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Jesus scored his 10th goal of the season as the Premier League leaders overcame Leicester City 2-0 last weekend. Jesus 4/9 to score v Huddersfield Aguero was an unused substitute at the King Power Stadium but resumed a starting role at Jesus’ expense in Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League win over Feyenoord, where he was unable to add to his own 10-goal haul in all competitions. The duo started the season operating in tandem at the head of City’s attack but have not been named in the same starting XI since Aguero was briefly ruled out by a broken rib suffered in a car accident in September....

David Silva netted an equaliser on the stroke of half-time for City, who fell behind when Raffael drove home emphatically for the hosts. The second half became disjointed as Gladbach’s Lars Stindl and City’s Fernandinho were sent off in quick succession, but Barcelona’s victory over Celtic at Parkhead means City are through to the last 16 as runners-up in Group C behind the LaLiga champions. “The first part of the season, it is so important to qualify for the next round and we did it –now we can focus on the Premier League,” said Guardiola on BT Sport, following his latest tussle with a Gladbach outfit that regularly caused Bayern Munich problems during his three seasons in the Bundesliga...

Italy sensation Belotti is the most complete No.9 in Europe It has been reported that Messi is open to the idea of leaving Barca when his contract expires in 2018, and it is an open secret that City believe they are at the front of the queue to sign him should the opportunity ever arise. But when asked about that eventuality, Guardiola not only says it will not happen, but that he would actually be against the idea....

City kept within seven points of Premier League leaders Chelsea with a 3-0 win over Hull City on Monday, in which Kelechi Iheanacho struck his sixth goal of the season. Sergio Aguero is set to return from suspension for the trip to face Liverpool on December 31 and Gabriel Jesus, fresh from winning the league title in Brazil with Palmeiras, will complete his transfer to the Etihad Stadium next month...

The decision was made in July, before City had played the majority of their pre-season friendlies. Man City 7/4 to win the Premier League Guardiola is a huge fan of Foden and has raved about the academy graduate, who has been at City since the age of six, to his coaching staff and friends. Foden, born in Stockport in 2000, was named on the bench for City’s Champions League game against Celtic in December, when he was just 16....

Aguero has scored 10 goals in the 11 games since Gabriel Jesus, who usurped him in the City line-up, got injured at Bournemouth in February. Guardiola spent the opening months of the season urging the Argentine to up his work-rate and overall contribution to the team, and now believes he is showing big improvements. However, Aguero and the club are still set to sit down with each other at the end of the season to clear up the striker’s future, with neither party sure of the other’s intentions....

Man City 15/8 to win Premier League Reports in Spain claimed Madrid have agreed what would be a world-record €180 million deal with the Ligue 1 champions for the France forward, who is one of Europe’s most sought-after prospects. It was later reported Monaco have denied such a deal is in place and, while Madrid are still thought to be leading the race for his signature, City are said to be preparing a rival bid....

Aguero has confirmed he broke a rib when the taxi that was carrying him and a friend back to Amsterdam Schipol airport hit a post in the De Beolelaan of the Dutch capital on Thusday evening. The 29-year-old will arrive back in Manchester on Friday afternoon after being discharged from hospital, but has missed City’s final training session ahead of Saturday’s game against Chelsea. City doctors will assess Aguero when he arrives at the training ground, with Guardiola insisting the extent of the rib injury is not yet known....

Having lost the first leg 3-0 at Anfield, City came out for the return leg loaded with attacking options and immediately put the Reds on the back foot. Gabriel Jesus cut the deficit to two with a second-minute strike, while Bernardo Silva crashed a shot against the post as the hosts went all out for victory. Guardiola, however, took exception to some of the calls made by referee Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz, and at the half-time mark held a furious exchange with the official....

Luis Enrique on the brink at Barcelona Guardiola and Xavi both first came across the England international when Barca took on Arsenal in the Champions League in 2011, with Wilshere impressing both men. And Xavi believes that Guardiola would not be adverse to adding Wilshere, who was injured during his side’s 2-0 defeat to City at the weekend, to his squad if he can continue his good recent form shown on loan at Bournemouth....

