Many football players arrive on the pitch with weird, wonderful and wacky superstitions

Alex Ferguson will turn to old hands for the Champions League match against Benfica, despite the youngsters having inspired the club’s flying start.

Manchester United’s sparkling performance in the Community Shield should put them in good heart to begin their Premier League title defence.

Manchester United have signed under-21 England defender and Blackburn player Phil Jones on a fiver-year deal.

Scientists at a top British climate research unit embroiled in a row over their work were cleared of dishonesty by an independent probe on Wednesday.