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India have put their ODI tour to Zimbabwe that was scheduled for July “on hold” due to the “fatigue factor”

Firdose Moonda and Amol Karhadkar15-May-2013

India have put their ODI tour to Zimbabwe that was scheduled for July “on hold”. A BCCI official told ESPNcricinfo that the “fatigue factor”, which will follow the Champions Trophy and a tri-series in the West Indies between June 28 to July 11, was the reason for the board’s decision to put the series on ice.The Future Tours Programme had pencilled in three ODIs to be hosted in Zimbabwe but there was talk of that being extended to five. The BCCI has given an assurance it will “respect” its commitment to Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) and intends for India to travel there at some stage, but it has not set a deadline for taking a call on when to reschedule.Both ZC and broadcasters SuperSport are unaware of the proposed postponement. Zimbabwe’s cricketers are under the impression they will start training to compete against India in two weeks’ time, having just completed what Brendan Taylor called a “satisfactory” series against Bangladesh, while a spokesperson for the television production told ESPNcricinfo they had not heard about any reschedule and are “due to host broadcast and transmit the series”.An India no-show will have wide-ranging consequences for Zimbabwean cricket, most notably financially. ZC is running on close to empty and is in severe debt. Match fees to some players are still outstanding and there has been no clarity on the scheme for funding franchise cricket next summer.The cost of hosting Bangladesh in April and early May will not have helped that situation. There are also scheduled tours by Pakistan in August and Sri Lanka in October, for which they will likely make a loss.Some of the money could have been recovered by the big drawcard of India because of the substantial television rights fees they bring with them. It could also have helped ZC clear some of their outstanding bills. One of them is some of the commentators who worked on the Bangladesh series. They were not paid by ZC at the time but told they would be reimbursed after the India series.Another cost they could have thought of covering is putting up the floodlights at Harare Sports Club, something that has been in the works for close to three years. The pylons have stood bare for several years while the lighting units were stuck at customs because ZC was unable to pay the money for their release. They were due to go on auction but ZC were able to secure them before that. During the second Test against Bangladesh they arrived at the ground but there is still no timeline for when they will go up. A source close to ZC estimates it will cost in the region of US$250,000 to install them. ZC will also need to secure a power source if they hope to play day-night cricket.

أكد جيسوالدو فيريرا المدير الفني لنادي الزمالك، أن فريقه خاض مباراة جيدة، أمام أسوان واستحق الفوز والتأهل لنهائي كأس مصر.

الزمالك فاز على أسوان بهدفين لهدف، في المباراة التي أقيمت اليوم الإثنين في نصف نهائي كأس مصر، على ملعب المقاولون العرب.

وقال فيريرا خلال تصريحات في المؤتمر الصحفي عقب المباراة: “استطعنا تحقيق الفوز، وأسوان فريق جيد، المباراة كانت بدنية صعبة وخاصة في الشوط الثاني”.

وأضاف: “استحوذنا على المباراة في الشوط الأول، وأضعنا العديد من الفرص، والأهم هو التأهل لنهائي الكأس، الذي لم نعرف موعده حتى الآن”.

طالع | بعد تأهل الزمالك.. تعرف على موعد نهائي كأس مصر 2021

وتابع: “أمامنا مباراة الداخلية في بطولة الكأس الجديدة ثم لقاء القمة أمام الأهلي، وهناك لاعبون سينضمون للمنتخب، والجدول تم عمله بطريقة خاطئة”.

وأكمل: “هذا ليس جيدًا للكرة المصرية، أنا أتحدث بشكل عام وليس عن الزمالك فقط، وأنا أحترم قرارات اتحاد الكرة، ولكن هذا الأمر مضر لكافة اللاعبين”.

وواصل: “المباراتان السابقتان أمام إنبي وطلائع الجيش أثرا سلبيًا على اللاعبين، ومباراة اليوم كانت مهمة ومصيرية”.

وأتم: “أكثر من لاعب ناشئ يتواجد مع الفريق الأول، وبالطبع سنستفيد منهم خلال الفترة المقبلة”.

