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Wolves have not been particularly productive when it comes to bagging goals in the Premier League so far this season with just 19 scored in 21 games, leaving just Norwich City and Newcastle United having found the back of the net on fewer occasions.

While this may not necessarily be seen as a major issue at this moment in time given how they’re currently sat in eighth place in the Premier League table and have a rather sturdy defence that has only conceded 16 goals, it could be seen as an area that Old Gold manager Bruno Lage would like to fix, especially if they start to concede more goals.

With that in mind, the Midlands club could spend the rest of the January transfer window identifying and signing a player that could come in and add some extra attacking power to their team.

One player that has been mentioned with a move to Molineux in recent weeks that could do a job for Lage in that regard is Derby County winger and captain Tom Lawrence.

Despite having very little Premier League experience, the 28-year-old has proved in 250 Championship appearances that he is capable of scoring goals and providing them as well with 47 goals and 38 assists under his belt throughout his career.

This then could suggest that the £4.5m-rated attacker is in the right stage of his career to take the step up to the Premier League and make a name for himself there with a club like Wolves.

Taking into account Derby’s widely reported financial issues that could force them to sell players this month, a move for Lawrence may not be particularly complicated for Wolves to complete should they decide to launch one before the window closes.

Also, with Adama Traore reportedly close to joining Barcelona, Lawrence could potentially take the Spaniard’s place in Lage’s squad, not only fixing that issue but also adding a bit of freshness to their attack to help them find the back of the net more often.

Labelled as a “fabulous talent” in the past by Gary Bowyer, while it may be tough for Lawrence to leave Derby halfway through a season that they’re fighting tooth and nail for survival in, on and off the pitch, he may not get an opportunity to play in the Premier League again.

In other news: David Ornstein reveals late Wolves transfer twist that’ll have lots of fans buzzing – opinion

The war of words between the BCCI and Lalit Modi continues unabated with the board president Shashank Manohar rejecting Modi’s contention that the governing council meeting on April 26 would be invalid

Cricinfo staff22-Apr-2010

The war of words between the BCCI and Lalit Modi continues unabated with the board president Shashank Manohar rejecting Modi’s contention that the governing council meeting on April 26 would be invalid. Manohar also sought to clarify the status of N Srinivasan, the board secretary who also owns the Chennai franchise, which according to Modi was a conflict of interest.”It is his view point, everybody is entitled to their viewpoint,” Manohar told PTI, in response to Modi’s contention that the meeting was unauthorised. “It is not a question of [whether or not Srinivasan is an] owner. He is not calling the meeting as an owner of a team, and in the board’s constitution, the secretary is the convenor of all meetings.”Manohar stated there was no question of conflict of interest between Srinivasan’s dual roles of a BCCI functionary and an IPL team owner. “Whether there is conflict of interest is not an issue because Srinivasan, when this issue had cropped up, had sought the permission of Sharad Pawar, who was the president of the board then [when the first round of IPL team auctions was conducted in 2008].”Pawar had granted him permission to bid and it is not Mr. Srinivasan who was bidding, it was India Cements [Srinivasan’s company that owns the Chennai franchise] which was bidding and after his bid was accepted, it was confirmed by the general body,” Manohar said.Manohar said that while BCCI was aware of the extent of Srinivasan’s involvement in the IPL, the same was not true in Modi’s case. “Srinivasan was a declared bidder. If Modi and his relatives had a share in any of the franchises, he ought to have declared it at the meeting. I was not a member of governing council then. He ought to have told everybody,” Manohar said.Modi, who was in Dubai when the BCCI called for the meeting, had asked for it to be pushed to May 1, in order to compile his documents and prepare his defence. There is intense speculation that the governing council is set to oust Modi in Monday’s meeting, irrespective of whether he attends it.

