Cristiano Ronaldo and Nemanja Vidic are both in contention to face Sporting Lisbon tomorrow after Manchester United completed preparations for their Champions League encounter at Old Trafford.

Gabriel Heinze held face-to-face discussions with Alex Ferguson for the first time today in a bid to resolve the row over his proposed move from Manchester United to Liverpool.

The first three legs of Manchester United’s summer tour of Asia are expected to go ahead as planned despite continuing uncertainty over the concluding visit to Malaysia.

England defender Rio Ferdinand returned to the Manchester United team for the crucial derby match at Eastlands.

Portsmouth inflicted only the fourth Premiership defeat of the season for Manchester United with Matt Taylor’s opportunist first-half strike and Rio Ferdinand’s comical own-goal.

Roma captain Francesco Totti is struggling to come to terms with his team’s humiliating defeat at Manchester United on Tuesday night.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson made three changes to his side for this Champions League semi-final first leg match at Old Trafford.

The family of a man stabbed by Italian football fans today told of their shock at the brutal attack.

Manchester United are facing a major midfield injury crisis after Paul Scholes was ruled out of tonight’s Champions League clash with Dynamo Kiev with a knee problem.

Alex Ferguson’s team of youngsters were handed probably the toughest task of Manchester United’s Champions League campaign so far against Roma in the Stadio Olimpico.

Manchester United have incurred an automatic £25,000 (€33,339) fine from the Football Association after seven of their players were booked during the 1-1 draw at Tottenham.

Manchester United and Arsenal have been drawn against each other in the FA Cup fifth-round draw.

Manchester United full-back Gary Neville has admitted he faces a major challenge to force his way back into Alex Ferguson’s first team.

Wayne Rooney returned to Manchester United’s starting line-up for the first time since the opening day of the season as Alex Ferguson’s men tackled Sporting Lisbon to kick off their latest Champions League quest.

Owen Hargreaves was handed his Manchester United debut as Alex Ferguson’s men looked to record their first win of the season against local rivals Manchester City at Eastlands.

West Ham are expected to announce tomorrow that they have agreed a deal to release Carlos Tevez from his contract and registration.

Premiership leaders Manchester United arrived at the Emirates Stadium knowing victory over Arsenal would open a nine-point advantage over Chelsea.

Alex Ferguson has confirmed promising goalkeeper Ben Foster will return to Manchester United in the summer after spending a second year at Watford.

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes the last-gasp 1-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield was a "massive result" in the Barclays Premiership title race.

Roma coach Luciano Spalletti does not expect an easy ride against Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the Champions League but is convinced his team can upset the odds.