The Catalan reportedly stayed in the dressing room with his players for around 50 minutes before emerging to speak to the media at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday. City shared the spoils with Southampton as its winless run in all competitions under Guardiola stretched to five games. But when questioned why he spent so long with his charges after the game, Guardiola played down reports he was fuming with his players after the full time whistle....

Payet reveals why he left West Ham Guardiola guided his Manchester City side to three wins from three in February but said after his nomination was announced last week that he sees no point in individual awards. “So I understand the business, but with all respect, to be player of the month or manager of the month, believe me, guys, what counts on that? For me it doesn’t matter,” he said....

Silva has been in talks over a fresh deal at the Etihad Stadium, with his current agreement set to expire at the end of next season. Man City 9/2 to win CL The Spain international, who joined City from Valencia in 2010, spoke last month of his desire to make it a decade in Manchester and to achieve the ambition of winning the Champions League with the club. There have been no updates on the situation since, but Guardiola is determined to keep hold of one of his most prized assets....

Alexis must leave Arsenal for a big club Guardiola’s men have won their last two matches against Watford and Arsenal, but still sit third in the Premier League and seven points adrift of leaders Chelsea ahead of their Boxing Day game at struggling Hull City. Clichy hopes the recent victories – particularly the 2-1 home triumph over title rivals Arsenal – show City are turning the corner, but knows there is still much more to come from his side as their manager adapts....

Guardiola and Klopp sparred memorably during their time in charge of Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. The head-to-head concluded at four wins apiece, with Dortmund triumphing on penalties in the semi-final of the DFB-Pokal in 2015 before losing the final to Wolfsburg. Henry: Lukaku can be an elite striker That compounded a trophy count weighted in Guardiola’s favour as he claimed a domestic double in 2013-14 before retaining the Bundesliga title as Klopp headed for the Dortmund exit door....

Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) are on course to clinch their fourth consecutive Super League title and on Tuesday kicked off their Malaysia Cup in style with a 4-0 thrashing over a plucky Sarawak side. In the past three title-winning campaigns, JDT have been able to count on the goal scoring prowess of their import forwards and it is no different this season. From Luciano Figueroa between 2014 to 2015 and the duo of Jorge Pereyra Diaz and Martin Lucero in 2016, there has always been a stalwart up for the Southern Tigers....

Portland police arrested a man, later identified as 65-year-old Dennis G. Anderson, on Sunday afternoon after he allegedly opened fire with a handgun. Footage filmed close to Southwest 3rd Avenue and Southwest Alder Street, where Anderson was arrested, showed a man firing a handgun from behind a garbage can and also appearing to dodge gunfire. Other videos taken nearby show the man lying face down on the sidewalk as several officers arrest him....

Ian Smith, owner of Atilis Gym in Bellmawr, New Jersey wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday he is running because he believes “our public officials have forgotten who they work for.” “People, not politicians. For too long, good people have not gotten involved in politics - whether that is because the establishment won’t open the door for them or they don’t want to participate in the foul world of politics,” he wrote....

Felda United winger Hadin Azman is determined to prove his capabilities, when he was called up at the last minute by Malaysia head coach Nelo Vingada for their matches against DPR Korea. He was called up on Monday, just one day before the team is supposed to leave for the ties, as replacement for Kedah winger Baddrol Bakhtiar who had been injured in the Malaysia Cup final on Saturday. It was his first call-up in over half a year, after last playing for the Malayan Tigers in their 0-0 friendly match draw on March 22 this year, back then under former Malaysia boss Dato’ Ong Kim Swee....

In a quiet fade-out, Frank Capra, the quintessential American film director, died in his sleep last week at 94. His life was like a century-long Capra movie. The son of illiterate Sicilian immigrants, he studied engineering at Caltech but lived a picaresque youth as a brilliant bum, hopping freights, hustling poker and wildcat stocks until he conned his way into the movie business, rising from propman to gagman to director....

At the weekend, the streets of downtown Port-au-Prince were firmly under the control of more than 1,000 U.S. Marine infantrymen, and the government of interim president Boniface Alexandre started laying the groundwork for a post-Aristide transition that could culminate in the election of a new president and legislature later this year. But there was no evidence that Philippe’s fighters were surrendering their guns–and in the absence of a concerted U....

Authorities raided Taiwan’s Embassy, where several suspects were believed to have sought refuge, while detaining two Haitian-Americans and several former Colombian soldiers. National Police Chief Léon Charles said they would “bring them to justice” at a news conference on Thursday as the 17 handcuffed suspects sat on the floor. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below. Moïse’s brazen killing at his home in an attack before dawn Wednesday that also seriously wounded his wife stunned a nation already reeling from poverty, widespread violence and political instability....

You can lead a big man to the block, but you can’t make him use it. So when Sporting News asked Olajuwon who has used his advice best, the answer was not Dwight Howard or Tyson Chandler or the Lopez twins. Not even LeBron James. Nope, it was one of his shortest pupils. MORE: Every NBA team’s greatest draft regret “I’ve worked with a lot of players, but the one who really capitalized on it the most is Kobe Bryant,” the Basketball Hall of Famer said of the 6-6 retiring Lakers legend....

“There are millions of people who are going to starve, and there is winter coming, COVID raging, and the whole social system collapsed,” Omar Adbi, UNICEF’s deputy executive director for programs, said during a visit to a Kabul children’s hospital. The AP said a woman from Kunar province brought her severely malnourished 3-year-old child to the hospital. Nargis, who declined to give her full name, said fighting between the Taliban and the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has devastated communities and their access to basic needs....

Among the horror movies streaming this October on HBO Max are all-time Hollywood horror masterpieces like Alien, Eraserhead and Jaws, as well as some stellar shockers from around the world including Guillermo Del Toro’s Cronos and historic haunters like Eyes Without a Face and Les Diaboliques. For those who want to celebrate Halloween without being terrified, they also have some great movies that are spooky without being scary such as Death Becomes Her, Gremlins 2 and Little Shop of Horrors....

Anatomy of the Hand There are 27 bones in the wrist and hand. The eight small bones in the wrist are called carpals. In the palm of the hand, several of the carpals connect to five metacarpals. Each metacarpal connects to one of the fingers or the thumb. The phalanges are bones that align to form each finger and thumb (i.e., the finger bones). Knuckle joints form where the phalanges connect to the metacarpals and are referred to as the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints....

Xavi tips Man City to make Xavi bid Reports from France suggested Rudi Garcia is interested in bringing Giroud back to his native country and the club are preparing a bid for the 30-year-old. However, Wenger is adamant he has not heard anything from the Ligue 1 side. “I have had no approach from Marseille,” the Arsenal boss said ahead of Wednesday’s match against Leicester City. “We want to keep Giroud....