Manchester United sign a commercial deal with Chi Limited in Nigeria

On Wednesday, United announced yet another commercial deal - this time with Chi Limited to become the club's official soft drinks partner in Nigeria.

The multi-year deal allows Chi Limited to use United's crest and club imagery on their products in Nigeria.

For United, the deal will boost their coffers further as they look to continue to fund their incredible spending on players through commercial tie-ups. 

It has been a busy week for United's commercial department as they signed up IVC as the club’s first ‘official Chinese wellness partner’ on Monday. 

Clubs signing up a myriad of sponsors and partners is nothing new, but few have the breadth of deals United can boast. How many clubs do you know with an 'official Chinese wellness partner'? 

And how many clubs can count the Hong Kong Jockey Club as an official partner? 

A look at United's tie-ins provides an insight into how far and wide United have cast the net. 

As well as an 'official Chinese wellness' partner and Nigerian soft drinks partner, United have a global noodle partner (Nissin Foods Group), gaming partner in Japan (Gloops), an official paint partner (Kansai Paint) and a tyre partner in UK and India (Apollo Tyres).

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The Kardashian Sisters celebrates with Bruce Jenner on his 65 birthday

Bruce Jenner was surrounded by beautiful women during his belated birthday celebration on Wednesday, October 29 at Geoffrey's restaurant in Malibu. The former athlete, who turned 65 on October 28, was joined by daughters Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner as well as Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian.

Kim posted on Instagram a picture from the family gathering. "Family lunch #Bruce'sBDay #Malibu," she captioned it. Khloe shared a similar photo, simply writing along with it, "The Family." Kris Jenner, who is currently in divorce process with Bruce, was absent from the event.

"You can tell they love Bruce very much. They all seem very close to him. They all seemed happy to be together," an onlooker tells E! News. The girls reportedly brought some gifts for Bruce and they stayed at the venue for about two hours.

A day before, Bruce received some birthday wishes from his daughters and sons. Kendall wrote, "happy birthday to my dad, my everything!" Kylie said on Instagram, "happy birthday daddio I love you," while Brandon Jenner wrote along with a pic of his father riding a horse, "Happy birthday to this cowboy! Love you dad." Kim also congratulated him, writing, "Bruce!!!! Happy Birthday!!!!! You're officially a senior citizen! Lol have the best birthday ever!!"

On the same day, Bruce treated himself to a pampering session. He got red-hot manicure which was then removed before the birthday celebration with his daughters and the Kardashian sisters.

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Yaya Toure and David Silva injury worries City ahead of sunday's derby

Premier League champions Manchester City were given a double injury worry ahead of Sunday's derby after David Silva and Yaya Toure came off with problems in their Capital One Cup defeat to Newcastle.

Silva suffered a knee injury while Toure struggled with his groin as the holders City were beaten 2-0 at home and both will be assessed on Thursday.

World Cup winner Silva hurt his knee in a fourth-minute challenge with Ryan Taylor and was replaced a few minutes later by Samir Nasri, who made his first appearance since September after recovering from a groin injury.

Manager Manuel Pellegrini said in his postgame conference: "David has a problem in his knee. I don't know how serious it is. We will see tomorrow with the doctor."

Toure played on after going down in pain after a tackle by Mehdi Abeid but was eventually substituted and Pellegrini added: "Yaya has a problem with his groin."

Pellegrini defended his decision to select Silva, saying he had planned to bring Samir Nasri, who made his comeback after a month out with groin surgery, on for the Spain international.

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