India's stand pulled the plug on league – SLC

Sri Lanka Cricket has admitted that India’s decision to withdraw its players from the Sri Lanka Premier League effectively pulled the plug on the tournament

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Jul-2011

India’s boycott has forced SLC to revive the inter-provincial domestic tournament for this year, featuring only Sri Lankan players•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Sri Lanka Cricket has admitted that India’s decision to withdraw its players from the Sri Lanka Premier League effectively pulled the plug on the tournament.”Honestly, we are finding it difficult to have the Premier League without India’s support,” SLC spokesman Brian Thomas told . “We can’t get into more debt.”Thomas’ confirmation came after two South African players linked to the tournament – Herschelle Gibbs and Davy Jacobs – told ESPNcricinfo that they had been informed of the one-year deferral. On Friday, the agent for Lonwabo Tsotosbe said he’d received similar information from Somerset Entertainment Ventures, the league’s organisers.India’s boycott deprived the tournament of a broadcaster for the lucrative Indian market, making it unviable at a time when SLC is going through financial instability. Adding to the sense of confusion was last week’s dissolution of the SLC committee that had created the tournament, and its replacement by a new panel.Consequently, the tournament’s inaugural edition has been pushed to August 2012, following a meeting between the new committee and Somerset. In its place, SLC will conduct the regular inter-provincial Twenty20 tournament featuring five domestic sides without involving foreign players, with the winner becoming eligible for the Champions League in September.Meanwhile the SLC will continue to lobby for Indian participation in next year’s event. Thomas said the country’s cricket authorities were hopeful of reaching an agreement with India on the issue.The SLPL ran into trouble when BCCI withheld its permission on the grounds that Somerset, which owned the commercial rights, would be handling the contracts for international players and that could lead to complications should disputes arise over payments. The SLC was willing to back the Indian players’ contracts so that their financial interests were protected, but that was not enough to satisfy the BCCI. There have been suggestions that former IPL chairman Lalit Modi had a hand in the event, but SLC and Somerset repeatedly denied the allegation, as did Modi.The Indian board’s stand – which marked a U-turn of sorts after an initial green signal – was contrary to that of the boards of Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Pakistan, all of whom extended their support to the tournament. Tim May, the chief executive of Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), had also backed the event.

Time to infuse new talent, say former India cricketers

Former India players react to their team’s 4-0 loss to England in the Test series

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Aug-2011

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi: “The BCCI is not going to show a great deal of vision.”•Getty Images

India’s drubbing in the just-concluded Test series in England has signalled the urgent need for youngsters to be blooded into the Test team, according to former India captain Anil Kumble. Kumble said that while it could take time for India to return to their best, players like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina and Yuvraj Singh needed to be given an extended run to allow the rebuilding process to take place.”They have to be given a long rope,” Kumble told . “You may not see India come back to the top in quick time. But we have to ensure that with these youngsters, we remain in the top three and climb to the top spot after a few years.”Arun Lal, the former India batsman, echoed Kumble’s view. “You cannot go on with 35 or 38-year-olds till eternity,” Lal said. “We need to infuse new talent. What happened in England was in a way good. We needed an awakening.”India’s 4-0 loss is the their first whitewash since the three-match series in Australia in 1999-2000, and the first by a four-game margin since the 1967-68 tour of Australia. Since Sourav Ganguly took over the captaincy in 2000, India’s overseas record has shown marked improvement – India have won 24 away Tests in the last 11 years as compared to only four between 1980-99.However, the players responsible for several of these wins have already gone – Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly – or are close to retirement, while the likes of Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh, who were part of these wins, have been dogged by injuries recently.Kapil Dev, another former captain, said several of these players would be hard to replace, making India’s task that much harder. “We were fortunate to have such good players all at one time, but they can’t go on forever,” Dev said. “It won’t be easy to replace them.”Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar said, during commentary, that while England were the better side, he had not expected India to cave in so meekly. “Losing is part of the game but for a top-ranked side to lose so badly is inexcusable,” he said. “England were magnificent, they were much superior to India and much better prepared. But I did expect India to show more fight than they did in the four Tests.”With the Don Argus-led review of Australian cricket getting a lot of attention over the last week, there has been speculation over whether the BCCI will commission a similar appraisal in the aftermath of the England series. Former captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi said he didn’t anticipate too many changes coming into place. “The BCCI is not going to show a great deal of vision,” Pataudi said. “Cricket will continue [in India] the way it is, but I sincerely hope that some sense does come in.”Ravi Shastri, another former captain, said it was time to look at different players for the different formats, with an emphasis on Test cricket. “It’s time for Indian cricket to identify players who are specifically suited to the different formats of the game,” Shastri wrote in the . “A way has to be found to encourage those cricketers who want to give Test cricket priority. There ought to be superior remuneration or compensation.”

