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Harry Maguire of Manchester United celebrates scoring their second goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. (Matthew Peters/Manchester United via Getty Images)

Race for Champions League descends into madness

Predicting who will qualify for Europe next season is now shamefully a fool’s errand

Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s first two months as caretaker manager have rekindled memories of Manchester United’s glorious past. (Reuters/Scott Heppell)

PSG power shows how far Man Utd have fallen

Barring an incredible comeback in Paris in three weeks’ time, United will miss out on the Champions League quarter-finals for the fifth straight year

‘Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect,” a club statement said. (David Klein/Reuters)

Special One turns sour as Mourinho’s dream job ends in sack

Jose Mourinho’s last match in charge was the 3-1 defeat by league leaders Liverpool on Sunday

The late Cheick Tioté (left) during a game. (Reuters)

Arsenal’s 4-4 nightmare revisited

​A trip to Newcastle’s St James’s Park means more to Gooners than to most other sets of fans in the Premier League

Sir Alex Ferguson has received messages of support from around the world over the past few days

Mourinho ‘very positive’ that Ferguson will recover

The former United manager needed ​emergency surgery last weekend after a fall at his home near Manchester

Sir Alex Ferguson has received messages of support from around the world over the past few days

Sir Alex Ferguson undergoes emergency brain surgery

The 76-year-old retired as the most successful manager in British football when he called time on his Manchester United career five years ago

David Moyes as a manager at Manchester United between 2013 and 2014

Moyes defends his Man United legacy

After only a year as manager, Moyes claimed that Man U’s 27 wins in 2013-2014 were based on the pressure of a "changing of the guard".

The outcome of the ANC’s long-awaited KwaZulu-Natal conference was a win for the Thuma Mina crowd. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Fàbregas admits his pizza hit Ferguson’s face

Confessions emerge from the infamous 2004 "Battle of the Buffet" between Arsenal and Manchester United

David Moyes when he first joined Manchester United as manager in 2013.

Five things that went wrong for Moyes at Manchester United

David Moyes has been fired as Manchester United’s manager. What went wrong for the Scot after Alex Ferguson’s succesful reign?

David Moyes as a manager at Manchester United between 2013 and 2014

Man United’s Moyes faces the sack – reports

UK papers say Manchester United manager David Moyes could be fired less than a year after being hired on Alex Ferguson’s personal recommendation.

Man United’s Moyes struggles with Ferguson’s dream team

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson may still have much to do after the Red Devils crashed in the League Cup semis to Sunderland.

‘In the highly competitive environment of commercial perfumes

Beckham: Fergie was a tower of strength

David Beckham has hailed Alex Ferguson for helping get his career back on track after the infamous 1998 World Cup sending-off.

Ferguson autobiography addresses issues with Beckham

A decade after kicking a boot at David Beckham’s head, Sir Alex Ferguson has used his autobiography to criticise the star’s pre-occupation with fame.

We commemorate the 34 miners killed in Marikana

Weekend 101: Egypt erupts

We commemorate the 34 miners killed in Marikana, look at violence that has exploded in Egypt, and seek some joy in the Premier League season.

Moyes is the real ‘special one’, says Neville

The special one is not bound for Stamford Bridge, according to Phil Neville; he has simply shifted along the M62.

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is applauded by players after his 1 500th and final match in charge of the club following the Barclays Premier League match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United.

Arsenal win race for fourth as Fergie bows out

Arsenal takes fourth place in the Premier League with a victory at Newcastle while Alex Ferguson’s career ends as Man United draws 5-5 at West Brom.

Man United manager Alex Ferguson will bid an emotional farewell to his trophy-laden career as the curtain falls on another Premier League season.

Ferguson’s last stand highlights final day

Man United manager Alex Ferguson will bid an emotional farewell to his trophy-laden career as the curtain falls on another Premier League season.

Ferguson lifts Premier League trophy one last time

Alex Ferguson’s last home match in charge of Manchester United has ended in a 2-1 victory over Swansea City and the Premier League trophy in the bag.

Alex Ferguson gets ready for Old Trafford farewell

This weekend, 76 000 fans have one final chance to witness – and savour – the most successful manager in Britain’s football history.

Alex Ferguson: Never to be Fergotten

Sir Alex Ferguson changed football – and he’s leaving his successor with the hardest of acts to follow, writes Barney Ronay.