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Além de Thiago Silva, Richarlison e Fabinho, existem outros jogadores identificados com Fluminense no Qatar. Cano e David Braz, que atuam juntos no time comandado por Fernando Diniz, se encontraram no país e aproveitaram para tirar uma foto.

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A publicação do clube rendeu muitos comentários positivos de tricolores. Ambos os jogadores aproveitaram as férias para acompanhar a Copa do Mundo. O atacante veio torcer pela Argentina, enquanto o zagueiro acredita no hexa da Seleção Brasileira.

Artilheiro do Fluminense na temporada com 44 gols, Cano vive uma excelente fase e renovou seu contrato até dezembro de 2025. David Braz sofreu uma lesão na coxa direita e ficou no banco de reservas nesta reta final do Brasileirão. O vínculo do zagueiro no clube acaba em abril do ano que vem.

GOAL takes a look at three managers whose seats are heating up in the second half of the MLS campaign

D.C. United's Troy Lesense in the latest to get caught up in the MLS coaching carousel, with the former RBNY assistant fired after the team's elimination from the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup last week. He joined Sporting Kansas City manager Peter Vermes, CF Montreal coach Laurent Courtois, and St. Louis CITY manager Olof Mellberg among the coaches dismissed this season.

There is little margin for error as the second half of the campaign begins, with each Conference race heating up.

Eric Quill, the first-year head coach with FC Dallas, has looked somewhat out of his depth in recent weeks, and heading into Matchday 25, FCD sit 13th in the standings and eight points outside a guaranteed playoff spot in the West.

New England Revolution boss Caleb Porter and Atlanta United manager Ronny Deila have both had underwhelming stretches, and both will be under pressure considering how competitive the East is this season.

GOAL takes a look at MLS coaches on the hot seat.

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Quill, in his first year at FCD after joining from USL side New Mexico United, has faced mounting concerns this season. Injuries haven't been kind to his roster at times, and some key players have missed minutes. But as it stands, FCD isn't seen as a threat by their Western Conference competitors.

In 21 matches, they've only taken 21 points and sit 13th in the West. They have the second-worst goal differential in the conference at minus-12, with just 23 goals and 35 conceded. Notably, they're the worst-performing home team in the West this year so far.

They only have one home win on the season, taking five points from a possible 30, with a mark of 1-7-2. Mellberg, who was fired by CITY earlier this season, was also a first-year manager in MLS – and was removed just months into his new role. Things must turn around for Dallas if Quill hopes to escape that fate.

AdvertisementGetty Images SportRonny Deila: Atlanta United

Deila, a former MLS Cup winner with NYCFC, was expected to take Atlanta United to new heights in 2025 after the club spent big this offseason – that included MLS-record signing Emmanuel Latte Lath from Middlesbrough and club legend Miguel Almiron from Newcastle United.

The duo joined as Designated Players alongside a former Europa League winner from Atalanta in Alexey Miranchuk. The trio – arguably the most star-studded DP group outside of Inter Miami's ex-Barcelona group of Lionel Messi, Jordi Alba, and Sergio Busquets – cost the nearly $50M. With that, expectations were enormous.

Fast forward to the season's mid-point, and Atlanta is on just 19 points through 21 games and has yet to win a single road match. They're 12th in the Eastern Conference, 12 points back from a guaranteed playoff spot, and 25th in the race for the Supporters' Shield.

Seemingly everything has gone wrong for Deila this season, from struggling to figure out his tactical setup to individual defensive errors plaguing his squad. As it stands, Atlanta – the league's highest-spending team in 2025 – is going to miss out on the postseason by a wide margin.

Getty Images SportCaleb Porter: New England Revolution

It's been a familiar theme over the past 18 months: Caleb Porter on the hot seat in New England.

He managed to last the entire 2024 campaign. The club turned over their roster in the offseason, and things looked to be trending positive through the first 15 weeks – including a stretch in which they won five straight across all competitions.

Since that stretch, however, the Revs have played 12 matches and they've won just once – that came against CF Montreal, who were in last place in the East at the time. They're winless in six at the moment, and things are not looking good for the club.

