Neymar back to business, Suarez finally gets unveiled officially

Barcelona forward Neymar Jnr has returned to action scoring a brace in Barca's final pre-season game against Leon in a match which ended 6-0 at the Camp Nou on Monday.

The Brazilian has not played since sustaining a back injury which cut his World Cup short on home soil.

More so, Luis Suarez who costs Barcelona about £75m has finally been unveiled as he made debut for the club coming off the bench in the white-washed against Leon on the night.

The Uruguay forward replaced Rafinha Alcantara with 13 minutes remaining to a rousing reception at Camp Nou to be unveiled along side the rest of the new signings, Ivan Rakitic, Thomas Vermaele et al.

Manchester United beat Liverpool to win International Champions Cup

Wayne Rooney and Juan mata second half goals marked the turning point for Manchester United as they defeat Liverpool 3-1 to claim the International Champions Cup on Monday night.

Liverpool had gone ahead from the penalty spot through their inspirational captain, Steven Gerrard after Raheem Sterling was brought down in the box by United defender Phil Jones.

Although it was a friendly, but United looked inspired to cause more havoc as substitute Jesse Linegard  finished off the Reds.

Emirates Cup Update: Sanogo scores four as Arsenal thump Benfica 5-1

Yes it was Yaya Sanogo's day as he scored four times in a stunning performance to help Arsenal beat Benfica 5-1 to make a fine start to the 2014 Emirates Cup.

 

The French striker who had not scored for the club despite an encouraging first season at the Emirates was on fire  making the history books as the first player to score four times in a games since Andrey Arsharvin in April 2009.

Returnee Joel Campbell was also on the scorers' sheet for Arsenal grabbing the second goal of the match but was later replace by new signing Alexis Snachez. Benfica however got a consolation through Nicolas Gaintan who headed home from a long throw

In the other early fixture, Monaco and Valencia played out a 2-2 draw.

The Gunners will face Monaco on Sunday while Benfica confronts Valencia in the second match fixture.

Have you seen Miralem Pjanic's 60-yard strike against United? Watch Video

The world has seen quite a number of goals in all pre-season games, but really this is eye-catching and amazing from Pjanic right from his own half in no doubt the best so far.

Although Roma lost 2-3 to Roma in the friendly.

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Courtesy Visit: Beckham storms United Camp in Los Angeles

Louis van Gaal and his Manchester United players had a special visit from a familiar face at their hotel Los Angeles where the team is camped for pre-season.

According to the club website, the Reds legend David Beckham, who is on holiday in his adopted home, popped to the team hotel to see the United manager and some of this former team-mates, including assistant boss Ryan Giggs.

Beckham will have a vested interest in United's Tour 2014 match, presented by Aon, when van Gaal's men take on his other former team LA Galaxy.

The two teams will meet at the Rose Bowl on Wednesday night when the Reds kick off their tour campaign. Further matches will follow against AS Roma, Inter Milan and Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup.

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Racism: Man City Withdraw from friendly

A friendly match between Manchester City's EDS U21 and HNK Rijeka was called off on Tuesday due to an alleged incident of racial abuse toward the Club's young midfielder, Seko Fofana by a member of the opposing team.

Following an alleged incident in the latter stages of the first half of the game, being played in Novigrad, Croatia, a decision was taken by the management staff to withdraw the City team from the field of play and cancel the game.

Club representatives in Croatia and in Manchester are liaising with officials, the match organisers and the Croatian Football Association to pursue this matter further.