MatériaMais Notícias

Contratado pelo São Paulo no início deste ano, o volante Willian Farias tem menos de um mês no clube do Morumbi e afirmou já sentir a pressão causada pela seca de títulos no Tricolor, que não levanta uma taça desde a Sul-Americana de 2012. Titular contra o Corinthians, no último domingo, o meio-campista explicou como a insatisfação dos torcedores tem agido no elenco.

– Estou há 40 dias no clube e sinto a pressão que existe de tanto tempo sem título.Em 40 dias, eu sinto essa pressão de 11 anos. Só que temos de levantar a cabeça. Olhar no olho de cada um. Sabemos que estamos devendo resultados bons ao nosso torcedor. Agora entrega, luta, doação não estão faltando. Mas o que a gente tem que buscar agora para retomar a confiança e colocar o São Paulo na busca por títulos são os resultados – afirmou o camisa 17.

Eliminado da Copa Libertadores de forma vexatória e mais uma vez derrotado em um Majestoso em Itaquera, o São Paulo lida com uma pressão diária. No domingo, logo após a derrota para o Corinthians, torcedores organizados foram até o CT da Barra Funda protestarem. A delegação, no entanto, não desembarcou no centro de treinamento e alguns jogadores foram embora da Arena Corinthians em seus carros particulares.

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A fase ruim pode ficar ainda pior caso o Oeste vença ou empate com o São Bento nesta segunda. Caso isso aconteça, o Tricolor deixará a segunda posição do Grupo D do Campeonato Paulista e ficará fora da zona de classificação para o mata-mata do estadual.

Ciente da necessidade de uma mudança de postura, Willian Farias falou em retomar a confiança perdida e trabalhar duro para superar as adversidades que aguardam o Tricolor do Morumbi nesta temporada.

– Entusiasmo a gente tem que estar por vestir essa camisa. Temos que retomar a confiança e para isso só no dia a dia, trabalhando bastante e também precisamos que os resultados comecem a vir – pontuou.

O São Paulo ganha folga nesta segunda e volta aos treinamentos na próxima terça. No domingo, o time recebe o Red Bull Brasil, no Morumbi, pela 8ª rodada da fase de classificação do Paulistão.

أعلن ديديه ديشامب، المدير الفني لمنتخب فرنسا، تشكيل فريقه لمواجهة جبل طارق في تصفيات أمم أوروبا يورو 2024.

ويحل منتخب فرنسا ضيفًا على جبل طارق، على ملعب “ألغارفي” في إطار منافسات الجولة الثالثة من المجموعة الثانية من دور المجموعات للتصفيات المؤهلة لـ يورو 2024.

ويتواجد منتخب فرنسا في المجموعة الثانية التي تضم منتخبات اليونان، هولندا، إيرلندا، وجبل طارق.

اقرأ أيضًا | ديشامب يعلق على تصريحات ماكرون بشأن مستقبل مبابي مع باريس سان جيرمان تشكيل فرنسا ضد جبل طارق

حراسة المرمى: سامبا.

خط الدفاع: هيرنانديز، كوناتي، فوفانا، بافارد.

خط الوسط: كامافينجا، تشواميني، جريزمان.

خط الهجوم: كومان، جيرو، مبابي.

ويتصدر منتخب فرنسا ترتيب المجموعة الثانية برصيد 6 نقاط يليه منتخبي اليونان وهولندا برصيد 3 نقاط، ويتذيل منتخبا إيرلندا وجبل طارق الترتيب بدون نقاط.

MatériaMais Notícias

Depois de dois jogos, o São Paulo voltou a vencer no Campeonato Paulista. Na tarde deste domingo, no Pacaembu, a equipe derrotou o São Bento por 1 a 0, com um belo gol de Hernanes. Mesmo com um time alternativo visando a estreia na Conmebol Libertadores, quarta-feira, fora de casa, contra o Talleres, da Argentina, o Tricolor contou com o Profeta para resolver e embalar. Destaque negativo foi para a arbitragem, que se envolveu em polêmicas.

