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India A fired a warning to England Lions and West Indies A ahead of the forthcoming tri-Series with an emphatic victory over an ECB XI

ECB Reporters Network17-Jun-20182:25

‘Important to play close to the body in England’ – Shaw

ScorecardIndia A fired a warning to England Lions and West Indies A ahead of the forthcoming tri-Series with an emphatic victory over an ECB XI in the first game of their tour at Headingley.India A, coached by Rahul Dravid, had been due to play Yorkshire, but the ECB put together alternative opposition from county cricket because of Yorkshire’s progress in the Royal London One-Day Cup.India A fielded a team including three players with senior international experience and plenty of others who have made an impact in the IPL, and they quickly adapted to English conditions to post a total of 328 for 8 – then dismissed the ECB XI for 203.Prithvi Shaw, who captained India to victory in the ICC Under-19s World Cup in New Zealand earlier this year, set the tone with a sparkling innings of 70 from 61 balls including seven fours and three sixes.Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer, the tour captain who has made 12 white-ball international appearances, added half centuries at quicker than a run a ball, although the ECB XI did slow the run rate for periods with the Gloucestershire allrounder Ryan Higgins the pick of the attack, earning 4 for 50 from his 10 overs.Higgins had Shaw caught behind edging a drive to Alex Davies, the Lancashire wicketkeeper who was captaining the Board XI, and later in the same over bowled Hanuma Vihari off an inside edge.Sussex allrounder Delray Rawlins picked up the wicket of Vijay Shankar, chipping to mid-on where Surrey’s Will Jacks took the second of his three catches, having already snapped up Mayank Agarwal at backward point off Tom Barber.Rawlins then took two catches in consecutive balls to give Higgins his third and fourth wickets, following a simple take at long-off to dismiss Kishan with an acrobatic effort at mid-off to send back Iyer.Ollie Robinson and Jamie Overton each picked up a wicket in the closing overs, although the Mumbai Indians all-rounder Krunal Pandya kept up the attack with 34 from 28 balls including two sixes.The Indians were equally impressive with the ball, with their seamers especially relishing the gloomy conditions as the Headingley floodlights were switched on.Deepak Chahar had Davies flicking to mid-wicket, and a promising innings from the Gloucestershire opener George Hankins ended on 27 when he pulled Khaleel Ahmed to mid-on.Jacks hit two sixes before falling lbw to Axar Patel, a left-arm spinner who has played 38 ODIs for India, and the Derbyshire left-hander Ben Slater played some of the day’s best shots in making 37 from 38 balls before he edged Shankar behind.That turned out to be the second top score of the innings, behind Slater’s county team-mate Matt Critchley, who was ninth out for 40.Rawlins swept two boundaries off Patel but was bowled going for a third, Harry Finch was bowled by a beauty from Prasidh Krishna, and Higgins was run out after a mix-up with Critchley.Chahar, a 25-year-old seamer who was an IPL regular for Chennai Super Kings, polished off the last two wickets to end with 3 for 48.

Pundit Frank McAvennie has U-turned over a "wonderful" West Ham United player, after originally calling his signing a "stupid" one by manager David Moyes.

West Ham fixtures and results

The east Londoners, over a mixed start to this new Premier League season, have sealed impressive results against the likes of in-form Brighton and big-spending Chelsea but appeared to fall by the wayside in their most recent domestic encounter against Aston Villa. Moyes' 4-1 defeat away to Unai Emery attracted real criticism, especially given the hapless nature of West Ham's defending at times.

Overall, West Ham have won four, lost three and drawn two in the league. However, they've only reigned victorious once in their last five games domestically. That is a record Moyes will be keen to rectify and very quickly, as he seeks to build upon the club's historic Europa Conference League triumph at the back end of last term.

That being said, there are certain members of the Hammers starting eleven which have stood out as real success stories so far. Jarrod Bowen, who recently signed a new contract at West Ham, has been absolutely excellent alongside summer signing James Ward-Prowse. The latter has been called one of the bargains of the summer, with Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards praising the "amazing" midfielder recently:

“I’ve banged on about Ward-Prowse now for so long and nobody was taking me seriously," said the Sky pundit.

