Napoli are reportedly set to win the race to sign Vanja Milinkovic-Savic despite being linked with Manchester United and Leeds United.
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MI Cape Town captain Rashid Khan has been ruled out of the upcoming season of the SA20 as he continues to recover from a back surgery. The ace legspinner was named in the Afghanistan squad on January 6 for the three-match T20I series in India, but is unlikely to play, according to a statement from his cricket board (ACB). Rashid had also missed Afghanistan’s most recent T20I series in the UAE and the Big Bash League (BBL).Kieron Pollard will captain MI Cape Town in Rashid’s injury-enforced absence and will make his debut in the SA20. Pollard was also retained by MI Emirates for the ILT20 in 2024, but with its dates clashing with the SA20’s, Nicholas Pooran will take over MI Emirates captaincy from Pollard. It remains to be seen whether Pollard will join MI Emirates for the last leg of the ILT20 in the UAE.Related
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Pollard was recently in action for New York Strikers in the Abu Dhabi T10 league, where his side won the final against Deccan Gladiators. Pooran, who is Pollard’s CPL team-mate at Trinbago Knight Riders, had turned down his West Indies central contract in December 2023 to become a free agent. Pooran was unveiled as Durban’s Super Giants’ wildcard pick in September 2023, and is likely to play three matches in the SA20 before linking up with MI Emirates for the second season of the ILT20.MI Cape Town also announced the signing of Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Thushara, who will take Jofra Archer’s place in the upcoming season.The SA20 will run from January 10 to February 10, and the ILT20 from January 19 to February 17. The two leagues will also clash with New Zealand’s Super Smash and the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
India fell short by 28 despite having a first-innings lead of 190
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Manjrekar: Indian batters found wanting temperamentally in Hyderabad
England pulled off one of their greatest Test wins in front of the raucous Barmy Army and a stunned home crowd in Hyderabad. Of all the ways you envisage winning a Test in India, falling behind by 190 in the first innings – a deficit never before reversed by a visiting team in India – is not one. Yet England did the unthinkable with their most experienced spinner injured, half their side gone before scores were levelled, and did so emphatically even though a hilarious last-wicket stand took India to within 29 runs of their target.The highest lead India have lost from is 192, in Galle back in 2015. That Sri Lankan win was fashioned by a sweep-filled, adventurous, once-in-a-generation knock from Dinesh Chandimal. Ollie Pope played that role for England, scoring 196 runs full of sweeps, reverse sweeps and reverse Dilscoops, messing up with the lengths of the Indian spinners as if they were match predictions after two days of cricket. The other hero was Tom Hartley, the debutant left-arm spinner who was hit for two sixes in his first over in Test cricket and consigned to one of the costliest analysis for a debutant, who ended up with seven wickets in the second innings.Related
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Starting the day 126 ahead with just four wickets in hand, Pope added 48 to his overnight 148 with crucial assistance from Rehan Ahmed and Hartley. Only five times has 230 or more been chased down successfully in India, but the hosts would have had cause for optimism. Jack Leach, the experienced spinner, was at best hobbling. Hartley, the other left-arm spinner, had been punished for 63 runs in his first nine-over spell in the first innings. Ahmed had been so inconsistent and Mark Wood so unsuited to the conditions that Joe Root had been their best bowler until then.However, fourth-innings chases follow their own rhythms. Ben Stokes, who captained like a millionaire in the first innings to buy wickets, knew he just needed in-out fields here. Root, Hartley and Leach rose to the occasion despite obvious limitations. And India, unlike England, provided them stationary target, letting them bowl good length over and over again, a luxury not afforded to India’s spinners.You can imagine Pope, Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley spent two weeks in Abu Dhabi just practising the various sweeps more than their front-foot defence against spin. They took those chances in the second innings after having got out playing defensively in the first. Pope’s execution lasted the longest. Some of the shots were sensational, like his repeat of the reverse Dilscoop off Ravindra Jadeja from Saturday.It is an indictment of the spinners – world-beaters and two of the greatest of all time – that Jasprit Bumrah was India’s best bowler. He got Ahmed early with a reverse-swinging outswinger, and also ended Pope’s innings with a slower ball. Between that, though, Hartley and Pope added 80 for the eighth wicket. During that partnership, with Ashwin and Jadeja bowling, India struggled to hold their lengths and the field settings allowed singles everywhere.It might not be unfair to say that India didn’t have a response for the time when unorthodox methods worked against them. Pope needed some luck all right, 72 false responses, which is the second-highest for any innings since 2003, but he did do his bit in getting rid of catching men, which reduces the potency of mistakes bowlers induce.Pope could do what he did because that is the philosophy of Bazball: rather get out reverse-scooping than defending as he did in the first innings. For if he reverse-sweeps, he is playing what he has practised and prepared for. That England had nothing to lose after falling behind by 190 freed him further.India had none of these liberties. Firstly, they are not