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Manchester United!

In the past five years, Manchester United has doubled its international fan base to 659 million people!!

That's unbelievable!

The craziest part? Only 1% of Manchester's fans are from the UK!

173 million fans were from the Middle East and Africa, 325 million were from the Asian Pacific and 108 million in China.

We guess maybe a few dozen were from the U.S.? LOLz!

They are even planning to expand their fan base further with a huge tour of South Africa and China planned for the near future.

Manchester United's commercial revenue is over 100 MILLION euros a year!

That's a lotta dough.

We're assuming all the money is from t-shirt sales. LOLz!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: china, commercial, fan, fans, international, manchester, manchester united, million, national, sales, soccer, south africa, tour, uk

Very cool!

A new 110,000 square foot BMX center opened in Manchester, England, making it the first permanent indoor BMX track in Britain.

The manager of the new National Cycling Centre said the purpose of the track was "built for community and elite use to provide a quality facility."

It will be a training site for Britain's BMX racers riding in the London Olympic Games 2012.

Let's get our ride on!

For more pics of this rad looking indoor track, check out the gallery below.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: 2012 olympics, bmx, indoor track, manchester

How cute!

The Beckham boys (from left to right), Brooklyn, Romeo, and Cruz had the best seats in the house as they watched their dad David play soccer against Manchester City.

They were seen cheering, fooling around, munching on some stadium treats, and even waving at the crowd while they watched the game.

Seems like they had a good time cheering on ol' dad!

[Image via Ramey Pix.]

Tags: brooklyn beckham, cheer, cruz beckham, dad, manchester, romeo beckham, watch

Yay!

English Rugby superstar Ben Cohen is going on tour to tackle homophobia , kicking off with several evenings in England called "Beer with Ben".

The personal appearances in Manchester and London will raise awareness for for the Ben Cohen Acceptance Tour, during which he will team with gay and gay-friendly rugby clubs in the U.K. and U.S. to headline a variety of events to raise money and awareness to stop homophobia.

The Acceptance Tour 2011 will encourage people to stand up against homphobia, bullying and standing up for equality, tolerance, and mutual respect. Funds raised will benefit the activites of the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network.

Ben Cohen talked about his excitement for the upcoming tour in a statement, saying:

"I am looking forward to coming along to meet everyone. I have already met quite a few of the Village Spartan guys when I got involved with their successful bid for the Bingham Cup to be held next year. It should be a fun evening. I will be bringing along some auction items, updating everyone on the Acceptance Tour details and speaking about my rugby career. I have heard also that one of the clubs will be auctioning off their club kit as well. That's a bit different!"

Thank you SOOO much, Ben!

This means a lot for the entire LGBT community for such a successful sports star to stand up for equality and acceptance!

Check out the rugby tour when it stops by Atlanta, New York, Seattle, and Washington D.C. in May!

[Image via Getty Images.]

Tags: awareness, community, education, england, gay, lesbian, london, manchester, rugby

World famous soccer British soccer player Ashley Cole is being investigated for allegedly firing an air rifle at a student working at the stadium.

Cole was one of a few players messing around with an air rifle when they accidentally discharged it.

Players who were in the locker with him are trying to clear Cole of blame. Says a source, "this has been blown out of all proportion. The boy involved suffered just a scratch."

Maybe in the future they should avoid bringing a GUN into a LOCKER ROOM! WTF?!

[Image via AP Images.]

Tags: gun, locker room, manchester

A team that plays together parties together!!

Soccer star Wayne Rooney and his wife Coleen headed to the Usher concert in Manchester, England with most of the Manchester United team in tow.

Soccer stars and their wives weren’t the only ones out on the town — glamour model Rhian Sudgen joined the group. She’s most famous for her posing nude and sending racy text messages to famous and married British broadcaster, Vernon Kay.

We’re jealous of this group! We want to party in England with soccer stars!!

[Image via XposurePhotos.com.]

Tags: concert, manchester, soccer, usher

OMG this is making huge waves in the soccer world!

Wayne Rooney has confirmed that he wants to leave Manchester United because he believes that the club can no longer attract the best players.

Said Rooney about the rumors that he's leaving:

“It is absolutely true, as he said, that my agent and I have had a number of meetings with the club about a new contract. During those meetings in August I asked for assurances about the continued ability of the club to attract the top players in the world. I have never had anything but complete respect for MUFC [Manchester United]. How could I not have done given its fantastic history and especially the last six years in which I have been lucky to play a part?”

Rooney said that his decision has nothing to do with money and is all about winning trophies, which he feels he won’t be able to do with Manchester.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: contract, manchester, soccer