Angelo Mathews named Pune Warriors' captain

Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka allrounder, will lead Pune Warriors in IPL 2013. Mathews takes over Warriors’ captaincy from Sourav Ganguly, who will not play in this year’s IPL

ESPNcricinfo staff28-Mar-2013

Angelo Mathews will be the third Sri Lankan to captain a franchise in IPL 2013•AFP

Angelo Mathews, the Sri Lanka allrounder, will lead Pune Warriors in IPL 2013. Mathews takes over Warriors’ captaincy from Sourav Ganguly, who will not play in this year’s IPL.The decision to appoint Mathews would mean Warriors will be without their regular captain when playing their away game against Chennai Super Kings, following the IPL governing council’s decision to exclude Sri Lankan players from matches in Chennai.He wasn’t the first choice captain for Warriors. However, once Australia captain Michael Clarke, their preferred choice, was ruled out of this edition of the tournament due to a back injury – one that also forced him to miss the last Test in India – it was clear that Sri Lanka’s Test and ODI leader would take over.Mathews thus becomes the fourth captain to lead Warriors, who open their third IPL campaign with an away game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 5. While Yuvraj Singh led the team in their inaugural season in 2011, Sourav Ganguly and Steven Smith shared the responsibility in Yuvraj’s absence last year due to illness. This year, despite Yuvraj having recovered from his rare germ cell cancer, it was known even before the auction on February 3 that the possibility of him leading the team was remote. “Both him and the owners were reluctant to have him as the skipper since Yuvi the allrounder is so much more important to the balance of the team than Yuvi the captain,” an insider said.Mathews, in all likelihood, will be one of three Sri Lankans to captain IPL teams this year, with Mahela Jayawardene leading Delhi Daredevils and Kumar Sangakkara in charge of Sunrisers Hyderabad. The franchises have already shown concern over the decision to keep the Sri Lankan players away from the Chennai games due to political tensions, saying that Super Kings may subsequently have an added advantage in their home games.Former South Africa quick Allan Donald, who was initially appointed Warriors’ bowling coach last season, has been named the franchise’s head coach. Former India batsman, Pravin Amre, will continue in the role of assistant coach. Trainer Rob Walters, who had previously worked with South Africa and Delhi Daredevils, has been signed as fielding coach and fitness trainer.

كايسيدو يحسم قراره بشأن الانتقال إلى تشيلسي

يعتزم مويسيس كايسيدو نجم برايتون الانضمام إلى تشيلسي هذا الصيف، وفقًا لتقارير صحفية واردة.

كايسيدو جذب اهتمام عدة أندية، بما في ذلك آرسنال وبايرن ميونخ وكذلك مانشستر يونايتد الإنجليزي.

برايتون سبق ورفض عرضين من آرسنال في فترة الانتقالات لشهر يناير، وأنهى الجانرز اهتمامهم باللاعب البالغ من العمر 21 عامًا لرغبتهم في ضم قائد وست هام ديكلان رايس.

وأشارت “سكاي ألمانيا” إل أن كايسيدو أبلغ بايرن ميونخ بعدم اهتمامه بالانتقال إلى الدوري الألماني، بسبب رغبته في الاستمرار بالدوري الإنجليزي، ويوضح التقرير أن كايسيدو قرر الانتقال إلى صفوف تشيلسي.

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وتفيد صحيفة “مترو” البريطانية أنه يعتقد أن برايتون طلب ما لا يقل عن 100 مليون جنيه إسترليني.

وصحيفة “تليجراف” تشير إلى أن تشيلسي يمكن أن يستخدم كونور جالاجر في مفاوضاته مع برايتون لضم كايسيدو، مستغلاً اهتمامهم السابق بلاعبهم.

ويحرص تشيلسي على تعزيز مركز خط الوسط مع اقتراب رحيل الثنائي ماتيو كوفاسيتش ونجولو كانتي، لتدعيم المركز مع إنزو فرنانديز.

