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A reunião que definirá a situação do volante Hudson, atualmente no Cruzeiro, acontecerá apenas na próxima segunda-feira (4), após o fim do Brasileirão. O encontro estava previsto para o meio desta semana, mas os representantes do atleta optaram por esperar o fim do campeonato nacional para iniciar as conversas. O jogador está emprestado pelo São Paulo ao Cruzeiro até o dia 31 de dezembro e os mineiros pretendem tê-lo em definitivo.

A ideia da diretoria da Raposa é oferecer 750 mil euros (R$ 2,9 milhões) por 25% dos direitos do jogador, que estão divididos em partes iguais entre o São Paulo e um grupo de investidores. O Cruzeiro pretende comprar metade da parte do Tricolor nesse mês e, futuramente, pretende negociar mais uma parcela desta porcentagem com os empresários que detêm parte dos direitos do volante.

Desta forma, caso a proposta seja aceita pela diretoria do São Paulo, mineiros paulistas teriam, cada 25% dos direitos de Hudson. O grupo de investidores permaneceria com 50% da fatia do volante, mas estariam dispostos a vender metade desta quantia para a Raposa em um futuro próximo.

Neste momento, o Cruzeiro não está disposto a ceder jogadores de seu elenco para facilitar a negociação. O São Paulo, por sua vez, ainda não se pronunciou sobre o negócio e espera uma reunião com os empresário de Hudson e os representantes da diretoria do Cruzeiro para definir seu posicionamento.

O volante está no Cruzeiro desde o início desta temporada. No fim do ano passado, assim que o técnico Rogério Ceni chegou ao Tricolor, o meio-campista foi envolvido em uma negociação pelo atacante Neilton. O ex-santista não engrenou com a camisa do São Paulo e foi devolvido à Raposa, que imediatamente o vendeu para o Vitória, da Bahia. Por sua vez, o meio-campista cresceu muito sob o comando de Mano Menezes e virou um dos principais jogadores do Cruzeiro ao longo da temporada.

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أعلن نادي فيوتشر إف سي، عن ضم ثنائي صفقاته استعدادًا للموسم الجديد من بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز 2022-2023.

ومن المقرر أن ينطلق الموسم الجديد للدوري المصري الممتاز، يوم 18 أكتوبر الجاري.

ووفقاً للصحفة الرسمية لفيوتشر علي موقع التواصل الاجتماعي”فيس بوك”: “الثاني على الفيل ينضم إلى كتيبة دفاع فريقنا، خط الدفاع مازال بأمان”.

وكان فيوتشر أعلن ضم مهند لاشين اليوم بشكل رسمي، قادماً من صفوف طلائع الجيش كأولى الصفقات.

طالع | فيوتشر يعلن ضم مهند لاشين من طلائع الجيش

علي الفيل كان لاعباً في صفوف فريق طلائع الجيش في الموسم الماضي.

ويستهل فيوتشر مواجهاته بالدوري الموسم الجديد بمباراة أمام حرس الحدود، العائد مجددًا للدوري الممتاز.

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher tore into Crystal Palace defender Joel Ward following a ‘huge mistake’ in the first half of their Premier League clash with Brighton and Hove Albion on Friday night. 

The lowdown

Palace played out a 1-1 draw with their rivals at the Amex Stadium as a late Joachim Andersen own goal cancelled out Conor Gallagher’s opener.

Patrick Vieira gave right-back Ward his sixth start in succession and his 19th of the season on the south coast.

But the Englishman was guilty of an error just 11 minutes into the game, heading the ball straight to Marc Cucurella after a long ball forward from Brighton. Cucurella then set Leandro Trossard through on goal, only for Palace ‘keeper Jack Butland to deny him.

The latest

Speaking during Sky Sports’ coverage of the game, Carragher said Butland had bailed Ward out.

“Huge sigh of relief from Joel Ward, [who] made an absolute mess of it,” Carragher said.

“[He] has his goalkeeper to thank. It’s a huge mistake. You’re just praying that your goalkeeper can help you.”

The verdict

The error rather set the tone for Ward, who had a difficult night against The Seagulls.

