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Rafael earns salute from Van

EDWIN Van der Sar hailed teenager Rafael as the pick of United's defence in the Reds derby win. The 18-year-old was assigned to look after City's £32.5m British transfer record buy Robinho and the United right-back's fellow...

Rooney scores 100th club goal at Man City

Six years after a moment of brilliance introduced a sparkling 16-year-old talent to the world, Wayne Rooney has a 100 club goals to look back on. And the England striker is still only 23. While not as spectacular as that...

Cristiano Ronaldo sees red in Manchester derby

A day before he is expected to be crowned European player of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo took the gloss off Manchester United's 1-0 derby triumph on Sunday by being sent off for the second time in less than three years at...

England: Man. U tops City despite Ronaldo's red

MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Chelsea relinquished ground in the Premier League title race Sunday after being upset 2-1 by Arsenal, enabling defending champion Manchester United to close the gap to five points with a 1-0 victory...

Ferguson hails 10-man Man United's focus

Sir Alex Ferguson defended Cristiano Ronaldo over the red card incident that has soured the week in which his expected to be crowned European Footballer of the Year. Ronaldo seems certain to pick up the prestigious Ballon d'Or...

Fergie - United dominated derby

Red Devils boss delighted with City success Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United were good value for their derby success over Manchester City on Sunday. The Red Devils were pushed all the way by their arch rivals at...

Man City 0-1 Man United Half Time Update – Rooney’s 100th Goal

Submitted by Niraj Prabhu on Sun, 2008-11-30 14:23. Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United are leading 1-0 at half time in the Eastlands Derby at Manchester City on Sunday. It has been a strange sort of a game for a derby with...

Manchester City's goalkeeper Joe Hart, left, is seen with teammate Shaun Wight-Phillips after...

Manchester City's goalkeeper Joe Hart, left, is seen with teammate Shaun Wight-Phillips after saving a long range shot from Manchester United's Wayne Rooney during their English Premier League soccer... Expand »

Team of the Week, November 29-30, 2008

Chris Kirkland has suffered terribly from the 'sicknote' tag over his career but the 27-year-old has been ever-present for Wigan this season, and is a large part of the reason the Latics find themselves in the top half of the...

Painful reality check for Manchester City as Manchester United expose gulf in class

All the talk centred beforehand around the player expected to be crowned on Monday as World Footballer of the Year and the silky-skilled Brazilian leading the Eastlands revolution. Look of innocence: Cristiano Ronaldo looks...