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Romelu Lukaku and Victor Lindelof pulled on the Manchester United shirt for the first time during a 5-2 victory against LA Galaxy.

Jose Mourinho’s summer buys had to make do with a place on the bench for the first half as United raced into a three-goal lead, but both played the full second half as United ran out comfortable winners in LA.

Marcus Rashford scored twice as Manchester United kicked off their pre-season campaign with a 5-2 victory over LA Galaxy at the StubHub Center.

United, who started with new signings Romelu Lukaku and Victor Lindelof on the bench, raced into a three goal first-half lead thanks to Rashford (2, 20) and Marouane Fellaini (26).

Sky Sports News will have a new home on channel 409 from the morning of Tuesday July 18.

The channel change for your 24-hour home of sports news is part of the exciting switch to dedicated sports channels.

From Tuesday, customers will be introduced to a whole new Sky Sports, featuring channels devoted to the Premier League, football, cricket, golf and Formula One.

Arsene Wenger says Arsenal have not made any offers to Monaco for Kylian Mbappe, who he expects to stay with the Ligue 1 club this summer at least.

Monaco forward Mbappe is one of Europe’s most prized young players and the Gunners were reported to have made an offer for him that would have made him the world’s first £ m player.

John Terry has been appointed as the new captain of Aston Villa.

The 36-year-old former England and Chelsea skipper takes the armband from James Chester, and wore it for the first time on his Villa debut in Saturday’s pre-season friendly against Shrewsbury.

England head coach Mark Sampson is ready for a tough test against Scotland when they kick off their Euro 2017 campaign in the Netherlands on Wednesday.

The two sides are in Group D alongside Spain and Portugal and although Sampson is confident in his side’s ability, he knows they will face a tough test in Utrecht against the Scots.

Japan international Shinji Kagawa has extended his contract with Borussia Dortmund until 2020, the Bundesliga club has announced.

The 28-year-old midfielder first joined Dortmund from Cerezo Osaka in 2010 and, after a two-year stint at Manchester United, returned to Dortmund in 2014.

Liverpool are expected to make a new bid for RB Leipzig midfielder Naby Keita next week.

Keita wants a move to Liverpool and, although Leipzig do not want to sell, the Bundesliga side could decide there is no point keeping a player who wants to leave.

Scott Brown has praised Celtic fans for travelling to Northern Ireland for the 2-0 Champions League qualifying win over Linfield.

The Scottish champions had refused their ticket allocation for the first leg of the second qualifying round match in Belfast over security fears.

Hibernian have re-signed defender Steven Whittaker on a three-year deal.

The Scotland international returns on a free transfer to Neil Lennon’s side after a 10-year absence, subject to international clearance.