https://www.scmp.com/rss/315960/feed Manchester City are an English football club, whose fortunes were transformed in 2008 when they were taken over by Abu Dhabi United Group. They have since won the English Premier League twice and are one of the richest clubs in the world. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo and the English Premier League were the big winners in a soccer popularity survey of the Chinese digital market. According to the annual Red Card Report, Chelsea became the Premier League’s most successful team in China, leapfrogging champions Manchester City and former favorites Manchester United. There was good news for United, as they remain the most-followed international team on Weibo, China's version of Twitter. Their former player, Cristiano Ronaldo, is the... https://www.scmp.com/sports/ronaldo-barcelona-and-chelsea-win-european-soccer-grows-chinese-social-media-despite-controversies/article/3048040?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sports/ronaldo-barcelona-and-chelsea-win-european-soccer-grows-chinese-social-media-despite-controversies/article/3048040?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Jan 2020 10:03:00 +0000 Brazil’s football federation says striker Gabriel Jesus sustained a broken eye socket during the 1-0 loss to Argentina in a friendly. The Manchester City player was taken off the field on a stretcher late in Friday’s game after being hit by an errant elbow during an aerial challenge with club teammate Nicolas Otamendi. Gabriel Jesus was initially given the all-clear after precautionary tests but the CBF said that, after a more detailed examination, a fracture was diagnosed in the bone that... https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/2097817/manchester-citys-gabriel-jesus-suffers-broken-eye-socket-brazil-duty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/2097817/manchester-citys-gabriel-jesus-suffers-broken-eye-socket-brazil-duty?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jun 2017 06:48:08 +0000 Manchester City cruised into the FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 victory at Middlesbrough on Saturday as Pep Guardiola showed he is taking the competition seriously. Goals from David Silva and Sergio Aguero were scant reward for City as they easily out-classed Middlesbrough, who must have feared such an outcome when they witnessed the team named by Guardiola. Ominously for Middlesbrough, currently languishing in the relegation zone after failing to win any of their last 10 Premier League games,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/2078120/pep-guardiola-refuses-rest-manchester-city-stars-and-they-duly-outclass?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/2078120/pep-guardiola-refuses-rest-manchester-city-stars-and-they-duly-outclass?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Mar 2017 14:55:40 +0000