Artilheiro do São Paulo nesta primeira fase do Campeonato Paulista, Giuliano Galoppo polemizou na comemoração contra o Botafogo-SP, quando foi responsável pela marcação do pênalti na vitória por 3 a 1.
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No caso, o argentino tirou a camisa e foi diretamente em direção da torcida adversária, em um gesto que poderia ter sido entendido como ‘provocação’ contra os mandantes da partida. O jogo aconteceu no estádio Santa Cruz, em Ribeirão Preto. Além disso, por tirar a camisa, levou um cartão amarelo.
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Acontece que as cores do Botafogo-SP são as mesmas do Tricolor paulista. E ao que tudo indica, Galoppo teria confundido a torcida rival com a torcida do São Paulo, que estava localizada do outro lado do estádio. Isso foi avisado pelos seus companheiros de equipe.
Além de Galoppo, Luan e Juan também balançaram as redes no confronto. Com o resultado, a equipe assumiu a liderança do grupo B e terá o mando de campo nas quartas de final contra o Água Santa. Também melhorou sua campanha na classificação geral e ultrapassou equipes como o Corinthians.
Their tournament ends with a 42-run victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad
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They gave the ball, and their chances at qualification for the play-offs, an almighty whack, but eventually, Mumbai Indians’ defence of their title ended in their final league game of IPL 2021. They had come into it needing to win by an unprecedented 171 runs, and although they eventually did win, that margin was always going to prove too much despite the power-hitting and skill of Ishan Kishan (84 off 32) and Suryakumar Yadav (82 off 40).IPL on ESPN+
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Two batters who had not had the greatest time in this tournament rocketed Mumbai to a mammoth 235 for 9, but that still meant they needed to keep Sunrisers Hyderabad to 65 or less. Sunrisers eventually made a decent fist of an impossible chase, ending at 193 for 8, to lose by 42 runs.The result meant Kolkata Knight Riders qualified ahead of Mumbai, both sides on 14 points but Knight Riders ending with a superior net run-rate. They will face Royal Challengers Bangalore in the eliminator, while Chennai Super Kings take on Delhi Capitals in the first qualifier.Kishan ImpossibleMohammad Nabi opened the bowling and the first ball that Kishan faced, the second of the match, was slog-swept with extreme prejudice over deep midwicket, and he was away. Back at the top of the order, fresh off a 25-ball 50* in the last game, and with a clear mindset that Mumbai had to go from ball one to make their unlikely bid for qualification, Kishan seemed a different beast than the young man who had struggled so much that he was dropped from the XI.Manish Pandey – back in the XI and leading Sunrisers with both Kane Williamson and Bhuvneshwar Kumar nursing niggles – tried five bowlers in the powerplay including Rashid Khan, but there was no stopping Kishan. Siddarth Kaul was crunched for four consecutive boundaries, Jason Holder’s first over disappeared for 22 runs, Umran Malik’s pace was casually thwacked. Kishan was on 63 off 22 at the end of a powerplay that yielded 83 for 1 for Mumbai. He had reached fifty off just 16 balls, the quickest of IPL 2021 and the fourth-fastest of all time in the tournament.The end of the powerplay didn’t bring an end to the carnage, with even Rashid being smashed around. Kishan looked on track for a century when the extra pace of Malik finally did him in, with a top edge to a short ball outside off nestling in the keeper’s gloves. By the time he fell, Mumbai had racked up 124 for 3 in 9.1 overs.4:22