natural sweepers, forget reverse-sweepers. They also had a home Test to lose, which they rarely do, and never after taking that kind of first-innings lead.Stokes, who had looked to manufacture wickets in the first innings with attacking fields, could now fall back on the conventional method: attack with the ball, defend with the fields. Two catchers at the wicket, two at cover and midwicket, but others protecting runs.Wood bowled only one over with the new ball – in which he had Rohit Sharma dropped at second slip – but Root and Hartley then were all over the good length like a rash. India got off to a good enough start, getting 42 for the first wicket, but the spinners were troubling them and were not making the errors in length they did in the first innings.Credit has to be given to Stokes, who kept bowling Hartley in the first innings despite that ordinary start and got him into his work. Now that he found his length, India needed someone to work him off his areas. The first time someone did try it, Yashasvi Jaiswal was outside the crease, forced to defend by the length correction, but Pope pulled off a stunning catch at short leg off the face of the bat. Two balls later, Hartley had sent Shubman Gill back, who defended with hard hands and Pope got down on his knees at silly point to catch it off the face of the bat again.Rohit was the only India batter who showed the willingness to sweep and reverse-sweep spinners off their length. He even played three reverse sweeps after having played the shot only seven times in his Test career. Two of them got him boundaries. However, Hartley was good enough to pin him on the crease and forward-defending at one that didn’t turn, and had him plumb lbw.India promoted Axar Patel to introduce a left-hand batter in the mix and also use his batting ability better. He and KL Rahul added 32 for the fourth wicket, but the runs came in two spurts. First when Rahul was allowed to sweep from outside leg, and the second when Ahmed missed his length.Once England controlled the bad balls, the wickets came promptly. Axar gave a return catch to Hartley, and Rahul went back to a full ball from Root, a rare misjudgement of length.Jadeja then ran himself out, and Shreyas Iyer played arguably the worst shot, giving slip practice to Root when he followed the turn and opened the face for Hartley. The ball had become soft by then, and India were in a position to capitalise on the easiest batting conditions. Instead, KS Bharat and Ashwin added a conservative 57 for the eighth wicket in 21.4 overs. If India had more wickets during this phase, they could have got closer.In the dying moments of the day, Hartley produced his ball of the match, one that drifted in, pitched leg, and turned past Bharat’s bat to take the off stump. England claimed the extra half hour and, despite a chancy 25-run stand between Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, got home in the last over of the day.
Tim Seifert, who is yet to feature in this series, is likely to replace Williamson in the side and will “probably” take the gloves from Devon Conway
ESPNcricinfo staff15-Jan-2024Kane Williamson has been ruled out of the final three matches of New Zealand’s ongoing T20I series against Pakistan after retiring hurt with a hamstring injury during his side’s 21-run victory in Hamilton on Sunday.Williamson flew home to Tauranga and underwent a scan on Monday. He was always due to miss the third match in Dunedin on Wednesday and will now be sidelined for the rest of the series. New Zealand lead the series 2-0 and are prioritising their upcoming two-Test series over South Africa, which starts on February 3. Will Young will replace Williamson.Related
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Williamson retired hurt on 26 off 15 balls on Sunday, after feeling tightness in his right hamstring. “It’s the same leg as what his knee injury was on,” Gary Stead, New Zealand’s coach, said, referring to the ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) that sidelined Williamson for six months last year. An NZC statement on Tuesday termed the strain as “minor””Williamson’s injury means Will Young will now stay on with the squad for the fourth and fifth matches of the series in Christchurch after assembling with the squad in Dunedin ahead of tomorrow’s third match,” the statement added.”A timeline for Williamson’s rehabilitation and return to cricket is still being established with a goal of being ready for selection in the Test series against South Africa starting next month.”On Monday, Stead said: “I mean with the Test matches so close as well and probably in the big scheme of things in the short term for us has higher priority then I think it’s likely we’ll try and make sure that he’s right for that.”Tim Seifert, who is yet to feature in this series, is likely to replace Williamson in the side and will “probably” take the gloves from Devon Conway, Stead said. “It’ll be another test without having Kane there, who I think always provides that stableness to your batting. That’ll be an opportunity for, likely, Tim Seifert to come in and show what he can still do, and fill in those shoes that Kane’s probably left for the rest of the series.”Stead also confirmed that Trent Boult, who has not played a T20I since the semi-final of the 2022 World Cup, remains part of New Zealand’s plans for the 2024 edition in the Caribbean and the United States. Boult does not hold a central contract and is due to play in the upcoming ILT20 for MI Emirates, who are an affiliate of Mumbai Indians.New Zealand are due to play three T20Is against Australia from February 21-25, immediately after the ILT20, and Stead said that Boult’s availability is unclear. “We’ve tried to catch up a couple of times but haven’t managed to do so. That’ll be something we work out later. I’m not sure what his commitments are right at that time yet, so I still have to work that out.”