In the Crystal Palace starting XI, only Will Hughes (6.1), who gave away a penalty and picked up a yellow card, recorded a lower SofaScore rating than Ward’s 6.2.

He was dribbled past twice, winning only one of his three ground duels.

The 32-year-old also finished the game with a passing accuracy of just 59%, having failed to find a team-mate with any of his six long balls. He lost possession 19 times overall.

In other news, fans flock to this important news from the club.

Paul Collingwood talks about his tenth Test hundred

Andrew Miller in Chittagong13-Mar-2010

Paul Collingwood has seen too much in his long international career, and sailed too close and too often to the margins of selection, to let anything distract from his rare moments in the limelight. And so when, after a year of the hardest but most rewarding cricket of his career, he was presented the opportunity to secure his tenth Test hundred against a toiling and demoralised Bangladeshi attack, he didn’t think twice about the opportunity, nor seek to denigrate it afterwards.”This is a special century for me,” said Collingwood. “It is Test cricket and to get ten centuries, it is something I thought I’d never achieve when I first started the game. I’ve not had a hundred for a little while, so I wanted to make sure I got there and it was a special one for me. But I’m not going to rank it as the best or the worst or even the easiest, because I think that is a little bit unfair.”Being unfair was pretty much the order of the day, however, as Collingwood brutalised a drained attack – first in partnership with Alastair Cook, and then with Ian Bell alongside him – as he galloped down the wicket to spin and pace alike, clunking his bottom-handed drives and pulls to the tune of 10 fours and four sixes. As the declaration approached it was a help-yourself scenario, until on 145, Tamim Iqbal circled beneath one lofted drive too many.Nevertheless, only 25 England batsmen have previously reached ten Test centuries, and notable names who fell short include Robin Smith, Derek Randall, Ted Dexter and Tony Greig. If nothing else, the achievement confirms – in Collingwood’s own eternally modest mind – the impression that he has been giving to the rest of the cricket world over the past 12 months: that he has moved far beyond the mediocrity that can at times afflict English batsmen, and cemented himself for posterity as a player who was greater than the sum of his parts.”I think that is why it has been a special moment today,” he said. “If you get to ten Test centuries then you’re, not a great, but it is an achievement. I’m 33 years old, and I think I’m developing all the time as a player and I’m getting more confident. I’ve had a great 12 months and I want to continue with that.”It is a proud moment and I’m happy with that,” he said. “I’m probably not the best-looking batsman in the middle, and that has gone against me in the past, but my job is a run-getter not a batsman. Sometimes people forget that it is the scoring the runs that is the most important thing, and not how you get them. That is how I’ve always approached it.”If people have forgotten it in the past, then they’ve had ample reminders in England’s most recent encounters. “Brigadier Block” was the monicker conferred upon Collingwood after a string of heroics against Australia at Cardiff, and South Africa at Centurion and Cape Town – three matches that came down to the very last deliveries of the game, but not before he had grafted a total of 140 runs from 532 balls, in a minute short of 13 hours, to set up those chances for salvation.”There have been innings along the way that in my own mind have been centuries in the past year but statistically they haven’t been put down, so today it was important that I got over the three figures,” he said. “I don’t want anything to be taken away from our performance and the way we’ve approached the game. I think we’ve done some good things in the game and I think Bangladesh are improving all the time.”Despite a defiant 81 not out from Tamim, Bangladesh’s 56th defeat in 65 Tests looms large, and depending on how long their first innings extends on Sunday morning, they could yet be subjected to their 34th by an innings. Nevertheless, for Collingwood – who began the tour by joking about the quality of the country’s golf courses – there’s still the prospect of this good walk being spoiled, and he was determined not to release the pressure until the job is done and dusted.”We haven’t played a lot against Bangladesh in the last couple of years but they are improving and they can be an awkward team to come up against,” he said. “What we’ve seen in the last two days is a very, very flat wicket, so it is easy to say they are not as good as other Test playing nations, but they are getting better and better.”We’ll not be getting complacent because it can be tough over here and we don’t want them to get a sniff. They’ve upset a few sides along the way so we need to make sure that we don’t let them upset us. It is an important series for us because we’ve got some real important cricket coming up at the back end of the year and we want to give ourselves the best chance possible, which means winning as much as possible.”

