Pep Guardiola will not rush Benjamin Mendy back for Manchester City, however keen the Frenchman is to play.

Raheem Sterling is an injury doubt for Manchester City for the Carabao Cup final against Arsenal on Sunday.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has stressed he is not looking beyond Tuesday's Carabao Cup fourth-round clash with Wolves, warning that "any team can beat us".

Anna Melnichuk, Kiev

Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko promised today to prosecute government officials and their supporters for crimes committed during the last decade should he win the country’s December 26 re-run of the presidential election.

Ukraine’s two presidential candidates mapped out campaign strategies before the repeat of last month’s fraud-marred election run-off, as dozens of protesters maintained a vigil today outside the president’s office.

A tentative deal to ease Ukraine’s political crisis snagged today over the opposition’s refusal to endorse constitutional changes and President Leonid Kuchma’s rejection of the call to fire his prime minister.

Ukraine’s crisis deepened tonight when the opposition abruptly broke off compromise talks over the tainted presidential election after pro-government MPs blocked a no-confidence motion seeking to topple the prime minister.

Supporters of Ukraine’s opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko have broken off compromise talks with Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who was declared winner of the presidential election, according to reports.

The Ukrainian presidential election result was frozen today until the Supreme Court considers an appeal by the opposition candidate, who claims the vote was rigged.

Defeated presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko appealed to Ukraine’s Supreme Court today to declare the election results invalid, stepping up actions in the country’s political crisis.