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Está chegando a hora da Copa do Mundo. A Seleção Brasileira embarcou para Turim neste sábado, para a reta final da preparação do torneio, e o presidente da CBF, Edinaldo Rodrigues, comentou sobre as chances de título. Na visão do dirigente, o Brasil é um dos favoritos, mas o momento é de “ter pés no chão”.
– Enxergo como um dos favoritos. Todo mundo tem que ter esse otimismo, mas com pés no chão. Copa do Mundo não pode ter erro. Estamos focados. Temos essa convicção, e espero que dê tudo certo. O hexa está nos pés dos atletas e nas mãos de Deus – disse Ednaldo Rodrigues na chegada ao Aeroporto Internacional do Rio de Janeiro.
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O mandatário da CBF também avaliou o trabalho de Tite, que vai deixar a Seleção Brasileira após o Mundial do Qatar, e disse que o desempenho tem sido feito com competência.
– É um trabalho que está sendo realizado com muita competência pela comissão técnica do Tite e que tem sido bem recebido por todos os atletas. Tudo o que tinha que ser feito foi feito. O restante vai ser ajustado em Turim, e a gente espera que tudo dê certo – analisou.
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Ednaldo comentou também sobre a missão de ser o Chefe de Delegação da Seleção Brasileira no Qatar e se mostrou alegre com a oportunidade.
– Muito alegre, contente. É um trabalho que eles confiam e acho que é importante. Nos momentos que tive junto com a Seleção Brasileira tive a confiança dos atletas. Vamos com esse entusiasmo, sabendo que a missão é dificílima, mas estamos preparados para isso – concluiu.
Toni Kroos has backed Rodri as his ideal midfield successor at Real Madrid, highlighting how Manchester City suffered during his injury absence.
Kroos calls Rodri “fundamental” in modern footballCites City’s struggles during the Spaniard’s injury spellMadrid watching closely with future move in mindFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
Kroos has publicly endorsed Rodri as his ideal replacement at Madrid. In an recent interview, the retired midfielder praised the City star, saying his presence on the pitch often goes unnoticed, but his absence reveals just how crucial he is. Kroos believes Rodri’s impact in midfield mirrors what Los Blancos are missing.
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Madrid need a player who can anchor their midfield and Rodri’s name has resurfaced in the club's plans. The 29-year-old is under contract with City until 2027, but if renewal talks stall, Los Blancos could swoop in. City’s dip in form during Rodri’s injury only strengthens Kroos’ case, who recently said that Madrid's problems last season stemmed from their inability to replace the German following his retirement a year ago.
WHAT KROOS SAID
Kroos told : “One thing is clear, and that is that the central midfield position is fundamental in modern football, there's no doubt about it. Look at what happened to Manchester City after a player like Rodri got injured. What happens is that a good central midfielder or defensive midfielder is missed… when he's not there. When he's there, it's taken for granted; it's as if you don't notice it, as if everything is in order, and then the forwards can calmly settle games. Look, since I retired, I became a Real Madrid fan; it's normal, after 10 years here. And I've seen, like all the other fans of the team, that it hasn't been an easy season. And people were saying: 'Aaah, it's because Toni Kroos isn't there!' And all I wanted was for things to work out well and for them to stop saying that.”
