other options in the build-up to the Euro 2012 group games next year as Rooney is currently banned from the opening 3 games […]
Fergie forever
THE sight of Sir Alex Ferguson will continue to haunt rival managers long after the 69-year-old Scot has picked his last Manchester United side. In addition to renaming Old Trafford’s North Stand in his honour, the club has commissioned a statue of him to be placed in a prominent position near its entrance. The work […]
Brown’s golden touch for Reds on Fergie’s silver day
MAN UNITED 1, SUNDERLAND 0. IT was the supreme irony that the victory which marked Sir Alex Ferguson’s 25th anniversary as Manchester United manager was secured by a face from the club’s past. Stemming from a corner by a man of the United present, helped on by a rising star of the future and executed […]
City dig deep to extinguish QPR fireworks
QPR 2, MANCHESTER CITY 3 They say titles are won when teams win despite a poor performance. Manchester City certainly needed to dig deep after after they conceded the lead for the first time in the Barclays Premier League game at Loftus Road against Queens Park Rangers but preserved their unbeaten start as they overpowered […]