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Manchester United supporters will raise the issue of unsociable away kick-off times with the club after they were saddled with a May bank holiday Monday match at Crystal Palace.

Bastian Schweinsteiger has admitted he has no hard feelings over the way he was treated by Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.

The Champions League has not been a happy hunting ground for Manchester United in recent years.

Federico Valverde has acknowledged that Real Madrid will have to leverage their extensive Champions League pedigree to overcome Manchester City in the quarter-final stage.

Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions is staying in business with ESPN through 2034.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter ESPN and Peyton Manning‘s Omaha Productions have signed a new long-term content deal. The deal will keep Manning in business with the sports network until 2034. Manning and Omaha Productions had originally signed a deal with ESPN in 2021 for three years, though an extension was announced in 2022.

Travis Kelce doesn’t know how he ended up with Taylor Swift. LOLz!

In the latest episode of the “New Heights” podcast, Travis Kelce is acknowledging that he has no idea how he ended up wooing girlfriend Taylor Swift.

Brooke Vincent, who played Sophie Webster on Coronation Street, will be providing us with a closer glimpse inside her life away from the world of soaps.The actress was on the ITV soap for over ten years before welcoming her two sons and getting engaged to her footballer fiancé. A new ITV reality series, Drama Queens will delve into the lives of nine soap stars from Manchester and the North West, beyond the scripts and on-screen drama.

Roy Keane joked that Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag may have 'had a couple of glasses of wine' before giving a positive interview after the Premier League match against Liverpool.

The largest facility for a rapidly growing new form of tennis in the north of England has been approved by Trafford council. The green light for the 1.5-acre site will kickstart the expansion of The Padel Club in TraffordCity, the retail, leisure, and commercial destination.

Cillian Murphy has revealed his affection for a certain Irish football pundit and former player.Speaking recently for a profile in the Financial Times, the Cork-born actor opened up about his love for fellow Irishman and footballing legend Roy Keane, who is the joint most successful Irish footballer of all time.Keane, 52, spent 13 years of his 18 year-long footballing career at Manchester United, as well as representing the Republic of Ireland at multiple international competitions.Speaking of Keane, who went on to work as a studio analyst and pundit for ITV and Sky Sports, Murphy said: “[Roy Keane] is actually one of my favourite people.”He continued: “I met him once in an airport, and we had a very intense chat for about an hour and a half.”When asked if he saw a “kindred spirit” between the two, the Peaky Blinders star replied: “I did. He’s got that thing, that Cork sense… straight to the heart of the issue.”“He’s a legend,” he added.

Manchester City and Real Madrid played out a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final tie at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday night.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large If TV is all about football these days, so are the Sports Emmys. The New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences revealed the nominations for its 45th annual Sports Emmy Awards, and the NFL Network’s “NFL 360” led the pack with 11 nods — followed closely by the CBS and Nickelodeon coverage of Super Bowl LVIII, with ten. Also in the hunt: ESPN’s “E60” doc series and Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football, with nine each.

Former Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has been appointed to the board of trustees for Bloomsbury Football Foundation.

The Metropolitan Police has issued a statement after an apparent threat was issued by terror group Islamic State referencing this week's Champions League knock-out football matches.

Manchester United would have to act quickly to pursue Julian Nagelsmann as the club's next manager - although there are no concrete plans to replace Erik ten Hag in the Old Trafford dugout - as the Germany manager has two other proposals on the table before guiding his country to Euro 2024 this summer.

Perched on the Old Trafford gantry on Sunday, Gary Neville set about attacking Manchester United's style of play following his former club's 2-2 draw with Liverpool.

Victoria Beckham revealed to fans she has something to 'work on' as she gave fans a sneak peek at her intense workout while also exposing her husband David Beckham in a shirtless snap as he joined her on their gym visit.

Rio Ferdinand has questioned Manchester United's approach to games under Erik ten Hag this season.

John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent CANNES — 3CAT, the newly reset Barcelona-based Catalan public broadcaster, and one of the driving forces behind Canneseries highlight “This Is Not Sweden,” is bringing onto the market a new docuseries “Aitana” as the Catalan-language service seeks to cut through the crowd with some of the biggest IPs a territory has: Its soccer stars. Sold as both a 90-minute movie and also a three-part 40-minute episode mini, “Aitana” is an inside-track on Barcelona soccer club’s Aitana Bonmatí, winner of the 2023 Women’s Ballon d’Or for best female soccer player in the world.

It's been five years since Peter Kay 's Car Share last aired on BBC One, but fans of the comedy are always hoping for John and Kayleigh's return. Now star Sian Gibson - who plays Kayleigh in the comedy - has given an update on whether Car Share will ever be back on our screens. Sian - who is starring in new BBC comedy Mammoth - revealed that it's unlikely that we'll be getting any more Car Share as creator and co-star Peter is on tour.

SPOILER ALERT! This post contains details from Episode 602 of The CW‘s All American.

Months after the post-Super Bowl parties in Vegas, Jason Kelce has put the luchador mask back on! 

If you've been eyeing up a new entertainment package that includes sport, now might be the time to pounce. Sky has launched an unmissable offer that includes stream, TV, sport and Netflix bundle at a bargain price.

Arsenal hero Ian Wright has agreed with Pep Guardiola that the volume of games Manchester City have to contend with during the run-in could be a reason for their defensive lapses, such as seen against Crystal Palace.

Manchester Airport has announced a new route to Hamburg. Eurowings will operate a service four times a week to the German city, flying on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Old Trafford is set to be the stage for a highly anticipated Premier League showdown as Manchester United squares off against Liverpool. Last month's FA Cup quarter-final saw the Red Devils halt Liverpool's historic run towards a quadruple with a nail-biting 4-3 victory.

Tim Chan If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Spanish football crowns a new champion today as Athletic Club faces off against Mallorca in the 2024 Copa del Rey Final. The Copa del Rey Final takes place today, April 6 at 4 p.m.

Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi has played down talk of his future amid links with Manchester United.

Manchester United have largely got the better of Liverpool at Old Trafford in the Premier League era, though there have been times the Red Devils have let their control slip.

Erik ten Hag has hailed Antony's performance in Thursday's Premier League defeat to Chelsea but challenged the winger to produce similar performances more regularly for Manchester United.

There's a Manchester derby of sorts on Saturday, but it will be a world away from the billion pound empires that collide when Manchester City and Manchester United lock horns. The biggest game in Manchester won't be at the Etihad or Old Trafford, but down the road at Boundary Park.

Julian Alvarez has won pretty much everything there is to win as a player, so much so that he doesn't know exactly where all his medals are.

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has admitted it would have been an honour to have played alongside former Manchester United star Jaap Stam.

” Los Angeles outing typically involves at Spago or with her NFL boyfriend , so many SoCal girlies were surprised to see the at Barney’s Beanery on April 4.“Barney's is where we went in college when we were already shit faced and tryna buy one beer for like $5,” Glamour editor Sam Reed tells me after published photos and video of Swift at the WeHo dive bar for a friend's birthday sans Kelce. Though she was spotted in a booth with a group of people, she exited the bar alone…as long as you don’t count her security team.According to the publication, Swift “spent a couple hours talking and eating before heading out—and having one of her security guards pay the tab upon her exit.” It’s hard to make out exactly what Swift was wearing, but it looks like she was dressed comfortably and didn’t bother going incognito until she left the premises, throwing on a baseball cap on her way out the door.