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Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara was unsurprisingly full of praise for his team after they wrapped up their first ever series victory on Australian soil with a 29-run win in the second one-dayer at the Sydney Cricket Ground

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Nov-2010

Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara was unsurprisingly full of praise for his team after they wrapped up their first ever series victory on Australian soil with a 29-run win in the second one-dayer at the Sydney Cricket Ground.”There’s a lot to be taken out of the way we played these games,” he said. “It’s fantastic. We played the way we believed we could coming here. It was just a case of us fighting to convert every opportunity and tonight I thought it was a great all-round performance.”The last time Sri Lanka were in Australia, in 2007-08, they were beaten 2-0 in the Test series and failed to reach the final of the CB series, which also included India. This time, they met an Australian side struggling for form, having lost five consecutive games across all formats going into this series. But Sangakkara insisted that Australia’s struggles didn’t take the gloss off a maiden series win down under.”It means a lot,” he said. “This is a stage we always wanted to get to where everyone does what is asked of them and you can’t ask any more of the players. They have grown in stature and self-belief. Sri Lankan cricket seems to be in really good hands going forward.”While Sri Lanka’s new generation of players, such as opening batsman Upul Tharanga and allrounders Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews, played a major role in the team’s victory, Sangakkara also made special mention of Muttiah Muralitharan, who is on his final tour of the country.”What more can he do?” Sangakkara said of Muralitharan. “To win the series in Australia on his last tour here. We are thankful to have a champion like him in the side.”

James Anderson set off for home on Tuesday, where he will be attending the birth of his second child

Andrew Miller in Melbourne08-Dec-2010

James Anderson cut short his celebrations at the end of England’s crushing innings-and-71-run victory over Australia in Adelaide on Tuesday to set off for home where he will be attending the birth of his second child. England’s team director, Andy Flower, confirmed Anderson’s departure as the remainder of the squad arrived in Melbourne ahead of the team’s three-day warm-up match against Victoria, adding that he is expected to arrive back in Australia ahead of the Perth Test.Anderson, 28, claimed six wickets in the match including two key breakthroughs on the fifth and final morning but remained with the squad for only a few hours before boarding a flight back to London. He is the latest England cricketer to follow the example set by the current captain, Andrew Strauss, who missed a Test in Lahore in 2005 for the same reason, while most recently Kevin Pietersen flew back from England’s World Twenty20 campaign in May for the birth of his of son Dylan.While Anderson is sure to have been rested for the Victoria fixture, his journey is the furthest of its type that any player has yet had to make, and it will leave him just two days to re-acclimatise ahead of the third Test in Perth on December 16. While Flower admitted it was “not ideal”, he stressed that it was important for the players to maintain their work-life balance, even in the midst of a series as significant as the Ashes.”He left last night, and he’s going to be there for the birth of his child,” Flower said. “We hope everything goes well, and he’ll be back a few days before the Perth Test. It’s not ideal, not perfect, but we try to get the balance right between our commitments to England and our responsibility to the individual and family. His wife and kids come ahead of this, but we try to get the balance right. It’s not great that he’ll have to be on this plane all the time, he’ll have a bit of jetlag, but that’s what we’re dealing with.”We’ve set a precedent in the past for making sure that people can be back home for the birth of a child if possible and if that’s what they want. If that’s not necessary in their particular circumstances then it would be great to have everyone here all the time. But he should be back and in working order for the third Test.”At any rate, Anderson did not miss much of a post-match party, because as Flower was at pains to point out, the series is far from over, and despite the apparent disarray that has been sweeping through the Australian squad, the onus is on the touring team to keep their focus through to the end of the trip.”They were pretty muted, as far as I know,” Flower said of the team’s celebrations. “There’s a long way to go in this series. We work hard for any victory, and to win a first-class game takes an enormous amount of effort and skill – and the same goes for Test matches, even more so. It’s good for the guys to let their hair down, but they are focused on what’s ahead. We know how serious the challenge is ahead of us.”With Anderson temporarily out of action, and Stuart Broad also flying home due to a torn stomach muscle – though not until the end of the third Test – the attention now turns to the search for a replacement fast bowler, with Ajmal Shahzad, Chris Tremlett and Tim Bresnan all expected to line up at the MCG on Friday for what is in effect a three-way shoot-out.Flower, however, didn’t quite see it that way, and said that he already had an indication of which player he would like to slot into the team for a venue that is starting to regain its reputation as one of the fastest and bounciest wickets in the world.”You don’t judge people on one performance,” Flower said. “Obviously, we have ideas in mind who would replace Broad. But we will get 270 overs of viewing our potential replacement, and I’d prefer to emphasise some of the qualities of whoever takes his place, rather than that person to be another Stuart Broad. They are individuals with their own qualities that should be celebrated, and used.”It’s really unlucky [for Stuart], because he’s been an integral part of our side and our relative successes over the last couple of years. It’s not good for him; it’s not good for the side, but these things happen. We weren’t totally naive in thinking we’d get through the whole Test series without injuries to any of our quicks, and we thought it was a priority to get some of our back-up quicks into good nick. They had a good run-out in Hobart; they’ll get another one here against the Vics – and you’ve got to factor these things in.