تحدث إريك تين هاج، المدير الفني لفريق مانشستر يونايتد، عن فوز فريقه بثلاثية لهدفين أمام أومونيا في الدوري الأوروبي، وتأثير التبديلات التي أجراها على قلب النتيجة.

وكان أومونيا متقدمًا بهدف، وقام تين هاج بالدفع بماركوس راشفورد وأنتوني مارسيال، ليسجلا ثلاثة أهداف، ويتغلب مانشستر يونايتد على خصمه بنتيجة (3-2). أهداف مباراة مانشستر يونايتد وأمونيا

وقال تين هاج في تصريحاته إلى “بي تي سبورت”: “لقد بدأنا بشكل جيد، مع فرصتين، ثم خطأ غير ضروري وعشر دقائق سيئة حقًا، علينا أن نتعلم من ذلك، تركنا الجماهير تنبض بالحياة، وأنت يجب أن تتجنب ذلك”.

وسُئل تين هاج عما طلبه من لاعبيه في الشوط الأول، وأجاب: “طالبتهم بالمزيد من الجري، كنا ساكنين للغاية، كان علينا أن نتحرك، وهذا هو السبب في أننا قمنا بتبديلين، كان للبدلاء تأثيرًا رائعًا، هذا يجعل الفريق أقوى”.

اقرأ أيضًا | راشفورد يوضح تعليمات تين هاج ودور بدلاء مانشستر يونايتد في قيادته للفوز على أمونيا

وعن لاعبه أنتوني مارسيال، أفاد المدرب: “لقد رأينا بالفعل في فترة ما قبل الموسم، كان الأمر محبطًا حقًا عندما أصيب، كان لذلك تأثير على أداء فريقنا”.

وأتم تين هاج تصريحاته: “يجب أن تكون مجرد عملية إحماء، ويوم الأحد يجب أن نرد”.

ويلاقي مانشستر يونايتد نظيره إيفرتون يوم الأحد المقبل في منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، وقد تعرض فريق تين هاج لهزيمة قاسية في الديربي بالجولة الماضية بنتيجة (6-3) أمام مانشستر سيتي حامل اللقب.

Kevin Phillips has claimed that Sunderland were hard done by for the second goal scored by Wycombe Wanderers in their League One clash on Saturday lunchtime.

The Lowdown: Incident packed

Wycombe against Sunderland was certainly a game that lived up to its expectation as both teams fight for automatic promotion up to the Championship.

It was a match full of goals and incidents, as Ross Stewart was not adjudged to have committed a foul as he headed home the Black Cats’ opening goal very early on, which has since been ruled as own goal for Wycombe goalkeeper David Stockdale.

Nonetheless, the first half produced four goals in total in what was a fast start by both sides. The match eventually ended 3-3, with both Stewart and Joe Jacobson scoring in second-half stoppage time.

The Latest: Phillips on Vokes goal

Speaking on Sky Sports (13:24-13:25pm) in his first-half analysis, former SAFC striker Phillips has claimed that the goal scored by Sam Vokes to put Wycombe 2-1 in front should not have stood, as he feels Brandon Hanlan was obstructing goalkeeper Anthony Patterson, and was in an offside position:

“First and foremost, is it a foul on the goalkeeper? If there’s VAR, the goal doesn’t get given because he’s obstructing the goalkeeper.

“Could the goalkeeper be stronger? I think when Vokes heads it, it looks like it’s possibly offside.

“As soon as Hanlan’s arm goes over the top of the goalkeeper, for me it’s a foul.

“I think with VAR, it’s not given for me.”

The Verdict: No goal

As Phillips rightfully points out, Hanlan was obstructing Patterson as he attempted to try and claim the ball before Vokes headed it, and was in an offside position, so the goal should not have counted.

If VAR was available, it probably would have been ruled out, and so Lee Johnson’s team could feel very hard done by that the decision went against them.