ESTUDOS E ESTUDOS
Os minutos iniciais da partida foram de estudo de ambas as equipes. Aos poucos, o volume da velocidade e da criação no meio de campo foram em uma crescente e as chances, então, apareciam. No São Bento, Ewerton Páscoa aos oito levou certo perigo, enquanto o São Paulo respondia com Bruno Alves.

ANULADO!
O São Bento tentava explorar os contra-ataques, já que o São Paulo estava em campo com um time alternativo visando a Libertadores na quarta-feira. E em um destes lances, a equipe chegou ao gol – anulado pela arbitragem por impedimento, em lance difícil diga-se de passagem. Alecsandro fez o pivô para Alex Maranhão, que estufaria as redes.

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HENAL E OS MILAGRES
No fim do primeiro tempo e no início da etapa final, Henal, goleiro do São Bento, entrou em ação e se destacou com defesas importantes. Antes do intervalo, o arqueiro espalmou em tentativa de Hernanes. Na volta, no minuto inicial, em um bate-rebate, Henal espalmou em chegada de Carneiro e Antony, no rebote, também tentou, mas o goleiro salvou.

TRAVE DE CÁ, GOL DE LÁ
O volume do segundo tempo foi maior e os lances de perigo também. O São Bento quase abriu o marcador aos sete, quando acertou o travessão em chegada de Edson Ratinho. O São Paulo teve maior sorte e Hernanes, aos 14, marcou – e um golaço, por sinal. A qualidade do Profeta é indiscutível e ele só tem a ajudar ao longo da temporada, Tricolor 1 a 0.

EMOÇÃO ATÉ O FIM
Até o fim, o jogo manteve o ritmo e a emoção. O árbitro Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo errou ao marcar um pênalti aos 48, quando a bola bateu no ombro de João Paulo, do São Bento. Mas já diriam os deuses do futebol, pênalti quando não é, não entra e foi o que ocorreu, quando Jonatan Gomez parou no goleiro Henal. Vitória do São Paulo, merecida, apesar da polêmica arbitragem.

FICHA TÉCNICA
SÃO PAULO 1 X 0 SÃO BENTO

Estádio: Pacaembu, São Paulo (SP)
Data/hora: 3/2/2019, 17h (de Brasília)
Árbitro: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo (SP) – Nota LANCE!: 5,0 – Marcou um pênalti inexistente no fim e anulou um gol polêmico do São Bento
Assistentes: Anderson José de Moraes Coelho(SP) e Bruno Salgado Rizo(SP)
Público/renda: 8.855 pagantes/R$ 297.373,00
Cartões amarelos:Hudson (SAO) eJoão Paulo (SAB), Edson Ratinho (SAB)
Cartão vermelho: –

GOL: Hernanes 14’/2ºT (1-0)

SÃO PAULO: Jean; Igor Vinicius (Hudson 32’/2ºT), Bruno Alves, Rodrigo e Léo; Willian Farias e Araruna, Hernanes (Jonatan Gomez 25′ 2º T); Helinho, Everton Felipe (Anthony, intervalo) e G. Carneiro. Técnico: André Jardine

SÃO BENTO: Henal; Everton Silva, Ewerton Páscoa, Diego Ivo e Guilherme Romão; Fábio Bahia, Edson Ratinho, João Paulo; Paulinho(Tiago Luis 21′ 2º T), Alex Maranhão (Mazola 28′ 2º T e Alecsandro (Henan 11’/2ºT). Técnico: Marquinhos Santos.

Wolves are facing a number of exits from the football club this summer with the Old Gold chasing more funds to spend in the transfer market.

Ruben Neves and Adama Traore are the two more high profile departures that could take place while Rui Patricio has already taken his leave from Molineux.

What’s the word?

There could be another departure in the backline at Wolves with Romain Saiss fielding interest from France.

However, there is now a threat of Max Kilman heading away from the Midlands.

That’s according to Football League World who report that both Sheffield United and Barnsley have had enquires rebuffed for the defender by Wolves.

They’ve told the Championship pair that he is part of their plans for the upcoming season and have no intention of selling.

Let him go

If other clubs are interested in acquiring the centre-back this summer then Wolves must take the decision to axe him from their plans.

