For the first time during the 24 years of the U21 Uefa championship, Ireland approach the tail-end of their qualifying campaign in contention.

Stoke are sweating on Premier League approval on their last-gasp bid to sign Michael Owen after the striker finally agreed to join them.

Darren Fletcher was last night named in Manchester United’s squad for their Champions League group stage campaign.

Dimitar Berbatov has hit out at Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson over his treatment during his final season at Old Trafford.

Chief executive David Gill believes Manchester United will continue to grow despite a disappointing share price when the club was listed on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has re-opened his transfer feud with the Blues sporting director Brian Marwood.

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Alex Ferguson has revealed Manchester United have hit a brick wall in their attempts to sign Robin van Persie from Arsenal.

An unusual sight greeted guests at New York’s posh St Regis’s hotel this week: Dozens of investors trickled out carrying Manchester United hats and footballs after a marketing event for the club’s upcoming initial public offering.

Santi Cazorla outlined his desire to end Arsenal’s trophy drought after becoming the latest high-profile recruit at the club yesterday.

Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic is confident lessons have been learned in the wake of last season’s harrowing title loss to bitter rivals Manchester City.

Richard Fitzpatrick combined his love of both writing and soccer in a book. Here he explains how he went about doing it

Thomond Park could stage a soccer spectacular next year if Limerick FC chiefs get their way.

Arsenal 6 Southampton 1

Manchester United 4 Wigan 0

Sunderland 1 Liverpool 1

Margaret Thatcher never paid much attention to football, but last week football was remembering her.

Probably the only good aspect of me being suspended and unavailable for the game against Kazakhstan was that I was able to get home for a few days to see friends and family. But while I was home, I couldn’t get over the negativity towards the Ireland manager, even in the build-up to the game.

Roberto Di Matteo has no concerns about John Terry’s mental or physical wellbeing ahead of Chelsea’s clash with QPR.

Everton manager David Moyes admits the loss of key midfielder Darron Gibson gives him a problem for the next few weeks.