René Simões fala sobre conselhos a Carille e Zé Ricardo e dá seu palpite para a Copa

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Com uma vasta história no futebol – masculino e feminino – René Simões hoje é coach. Ele, inclusive, aconselha algumas das novas revelações entre treinadores do país: Fábio Carille e Zé Ricardo. Nesta entrevista, Renê fala sobre as conversas que teve com seus pupilos nas saídas de Corinthians e Vasco, respectivamente. O ex-treinador, que fez história ao classificar a Jamaica para a Copa do Mundo de 98, diz o que espera desta edição do Mundial.

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محمود شبانة: الزمالك أبلغني بقطع الإعارة.. وأتمنى الفوز على الأهلي

علق محمود شبانه لاعب سموحة المعار من صفوف الزمالك، على فوز الفريق على نظيره سيراميكا كليوباترا، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما اليوم ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري المصري.

وفاز سموحة على سيراميكا كليوباترا بهدفين دون رد، في المباراة التي أقيمت اليوم على أرضية ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي، في الجولة الـ14 من عمر المسابقة المحلية.

وقال شبانة في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر فضائية “أون تايم سبورت”: “قبل المباراة كان علينا ضغط كبير خاصة وأن الخسارة في مباراة كأس مصر أمام الأهلي كان لها تأثير نفسي علينا”.

طالع..الأهلي “المنتعش” يواجه الزمالك “الجريح” في قمة الدوري المصري

وأضاف: “سموحة فريق كبير ولا يستحق المكانة المتواجد فيها، استطعنا أن نغلق مفاتيح لعب سيراميكا كليوباترا، وهذه المباراة مهمة وثلاثة نقاط غالية، والدوري صعب جدًا وهناك ضغط مباريات”.

هل ستعود للزمالك أم مستمر مع سموحة؟ أجاب: “إسماعيل يوسف تحدث معي وأبلغني أنني سأكون متواجداً معهم، طارق العشري تحدث مع مرتضى منصور وأستأذن منه أن أكون متواجداً في لقاء الأهلي بكأس مصر، وأبلغوني أنني في الفترة المقبلة سأقطع الإعارة وأعود للقلعة البيضاء، وسأجلس معهم وأعرف كل التفاصيل”.

وواصل: “هناك بند موجود في العقد حال قطع الإعارة، وهو أن سموحة يجمع المستحقات التي حصلت عليها والمقابل المادي للإعارة وسيطلبوها من الزمالك”.

وأكمل: “أريد أن أعود للزمالك وهذا حلم بالنسبة لي وأنا على قدر المسؤولية وأحصل على الفرصة وأنضم لمنتخب مصر”.

وأتم: “أتمنى فوز الزمالك على الأهلي في مباراة القمة وفيريرا قادر على إدارة المباريات الكبيرة”.

Meia do América-MG foca em duelo contra a Chapecoense

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O América-MG retorna à campo nesta quarta-feira para encarar a Chapecoense, no Independência, pela Série A do Campeonato Brasileiro. E o desejo da equipe mineira é conquistar um grande resultado diante do seu torcedor, segundo destacou o meia Ruy, que espera uma ótima apresentação dos mandantes neste duelo.

– A Chapecoense tem uma grande equipe e é sempre um adversário muito forte. Eles estão fazendo uma campanha parecida com a nossa até agora. O jogo tem tudo para ser bastante equilibrado durante os noventa minutos, mas queremos vencer para melhorarmos ainda mais nossa posição na tabela da Série A – disse o jogador.

Ainda de acordo com o atleta, a equipe mineira tem trabalhado para evoluir na temporada.

– Nosso elenco tem se dedicado muito para evoluir. Sabemos que o grupo pode render muito mais na sequência da temporada. A comissão técnica tem buscado isso e nós também. Tenho certeza que melhoraremos ainda mais nosso rendimento em campo após a Copa do Mundo – completou.