After all, he struggled to get in the side towards the back end of last summer and his desire to receive more first-team football won’t be made any easier by the arrival of Yerson Mosquera.

Kilman began 2020/21 as a regular in the side but only made two starts in the league following Valentine’s day.

The £50k-per-week earner was handed a new contract last season but despite being described as “outstanding” by Conor Coady at one stage, his performances over a long period of time didn’t particularly set the world alight.

He formed part of a Wolves defence who only kept two clean sheets over a 14-game spell between October and January, amassing some poor numbers from a personal perspective in the process.

The centre-back won 1.1 aerial duels per game which was the same as Coady but fewer than Saiss, Willy Boly, Leander Dendoncker and Nelson Semedo.

Furthermore, he won just 1.2 tackles a game, the 12th best tally in the entire Wolves squad.

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With that in mind, Lage should happily take the brutal decision of axing the 24-year-old ahead of the new season.

With the club restricted in terms of finances, he could net them a tidy windfall to spend elsewhere.

AND in other news, Wolves offered chance to sign “exceptional” 56-cap ace, he may be another Willian Jose…

Media giant Star enters rival Max’s territory with on-field advertising during the IPL

Amol Karhadkar03-Apr-2013

Last week the BCCI and Star India, a Murdoch-owned, TV-centric media conglomerate, announced the latter’s association with IPL as an “official partner”. The announcement indicated that Star India was just another sponsor of the tournament but didn’t mention the significance – it had effectively entered the territory of one of their key competitors using the same platform and possibly changed the rules of the high-stakes advertising game.Multi Screen Media are the IPL’s official broadcasters through Max, their Hindi film channel, and their recently launched 24-hour sports channel. The broadcast rights deal, revised ahead of the 2009 IPL, is worth around Rs 900 crore ($165 milion) per year till 2017.Star India, on the other hand, have tied up with IPL to primarily promote their flagship channel, Star Plus. “We saw a great opportunity to use this platform to communicate our brand promise of [same relationship, new idea],” Uday Shankar, CEO of Star India, said in a statement following the deal.The significance of Star’s entry into a property owned by one of its competitors goes beyond the boundary signage that was shown frequently and prominently on the screen during Wednesday’s opening game. While not being seen as ambush marketing, it has created ripples in the media and entertainment industry. “We view it as an act of desperation by Star to be part of the biggest sporting entertainment event,” Manjit Singh, CEO of MSM, told , a business daily. “Star’s decision to be part of IPL simply validates our strategy of having bagged the telecast rights”.Some industry experts are looking at the deal as an innovative method of branding. “It could be a trend-setting deal in Indian advertising, where a company enters into a property owned by one of its competitors,” says Kiran Khalap, a brand consultant. “It is kind of a steal for Star to use a platform as big as IPL in such a manner.”The Star India deal is believed to be worth at least Rs 50 crore (approximately $10 million) per year. Even though both Star India and IPL have kept the form of the association under wraps, it is understood that the former plan to have characters from their 33-odd daily soaps attending most of the matches. After the first match against Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Daredevils on Wednesday night, one of the female actors from Star’s soaps handed out a Star Plus Award at Eden Gardens. In fact, the unique partnership has also left franchises wondering “whether the players will be asked to make a guest appearance in Star’s reality shows, just like film stars”.MSM’s tetchiness – as revealed by Singh’s unusually aggressive statement – is understandable, say industry experts. “It may turn out to be a profitable move, but Star India’s partnership with IPL is certainly not in a good taste,” a media buyer said on condition of anonymity. “It may start a vicious war between television media majors, similar to the ambush marketing campaigns run by the cola giants over sponsorship of cricket events in the late 90s and early 2000s.”Khalap, however, says this isn’t ambush marketing. “I can’t call it an ambush. It’s effective deployment of resources by a media conglomerate to use a property that’s as big and reach out to the target audience in one more way.”Ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar speaks from a financial perspective. “Cricket is the biggest money-spinning factor in India. The IPL is the second-most followed cricket event after the World Cup,” Kakkar says. “So it doesn’t matter whether it’s ambush or not. Any association with a property like IPL is going to surely help a brand in a much bigger way.”