"I was literally saying, he’s in a struggling team that don’t have a style of play and once he goes somewhere where he can express himself more, he’s got more than just taking free-kicks. He’s a comfortable footballer.

“When he’s played for England he’s not really took his chance so everyone sort of questions is he good enough for the highest level. But he is. He’s an amazing player."

There's also been praise for Lucas Paqueta by McAvennie, but the former West Ham striker has now moved to admit he was very wrong about one player who hasn't even started that many games for Moyes this season.

McAvennie U-turns over "wonderful" Benrahma

Irons midfielder Said Benrahma, who's made seven league appearances for West Ham, but mostly off the bench, possesses just one assist to show for his efforts so far this season. The Algeria international, signed from Brentford in 2020, has racked up over 140 appearances all competitions over his spell at the London Stadium, scoring more than 20 goals and bagging nearly as many assists.

A tricky dribbler, the ex-Brentford star can be easy on the eye when at his very best, with McAvennie praising Benrahma for his contribution overall – admitting he was wrong to call his signing "stupid".

“At the time I thought it was stupid because there was a young player everyone was raving about in the exact same position, and they sold him and brought in Benrahma and I’m thinking really," said the pundit to West Ham Zone.

“But he proved me wrong, he’s a great talent, a wonderful, wonderful talent. So it just shows you David Moyes knows what he’s doing.”

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Goleiro do São Paulo, o jovem Lucas Perri está próximo de ser reintegrado ao elenco tricolor. O jogador sofreu uma lesão no joelho, precisou ser operado no mês de outubro, mas está em plena recuperação. Ainda sob os cuidados dos fisioterapeutas e dos preparadores físicos, Perri está em transição no CT da Barra Funda e falou com o LANCE! sobre o período no Reffis.

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– A recuperação tem sido fantástica. O Reffis do São Paulo está fazendo um grande trabalho comigo e estou respondendo muito bem ao tratamento. Estou começando a fase de transição e acredito que nos próximos dias eu possa ser integrado ao elenco. Aproveito para agradecer aos médicos e fisioterapeutas do clube. O cuidado do DM do clube com os atletas é incrível. Isso ajuda muito e acelera a recuperação – disse o goleiro, um dos jovens talentos revelados pelo clube do Morumbi nos últimos anos.

Reserva imediato de Tiago Volpi no elenco do São Paulo, Perri se machucou durante um treinamento no CT da Barra Funda. O goleiro, que briga para conquistar seu espaço no clube do Morumbi, precisou ficar de molho e foi operado no HCor, na capital paulista. O são-paulino passou por uma artroscopia para correção no menisco do joelho direito.

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– O momento da lesão foi o mais complicado por imaginar que poderia ser algo mais sério. Na hora em que senti o desconforto no joelho, fiquei receoso de ser algo que pudesse me deixar fora de atividades por muito tempo. Felizmente não foi nada grave e a situação foi tratada da melhor maneira possível – explicou o jogador, que passou a primeira quinzena do mês de novembro trabalhando no Reffis e agora está, aos poucos, sendo reintegrado aos treinos com bola no CT da Barra Funda.

Como ficou de molho nas últimas semanas, Perri não viajou com a delegação em recentes jogos importantes da equipe, como os duelos com o Fortaleza, pela Copa do Brasil e Brasileirão, Lanús, na Copa Sul-Americana, e Flamengo, na semana passada. Mesmo assim, o goleiro tem acompanhado a crescente da equipe e confraternizado com seus companheiros de trabalho no dia a dia.

O jogador tem notado uma melhora no clima com a crescente da equipe. Vale ressaltar que o São Paulo está nas quartas de final da Copa do Brasil, precisando de apenas um empate na próxima quarta, contra o Flamengo, para avançar de fase. A equipe também tem o melhor aproveitamento do Campeonato Brasileiro e registra números bem parecidos com os das campanhas do tricampeonato em 2006, 2007 e 2008.

– O clima está excelente. Sabemos o quanto todos nós trabalhamos para alcançar os nossos objetivos e, além disso, é muito bom ver que o time estar jogando bem e vem conseguindo os resultados. Claro que o Brasileiro e a Copa do Brasil são campeonatos muito equilibrados e a competitividade está acirrada. Tudo pode acontecer. Mas nosso elenco tem os pés no chão e continuará trabalhando duro para que bons frutos possam aparecer – encerrou Perri, empolgado com a possibilidade de retornar aos treinos com o restante do elenco do São Paulo.

