Spanish media claims that the Barca talisman was in talks to move to City, a claim that City coach Guardiola denies.
Following public comments from La Liga chief Javier Tebas, who said it was "not ideal" for the second El Clasico meeting between Real and Barca last season to be played with the latter having already won the league title, the two sides will face off earlier this campaign.
The seasonal temperature would be above normal by more than one degree Celsius over Northwest India.
Meanwhile, with China switching its trading partners due to geo-political issues, increased trade with South Africa for bauxite and with the US for coal is also auguring well for vessels with tonne miles going up.
Between June 1 and July 28, about 32 per cent of the 685 districts in the country did not receive adequate rainfall.
Images that capture what it was like living through 2021.
IMAGES from football matches played across leagues in Europe on Sunday.
El Nino refers to abnormal warming of surface ocean waters in the Pacific that disrupts weather pattern causing drought and floods in many regions of the world.
Summary of World Cup qualifiers played across the world on Thursday
Lionel Messi, who is Barcelona's all-time top scorer with 634 goals in 731 games, is expected to spend three seasons at Manchester City before moving to CFG's Major League Soccer franchise New York City FC.
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the US will allocate 75 per cent - nearly 1.9 crore of the first tranche of 2.5 crore doses - of unused COVID-19 vaccines from its stockpile through the UN-backed COVAX global vaccine sharing programme to countries in South and Southeast Asia as well as Africa.
Images from Saturday's action in La Liga.
The explosion took place at St Mark's Cathedral, main Coptic Christian cathedral, in Abbassyia district of central Cairo around 10:00 am when the prayers were on, according to a statement by the ministry of health.
Dilip Kumar remains an inspiring example of how one can build a career from scratch, fuelled purely by passion and hard work.
Israel and Palestine have agreed to extend a temporary ceasefire in Gaza by 24 hours to allow more time for negotiating a lasting truce, a Palestinian official has said.
La Liga champions Barcelona slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at struggling Leganes and Real Madrid were resoundingly beaten 3-0 by Sevilla on Wednesday as Spain's two biggest clubs lost on the same day for the first time since January, 2015.
The monsoon this year in India was likely to be 'below normal' at 95% of LPA: Skymet
Hailstorms may cause Rs 12k-cr crop damage, El Nino a bigger worry.
As we sit at home and miss live action, the wondrous phenomenon of sport has delivered so many past glories that we will probably never run out of things to see, recalls Dhruv Munjal.
For the second successive year, Monsoon is likely to be below normal with parts of north-west and central India to be the most affected.
Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has reached a deal with the Spanish tax authorities
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Holders Barcelona cruised into the King's Cup quarter-finals when a side missing several regulars beat city rivals Espanyol 2-0, with Munir El Haddadi netting both goals in a thumping 6-1 aggregate success on Wednesday.
AC Milan grabbed a 1-1 draw at Manchester United in the blockbuster Europa League last-16 first-leg at Old Trafford on Thursday.
Images from Saturday's action in the Premier League.
India's world No. 21 Dipika Pallikal beat the United States' Olivia Blatchford 13-11, 11-6, 11-9 in 35 minutes to enter the women's semi-finals in the San Francisco Open squash tournament, a PSA World Tour event.
Rohit Sharma is La Liga's brand ambassador in India. as Real Madrid take on Barcelona in La Liga on March 2, Rohit makes his presence felt.
These images prove we live in a wonderfully weird world.
Rafa Ramos, president of the association of Spanish football club doctors, has outlined what conditions will be like when matches, which are set to be played in closed stadiums with no spectators, return. Spanish soccer has been on hold since March 10 due to the pandemic and stakeholders have been drawing up plans to complete the current season in a bid to avoid catastrophic financial losses, although a date for a return is yet to be set.
PSG have set their sights on Messi, with PSG's players, coaches talking of their excitement about the prospect of bringing the Argentine to the French capital
But the hosts did have their equaliser in the 54th minute from another corner. Rene Mihelic whipped one into the far post where Rana Gharami managed to head it back across the box. Kotal, this time around, directed it home from close-range.
The fire broke out at the El Caballo Blanco bar after being deliberately set by unknown assailants.
Lionel Messi had two free-kick attempts while ex-Sevilla midfielder Ivan Rakitic narrowly missed the target from inside the area.
Joshna Chinappa beat former world number one Nicol David 11-8, 11-8, 11-8 in the second round of the El Gouna International squash tournament in El Gouna (Egypt) for her first ever win over the legendary Malaysian.
Scores of people die every year due to cold waves that sweep across the north Indian plains.
Squash Racquet Federation of India (SRFI) secretary Cyrus Poncha said that he does not see any tournament being conducted before September.
These pics prove that Miss World 2018 is a stunner (and a winner).
Rediff.com takes a look at the marvel of engineering, criminal ingenuity and dauntless malefaction with which 'El Chapo' escaped from his confinement.
The news will augur well for the country as large parts have been witnessing agriculture distress and water levels in reservoirs in west and south India have dipped to low levels.
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