The positive spin is that are in the thick of the playoff race. Just four points separate the Revolution from ninth-place Charlotte, and six from the final guaranteed playoff spot in the East.

For Porter and the Revs, qualification for the playoffs is the bare minimum.

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Cricket Australia will consult BBL clubs over potential changes to contracting rules in a bid to try and keep overseas stars for future finals series.The BBL celebrated a return to life this summer with the shorter home-and-away season coinciding with a 27 per cent increase in average crowds. There were crowds of beyond 40,000 in five matches for the first time since 2017-18, while the Melbourne Renegades saw their average increase by 63 per cent.But officials know challenges still loom. Six overseas players will miss the finals having jetted out for the UAE’s lucrative ILT20 after the last round-robin week of competition. Perth Scorchers’ Laurie Evans, Brisbane Heat’s Sam Billings and Colin Munro, Sydney Sixers’ James Vince and Adelaide Strikers’ Jamie Overton and Adam Hose will all be absent.Related

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Clubs were aware of the player availability when they were picked in the draft, with the huge money on offer in the UAE from clubs often owned by players’ IPL franchises hard to resist. Officials hope to find an answer for future seasons and finals series, with an overwhelming message from players that they would like to stay.It is understood that contractual discussions are likely to feature in end-of-season talks when the embargo period ends after Wednesday’s final. One suggestion, floated by Billings, is more security for overseas players out of the draft, with multi-year deals one idea to offer more certainty when negotiating arrival dates with rival leagues.”We have seen this year the role overseas players continue to play in the BBL,” BBL boss Alistair Dobson told AAP. “They have been great performers on the field, they are fan favourites and the broadcasters love them.Laurie Evans has left the BBL for the ILT20•Getty Images

“However, we need to continue to evolve our competition and make our competition appealing to the players to come and play in the BBL. And ideally, [to] have them play as many games as possible has been and will continue to be a clear focus for us.”A more compressed schedule next season with no break for the Perth Test is also expected to aid in luring overseas talent for more matches.In a big summer for the BBL, first-placed Brisbane had average crowds increase by 45 per cent before Friday night’s grand-final qualifier against Sydney Sixers on the Gold Coast. Perth were also up 35 per cent, while attendances in Melbourne grew by 39 per cent.The rise comes despite five abandoned matches included in the figures, with numbers close to what they were in 2018-19 before the competition’s slide.The reduction from 56 regular season games to 40 is part of that, allowing organisers and broadcasters to return to the every-game-is-an-event mantra that the BBL thrived on its early years.”This year it has only got stronger and gives us a bigger platform for next year and beyond,” Dobson said. “Fewer games adds scarcity, but it also provides capacity and oxygen to our schedule and ensures every game is promoted in a bigger and better fashion.”

Meanwhile, Gujarat lost their second game in a row, leaving them precariously placed in Group B

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The comeback
Saurashtra, the defending champions, pulled off a miraculous win in Solapur to keep their knockout hopes alive.Down and out at 69 for 8 in their second innings, with their lead just 112, they were revived by Jaydev Unadkat, the captain, and Chirag Jani, one of their premier allrounders, who made 45 and 43 respectively.The ninth-wicket pair added 93 to help Saurashtra set Maharashtra a target of 213, which proved 48 too many. Left-arm spinner Parth Bhut sent Maharashtra on a tailspin by picking up 7 for 44, his fourth five-for in first-class cricket.Seven Maharashtra batters got off to starts, but none managed more than Taranjitsingh Dhillon’s 28 at No. 7. The defeat sees Maharashtra languishing in the second half of the Group A table, while Saurashtra are closing in on the top three.Related

