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Bury Tandem Club for the Visually Impaired will ride through the night from Manchester Velodrome to the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, which was inspired by the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

David Sadler, who helped United to league titles in 1965 and 1967 during one of the club’s most successful decades, said he is quietly pleased he won’t be on the receiving end of any changing room tirades from Louis van Gaal.

The famous sky blue and white kit has adorned various grounds in neighbouring Brazil as Argentina hope to echo their World Cup victories of 1978, at home, and 1986 in Mexico.

Caballero, 32, has joined City from Malaga on a three-year deal, following the signings of Fernando and Bacary Sagna.

The World Cup in Brazil has been one of the greatest in living memory but strangely absent from the limelight have been a vast array of under performing Premier League stars.

Assystems operations manager Mick Stott led his colleagues against 61 other teams from around the country in the 25th anniversary edition of the UK Challenge.

United’s new kit is available to pre-order now on United Direct and Nike.com ahead of its worldwide release on July 16, while the players will first don the strip a week later.

Van Gaal’s Dutch side will play Argentina in the World Cup last four therefore keeping him in Brazil until the final weekend as United, meanwhile, prepare to embark for their USA tour on the 18th.

Manchester City’s cousins from Down Under – after Melbourne Heart were rebranded last month – are holding a 17-day training camp in the UK before returning to Australia for their FFA Cup clash against Sydney FC.

Cushing is hopeful that their “unique” style of play can bring them further success this season with City in their debut season.

The 21-year-old Orrica-GreenEDGE rider, who was last weekend competing in the National Road Championships in Abergavenney, will line up as one of only four Brits for the Grand Depart of this year’s Tour in Leeds on Saturday.