Manchester City Football Club is at the centre of £1bn plans to redevelop a 200-acre site around its Eastlands home.

A Manchester City footballer is under investigation over allegations of headbutting a Manchester United fan in a nightclub.

Police investigating a suspected ticket-touting ring seize dozens of Manchester United tickets during a raid.

Wayne Rooney tells a packed courtroom that his agent had helped make him a "very wealthy young man".

Wayne Rooney signed his first professional contract with Everton without having it fully explained by his agent, a court hears.

A Manchester United fan denies throwing a coin at footballer Craig Bellamy during a Carling Cup semi-final match at Old Trafford.

The daughter of ex Manchester City player Antoine Sibierski is found hanged - a day after being arrested on suspicion of assault.

Manchester United star Wayne Rooney, his wife Coleen and their agent are sued for £4.3m by a sports management firm.

Former Manchester United winger and 'Busby Babe' Albert Scanlon has died at the age of 74.

Eleven men appear in court in Manchester accused over their part in violence following 2008's Uefa Cup final.