Manchester City’s Sergio Agüero plans to return to Argentina to play for his boyhood club, Independiente, according to his father, Leonel del Castillo.

Ex-Manchester City player James Milner, now a Liverpool player, turned down a £15,000 weekly salary increase to move to Anfield but doubts linger over what he will bring to a side in desperate need of real quality.

England’s women, unbeaten in three matches having scored six goals from a variety of players including two defenders in Monday’s comeback against unbeaten Norway, prepare to face hosts Canada in Saturday’s last-eight clash.

Manchester City’s Steph Houghton and Lucy Bronze helped England’s Lionesses overcome a 1-0 deficit against former champions Norway to set up a World Cup quarter-final with hosts Canada on Saturday.

Finishing second in the group and with two successive wins from three, England’s women are on their way to the last 16 where they will face Norway.

With no World Cup or European championship on the menu this summer, Manchester’s soccer stars will be jetting off on their holidays before pre-season training commences in mid-July.

Now in its third year, Manchester City’s season launch will be hosted by Sky Sports presenting duo Natalie Sawyer and Mike Wedderburn and headlined by Manchester band ‘Black Rivers’, who are led by lifelong blues fans and former members of ‘Doves’, Jez and Andy Williams.

As a city, we’re renowned football fanatics, but new research has shown that our sporting allegiances could even influence our interior design.

At the end of a disappointing season yielding no silverware, a major reshuffle is mooted at Manchester City with an injection of youth required to usher in a new winning era.

Former Manchester City striker Robbie Fowler has revealed his love for classic musicals helped him complete a gruelling 1200-mile drive across Europe as part of the Gumball Rally.

Manchester City’s tilt at Champions League football next season, their community work and expanding fan base point to a long and prosperous future says ex-manager Kevin Keegan, who knows how hard keeping the league title is.