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Although, the uncertainty around its remaining in Manchester United and his injury which will leave him out for 3 weeks, Wayne Rooney achieved to surprise everyone. Everybody expected to see him at the sold list of the club.

In a dramatic change of events, Rooney - who wanted to leave United earlier this week - ended doubts over his future by signing a new five-year contract. From now, Rooney can leave Man U for 30 million pounds if certain targets are not met on a year-by-year basis.

Manchester United’s owners have reportedly pledged to give 100 million pounds to manager Sir Alex Ferguson to buy new players. The guarantee by the Glazer family had helped Ferguson to persuade striker Rooney to stay back at the club.

Against the economic difficulties, Rooney made a big deal achieving to sign a new contract. He is now the highest-paid player at United, overtaking defender Rio Ferdinand.

The striker, who was previously on 90,000 pounds per week, is now understood to be earning a basic salary in excess of 150,000 pounds per week.

This match was stopped due to light at exactly the 10 hour mark, having been played over the course of two days.

During this match several records were broken including:

Most aces in a match: John Isner
Longest Match Ever: 10 hours
Most games in a match
Most games in a set: 118

They will return to play again on Thursday (a third day of play) when the Queen herself is expected to attend the championships at Wimbledon for the first time in 33 years back in 1977 when Britain's own Virginia Wade won the title.

France beat Turkey and Italy to stage Euro 2016




France have beaten Turkey and Italy for the right to stage the European Championship in 2016.

France previously staged the tournament in 1960 and were hosts again in 1984, winning it with a team captained by Michel Platini, the Uefa president.

The French, hosts and winners of the 1998 World Cup, beat Turkey by just a single vote after Italy were eliminated in the first round of voting.

Euro 2016 will feature 24 countries playing 51 matches over one month.

Turkey rejected the suggestion that it represented a risky option after being pipped 7-6 in the final round of voting.

"We are devastated. This was our third bid so it is not much consolation to know that we lost by a small margin," said Turkey's Euro 2016 bid manager Orhan Gorbon.

The 2016 event will feature 24 countries for the first time, up from 16 in 2012, as France becomes the first country to stage the European Championship three times.

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