Status quo in BCCI as Srinivasan defies doubters

BCCI president N Srinivasan looks to have succeeded in staving off attempts to dethrone him, with a late-night informal meeting of board officials not pressing for his resignation

Amol Karhadkar25-May-2013

N Srinivasan: ‘I cannot be bulldozed’•BCCI

N Srinivasan seems to have staved off the stiff opposition from within the board and will continue as the BCCI president, at least for now and possibly till the AGM in September. A day after the arrest of Gurunath Meiyappan – his son-in-law and a senior official of the Chennai Super Kings franchise – on charges of betting on IPL games, the momentum that seemed to have built up overnight to force a change at the top of the BCCI has apparently fizzled out.More than half the board members attended a dinner hosted by former BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya in Kolkata on Saturday night – notable absentees included vice-president Arun Jaitley, Srinivasan’s presumptive successor, joint secretary Anurag Thakur and treasurer Ajay Shirke – but the mood seemed to be one of preserving the status quo.Indeed, the mood was set before the dinner began, when a senior board official indicated to ESPNcricinfo that the members ‘will not demand’ Srinivasan’s resignation. Srinivasan and IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla had a private discussion in Kolkata before heading for the dinner, the source said, adding that the likelihood of Srinivasan stepping down before the AGM was ‘very slim’.It was in keeping with Srinivasan’s defiant stand through the day. Soon after he landed in Mumbai on Saturday afternoon, he reiterated that he had no intention of resigning. “I cannot be bulldozed or railroaded into resigning by the pressure being applied,” he said. “The BCCI will follow strictly all its rules. The law will take its course. Somebody wants to replace me, let him get elected.”Where N Srinivasan can go from here

Scenario 1: If Srinivasan steps down voluntarily
The BCCI has to find an interim president till the annual general meeting (AGM) is convened in the last week of September. When a president steps down before his term is over, it is usually the vice-president from the same zone as the president who takes over as the interim president. In that case, it would be Shivlal Yadav. If the vice-president refuses, then it has to be one of the eligible representatives from the same zone who takes over.
Scenario 2: If board members want Srinivasan ousted immediately
One-third of the voting members – 10 – must write in to the BCCI secretary urging him to pass a motion against the president for tarnishing the board’s reputation. The secretary then has to convene a special general body meeting (SGM) at the earliest. At the SGM, if two-third of the members – 21, to be precise – vote against the president, he has to step down.
Scenario 3: If the board acts at the AGM
Srinivasan will remain as president till the AGM in September, when he will have completed two years of his term. According to the amended BCCI constitution, an office bearer’s term is extendable by another year at the end of two years. If Srinivasan wants to remain in power for another year, he will have to contest an election. The winner of the election – held by secret ballot – is decided based on simple majority.
Scenario 4: Compromise
If the BCCI members agree that Srinivasan is the best person to be the BCCI’s face, he will remain in charge till September 2014.

The board members know that if Srinivasan does not resign from the job, their options are both limited and complicated (see sidebar). According to the BCCI constitution, a special general body meeting can move a resolution against its president with a three-fourth majority only if the president is directly involved in a corruption case – which is not the case so far.Should the BCCI call an emergency general body meeting, it may come down to electoral numbers. Besides the 27 affiliated units who compete in the Ranji Trophy, the Cricket Club of India, the National Cricket Club, Kolkata and All India Universities have a vote each. If the incumbent president is presiding over the AGM, he is also entitled to a separate vote, thus extending the tally to 31. The last time the BCCI had a contested election for the post of president was in 2005, when Sharad Pawar defeated Ranbir Singh Mahendra to break Jagmohan Dalmiya’s monopoly over Indian cricket’s administration.There remains much internal grumbling about where this controversy around the Chennai Super Kings’ official and Srinivasan has left the BCCI. A former board official said that Gurunath’s arrest has “tremendously harmed the credibility of Indian cricket. And the process to restore credibility cannot even begin till he [Srinivasan] remains at the helm.”The twist in the entire saga is the Gurunath angle. Srinivasan has already constituted a one-man commission of inquiry, headed by Ravi Sawani, to investigate the spot-fixing allegations against the three Rajasthan Royals players.If Sawani’s report implicates anyone – a player or a member of support staff or management team – from Chennai Super Kings, the report will be forwarded to the disciplinary committee. With Srinivasan, in his capacity as the president, being a member of the three-member committee, there would be clear conflict of interest.In such a case, his only option would be to recuse himself from the disciplinary committee by stepping down as the president.Saturday night’s events were an about-turn from what transpired on Friday, well before Gurunath’s arrest, with several significant statements being made across the spectrum of politics and business that controls Indian cricket. Sahara chairman Subroto Roy, who had earlier this week announced his team’s pullout from the IPL and his company’s decision to not renew its sponsorship of Indian cricket, indicated he would be willing to reconsider the decision if there was a change of guard. He went so far as to say Sharad Pawar, a former BCCI president, was an “apt” person to head the board once again.Around the same time a senior member of Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party issued an unambiguous statement saying Srinivasan should go, though the party issued a clarification saying it was issued in a personal capacity and didn’t reflect the party’s views. On Saturday, Pawar told ESPNcricinfo that the party had no view on the matter. “I have resigned [from the BCCI] five year ago to go to the ICC and don’t want to come back.”

