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• MANCHESTER, England -- After patching up his differences with Manchester City, a rejuvenated Carlos Tevez declared his intention Monday to remain at the club and repay the faith shown in him by owner Sheikh Mansour. Tim Tebow Patriots Jersey Youth . The Argentina striker recently returned to action for the Premier League title-chasers following a breakdown in relations with manager Roberto Mancini that was sparked by his refusal to warm up when a substitute during a Champions League match in September. Tevez has demonstrated his importance to City by scoring four goals in his last three games to revive the teams title hopes and he doesnt see this season being his last at the Etihad Stadium. "This club has been building something special for the last few years," Tevez told the Manchester Evening News ahead of Mondays derby with Manchester United that could determine the Premier League champion. "It was the project and the dream that made me come to City in the first place. "Ive been here since the start of that project and I share the same vision as Sheikh Mansour. He has always been brilliant with me and I want to repay his faith and stay here as long as it takes to make the project a success." Despite a public apology for his insubordination, it was widely expected Tevez would still be leaving City at the end of the season, having failed to secure a move to AC Milan or Paris Saint-Germain in the January transfer window. However, despite previous outbursts about his unhappiness at living in Manchester for personal reasons, the striker and his family appear ready to make another go of it in the northwest city, with City aiming to overtake United either this season or in the coming years. "I am an ambitious person. I want to work hard and win things with City," said Tevez, who acknowledged in an interview with the clubs website that he had "thrown away" the last six months of his career. "Thats all that matters to me, as a player and a person." Tevez is expected to start up front alongside compatriot Sergio Aguero for the match against former club United, with City needing a victory to return to the top of the standings on goal difference with two matches remaining. City hasnt won the English title since 1968. Patriots Tim Tebow Jersey . -- The Trail Blazers werent going to try anything out of the ordinary against the Nuggets, especially with injured All-Star forward LaMarcus Aldridge watching from the bench in street clothes. Tim Tebow Patriots Jersey Pink . Met stood near the podium with baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, Mets owner Fred Wilpon and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. http://www.timtebowpatriotsjersey.com/ . But Ryder Hesjedal has plenty of other things on his mind. Coming off his Giro dItalia victory last month, Hesjedal is currently in Spain, preparing for the 2012 Tour de France. Tim Tebow Patriots Jersey sale . The Toronto Blue Jays starter was having success with a first-pitch fastball, but quickly found Cleveland batters were laying off his off-speed pitches. Tim Tebow Patriots Jersey . -- The Seattle Mariners got Dan Haren out of the game quickly and built a nice comfortable lead for Hisashi Iwakuma.SAN FRANCISCO -- Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw put together another dominant performance at AT&T Park. His teammates are also getting comfortable at the Giants waterfront ballpark -- and now they are right back in the thick of the NL West race. Kershaw pitched a five-hitter for his second shutout of the season, and Los Angeles beat San Francisco 4-0 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep of the division-leading Giants. "We understand this is our year. Theres no excuses," Kershaw said after his second shutout of the season. "Everybodys doing everything they can to put us in the right place to win. We just have to go out there and play now." That is a far cry from the feeling in the Dodgers clubhouse a month ago when they were shut out in three consecutive games and let a three-game lead in the division slip away. San Francisco (55-46) still leads Los Angeles (56-47) by one percentage point with nine games remaining between the teams this season. "This is going to be a battle through the next couple of months," Dodgers slugger Matt Kemp said. "The last time we came here we were banged up. Now theres the healthy Dodgers out there and were playing good." Kershaw (8-6) struck out seven and walked one in his fifth career shutout, beating the Giants for the first time in three starts this season. He lost both previous outings despite allowing only four earned runs in 14 innings. Kershaw, 5-2 with a 0.66 ERA in eight career starts at AT&T Park, also survived a scare in the eighth when Marco Scutaro hit a line drive that ricocheted off the pitchers glove hand. Second baseman Mark Ellis retrieved the ball to make the out as Kershaw tossed his glove to the ground. He met briefly with a team trainer and manager Don Mattingly on the mound, then struck out Brandon Belt to end the inning. "It puts us right back in the middle of things," Kershaw said. "My fastball wasnt great. I just didnt have that little extra on it. But (my) offspeed was good and I mixed it up. It was just kind of a combination of everything, really." Ellis, Kemp, Andre Ethier and James Loney had two hits apiece, and Luis Cruz added two hits and drovee in two runs for the Dodgers. Tim Tebow Patriots Jersey White. Blanked in a three-game series at San Francisco from June 25-27, Los Angeles outscored the Giants 19-3 in this series and didnt give up a run during the final 20 innings. San Francisco, which has lost four straight, didnt get a runner past second and managed only three hits in the final seven innings. The Giants were swept at home by the Dodgers for the first time since June 28-30, 2010. "Thats what happens when you face one of the best pitchers in the game right now," San Francisco starter Ryan Vogelsong said. "If anything, this will make us a little mad and we can take it out on the Mets the next time in." The slumping New York Mets will visit the Giants for a four-game series that begins on Monday. Vogelsong (8-5), who had won both of his prior matchups against Kershaw this year, allowed two runs -- one earned -- and six hits in six innings with five strikeouts and three walks. He lowered his ERA to a major league-leading 2.22. Los Angeles went ahead with two runs in the fourth, following singles by Juan Rivera and Kemp. With runners at the corners and one out, newly acquired Hanley Ramirez grounded to third and beat second baseman Ryan Theriots relay throw to avoid a double play as Rivera scored. After Scutaro dropped Loneys popup to third for an error, Cruz hit an RBI double. Vogelsong struck out Kershaw with the bases loaded to end the sixth. The Dodgers added a pair of runs in the eighth against Jeremy Affeldt following a one-out double by Loney. Cruz and Mark Ellis hit RBI singles. NOTES: Kershaw pitched a six-hit shutout against St. Louis on May 19. ... Loney is hitting .328 in July (21-for-64). ... The first seven hitters in the Dodgers order all had at least one hit. No. 8 batter A.J. Ellis walked four times. ... Cruz has a career-best, 12-game hitting streak that is also the longest by a Dodgers player this season. ... LHP Madison Bumgarner goes for his team-leading 12th win for San Francisco against the Mets on Monday. ... Aaron Harang (7-5), knocked out in the fifth inning by Arizona on May 22, starts for the Dodgers in the opener of a three-game home set against the Arizona Diamondbacks. ' ' '

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