Stewart thought he had come to the rescue for the Stadium of Light faithful and ensured the controversial incident against Patterson didn’t matter, but Jacobsen levelled things with seconds to spare, leaving a bitter taste in Sunderland mouths.

In other news, find out what Johnson update has Black Cats buzzing here!

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A luta para se reerguer da tragédia que acertou em cheio o coração da Chapecoense (entre as 71 vítimas do acidente na Colômbia, estavam dirigentes, delegação e jogadores) ditou o ritmo do clube este ano. Passado um ano do baque, a equipe está prestes a terminar o ano com muito orgulho: além de ter conquistado o Campeonato Catarinense, ratificou sua permanência na elite do Brasileirão.

O trabalho, porém, foi árduo. A vasta reformulação trouxe uma chegada frequente de jogadores e a contratação de Vagner Mancini. Além da eliminação na Copa Libertadores e frustrações em outros torneios, houve momentos de instabilidade no Campeonato Brasileiro e mudanças de técnicos: após Vinícius Eutrópio, a equipe é comandada por Gilson Kleina atualmente. O desafio de, um ano depois, se aprumar, também passou por outros clubes que lidaram com desastres aéreas.

Entre amarguras e superações, o LANCE! traz o “ano do recomeço” dos clubes.

TORINO

Após o desastre no qual o avião que transportava sua delegação se chocar com uma torre de igreja em 1949, vitimando 31 pessoas (dentre elas, 18 jogadores), o Torino ainda teve um suspiro de orgulho. Sagrou-se campeão italiano de 1948/1949 (em solidariedade, os demais clubes também escalaram juvenis na reta final da Série A).

Mas, no ano seguinte, já foram sentidos os efeitos: outrora base da seleção da Itália, a equipe ficou bem mais modesta, e foi apenas sexto lugar no Italiano. Mais tarde, a equipe decaiu muito, e até amargou rebaixamentos.

MANCHESTER UNITED

O Manchester United soube se estruturar do baque do desastre aéreo em Munique, no qual morreram oito pessoas em 1958. Tendo Bobby Charlton (um de seus sobreviventes no desastre) entre os titulares, a equipe foi finalista da Copa da Inglaterra, mas perdeu por 2 a 0 para o Bolton. Já na Taça dos Clubes Campeões Europeus, caiu nas semifinais para o Milan.

No ano seguinte, a equipe já contava com muitos jogadores recuperados do acidente (e seu treinador), além de reforços. E foi vice-campeão inglês.

GREEN CROSS-CHI

O acidente aéreo na Cordilheira dos Andes em 1961, que matou 24 pessoas (oito delas, jogadores) foi o primeiro passo do triste fim do Green Cross, clube de destaque no Chile. No mesmo ano, seu presidente em exercício, Fernando Jaramillo Phillips, que era sub-tesoureiro do Banco Central do Chile, foi um dos presos em uma investigação por acusação de desvio financeiro. Em campo, veio o pior: a outrora base da seleção do Chile foi rebaixada. Aos poucos, o clube foi extinto.

THE STRONGEST

Depois da Tragédia de Viloco, que matou 74 pessoas (incluindo todo o elenco), o The Strongest reconstruiu a equipe com jogadores cedidos por clubes bolivianos e até pelo Boca Juniors, que cedeu nomes como Fernando Bastida e Victor Hugo Romero. Em campo, a equipe deu resultado: foi campeão da Liga de La Paz em 1970.

ALIANZA LIMA

Após o desastre de 1987, que culminou na morte de todos os jogadores e de sua comissão técnica, o Alianza Lima contou até com o retorno de jogadores aposentados, caso de Cubillas. Mas perdeu fôlego na busca pelo título e foi superado pelo Universitario naquele ano.

Em 1988, no entanto, a equipe foi muito mal. Caiu na primeira fase da Libertadores (com apenas uma vitória em seis jogos) e, no Campeonato Peruano, o título passou longe: com equipe toda remendada, venceu apenas cinco das 17 partidas, mas se manteve na elite.

