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Man City making case for defense in latest EPL title charge 01/30/2021 05:21pm • A last-minute consolation and a bundled effort from a long throw-in are the only goals Manchester City has conceded in nine games across all competitions in 2021. Pep Guardiola, one of the most attack-minded coaches in soccer history, has constructed a virtually impenetrable defensive unit in his fi Lewandowski takes Bundesliga tally to 24 in Bayern's 4-1 win 01/30/2021 02:49pm • BERLIN (AP) ��� Bundesliga top-scorer Robert Lewandowski took his tally to 24 goals this season as Bayern Munich avenged its only defeat of 2020 with a 4-1 win over Hoffenheim on Saturday. Bayern was beaten by Hoffenheim ��� also 4-1 ��� for its only loss across all competitions last year and was in American forward Jordan Morris debuts for Swansea 01/30/2021 02:18pm • American forward Jordan Morris made his debut for Swansea, entering in the 83rd minute of a 3-1 win at Rotherham on Saturday in the second-tier English League Championship. The 26-year-old was loaned from Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders to Swansea on Jan. 22 for the second half of the English It's Navy's badger statue, but Wisconsin has grown attached 01/30/2021 12:10pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� The Wisconsin badger statue that has served as a literal touchstone for so many Capitol building visitors that they've rubbed the finish off his nose could be headed to another den soon. Navy officials want the statue they loaned to the state more than 30 years ago back. But AP Interview: Conduct of agents alarms new Burnley chairman 01/29/2021 07:04pm • Taking over an English Premier League club is challenging enough. Doing so as a transfer window is opening means having to deal with agents, and new Burnley chairman Alan Pace is alarmed by what he has already encountered. ���I���ve seen some stuff already that is extremely disappointing,��� Pace sa Mir hat trick gives Huesca 2nd win in La Liga 01/29/2021 05:13pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Forward Rafa Mir scored a hat trick to lead last-placed Huesca to a much-needed 3-1 victory at Valladolid in the Spanish league on Friday. Mir, who is at Huesca on loan from Wolverhampton, ended a four-game scoreless slump for the modest team from northeast Spain when he he American forward Vassilev loaned to fourth-tier Cheltenham 01/29/2021 12:50pm • American forward Indiana Vassilev was loaned from Aston Villa of the Premier League to Cheltenham of fourth-tier League Two on Friday, a day after he was recalled from a loan to Burton Albion of third-tier League One. Villa said the loan will run through the end of the season. Cheltenham is fourth i South Korea captain Cho So-hyun joins Tottenham Women 01/29/2021 12:14pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The captains of South Korea���s men���s and women���s teams now both play for Tottenham. Cho So-hyun completed her move to Tottenham Women on Friday, joining on loan from West Ham for the remainder of the season with an option to make the transfer permanent. The 32-year-old playmaker US contract signings to buy homes hits record for December 01/29/2021 10:40am • SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) ��� The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes declined slightly for the fourth straight month, but it was still a record high for December. The National Association of Realtors' index of pending home sales dipped 0.3% to 125.5 in December, an all-time high, ac Lingard, Rojo set to leave Man United this transfer window 01/29/2021 10:34am • MANCHESTER, England (AP) ��� Jesse Lingard and Marcos Rojo are set to leave Manchester United before the end of the January transfer window, manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Friday. Lingard is moving to fellow Premier League team West Ham on loan until the end of the season. Solskjaer added that Ro Indian economy shrinks 7.7% in fiscal 2020-21 amid pandemic 01/29/2021 09:45am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� India's economy contracted by 7.7% in the 2020-21 financial year, battered by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Friday. The government survey estimates the economy, previously one of the fastest growing among major economies, will bounce back, growing 11% i Md. senators consider sweeping climate bill ��� and more modest measures 01/29/2021 07:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. There are many ways to skin a cat and, in the General Assembly, there appear to be many ways to confront the climate crisis. On Thursday, Norwegian Air to get government loan in restructuring 01/29/2021 07:41am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Norway���s government said Friday it will give low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle a 1.5 billion kroner ($173 million) loan as long as the ailing company manages to raise at least 4.5 billion kroner ($520 million) from other investors. The government had put several c China finance official executed in bribery case 01/29/2021 06:52am • BEIJING (AP) ��� The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Lai Xiaomin of China Huarong Asset Management Co., was among thousands of officials snared in a long-running Leesburg man pleads guilty to $2.5 million pandemic fraud 01/29/2021 05:55am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) ��� A northern Virginia man has pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining $2.5 million in federal coronavirus loans and using the money to buy an airplane and luxury car. Didier Kindambu, 49, of Leesburg, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court in Alexandria to bank fraud. Pr