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Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League.
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General Motors Co has signed on as the automotive sponsor of the world's most popular soccer club, Manchester United, in an attempt to cement Chevrolet as a global brand.Terms of the five-year deal, announced in Shanghai on Thursday, were not disclosed. GM is hoping to piggyback on Manchester United's fan base of an estimated 659 million people to boost its Chevy brand, especially in such growing Asia car markets as China, where the soccer club has 108 million fans."If our aspirations are to build global icon status for Chevrolet ... soccer far and away is the world's biggest sport," GM executive director of global marketing strategy Paul Edwards said in an interview. "Manchester United stands head and shoulders above the other teams in terms of scale, brand value and their legacy in the sport."The announcement comes about two weeks after GM said it would drop ads both on Facebook, due to l...Veteran Denmark goalie Thomas Sorensen will miss Euro 2012 due to a back injury, it was announced Tuesday.The 35-year-old Sorensen has played over 100 matches for De...
Cristiano Ronaldo admitted Portugal should feel no pressure in the Euro 2012 tournament as it is "never favorites to win championships."Ronaldo was not ready to conc...
Manchester City cut ties with former England international Owen Hargreaves on Tuesday, ending his stay with the club after just one season.The 31-year-old Hargreaves...
Barcelona provided Pep Guardiola with the perfect send-off by thrashing Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in the Copa del Rey final on Friday to earn the club's most successful co...
Denmark coach Morten Olsen named Jores Okore and Nicklas Pedersen to his Euro 2012 squad Thursday to complete his 23- player roster.The 19-year-old Okore, a defender...
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Manchester City's players are champions of England — yes, that is a phrase we're all going to have to get accustomed to — because they believed in themselves like th...
England manager Roy Hodgson announced his 23-man England squad for Euro 2012 on Wednesday, with 18-year-old Alex Oxlade- Chamberlain making the cut, while former Eng...
Have you had a chance to digest the stunning action that was force-fed to you Sunday?The English Premier League season culminated this past weekend in a 20-team, two...
In one of the most dramatic endings to a Premier League season, Manchester City clinched its first league title in 44 years with two goals in stoppage time, includin...
In the closing moments of the Premier League's most dramatic season, Manchester City had just enough time for one final, breathtaking twist.With the club's title hop...
Malaga striker Ruud van Nistelrooy announced his retirement on Monday after helping the club secure a place in the Champions League next season.The Dutchman is best ...
New Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers conceded he'll have to earn respect at Anfield after being plucked from relative obscurity Friday following a successful spell ...
Butch and Sundance, Lennon and McCartney and ... Giggsy and Becks? Please, Stuart Pearce, make it so. Because we're suckers for good double bills.Pearce, coach of th...
England returns to the European Championship after missing out on the 2008 tournament, and the Three Lions do so with plenty of questions to answer.Chief among them ...
Belgium international Eden Hazard is set to join Chelsea this summer, as the 21-year-old has selected the Champions League winners over English rivals Manchester Cit...
Glen Johnson and Danny Welbeck were named to the final Euro 2012 roster for England on Tuesday, although both had injury concerns ahead of the tournament.Both missed...
Manchester United confirmed on Wednesday that midfielder Paul Scholes has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at Old Trafford through the 2012-13 season...
France coach Laurent Blanc cut midfielder Yoan Gourcuff and defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa on Tuesday as he finalized the Euro 2012 roster.Blanc initially named a 26-man...
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