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The meaty tribute at to Manchester United’s Wayne Middleton’s Chicken Lodge is described as ‘plain, nothing special and over-priced’, costing an eye-watering £18.

Robin van Persie’s diving header against now deposed champions Spain set the Netherlands on their way to a 5-1 mass destruction of their 2010 final opponents and also earns a place in MM’s top five United goals at the World Cup.

Martial arts fans witnessed a spectacle of technique and heart as one of the UK’s biggest amateur MMA events put on a show to remember for its landmark tenth event.

Hart and England have been dumped out of the World Cup after losing their first two group matches against Italy and Uruguay.

Sochi 2014 saw a breakthrough on the slopes for Team GB with the emergence of ‘fridge kids’ and now Manchester is developing the next generation of talent.

The American had been in poor health since suffering two strokes shortly after seizing control of the Old Trafford outfit in 2005 after a controversial £790m takeover

England’s defeat to Uruguay exposed their lack of depth.

Javonne Morrison (5-2-0), from Manchester, is hoping notch another victory on his record by defeating Aaron Robinson (2-2-0), taking the Liverpudlian’s FCC Amateur Flyweight belt in the process

The younger brother of Manchester City’s Yaya and former Blue Kolo Toure has died in Manchester aged 28.

Geoff Glover, who works as a tax partner at the Buxton Partnership based in Northwich, decided to complete a quartet of half marathons after last year being accepted as a member of the Lord’s Taverners Club – the UK’s leading youth cricket and disability sports charity.

Premier League champions Manchester City will hope to have the beating of Hearts of Midlothian FC in a specially-arranged pre-season commemorative match in Edinburgh next month.