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The Cape Cobras took the SuperSport Series title but struggled in one-day cricket, while the Warriors had a limited-overs season to remember

Firdose Moonda01-Apr-2010

There’s a funny feeling that hits the southern tip of Africa around the end of March every year. It’s when the sunshine is being filtered through a watery lens and the air thins out like a ragged, old blanket. To some, it’s merely the onset of autumn, to others it’s the end of the cricket season, and to the Cape Cobras, it’s the end of the season in which they won the SuperSport series but failed to renew their tickets to the Champions League.The Cobras won 60% of their first-class games, with two of their most comprehensive results coming in the final two weeks of the season. They beat the Dolphins by 10 wickets in the penultimate match, after racking up 477 for 8 in the first innings. Centuries by Andrew Puttick (180) and Stiaan van Zyl (157) set up the win, and Vernon Philander took six wickets in the match as the Dolphins were bowled out for 276 and 225.The following week, the Cobras tore through the Warriors to win by an innings and 117 runs and cement their place at the top of the table. Philander was again among the wickets, claiming 5 for 40 as the Warriors were bundled out for 110 in the first innings. Stiann van Zyl smashed an unbeaten 167, the mainstay of the Cobras’ 369. Robin Peterson’s five-wicket haul helped the Cobras bowl the Warriors out a second time, for 142.The Cobras took the main prize through some fine individual performances over the course of the season. Philander led the bowling with 45 wickets at 14.73, while Peterson was the most successful spinner in the competition, finishing with 30 wickets at an average of 23.50, which put him fifth on the overall standings. Van Zyl was their best batsman, scoring 696 runs at 58, with two centuries. It was a satisfying season for the men from the Cape from a four-day point of view, but not so in the limited-overs formats. They lost to the Warriors in the MTN40 semi-final and in the last four of the Pro20.The same cannot be said for the Eagles, who also featured in last year’s Champions League. They had a disappointing season all round. They failed to make the semi-finals of the Pro20 or the MTN40 and finished fourth in the SuperSport Series. The Bloemfontein-based franchise was under a new coach, Sarel Cilliers, and this season could well have been their teething period.However, they did have two soaring stars to be proud of: Rilee Rossouw topped the first-class batting stakes with 1189 runs at 66.05, including the fastest triple-century by a South African with 319 off 291 balls against the Titans. However, the innings came in defeat as the Eagles squeezed home by two wickets on the final day. His team-mate Dean Elgar also scored 1060 runs at a marginally higher average of 66.25 and slotted in neatly at number two on the table.Number three on the first-class averages belonged to Stephen Cook, the Lions batsman who broke the South African first-class record with 390 against the Warriors. For his franchise, the season was a welcome change from their usual position at the bottom of the table. They finished third in the SuperSport Series, despite only wining two matches. In fact, they lost double the number of matches they won but racked up 100.44 points, to sit in the middle of the pack. The MTN40 was forgettable for them as they finished last, but they surprised everyone when they reached the final of the Pro20.The internal problems of the one of the Lions’ mother unions, the Gauteng Cricket Board (GCB) have been more in the spotlight than their cricket, and they will hope that the off season will be used to sort out those issues. One of them is the legitimacy of the board and unless this is clarified it could have an impact on the hosting of Champions League matches later in the year by the GCB should South Africa be confirmed as the venue.The Titians, like the Eagles, were under a new coach in Chris van Noordwyk and failed to replicate the success of previous seasons. They were the defending champions of the SuperSport Series, where they ended second, and the MTN40, where they were knocked out by the Dolphins.That bit of success is really all the Dolphins had to smile about this season. Also under new management, that of ex-national coach Graham Ford, they finished last in both the SuperSport Series and the Pro20. They underwent a mid-season overhaul, in which the contracts of five senior players including HD Ackerman, Johann Louw and Andrew Hall were terminated with immediate effect. The franchise said it hoped to increase development substantially and produce a younger, more vibrant side for next season. They will be bolstered by the inclusion of Imran Tahir, who left the Titans to move to Durban.All five of the above franchises will have rebuilding to do in the winter months, with a mixed bag of results not separating any of them from the others in terms of dominance. Even the Cobras, who were the most consistent of the five, performance wise, slipped a rung or two on the ladder of cricketing supremacy in the franchise system.There’s one franchise that the winter chill may not feel so severe to and that’s the Warriors. They picked up their first and second trophies since the franchise system started. The Eastern Cape side established themselves as the best limited-overs unit in the country as they won both the 40-over and 20-over competitions.Colin Ingram was the top scorer in both, scoring 600 runs in the MTN40 and 283 in the Pro20 and Rusty Theron became feared for his death bowling abilities which were enough to earn him South Africa and IPL call-ups. The Warriors were not so successful in the SuperSport Series and finished second last, making it clear that they have work to do on the longer version of the game.

