Manchester United were indebted to a superb Ryan Giggs goal as they drew 1-1 with Benfica on Wednesday despite a below-par performance in their Champions League Group C opener.

Giggs, 37, sent a rock

Wayne Rooney’s second consecutive hat-trick saw Manchester United reclaim top spot in the Premier League after losing it to Manchester City for just a few hours.

Rooney, who scored a treble in the 8-

Manchester United swept to a magnificent 8-2 victory over 10-man Arsenal as the champions produced the perfect response after Manchester City had underlined their title credentials with a 5-1 rout of

Last week’s column spoke against forming a prediction of Arsenal’s season on the basis of their draw against Newcastle on the opening weekend.

Events since then, however, have strongly reinforced th

Danny Welbeck, Anderson and Wayne Rooney were all on target as Manchester United continued their perfect start to the season with a 3-0 victory over Tottenham at Old Trafford here on Monday.

Sir Alex

Manchester United beat Manchester City 3-2 in the Community Shield on Sunday, rallying behind Nani's two goals in the traditional opener to the English soccer season.

Nani completed the Premier Leagu

Manchester United ace Wayne Rooney has admitted saluting Barcelona this season.

Rooney was watching Barcelona demolish Real Madrid 5-0 at the Nou Camp in La Liga.

“I was in my living room and I actu

Barcelona must beware the artful dodgers of the Champions League in Saturday's final at Wembley where Manchester United will get a second chance to pick the pocket of Europe's classiest team.

United,

Champions Barcelona ended their stellar league campaign with a 3-1 win at Malaga on Saturday in a timely warm-up for next week's Champions League final against Manchester United.

With the league alre

Manchester United defeated Schalke 2-0 Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on a burst of second-half goals by Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney.

Rooney set up one goal and scored a