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MANCHESTER, England -- Yaya Toure retired from international football with the Ivory Coast on Tuesday -- and wont be playing again for Manchester City either unless his agent apologizes for comments about club coach Pep Guardiola.The midfielders representative, Dimitri Seluk, recently said Guardiola humiliated his client by leaving him out of Citys squad for the Champions League group stageThat irritated Guardiola, who said that since then Yaya is out.I accept if Mr. Dimitri Seluk came in a press conference or (spoke to) his friends in the media -- because he has not the courage to call me -- and apologized to Manchester City, his teammates, and the trainer, Guardiola said.When that happens, Yaya will be part of the group and he will have the same chance to play all the games.Until then, the 33-year-old Toure wont be adding to his one appearance this season, a virtually dead match in the Champions League playoffs. He didnt even make the substitutes bench for Citys other seven matches so far. City has won all eight games.What do I need to apologize for? Seluk told Sky Sports. Guardiola wins a few games and he thinks he is king.I dont say anything special, and secondly, I live in a democratic country where I can say what I want. Guardiola wont tell me what I say and what I wont say. My opinion is my opinion.An integral part of Citys team since signing for the English club in 2010, Toure struggled for form last season and isnt deemed fit enough by Guardiola to play Citys high-energy pressing game in the Spanish coachs first season at Etihad Stadium.Guardiola previously coached Toure at Barcelona, and sold him to City.Now City coach, Guardiola has showed he is not afraid of taking on big personalities at the club, having also sent longtime goalkeeper Joe Hart on loan to Torino for the rest of the season.I cannot imagine in my period when I was a football player (at Barcelona), my (agent) going to the media and speaking against (former Barca coach) Johan Cruyff, about this and about that, Guardiola said. Maybe its a new era now, the new period changing, but Im an old guy. I am old generation, and (an) old-generation manager has to make his players his job and trainers his job.Seluk is an outspoken agent, and even complained in 2014 that City showed Toure -- a four-time African player of the year -- a lack of respect by not giving him a cake for his 31st birthday.Today, (agents) believe they are more than they are, Guardiola said. If he has a problem call (director of football) Txiki Begiristain, the club, and they can talk. Until he doesnt speak, Yaya is not going to play.Seluk said he believes Guardiola should respect Citys history and called on the coach to also apologize to both Toure and Hart.Hours before Guardiola spoke out, Toure announced in a statement on his Twitter page that he would no longer play for Ivory Coast.He played 113 times for his country, captaining the Ivorians to the Africa Cup of Nations title last year.The fact that I am 33 now, the intensity of training and the multitude of games are not the reasons why I am making this decision, Toure wrote. Football is everything to me, and it gave me so much in my career that I no longer feel able to set myself new goals as a player with the Elephants of Ivory Coast. Wholesale MLB Jerseys . -- Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Alrdridge were again the go-to duo for the Trail Blazers against the Kings. Stitched Nike MLB Jerseys . 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EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Taysom Hill guided Brigham Young through the third quarter, and Jamaal Williams took over in the fourth.Williams ran for 163 yards and two touchdowns, and BYU beat Michigan State 31-14 on Saturday, sending the Spartans to their third straight loss. Hill ran for a touchdown and threw for another in the second half.Im definitely not surprised and I dont think anybody on our team is surprised, Hill said. We knew we were very capable of playing the way that we did and being a good football team. But now that we did that, we knew that we were capable of it and its given us a lot of confidence moving forward and well continue to build off of it.The Cougars (3-3) largely shut down the Spartans (2-3) after Michigan State scored a touchdown on its first drive. BYU trailed 7-3 at halftime but scored touchdowns on all four of its second-half possessions -- not including its final drive, which consisted only of kneel-downs.Hills 4-yard touchdown pass to Colby Pearson put the Cougars ahead, and he then added a 12-yard scoring run early in the fourth quarter.Michigan State has lost three in a row for the first time since early in the 2009 season. The Spartans pulled starting quarterback Tyler OConnor in the fourth quarter and replaced him with Damion Terry. Michigan State began to move the ball on Terrys first drive, but an interception by Michael Davis ended that possession.Spartans coach Mark Dantonio said he didnt blame OConnor for the loss, but he did not commit to any quarterback as the starter going forward.If youre not productive and youve got seven points on the board, then youve got to make a change for the sake of change, Dantonio said. I dont think he was playing that badly.Williams, who rushed for 286 yards in a win over Toledo the previous week, added an 8-yard touchdown run to make it 24-7. After Terry scored on a 1-yard sneak, Williams broke free for a 62-yard run on BYUs ensuing drive. His 11-yard TD run made it 31-14.ddddddddddddBYU had 78 offensive plays to Michigan States 53.TAKEAWAYSBYU: For the first time all season, the Cougars played in a blowout -- and they were on the right side of it. They also have two-point wins over Arizona and Toledo, as well as three-point losses to UCLA and West Virginia and a one-point loss to Utah.Having all those close games earlier paid off this week, coach Kalani Sitake said. Having our guys keep fighting and keep believing in what we are doingMICHIGAN STATE: Things have gone from bad to worse for the Spartans, who were already in trouble after losing to Wisconsin and Indiana. With games against Michigan and Ohio State still to come, Michigan State needs to snap out of this slump or it cant even be assured of going to a bowl.As I told our football team after the game, I believe this program has been built on a good, solid foundation. Its taken nine years to do that, Dantonio said. The ride up the mountains very difficult at times, and that ride down sometimes is very quick.BOGGED DOWNMichigan State drove 72 yards in 15 plays on its first possession, taking a 7-0 lead on an 8-yard touchdown run by Gerald Holmes. The Spartans managed only 31 yards total on their next five drives before OConnor was pulled.Its 10 guys doing things right, not 11, OConnor said. And its someone different every time, I think, and its just overall chemistry.KEEPING IT GOINGPart of the reason BYU had such a big advantage in total plays was because the Cougars went 10 of 16 on third down. BYU was 6 of 7 in the second half.UP NEXTBYU: The Cougars return home to face Mississippi State on Friday night.MICHIGAN STATE: The reeling Spartans resume Big Ten play with their Homecoming game against Northwestern on Saturday.---Follow Noah Trister at www.Twitter.com/noahtrister ' ' '