Manchester United have announced record turnover for last season as revenue grew 13% to a record £363m and a net profit of £146m. The driving force once again was United’s commercial arm which increased revenue by 30% as United landed new kit, media and mobile phone deals. United’s commercial revenue last season was £153m, 42% […]
Chelsea lost at home in the Champions League group stage for the first time in ten years, while Arsenal recorded a valuable victory in Marseille and Lionel Messi responded to Cristiano Ronaldo’s hat trick on Tuesday with one of his own in a Barcelona victory. But the big story was at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea […]
AC Milan has announced on its official website that Kaka will be out of action for a while after picking up an adductor problem in this weekend’s 2-2 Serie A draw against Torino. The attacking midfielder was forced to leave the pitch after 70 minutes of play on his Milan return and underwent further examination […]
Bayern Munich launched their bid to become the first Champions League winners to successfully defend the title as Real Madrid scored six of Tuesday’s 30 goals, the most on an opening night since the current format began in 1999/2000. The defending champions wasted no time getting their campaign off on the right foot through David […]
Goals from Alessandro Florenzi, Francesco Totti and Kevin Strootman, from the penalty spot, moved Roma joint top of Italy’s Serie A after a 3-1 win over Parma on Monday. With three wins in as many games and level on goal difference with Napoli, Roma sit just behind Rafael Benitez’s leaders but two points ahead of […]
Swansea midfielder Jonjo Shelvey had a emotional up and down night as Swansea drew 2-2 with his former club Liverpool on Monday. Shelvey took just 87 seconds to open the scoring at the Liberty Stadium with his first goal for Swansea since being sold by Liverpool in pre-season. The 21-year-old didn’t have long to savour […]
Kelyn Rowe and Saer Sene scored first-half goals, but the New England Revolution could not hold the lead and lost 3-2 to the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park. With the loss, New England (10-11-7, 37 points) dropped out of playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference standings, falling from fifth to seventh. Chicago (11-11-6, 39 pts.) […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has ended his flirtation with Manchester United and signed a new five year deal with Real Madrid that will pay him a reported €18m a year after tax, plus 50% of his image rights, making him the world’s best-paid player. Ronaldo has scored a remarkable 203 goals in 203 games since joining for […]