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Mais uma vez, o Corinthians colocou o carro na frente dos bois e fez papel de bobo ao se vangloriar de contratações que ainda não estavam fechadas. Zeca pode até virar jogador do Timão futuramente, mas o litígio entre o lateral-esquerdo e o Santos ainda está distante de um acordo. O uso do Twitter para brincar com o rival e dizer que Zeca “estava subindo a serra” foi uma sacada inteligente e divertida, mas teve efeito contrário e virou piada diante de uma negociação que não se resolve em 280 caracteres de uma rede social. Em 2018, o Corinthians já “sonhou” com Balotelli e anunciou a chegada de Alex Teixeira, que não veio. No ano passado, houve o fatídico “Valeu, Drogba”, uma nota oficial constrangedora emitida pelo clube para confirmar a não contratação do atacante marfinense. Quando o assunto é o mercado da bola, o que um clube precisa é de seriedade. Não dá para comemorar gol antes de a bola entrar.

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Manchester City have seen a couple of young attacking talents leave their squad over the past few years such as Leroy Sane and Ferran Torres.

Now that the next summer transfer window is around the corner, it seems as though another prominent City attacker could be set to wave goodbye to the Etihad Stadium in the coming months.

What’s the news?

According to journalist and transfer expert Fabrizio Romano in the latest edition of his podcast (via City Xtra), the expectation remains that Gabriel Jesus will leave City at the end of the season. 

Having been linked with a move to fellow Premier League club Arsenal, Romano said that the north London club are “really, really keen and interested” in the Brazilian.

Since joining the Manchester club back in the 2017 January transfer window from Palmeiras, the attacker has made 232 appearances in total for the Citizens across all competitions.

In those appearances, the 25-year-old has scored 95 goals and delivered 46 assists along the way.

Terrible news for Guardiola

Prior to tonight’s highly anticipated Champions League clash against Real Madrid, the forward has been in a hot vein of form, with six goals and one assist in his past four Premier League games.

He also scored one in last week’s thrilling 4-3 clash against the newly crowned La Liga champions.

To further highlight his attacking prowess, no other City player has racked up more goal-creating actions than Jesus (17) in the league throughout this campaign.

This shows just how much of a deadly and consistent goal threat he can be from different attacking positions across the pitch.

It also proves just how much of a miss he’d be for City if he were to leave, which makes this claim from Romano bad news for Pep Guardiola.

Having showered the Brazilian with praise in terms of his character as well as actions on the pitch, the City boss would surely be disappointed to not only see the player leave in the summer, but also join another Premier League club, if Arsenal do end up securing his signature.

With all of that in mind, the idea of selling Jesus in the upcoming transfer window should not even be entertained by anyone at the Manchester club.

In other news: Man City now plotting move for “tremendous” £43m gem, he’s Guardiola’s dream player

لا يزال نادي برشلونة يبحث عن بديل للإسباني سيرجيو بوسكيتس لاعب وسط الفريق، خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية المقبلة، مع اقتراب نهاية عقده.

بوسكيتس ينتهي عقده في صيف 2023، وهو ما يجعل النادي الكتالوني يفكر في بديله أكثر من أي لاعب آخر.

