Manchester United have now officially been world club champions twice following a ruling by FIFA on Friday.

Harry Kane felt inspired by meeting Diego Maradona on Sunday and wants to replicate the former Argentina striker by becoming the best player in the world.

Harry Kane felt inspired by meeting Diego Maradona yesterday and wants to replicate the former Argentina striker by becoming the best player in the world.

Feyernoord 0 - Man City 4: Manchester City produced an outstanding performance to open their seventh successive Champions League campaign with an emphatic 4-0 win at Feyenoord.

Jose Mourinho has no intention of allowing “equally important” goalkeepers David de Gea and Sergio Romero to leave Manchester United.

The PES 2017 demo is now available to download on PS4, PS3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.

Ahead of today’s President’s Cup match in Cork, President Michael D Higgins sits down to talk football with Liam Mackey and the result is a conversation encompassing the League of Ireland, Fifa, Roy Keane, Jose Mourinho and Kofi Annan, as well as Seamus Coleman meeting the Duke of Edinburgh, that Jon Walters selfie and how he’d like to see Ireland play at Euro 2016.

We’ll call him Pat, not least because that’s his name. He’s a young man from Tipperary (some of my best friends, etc), who likes his sport and adores his hurling, and various Munster final days have seen sightings of him in that garb beloved of Tipp hipsters, a Boca Juniors jersey.

Hurling at Croke Park has been listed among 10 of the world’s ultimate sporting destinations by travel bible Lonely Planet.

According to reports, Benfica winger Nicolas Gaitan is in negotiations for a possible move to the Premier League side this summer.

Liverpool are in talks with Fiorentina over the transfer of Fabio Borini. 

Manchester City have failed with a renewed bid for Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling despite increasing their offer by £10m (€14m).

Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri will not stand in Paul Pogba’s way if the French midfielder decides to leave the Turin giants this summer.

Lionel Messi or Carlos Tevez, surely there is no comparison?

An already difficult clash with West Ham has been made all the tougher for Southampton manager Ronald Koeman by a string of absentees.

Capital One Cup semi-final second leg

As far as Real Madrid are concerned, there is no debate to be had – Alfredo Di Stefano was, quite simply, “the best footballer of all time”.

Manchester City are closing in on a deal for Malaga goalkeeper Willy Caballero.

The police came at a frantic space in vans, cars and motorbikes, all with sirens blaring and blue lights flashing.

Anyone with an ounce of taste has been reading one American writer in particular for the last couple of years.

Inter-county players.

Very few rounds of 82 receive — or indeed deserve — a rousing welcome to the 18th green at the British Open and it is almost unheard of for a caddie to be the focus of all the attention.

Very few rounds of 82 receive – or indeed deserve – a rousing welcome to the 18th green at The Open and it is almost unheard of for a caddie to be the focus of all the attention.

Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez insists he has no desire to leave England but would like to end his career at former club Boca Juniors.

Carlos Tevez was a guest but did not play in his former Argentina team-mate Martin Palermo’s farewell match tonight in Buenos Aires.

Argentinian left-back Emiliano Insua has left Liverpool to join Sporting Lisbon on a five-year deal.

Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has not been specifically instructed to attend tomorrow’s Members’ Day and the Gunners will not be taking team photographs both with and without the wantaway midfielder.

ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger hit out at the club’s fans yesterday after his side were booed by the Emirates fateful after letting another lead slip to surrender the Emirates Cup to New York Red Bulls.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed forward Theo Walcott has left the club's training camp in Germany to undergo a scan on a recurring ankle problem.

The Argentinian Football Association are to implement a radical change to the country’s domestic competition with the top two divisions combining to make a 38-team tournament from 2012/13.

Arsenal jetted off to Germany ahead of tomorrow’s friendly against Cologne and a training camp with the future of captain Cesc Fabregas still very much up in the air.

IF footballers could squeeze a loyalty card into their burgeoning wallets then Carlos Tevez, after 14 years in the game, would barely have enough points to buy a toaster in Argos; so don’t expect too many tears to be shed over his latest whimpering transfer request.

IT’S A grey and misty morning in New Jersey.

SAMIR NASRI has cast fresh doubt over his Arsenal future by admitting he may not sign a new contract and even refusing to play down the prospect of defecting to Manchester United.

Arsenal have announced a pre-season tour of Asia in July which will take in Malaysia and China.

MANCHESTER CITY captain Carlos Tevez has confirmed that he wants to play in Spain before ending his career at hometown club Boca Juniors, fuelling further speculation that he will leave Eastlands this summer and join Real Madrid.

Emiliano Insua has left Liverpool for Turkish giants Galatasaray on a season-long loan with an option to make the deal permanent.

Argentina will use tomorrow night’s friendly with the Republic of Ireland to rid from their system their horrifying World Cup exit.

Liverpool defender Emiliano Insua’s move to Fiorentina has fallen through, the Italian club’s sporting director has confirmed.

Liverpool have agreed a fee with Fiorentina for the sale of defender Emiliano Insua and the player is travelling to Italy to discuss personal terms.