The duo put on a massive stand of 371 for the second wicket in Gwalior
Vishal Dikshit01-Mar-2023Yashasvi Jaiswal and Abhimanyu Easwaran put on a massive stand of 371 for the second wicket to flatten last season’s Ranji Trophy champions Madhya Pradesh on the first day of the Irani Cup in Gwalior. Jaiswal smashed his third first-class double-century studded with 30 fours and three sixes whereas Abhimanyu scored his fourth 150-plus knock of the season to punish MP on a pitch that had nothing for the bowlers once the ball got old.The early wicket of RoI captain Mayank Agarwal, who edged Avesh Khan behind for 2 in the third over, was the only moment to celebrate for MP. Once Jaiswal and Abhimanyu got together, they went after the bowlers as the day progressed to score at 3.84 an over in the first session, 4.25 in the second and 5.15 in the third.Jaiswal was uncharacteristically slower compared to Abhimanyu until the tea break as the Bengal batter turned his form around after low scores in the Ranji Trophy semi-finals and final. He started off by driving and flicking the quick bowlers whereas Jaiswal attacked offspinner Saransh Jain by coming down the pitch often to collect boundaries. In the same over as Abhimanyu got to his fifty, Jaiswal smashed Jain over wide long-on for a six in a 15-run over.Abhimanyu was the first to reach the century, with a heave over wide long-on for six off Jain and soon Jaiswal crunched Kumar Kartikeya for four through the covers for his own hundred. The two batters were on nearly identical scores at the tea break, and that’s when Jaiswal cut loose.He struck three consecutive boundaries off Ankit Kushwah by driving him down the ground twice and pulling him to the midwicket region with a crunching sound, that took him to 150 and the team past 300. Jaiswal was also blessed with two lives – on 176 and 181 – when he was dropped at first slip off Avesh and Shubham Sharma. He then ramped Avesh for four and late cut Shubham to let out a roar for his double-hundred, racing from 100 to 200 in 73 balls; Abhimanyu in the same time had only gone from 118 to 142. He reached 150 with a sweep but was troubled by cramps immediately.MP finally removed the set batters in consecutive balls when Avesh knocked over Jaiswal’s middle stump with the second new ball and Abhimanyu was run out when nightwatcher Saurabh Kumar called for a run on his first ball but Abhimanyu couldn’t make it at the keeper’s end despite a dive.The day ended three overs short of 90 despite taking the extra half hour.
أعلن النادي الأهلي مساء امس عن جهازه الفني الجديد المؤقت لخلافة المدرب الإسباني خوسيه ريبيرو الذي تمت إقالته من تدريب الفريق بعد الخسارة أمام بيراميدز بهدفين نظيفين في الدوري المصري لكرة القدم.
وبحسب “توتو ميركاتو ويب” فإن المدرب ليوناردو سيمبليتشي قد يعود قريباً على مقاعد البدلاء بعد فترة قصيرة استمرت لخمس أشهر فقط مع سامبدوريا الإيطالي في الدوري الإيطالي لكرة القدم.
وأكدت الصحيفة الإيطالية أن سيمبليتشي قد يفعل ذلك لأول مرة خارج إيطاليا، ويعد المدرب الفلورنسي من بين المرشحين لتدريب النادي الأهلي المصري.
وأجرى الأهلي اتصالات بالفعل لجس نبض سيمبليتشي لتدريبه وخلافة ريبيرو، وقد تكون هناك مزيد من التطورات في أقرب وقت ممكن.
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وكان سيمبليتشي صاحب الـ58 عاماً قد شغل منصب قيادي في العديد من الأندية ويعد أبرزهم في إيطاليا كل من فيورنتينا وكالياري وسامبدوريا.
وكان النادي الأهلي قد أعلن عن تعيين عماد النحاس مديراً فنياً مؤقتاً للفريق ويعاونه عادل مصطفى مدرب عام، وسيشغل أمير عبد الحميد منصب مدير حراس المرمى، بينما يشغل وليد صلاح الدين منصب مدير الكرة.
جدير بالذكر أن الأهلي استأنف استعداداته لما بعد انتهاء فترة التوقف الدولي في تدريبات جرت مساء اليوم بقيادة المدير الفني المؤقت الجديد عماد النحاس.
Edinho, filho de Pelé, falou com a imprensa após a cerimônia privada de sepultamento do corpo do Rei, na Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica, em Santos, e agradeceu todas as homenagens. O velório durou 24 horas e foi aberto ao público. Depois, o cortejo durou quase quatro horas pelas ruas da cidade.
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حصل نادي النصر السعودي، على توقيع صفقة جديدة وقوية خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية، حيث نجح في ضم لاعب من بايرن ميونخ الألماني.
