Fan who invaded field at Manchester United match banned for 3 years, fined

September 21st, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City and Wales striker Craig Bellamy is being investigated by police after an incident with a fan who ran onto the pitch at the end of Sunday's contentious derby clash with Manchester United. City were beaten 4-3 by United thanks to Michael Owen's goal in the sixth minute of injury time after the referee had signalled that four minutes of injury time should be played.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City manager Mark Hughes has said that knocking defending champions Manchester United off their perch would be the biggest achievement of his career. Hughes would be looking forward to destroy the dynasty of his mentor Sir Alex Ferguson during the much anticipated Manchester derby on Sunday.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester City has promised a staggering 9,000 pounds in bonus to every player if they are able to beat defending Premier League champions Manchester United in their match on Sunday. The bonus system means that if the Blues are able to beat United, owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed will have to dish out 99,000 pounds to pay the starting line-up, and another 27,000 pounds if all three substitutes are used.

September 18th, 2009 LONDON - Ace striker Carlos Tevez has insisted that he has nothing to fear from Manchester United fans if he makes an explosive return to Old Trafford on Sunday. The Argentinean is back training at Manchester City and hopes to recover from a knee injury in time for the crucial match against United.

September 8th, 2009 FIFA investigates Man City's signing of teen HelanLONDON — FIFA is investigating Manchester City over claims by French club Rennes it illegally poached a teenager. The 17-year-old defender Jeremy Helan was signed in February after an "illegal" approach, according to Rennes, although City insisted Tuesday that it has acted within the rules and didn't induce Helan to breach his contract.

September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Football's controlling body FIFA Thursday banned Chelsea from signing players in the next two transfer windows after finding them guilty of inducing a French teenager to breach his contract with another club. Gael Kakuta, who is now 18, joined Chelsea from Lens two years ago, prompting the French club to report them to Fifa.

August 9th, 2009 LONDON - Cristiano Ronaldo is already a forgotten man at Manchester United, insists left-back Patrick Evra. Evra, 28, said: "It is important to be clear that Ronaldo did not make Manchester United.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has branded Premier League rivals Manchester City "arrogant" over their controversial Carlos Tevez poster campaign. After securing the services of Tevez for 25 million pounds following the South American's successful two-year stint at Old Trafford, Manchester City infuriated Ferguson by erecting a giant poster at the bottom of Deansgate, one of Manchester's busiest shopping areas, declaring: "Carlos Tevez, welcome to Manchester." The poster emphasized the fact that City are based in the city of Manchester, whereas United are in the neighbouring borough of Trafford, something Blues fans have pointed out regularly down the years as they laid claim to the title of Manchester's only club.

July 22nd, 2009 DUBAI - The England team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 115-run win over Australia in the second Test at Lord's, which finished on Monday. Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees imposed the fines after Andrew Strauss's side was ruled to be two overs short of its target at the end of the match when time allowances were taken into consideration.

July 17th, 2009 LONDON - Former England football captain David Beckham strongly believes that John Terry will stay at Chelsea. "I don't think JT (John Terry) will move because he's Chelsea through and through.

July 7th, 2009 DUBAI - The Pakistan team has been fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during its 50-run defeat against Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle on Tuesday. Alan Hurst of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees imposed the fines after Younus Khan's side was ruled to be one over short of its target at the end of Sri Lanka innings when time allowances were taken into consideration.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - Former Manchester United striker Carlos Tevez is confident he will not be viewed as a traitor by the Old Trafford faithful if he completes a transfer to Manchester City. According to The Sun, the Argentina star rejected a permanent Manchester United deal last month.

July 5th, 2009 LONDON - Italy's 16-year-old youngster Alberto Massaci is all set to sign for Manchester United. The right-back from Emploli has never figured in the first team of Serie B squad but impressed Manchester United scouts last year in an international youth tournament, where he was also voted as the best player.

July 1st, 2009 Ronaldo's move to Real Madrid completedLONDON — Cristiano Ronaldo's world-record transfer to Real Madrid from Manchester United has been completed. A fee of $131 million for the player was agreed to between the clubs last month and United reported on its Web site on Wednesday that the fee has been paid.

May 29th, 2009 LONDON - Chelsea has won four of their eight FA Cup finals and Everton five of their 12. The two are now getting ready to meet for the first time in the final Saturday.