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Suryakumar strikesGiven the qualification scenario they faced, Mumbai seemed to have binned their careful match-up strategies and decided that the biggest six-hitter in the dugout walks out at the fall of each wicket. That meant Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard came in at three and four, while Suryakumar arrived when Kishan fell, at No.5.Where Kishan had hit his first ball for six, Suryakumar collected four, though he was helped by Holder not getting behind the ball at fine leg as Sunrisers’ fielding wore a ragged look in the face of the furious assault. Suryakumar didn’t have other batters sticking with him long enough to form substantial partnerships, but he kept peppering the legside boundary with sweeps and scoops that showcased both innovation and finesse.If Suryakumar’s pace seemed anything but extra hot, it was only because of what had come before. He batted magnificently, matching Kishan shot for shot given he didn’t get the powerplay advantage. His fifty was raised in 24 balls, and he looked within striking distance of a century too, before holing out in the final over.Roy, Abhishek puts paid to Mumbai hopesJust like they had done while batting, Mumbai started the bowling by going all out, having attacking fields and giving the first couple of overs to Trent Boult and Jasprit Bumrah, the bowlers most likely to get wickets. However, the newly-minted opening pair of Jason Roy and Abhishek Sharma took a leaf out of their opposition’s playbook, going on the attack from the outset. Both men found their timing and range, having seen what hyper aggression could do in the first innings.Rohit Sharma also rang in the bowling changes quickly, but Roy and Abhishek didn’t let up. Although Bumrah got Roy with a well-targetted bouncer, the openers had put on 64 in 5.1 overs. Two singles in that very over meant Mumbai’s play-off hopes ended within Sunrisers’ powerplay.Pandey, who came in at No. 3, put on a display of his shot-making ability too, another man who had endured a tough IPL 2021 coming good at the end. But for Sunrisers, the weight of the Mumbai total was always going to be a bridge too far, even though they showed plenty of intent in their chase.In the end, Mumbai got the victory, but not the result they wanted.
شهدت مباراة ريال مدريد وأتلتيكو مدريد دراما حتى اللحظات الأخيرة في إياب دور الـ 16 من بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا 2024/2025.
وصعد ريال مدريد إلى دور الثمانية بعد الفوز بركلات الترجيح رغم الخسارة 1-0 على يد أتلتيكو مدريد في الأشواط الأصلية والإضافية.
ولكن الإثارة كانت في ركلات الجزاء بعدما أهدر لوكاس فاسكيز ركلته ولكن ما أنقذ ريال مدريد هو مراجعة الحكم لتقنية الـ VAR لركلة جوليان ألفاريز وإلغاءها بسبب لمس الكرة لقدميه قبل دخولها المرمى.
اقرأ أيضًا.. رد فعل مثير من سيميوني تجاه الصحفيين بعد سؤاله عن صحة ركلة جزاء ألفاريز أصداء الصحافة الإسبانية بعد مباراة ريال مدريد وأتلتيكو مدريد
صحيفة “ماركا”: “ريال مدريد يتأهل بركلات ترجيح درامية بعد إلغاء هدف جوليان ألفاريز عبر الـ VAR”.
“نهاية قاسية لأتلتيكو مدريد، الذي كان مسيطرًا على المباراة لكنه تراجع في الأشواط الإضافية”.
“فينيسيوس أهدر ركلة جزاء ولكن ريال مدريد يواصل تفوقه في الديربيات الأوروبية، ستة انتصارات من ست مواجهات”.
صحيفة “آس”: “ريال مدريد ينجو من الفخ”.
“الملكي تأهل بركلات الترجيح بعد مواجهة درامية، حيث ألغى الـ VAR ركلة جوليان ألفاريز بسبب لمسة مزدوجة”.
“القرار أثار استياء سيميوني في المؤتمر الصحفي ويتساءل: “من رأى اللقطة؟ ارفع يدك؟”.
“فينيسيوس أهدر ركلة جزاء وأتلتيكو سجل لكن تفوق ريال مدريد”.
صحيفة “سبورت” الكتالونية: “ركلات الترجيح تحسم الديربي، ريال مدريد يقُصي أتلتيكو مدريد بعد بداية نارية”.
“تأهل ريال مدريد إلى الدور المقبل بعد فوزه بركلات الترجيح على أتلتيكو مدريد، الذي افتتح التسجيل في الدقيقة الأولى من المباراة”.