ZÂMBIA

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O desastre que vitimou a seleção de Zâmbia em 1993, matando 25 passageiros (dentre eles, 18 jogadores), trouxe sequelas. Outrora favorita à classificação para a Copa do Mundo de 1994, a seleção foi eliminada e demorou muito para voltar a retomar sua qualidade em nível continental.

Paul Harris tried to stem the run flow by adopting a leg-stump line. It didn’t work and he was often called wide by umpire Ian Gould

N Hunter15-Feb-2010

Paul Harris was a completely different bowler today. In Nagpur his sole aim, especially in the second innings, was to clamp down on India’s batsmen. He went about doing so by pitching consistently on leg stump or outside and turning the ball into the right-handers from the rough. The Indian batsmen played him conservatively from the crease. They played into Harris’s hands and he succeeded in stemming the run flow. His attempt today had drastically different results.On a harder pitch, which didn’t take much turn from the rough, Harris tried to apply the same leg-side suffocation but was punished by Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, as well as umpire Ian Gould.Umpires have taken flak for not taking a firmer stand on the indiscretions of the players but Gould exercised his power and penalised Harris each time he bowled a straighter delivery behind the batsman’s legs. Harris, however, refused to change his line and forced Gould into calling the ball wide on 12 occasions.Corrie van Zyl, the South African coach, accepted Gould’s decision but said his spinner suffered only because the ball was not turning. “You can see it as a negative line and the umpire did think so, too, and obviously those were called wides,” he said.About five years ago, the standard playing regulations for Test matches were amended in an effort to prevent negative leg-side bowling. Law 25.1 – Judging a Wide – states: “For bowlers whom umpires consider to be bowling down the leg side as a negative tactic, the strict limited-over wide interpretation shall be applied.”An ICC spokesperson admitted that in order to prevent bowlers from easily adopting leg-theory to stem the run-flow, the law needed to be updated. “Some bowlers like Shane Warne used leg-side bowling as an attacking option, while some have used it negatively to frustrate batsmen and stem scoring-rates. It’s usually pretty obvious when it is attacking because there is a short-leg in place and the ball is turning, so it becomes difficult for batsmen to survive, let alone score runs.”Another factor that thwarted Harris’ plan was the way Sehwag and Tendulkar dealt with him. They were happy to deflect him to the on side whenever there was no fielder at short leg. Otherwise they let the straighter ones go, confident the ball would not turn. Sehwag even slog-swept for a six over deep midwicket and then reverse swept when Harris tried to cram him.van Zyl said Harris could have been more diligent in his approach. “Some of them did turn out of the rough and some of them didn’t. But Harry [Harris] did a good job for the team, but it was a lot tougher than it was in Nagpur, where there was some assistance.”

يستأنف فريق ليفربول مبارياته مع بداية شهر أكتوبر، بعد انتهاء فترة التوقف الدولي، ويستعد لخوض مواجهة في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز يوم السبت المقبل. 

وتأتي مباريات فريق يورجن كلوب بين منافسة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز ودوري أبطال أوروبا. 

يملك ليفربول 9 نقاط في المركز الثامن بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، حيث يتصدر آرسنال الترتيب بـ18 نقطة.

وفي دوري أبطال أوروبا خاض ليفربول مواجهتين وقد فاز بواحدة وتعرض لهزيمة أمام نابولي، ويحتل المركز الثالث في مجموعته بـ3 نقاط.

ويقع ليفربول في مجموعة تضم نابولي (6 نقاط)، وأياكس أمستردام (3 نقاط بالمركز الثاني)، وجلاسكو رينجرز (بلا نقاط).

اقرأ أيضًا | آرثر يقدم طوق النجاة لـ كلوب بتصرف مميز قبل مباراة ليفربول وبرايتون مواعيد مباريات ليفربول في شهر أكتوبر

السبت 1 أكتوبر: ليفربول وبرايتون بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب “آنفيلد، في تمام الرابعة عصرًا بتوقيت القاهرة، الخامسة بتوقيت السعودية.

