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Man City Closes in on Replacement for Mahrez After Reportedly Reaching Agreement to Sign Jeremy Doku 

Belgium's Jeremy Doku in action during the Euro 2024 group F qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Austria at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, June 17, 2023. (AP)
Belgium's Jeremy Doku in action during the Euro 2024 group F qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Austria at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, June 17, 2023. (AP)
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Man City Closes in on Replacement for Mahrez After Reportedly Reaching Agreement to Sign Jeremy Doku 

Belgium's Jeremy Doku in action during the Euro 2024 group F qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Austria at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, June 17, 2023. (AP)
Belgium's Jeremy Doku in action during the Euro 2024 group F qualifying soccer match between Belgium and Austria at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels, June 17, 2023. (AP)

Manchester City looks to have found a replacement for Riyad Mahrez with only a few days left in Europe’s summer transfer window.

City and French team Rennes have reportedly reached agreement on a fee for the transfer of Belgium winger Jeremy Doku, who will cost the English and European champions 65 million euros ($71 million) if he passes a medical examination.

Neither club has commented officially about the potential transfer.

The 21-year-old Doku is a fast and skillful winger who has played for Rennes since 2020. Before that, he was at Anderlecht.

City has been searching for an extra attacker to add to the squad after selling Mahrez to Saudi Arabian team Al-Ahli last month.

Defender Josko Gvardiol and midfielder Mateo Kovacic are City’s two signings so far in this transfer window, which closes on Sept. 1.

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Biles Seeks Second Gold Medal of Paris Games in All-Around Final 

Simone Biles of the USA performs on the Balance Beam during the Women Team final of the Artistic Gymnastics competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France, 30 July August 2024. (EPA)
Simone Biles of the USA performs on the Balance Beam during the Women Team final of the Artistic Gymnastics competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France, 30 July August 2024. (EPA)
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Biles Seeks Second Gold Medal of Paris Games in All-Around Final 

Simone Biles of the USA performs on the Balance Beam during the Women Team final of the Artistic Gymnastics competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France, 30 July August 2024. (EPA)
Simone Biles of the USA performs on the Balance Beam during the Women Team final of the Artistic Gymnastics competitions in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, at the Bercy Arena in Paris, France, 30 July August 2024. (EPA)

Simone Biles will be chasing a sixth Olympic gold medal and her second of the Paris Olympics when she competes in the women's gymnastics all-around final on Thursday in what she has called her "redemption tour" after her withdrawal from the Tokyo Games.

Biles, the most decorated gymnast of all-time, made her much-anticipated return to the Olympic stage on Sunday when she topped the all-around qualifying standings by a solid margin and also finished as the leading contender for the floor exercise and vault finals.

Following her success at the 2016 Rio Games, Biles is favorite to win a second Olympic gold in the all-around.

Three years ago she withdrew from the event in Tokyo to prioritize her mental health after suffering from the "twisties", a condition involving the temporary loss of spatial awareness that some gymnasts can experience when executing high-difficulty elements.

In Biles' absence, her teammate Sunisa Lee took the gold in Tokyo. Lee, who finished third in qualifications behind Biles and Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, will see her fellow American as the biggest obstacle in her gold medal defense.

Biles led the United States to their fourth gold medal in the women's gymnastics team event on Tuesday at the Paris Olympics, with stellar performances on all four apparatus.

She had experienced calf pain during the qualifications but seemed to be under no visible discomfort in the team final at the Bercy Arena in Paris, where she competed with her left calf taped.