Mohammad Akhtar starred with bat, ball and in the field, as Ilford CC beat their rivals Ilford Town in a tense finale under gloomy skies in East London

Andrew Miller29-Jul-2018

ScorecardMohammad Akhtar starred with bat, ball and in the field, as Ilford CC beat their rivals Ilford Town in a tense finale under gloomy skies in East London. Akhtar followed two key breakthroughs with his legspin with a vital 59 from 40 balls, as Ilford chased down a stiff target of 171 with seven balls to spare, in a contest that had been reduced to 25 overs a side.The match, which was played as part of the NatWest Cricket Has No Boundaries campaign, featured Nasser Hussain as the guest of honour on the ground where he cut his teeth as a club cricketer in the 1980s. And though for much of an unusually drizzly day it appeared that the only action would be taking place in the old Ilford Cricket School, where Hussain and the former England seamer Saj Mahmood conducted a masterclass for local kids, the skies cleared sufficiently to get underway after 3pm.After winning the toss and batting first, Town suffered an early setback when Naail Dar edged Theeban Tavarasa low to slip off the second ball of the innings, but the early arrival at No.3 of Etinder Bopara, Ravi’s older brother, proved to be a blessing in disguise for their run-rate.Bopara’s 38-ball fifty provided the bedrock of Town’s innings, as he and Surjeet Ubhi Singh compiled a 50-run stand in the space of nine overs, ended only when Surjeet opened the face to the left-arm seam of Jenushan Jayarooban and steered a simple catch to Akhtar at point.Bopara, however, took that wicket as his cue to cut loose. In particular he climbed into the looping seamers of Ratnakar Tiwari, often finding the fielder in his bid to hit the cover off the ball, but connecting well enough in between whiles, not least when he knocked long-on off his feet with another battered drive down the ground.However, the introduction of the legspinner Akhtar brought an end to the fun. After missing a reverse-sweep first ball and nearly running himself out from his second, Bopara holed out to cover for 50 from 41 as Akhtar earned his reward for a teasing first over.The former Essex seamer Merv Westfield arrived at No.4, but he was done in by another man with county credentials, as Tavarasa – a second XI spinner back in the day – tweaked one through his defences to send him on his way for a second ball duck.Mohammad Zaidi chose not to stand on ceremony against the offie, however, and crashed his fourth ball of the same over clean down the ground for the first six of the day. That would prove to be the highlight of his innings, however, as Akhtar’s extra flight lured him into a loose hack to long-on.Jermaine Shillingford showed a similar appetite for destruction as he marched to the crease at 112 for 5 with seven overs in which to make his mark. He swiped his second ball clean into the pavilion at wide long-off off the legspin of Aditya Nair, then repeated the dose three balls later, this time over the sightscreen and into the hedge at long-on.Shillingford’s onslaught persuaded the skipper, Rajnish Dohal, that the time for quietly anchoring the innings had been and gone. He had eased along to 31 from 55 balls with just a solitary boundary but a fine eye for the gap-finding single, but when he attempted to take the long handle to Haaris Ayub, he top-edged a swipe for the bowler himself to cling onto a fine running catch at mid-on.Two more muscular boundaries from Shillingford kept the scoreboard ticking over, until, on 36 from 18, he had his bails trimmed by Ayub as he swiped once too often across the line. And without him, Town’s innings rather petered out – the excellent Tavarasa claimed Sumit Sharma in the deep for his third wicket, as Ilford prevented any more boundaries in the final three overs.In reply, Town’s run-chase got off to a terrible start when Akash Raji laid into a first-ball bouncer from Mohammad Zaidi and gloved a catch down the leg side to Westfield behind the stumps. However, Mohammad Hamza and Akhtar responded with a fusillade of attacking intent, not least against the seamer Sumit Sharma who bowled some fine deliveries in between whiles but was punished whenever he offered up any room to free the arms.Together the pair broke the back of the run-chase, adding 106 for the second wicket in 14.5 overs, with Hamza setting the tone with a brace of butchered boundaries from his first three deliveries. Akhtar stepped up his own intent by drilling the dangerous Zaidi on the up through the covers for a calypso four, before swivelling into a mighty pull two overs later, to dump a huge six into a nearby tree.Akhtar brought up his fifty from 37 balls with a well-judged flick off the pads through backward square leg, but – having celebrating by crashing Jermaine Shillingford for another vast six over deep midwicket, he gave it all away one ball later, making too much room for a murderous mow to be bowled for 59.Three balls later, and suddenly the match was back in the balance at 107 for 3, when Hamza slammed a drive at the spinner Surjeet Ubhi Singh, who clung onto a sharp return catch to send Ilford’s anchor back for a well-compiled 44 from 52.But, with the weather beginning to close in, Gagan Bhogal and Prahathen Jayarooban pieced together a diligent stand of 45 in 6.1 overs to take the chase deep into the final five overs. Jayarooban survived a tough chance on 10, when the keeper failed to cling onto a leading edge as he attempted to work Shillingford to leg, but with the chase at his mercy, he clipped a suidical single to midwicket, and wasn’t in the frame when the stumps were pinged down.It was a glimmer of hope for Town, who had come into the game on a 37-match unbeaten streak. But it wasn’t to be enough. Aditya Nair showed composure as he and Bhogal carried their side to the win, with Nair crashing two boundaries in three balls off the spin of Westfield to seal victory in the drizzle.