Com Romero e sem Urso, Corinthians inscreve 29 atletas na Sul-Americana

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O Corinthians inscreveu o atacante paraguaio Ángel Romero para a disputa da Copa Sul-Americana. O jogador não vem sendo aproveitado pelo técnico Fábio Carille por um pedido da diretoria, que esperava a definição de seu contrato que vale apenas até junho. As partes voltaram a negociar, e Romero deve renovar seu vínculo com o Timão.

A lista foi divulgada inicialmente pelo site da Conmebol. O que chama atenção é que contém apenas 29 jogadores inscritos, com uma vaga a menos, porque o volante Júnior Urso não foi relacionado – por isso, a camisa 8 está vaga.

O Corinthians explicou que Júnior Urso foi colocado na relação provisória da Sul-Americana, mas a documentação necessária não chegou da China a tempo do encerramento da inscrição. O volante foi contratado no início deste mês após ter rescindido com oGuangzhou R&F.

Outro atacante paraguaio, Sergio Díaz também foi inscrito na Sul-Americana. Com dores no joelho direito, ele não está na lista do Campeonato Paulista. Já o atacante André Luis, que está à disposição no Estadual, não foi inscrito na Sul-Americana.

O Corinthians estreia na Copa Sul-Americana nesta quinta-feira, contra o Racing, na Arena em Itaquera, em duelo válido pela ida da primeira fase.

VEJA OS 29 JOGADORES INSCRITOS:

Goleiros: Cássio, Walter e Caíque França
Laterais: Fagner, Michel Macedo, Danilo Avelar e Carlos Augusto
Zagueiros: Henrique, Manoel, Marllon, Pedro Henrique e Léo Santos
Volantes: Ralf, Gabriel, Richard e Thiaguinho
Meias: Jadson, Ramiro, Sornoza, Mateus Vital, Pedrinho e Araos
Atacantes: Gustagol, Boselli, Vagner Love, Romero, Clayson, Sergio Díaz e Gustavo Silva

VEJA A NUMERAÇÃO DOS JOGADORES:

1- Caíque França

2- Michel Macedo

3- Henrique

4- Manoel

5- Gabriel

6- Carlos Augusto

7- Sornoza

9- Love

10 – Jadson

11- Romero

12- Cássio

13- Marllon

14- Léo Santos

15- Ralf

16- Angelo Araos

17- Boselli

18- Pedrinho

19- Gustavo

20- Thiaguinho

21- Sergio Díaz

22- Mateus Vital

23- Fagner

24- Gustavo Silva

25- Clayson

26- Richard

27- Walter

28- Ramiro

29- Danilo Avelar

30- Pedro Henrique

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Contra rival inoperante, Abel dá sequência e indica Flamengo titular

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Com dois gols antes dos seis minutos, o Flamengo resolveu rapidamente a partida contra a Portuguesa, nesta quinta-feira, em Volta Redonda. O 3 a 1, obtido sem sustos, não serve de parâmetro para Abel Braga para os desafios que estão por vir, mas o técnico usou o jogo para dar maior entrosamento ao time que deve ser titular na terça-feira, na estreia da Copa Libertadores.