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رابطة الأندية تختار اللاعب الأفضل في الجولة 15 بـ الدوري المصري

أعلنت رابطة الأندية المحترفة المصرية، عن أفضل لاعب في الجولة الـ15 من عمر بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

ويعتلي النادي الأهلي صدارة جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري برصيد 37 نقطة، ويأتي في المركز الثاني فيوتشر بـ31 نقطة، وثالثاً بيراميدز بـ30 نقطة، وفي المركز الرابع المقاولون العرب بـ27 نقطة، والزمالك يتواجد في المركز الخامس بـ26 نقطة.

واختارت رابطة الأندية، لاعب الأهلي محمد شريف، أفضل لاعب في الجولة الـ15 للبطولة الأكبر محلياً.

طالع.. في بيان رسمي.. اتحاد الكرة يعلن موقفه من استقالة لجنة الانضباط

ونشرت الرابطة عبر صفحتها الرسمية على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي “تويتر”: “موعدنا الآن مع الإعلان عن لاعب الجولة 15، تسديداته هي صديقة الشباك ودائمًا ما تصنع الفارق”.

وتابعت: “محمد شريف هو لاعب الجولة بناءً على تعليقات وردود المتابعين عبر مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي الخاصة بنا”.

وقاد محمد شريف فريقه للفوز على البنك الأهلي بعدما سجل هدفه الخامس في بطولة الدوري الممتاز، في اللقاء الذي أقيم مساء الإثنين الماضي، وهو ما حقق من خلاله الأهلي الفوز وعزز صدارته لبطولة الدوري. هدف مباراة الأهلي أمام البنك الأهلي في الدوري

Scott signs deal with Worcestershire

Wicketkeeper Ben Scott has signed a one-year deal with Worcestershrie following successful loan spells with the club over the last two seasons

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Sep-2011Wicketkeeper Ben Scott has signed a one-year deal with Worcestershrie following successful loan spells with the club over the last two seasons.Scott, who has been on the Middlesex staff since 2004, has helped add experience to Worcestershire’s side following the departure of Steven Davies to Surrey.”I enjoyed my time at Middlesex thoroughly, winning the Twenty20 and having the opportunity of playing for England Lions, and I’m looking forward to new challenges at New Road,” he said. “The atmosphere and set-up at New Road is superb, they’ve been extremely welcoming to me over the last two years and I am delighted to make it full-time.”In 11 Championship matches this season he has scored 432 runs at 39.27 with a high score of 73 and has bagged 28 catches along with three stumpings.Steve Rhodes, Worcestershire’s director of cricket, said: “We’re thrilled that Ben will continue his association with us when his latest loan period ends. He adds energy, enthusiasm, and experience to the team, which will be vital attributes when we look to improve and progress in 2012.

It's a cut-throat business – Bopara

Ravi Bopara is not taking things for granted after recent success

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Oct-2011

Ravi Bopara’s 73 was crucial to England XI’s win against Hyderabad•Getty Images

After a couple of important innings for England during their home ODI series against India, Ravi Bopara started the tour of India with a score of 73 against Hyderabad, which was crucial to the England XI winning the game. However, Bopara, who has been in and out of the England side during his career, is not taking anything for granted.”It’s a cut-throat business,” he said. “You’ve just got to keep playing well whenever things are in your favour, and make sure you nail it.”England dominated India at home, winning the Test series 4-0 and the five-match ODI series 3-0, but the challenge for them will be to adapt to conditions in the subcontinent, where they struggled during the World Cup. Bopara said singles would be important since sometimes it was difficult to go through with your shots on Indian pitches.”You’ve always got to look for boundaries; you’ve got to keep hitting the ball very hard. But it is a lot more difficult in India because you do know that if the pitch is not playing quite right you can’t go through with all your shots. There is the worry of chipping it to the infield.”You’ve got to have that in mind. You don’t then hit the ball quite as hard or freely as you would like to. On those sorts of pitches, the singles do become very important – you don’t want to be tied up with too many dot balls and put yourself under pressure, and have to look for a big shot on a pitch that is not quite suited to the batters.”England’s batsmen had a tough time of it against Hyderabad, losing four wickets in the first 15 overs before Bopara and Chris Woakes took them to a score of 219. “It was a little bit of a difficult pitch, especially up front,” Bopara said. “With the new ball, it was quite tough. But once the ball got older, it got better.”It was hard to get the ball away, and quite a soft outfield. It was one of those where we thought we should be scoring a lot quicker, but in reality I thought 240 would have been a good score, and as it proved 220 was a good score.”Bopara recently put in a surprising performance with the ball, taking 4 for 10 to help England beat West Indies in a Twenty20 international at The Oval. He said he expected his bowling to be called upon against India as well.”I think it’s important for me to get my bowling right on this tour. At some stage my bowling is going to be called upon and I’m going to have to do a good job because, as we know, this Indian side have a very, very good batting line-up; they are playing in their own conditions too.” He said he hoped to kick on from the positive start to the tour.Meanwhile, wicketkeeper-batsman Craig Kieswetter is set to join England at practice for the first time on October 10, after Somerset were eliminated from the Champions League T20 at the semi-final stage. Kisewetter suffered a bruised arm during the semi-final against Mumbai Indians, when he was struck by a smash down the ground from his batting partner Jos Buttler. England will assess the injury as soon as possible.

