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Liverpool v Manchester City: Three Key Clashes

November 9, 2019 1:05 pm

Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday with the chance to open up a nine-point lead over the defending champions in the Premier League title race and take a huge step towards a first league crown for 30 years.

Clashes between the two sides have become classics in recent seasons with Liverpool thrashing City in a Champions League quarter-final 5-1 on aggregate in 2017/18 before City gained revenge with a 2-1 victory that saw them retain the Premier League title last season.

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Here, AFP Sport looks at three key battles

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Vatican City: Pope’s Bodyguard Resigns Over Leak Scandal

October 14, 2019 11:42 am

Pope Francis’ main bodyguard Domenico Giani, the security chief of the Vatican, resigned Monday over a leak to the media of details of a financial wrongdoing probe.

Francis accepted Giani’s resignation while noting he “bears no personal responsibility” for the leak, the Vatican said.

The Argentine pontiff was furious over the publication of an internal police notice which featured the photographs of five Vatican employees – including two senior figures – targeted in a probe report into a real estate deal.

The notice addressed to the Swiss guards and Vatican policemen who guard the gates of the tiny city-state, said …