“ألغى الـ VAR ركلة جوليان ألفاريز بعد أن لمس الكرة بقدمه اليسرى قبل تسديدها باليمنى، ما أثار جدلاً واسعًا”.
صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الكتالونية: “خطأ واحد يُقصي أتلتيكو مدريد”.
“سجل جالاجر في الدقيقة 28، وامتد اللقاء إلى ركلات الجزاء الترجيحية، حيث ألغى الـ VAR هدف جوليان ألفاريز بسبب لمسة مزدوجة من قدميه”.
O Botafogo inicia os compromissos de fevereiro nesta quinta-feira. O Alvinegro entra em campo às 18h para enfrentar o Madureira no Estádio Nilton Santos, pela 3ª rodada do Campeonato Carioca. O Alvinegro pode terminar o dia até mesmo na liderança da Taça Guanabara.
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Breno: a primeira impressão foi positiva. A estreia do volante contra o Bangu, no último domingo, arrancou elogios de Enderson Moreira e da torcida. A tendência é que o camisa 35 seja mantido no time titular e tenha mais minutos para mostrar as credenciais.
Matheus Nascimento: será que chegou o dia do gol? Mesmo tendo atuações positivas, o camisa 90 ainda não balançou as redes em 2022. O jovem de 17 anos se pressiona pela bola na rede e terá mais uma oportunidade para tal.
Tabela:o Botafogo pode terminar a rodada na liderança. Se vencer por três gols de diferença, é garantido que o Alvinegro dorme em 1º. Se for por 2 a 0, o número de cartões tomados terá que analisado junto aos do Flamengo,atual líder, já que os times empatariam em saldo e gols pró: jogadores do Rubro-Negro foram advertidos sete vezes; do Alvinegro, seis. Triunfo por dois gols de diferença com o Glorioso balançando a rede em três ou mais oportunidades também dá o primeiro lugar ao time da Estrela Solitária.
Elenco: é mais uma oportunidade para o Botafogo encontrar um ritmo ideal de jogo. O que foi apresentado contra o Bangu foi melhor se comparado ao jogo contra o Boavista, na estreia do Estadual. Enderson considera que os primeiros jogos são justamente para a equipe criar um conjunto e recuperar o conjnto.
Daniel Borges: o lateral não sentiu a pressão de ter que substituir Rafael, que rompeu o tendão de Aquiles, no primeiro jogo como titular desde a lesão do camisa 7. Titular na campanha do título da Série B, o defensor deve ter cada mais tempo de jogo. A ver se manterá a regularidade no setor.
In a statement released by the BCB, Mahmudullah said “leaving a format of which I have been a part of for such a long time is not easy”
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Mahmudullah scored 150 not out in his final Test•BCB
Four months after informing his team-mates that he would no longer play Test cricket, the BCB has confirmed that Mahmudullah has indeed retired from the format, bringing the end to a 12-year career that began in 2009.Mahmudullah had chatted with the team on day three of Bangladesh’s one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Harare, and had received a guard of honour from them on the final morning of the match, where he scored a career-best 150 not out. But there was no official recognition of the retirement from the BCB till now, as the timing of Mahmudullah’s decision is believed to have irked the board president Nazmul Hassan.Related
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In a press release, the board thanked Mahmudullah for his services in Tests but didn’t mention that he had announced his retirement in July. Mahmudullah’s statement was attached in the announcement too, where he thanked BCB president Hassan for bringing him back into the Test side against Zimbabwe.Mahmudullah said “leaving a format of which I have been a part of for such a long time is not easy.” He, however, confirmed that he would still be playing limited-overs internationals.”I had always thought of going on a high and I believe this is the right time to end my Test career,” he said. “I want to extend my gratitude to the BCB president for supporting me when I returned to the Test team. I thank my teammates and the support staff for always encouraging me and believing in my ability. It has been an absolute honour and privilege to play Test cricket for Bangladesh and I will cherish the many memories.”Although I am retiring from Tests, I will still be playing ODIs and T20 internationals and really looking forward to continue giving my best for my country in white-ball cricket.”The statement from both the board as well as Mahmudullah closes an uneasy chapter between the two parties regarding his retirement since July.Mahmudullah was a last-minute inclusion in the Test side for the Zimbabwe match, part of his in-and-out routine in the Test side since 2017. He was first dropped for the home Tests against Australia that year, before being dropped last year following a long poor run in red-ball cricket.Mahmudullah marked his return against Zimbabwe in style, hitting a career-high 150. He added 171 runs for the ninth wicket with tail-ender Taskin Ahmed, to set up Bangladesh’s 220-run win, their only Test victory this year.The Harare Test also happened to be Mahmudullah’s 50th match in the format, having made his debut in 2009 in West Indies. He finished his career with 2914 runs at an average of 33.49, as well as taking 43 wickets with his offspin. Mahmudullah also led Bangladesh in one Test victory out of the six matches he captained, mostly in the absence of Shakib Al Hasan, since 2018.