النصر السعودي يستعد في الوقت الحالي، لخوض بطولة كأس السوبر السعودي، الذي يقام في الفترة من 19 وحتى 23 من شهر أغسطس.
ويلتقي فريق النصر مع الاتحاد في دور نصف النهائي، والفائز من تلك المواجهة يلاقي المتأهل من مباراة نصف النهائي الآخر بين الأهلي والقادسية في نهائي السوبر السعودي للموسم الجديد.
ووفقًا لصحيفة “الرياضية السعودية”: “يُوقع الدولي الفرنسي كينجسلي كومان، جناح فريق بايرن ميونخ الألماني الأول لكرة القدم، مع النصر السعودي رسميًّا في هونج كونج لمدة ثلاثة مواسم تمهيدًا للمشاركة مع الأصفر في كأس السوبر السعودي”.
وأضافت: “ووافقت إدارة البافاري على بيع عقد الدولي الفرنسي للنصر رسميًّا، الخميس، بعد أن علَّقت الصفقة في وقت سابق بسبب خلافات مالية مع النادي السعودي”.
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وأشارت إلى أن كومان سيتقاضى راتبًا سنويًّا من النصر، يصل إلى 25 مليون يورو، ومن المقرر أن يلتحق اللاعب بتدريبات الفريق في الأيام الثلاثة المقبلة، قبل مواجهة الاتحاد في نصف نهائي كأس السوبر السعودي، إذ يرغب البرتغالي جورجي جيسوس، مدرب الفريق، الاعتماد عليه في المباراة.
The defending champions began in emphatic style after the foundations had been laid by a strong opening stand
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Adelaide Strikes made a sensational record-breaking start to their WBBL title defence, dismissing the Melbourne Stars for just 29 on their way to a crushing 148-run win at Karen Rolton Oval.Put in to bat, Strikers smashed their way to 177 for, with openers Katie Mack and Laura Woolvardt blasting 135 off 14.1 overs.Stars, who won their opening game on Thursday, were dismissed in just 9.3 overs to comfortable set a new record for the lowest total in the competition.No Stars batter made double figures with Sophia Dunkley top-scoring with 9.Megan Schutt, Amanda-Jade Wellington and Zimbabwe legspinner Anesu Mushangwe ripped through the batting line-up to leave the visitors reeling at 18 for 8 in the seventh over. Captain Tahlia McGrath picked up the last two wickets to complete the embarrassingly one-sided game.The previous biggest winning margin was Sydney Sixers’ 103-run victory over the Hobart Hurricanes.”We started unreal with the bat with Katie and Laura and then with the ball as well with Mushy [Mushangwe] and Shooter [Schutt], so very happy,” McGrath told Fox Sports.”A perfect start but it’s a long tournament it’s a really tough tournament, so we’re going to have to be at our best for the next six weeks.”Strikers’ openers feasted on some poor bowling, notching at least one boundary in each of the first nine overs.Mack took 11 off the first Kim Garth over, slashing a couple of boundaries backward of point and scored 49 of her team’s first 55 runs. She struck 10 fours in her first 50, consistently smashing back of a length deliveries to the legside boundary.Left-arm finger spinner Sophie Day temporarily dragged her team back into the match. She had Woolvardt caught at long on and three balls later Mack was stumped by Nicole Faltum.Day also had Bridget Patterson caught, but McGrath produced some powerful hitting in the closing overs.Stars’ reply was catastrophic with the visitors playing a series of loose shots and providing Strikers with catching practice.Captain Meg Lanning fell to Schutt in the second over for 1, and Mushangwe removed England stars Dunkley and Alice Capsey in the third and the innings never recovered.
De todos os 11 jogadores que serão escalados pelo técnico Rogério Ceni no São Paulo para a partida desta quarta-feira (14), às 21h45 (de Brasília), contra o Flamengo, no Maracanã, pela volta da semifinal da Copa do Brasil, ninguém estará mais pressionado que o goleiro Jandrei.
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O Tricolor perdeu a ida por 3 a 1 em pleno Morumbi e, entre o clima de aceitação da eliminação para um rival temido pelo seu elenco poderoso e invicto em casa e a priorização da final da Copa Sul-Americana, o camisa 93 deverá ser o único a estar em avaliação, da comissão técnica de Rogério Ceni e da torcida.
Herói em um primeiro semestre onde desbancou o então titular absoluto Tiago Volpi, Jandrei atingiu o ápice ao defender duas cobranças de pênalti na série que classificou o São Paulo em plena arena do rival Palmeiras nas oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil.