تين هاج عن مصير جرينوود مع مانشستر يونايتد بعد تبرئته: لا يمكنني التعليق الآن

تلقى إريك تين هاج المدير الفني لفريق مانشستر يونايتد الإنجليزي، العديد من الأسئلة حول مصير لاعبه ماسون جرينوود بعد تبرئته من تهمة الاغتصاب.

وأدين جرينوود بالتعدي على صديقته هارييت روبسون بالضرب والتعذيب، وذلك في يناير 2022، وتم اتهامه بمحاولة اغتصاب واعتداء وسلوك تحكمي ضدها.

بناء على ذلك أعلن مانشستر يونايتد حينها إيقاف لاعبه، وإبعاده عن التدريبات، وأوقف بيع أي منتج يحمل اسمه أو صورته وقام عدد من زملائه بإلغاء متابعته على مواقع التواصل الإجتماعي.

وإلى جانب ذلك ألغت شركة نايكي عقد رعايتها مع جرينوود وحذف اللاعب من لعبتي فيفا وفوتبول مانيجر.

لكن بعد التحقيقات، تم تبرئة جرينوود من التهم المنسوبة إليه لعدم وجود أدلة قاطعة تدينه وتم حفظ القضية.

مانشستر يونايتد أصدر بيانًا أمس الخميس أعلن خلاله أنه سيجري تحقيقات قبل اتخاذ أي خطوة تجاه جرينوود.

وخلال مؤتمر صحفي اليوم الجمعة، سُئل تين هاج عن مصير جرينوود مع مانشستر يونايتد، وأجاب: “لا يمكنني قول أي شيء، يمكنكم العودة إلى بيان النادي الصادر بشأن الأمر”.

ولدى سؤاله عما إذا كان قد تحدث إلى جرينوود، أضاف تين هاج: “كما قلت، في هذه اللحظة، لا يمكنني الإدلاء بأي تصريح حول الأمر”.

Thiago Larghi monta time titular com Yimmi Chará

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O Atlético-MG deu sequência aos treinos, nesta quinta-feira, na Cidade do Galo. O técnico Thiago Larghi comandou um trabalho tático com foco em aspectos de marcação, saída de bola e recomposição.Vale ressaltar que colombiano Chará foi um dos destaques das atividades.

Principal reforço do Alvinegro para o Brasileirão, Yimmi Chará marcou dois gols e apresentou muita velocidade no ataque.Larghi montou o time titular com: Victor; Patric, Bremer, Gabriel e Fábio Santos; Yago e Elias; Chará, Luan e Róger Guedes; Ricardo Oliveira.

Os recém-contratados Edinho eJosé Welison ficaram de fora do treino, mas fizeram alguns testes físicos. O volante Adilson realizou atividades musculares específicas, separado do restante do elenco.

Vice-líder do Campeonato Brasileiro, com 23 pontos, o Atlético-MG enfrentará o Grêmio na primeira rodada depois da Copa do Mundo. A partida contra a equipe gaúcha será no dia 18 de julho, quarta-feira, às 21h45, na Arena do Grêmio, em Porto Alegre.

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