Man Utd without Ronaldo and Rooney for Community Shield

LONDON: Manchester United will be without Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney in Sunday's Community Shield against Portsmouth at Wembley (1400 GMT), the traditional curtain-raiser to the new season.

Ronaldo, who scored 42 goals last season and finally committed himself to United on Wednesday after flirting with a move to Real Madrid, is set to miss the first two months of the campaign following ankle surgery.

Fellow striker Rooney and midfielder Michael Carrick are also out after picking up a virus when the Premier League champion and the FA Cup winner met in a preseason friendly in Nigeria on July 27.