A fase parecia perfeita até que o jogador se contundiu no final de julho, no empate em 2 a 2 com o Fluminense, pelo Brasileirão. Polêmica, a contusão teve desdobramentos. Foi informada como um ‘trauma nas costas’ pela assessoria do clube. Mas contou-se nos bastidores que houve uma fratura de costela. Jandrei chegou a voltar a treinar com o restante do grupo antes do tempo mas, sentindo muito, não teve escolha: oito partidas fora.
A situação forçou a diretoria a correr no mercado atrás de Felipe Alves, então reserva do lanterna Juventude, mas que havia sido titular de Ceni no Fortaleza. Essa ligação não impediu o treinador de continuar apostando em Jandrei, que voltou às metas titulares tão logo foi liberado e… decepcionou. Uma série de falhas e críticas o levaram novamente à reserva.
O problema para Ceni e os são-paulinos é que justamente com a chegada tardia de Felipe Alves (que custou quase R$ 1 milhão junto ao clube cearense), Jandrei terá de ser titular frente ao temido Flamengo. Isso porque o camisa 1 acabou fora da Copa do Brasil por ter sido contratado após o prazo de inscrições para o principal mata-mata nacional.
E assim, Jandrei caminha para a sua ‘last dance’ no gol tricolor. Na primeira temporada em que o clube tem três titulares na posição desde 1985, justamente quando tem no banco o maior nome da meta são-paulina na história, o duelo no Maracanã se torna essencial até mesmo para definir ou não a permanência do camisa 93 no Morumbi no ano que vem. Por mais que Ceni possa dizer o contrário.
– Com o treinador é a mesma coisa. Goleiro e treinador são muito parecidos. Deixa eu perguntar para vocês: quem são os grandes goleiros hoje do futebol brasileiro? Weverton? Quanto o Palmeiras quer pelo Weverton? Cássio? Vê se o Corinthians quer (vende-lo). O problema é que times que ganham há menos tempo dão uma sustentação maior aos seus profissionais. O Flamengo, campeão muitas vezes nos últimos anos, sustenta mais um profissional. O Palmeiras, campeão, sustenta mais profissionais. O Atlético-PR desenvolve um goleiro, vende o goleiro, desenvolve outro goleiro, e já tem gente querendo comprar o goleiro deles de novo. Times que ganham têm mais paciência com todos os profissionais. Treinador de time que não ganha por muito tempo tem que ser campeão. Goleiro de time que não ganha por muito tempo tem que jogar todos os jogos bem, tem que fazer milagre em todos os jogos. É natural. Isso não é uma crítica, é uma constatação. O Éverson, do Atlético-MG… pergunta lá quanto eles querem pelo Éverson – disse Rogério, que continuou.
– O que nós temos que entender é que Jandrei e Felipe Alves são, primeiro, muito bons goleiros. Posso garantir que são bons goleiros. Agora, quando você pressiona o tempo todo e você tem um time que não vence competições importantes há dez anos, qualquer erro, até para eles mesmos, gera um pouco de insegurança. O que vai ser necessário para se manterem no gol por tempos? Ser campeão. Se você é campeão, eles passam a ser bons. Se você repete um título no próximo ano, eles são muito bons. E assim vai. Nós nos tornamos bons porque… o Zetti foi considerado um… não vou falar de mim. O Zetti ganhou. Aqueles times eram campeões. Enquanto você não formar times campeões, as pessoas vão acabar tendo desconfiança. Mas lembre-se de que são goleiros que vieram com um custo baixo para o São Paulo, exatamente dentro das condições que o clube tem. E têm entregado.
– O Felipe fez uma grande partida hoje (domingo, contra o Corinthians), o Jandrei fez grandes partidas. O Jandrei estava no jogo em que eliminamos o Palmeiras nos pênaltis e fez um grande jogo. Os dois já fizeram bons jogos. O Jandrei, que já vai jogar contra o Flamengo na quarta-feira, vai ter outra oportunidade para mostrar o seu valor. São bons profissionais, mas o time precisa ser campeão. Aí, o goleiro também passa a ser mais seguro, passa a ser melhor. De repente, passa a ser até mais bonito – completou o técnico.
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Real Madrid are plotting a move for Ibrahima Konate when his Liverpool contract expires next year, having already snared Trent Alexander-Arnold.
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Madrid's interest in Konate has already been established, with reports of their fondness for the 26-year-old emerging last month. claim officials at Liverpool fear a repeat of the Alexander-Arnold situation, who allowed his deal to run out before moving to the Bernabeu for free. Talks between the Reds and Konate regarding an extension have been ongoing, but an agreement has not yet been reached.