علق ربيع ياسين المدير الفني لفريق أسوان، على هزيمة زهرة الجنوب من الاتحاد السكندري، في أولى مواجهات الدوري المصري الممتاز موسم 2022-2023.

ونال أسوان هزيمة بهدفٍ دون رد على ملعبه أمام الاتحاد السكندري، سجله اللاعب النيجيري أوستن أموتو.

وقال ياسين في تصريحات عبر قناة “أون تايم سبورت”: “لم أكن أتوقع الهزيمة، الاتحاد وصل 7 مرات لمرمانا ونحن وصلنا 9، وهذا هو الفارق في الخبرات، لم يكن هناك توفيق إطلاقًا”.

طالع أيضًا | رسميًا.. رابطة الأندية تعتمد جائزة لأفضل لاعب في كل مباراة بالدوري

وتابع: “لم يُقصر أحد ولكن ربنا له حكمة، بذلنا كل مجهودنا، وسيناريو اللقاء ينتهي بخطأ، وإن شاء الله سنستعد للأهلي في المباراة القادمة”.

وأضاف: “تحول فريقي كان رائعًا من الدفاع للهجوم، ولكن الانسجام مطلوب، التعادل اليوم كان نتيجة عادلة نظرًا لسير المباراة”.

واختتم: “أسوان فريق جديد ولن نُقصر، وسنظل نحاول، القدرات في النهاية هي التي ترجح كفة فريق عن الآخر، ولكن على الخبراء أن يقرأوا المباراة جيدة، كانت سجالاً، وأنا لعبت بطريقة تناسب قدرات اللاعبين”.

We are now over two weeks into the transfer window and rather unsurprisingly, it has been a chaotic one for Newcastle United.

The reasons are clear; they are desperate for players to ensure Premier League survival and they are now famously known as the richest football club on earth.

What’s the word?

The Magpies have bolstered their squad with two marquee additions in recent weeks with Kieran Trippier and Chris Wood arriving.

However, there is still a considerable amount of work to be done, namely in bringing a centre-back to St James’ Park.

The club have failed in their efforts for Sven Botman while a deal is seemingly on the table for Diego Carlos.

It’s thought another striker is wanted by the club’s new Saudi owners and Newcastle’s recruitment team but a name who definitely won’t be joining has been revealed by transfer insider Fabrizio Romano.

He issued the following update on Twitter: “Rumours linking Mario Balotelli with a move to Newcastle in January are wide of the mark. ‘Fake news’ – comment from sources.”

Fans will be delighted

Although the Toon Army will be desperately craving new acquisitions between now and January 31st, the idea of Balotelli penning terms is unlikely to have been welcomed well by the club’s fanbase.

Of course, he is a hugely experienced character and is also someone who would add plenty of humour and character to the dressing room.

However, with Howe’s men engulfed in a severe relegation battle, winning just one game all term, the last thing you’d want to do is sign someone as controversial as Balotelli.

After all, the Italian is not a regular goalscorer anymore and he’s also now aged 31, past the peak of his powers.

The former Manchester City forward currently plays his football in Turkey for Adana Demirspor where he has found the net on eight occasions this term.

That isn’t a bad tally at all, but the fiery striker has failed not once but twice in English football, enduring a controversy-hit spell at City and then bagging just four strikes in 28 outings for Liverpool.

Right now, Howe needs a player capable of hitting the ground running, either boasting successful Premier League experience or being a player with elite potential – like Sevilla centre-back, Carlos.

As a consequence, Newcastle are right to swerve a move for the ex-Italy international this month and as a result of doing so, the St James’ faithful should be rather delighted with the decision making of Nick Hammond and co.

AND in other news, “I’m told”: Craig Hope issues major NUFC transfer claim that’ll get fans excited…

Celtic have been dealt a late injury blow concerning Kyogo Furuhashi ahead of their upcoming Premiership clash on Monday evening.

What’s the latest?

According to a report by The Scottish Sun, the 26-year-old centre-forward, who suffered a recurrence of a hamstring injury in Celtic’s 3-1 victory over St. Johnstone on Boxing Day, looks set to be ruled out of action until at least next month, missing tonight’s clash with Hibs as a result.

