City Football Group have added another club to their portfolio.
The Abu Dhabi-owned company has teamed up with UBTECH and China Sports Capital to buy Chinese third-tier outfit Sichuan Jiuniu FC.
It comes as part of the group's expansion efforts into China and further extends their global football footprint.
Sichuan join English Premier League champions Manchester City, US side New York City FC, as well as teams from Australia, Japan, Spain and Uruguay in the City Football Group stable.
Green still off-colour for winless Kolkata
Kolkata Knight Riders are confident that marquee signing Cameron Green will eventually come good but the Indian Premier League's only winless team need the Australia all-rounder to show why they made him the league's most expensive overseas recruit.
Dembele double at Liverpool fires PSG into Champions League semis
Ousmane Dembele struck twice to confirm Paris St Germain's place in the Champions League semi-finals with a 2-0 victory over Liverpool on Tuesday, sealing a 4-0 aggregate win in their quarter-final tie at a rain-soaked Anfield.
Ex-England international Shelvey named Arabian Falcons FC manager
Former England midfielder Jonjo Shelvey has retired from playing and will take over as manager of third-tier United Arab Emirates side Arabian Falcons FC.
Muzarabani given two-year PSL ban after IPL switch
Blessing Muzarabani has been banned from the Pakistan Super League (PSL) for two years after the Zimbabwe fast bowler joined Indian Premier League (IPL) side Kolkata Knight Riders, despite having agreed to play for PSL team Islamabad United.
Draper vows to overcome injury woes after Barcelona exit
Jack Draper vowed to work his way out of his injury woes after being forced to retire with a right leg problem midway through his first-round match against Tomas Etcheverry at the Barcelona Open on Monday.
The UAE and Jordan have signed an agreement to launch a 360km railway project linking Aqaba Port to main mining areas in Al Shidiya and Ghor Al Safi at a value of $2.3 billion.
His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Presidential Court, has held a phone discussion with Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Iran's Speaker of the Parliament.
The Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA) have announced that administrative and teaching staff in private schools and nurseries across the emirate will resume work on Wednesday, April 15.
