
Barry's header broke Reading's resistance and moved City to 39 points, three behind United. ...

10:52 PM, Dec 22, 2012

Mancini has questioned Clattenburg's handling of an incident that led to Gareth Barry being given a one match ban. ...

05:01 PM, Dec 15, 2012

London: Manchester City's Roberto Mancini has expressed frustration with the treatment he receives from rival managers after his latest touchline altercation during Tuesday's League Cup defeat to Aston Villa. The Italian exchanged words with Villa counterpart Paul Lambert following a heavy tackle on Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry by Joe Bennett in the 4-2 extra-time defeat. "I only asked the fourth official if there was a yellow card, without moving...

05:00 PM, Sep 26, 2012

London: Gareth Barry was ruled out of the European Championship on Monday because of a stomach injury, robbing England of one of their two holding midfielders less than two weeks before the start of the tournament. Barry underwent a scan on the problem he picked up in the 1-0 friendly win over Norway on Saturday and results showed he has torn a muscle in his lower abdomen, the Football Association...

11:11 PM, May 28, 2012

Oslo, Norway: Ashley Young gave Roy Hodgson a winning start as England coach on Saturday, clinching a 1-0 victory over Norway in the team's first European Championship warm-up match. Young combined with Andy Carroll after nine minutes, scoring in his fourth consecutive international to provide Hodgson with a potential striking partnership for the Euro 2012 opener against France on June 11 when Wayne Rooney is suspended. "I think he and...

09:09 AM, May 27, 2012

Manchester: In a city that's more used to a sea of red during title celebrations, it was blue confetti that fell over the streets of Manchester on Monday. About 100,000 fans packed the streets as Manchester City paraded the Premier League trophy through the city to celebrate their first English title in 44 years. Blue and white ticker-tape and streamers rained down on the team bus as City players showed...

11:25 PM, May 15, 2012

London: Manchester City have already won one major battle ahead of Monday's Premier League derby - convincing Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson that they are a force to be taken seriously. Ferguson initially dismissed City as "noisy neighbours" following a 2008 takeover by Abu Dhabi investors, but now says that the rivalry is becoming as important as that with their traditional enemy Liverpool. "If we're going to be contesting with...

05:04 PM, Apr 29, 2012

Manchester: Manchester City ensured they will spend Christmas Day as leaders of the English top flight for the first time since 1929 after Sergio Aguero scored twice on Wednesday to help secure a 3-0 win over Stoke. Aguero opened the scoring in the 29th minute and Adam Johnson, who started a league game for the first time in over two months, added the second in the 36th to give City...

06:13 AM, Dec 22, 2011

London: A first-half header from Gareth Barry was enough to give a makeshift England side a 1-0 victory over an uninspired Sweden at Wembley. The win was the Three Lions' first against the Swedes since 1968, and means Fabio Capello's men have now gone nine matches unbeaten in 2011. With both sides already having booked their places at Euro 2012, this friendly clash was viewed as a good opportunity to...

09:18 AM, Nov 16, 2011

Manchester: Manchester City midfielder Gareth Barry believes his side are not too far away from being in a position to win their first Premier League trophy. City have not been champions of England since 1968 but since the arrival of Sheikh Mansour as owner, big spending has propelled the club to the upper reaches of the domestic game. Roberto Mancini's side won the FA Cup last season and Barry feels...

10:32 PM, Oct 08, 2011

Manchester: An entertaining game all-round ended in the favour of Manchester City after Bolton Wanderers proved more than a match for Roberto Mancini's expensively assembled side on Sunday. The game also marked the return to action for Carlos Tevez after voicing his desire to leave in the summer. Both teams set out to attack and this desire to score resulted in the five goals and a game which was thrilling...

10:21 PM, Aug 21, 2011

Gareth Barry suffered an ankle injury at the beginning of last month, and had been a doubt for the squad. ...

01:06 PM, Jun 08, 2010

The midfielder took part in the 15 minutes of Friday morning's training session. ...

03:59 PM, Jun 04, 2010