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Toure’s decorated spell with City looked set to reach an unseemly end after a public spat between manager Pep Guardiola and the player’s agent Dimitri Seluk left him out of the first-team picture. ‘Lindelof is perfect for Manchester United’ The 33-year-old made a belated public apology and returned to City’s starting line-up in memorable style last month, scoring both goals in a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace. Guardiola’s men have won all four Premier League matches started by Toure this term, with the former Ivory Coast international playing a stylish, assured hand to lay the foundations for Sunday’s second-half turnaround against Arsenal....

The Manchester City powerhouse was on the receiving end of racists chants by fans of CSKA Moscow in a Uefa Champions League game earlier this season which led to a Fifa charge and partial closure of the stadium. And the former Cote d’Ivoire international wants Fifa to be proactive in nipping racism in the bud and has also offered to lend his support to the cause. “I have been abused by racism and because those things happened to me, I try to be involved and I want to help those people who don’t have a voice to control this situation,” Toure said in a short film called ‘Football People’....

Toure was excluded from the City squad for the first months of Pep Guardiola’s reign last year, firstly for refusing to leave the club on a transfer last summer and then for comments made by the Ivorian’s controversial agent, Dimitri Seluk. The midfielder fought his way back into Guardiola’s plans by working hard in training and was eventually handed a one-year contract extension in May in recognition of his efforts throughout the season....

Shockingly, Yazidis are worse off now than last year. In Sinjar, the ancestral Yazidi homeland, external and local forces have contributed to increased instability. Militias and their allies hold divergent agendas for control of Sinjar, which bridges geopolitically important areas, including northeast Syria, federal Iraq, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and mountains where Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) have been fighting for decades. Provincial, regional, and national decision-makers in Iraq have demonstrated an inability to address governance and security issues, which the stalled Sinjar Agreement tried and failed to address....

The year gave us some thrilling action as India registered their maiden Test series win on the Australian soil. Subsequently, the World Cup was full of nail-biting action and the final between England and New Zealand was a cherry on the cake. The Ashes rivalry between England and Australia saw some brilliant performances from Ben Stokes and Steven Smith. On that note, we take a look at four best cricketing moments of 2019 which will be always remembered for the time to come....

Edwards had been anticipating a question on the “hypocrisy charge,” says a campaign adviser who requested anonymity discussing internal matters. “John showed last night exactly how he’s going to handle it” going forward, says this adviser. Namely: to acknowledge his material success and to cast his campaign as an effort to ensure that all Americans are afforded the opportunity to lift themselves up. That’s the tactic Edwards has used to combat another criticism: that his new 28,000-square-foot mansion in North Carolina doesn’t exactly jibe with the populist persona he’s cultivated....

Many players were surprised to hear that Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, would be making an appearance as a guest on Whitta’s Animal Talking. The show takes place entirely on the Nintendo Switch’s tremendously popular Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a platform that many would consider being a rival system to Xbox. According to Spencer in the interview though, he understood the confusion but it wasn’t that big of a deal to him....

Microsoft’s next-gen console has flown off the shelves since launching in November and while restocks for the Xbox Series X have been sporadic, availability for the Xbox Series S has remained steady over the last two weeks. Here’s a breakdown of the latest stock information from those retailers, as well as Target, Antonline, GameStop and Walmart. The Series X, meanwhile, remains out of stock and the retailer has yet to indicate when it will release more units....

Read on to find the latest updates on stock at major retailers including Target, Kohl’s and Sam’s Club, plus how to make sure you get your hands on the next-gen Microsoft console when more become available. Sam’s Club Xbox Series X Restock The Series X and Series S consoles are sold out at Sam’s Club and the retailer has not said when more will become available. Check Xbox Series X stock at Sam’s Club....

Featuring three games, The Medium, Observer: System Redux, and DARQ: Complete Edition, the Ultimate Horror Bundle is a great deal for anyone looking to celebrate the fall season before the spooky month of October officially starts in just a few weeks. The Medium and Observer: System Redux were both developed and published by Bloober Team while DARQ: Complete Edition was developed by Unfold Games and published by Feademic, but all three games share similar thematic elements, perfect for back-to-back playthroughs....

On Twitter, Xbox corporate vice president Mike Ybarra tweeted that he “really want[s] cross progression on all games.” Ybarra explains that because he plays on both PC and Xbox One, he wishes that all games supported this and many of his cohorts feel the same. “We constantly debate to play new games together on PC or Xbox,” explains the executive. Ybarra and his friend group are far from the only people who want to see this happen....

RELATED: Xenoblade Chronicles 3: How Long to Beat At first, it’s not quite clear what the coins are used for in Xenoblade Chronicles 3, especially as it is quite easy to miss the requirements of all the systems and intricacies at play in the game. Players will start obtaining Nopon Coins from the first chapter, but their value and uses vary. Nopon Coins Uses In Xenoblade Chronicles 3 There are gold and silver coins to obtain in Xenoblade Chronicles 3....

The league will be holding the 2019 XFL Draft across two days this month, and over 500 players will be on a football team. Some of the players may be guys you’ve never heard of, but there are plenty of names who at one point were a star in college or on an NFL roster. Fans of the AAF will also recognize plenty of names as not everyone was lucky enough to sign an NFL contract after the league folded....

Design & Build Quality Unlike the Redmi Buds 3 Pro I reviewed recently, and was rather fond of, the Xiaomi Buds opt for a design that incorporates stems rather than just buds. This gives them more of an Apple AirPod Pro vibe. The speaker casing is set at an angle to make them a comfortable fit in the ear, while you’ll also notice a silver speaker grill on the casing which is used to provide the Active Noise Cancellation....

In Xiaomi’s case, although the Mi 11 Ultra packs a few advantages over the regular Mi 11 across the board, the brunt of the budget has clearly gone into the outrageous rear camera module, which despite including ‘only’ three lenses is in fact one of the most powerful camera setups around – so powerful that it earns its own special rear-facing display. That camera is both a blessing and a curse for the Ultra....

It sports a brand-new colour AMOLED panel, and still has incredible 20-day battery life. A six-axis accelerometer supports a range of activity monitoring, and the new Mi Smart Band is now more customisable than ever with a choice of five bands and 77 complications (watch faces). As anticipated there are both standard and NFC-equipped (for mobile payments) variants, though it sounds as though only the standard version will be coming to the UK....

Also see: Best Black Friday Fitness Tracker Deals Our review sample came from Mobile Fun, which charges just £28.99 for the Mi Band. That makes it a good £10 cheaper than the JawboneUp Move (£20 if you take into account the Move’s optional wrist strap), and significantly cheaper than its Fitbit rivals. (See all fitness band reviews.) But it’s not just the price that makes the Mi Band a better choice than the JawboneUp Move....

Last week’s lineup finished about average. Trusting Ryan Tannehill to deliver for Corey Davis two weeks in a row didn’t pay off, and neither did counting on another big workload from Josh Jacobs. Cooper Kupp and DeAndre Hopkins were both good picks, but that’s not surprising. Whiffing on Davis and Ricky Seals-Jones as our two main sleepers, along with relying on Buffalo’s passing game on a windy day, were the bigger flaws....

Rudy Meredith, 51, is the third person to plead guilty in the wide-ranging school admissions scandal in which authorities say wealthy parents paid an admissions consultant to rig their children’s test scores and bribe coaches at sought-after schools. Prominent parents charged with paying bribes include actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin . Meredith, who resigned from Yale in November, began cooperating with the FBI last year after investigators set up a sting in a Boston hotel room and caught him soliciting a $450,000 bribe from a father....