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The thrillers
Having come into their fifth-round fixture without a win, Services were bundled out for 108 on the opening morning under swinging conditions in Lahli. It’s from here that they orchestrated an epic comeback against Haryana that culminated in a sensational one-run victory.This was only the second time in Ranji history that a team had managed to secure victory by one run. Andhra was the only other team to pull off this feat, when they beat Tamil Nadu by this margin, at Salem in 1974-75.Pulkit Narang, the offspinner who has recently been part of India A, led Services’ turnaround. His three wickets were instrumental in Services pocketing a five-run first innings lead. Rajat Paliwal, the captain, then led the way with 86 in the second innings to set Haryana a target of 146, which if achieved would have propelled them to the top of the standings.Haryana made a good fist of the target, with openers Ankit Kumar and Harshal Patel adding 51. Then from 81 for 1, they sensationally collapsed; losing 6 for 11 as Narang ran through the batting line-up to pick up 5 for 55 as Services clinched a famous win.In Surat, Manish Pandey played a clutch knock to help Karnataka clinch a one-wicket thriller against Railways.Chasing 226, the inexperienced top order, sans Mayank Agarwal and Devdutt Padikkal, caved in and were at 99 for 6. Stand-in captain Nikin Jose registered a pair. But the lower order rallied with Pandey remaining unbeaten on 67.Pandey aside, there was a crucial contribution from pacer Vijayakumar Vyshak, who made 38. But when he was dismissed, Karnataka still needed 29 runs with just two wickets in hand.Pandey found support from Vidwath Kaverappa and Vasuki Koushik to clinch an unlikely win. Vyshak had also picked up a five-for with the ball in Railways’ second innings to help limit Railways’ lead, which proved to be crucial.The win helped Karnataka jump to second in Group C, level on points with Tamil Nadu. However, TN are toppers by virtue of a better quotient and two bonus points to Karnataka’s zero.Mohit Avasthi holds the ball up after bagging a seven-for•Cricket Association of Bengal

The upset
Gujarat, the early pace-setters of the season, have stumbled big time. After winning their first two games, they’ve now lost two on the bounce, in addition to a drawn game due to the elements. This leaves them precariously placed, and outside the top three, in Group C going into the second half of the league phase.Their latest defeat was against the Wriddhiman Saha-led Tripura, a team that had only won nine Ranji games in all since they came into existence in 1985-86. However, this season alone, they’ve added two more wins and are third in the pool, which gives them a chance of pushing for the knockouts.Tripura’s win was all the more special as they rallied around in the second innings after conceding a 26-run lead, courtesy an outstanding effort from Manisankar Murasingh who scored 72 in their 343.Gujarat weren’t really in the chase of 318, slumping to 64 for 5 from where there was no turnaround. Parvez Sultan, the left-arm spinner, ended with a match haul of 10 for 116.The victory march
Mumbai recorded their fourth win in five games as they thumped Bengal by an innings and four runs at Eden Gardens. The turnaround was led by Shivam Dube, the captain, and debutant Suryansh Shedge, who added 144 for the fifth wicket on the opening day. From 87 for 4, they managed 412 in the first innings.Bengal were bundled out for 199 and 209, with only Anustup Majumdar (first innings) and Abishek Porel (second innings) standing tall with the bat. Fast bowler Mohit Awasthi recorded figures of 7 for 52 as Bengal were skittled in under 60 overs in the second innings.

Kane Williamson included as well after recovering from a hamstring injury

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jan-2024Rachin Ravindra is set to add to his three Test caps after being named in the New Zealand squad for the two-Test series against South Africa that starts on February 4 in Mount Maunganui. New Zealand have also handed a maiden Test call-up to Canterbury fast bowler Will O’Rourke, who is known as the clone of Kyle Jamieson, although only for the second Test in Hamilton.New Zealand have named Kane Williamson in the side after he missed the last three T20Is against Pakistan due to a hamstring injury. Tom Blundell and Jamieson, who are also recovering from injuries, have been included as well.From the Test squad that toured Bangladesh in November-December last year, Ish Sodhi and Ajaz Patel have not found in a place against South Africa because of the conditions expected at home.Related