ينتظر لاعب وسط الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي بايرن ميونخ، جوشوا كيميتش، حسم مستقبله خلال الأيام القليلة المقبلة مع اقتراب عقده على الانتهاء.

وينتهي عقد كيميتش مع بايرن ميونخ في 30 يونيو 2025، وهناك رغبة من جانب النادي الألماني لتمديد عقد اللاعب رغم وجود اهتمام من جانب برشلونة.

وبحسب صحيفة “بيلد” الألمانية أن كيميتش ينوي الاجتماع مع مدرب بايرن ميونخ الجديد، فينسنت كومباني، بعد انتهاء إجازته الصيفية ويريد أن يعرف مشروعه الرياضي.

اقرأ أيضًا | ضربة لـ برشلونة.. بايرن ميونخ يقتحم مفاوضات نيكو ويليامز

يريد كيميتش أن يعود إلى خط الوسط مع كومباني بعد أن كان في مركز الظهير الأيمن خلال عهد المدرب السابق، توماس توخيل، حتى لو كانت المنافسة ستكون قوية مع انضمام، جواو بالينها.

وتؤكد “بيلد” أن كيميتش يشعر بالراحة التامة مع بايرن ميونخ، لأنه قد بنى بيتًا له في بلدة “جرونفالد” في مدينة “ميونخ” الألمانية.

ولكن مع ذلك لا يستبعد أحد رحيل كيميتش لأن بايرن ميونخ لا يريد رحيل اللاعب بالمجان في الصيف المقبل في ظل وجود اهتمام من جانب برشلونة، ريال مدريد، ليفربول، مانشستر سيتي، آرسنال وتشيلسي.

وبالتالي، الأمر متروك للمدرب فينسنت كومباني لإقناع كيميتش بالبقاء من خلال مشروعه الرياضي الذي يريد تطبيقه.

There is still daylight between Somerset and Surrey, but the title race remains alive. For Yorkshire, threat of relegation is real

