PROFITS at the world's richest soccer company Manchester United dropped by 34% last year as the company spent heavily on new players.

IT’LL be fascinating to see the line-ups representing Liverpool and Manchester United in this week’s Carling Cup semi-finals.

IAN HARTE will be suspended for three first-team matches after being sent off for violent conduct in a reserves match.

GAA fans who wear their county colours are paying on the double.

MALCOLM GLAZER has increased his stake in Manchester United to 27.63%.

MANCHESTER UNITED defender Gary Neville has taken the unprecedented step of rejecting a testimonial to mark his 10 years at the club.

THE British government believes the Office of Fair Trading will wish to consider whether the takeover of Manchester United by Malcolm Glazer raises any competition concerns, it emerged yesterday.

IN RECENT times, two members of a well-known British boy band were brought before an Irish court to answer charges of bad behaviour and the use of bad language.

REAL MADRID coach Carlos Queiroz says his new club now have more global kudos than Manchester United, where last season he served as number two to Alex Ferguson.

POLICE were yesterday continuing their investigation into a racist attack on footballer Roy Keane after vandals set off industrial fireworks outside his home in Britain.

SOUTHAMPTON’S assault on their wage bill continued yesterday as Gordon Strachan tore up Andrei Kanchelskis’ contract and allowed him to move to Saudi Arabia.

Juan Sebastian Veron intends to shun the limelight and play for former club Estudiantes when he returns to Argentina at the end of the season.

WEST HAM boss Alan Pardew has revealed he will lecture his players on the pitfalls of modern football.

LIVERPOOL director Noel White has resigned from the Anfield board after he admitted making comments attacking manager Rafael Benitez last week.

BIG-SPENDING clubs could face curbs on how much they pay for players’ wages and transfers under proposals being considered by the game’s leaders and European sports ministers.

ARSENE Wenger believes Chelsea are worthy Premiership champions — but has every confidence his emerging side will soon be title challengers again.