Wayne Rooney

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...

Wigan Athletic highlight West Bromwich Albion's striking deficiencies

It is the equivalent of rummaging around in a European flea market and discovering a Fabergé egg lodged inside a pile of old tat, or popping down to the Women's Institute bring-and-buy and happening upon an unnoticed and...

Man United net derby match win

A first-half goal by Wayne Rooney gave Manchester United a 1-0 victory over local rivals Manchester City. United seemed in control early on, but it was a close match with City coming close to scoring several times. But they...

Manager disappointed in defeat

Mark Hughes has told of his derby day disappointment this afternoon following the 1-0 defeat by Manchester United at the City of Manchester Stadium. Wayne Rooney’s 42nd minute strike was the difference between the two sides and...

Let's strike gold in Abu Derby, says City great

Even though he only returned from Manchester City's Uefa Cup tie away to Schalke in the early hours of Friday, Mike Summerbee looked extremely well for his 65 years as he walked into the city-centre hotel. It comes as a shock...

Sarah Sands: Weddings are for the family. The couple can wait

The Richard Curtis wedding – village church, silly hats, Hugh Grant pulling faces – is going out of fashion. One in six couples now prefer to get married abroad. They want something secular, hot and relaxed. Suspension of their...

City 0 United 1: The verdict

TO a scouser the freedom of at least half the city of Manchester. Wayne Rooney's tap in just before the interval was the least United's first half dominance deserved after 45 minutes. And even if the traffic wasn't so one way...

MOTOGP: 125: Redding misses out on BBC award.

MotoGP » 125: Redding misses out on BBC award. Saturday, 29th November 2008 Scott Redding loses out on the chance to win the coveted BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. Scott Redding's hopes of landing the prestigious BBC...

Rooney buys œ5m holiday pad that overlooks paradise beach

Bahamas News.Net Saturday 29th November, 2008 (ANI) London, Nov 29 : Soccer ace Wayne Rooney has splashed 5 million pounds on a Caribbean mansion, which overlooks a paradise beach. Wayne, 23, and wife Coleen Rooney, 22, chose...

Ireland believes current crop are 'best City side'

MANCHESTER City were the best team in England in the 1967-68 season and they won the FA Cup in '69, but Stephen Ireland thinks that Francis Lee and his team-mates were not as good as the present City side, WRITES Kaveh Solhekol.