David Hopps01-Sep-2018
ScorecardThey think it’s all Overton – and it is now. When Jamie Overton finally ended Yorkshire’s resistance, and Somerset secured a 224-run victory, to keep their Championship challenge bubbling, they were able to celebrate the success of a double act that has long been presented as central to the county’s future.The Overton twins in harness, aggressively bowling Somerset to victory. For a variety of reasons, it has happened more in the minds of Somerset supporters than in reality, and down at Surrey it is the Curran brothers who have claimed the bulk of the attention, but together they took six of the eight Yorkshire wickets to fall on the final day as victory was secured with more than 26 overs remaining.The manner in which the Overtons gingered up the game immediately after lunch when Yorkshire were making a respectable fist of batting out time insisted that although the 32-point margin behind Surrey is a sizeable one, the Championship race is still alive. Their task is to try to trim it by the time they face Surrey at Taunton on September 18. Craig is off England’s radar at the moment and Jamie’s fitness is forever under question, but if they remain fit and firing, it would be premature to write Somerset off.”We actually haven’t played together all that much,” said Jamie. “Normally one of us has been injured. It’s nice to play together. It was a tough, slow pitch but we are both naturally very aggressive and that’s the sort of pressure you want to build. Surrey are a long way ahead, but we’ll keep pushing them.”There was another bowler involved in Somerset’s win. Lewis Gregory, the allrounder who can currently do no wrong, added two more wickets to the two he possessed overnight to add 4 for 33 to two freewheeling innings. But it was Yorkshire’s loss of three top-order wickets for no runs in 16 balls at the start of the afternoon session that wrested the initiative. It left them with five single-figure scores in the top seven and not many matches are saved with stats like that.Kane Williamson had begun his innings by twice hitting left-arm spinner Jack Leach for six into the sightscreen, a message that spin was unlikely to be instrumental on a slow surface offering some uneven bounce. He had reached 47 at lunch in a manner that suggested he could marshal Yorkshire’s forces, but after reaching his fifty by clipping Craig Overton through square leg, one leapt from just sort of a length and he was caught off the glove down the leg side.In Craig Overton’s next over, Tom Kohler-Cadmore was lbw for nought, late on a fulsome drive, and then brother Jamie made his first contribution, squeezing one through the narrowest gate to hit Gary Ballance’s off stump. Jack Leaning got the best ball of the lot, as Jamie plucked out his off stump with one that left him at pace.Williamson will not remember his latest stop-over in Yorkshire with pleasure. There was a win in the Roses match at Old Trafford, but even there his scores of 0 and 1 represented the worst combination in his first-class career. A towelling against Worcestershire at the Scarborough Festival, was as bad as it gets.And now this. As he departs for New Zealand, to rest up ahead of the series against Pakistan in the UAE, Yorkshire are pinning their faith in the sound top-order technique of a less well-known Kiwi, Jeet Raval.They now find themselves in the bottom two and Andrew Gale, the coach, is a dartboard for the disgruntled, but even Essex, in third, are not entirely secure so a sense of proportion is needed. Yorkshire responded this week by clearly stating their absolute faith in Gale: director of cricket Martyn Moxon termed him a “long-term investment” and called criticism of him “unjustified and uncalled for.” Gale has even become “a project” so who knows, there might even be grant aid available. Considering they are having to slash their playing budget, that would come in handy.These are condemnatory times, especially at clubs like Yorkshire where success is expected. On Twitter this week, even Sussex’s former allrounder Luke Wright, as hard and enthusiastic a worker as there is in the game, was called out for posting a picture of a bacon-and-egg bap as he looked happily upon Lord’s on a sunny day. It appears that some supporters think that players should not eat if they make nought. Once teams would be starved of success; now they are expected to starve until they find it.Yorkshire therefore are not just losing, they are also perceived by some of their most trenchant critics to be lacking spirit – the ultimate insult of a professional sports person. “Excuse me pal, what defines our pride and passion?” Jack Brooks had challenged one critic on the first day here. Brooks is leaving, but he is not leaving because of disenchantment, but because Somerset have offered him a three-year deal at 34.Yorkshire are working hard to manage an awkward period of transition (how well they are doing that is a different argument altogether) but some people see things differently.It would have been briefly uplifting for Gale to have been transported from Yorkshire’s dressing room over lunchtime, where words like pride and passion were no doubt being bandied about, to the Oxfam bookshop in Headingley, refuge of the more thoughtful fan. One wicket had been lost in the morning session, and even that had been the nightwatchman, Josh Shaw, who had played calmly for a career-best 42 before he was lbw to Gregory.”They’re fighting, I’ll grant you that,” said one Yorkshire stalwart to his mate as he stooped to check out the second-hand fiction. It would have taken him a while to leave that bookshop because he was struggling with a mobile phone App which apparently told him whether he had read a book or not, more valuable than you might imagine. Back in the sunshine, had he been minded to check ESPNcricinfo he would have found that Yorkshire were suddenly six down, seven by the time he had retaken his seat.Gregory’s fourth wicket was that of Andrew Hodd, the first-innings hero, who was more culpable as he played all round one from Gregory that struck his leg stump. Eight down at tea, Matthew Fisher and David Willey put on 45 in 18 overs, but Jamie Overton removed Fisher and Brooks in successive overs to claim victory.Somerset let Willey lead them off and applauded his 34 not out. Or perhaps they applauded him because he has also accepted the job of stand-in captain while Steve Patterson is injured. Nobody else wanted the job, which is a discussion of its own. Whatever, as Willey stalked off the field, it’s not entirely certain that he enjoyed it.

