The NFL has invited Colin Kaepernick to attend a one-on-one meeting with commissioner Roger Goodell and is waiting on a response from the embattled quarterback, a league spokesman told ESPN’s Jim Trotter.

Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, texted Kaepernick on Oct. 31 to update him on the ongoing talks about social issues between players and owners, league spokesman Joe Lockhart told Trotter on Tuesday.

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  The NFL does not want to have a third-party mediator involved in its discussions with players and owners on social issues.

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  NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, along with several owners and at least two other NFL executives, will be deposed and asked to turn over all cellphone records and emails in relation to the Colin Kaepernick collusion case against the league.

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  Colin Kaepernick has agreed to attend a formal mediation session that players have requested with the NFL, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The NFL hasn’t yet agreed to the session.

Pepe attempted to clarify his comments that Real Madrid players needed to “motivate themselves” for matches due to the timid atmosphere at the Santiago Bernabeu.

Those words were reported in September, and unsurprisingly drew a lot of criticism for the defender who represented Los Blancos for 10 years before joining Besiktas in the summer. He has now backtracked – but only a little.

“People did not understand what I wanted to say in an interview I did with UEFA,” Pepe told BeINSPORTS Turkey, with translation from ESPN FC’s Dermot Corrigan. “In Spain they killed me for saying the Madrid fans were not good. I didn’t want to say that, I wanted to say they were different, fans here experience the game in a completely different way.”

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The 34-year-old is enjoying his time in Istanbul. The squad reads like a “Where are they now?” article – Pepe counts Ryan Babel, Alvaro Negredo, Ricardo Quaresma, Jeremain Lens, Gary Medel, and Adriano as teammates – but is currently mounting a title challenge on current Super Lig leader and local rival Galatasaray, and is on the brink of securing an early route from Champions League Group G.

But that on-pitch success is possibly trumped by the atmosphere in Besiktas’ Vodafone Arena.

“When I get home after games, and go to bed, I can still hear the noise,” the Brazilian-born Portuguese international said. “You have to experience it to know what it’s like, and I am thankful to be here.”

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — After Denver Broncos coach Vance Joseph had sifted through the football wreckage of Sunday’s 28-point loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, he has decided to give Brock Osweiler another start at quarterback.

Osweiler will be behind center when the 3-5 Broncos face the New England Patriots. And while Joseph didn’t like much of what he saw in the 51-23 loss to the Eagles, he said he believed Osweiler’s work in the days leading up to the game had earned the sixth-year quarterback another start.

“I thought Brock had an excellent week of preparation,” Joseph said Monday afternoon. “It felt good to our team, it was a confident week, the energy was there, it was detailed. … Brock’s experience Brock’s personality really helped our team bounce back and gave us confidence going into this week. I think Brock’s earned it from that standpoint.”

The Broncos benched Trevor Siemian after seven games and put Osweiler in the lineup against the Eagles. Last week Joseph said he would look at how things went in Philadelphia and then decide who the quarterback would be against the Patriots this Sunday night.

The biggest issue, however, and the one that was likely the biggest factor in Siemian’s benching, has been turnovers. The Broncos are 31st in the league in turnovers, with 19 — only the winless Cleveland Browns have more.

Sergio Aguero set a new all-time goalscoring record for Manchester City on Wednesday as Pep Guardiola’s men booked their route into the Champions League knockout phase.

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The Premier League leader overcame Napoli 4-2 in an enthralling bout, marking a huge statement against a side also lauded for breathless attacking football. After four matches in Group F, City has a full complement of points.

The host opened the scoring after 21 minutes thanks to some superb interplay between Lorenzo Insigne and Dries Mertens. The latter returned the ball to his Italian teammate with a stunning pass spun perfectly into his path, and Insigne’s finish was beautifully lifted over Ederson Moraes.

Headers from Nicolas Otamendi and John Stones either side of half-time put City ahead, but the clash was levelled when Jorginho converted from 12 yards. The penalty was awarded after a clumsy challenge from Leroy Sane tumbled Raul Albiol in the area.

Then, in a ferocious counter-attack spearheaded by Sane, Aguero enjoyed breaking a scoring record that had stood since Eric Brook called time on his career in 1939:

Raheem Sterling, who continued his rich vein of form in Campania, rounded off the scoring in added time, arrowing a low effort past Pepe Reina after being picked out by Kevin De Bruyne.

Manchester City now looks to complete the job in Group F. Guardiola’s lot currently holds a three-point cushion over second-placed Shakhtar Donetsk, and faces the Ukrainian giant in the final matchday on Dec. 6.