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has lavished praise on a Hale End “boy”, who he says could become one of the club’s “biggest” players.
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A few obvious names spring to mind when contemplating who could be the next young stars out of Arsenal, with both Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri featuring in matchday squads and on the pitch during the current campaign.
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Lewis-Skelly, who made his senior debut for the north Londoners during their 2-2 draw with Manchester City in the Premier League earlier this season, has featured in every competition since then – with Arsenal’s plague of injury concerns handing the 18-year-old opportunities to impress.
The versatile youngster, usually a midfielder, has played at left-back to cover for the likes of Riccardo Calafiori and Takehiro Tomiyasu off the bench with both first-teamers currently sidelined.
Calafiori will be out for weeks after he was taken off against Shakhtar Donetsk last week, while Tomiyasu won’t return before the next international break.
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The absence of Martin Odegaard since September has also freed up more space in Arteta’s XI for highly rated attacking midfield gem Nwaneri. Journalist Charles Watts tipped the departure of Emile Smith Rowe to lead to more minutes for Nwaneri, and the reporter has since been proven right.
The 17-year-old, arguably Arsenal’s highest-rated teenage prospect right now, has featured in an array of top-flight matches and boasts three goals from his two starts in the Carabao Cup.
However, as per Arteta, there is one Arsenal academy graduate who will be hard to top: star winger Bukayo Saka.
The £195,000-per-week forward is arguably their most important player, having racked up 20 goals and 14 assists in all competitions last season – and he’s well on the way to amassing similar numbers this term.
Arteta backs Bukayo Saka to become one of Arsenal's all-time greats
Speaking in an interview with TNT Sports prior to their clash with Newcastle at St James’ Park this weekend, Arteta backed Saka to become one of Arsenal’s “biggest” players in their history.
Speaking on things Saka can do to become a legend, Arteta said: “One of them is to increase his leadership role in the team.
“He’s a boy that was raised at the club, through every single brick that is necessary to be at the top level, and I think he has the right values, he has the right temperament, the right character and exceptional ability to become one of our biggest players and create [a] legacy at this football club.
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“In order to do that, his leadership role has to increase. [It’s] leadership in every way. Impacting the team, that’s leadership, making others better, creating higher standards, raising the demands in every level at the football club.
“And when that happens, then you are leading. He’s worn the armband a few times already this season, which is another step up, he’s in the leadership team, so that’s, for me, what he needs to do.”
At just 23 years old, Saka has already achieved so much as a player, not just at club level, but also with England – reaching two major tournament finals. The sky really is the limit for him, and it appears inevitable that the Englishman will be remembered as an icon for decades to come.
استطاع الفريق الأول لكرة اليد رجال بالنادي الأهلي، تحقق فوز ثمين على حساب نظيره طلائع الجيش، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما اليوم ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري.
