Former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli posed for a cheeky mid-match selfie with two fans during AC Milan’s 5-1 defeat to his former side last night.

City continued their impressive pre-season form with a 5-1 defeat of Italians AC Milan which was seen by a record crowd in Pittsburgh, featured a thunder and lightning delay of 30 minutes and more hilarious antics from ex-City striker Mario Balotelli.

Women’s football is making progress in the city – but more needs to be done to prolong girls’ interest in the sport, says FC United of Manchester Women’s manager Lee Sutton.

A campaign to get the Premier League to put more money into grass roots football setup by a Bolton MP has received backing from a new local football team.

The treasure hunt is to promote the new ‘Cityzens’ membership scheme, aimed at bringing its ever-growing legion of fans closer to the club with a number of benefits

A new proposal that could mean the Premier League is taxed to fund grass roots football has been welcomed by the MP for Bolton North East.

A brace apiece for Wayne Rooney, Ashley Young and youngster Reece James after Danny Welbeck’s pin-point opener saw the Red Devils overwhelm their American opposition on game one of the USA Tour.

Louis van Gaal got off to the perfect start as Manchester United manager – setting the benchmark for the season with a 7-0 win over LA Galaxy.

Leo Stott, from Shaw, Oldham, suffers from spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, which affects the bones and muscles in his legs.

Louis van Gaal is already impressed by his squad’s adaptability to his training methods as he prepares to take charge of his first match as Manchester United boss.

The Liverpool Ladies FC player suffered a case of mistaken identity after Fury asked her for a fight