AGUERO TO LEAVE CITY AT SEASON’S END
Sergio Aguero, Manchester City’s record scorer, will leave the English club after 10 years when his contract expires at the end of the season.
The 32-year-old Argentina striker has 257 goals for City, the most famous being his stoppage-time winner against Queens Parks Rangers on the final day of the 2011-12 season that clinched the team its first league title in 44 years.
A key player in the growth of the Abu Dhabi-owned club as a major force in England and Europe, Aguero has struggled with injuries over the past year and been restricted to just 14 appearances in all competitions this season. The penalty he converted against Fulham on March 13 was his 181st goal in the Premier League but his first in the division in over a year.
In a Twitter post on Monday to his 14 million followers, Aguero said he had a “huge sense of satisfaction and pride” about playing for City for a decade and is ready to “continue competing at the highest level.”
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will be out for up to 10 days with a knee injury sustained with the Polish national team, ruling him out of Wednesday’s game against England and making him doubtful for crucial games in Bayern Munich’s season.
Tennis
Ash Barty is tough to beat under any circumstances, especially when she’s on the ropes. She proved that again Monday. The world’s top-ranked player reached the Miami Open quarterfinals, getting there by holding off 14thseeded Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-1, 1-6, 6-2. It was Barty’s 17th win in her last 20 three-set matches, two of those victories for the Australian coming so far in this tournament.
No. 5 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine needed nearly 21⁄2 hours to beat ninth-seeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 and earn her ticket to the quarterfinals.
No. 2 women’s seed Naomi Osaka of Japan ran her winning streak to 23 matches and moved into the quarters by topping No. 16 seed Elise
Mertens of Belgium, 6-3, 6-3.
On the men’s side, Sebastian Korda of the U.S. got his second consecutive win over a seeded foe, this one a 6-3, 6-0 romp past No. 17 Aslan Karatsev of Russia. Korda’s reward is a matchup with No. 5 seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina in the round of 16.
Golf
Sara Kjellker finished in a tie for second place to lead the San Diego State women’s golf team at The Bruzzy tournament in Argyle, Texas. It was her second runner-up finish of the season and the third of her career. Kjellker carded an even-par-72 on the 6,421-yard Lantana Golf Club and finished the tournament at 3under 213. As a team, the Aztecs broke a tie for sixth with a 2-over 290, finishing in solo sixth at 8-over 872.
Sports and courts
Three more women accused Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of harassing and assaulting them in lawsuits filed on Monday, bringing the number of women who have claimed the embattled NFL star assaulted them during massages to 19.
Colleges
Cal Poly has opted out of the remainder of its spring football season, the school said. Director of Athletics Don Oberhelman said the decision was made because of a high number of serious, seasonending injuries to players and because many seniors decided to defer spring quarter enrollment to the fall so they can play a full season.
• Kentucky added former Davidson guard Kellan Grady to its men’s basketball roster. The graduate transfer scored 2,002 career points with the Wildcats.
• Fordham is finalizing a deal to hire Villanova assistant Kyle Neptune to be its new men’s basketball coach. The 36-year-old Neptune is a New York native who went to high school in Brooklyn.
• The University of Denver hired Jeff Wulbrun, Stanford’s associated head coach, as its men’s basketball coach.