أبرز الأسماء، يوري تيلمانس، لاعب وسط بلجيكا وفريق ليستر سيتي، خاصة وأن يمكنه اللعب في أكثر من مركز بوسط الملعب سواء مكان بوسكيتس، أو في الأمام قليلًا.

طالع أيضًا.. كومان: لم أتمكن من العمل في برشلونة بسبب “الشكوك”

صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية، أكدت بأن سجل اللاعب البلجيكي التهديفي، أحد الأشياء التي تُغري المدرب تشافي هيرنانديز، ويتوافق مع سياسة برشلونة في التعاقدات المجانية، حيث ينتهي عقده في الصيف.

برشلونة يواجه عقبة في ضم اللاعب، وهي اهتمام أندية إنجلترا وفي مقدمتها آرسنال بالتعاقد معه، وكانت تصريحاته السابقة تشير إلى أنه يريد الاستمرار في البريمرليج.

لهذا السبب، يضع برشلونة البدائل مثل زوبيمندي وروبن نيفيس، لكن الأولوية بالنسبة لإدارة النادي الكتالوني، يوري تليمانس، خاصة وأنه سيأتي مجانًا.

Madhya Pradesh have handed over the initiative to Karnataka with generosity that is in keeping with the spirit of the holiday season

Nitin Sundar25-Dec-2010

Karnataka hold the aces in their quarter-final clash against Madhya Pradesh. It would, however, be more appropriate to say that the hosts have handed over the initiative with generosity that is in keeping with the spirit of the holiday season. Despite MP’s well-documented resurgence, this fixture was always expected to be a mismatch. Ironically for MP, it has so far proved to be a complete reversal from their Plate League days when a weak bowling attack often left their batsmen with too much to do. In Indore, it was the batsmen who let the team down on the first day; the bowlers put in a big effort on the second, but fielding lapses allowed Karnataka to move ahead, despite being well short of their best.Sanath Kumar, the Karnataka coach, minced no words when asked to describe his side’s effort on the second day, when five batsmen perished for scores between 29 and 49. “Absolutely bad batting,” was his succinct summation. “We could have easily been 320 for 4. Instead we find ourselves at 306 for 8, since our batsmen kept throwing away their starts. The last five overs [when Jalaj Saxena picked up three cheap wickets] were pathetic.”It seemed like a harsh evaluation. After all, his side had pushed the lead to three figures, with two wickets in hand, on a pitch where the bowlers had skittled MP out for 200 on the opening day. “The batsmen were finding it difficult since the ball was not coming on to the bat,” he conceded. “But that can be no excuse.”Of the lot, only Amit Verma managed to push ahead after getting used to the slow conditions. His stroke-filled 85 was the cornerstone of Karnataka’s lead, but it was an innings that underlined the kind of season he has had. He is currently fifth in the run-charts, with six half-centuries – the highest by any batsmen in the tournament – and just one ton. While players like S Badrinath and Wasim Jaffer have ensured their fifties yielded big hundreds, Verma has succumbed to carelessness too often. Sanath was left wondering how much more he could have accomplished with better application.”Amit is not getting the big runs,” Sanath said. “Too many 70s and 80s before throwing the wicket away. I have been speaking to him about it, and gave him a piece of my mind today as well. He should keep improving and not settle for half-centuries.”Sanath reserved his words of praise for the opposition’s bowlers, who showed tremendous heart all day. “To be honest, they bowled really well, and to their fields,” he said. “If they had held on to their catches, we would have been in a much worse situation.”It was a sentiment shared by Sanath’s opposite number, MP coach Mukesh Sahni. “Our bowlers tried very hard, Jalaj Saxena in particular. It has been a bad couple of days for us, and it has nothing to do with the talent in the side. It is just the mental aspect. (Yesterday, the youngsters played too many shots),” he reflected ruefully. “Once the batting fails, it becomes imperative to hold on to the half-chances, but things went wrong right from the first evening [when Mohnish Mishra dropped Robin Uthappa].”It is, however, crucial to remain positive. We hope to have them chasing a tricky target on the final day. The plan is to get the last two wickets early and then bat positively. There is no need to play too many shots – normal, positive batting will do the trick.”Devendra Bundela, the MP captain, was even more bullish about his side’s chances. “The game is 60-40 right now in their favour,” he said. “We have nothing to lose and we will give it our best. We will look to restrict the lead to around 120 and bat positively tomorrow. The opening partnership will be crucial. I hope to set a target of around 220 and go for the outright win.”His parting shot will leave the Karnataka camp a touch concerned. “It is a knockout game. There will be pressure on the fourth day if you are chasing a target, even if it is not very big,” he said. It is a pressure Karnataka know only too well after their heartbreak in last year’s final. It is a situation they won’t want to find themselves in, against this spirited MP unit that is eager to make amends for its lapses.

