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Manchester City’s partner club Down Under Melbourne City are continuing to add star quality to their squad with the signing of Damien Duff.

England have had a number of goalkeeping howlers at World Cups, most notably David Seaman blunder against Ronaldinho and Robert Green in South Africa four years ago

Manchester United’s England duo Phil Jones and Chris Smalling should be nowhere near the England World Cup squad, but who is pushing for their places.

The former Philadelphia Eagle and Tampa Bay Buccaneer, who played in the NFL for five seasons from 1999 to 2003, was in town with his training camp ahead of the Manchester Titans fixture against the Crewe Railroaders at the AJ Bell Stadium on Sunday.

Sir Bradley Wiggins, a four-time Olympic gold medallist and Tour de France winner, looks set to miss out on starting the 2014 edition of the race in Leeds next month – because he failed to choose his enemies wisely.

The Wythenshawe-born boxer claims the only reason he has not been beaten is due to luck and the mystery ‘curse’

Wayne Rooney has dismissed claims from former Manchester United teammate Paul Scholes that his best years are behind him ahead of England’s World Cup warm-up game again against Honduras.

The Dutchman was one of 142 coaches from 20 countries including the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain who were consulted by the League Managers Association (LMA) for its Castrol European Manager & Coaches Survey

Andrew Flintoff has given cricket fans a no ball after the England legend will not feature in the battle of the Roses Natwest T20 game tonight.

Former England international hero Andrew Flintoff will play for Lancashire in the NatWest T20 Blast competition – his first outing since quitting the test field at the end of the 2009 Ashes series and then retiring definitively the following year.

A-League side Melbourne Heart have changed their name to Melbourne City FC after Sheikh Mansour added the side to his growing portfolio with a £6million takeover in late January.