United, City pledge $1.3 mln:

Manchester United and Manchester City on Thursday pledged £1 million ($1.3m, 1.2m euros) to an emergency fund set up after the terror attack in the city that left 22 people dead.

United captain Wayne Rooney said he was “horrified” by the bomb attack that targeted a teen concert and donated £100,000

-- he follows City’s Ivory Coast great Yaya Toure who pledged a similar amount on Wednesday.

The “We Love Manchester Emergency Fund”, backed by Manchester’s Lord Mayor and set up in partnership with the British Red Cross, was established after Monday’s suicide bombing at the end of an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena.

Another 64 people were injured, many of them critically.

“The Red and Blue halves of Manchester have combined to support the city they have each called home for more than a 120 years and which has been profoundly affected by the tragic events witnessed on Monday,” United and City said in a rare joint statement. (AFP)