The report claims that the Japan international is a doubt for the Old Firm clash on February 2 – despite the fact that Ange Postecoglou claimed after the St. Johnstone win that the striker’s injury was “nothing major,” leading us to believe he could return after the break.

The report went on to state that Kyogo will not link up with the Japanese national team for their World Cup qualifiers against China on January 27 and Saudi Arabia on February 1 due to his fitness concerns, as well as revealing that the forward has not been training with Celtic upon their return to Lennoxtown after the winter break.

Postecoglou will be fuming

Considering just how important a part of the Celtic side Kyogo has become since his £4.6m move to Parkhead last summer, the news that the centre-forward looks set to miss the fixture against Hibernian, as well as a number of other extremely important games in the coming weeks, is sure to have left Postecoglu fuming.

Indeed, over his 14 Premiership outings so far this season, the £4.95m-rated man has already scored eight goals, registered two assists and created four big chances for his teammates, as well as taking an average of 2.1 shots and making 1.1 key passes per game.

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These returns have seen the £18k-per-week striker average a SofaScore match rating of 7.03, ranking him as Postecoglou’s 11th-best performer in the top flight of Scottish football – of the players who remain in the Greek-Australian manager’s first-team squad.

The Japan international has also bagged a further two goals and three assists over his five Europa League appearances, three goals over his four Europa League qualifying fixtures and three goals in three games in the League Cup – taking his total to 16 goals and five assists over just 26 appearances for the Hoops.

As such, being without Kyogo for any extended period of time will undoubtedly come as a huge blow to Postecoglou and his side, who will need to keep the 26-year-old fit and firing over the second half of the season if Celtic are to have any chance of going on to reclaim their Scottish Premiership crown come next May.

In other news: Ange must unleash Celtic’s £1.44m-rated “dream” on Hibs, he’ll give Maloney nightmares

أعلن نادي الخليج السعودي، رسميًا، تعاقده مع ثنائي منتخب مصر ونادي الزمالك لكرة اليد أحمد الأحمر وحسن قداح اليوم السبت.

وجاء الإعلان الرسمي للتعاقد مع الثنائي، على الحساب الرسمي لنادي الخليج عبر موقع التواصل الاجتماعي”تويتر” معلقا على التعاقد مع الأحمر: “ما قدرنا نوصفك، اكتفينا بالعنوان، الهرم المصري أحمد الأحمر، خلجاوي”.

كما أعلن التعاقد مع حسن قداح: “مرحبًا حسن”.

ويأتي التعاقد مع ثنائي الزمالك علي سبيل الإعارة، وذلك من أجل المشاركة مع نادي الخليج السعودي في بطولة كأس العالم لكرة اليد “سوبر جلوب”، المقرر إقامتها في السعودية في الفترة ما بين 18 إلى 23 من شهر أكتوبر الجاري.

ويتواجد فريق الخليج في المجموعة الأولى، بجانب كل من سيدني الأسترالي وماجديبورج الألماني.

طالع | قائمة منتخب مصر لكرة اليد لمعسكر البحرين استعدادًا لكأس العالم.. غياب أحمد الأحمر

جدير بالذكر أن الأهلي يمثل مصر في كأس العالم للأندية، ويتواجد في المجموعة الثانية، بجوار بنفيكا ومضر السعودي.

ماقدرنا نوصفك .. أكتفينا بالعنوان 😎

الهرم المصـري 🇪🇬 «أحمد الأحمر» خلجاوي 🔰 pic.twitter.com/n2w2DNv2vN

— نادي الخليج السعودي (@Khaleejclub) October 15, 2022

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— نادي الخليج السعودي (@Khaleejclub) October 15, 2022

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O Palmeiras trabalhou com o elenco reduzido no penúltimo treino de 2017 na Academia de Futebol. Zé Roberto, Egídio, Arouca, Felipe Melo, Edu Dracena, Borja e Róger Guedes, por variados motivos, não apareceram no gramado e serão desfalques na partida de domingo, contra o Atlético-PR, em Curitiba, na rodada final do Brasileirão.

Arouca foi liberado para viajar a Belo Horizonte e fazer exames no Atlético-MG, clube que deve defender na próxima temporada. Zé Roberto, que vai se aposentar, e Egídio, reforço do Cruzeiro para 2018, também já não compõem o grupo.