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While Liverpool aren't involved in this month's Club World Cup, Madrid are preparing for their first outing, which comes against Al-Hilal on Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Stadium.
تحدث الدكتور مدحت العدل، عضو لجنة الاستثمار بنادي الزمالك، عن قرار اعتزال قائد الفريق الأول لكرة القدم محمود عبد الرازق شيكابالا.
وأعلن محمود عبد الرازق “شيكابالا”، قائد فريق الكرة بنادي الزمالك، اعتزاله لعبة كرة القدم نهائيًا، واضعًا نهاية لمسيرة كروية حافلة استمرت 22 عامًا.
وقال مدحت العدل في تصريحات عبر قناة “الزمالك”: “شيكابالا سننظم له أعظم مباراة اعتزال في الدنيا ممكن يحدث في تاريخ الكرة، ولن ندخر جهدًا أو مالًا لكي نكرم هذا الرجل”.
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وتابع: “أي شيء ممكن يحلم به شيكابالا ويحبه سنحققه، ليس أنا فقط من أقول ذلك، كذلك الأخوة في السعودية والإمارات والكويت”.
وأضاف: “كريستيانو رونالدو إذا طلبت منه أن يأتي لكي يلعب مباراة اعتزال شيكابالا سيأتي لأنه يعلم ويقدر قيمته، ومحمد صلاح سيشارك، أي أحد سيأتي وأي حد يطلبه شيكابالا هنطلب منه أن يشارك في مباراة اعتزله”.
واختتم: “مجالس الإدارات السابقة كلها يجب أن تتعاون وتنسى أي خلافات من أجل هذا الشخص الأسمر”.
Glasgow Rangers may have won 3-1 over the weekend to return to winning ways after their shock Scottish Cup defeat last week, but the performance was far from pretty.
Philippe Clement’s side laboured to the victory, which saw Hearts player Jamie McCart score two own goals during the game.
At this stage, it certainly feels as though the Ibrox side are going through the motions, with no clear philosophy being shown on the pitch. Will this be allowed to continue? Or is the Belgian’s time in Glasgow coming to an end?
Things don’t look like they are going to improve anytime soon, and they are as bad, if not worse, than when Michael Beale was in charge between December 2022 and October 2023.
The Englishman wasn’t the right man to lead the Gers, that’s a certainty.
Michael Beale’s spell at Rangers
Beale was Steven Gerrard’s first team coach during his three-and-a-half-year spell in charge of the Gers, and he was widely praised for his tactical approach, which saw the club win their first Premiership crown in a decade.
Beale followed Gerrard to Aston Villa before taking his first steps into management with QPR at the start of the 2022/23 season. When Giovanni van Bronckhorst was sacked in November of that same campaign, Beale was appointed as the new Rangers manager just a couple of weeks later.
Former Rangers boss Michael Beale.
He managed the Light Blues for a total of 43 matches, winning 31 and losing eight, averaging 2.26 points per game. He ended his time in charge of the club by winning 72.1% of his games, which ranks him – statistically anyway – as the second-best manager in the club’s history.
Of course, in terms of actual football and the fact he failed to strengthen the team, wasting money on players such as Sam Lammers and Cyriel Dessers, his time in Glasgow was a disaster.
Sam Lammers
He did sign Nicolas Raskin and Todd Cantwell, however, and the two were arguably his best signings.
Todd Cantwell’s Rangers statistics
Once valued at £40m by Norwich City, Cantwell had fallen down the pecking order at Carrow Road, which allowed the Gers to sign him in January 2023.
Six goals and five assists between February and May 2023 proved that Cantwell was turning into an excellent signing for the club. Someone who could perhaps be the fulcrum of the team ahead of 2023/24.
Todd Cantwell’s Premiership statistics at Rangers
Metric
2022/23
2023/24
Goals
6
7
Assists
4
5
Big chances created
5
7
Successful dribbles per game
1.5
1.2
Key passes per game
1.3
1.7
Via Sofascore
Unfortunately, while he may have registered 15 goal contributions during his only full season at Ibrox, Cantwell often went long spells without showing enough, and it soon became clear that he wasn’t part of Clement’s plans going forward.
Rangers showed interest in a host of players during Beale’s time in charge. Might things have been different if he was able to sign a couple of players who popped up as targets?
One player who was linked during the January transfer window in 2023 has established himself as one of the best attackers in the Premier League – Cole Palmer.
Rangers's pursuit of Cole Palmer
Beale was keen on bolstering his squad during the winter window, just weeks after taking the reins at Ibrox.
While Raskin and Cantwell eventually joined, the it was reported that the Light Blues had a loan bid rejected by Manchester City for a then relatively unknown Palmer.
