Sport

Wigan kick off their championship season against former Premier League opponents Reading, as Rosler hopes to banish the gloom after May’s play-off heartache.

The Dutchman has overseen a perfect pre-season record in the aftermath of last season’s disastrous campaign under David Moyes that saw the club finish seventh in the league

The Shakers face Cheltenham at home on Saturday for their opening game, Bury’s 4-1 victory the last time the teams met in August 2013 still fresh in the mind.

Prodigy Wilson netted four goals in last night’s Manchester Senior Cup final, including a solo wonder strike that helped the Red Devils thrash rivals City 4-1.

While Rochdale’s past campaign was all about securing promotion, the focus of the former FA Cup winners’ League One bow is likely to be staving off relegation as they prepare to welcome Peterborough on Saturday.

Manchester United legends Gary Neville and Paul Scholes cooled off after their latest game of football in a slightly unusual way – by pouring ice cold water over their heads.

The former Chelsea winger has become the patron of a new scholarship founded by Laureus Sport for Good Foundation at the University Camilo Jose Cela in Madrid

Manchester City women have started an alternative training programme where every Thursday they swap football for a different activity in a bid to get fitter and stronger.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says delegates from Old Trafford have lodged a £15million bid for the Belgian international in the wake of Barcelona’s £10million bid.

City face the emboldened FA Cup winners at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, with the Premier League champions hoping a victory over the Gunners at the scene of their Capital One Cup triumph in February will give them the edge.

The Manchester Senior Cup trophy final tonight, kicking off at 7pm, will feature the cream of the crop of hot prospects from both Old Trafford and Eastlands and will be played at non-league Hyde FC’s Ewen Fields ground.