Manchester City are tussling with a number of Premier League clubs for the signing of a "superb" midfielder, a fresh transfer rumour has claimed.

Man City transfer news

Pep Guardiola's side were in imperious form on Sunday afternoon, heading to Manchester United and comprehensively outplaying their rivals in the derby. In the end, City cruised to a 3-0 victory at Old Trafford, with Erling Haaland scoring twice and Phil Foden also finding the net, further suggesting that they are again very much the team to beat in the Premier League title race.

Guardiola did plenty of transfer business during the summer window, bringing in the likes of Mateo Kovacic, Matheus Nunes and Jeremy Doku, among others, while players such as Ilkay Gundogan and Aymeric Laporte left the club for pastures new. City always look willing to do some interesting transfer business at any opportunity, and January isn't too far away, giving them another chance to bolster their squad.

With Kevin De Bruyne still absent through injury, and Kalvin Phillips potentially leaving the club at that point, it looks as though they are eyeing up one impressive midfielder to come in.

Man City want Exequiel Palacios

According to an update from TNT Sports [via Sport Witness], Manchester City are keen on signing Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Exequiel Palacio in January, but they face competition for his signature. Newcastle United and Aston Villa are also in the conversation to snap up the Argentine, in what is described as a "tantalising opportunity" for the player to head to the Premier League. It is also stated that all three English sides are "seriously considering the possibility" of signing Palacios.

While some may feel that City already have an embarrassment of riches at their disposal in midfield, Palacios could be an outstanding signing if their interest proves to be genuine. The 25-year-old is now a World Cup winner, having tasted glory with Argentina last year, and Palacios' stats show that he featured three times in the tournament, doing his bit for his country. He appears to be a key man for a Leverkusen side currently who are top of the Bundesliga ahead of German giants Bayern Munich, featuring in all nine league games this season and starting eight of them.

Journalist Zach Lowy once heaped praise on Palacios back in 2019, at a point when he was a big young talent, saying of him:

"Hard to believe Exequiel Palacios is only 20. Kid's got it all – a superb weight on his final ball, pausa, nonstop running from box to box, great decision-making – and he's learning from one of the best managers in the world in Marcelo Gallardo. Florentino missed out on a gem."

At 25, Palacios is seemingly at a great point in his career, having enough experience under his belt was also still being a relatively young player, and he is someone who could be a great understudy for Rodri, also earning plenty of playing time because Guardiola likes to shuffle his lack so often. As mentioned, Phillips could head out somewhere else on loan, having struggled to make the grade at the Etihad, and the Leverkusen ace could even prove to be an upgrade on the England international.

كشفت تقارير صحفية، منذ قليل، حقيقة توصل نجم مانشستر سيتي كيفين دي بروين إلى اتفاق مع نادي اتحاد جدة، بشأن انتقاله إلى الفريق السعودي هذا الصيف.

وسينتهي العقد الحالي للاعب الوسط البلجيكي مع مانشستر سيتي، في صيف 2025، أي نهاية الموسم المقبل.

وارتبط دي بروين منذ أشهر بإمكانية مغادرة ملعب “الاتحاد” والانضمام إلى الدوري السعودي.

وظهرت تقارير صحفية اليوم تفيد أن دي بروين توصل إلى اتفاق مع اتحاد جدة بشأن الشروط الشخصية لصفقة انتقاله إلى النادي السعودي في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي (لمطالعة التفاصيل من هنا).

ولكن الصحفي الشهير فابريزيو رومانو نفى الأمر، حيث ذكر أن مصادر سعودية قللت من أهمية التقارير التي تفيد بأن كيفين دي بروين توصل إلى اتفاق مع الاتحاد، وقالت إن ذلك غير صحيح.

