Football

Manchester City opened their two-game pre-season tour of South Africa with a 2-0 loss to Supersport United in new coach Manuel Pellegrini's first match in charge.

Manchester United are lining up a 15 million pounds bid for Benfica defender Ezequiel Garay.

The pacy 19-year-old, a product of Barca's youth academy and a Spain under-20 international, played mostly for the La Liga side's B team.

The Manchester United manager is optimistic about the upcoming season and has vowed to 'try to win everything'.

Two Serie A players were banned for three months and 10 days and fined 10,000 euros each on Friday after entering plea bargains in a long-running match-fixing scandal.

Young Algerian striker Ishak Belfodil has joined Inter Milan from Serie A rivals Parma for an undisclosed fee.

Former East Bengal coach Morgan may return to India again if he manages to strike a deal with IMG-Reliance for the upcoming IPL-style football tournamen.

Liverpool have given Luis Suarez until July 22 to sort out his future before he is ordered back to report for the club's pre-season tour of the Far East and Australia.

The contract extension translates into Arata's total commitment to Pune FC ever since gaining promotion into the top flight league in 2009.

Wayne Rooney reportedly left Manchester United's training ground without holding talks with manager David Moyes over his future.

Atletico Mineiro play Newell's Old Boys on Wednesday with a Libertadores Cup final on their minds.

The Spanish midfielder has signed a three-year deal with Swansea, who finished ninth in the Premier League last season.

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With Carlos Tevez off to Juventus, City are looking at Fred and Cardozo as possible replacement for the temperamental Argentine.

David Moyes will need to stump up 16 million pounds to land Leighton Baines from Everton.

The franchise-based tournament, based on the hugely successful Indian Premier League (IPL), has come in for criticism from I-League clubs.