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Em quase três meses de temporada, o técnico Fábio Carille ainda não achou o time ideal para o Corinthians. O treinador iniciou o ano no 4-1-4-1, passou para o 4-2-3-1, apostou no 4-2-4, voltou para o 4-2-3-1, e no clássico contra o São Paulo adotou o 4-4-2.

Carille sofre desde o início do ano com a falta de um camisa 9 e buscou soluções para o Corinthians atuar sem um jogador como referência. Deu certo logo de cara, no clássico contra o Palmeiras, mas depois o Timão voltou a ter problemas no ataque.

Em suas entrevistas, Carille diz que não lamenta a falta de algum jogador no elenco ou algum desfalque. Afinal, o papel do técnico é justamente criar soluções. Mas não está fácil encontrá-las…

– Estamos buscando o time ainda, isso está muito claro. Não gosto de ficar mudando muito, mas é a necessidade, a circunstância. Tenho um grupo igual, todos sabem o que fazer. Sabemos das nossas dificuldades, mas não tenho que ficar falando “ah, se eu tivesse um jogador assim”. Não tenho, então trabalho e deixo tudo organizado para quando entrarem em campo saberem o que fazer – disse Carille, após a derrota por 1 a 0 no clássico contra o São Paulo.

O treinador também está sendo obrigado a mudar o Corinthians por conta dos desfalques. Renê Júnior se lesionou após virar titular e ainda não voltou; Jadson vai para o seu sexto jogo como desfalque; Fagner (Seleção Brasileira), Balbuena, Romero (ambos com a seleção paraguaia), Clayson (pancada no joelho direito) e Rodriguinho (dores na coxa esquerda) não puderam atuar no clássico… São vários problemas para Carille.

Com tantos desfalques e só dois dias de preparação, o treinador resolveu apostar no 4-4-2, com três volantes (Gabriel, Ralf e Maycon) e Júnior Dutra na ponta direita. Não deu certo, e o Timão praticamente não levou perigo ao São Paulo. Carille, por sua vez, explicou que a ideia era controlar mais o jogo e valorizou a atuação da equipe.

– Única coisa que cobrei mais no meu time foi entrar mais no campo do adversário. Mas eles não criaram chances, o Cássio não trabalhou, não teve pressão. Era para controlar o jogo mesmo, porque tinha desfalques e foram dois dias a menos de recuperação (o São Paulo tinha jogado na terça). O que eu também queria era começar a marcação no campo do adversário, e isso não aconteceu – analisou.

Ou seja, o que o Corinthians não conseguiu fazer no Morumbi terá de fazer no duelo de volta, na Arena, na quarta-feira. O Timão precisa vencer para avançar à final do Paulistão (vitória por um gol de diferença leva a decisão para os pênaltis; por dois gols ou mais garante a classificação). E da lista de desfalques, apenas Clayson deve voltar ao time. Carille precisará quebrar a cabeça para encontrar soluções…

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A permanência de Renato Portaluppi no comando do Grêmio frustrou os planos do Flamengo, que o tinha como nome favorito para assumir o time ainda nesta semana, antes do início do Campeonato Brasileiro no sábado.

O clube ainda não tem um nome engatilhado, mas tem pressa para defini-lo.

A recusa do treinador coloca mais pressão sobre a diretoria, que agora tenta chegar a um nome de consenso enquanto encontra dificuldades no mercado, tanto que insistiu após o primeiro “não” de Renato, aumentando a oferta e oferecendo um vínculo de dois anos. Atual campeão gaúcho e da Libertadores, o técnico resistiu às investidas do Fla para dar sequência ao projeto no Grêmio.