وأفاد أن اتحاد جدة يركز على صفقة موسى ديابي، والتي من المقرر إبرامها قريبًا جدًا وحسمها من نادي أستون فيلا.

وأشار إلى أن الخطوة التالية بالنسبة لنادي اتحاد جدة تتمثل في الظفر بخدمات حارس مرمى جديد، مع وجود محادثات بالفعل لضم حارس مانشستر سيتي إيدرسون، رغم أن الأمر ليس سهلًا.

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Nada como um clássico para tentar afastar (ou potencializar) um momento negativo. Neste sábado, Botafogo e Flamengo entram em campo no Estádio Nilton Santos, às 17h, pela 24ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro, acompanhados de recentes resultados ruins. A partida terá transmissão em tempo real no site do LANCE!.

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O Botafogo não sabe o que é vencer uma partida desde outubro. Na 19ª colocação do Campeonato Brasileiro, o Alvinegro acumula atuações negativas e já está a cinco pontos do Sport, primeiro time fora da zona de rebaixamento. O sinal, mais do que nunca, é de alerta contra as últimas quatro posições na tabela.

Não apenas dentro de campo, mas o Glorioso também implode nos bastidores. O clássico contra o Rubro-Negro marca a reestreia de Eduardo Barroca, o quarto treinador do Alvinegro na temporada. Ramón Díaz, o nome anterior, foi demitido sem sequer estrear – estava se recuperando de uma cirurgia – com menos de um mês no cargo.

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Depois das eliminações para o São Paulo, na Copa do Brasil, e diante do Racing, na Libertadores, o Flamengo chega ao clássico em seu momento mais crítico da temporada. Além das quedas precoces nos mata-matas, o Rubro-Negro se distanciou da liderança, entrando nesta 24ª rodada a cinco pontos do Tricolor. Com Rogério Ceni, o time soma uma vitórias, três empates e duas derrotas.

Por outro lado, o treinador – que completa 25 dias no cargo este sábado – agora tem quase todo elenco à disposição. Thiago Maia e Gabriel Barbosa estão entregues ao DM, sendo que o camisa 9, com um desequilíbrio muscular, é dúvida. Além disso, o Campeonato Brasileiro passou a ser o único objetivo do Rubro-Negro até o fim da temporada e, após das eliminações recentes, jogadores e comissão técnica fizeram uma espécie de pacto pela conquista.

Mesmo em posições opostas e com objetivos completamente diferentes, Botafogo e Flamengo chegam para o clássico deste sábado com a mesma pressão por resultados a curto prazo. Uma vitória em um confronto contra um rival, é claro, pode mudar o rumo das ondas nos clubes.

Earlier, Andrew Tye and Cameron Green picked up three wickets each to bowl New South Wales out for 204

Daniel Brettig18-Sep-2018Ashton Turner bunts one away en route to his rapid fifty•Paul Kane/Getty Images

Western Australia captain Ashton Turner guided his side home to an opening win in the domestic limited-overs tournament, after a disciplined bowling display restricted New South Wales at the WACA Ground.The Blues, who lost their captain Peter Nevill for the entire competition due to a broken thumb on match eve, had the benefit of winning the toss, but could never get momentum going against the Warriors.Joel Paris struck a key early blow to dismiss Ryan Gibson with the new, swinging ball, before Jhye Richardson broke a key middle-order partnership between Nick Larkin and Jack Edwards, and then followed up with a swift away swinger to dismiss the still jet-lagged Jay Lenton.Daniel Sams then defied his inability to win a state contract by husbanding the resources of the lower order to take NSW beyond 200, despite their dismissal with plenty of their allotment remaining.On a pitch with some assistance for the seamers, early WA wickets were likely. This was borne out by the early exits of Josh Inglis and the injury replacement Sam Whiteman at the expense of well-directed deliveries from Sams. Josh Phillipe and the sometime Test-allrounder Hilton Cartwright steadied the innings before their wickets gave the Blues a chance.However, Turner and Ashton Agar, a curious selection for the Australian team to go to the UAE to face Pakistan, established a match-sealing partnership to make the game safe. Turner stayed at the crease to ensure the win, with Cameron Green at his side.