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Ravindra comes into the squad at the expense of Henry Nicholls, who has suffered somewhat of a form slump. Barring an unbeaten 200 against Sri Lanka in Wellington in March 2023, the batter hasn’t crossed 40 in his last 11 Tests.Ravindra made his Test debut in November 2021 against India in Kanpur but has not played the format since the new year’s Test against Bangladesh in 2022. However, a breakthrough 2023 which culminated in him bagging the ICC Emerging Player-of-the-Year award has seen him get a Test recall.O’Rourke, 22, recently made his ODI debut in the three-game series against Bangladesh at home picking five wickets at 23.00. He is currently playing the Super Smash – the domestic T20s – where he has picked nine wickets in the last five games.Mitchell Santner kept his place and so did Glenn Phillips, who showed his wares in Bangladesh. With scores of 87 and 40 not out, the middle-order batter was named Player of the Match in the second Test in Mirpur which New Zealand won by four wickets. He also picked a three-for in the first innings.Glenn Phillips showed his wares against Bangladesh•Associated PressSince making his debut against Australia, this will be the first time that Phillips will be playing a Test at home since January 2020, if picked in the XI.”It was pleasing as a selector to see different players making contributions during the recent series in Bangladesh,” head coach Gary Stead said. “Glenn and Mitch both earned selection on the back of their recent work in red-ball cricket. Will O’Rourke has impressed us in stepping up from domestic cricket to New Zealand A and then international level. Rachin Ravindra is another player who has really impressed us with his contributions to the team over the past 12 months in international cricket.”Tom Blundell, Kyle Jamieson and Kane Williamson are all at slightly different points in their rehabilitation plans. But we’re confident they’ll be good to go at Bay Oval.”New Zealand are chasing their first-ever Test series win against a weakened South Africa, who have as many as eight uncapped players in the side, including captain Neil Brand. Duanne Olivier is the most experienced member of the side with 15 Tests to his name. Stead, however, expected stern challenges from the South Africa unit regardless.”The Proteas are a highly competitive team across formats and, having never won a Test series against them home or away, we expect two stern challenges,” he said. “It’s an honour to be involved in any Test match and I know the players are looking forward to the start of a big Test summer – in what is a big year of Test cricket home and away.”New Zealand Test squadTim Southee (capt), Tom Blundell, Devon Conway, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke (second test only), Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Neil Wagner, Kane Williamson, Will Young

Bayer Leverkusen defender Edmond Tapsoba has highlighted a key similarity between Erik ten Hag and former manager Xabi Alonso.

• Tapsoba feels ten Hag's playing style suits him
• Defender compares the Dutch manager to Alonso
• 26-year-old to lead Leverkusen defence after Tah's departure

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Tapsoba, who is expected to lead Leverkusen's defensive line after Jonathan Tah's departure, believes new manager Ten Hag's playing style is a perfect fit for him and the club and that the Dutch manager's build-up philosophy resembles that of former manager Xabi Alonso.

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  After a successful tenure at Leverkusen, Alonso shifted base to Real Madrid this summer to replace Carlo Ancelotti. To fill in the boots of the Spaniard, sporting director Simon Rolfes turned his sight to former Manchester United boss Ten Hag. After Alonso's departure, a few players like Florian Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong and Tah left the club, and Tapsoba is looked upon as a successor to the latter, who served the club for 10 seasons. Having joined the side back in 2020, Tapsoba is also the longest-serving player in the current squad.

• WHAT TAPSOBA SAID

  The defender said in an interview with : "I knew him from Ajax. His style of play is similar to that of Xabi Alonso, also in terms of the build-up of the game This fits my game perfectly."

  He added: "Everything has changed. We came to Brazil and lost a lot of players. We have a new coach. We have to adapt for the coming season. That's our job. Of course, I have to take on more responsibility now. I've learned a lot from Jona, and now it's my turn. I'm trying to help the team as best I can, including as one of the leaders. Jona and I have talked about it, and he thinks now is the right time for me to take the next step. I want to be a leader—including as one of the team's vocal leaders."

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  WHAT NEXT FOR LEVERKUSEN?

  Leverkusen started the new era under Ten Hag with a 5-1 defeat to Flamengo U-20s on July 18. They will now take on Bochum in their next friendly on July 27.