Felipe Melo e Edu Dracena estão suspensos e Borja passou por uma pequena cirurgia na região da virilha, enquanto Róger Guedes já não vem sendo relacionado há algumas partidas e deve ser negociado nesta janela.

Jean seguiu seu cronograma individualizado de atividades físicas e foi outro a não aparecer no campo, mas o clube não especificou se ele já está descartado para a última rodada.

Valentim comandou uma atividade em espaço reduzido, sem esboço da formação titular. O meia Moisés participou do início da atividade, mas logo pediu para deixar o treino. Ele está debilitado devido a uma indisposição estomacal e sentiu-se mal, mas deve viajar a Curitiba e jogar.

Mayke também saiu mais cedo do gramado. Neste caso, já estava programado, já que ele sofre há algumas semanas com dores no quadril. O lateral-direito é dúvida para a partida contra o Furacão.

Uma possível formação titular teria Fernando Prass, Fabiano, Mina, Luan e Michel Bastos; Thiago Santos, Tchê Tchê e Moisés; Dudu, Keno e Willian.

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Ryan Harris and Brent Arnel couldn’t have wished for better conditions to begin their Test careers than the green-top at the Basin Reserve

Brydon Coverdale in Wellington18-Mar-2010

Ryan Harris and Brent Arnel couldn’t have wished for better conditions to begin their Test careers than the green-top at the Basin Reserve, where both men have a strong chance of making their debuts on Friday. Harris will become the 413th Australian Test cricketer, provided he has no problems recovering from a minor side injury, while the grassy surface has pushed Arnel in to strong contention to bump the spinner Jeetan Patel out of New Zealand’s line-up.Pace and bounce have been the features of warm-up sessions in Wellington and Ricky Ponting said facing up on the practice pitches was “like we were batting at the WACA”, compared to the slower one-day surfaces used recently. That will encourage Harris, whose excellent ODI form over the past two months – 28 wickets at 14.14 in 11 games – has pushed him ahead of Clint McKay in the Test reckoning.”He is a guy who can genuinely swing the ball at brisk pace,” Ponting said. “You are always looking for someone who can use the new ball really well. We unearthed a couple last year who could do that in Ben Hilfenhaus and Dougie Bollinger.”With Hilfenhaus not being here and Siddle not being here, someone who can use that new ball, I think Ryan fits all those things really well. In the one-day games, I think it was three or four games in a row back in Australia he got a wicket in the first over of the game swinging the new ball. So hopefully he can have the same sort of effect if he comes up for this Test match.”It is remarkable that Harris could be in line for a Test debut in a season when he has played only one Sheffield Shield match due to an injury at the start of the summer and his one-day commitments. But it now seems the only thing that can keep him out is the side problem that prompted Australia to fly the South Australian fast man Peter George in to join the squad as cover.Harris bowled in the indoor nets at Westpac Stadium on Wednesday while rain scuppered his chances of having a run outdoors. The Australians were being extra cautious by bringing in George, with the expectation that Harris would continue to recover well with a lengthy session at the Basin Reserve on match eve.”He bowled about five overs yesterday indoors which probably wasn’t ideal for us or for him,” Ponting said. “He’ll do a lot more bowling today for us to get a bit more of a feel on where he’s at. But everything he has done in the last couple of days with his bowling has been good. Things at the moment are pretty positive with him. Ryan will play if he gets through as well as we want him to today and we’ll wait and see how he wakes up in the morning.”New Zealand have seen plenty of Harris through the one-day series but Australia know little about Arnel, the Northern Districts bowler who is likely to play his first Test. Daniel Vettori would not commit to Arnel over Patel with a day’s preparation remaining, but he said the conditions made it more likely than not that Arnel would have the edge.At 31, he has enjoyed the first-class scene after being a late starter, not making his first appearance until 27. This summer Arnel has taken 29 Plunket Shield wickets at 19.58 and Vettori said he was confident that Arnel could make the step up to Test level.”He’s been waiting in the wings a little while and has been involved in a few squads,” Vettori said. “Hopefully if he does get the nod then he is ready. He’s been bowling really well and that’s the main thing. He’s pretty consistent, he puts it in the right areas the majority of the time and on a wicket that’s got a little bit of something in it, that’s pretty crucial.”