Durante a semana que antecedeu a decisão do Campeonato Gaúcho e pôs fim ao prazo dado pela diretoria como ideal para anunciar o novo técnico, o clube da Gávea também sondou a situação de Abel Braga, técnico do Fluminense. A informação foi inicialmente publicada pelo “Extra” e confirmada pelo LANCE!.

A resposta, assim como a de Renato Portaluppi, foi negativa. O experiente treinador, identificado com o clube e a torcida tricolor, não deseja sair das Laranjeiras. No fim de 2017, o Internacional também tentou sua contratação, e Abel também disse “não” ao Colorado, onde foi campeão mundial em 2016.

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تحدث نيكولاس أوتاميندي، مدافع منتخب الأرجنتين، بعد تأهل منتخب بلاده إلى نهائي كأس العالم 2022.

وانتهت المباراة بفوز التانجو 3-0 وتأهلهم إلى النهائي، في انتظار الفائز من مباراة فرنسا والمغرب، اليوم في التاسعة مساءً.

اقرأ أيضًا | دي باول: أعيش حلمًا يستحيل وصفه.. ونلعب من أجل الأرجنتين وميسي

وقال أوتاميندي في تصريحات بعد المباراة: “لقد اجتمعنا منذ اليوم الأول وحددنا أن الهدف هو الفوز بالكأس، الآن علينا الاستعداد جيدًا للمباراة النهائية”.

وأضاف: “الآن سنتعافي ونحصل على الراحة، سنحاول تقديم أقصى ما لدينا للتويج بالكأس، ارتداء هذا القميص شيء كبير، حلمنا طوال حياتنا باللعب للمنتخب والآن نحلم بتحقيق اللقب”.

واختتم: “نحن 26 محاربًا على استعداد للقتال من أجل شعبنا، نحن أقوياء كمجموعة، وهذا هو أهم شيء”.

The Pakistan players who took part in the now-defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL) face a bleak future in trying to secure payments of US$2 million still owed to them

Osman Samiuddin27-Jan-2011

The Pakistan players who took part in the now-defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL) face a bleak future in trying to secure payments of US$2 million still owed to them. Officials who ran the league, which wasn’t officially recognised by the BCCI or the ICC, have refused to respond to Moin Khan, the former Pakistan captain, who coached the popular Lahore Badshahs side in the league and represented the players as well.The league, which attracted a huge number of international players who were subsequently banned by their home boards for playing in an unsanctioned league, actually pre-dated the IPL. It was city-based, but ownership patterns were different; the entire league was owned and run by Essel Pvt Ltd, which owns the Zee group of companies. But it soon ran into financial difficulties and organised its last season in 2008-09, Lahore beating Hyderabad Heroes in a best-of-three final.Since then, the 19 Pakistan players who played in the league, including former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf and allrounder Abdul Razzaq, have served a legal notice to league officials but have not heard from them. “None of the officials are picking up the phone now, we’ve been trying them for months,” Moin told ESPNcricinfo. “We’ve been paid three-fourth of the entire payment we were owed but they still owe us for last season. Not just the players, but support staff and other officials; we’re owed US$2.2 million.”It isn’t just players from Pakistan who are owed money. Tim May, chief executive FICA (the world players’ body), has been in contact with a number of players from around the world about outstanding payments. “It’s not just us,” Moin said. “Millions of dollars are owed to players from Australia, New Zealand, West Indies. We’ve been in constant contact with Tim May but we’ve been told now that a legal process could be very lengthy, expensive and not guarantee that we get our money.”Additionally, strained political and diplomatic ties between India and Pakistan make the prospect of cross-border legal action even more complicated and prolonged. “We don’t know what to do anymore,” Moin said. “We were told so many things by Himanshu Mody and Subhash Chandra and now there is nothing from them.”Former Test fast bowler Shabbir Ahmed also expressed his frustration with the way affairs had panned out. “I don’t regret my decision [in joining the ICL],” he told the . “When ICL organisers negotiated with us, their offers were huge. But it’s been two years and they still haven’t cleared our dues.”