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London (AFP) – Manchester City on Monday announced the signing of Uzbekistan centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov from French club Lens for a reported fee of 40 million euros ($42 million) plus add-ons.

Lisbon (AFP) – Barcelona coach Hansi Flick is hoping his team can improve against Benfica in the Champions League on Tuesday after a string of poor results in La Liga.

Tibú (Colombia) (AFP) – Colombia vowed “war” against left-wing guerrillas Monday, declaring a state of emergency and deploying thousands of soldiers to contain violence that killed at least 100 people and threatens to scupper the country’s fragile peace process.

Manila (AFP) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos denounced on Monday a proposed law to make sex education mandatory in schools in the conservative mainly Catholic nation, alleging it would teach four year-olds to pleasure themselves.

Melbourne (AFP) – Defending champion Jannik Sinner needed medical attention in energy-sapping heat and overcame a long interruption when he broke the net to reach the Australian Open quarter-finals on Monday.

Melbourne (AFP) – Novak Djokovic was at the centre of another Australian Open row on Monday while Iga Swiatek will be desperate to avoid a major shock and Jannik Sinner is also eyeing the quarter-finals.

Paris (AFP) – A year of unprecedented pressures on the global football calendar begins with a Champions League first, as two rounds of matches in Europe’s elite club competition take place in January and some of the continent’s biggest names face a scrap to avoid a humiliating exit.

Bengaluru (India) (AFP) – Within five hours while sitting at home in India, retired professor Kamta Prasad Singh handed over his hard-earned savings to online fraudsters impersonating police.

Seoul (AFP) – South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol had his mug shot taken and underwent a physical check before spending his first night in jail as a criminal suspect, a prison officer said Monday.