قدمت الرابطة الدولية للاعبين المحترفين “فيفبرو” النصيحة للاعبين بعدم التعامل مع الأندية المصرية وذلك بسبب كثرة النزاعات والشكاوى ضد الفرق في الدوري المحلي.

وذكرت الرابطة في بيان رسمي، أن الأندية المصرية لديها نزاعات مع العديد من اللاعبين المحترفين بسبب المستحقات المالية، كما هناك قرارات تعسفية مثل مصادرة جوازات السفر والتزوير.

اقرأ أيضا..قائمة منتخب مصر لمباراة غينيا في تصفيات أمم إفريقيا.. ضم 8 لاعبين من الأهلي وثلاثي الزمالك

وحذرت الرابطة اللاعبين الأجانب من التفكير في اللعب بالدوري المصري، كما طالبت اللاعبين في حال التوقيع لنادي مصر بعدم تسليم جواز السفر لمسؤول النادي ويكفي فقط تزويد الفريق بصورة من جواز السفر.

ونصحت الرابطة اللاعبين الأجانب بعدم التوقيع على عقود فارغة، كما طالبت بضرورة الاحتفاظ بنسخة أصلية موقعة من العقد مع ضرورة التوقيع على جميع نسخ العقد وأن تكون النسخ شاملة توقيع اللاعب والنادي في نفس الوقت.

وتابعت الرابطة بالتأكيد على كتابة العملة المخصصة للراتب بشكل صحيح، حتى لا يتمكن النادي من تغيير العملة بعد ذلك، كما أكدت على ضرورة التأكد من مصداقية الوكيل لكونه يهتم فقط بالحفاظ على مصلحة النادي أكثر من اللاعبين.

وأخيرًا ذكرت الرابطة الدولية للاعبين المحترفين أن الأندية في مصر ليست جميعها تمتلك حساب FIFA TMS الخاص بها، وبالتالي يمكن لأي ناد طلب بطاقة الانتقال من خلال أندية آخرى وسيطة، لذلك أكدت الرابطة أنه في حال حدوث ذلك يجب على اللاعب توثيق الأمر للحفاظ على جميع حقوقه.

نجح فريق الكرة الأول بنادي الزمالك في تسجيل هدفين بشباك نظيره طلائع الجيش ليعلن تقدمه في ثلاثة دقائق فقط.

المباراة المقامة في خضم مؤجلات الجولة الثالثة والعشرين من عمر الدوري المصري الممتاز، على ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي.

أوسوريو يعلن تشكيل الزمالك أمام طلائع الجيش.. فتوح أساسيًا

وأحرز هدف اللقاء الأول حسام عبد المجيد في الدقيقة 88 من عمر اللقاء، برأسية متقنة مستغلًا عرضية أحمد سيد زيزو من ركنية بالجهة اليمنى.

وبعد مضي 3 دقائق فقط وتحديدًا في الدقيقة 91، سجل إبراهيما نداي الهدف الثاني برأسية متقنة بعد عرضية من الجهة اليسرى.

ويحتل الزمالك المركز الرابع في جدول ترتيب الدوري برصيد 47 نقطة، حصدهم من 28 مباراة، إذ فاز في 13 مباراة وتعادل في ثمانية وخسر 7 لقاءات.

أما فريق طلائع الجيش فيقبع بالمركز السابع عشر وقبل الأخير برصيد 26 نقطة، حصدهم من 28 مباراة، إذ فاز في 5 مواجهات وتعادل في 11 وخسر 12 مواجهة. هدف الزمالك الأول أمام طلائع الجيش

هدف الزمالك الثاني أمام طلائع الجيش

There have been suggestions that all England need to do to bag a 3-0 whitewash is to turn up. While the visitors begin as clear favourites, New Zealand are far from so hopeless that England can ignore their challenge

