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A meeting between two South American heavyweights is the pick of the fixtures in the latest round of CONMEBOL action, with national pride set to be put on the line once again in Belo Horizonte on Thursday. Among the galaxy of stars on show will be two exciting forwards who are set to become club colleagues in the not too distant future. Gabriel Jesus is still plying his trade with Palmeiras in his homeland at present, but an agreement is already in place that will take him to England in the New Year....

Another set-back would have been the last thing City needed but Raheem Sterling, Leroy Sane and Sergio Aguero, not to mention the support behind them, provided a timely reminder of exactly why City are well-placed in all four competitions this season. It is true that City pulled out of the Alexis deal on their own terms, but it remains the case that the Blues wanted the Chilean - both last summer and this month - because they believed he would make a huge impact on their season, particularly in the Champions League....

Typical Afghan diet: Wheat, rice, maize, vegetables, beans and peas, potatoes, small amounts of meat. More than 80 percent of total calories come from cereals. A typical 2,200-calorie food pack: Bean salad, rice and bean mix, crackers, peanut butter, raisins, flat bread, strawberry jam, apple fruit bar or Pop-Tart, utensils package (even a moist towelette).

The AIFF Colts could only foster one clear goal scoring chance in the first half and the opportunity fell to Rahim in the 32nd minute when he found himself clear of the defensive mix, but failed to test the opposition custodian with a strong shot. With Sporting Clube de Goa failing to pose any serious threat to the AIFF custodian the first half ended with both the Teams going into the tunnel of level pegging as the scoreline read 0-0....

The match ended 1-0 in favour of the hosts. The boys ventured out of Holland for the first time to rub shoulders with one of the best trained youth academy boys of Schalke known for producing World class footballers like current German footballer of the year Manuel Neuer, fellow World Cup winners Mesut Ozil and highly rated Schalke attacking midfielder Julian Draxler among the renowned club graduates. It took the hosts 38 minutes to surge ahead but not without hassle as the Indian counterparts pressed them from the beginning....

“There will be a total of 23 matches between five teams,” the ACB chief executive Shafiq Stanikzai told ESPNcricinfo. “The league will take place in the UAE, but we haven’t yet decided on which cities will play host to the league. But now we have got official approval from the Emirates Cricket Board, and we’d like to thank them for that.” In case you didn’t know… Among the top nine cricketing nations, as of now, only England and South Africa don’t have a T20 league of their own which is based on the format of auction and player pools....

HATOYAMA: Japan’s financial system has already collapsed. It has hit bottom. At this stage it will be very difficult to reconstruct. Spreading public-works spending to local areas is not going to solve Japan’s economic crisis. We hope to balance Japan’s national budget within five years. That means limiting public works and cutting the number of civil servants by 30 percent. We do not plan to raise taxes. As industries restructure and the bureaucracy is downsized, unemployment will rise....

“Some of y’all already know, some of y’all don’t care, some of y’all not gone fwm no more. but before this month ends i want y’all to listen closely to c7osure,” the rapper tweeted on Sunday, the final day of Pride month. He also tweeted artwork for the single which shows a building lit up in rainbow colors, writing, “deadass thought I made it obvious,” subtly indicating he’s queer....

On Monday, the opening day of the Under-14 and Under 16 Championships, a group of parents filed a petition with the All India Tennis Association (AITA) secretary to make the complaint official. Signed by the 53 parents, the petition accused the federation of conveniently ignoring the age manipulation issue by not even acknowledging the mails of the concerned parents. The petition does not specify any player but pleaded with the Federation that parents and kids feel demoralised and demotivated and are even giving up the sport....

Gabriel Jesus sets Man City record Reports suggest police found 200 grams of marijuana in the house of Aguero’s grandmother in Quilmes, 12 miles from Buenos Aires city centre. As a result, an arrest was made, though it is thought to be a different family member with a history of drug-related crime, rather than Aguero’s grandmother. The raid, in which weapons, other drugs and stolen phones were also found, was carried out in Los Eucaliptus, the neighborhood where Aguero grew up in....

I had what should have been a great gameweek! 78 points net (82 with a -4 taken) but bringing in Bobby Firmino on Friday AM only for him to be ruled out hours later really stung! That sees me maintain my rank inside the top 100K at 86K 2 big hitters at the double On to GW36… where to start? Right at the start! The first game of the week saw Liverpool dismantle a heartened Huddersfield team at Anfield to enjoy a 2-night stay at the summit of the Premier League....

World No.6 Marin Cilic will be the top seed of the tournament, starting on January 2, at the SDAT Tennis Stadium here. Agut will be making his fifth straight appearance at the tournament. He will be one of the strongest challengers to Cilic, having won two Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) titles last season. He claimed the Auckland Open in January and the Sofia Open in February, lost in the fourth round of the Australian Open and the French Open, while also featuring in the Shanghai Masters final....

Of the 10 Obama-voting counties which had the greatest shifts to Trump, and for which U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data was available, nine had a lower unemployment rate in July than the U.S. level of 10.2 percent for the same month. Several had a much better rate than recorded nationwide. One county actually increased job numbers between March—before the shutdowns of economies—and July, in the later phases of reopening....

The fight started with a second period dustup between the Utica Comets and Binghamton Senators of the AHL and was slowing down until the two goalies sized each other up for a while, complete with giggles, before going for it. MORE: Mark Stone has broken wrist | Eastern conference players without rings | Western conference players without rings Watch the whole thing develop, or skip to the 50-second mark for the good stuff....

The AIBA released a statement saying “The International Boxing Association (AIBA) Executive Committee (EC) has approved the application of Boxing India (The Bout outside the Ring) as provisional new AIBA member for India until ratification by the AIBA Congress, following recommendations by the AIBA Evaluation Committee. This latest AIBA EC Decision was officially announced by AIBA President Dr Ching-Kuo Wu in his letter to the President of the Indian Olympic Association, Narayan Ramachandran....

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