Manchester City have issued a brief statement confirming that Kolo Toure was fined sixweeks’ wages for a ban imposed due to doping offences and accepted the punishment. Toure was banned for six months after testing positive to a banned substance which later turned out to be his wife’s diet pills. The Ivory Coast defender took […]
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Rooney dropped from England squad
Wayne Rooney has been dropped from Fabio Capello’s squad to play in friendly games against Spain and Sweden. England coach Fabio Capello revealed that he had explained that he was looking towards other options in the build-up to the Euro 2012 group games next year as Rooney is currently banned from the opening 3 games […]
City dig deep to extinguish QPR fireworks
QPR 2, MANCHESTER CITY 3 They say titles are won when teams win despite a poor performance. Manchester City certainly needed to dig deep after after they conceded the lead for the first time in the Barclays Premier League game at Loftus Road against Queens Park Rangers but preserved their unbeaten start as they overpowered […]
City step closer to knockout stage with away victory at Villarreal
VILLARREAL 0, MANCHESTER CITY 3 City are just one more win away from qualifying for the Champions League group phase after two goals by Yaya Toure and one by Mario Balotelli saw off early resistance from a makeshift Villarreal side to became the first English side to win at El Madrigal. It became an easy […]
City win but Kompany sees red
MANCHESTER CITY 3, WOLVES 1 A late flourish from Manchester City kept the Wolves at bay after they threatened to cause a massive upset at the Etihad Stadium. Second half goals from Edin Dzeko, Aleksandar Kolarov, and Adam Johnson kept City five points clear at the top of the Barclays Premier League but Mick McCarthy’s side scored a […]