The attacking midfielder had featured only sparingly under Pep Guardiola during the first half of the season, failing to score or assist, but there was no denying his enormous talent.
A loan spell in Scotland could have given Rangers a major boost. Who knows, he might have spurred the club on to a trophy. In the end, the move didn’t materialise and Cantwell was the sole attacking player who joined the club.
One that got away
Whatever happened to Palmer anyway?
Cole Palmer's current market value
Palmer helped City win a treble of Champions League, FA Cup and Premier League during the second half of the 2022/23 season, and it appeared as though his future was looking bright at the Etihad.
That summer, a bid of £40m arrived from Chelsea, and it was duly accepted. Securing a fee like this for a player who had featured only 41 times for City looked like it was too good a deal to turn down.
18 months later, Palmer has emerged as one of the best players in the top flight, starring for the Stamford Bridge side under both Mauricio Pochettino and now Enzo Maresca.
Indeed, under the Argentinian, the 22-year-old was perhaps the brightest spark of an otherwise disappointing season. Across all competitions, the Englishman scored 25 goals and grabbed 15 assists, leading the Blues to a sixth-place finish.
In the Premier League, he averaged 3.2 shots per game along with creating 17 big chances and averaging 2.1 key passes per match, showcasing his talents across a range of metrics.
He made the England squad for Euro 2024, going on to score in the final against Spain and this set him up for another excellent season.
At the time of writing, Palmer has registered 20 goal contributions while Guardiola, his former manager, Guardiola, even dubbed the youngster a “machine” following City’s victory over Chelsea earlier this season.
These performances have seen his market value soar since arriving in London for what now seems like a paltry £40m.
Indeed, according to Transfermarkt, Palmer is now worth a staggering €130m (£110m), indicating that Chelsea will stand to make a huge profit on him should they decide to cash in.
Imagine how good he would have been for Rangers if he joined the club on loan two years ago.
Instead, Cantwell was signed. The former Norwich starlet enjoyed several purple patches at the Gers, but rarely demonstrated his true potential.
He is currently back in the Championship with Blackburn Rovers, having left Glasgow last summer.
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Whilst the transfer deadline has passed in the Premier League to bring to an end any incomings, Wolverhampton Wanderers are still busy on the exit front with one player now reportedly set to complete his move.
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It’s been a busy few days for those in the Midlands, welcoming two late reinforcements in Marshall Munetsi and Nasser Djiga, who will be looking to make instant impacts in a Wolves side desperately searching for Premier League survival.
The latter, whilst not their first choice, should provide fellow fresh face Emmanual Agbadou with a much-needed defensive partner, whilst the former represents a key midfield arrival.
Munetsi’s arrival should prove to be particularly important in the face of January exits and after putting pen to paper at Molineux, he was quick to express his delight – telling the club website: “I’m very excited. It’s probably going to be the first time I’ve had a big opportunity to be representing a bigger club.
“Nothing against Reims, but now you’re going to be playing in the Premier League, playing for Wolves. Also, we have a greater population in England for Zimbabwean, I think I will feel even more at home than what I was doing in France.”
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That aforementioned January exit comes in midfield, of course. According to journalist Yagiz Sabuncuoglu as relayed by Sport Witness, Mario Lemina is now travelling to finally complete his exit away from Wolves to join Turkish club Galatasaray before their 7pm deadline.
The former captain has looked destined for the exit door since being stripped of the armband and although it looked for some time as though his next destination would be Saudi Arabia, Galatasaray have come swooping in for his signature.
Lemina finally gets his move
For a moment, there may have been concerns that Lemina was set to stay put at Wolves after his Saudi move collapsed. As things stand, however, the £45,000-a-week man is indeed set to get his move courtesy of Galatasaray. All being well, it’s a resolution which suits all parties and one that Wolves can move on from having already welcomed a replacement in Munetsi.
League stats 24/25 (via FBref)
Marshall Munetsi
Mario Lemina
Starts
19
15
Progressive Passes
26
48
Tackles Won
18
31
Ball Recoveries
72
73
In a different reality, Lemina could have been destined for greater things in the Midlands. It wasn’t so long ago that he was the man with the captain’s armband and he was the player sacrificing himself to fill in at centre-back.
Months later, however, unsavoury scenes against West Ham United took that armband away and Vitor Pereira’s arrival signalled the end of the midfielder’s time in a Wolves shirt.
Now 31 years old, Lemina has the chance to get back on track courtesy of Galatasaray in a move which could bring an end to his time in the Premier League altogether. As Wolves look to stay afloat, meanwhile, they’ll hope to see Munetsi thrive where Lemina ultimately failed.