Monday, 17 June 2013 17:19
Posted by Muhammad Iqbal
LONDON: Alex Ferguson's first team sheet as Manchester United manager is to go under the hammer and could sell for between £2,000 and £3,000 (2,400-3,500 euros, $3,100-4,700), auctioneers said on Monday.The hand-written team sheet from November 8, 1986 is to be sold on behalf of an Oxford United fan, who was given it by former player Peter Rhoades-Brown.Oxford United won the encounter at the Manor Ground 2-0 in front of 13,500 fans. The club were League Cup winners in 1986 but declined in spectacular fashion after relegation from the old Division One in 1988 and dropped into the part-time Conference in 2006.They were promoted last season and this campaign begin in the fourth tier League Two.Ferguson and Manchester United went on from strength to strength, winning a string of honours including 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, four League Cups and the Champions League twice until his retirement in ...
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LONDON: Alex Ferguson's first team sheet as Manchester United manager is to go under the hammer and could sell for between £2,000 and £3,000 (2,400-3,500 euros, $3,100-4,700), auctioneers said on Monday.The hand-written team sheet from November 8, 1986 is to be sold on behalf of an Oxford United fan, who was given it by former player Peter Rhoades-Brown.Oxford United won the encounter at the Manor Ground 2-0 in front of 13,500 fans. The club were League Cup winners in 1986 but declined in spectacular fashion after relegation from the old Division One in 1988 and dropped into the part-time Conference in 2006.They were promoted last season and this campaign begin in the fourth tier League Two.Ferguson and Manchester United went on from strength to strength, winning a string of honours including 13 Premier League titles, five FA Cups, four League Cups and the Champions League twice until his retirement in ...
BEIJING: Football superstar David Beckham began a seven day visit to China on Monday, sprinkling stardust at a charity event as the domestic game reels from its latest humiliation.The recently retired former England captain was donating his football shirts for a children's charity at the start of a visit in which he is expected to be joined by his glamorous wife Victoria on Sunday.The 38-year-old announced his retirement last month after winning the French league ...
LONDON: Tony Jacklin on Monday praised Justin Rose's courage after seeing him become the first English winner of one of golf's major championships in 17 years with his victory at the US Open.Rose's two-shot victory at the Merion course in Pennsylvania was the first in a major since Nick Faldo took the 1996 US Masters title.The South Africa-born Rose's success also ended a wait of more than four decades for an English US Open champion ...
LISBON: Canadian-born Portuguese defender Steven Vitoria has signed a four-year contract with Benfica, the Lisbon club have announced.The 26-year-old, who was born in Toronto and has played for Portugal at under-19 and under-20 level, joins last year's Primeira Liga runners-up from Estoril.Benfica are looking to strengthen their squad and have in recent weeks have signed three Serbia internationals: attacking midfielder Filip Djuricic and forwards Lazar Markovic and Miralem Sulejmani.The club last season had been in ...
RIO DE JANEIRO: A goal 12 minutes from time from an effervescent Mario Balotelli sealed a 2-1 win for Italy over Mexico in Rio's Maracana stadium on Sunday in their Confederations Cup Group A opener.Balotelli struck from close range on 78 minutes to give Italy a precious win as they joined Brazil on three points following the hosts' 3-0 win over Japan in Brasilia on Saturday.Once again, protests by locals demonstrating at the cost of ...
ST. PETERSBURG: Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Alex Cobb left hospital Sunday, a day after he was struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer.The Rays placed Cobb on the seven-day concussion disabled list, not long after the 25-year-old player tweeted that he woke up with just a minor headache.The scary incident came in the fifth inning of Tampa Bay's 5-3 victory over Kansas City ...
