London, Sep 30 : Manchester City players who were sitting next to Carlos Tevez in the dugout will tell investigators that they did not hear him refuse to play at Bayern Munich.

Legal representatives will interview the players along with manager Roberto Mancini and Tevez as part of a probe at the club following the astonishing events in the Allianz Arena.

Tevez has been banned for failing to take the field and has been accused by Mancini of refusing to play.

London, Sep. 29 : A day after refusing to play in Manchester City's European match against Bayern Munich, Argentine footballer Carlos Tevez and his wife were not allowed to play at the Tytherington golf club as they had not booked a tee time.

More ignominy followed as Tevez was suspended for two weeks by Manchester City, after a telephone conference involving senior staff, including chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak.

London, Sep 28 : Former Manchester City skipper Carlos Tevez has denied refusing to play against Bayern Munich in last night's Champions League defeat

City boss Roberto Mancini got furious after Tevez refused to play against Bayern Munich, and wants him "out of the club".

Mancini wanted to bring on substitute Tevez with 35 minutes left in an attempt to come back in the game, but the Argentinean refused to play.

London, Sep 28 : Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is furious after striker Carlos Tevez refused to play against Bayern Munich, and wants him "out of the club".

Mancini wanted to bring on substitute Tevez with 35 minutes left in an attempt to come back in the game, but the Argentinean refused to play.

Dubai, Sept 24: Al Wasl football club manager Diego Maradona kicked a fan, who interrupted a pre-match photo session.

The supporter was continuously lifting Maradona's banner to catch his glimpse.

The banner, which was sent to Maradona by his daughters Delma and Giannina, read: `Babu Estoy con vos te amo -Benja,' meaning `Grandfather I love you and I am with you' and was signed by his grandson Benjamin.

London, Sep 17: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says that it would be "incredible" if Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas could win the Premier League at his age.

Villas-Boas, 33, has made a promising start to his Stamford Bridge reign.

"It would be an incredible achievement for someone of his age to do that," the Sun quoted Ferguson, as saying.

London, Sep. 17 : England and Cheslea star Frank Lampard has let off a lad after the latter confessed to damaging his car to the tune of at least 15,000 pounds.

According to the Daily Star, the England star told the lad: "Don't worry about it."

The youngster, a member of Chelsea's junior side, was mortified when he backed his Peugeot old banger into Lamps's flash 130,000 pounds Aston at the club's training ground.

But instead of speeding off, he ran straight to his idol and begged for forgiveness.

London, Sep 14: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has said that it will be a `special moment' when his biggest critic, his father Aldo, comes to watch the club's Champions League clash against Napoli tonight.

It will be the first time that Aldo will be in the crowd since Roberto took charge at the Etihad in December 2009.

The 75-year-old had suffered a serious heart attack last year and Roberto has headed home to Ancona to visit him at every opportunity.

London, Sep 14: Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has compared striker Wayne Rooney to Brazil legend Pele.

Ferguson made the comparison after Benfica manager Jorge Jesus claimed that Rooney had elements of the Brazilian and Argentine styles in his game.

"If you look at Pele, for instance, he was a very aggressive attacker also who could look after himself - so can Rooney," the Daily Mirror quoted Ferguson, as saying.

"They have similarities that way in terms of strength, speed, determination," he added.

Ferguson also reckons that the 25-year-old is on course for his best-ever goal haul.

London, Sept 8 : Wayne Rooney's 22-month-old son has received his first horse-riding lesson.

Kai, who was recently introduced to underwater swimming for the first time, looked entirely at ease as he took his first riding lesson, reports the Daily Mail.

Proud mother Coleen posted the snap on Twitter calling him her `little jockey', reports the Sun.

The 25-year-old even captioned the photograph: "Rhythm time and first riding lesson!! Busy morning..." (ANI)

London, Sep. 7 : Football star Emmanuel Adebayor has vowed to help Tottenham break back into the Champions League.

Spurs had to settle for a place in the Europa League after Manchester City and Arsenal finished above them last season.

Adebayor, who is at Spurs on a season-long loan, has a point to prove after failing to find his best form at Manchester City following a 25-million pound move from Arsenal in 2009.

London, Sep. 7 : Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he has no plans to retire, even though he turns 70 at the end of this year.

Fergie will clock up 25 years as Manchester United boss on November 6.

Plenty of other names have been mentioned as possible successors over the last quarter of a century, but Fergie has seen them all off and insists he will keep modern-day pretenders to his throne such as Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola waiting for a while longer yet.

London, Sep 5: Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez has revealed that he suffered from depression and developed an eating disorder this summer after he failed to secure a move to Italian giants Inter Milan.

Tevez said he turned to eating in a bid to tackle his depression and sought treatment in a clinic, the Daily Mail reports.

London, Sep 4 : England striker Wayne Rooney reckons that he has made his peace with Three Lions’ fans and is restoring his reputation as the country’s talismanic player.

Rooney ended a miserable run at international level as he grabbed a double, his first goals for the country in a year, when England thrashed Bulgaria 3-0 in the Euro 2012 qualifier.

Kolkata, Sep 1 - From spaghetti to pasta, pork to beef - the Argentine soccer team led by football magician Lionel Messi will be spoilt for choice. The Hyatt Regency hotel here in West Bengal where the team is staying, has laid out a varied spread appealing to the taste buds of the Latin American side, an official said Thursday.

The team's chef Diego Iacovone, who landed in the city in the last week of August, is strictly monitoring the food quality and instructing the hotel cooks on preparing Spanish, particularly Argentine dishes.

London, Aug 31: Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney reckons that his five-week summer break has helped him to come out all guns blazing in the Premier League.

Rooney had struggled with an ankle injury last season, and was so disaffected at Old Trafford that he wanted to quit the club.

The 25-year-old has come back hard in the ongoing season, and hit a hat-trick in Sunday's 8-2 win over Arsenal.

Kolkata, Aug 31 - New Argentine soccer coach Alejandro Sabella Wednesday said the country's campaign for the 2014 World Cup will start with the Sep 2 FIFA official international friendly match here with Venezuela.

"Yes, this is my first game in command of the Argentinean national side. Yes, it is the beginning of our journey," Sabella said, when asked if the much-anticipated match can be called the starting point of Argentina's World cup campaign.

London, Aug. 29 : England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney just loves scoring against arch rivals Arsenal.

And now, according to the Sun, Rooney has set his sights set on becoming Manchester United's greatest ever goal scorer.

Rooney hit his sixth hat trick for the club as the Red Devils thrashed the Gunners 8-2 on Sunday.

That made it 152 goals for him at United to climb to ninth in their all-time list. (ANI)

London, August 28 : Chelsea strikere Didier Drogba has been hospitalized after suffering a head injury during the clash against Norwich. Drogba received extensive treatment from team doctors on the field after being knocked unconscious in mid-air by when Norwich goalkeeper, John Ruddy tried to clear the ball.

London, August 28 : New Castle United striker Nile Ranger has been arrested for allegedly assualting and injuring a man outside a pub. Ranger was arrested after a 33-year-ols man was found unconcious Cosy Joes in Groat Market in New Castle.

“The injured man was unconscious and was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary suffering from a suspected broken jaw, “ a police spokeswoman was quoted, as saying by The Daily Mail.