On this date, 17 years ago, Manchester United beat Arsenal 2-0 at Old Trafford. The rivalry between these teams has always been strong, and never more so than in the late 1990s and early 2000s when they were vying for the English Premier League title.

Manchester United fans attending this weekend's home Premier League clash with Newcastle United will be subjected to COVID-19 spot-checks prior to the fixture at Old Trafford.

The European Club Association (ECA) has agreed that nine of the 12 European Super League (ESL) breakaway clubs can remain as members.

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has become a part owner of Norwegian esports management company Ulti Agency.

I had planned to write this column reflecting on my first visit to Old Trafford in more than nine months.

A unique piece of football memorabilia has gone under the hammer with George Best’s "little black book" being sold at auction for £1,500 ($2,000/€1,650).

Re-reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gretchen’s Forty Winks this week, I was reminded of how he would write short stories in an "authentic" manner before adding the "twists that made them into saleable magazine stories".

Former Manchester United and Northern Ireland star Norman Whiteside raised £194,680 ($254,444/€215,604) when he auctioned off 60 items of football memorabilia from his career, including £30,000 ($39,000/€33,000) for his FA Cup final winners medal.

The story which came to light yesterday that Nantes Football Club are demanding of Cardiff City the first scheduled transfer payment for Emiliano Sala, missing presumed dead after his plane crashed on January 21, came as a jolt amidst tributes that have been offered recently on either side of the Channel.

Towards the end of this month’s broadcast of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards, Michael Johnson introduced the Lifetime Achievement Award, which was presented this year to Britain’s retired former Olympic and world heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill. In the course of his short address to the camera the former US sprinter - who finished his athletics career with four Olympic and eight world golds - spoke of how top performers had to accept and then deal with the pressure of expectation.

There has been mention this week of Dave Mackay, the inspirational Hearts, Spurs and Scotland midfielder who died two years ago on Tuesday, aged 80.

The Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Torch lighting ceremony will go ahead as planned in the precincts of the Ancient Olympia Stadium tomorrow, despite forecasts of heavy storms.

Some of football's top stars have joined up with amateur players from around Europe in advertisements for "EqualGame", UEFA's new respect and social responsibility campaign.

Former South Korean footballer Park Ji-sung has been named as the latest honorary ambassador of the 2018 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.