Dirk Kuyt

Dutch coach Louis van Gaal goes on attack over 'defensive' strategy

Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal took journalists to task on Monday as he bristled at suggestions he wasn't playing attacking football at the World Cup.

Liverpool end Man United's FA Cup dream

It was the first meeting between Liverpool and United since Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was handed an eight-game ban for racially abusing United defender Patrice Evra.

Ferguson celebrates 25th anniversary with win but City stay

It was an emotional day at Old Trafford but the game will not live as long in the memory as the other events on the day, with United's chief executive, David Gill, announcing the north stand had been renamed the "Sir Alex Ferguson Stand" and a statue being commissioned to mark his achievements for the club.