The project was intended to drive urban regeneration close to Manchester City Football Club's Eastlands stadium.

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Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways, sponsor of Manchester City Football Club, has tripled its full-year profits.

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I'm delighted at the potential for both men to positively impact the evolution of Manchester City Football Club in its entirety.

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Carlos' current five-year contract has three-and-a-half years to run and he is the highest paid player at Manchester City Football Club.

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They reflect our shared aim of seeing Manchester City Football Club evolve to become a significant force in the world of football.

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The largest and most dramatic example of this trend is in Manchester, where the city council hopes that a stadium, now being built for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, which will subsequently house Manchester City football club, will serve as a focus for the regeneration of a whole swathe of the east of the city.

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Among the other guests was the UAE's deputy prime minister, Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, owner of Premier League football club Manchester City.

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The Yankees are partnering with Manchester City to own Major League Soccer's 20th team, which will be called New York City Football Club and plans to start play in the 2015 season.

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Striker Bellamy hinted in build-up to the game that he could quit football if he fails to make club team Manchester City's 25-man squad for this season.

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