Yaya Touré

Roma crush Slovan Bratislava 4-0 to claim first Champions League win

Roma secured their first Champions League victory with a 4-0 win over Slovan Bratislava, with goals from Mario Hermoso, Nahuel Molina, Niccolò Pisilli and Donyell Malen, bouncing back from a 4-3 defeat to Real Madrid.

Yaya Touré insists Slovan Bratislava will go to Roma to win, hails Gasperini's Atalanta work

Slovan Bratislava coach Yaya Touré says his side are heading to Roma to win ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash at the Stadio Olimpico, and praises Gian Piero Gasperini's work at Atalanta as incredible.

Manasse Kianga swaps Sunday league for Champions League with Slovan Bratislava

South African striker Manasse Kianga went from Sunday league football in Rotherham in 2023 to scoring an injury-time winner that fired Slovan Bratislava into the Champions League, and could now feature as Yaya Toure’s side begin the league phase.

Writing in the Guardian, Jonathan Wilson argues that Manchester City’s titles and cups won between 2009 and 2018 should be vacated but not handed to the runners-up, leaving empty spaces on the roll of honour as a memorial to cheating. He cites Sunderland’s 2014 League Cup final defeat and echoes earlier sentiments from Jamie Carragher and Tony Pulis.

Man City's 'asterisk era': £1.2bn of transfers built on £830m of 'sham' contracts, commission rules

Manchester City have been found guilty by a Premier League commission of running a 'disguised funding scheme' between 2009 and 2018, inflating accounts by £830m to fund £1.2bn of transfer spending. The verdict leaves fans questioning the legitimacy of the club's trophy haul and casting doubt over the present and future of the title race.

Manchester City found guilty of majority of 115 charges as football's biggest case heads for appeal

An independent panel has found Manchester City guilty of the majority of the 115 charges they faced in the biggest disciplinary case in Premier League history. With the punishment still unknown and City set to appeal, we trace the story back 17 years — from the Abu Dhabi takeover and the Robinho coup to financial fair play, the Etihad deal and the Aguero era.

Tony Pulis: 'I feel cheated' as Stoke demand FA Cup justice after Man City verdict

Former Stoke City manager Tony Pulis has said he feels 'cheated' by Manchester City's 2011 FA Cup final victory after the club were found guilty of breaching the majority of 115 financial rules. Pulis, who led Stoke to their first FA Cup final, believes smaller clubs deserve answers and calls for sanctions including points deductions and fines.

From Sheikh Mansour's 2008 takeover to historic domestic trebles and extensive financial rule breaches, a look back at Manchester City's transformative and contentious Abu Dhabi era.