Pep Guardiola has attacked his rivals for what he claimed had been a “whispering” campaign against Manchester City and described the decision to overturn its two-year ban from European competition as a “great day for football.”

English soccer's longest suspension since World War II came to an end Wednesday, bringing some relief to a nation deprived of its most popular sport during one of the world's worst coronavirus outbreaks.

Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt have been fined by UEFA for fans displaying offensive banners at European games.

Manchester City scored two late goals five minutes apart to defeat Real Madrid 2-1 in the first leg of the last 16 in the UEFA Champions League.

Harry Gregg, a former Manchester United goalkeeper called the “hero of Munich“ for rescuing two teammates as well as a baby and her pregnant mother from the burning fuselage in the 1958 air disaster that killed 23 people, has died. He was 87.

The younger brother of the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester is just as guilty as the attacker, a British prosecutor said Tuesday, as the surviving sibling went on trial for murder.

The coronavirus-enforced suspension of soccer in China has led to Manchester United filling a void in its strike force.

Manchester City will get a chance to win the English League Cup for a third straight season after advancing to the final despite losing 1-0 to Manchester United in the second leg of their last-four matchup.

Manchester United has agreed to sign midfielder Bruno Fernandes from Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon in a deal worth up to 80 million euros ($88 million)

Manchester United on Tuesday condemned what it called an “unwarranted attack” by vandals on the home of its executive vice chairman, Ed Woodward.

A graduate student from Indonesia living in Manchester, England, was sentenced Monday to life in prison for raping or sexually assaulting 48 men.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says midfielder Paul Pogba has been ruled out of Sunday’s Premier League game against Liverpool, while goalkeeper David De Gea is unlikely to recover in time for the match.

Manchester United narrowly avoided one of the most embarrassing cup exits in its history, only beating third-tier struggler Rochdale in a penalty shootout after conceding a goal to a 16-year-old school kid in normal time.

Inter Milan completed the signing of Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku from Manchester United. Lukaku put pen to paper on a five-year deal with Inter, joining his younger brother in the Italian league. Lukaku will add some much-needed firepower to an Inter team which managed only 57 league goals last season – well below the three teams which finished above it in Serie A.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he trusts the Abu Dhabi ownership saying the club has followed financial rules. He was speaking after a 6-0 rout of Watford ensured the FA Cup joined the Premier League trophy, League Cup and Community Shield already in City’s possession.

Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus scored twice as Manchester City completed the first sweep of English men’s football trophies by routing Watford 6-0 in the FA Cup final. Victory came a week after the Premier League trophy was retained to join the League Cup and Community Shield already in City’s possession.

Manchester City’s possible one-year ban from the Champions League is in the hands of a panel of independent judges. UEFA says its club finance investigators have sent the file on the Premier League champions to the judges but the governing body did not publish the recommended punishment or a timetable for the verdict. City is suspected of breaking rules that monitor commercial income and spending on player transfers and wages.

Manchester City and Watford contest the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. City is looking to complete an unprecedented domestic treble that would bolster its status as possibly the greatest ever team in English soccer. It has already won the Premier League and League Cup. Watford is trying to capture a major trophy for the first time in its history. City finished 48 points ahead of Watford in the recently completed Premier League.

A person familiar with the case has told The Associated Press that Manchester City has not been cooperating with investigators and is facing a one-season ban from the Champions League for violating financial monitoring rules. City has released a statement saying the club has provided “comprehensive proof” that it did not break financial regulations but the person said the Champions League ban is being pursued by UEFA financial investigators.