Posts Tagged Manchester

Man United to begin title defense at Swansea

In this Feb. 18, 2013 file photo, Malaga's coach Manuel Pellegrini, from Chile, attends a news conference before a soccer training session at FC Porto's Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal. Manchester City has hired Manuel Pellegrini as the club's new manager to replace the fired Roberto Mancini. Pellegrini has signed a three-year contract and will begin his job on June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte, File)

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — David Moyes was given a challenging start to life as Manchester United manager Wednesday, with his new team handed fixtures against Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City in the first five matches of its Premier League title defense.

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Manchester City hires Manuel Pellegrini as manager

In this Feb. 18, 2013 file photo, Malaga's coach Manuel Pellegrini, from Chile, attends a news conference before a soccer training session at FC Porto's Dragao stadium in Porto, Portugal. Manchester City has hired Manuel Pellegrini as the club's new manager to replace the fired Roberto Mancini. Pellegrini has signed a three-year contract and will begin his job on June 24, 2013. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte, File)

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City hired Manuel Pellegrini as manager Friday, entrusting a man nicknamed “The Engineer” with constructing a team to reclaim the Premier League title and become a force in the Champions League.

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On the farm: Here are 10 must-see acts at Bonnaroo

This Feb. 20, 2013 file photo shows Kacey Musgraves at the Barista Parlor in Nashville, Tenn. Musgraves will be performing at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival that begins Thursday, June 13 and runs through Sunday. (Photo by Donn JonesInvision/AP, file)

MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — The headliners usually get all the ink and this year’s group at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is definitely ink-worthy: Paul McCartney, Mumford & Sons and Tom Petty.

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