المباراة أقيمت على صالة طلائع الجيش، وقدم خلالها الفريقان أداءً قويًّا على الصعيدين الدفاعي والهجومي والتصويبات القوية.
شهدت المباراة تقدم فريق رجال يد الأهلي في الشوط الأول بنتيجة 19-10، وفي الشوط الثاني واصل الأحمر تقدمه ليحسم المباراة بفارق كبير لتنتهي بنتيجة 37-22.
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وكان فريق رجال يد الأهلي قد فاز في المباراة السابقة على فريق هليوبوليس بنتيجة 40-23، ضمن منافسات بطولة كأس مصر والتأهل إلى ربع نهائي البطولة.
ومن المقرر أن تقام منافسات دور ربع النهائي من كأس مصر يوم 11 إبريل المقبل.
Looking to make up for their summer failure, Newcastle United and PIF have now reportedly been offered the chance to sign a big-money striker in 2025, who would take Eddie Howe’s frontline up another level entirely.
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It’s no surprise that the Magpies are already looking to steal the headlines on the transfer front after such an inactive summer left them without some much-needed reinforcements. Howe may be desperate to see his side boosted by fresh faces in both the January transfer window and next summer amid links emerging to the likes of Antoine Semenyo and Bryan Mbeumo in recent weeks.
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Mbeumo would be a particularly impressive move. The Brentford star has been in excellent form throughout the current campaign and represents a player who would offer Newcastle an instant upgrade on their right-hand side. This time around, Paul Mitchell will be hoping to get his targets over the line too, having spent the majority of last summer on a failed chase to sign Marc Guehi from Crystal Palace.
With attacking options in mind, meanwhile, the Magpies could welcome what would be their most impressive transfer yet under PIF. According to reliable reporter Lee Ryder of Chronicle Live, PIF and Newcastle are among those set to be offered the chance to sign Victor Osimhen next summer.
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The Galatasaray star – on loan from Napoli – looked destined to join Chelsea or complete a move to the Saudi Pro League last summer before neither move came to fruition. Frozen out at Napoli as a result, Galatasaray emerged as a shock destination for the Nigerian international, who has a £113m release clause.
Thriving ever since under Jose Mourinho, Osimhen will once again be among the headlines when his loan spell comes to an end in Turkey at the end of the season and Newcastle potentially strike.
"Fantastic" Osimhen would take Newcastle up a level
The prospect, alone, of Osimhen and Alexander Isak’s potential partnership is enough to send Newcastle into a dreamland which could yet become their reality in 2025. Of course, Osimhen’s reported £113m release clause doesn’t exactly make the deal an easy one to pull off, especially amid profit and sustainability concerns at St James’ Park, but the Nigerian would undoubtedly take Howe’s side up a level or two.
Scoring six goals and assisting a further four in eight games as a Galatasaray player so far this season, Osimhen earned deserved praise from Mourinho, who told reporters as relayed by The Independent: “Osimhen is a fantastic player, he is a player that if I was in a club with the potential to pay £70-75m I would buy.
“He is a fantastic player. Of course, he came [to Turkey] in different circumstances but it doesn’t matter the circumstances. What matters is that Galatasaray have got a really fantastic player.”
When next summer arrives and Osimhen once again has his sights set on a big move away from Napoli, Newcastle should do everything in their power to secure his signature and deal the likes of Chelsea a major blow in the process.
يترقب عشاق كرة القدم مواجهة مرتقبة تجمع بين الزمالك وسيراميكا كليوباترا ضمن منافسات نصف نهائي كأس مصر لموسم 2024-25، وذلك مساء يوم الجمعة 28 مارس على ملعب القاهرة الدولي.
نجح الزمالك في بلوغ هذا الدور بعد فوزه على سموحة في ربع النهائي، بينما يسعى لمواصلة مشواره نحو التتويج بالكأس، أما سيراميكا كليوباترا، فيطمح لتحقيق مفاجأة وإقصاء الفارس الأبيض من البطولة.
