It was a simple tribute: a single black, white and red scarf tied around the neck of Sir Bobby Charlton’s statue at Old Trafford.
Of the thousands of fans who lined the apron of the stadium to pay their respects as Charlton’s funeral cortege drove past, one had climbed the 20-feet high bronze and marble United Trinity sculpture of George Best, Denis Law and Charlton to adorn the latter with club colours.
United marked the final journey of one of the club’s all-time greats with numerous black and white photographs depicting Charlton’s long and illustrious career as a player and a director and even his work with the Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools, an initiative which ran for nearly 45 years and helped discover David Beckham.
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Everton manager Frank Lampard revealed he broke his hand celebrating his side s remarkable 1-0 win over Newcastle United on Thursday.
A hectic game lasted for 118 minutes due to a second-half delay when a protester attached himself to the Goodison Park goalposts and could not be removed.
Everton, coming into the match outside the Premier League s bottom three only on goal difference, then had to play from the 83rd minute onwards with 10 men.
Allan was initially only booked for hacking down Newcastle substitute Allan Saint-Maximin, but the VAR advised Craig Pawson to revisit his decision, which he did – prompting howls of frustration among home players, staff and fans when the replay was shown on the big screen.
Everton had been on the back foot with 11 …
Kylian Mbappe will be at Paris Saint-Germain for many years to come , according to head coach Mauricio Pochettino.
Real Madrid have been heavily linked with a move for World Cup-winning attacker Mbappe, whose contract with PSG is due to expire at the end of next season.
The 22-year-old has scored 106 goals and set up a further 54 in 147 appearances for PSG. Since his debut for the club on September 8, 2017, the only players in the top five European Leagues to have registered more goal involvements are Robert Lewandowski (184) and Lionel Messi (205).
Mbappe is in talks with the club about a renewal but has never hidden his admiration for Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane.
Pochettino is not worried, though, and believes Mbappe s future is at the Parc des Princes.…
Karim Benzema has told French football chief Noel Le Graet to stop interfering after claiming the Real Madrid striker would never play for his country again.
The 31-year-old last turned out for Les Bleus in a 4-0 win over Armenia in October 2015, since when he has been conspicuous by his absence from every squad selected.
Despite being a talisman for one of the biggest clubs in world football, the door appears closed to Benzema when it comes to Didier Deschamps France team.
Since 2015, Benzema has strenuously denied any wrongdoing in an alleged attempt to blackmail former France team-mate Mathieu Valbuena over a sex tape.
He has not played for France since the allegations were made, and that appears unlikely to change whatever the circumstances after Le G…
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has said Thiago Alcantara has a good chance of being fit for the Champions League final against Real Madrid on Saturday.
The Spain international hobbled off with an injury just before half-time during Liverpool s 3-1 win against Wolves on the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday, and was not seen in training on Wednesday.
However, Klopp told reporters at a media conference that he was scheduled to do some training later that afternoon, and that he should feature in team training on Thursday.
I only met him now inside. Good chance [he will make it], Klopp said.
He will be training this afternoon, he did some stuff this morning. It was not planned he would be doing this session with players and in the moment i…
Bayern Munich s winless run has stretched to four games after Borussia Monchengladbach shocked the Bundesliga champions with a 3-0 win at the Allianz Arena on Saturday.
After winning his first seven matches in charge of the club, coach Niko Kovac has now failed to guide his side to victory in three domestic games on the spin – a run that leaves them four points behind early leaders Borussia Dortmund.
Kovac s men looked sluggish from the outset and found themselves two down after just 16 minutes, Alassane Plea and Lars Stindl – making his first appearance of the season – finishing emphatically past Manuel Neuer.
Robert Lewandowski had a goal ruled out for offside in the second period, but any dramatic comeback from Bayern would have been harsh on the visi…
Inter star Mauro Icardi has become the first non-Juventus player to win Serie A Footballer of the Year since Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 2011, while Massimiliano Allegri scooped the coach s prize for a fourth time.
Icardi finished joint top-scorer in Serie A last term alongside Ciro Immobile on 29 goals and helped get Inter back into the Champions League.
The Argentina international has carried that form into the current campaign as well, having netted eight times in 11 outings.
Juventus title success helped Allegri reclaim the prize for the best coach, with Maurizio Sarri – whose Napoli side were just pipped to Serie A success by the Old Lady last term – winning it in 2017.
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England boss Sarina Wiegman has stressed there is “no way” Scotland are going to “give away” the game when the sides meet at Hampden Park on Tuesday in their final Nations League group fixture.
The second-placed Lionesses may need a high-scoring win against the already-relegated Scots to claim top spot in the group, the finish required to keep Wiegman’s team in contention to secure Paris 2024 Olympic qualification for Great Britain.
With England success on that front the only way Scottish players will be able to play at the Games, Andries Jonker, head coach of group leaders the Netherlands, described the situation as “strange” after England’s 3-2 win over the Dutch at Wembley on Friday.
Wiegman told a press conference on Monday: “I understand th…
Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of defrauding Spanish tax authorities out of €14.7million.
Prosecutors in Madrid have filed a complaint to a court in Pozuelo de Alarcon in which they accuse the Real Madrid star of a voluntary and conscious breach of his tax obligations, news agency EFE have said.
Ronaldo is alleged to have created a business structure in 2010 to conceal his earnings from image rights between 2011 and 2014, according to a letter sent to the court by the prosecutor s office.
The Portugal captain, named by Forbes this month as the world s highest-paid athlete, is claimed to have defrauded the Public Treasury out of a total of €14,768,897.
Gestifute, the company owned by Ronaldo s agent Jorge Mendes, have so far been unavailable for co…
Bruma and Timo Werner scored second-half goals to earn RB Leipzig a 2-1 first-leg win in their last-16 Europa League tie at home to Zenit.
Roberto Mancini s visitors were second-best throughout Thursday s tie at the Red Bull Arena, Leipzig missing a string of opportunities before finally finding a way through in the 56th minute.
Bruma swapped passes with Timo Werner on the edge of the penalty area, bursting into the box to place his finish past Zenit goalkeeper Andrey Lunev.
Werner doubled Leipzig s lead when he brilliantly chipped Lunev after Naby Keita sent him through, but a brilliantly floated late free-kick from Domenico Criscito gave Zenit a crucial away goal.
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