Christmas is upon us – and that means giving gifts, chomping on chocolate and basking in all that the holidays have to offer.

David Beckham’s son Cruz has released his first single – and the bookies are already predicting it could become Christmas Number One.

Manchester United have endured an underwhelming start to the campaign under new manager Jose Mourinho, leaving them well off the early pace setters in the race of the Premier League title.

The sky blues of women’s football recently became the first women’s club in British football to average crowds of more than 2,000 over a season – and it’s no wonder with all those goals flying in.

British Para-Swimming head coach Rob Greenwood is in line to follow in the footsteps of Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson after being nominated for a top prize at the 2016 UK Coaching Awards.

Kristian Hunt, Alan Aspden and Luke Walker – who all work for audio branding firm PHMG – took on the football-themed endurance test in aid of Manchester-based charity Once Upon a Smile.

The Minister for Disabled People highlighted Manchester City and Manchester United’s efforts to install accessibletoilets into their stadiums and called for other Premier League clubs to follow their example.

Translation agency LanguageLine have found that players from Manchester City and Manchester United share a total of 14 languages in the dressing room.

Manchester United and Manchester City’s explosive rivalry has a new edge: Mourinho v Guardiola.

It’s been the managers dominating the headlines in recent months, but on Saturday it is up to the players to make those.

Unsurprisingly, most of the pre-match attention has centred on the two new bosses, the football match a mere side show as two managerial megastars resume their decade long rivalry.