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تُعد هذه المواجهة الأولى بين الفريقين في بطولة كأس مصر، لكنهما تواجها سابقًا في 10 مباريات بالدوري الممتاز، ويمتلك الزمالك تفوقًا كاسحًا بواقع 9 انتصارات مقابل تعادل وحيد، كان في آخر لقاء جمع بينهما.
أكد المدير الفني لنادي الزمالك جوزيه بيسيرو خلال المؤتمر الصحفي أن الفريق يخوض اللقاء بهدف التأهل إلى النهائي، مشيرًا إلى قوة المنافس وصعوبة المباراة.
كما أوضح أنه منح بعض اللاعبين الأساسيين راحة خلال بطولة كأس عاصمة مصر، حيث لم يشارك كل من عبد الله السعيد والونش في اللقاء الأخير أمام بتروجيت.
وأضاف بيسيرو: “نحن نحتاج إلى دعم الجماهير أمام سيراميكا كليوباترا، نلعب من أجلهم وهدفنا تحقيق الفوز وإسعادهم”.
تنطلق المباراة في تمام التاسعة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، العاشرة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت السعودية، وسط ترقب كبير من جماهير الفريقين لمعرفة هوية المتأهل إلى نهائي كأس مصر 2024-25.
The four-time champions have named a 17-member squad, with five additional players on stand-by
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India have been grouped with Ireland, South Africa and Uganda in the first round•kkr.in
Batter Yash Dhull will lead a 17-member India squad at the next edition of the Under-19 World Cup, to be played across four countries in the Caribbean from January 14 to February 5 next year. The Delhi man’s deputy is SK Rasheed, the batter from Andhra Pradesh.India are grouped with Ireland, South Africa and Uganda in Group B, and start their campaign on January 15 against South Africa in Guyana, followed by fixtures on January 19 against Ireland and on January 22 against Uganda; both those matches will be played in Trinidad & Tobago.Related
New Zealand withdraw from 2022 Under-19 World Cup
VVS Laxman to be part of India's U-19 World Cup contingent
Defending champions Bangladesh are in Group A with Canada, England and UAE. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe make up Group C. And Group D has Australia, Scotland, Sri Lanka and hosts West Indies.New Zealand are the only major side that will be missing in this edition of the tournament, after they decided to withdraw owing to “extensive mandatory quarantine restrictions [because of Covid-19] for minors on their return home”. Scotland, who had initially missed qualification in the Europe qualifiers, became the 16th team to participate in New Zealand’s absence.Recently, in November-December, two India Under-19 sides, A and B, faced off against Bangladesh Under-19s in a triangular tournament in Kolkata, but fell short, with the visiting side winning all their matches, except one that was washed out, on their way to the title. The main India squad now has the Under-19 Asia Cup – to be played in the UAE from December 23 – to get its finetuning done.India, four-time title-winners, have been the most successful team in the history of the Under-19 World Cup, with Australia in second place, with three crowns, followed by Pakistan, who have won it twice. India last won the tournament in 2018, when they were led by Prithvi Shaw, and finished runners-up in 2020 to Bangladesh, who won the title for the first time.India’s other successes came in 2000, when they were led by Mohammad Kaif, in 2008, when Virat Kohli was the captain, and in 2012, under Unmukt Chand’s leadership.Squad: Yash Dhull (capt), SK Rasheed (vice-capt), Harnoor Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Nishant Sindhu, Siddarth Yadav, Aneeshwar Gautam, Dinesh Bana (wk), Aaradhya Yadav (wk), Raj Angad Bawa, Manav Parakh, Kaushal Tambe, RS Hangargekar, Vasu Vats, Vicky Ostwal, Ravikumar, Garv Sangwan. Stand-by players: Rishit Reddy, Uday Saharan, Ansh Gosai, Amrit Raj Upadhyay, PM Singh Rathore.