Toure left Guardiola’s Barcelona to join City in 2010 and has been one of the most influential players in the club’s modern history, scoring in Wembley final wins over Stoke City and Sunderland and serving as a star performer in the Premier League title triumphs of 2011-12 and 2013-14. After initially being out of favour, the veteran Ivory Coast midfielder became central to Guardiola’s plans last term but, with City dominating the Premier League title race, it has been a different story this time around....

What really happened on Chapecoense’s tragic flight? Ronaldinho has been among a string of big names to offer their services to the Brazilian club, who tragically had players, backroom staff and officials among the 71 people to lose their lives when a flight carrying them to their Copa Sudamericana final first leg against Atletico Nacional went down in Cerro Gordo, La Union in Colombia. Gudjohnsen, 38, has added his name to the list of those willing to represent Chapecoense, adding that a reunion with his former Barca team-mate would be an added bonus....

Gueye has been a key contributor for Everton since joining from Aston Villa in 2016, and has started 24 Premier League games this season. The 28-year-old Senegal international had been linked with a move to Chelsea last August before the Premier League champions bought Danny Drinkwater from Leicester City. But Gueye - who has made more tackles than any other Premier League player since he moved to Goodison Park - has now committed his future to Everton until 2022....

“With everything going on today, people don’t feel safe,” he told Newsweek. “A lot of women come in—medical professionals who don’t feel safe walking to their car at night and have never thought about having a gun—and buy a firearm. They feel safer.” Gun sales have increased throughout the nation, driven by concerns about the coronavirus pandemic, urban riots and the likelihood of increased regulation if the Democrats win the White House, regain control of the Senate and hold the House....

And it’s easy to see why when you look at the best across the league. From coaches (Nick Saban, Steve Spurrier) to running backs (Todd Gurley, T.J. Yeldon) to quarterbacks (Nick Marshall), the SEC is loaded from top to bottom with talent. Fastest receiver Damiere Byrd, South Carolina He’s coming off a knee injury, but the former SEC 60-meter dash champ can still fly. Best hands Laquon Treadwell, WR, Ole Miss...

Berry, an outspoken activist as well as track and field athlete, earned a bronze medal in the hammer throw to earn a berth to the Tokyo Games; during the medal ceremony, she turned away from the American flag and displayed a black T-shirt that read “Activist Athlete” on the front. Speaking to reporters after the ceremony, she said she felt organizers deliberately played the “Star-Spangled Banner” to coincide with the ceremony....

Both singers shared that they’d gotten engaged to each other in Instagram posts on Tuesday. Stefani wrote, “Yes please,” in the caption for the photo of the two kissing and her showing off the ring. “Hey @gwenstefani thanks for saving my 2020… And the rest of my life.. I love you. I heard a YES,” Shelton wrote in his post of the same photo. The pair began dating in November 2015, months after both Shelton and Stefani divorced their prior partners, country singer Miranda Lambert and Bush singer Gavin Rossdale, respectively....

Haitians gave notice last week: they have had it with Duvalier-style dictators. This came as news to Roger Lafontant, the former Duvalier security boss who seized the National Palace with a small band of armed toughs, took caretaker President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot captive and declared in cocksure words that all Haiti was behind him. He was proven wrong ill half a day. Responding to the call of conch-shell trumpets, which 200 years ago rallied Haiti’s slaves to revolution, Haitians flooded into the streets of Port-au-Prince carrying posters of President-elect Jean-Bertrand Aristide....

More than 320 migrants were brought to Port-au-Prince on Sunday, while six additional flights carrying migrants were expected to arrive Tuesday, the AP reported. Marie-Lourde Jean-Charles with the Office of National Migration said that all of those arriving were given $100 and the test for COVID, but there were no plans to have them quarantine. U.S. officials are planning to remove many of the 12,000 migrants grouped around a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, where they crossed from Cuidad Acuña, Mexico....