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Los Blancos are keeping a close eye on Rodri’s contract situation. If City fail to extend it before the 2026 World Cup, a 2027 expiration could tempt Madrid into making a move, especially if they view him as the missing piece post-Kroos.
اختار الجهاز الفني لمنتخب مصر تحت 17 عامًا بقيادة أحمد الكاس، القائمة الأولية التي وقع عليها الاختيار للمشاركة في بطولة كأس الخليج تحت 20 عامًا
تقام بطولة كأس الخليج في مدينة أبها السعودية في الفترة من 28 أغسطس وحتى 9 سبتمبر.
طالع.. التعادل السلبي يحسم الشوط الأول من مباراة مصر والمغرب الودية
ووقع منتخب مصر في المجموعة الثانية مع منتخبات العراق وسلطنة عمان والبحرين، أما منتخب السعودية صاحب الضيافة فجاء على رأس المجموعة الأولى ومعه الثلاثي قطر والكويت واليمن.
وأعلن الجهاز الفني قائمة تضم 35 لاعبًا، على أن يتم تقليص القائمة قبل 4 أيام من موعد السفر للمشاركة في البطولة. قائمة منتخب مصر للناشئين في كأس الخليج
حراسة المرمى: عمرو عادل، عمر عبد العزيز، فادي وائل، محمد طارق.
خط الدفاع: نور أشرف، حمزة الدجوي، أدهم فريد، مهند الشامي، فارس فخري، أحمد سمير، معاذ محمد، آدم محمد، آدم شاهين، فارس رمضان.
خط الوسط: عمر كمال، باسل مدحت، محمد حمد، بلال عطية، محمد البنداري، أنس رشدي، ياسين حسام، يوسف تامر، عمر أبوطالب، إبراهيم النجعاوي، أحمد إيهاب، محمد صبيح، عمار السيد، سيف الجبالي، محمد عبد الشافي.
خط الهجوم: حمزة عبد الكريم، عبد العزيز الزغبي، زياد أيوب، زياد الجزار، حمزة ياسين، محمود شاكر.
افتتح برشلونة موسمه في الدوري الإسباني بالفوز ضد ريال مايوركا، بثلاثية نظيفة، في الجولة الأولى خلال اللقاء الذي جمع بينهما على ملعب سون مويكس.
ويبدو أن بيدري قد استمتع بفترة تحضيرية رائعة مع برشلونة، بعد أن حصل على فترة راحة جيدة، ثم تدرب بشكل مكثف مع زملائه، لذلك يشعر اللاعب بالتفاؤل بعد بداية الموسم الجديد.
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وتحدث بيدري لاعب خط وسط برشلونة عن التدريبات التحضيرية مع زملائه في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو”، قائلًا: “لطالما عملنا بشكل ممتاز”.
وأضاف: “في الفترة التحضيرية تدربنا جميعاً معاً منذ البداية وأعتقد أن هذا يعطينا دفعة معنوية، أعتقد أننا خضنا الفترة التحضرية بشكل جيد وعلينا مواصلة الموسم بنفس النهج”.
وأكد بيدري حماسه ولياقته البدنية قبل بداية هذا الموسم، مقارنًا ذلك بمواسم التحضير السابقة: “أشعر بحال جيد جداً”.
وختم: “مر وقت طويل منذ أن شاركت في موسم تحضيري منذ البداية، لطالما كنت ملتزمًا باللعب مع منتخبات وطنية وتعرضت لإصابات وأمور أخرى تعيقني، لكن الآن أشعر بحال جيد جداً وحافز كبير، والأهم أنني في حالة بدنية جيدة”.