الثلاثاء 4 أكتوبر: ليفربول وجلاسكو رينجرز بالجولة الثالثة بدوري أبطال أوروبا على ملعب “آنفيلد”، في تمام التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، العاشرة مساءً بتوقيت السعودية.

الأحد 9 أكتوبر: آرسنال وليفربول بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب “الإمارات” في تمام الخامسة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، السادسة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت السعودية. 

الأربعاء 12 أكتوبر: جلاسكو رينجرز وليفربول، الجولة الرابعة بدوري أبطال أوروبا على ملعب “إيبروكس” في تمام التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، العاشرة مساءً بتوقيت السعودية.

الأحد 16 أكتوبر: ليفربول ومانشستر سيتي بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب “آنفيلد”، في تمام الخامسة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، السادسة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت السعودية. 

الأربعاء 19 أكتوبر: ليفربول ووست هام بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب “آنفيلد”، في تمام الثامنة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، التاسعة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت السعودية.

السبت 22 أكتوبر: نوتينجهام فورست وليفربول بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب “سيتي جراوند” في تمام الواحدة والنصف ظهرًا بتوقيت القاهرة، الثانية والنصف ظهرًا بتوقيت السعودية.

الأربعاء 26 أكتوبر: أياكس أمسترادم وليفربول، الجولة الخامسة بدوري أبطال أوروبا على ملعب “يوهان كرويف آرينا”، في تمام التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، العاشرة مساءً بتوقيت السعودية.

السبت 29 أكتوبر: ليفربول وليدز يونايتد، بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب “آنفيلد” “لم يحدد ساعة إنطلاق المباراة بعد”. 

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Hampshire have completed the signing of Kabir Ali, following Worcestershire’s decision to release him from the final season of his contract after a long-standing dispute

Cricinfo staff22-Jan-2010

Hampshire have completed the signing of Kabir Ali, following Worcestershire’s decision to release him from the final season of his contract after a long-standing dispute.”Hampshire is a fantastic club with great ambition on and off the field and I am really excited about joining them,” said Kabir. “I have been working very hard on my fitness this winter and feel confident that I can play a major role for the Team this summer.’The decision brings to an end an acrimonious stand-off between Kabir and Worcestershire, whom he had asked for permission to move to Hampshire on a three-year deal following the club’s relegation from the first division of the County Championship. But, with his contract at New Road not yet fulfilled, Worcestershire asked for a £60,000 compensation to be paid by the club that signed him.As no county was prepared to do so, Kabir was due to remain at Worcestershire for the 2010 season, despite the departures of other big names such as Stephen Moore, Gareth Batty and Steven Davies. In October Mark Newton, Worcestershire’s chief executive, said “Kabir has already told us that if he remained with the club he would give 100% next season and we know that he will.”Yet as the season drew closer, the dispute had clearly not been resolved as Kabir failed to turn up to the pre-season training. Kabir defended his actions saying: “I was entitled to have 12 days annual leave and I took them. I never refused to train.” Yet, with no sign of resolution, Worcestershire decided to release him. “Kabir has been with the club for 10 years and we are very sorry to see him go,” said the club’s chief executive, Mark Newton.Hampshire, however, are delighted to have landed a bowler who has captured 429 first-class wickets at an impressive strike-rate of 44.8. ‘I am thrilled that Kabir has confirmed that he will be joining Hampshire,” said the first-team coach, Giles White. “His domestic record is superb and he will be a huge asset to the side. We hope that he will bring further success to the Club and in doing so reignite his international career.’Hampshire’s chairman, Rod Bransgrove, said: “Kabir is a dangerous and exciting cricketer and I am delighted that he has chosen to re-ignite his career here at Hampshire. Our squad is coming together nicely with a great blend of youth and experience and, with the new developments at The Rose Bowl well under way, this is a fantastic time to be a supporter of Hampshire Cricket.’The man himself tried to draw a line under the acrimonious end to his time at New Road saying: “I enjoyed my time at Worcestershire immensely and have made a lot of good friends. But the club were going through a difficult time with players leaving and I needed a fresh challenge.”