Andrew McGlashan in Dunedin04-Mar-2013

New Zealand is a country of adrenalin-fuelled adventure sports, but the expectation is that the Test series that starts in Dunedin on Wednesday will not get pulses racing in the same way. In fact, there have been plenty of suggestions that all England need to do to bag a 3-0 whitewash is to turn up. There has just been the odd hint of disquiet from the New Zealand viewpoint that this is being treated as an Ashes warm-up. The New Zealand XI victory in the tour game in Queenstown has not gone unnoticed.New Zealand’s recent Test form is leading to the low expectations but perhaps it should not be taken as so black and white. They are not the only team to have been recently bowled out for under 50 by South Africa; the match before that they beat Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka to level a series (the same result England managed). They are now back on home soil, after extensive periods touring, which should make them feel more comfortable.England begin as clear favourites. That is usually the way when they tour here but history is littered with examples of the challenge having proved harder than expected. Last time, in 2008, they lost in Hamilton by 189 runs, getting humbled on the final day by Kyle Mills and Chris Martin. In 2002 they went into the final Test, in Auckland, with a 1-0 lead and despite the match being badly hit by rain lost by 78 runs. Although Michael Atherton’s team were ultimately 2-0 winners in 1997 they had to overcome the embarrassment of being defied by Danny Morrison in the first Test.This time, led by the combative Brendon McCullum, New Zealand are far from so hopeless that England can ignore the immediate challenge. Clearly, the recent problems surrounding the shockingly handled change of captaincy have destabilised the team – rumours of differences in the dressing room persist, although New Zealand aren’t alone in that – but McCullum is a single-minded leader who faces his task head on.From England’s point of view, anything less than a 2-0 scoreline (there is a chance of rain at some point, not least in Dunedin) will be a disappointment. Having put their Test game back on track in India after a difficult 2012 they now need to redevelop that ruthless edge which characterised their play during 2011.After the upheavals of last summer – Kevin Pietersen’s problems and the retirement of Andrew Strauss – the team has been stabilised. Nine of the first-choice XI for Test cricket are set in stone; the two areas for debate are the third fast-bowling slot and the long-term opening partner for Alastair Cook.Stuart Broad looks set to return to support James Anderson and Steven Finn, but doubts remain over how much long-form cricket he will be able to play as he attempts to manage his heel problem. It seems inconceivable that he will be able to go through such a full programme this year – 14 Tests, with a 15th in January 2014 – without another break. Beyond him, too, there are now a few more questions about the depth of what follows than had previously been thought.Nick Compton will retain his position alongside Cook and he deserves the opportunity to build on his hard work in India. At 29, he still has time to forge a lengthy Test career but he needs to show he can do more than purely blunt the new ball.As odd as it may sound considering the considerable averages of most of England’s top order, New Zealand should feel they have a chance to make early inroads. Compton and Pietersen are short of time in the middle and Jonathan Trott has not been quite at his best. And in the opposite corner the home side have, amid all the problems, formed a decent pace attack.Tim Southee is back to lead the line and has matured into a consistent swing bowler. His success in Sri Lanka, where he took 12 wickets in two Tests, was the mark of someone entering his peak. Doug Bracewell, fitness permitting, can produce incisive spells while Trent Boult, as long as he doesn’t drop it short, can swing the new ball. Neil Wagner also caused England problems in Queenstown.In turn, though, New Zealand’s batting will be severely tested, especially by Anderson’s swing and Finn’s pace. They will have a new-look opening pair – likely to be Hamish Rutherford and Peter Fulton – and it has been a while since the side have been given consistent starts. Four of the last six first-wicket stands have been single figure (albeit three of them came against Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander) and the last hundred opening partnership was 12 Tests ago in January 2012 against Zimbabwe; the last against a major nation another four Tests before that.The middle order, however, offers the hope of something better. Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, McCullum, Dean Brownlie and BJ Watling has a solid ring about it, although there is an argument that McCullum should be at No. 3 to allow Williamson to develop lower down. Watling, and to a lesser extent, Brownlie impressed for New Zealand XI in Queenstown, McCullum is in strong form and Taylor’s hundred in the Napier ODI has put him back on track.The public also need a team they are pulled into watching. Unlike with the rugby union side, there is not the expectation, or demand, that they will bring home the major prizes but neither is embarrassment accepted. New Zealand Test cricket desperately needs some good news over the next three weeks. A series win, though, would verge on miraculous.