Scheduling has been a cause of concern and a change of venue is currently not a practical option
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There has been a decline in attendance in the Karachi leg of the PSL•Pakistan Super League
What’s going on with PSL crowds in Karachi?When Usman Khan punched a single down to mid-off to seal Multan Sultans’ place in their fourth successive PSL final, it was met by deathly silence at the National Stadium Karachi. It wasn’t because the crowd wanted a different outcome, but because there was barely a crowd for the game at all. The two best teams in the tournament so far – Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi – shook hands in front of a nearly empty stadium, uncomfortable surroundings for a league that has branded itself as the second best in the world.The lack of crowds in Karachi, in stark contrast to the other three venues, has been a point of focus this tournament, but it’s been thrown into even sharper relief since Ramzan began earlier this week. It meant the games began at 9pm local time, finishing well past midnight to ensure there was enough of a gap following iftar at sunset.With all remaining games scheduled in Karachi, the possibility of knockout games – as well as the final – playing out in front of a largely empty stadium has worried those involved in the PSL, given how damaging it would be for the prestige of the tournament.No question of shifting remaining knockouts elsewhereESPNcricinfo spoke to a number of officials involved with the PSL who justified the playoffs being held in Karachi. “We have moved to a home and away format,” a senior official told ESPNcricinfo “and Karachi is home to the [Karachi] Kings and the [Quetta] Gladiators.”While Kings have been eliminated from the tournament, it is understood any possibility of moving any remaining games out of Karachi has been categorically ruled out. The logistical challenges of such a move have been deemed to be insurmountable. While changes to venues at short notice have been made in the past, most notably in 2019 when a flare-up in tensions between India and Pakistan resulted in the final tranche of games shifting from Lahore to Karachi, the PCB do not believe such a move is practical at given the tight window.Why haven’t more people shown up?An official acknowledged turnout was surprisingly low, but told ESPNcricinfo they expected a higher turnout at the remaining three games. Citing the popularity of Ramzan cricket in Karachi, they said “observing the first few fasts in Ramzan is tough”, and as spectators settle into a routine, they are likelier to be able to attend in larger numbers. However, it is unclear how significant a difference that makes given the next two games are on the consecutive days which immediately marked the first qualifier, and still very much within the first week of Ramzan. That they fall on the weekend, though, may make some difference.Is a Monday final the issue for PSL?But the most puzzling issue, and one about which official explanations have proved in short supply, concerns the day of the PSL final. Breaking with all previous tradition and standard procedure to ensure finals fall on the weekend, the PSL has a rest day this Sunday, with the final taking place on the following Monday – a working day – instead.Sources within the PSL’s organisation insisted there were multiple reasons for the unconventional scheduling. They cited a desire to accommodate maximum home games for all teams “without breaking momentum”, while also attempting to avoid back-to-back fixtures for one of the sides playing the final. There is a confident assumption within the PCB that interest in the PSL final can be taken for granted, regardless of the day, time, or city it is held in.The next three days will reveal how well-placed that confidence is.
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Através de nota oficial, a Liga Forte Futebol, entidade formada por alguns dos principais clubes do cenário nacional, informou que tem o interesse de realizar uma reunião com o presidente da Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), Ednaldo Rodrigues, após o término da Copa do Mundo.
Além disso, a Liga Forte Futebol tratou de frisar que existe otimismo em relação ao amplo interesse existente por parte de investidores em potencial para oficializar o funcionamento da entidade que substituiría a CBF em relação a organização das competições nacionais na busca de divisão mais igualitária de recursos.
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Segundo confirmado pela entidade, a responsável por fazer a intermediação dos contatos existentes entre os investidores em potencial e a LFF é a XP onde, diante do cenário, a expectativa é de que exista evolução nas conversas apenas em alguns dias
Por fim, a união de 25 clubes que exerce papel semelhante a Liga do Futebol Brasileiro (Libra) preferiu não dar maiores detalhes em seu comunicado sobre qual seria a temática central do referido encontro, apontando “diversos assuntos referentes ao futebol brasileiro”.
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A Liga Forte Futebol está animada com o elevado nível de interesse dos investidores pela criação da Liga através das premissas que a LFF julga aderentes a um melhor produto. Através de processo sendo conduzido pela XP, a LFF espera trazer novidades nas próximas semanas.
Em paralelo a LFF está discutindo um formato de divisão equilibrada entre os clubes dos recursos do investidor que garanta recursos para as Séries A e B, incluindo clubes com histórico na Série B e que hoje estão na série C.
E por fim, os clubes da Liga Forte Futebol (LFF) decidiram solicitar uma agenda com o presidente da CBF, Ednaldo Rodrigues, na sua volta ao Brasil após a Copa do Mundo para tratar de diversos assuntos referentes ao futebol brasileiro.