Afinal, com a vantagem no placar e diante de um adversário inoperante, o treinador optou por manter a equipe inicial em campo até os 26 minutos da etapa final, quando substituiu o atacante Bruno Henrique, com câimbras.

O técnico, assim, indicou qual escalação mandará a campo diante do San José, nos 3.700 metros acima do nível do mar de Oruro, na Bolívia: Diego Alves, Pará, Léo Duarte e Renê; Cuéllar, Arão, Diego e De Arrascaeta; B. Henrique e Gabigol.

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A Portuguesa, talvez, seja a equipe mais fraca do Campeonato Carioca. O time, por exemplo, havia marcado apenas um gol nas sete partidas disputadas até então. Por outro lado, sofreu 11 nas sete derrotas e um empate que tem no Estadual, contando com o jogo contra o Flamengo. Ter sofrido um gol diante deste adversário deve ligar o alerta da comissão técnica, mesmo que a origem foi em uma falha individual. Afinal, o Rubro-Negro só não foi vazado uma vez.

Desta forma, o confronto com a Lusa – assim como os jogos contra Americano e Cabofriense, entre outros – não serve de parâmetro para o Flamengo para o resto do ano, quando enfrentará adversários qualificados na Libertadores, Copa do Brasil e Brasileirão. A cobrança é grande pela conquista de, ao menos, um título de expressão, até por conta do alto investimento feito para 2019.

'Ashraful is not a little boy'

The news of Mohammad Ashraful’s admission of involvement in alleged match-fixing and spot-fixing has generated emotional reactions from Bangladesh fans. Here are some of them

Mohammad Isam06-Jun-2013Riyad Ahmed: “Ashraful was always the guy I had to back in arguments with friends. Now he has done this”•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

“I am not angry at Ashraful, because he admitted his mistake. I am angry at those who brought him in this situation. He is a brave boy. Not many people have the guts to tell the truth, but he does.”
“As he accepted his wrongdoings, there is no room for withdrawing the allegations against him. It is okay to suspend him right now and the final decision may be taken by following the ICC rule, so the punishment is their concern. If he is banned for life by the law, I have no problem though I shall feel sad for him. But there is no room for corruption in cricket.”
“I will miss him if he’s banned. In my dreams I played his pull shot many times. If I were Habibul Bashar, then I would be caught at deep square leg; when I played it like Ashraful, it went for four.”
“I have never met Ashraful, but I am angry with him. For some reason or another, Ashraful was always the guy I had to back in arguments with friends. Now he has done this.”
“One always has a choice, always! In these kind of situations one is either stupid or greedy or in most of the cases, both.”
“Ashraful’s admission of guilt is not enough to save him from the punishment which he deserves. But I think he is only a small piece at the end of the funnel in this unethical game. Authorities should ensure that the major criminal responsible at the top end of the funnel beginning from the financier to each and every one in this chain is taken care of.”
“There’s no one else to blame for Ashraful’s actions. He is not a [little boy]. Ultimately, we are all responsible for our actions given the will to choose.

مسلي آل معمر يفوز برئاسة النصر السعودي

أعلنت مؤسسة نادي النصر السعودي غير الربحية فوز مسلي آل معمر بمقعد رئاسة مجلس إدارة النادي، بنسبة نجاح 99.97%، اليوم الخميس.

نادي النصر أعلن عبر حسابه على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي “تويتر” فوز آل معمر بمقعد رئاسة مجلس الإدارة على حساب ثامر اليمني.

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وأقيمت الجمعية العمومية لمؤسسة نادي النصر غير الربحية بمقر النادي، وانتهت باكتساح مسلي آل معمر للنتيجة.

يذكر أن النصر فشل في التتويج بلقب دوري روشن السعودي في الموسم المنقضي، واكتفى بتحقيق الوصافة خلف اتحاد جدة.

ميدو يحسم الجدل حول "صفقة القرن" في الزمالك.. ويؤكد: تم تفعيل شكوى كهربا

نفى أحمد حسام ميدو عضو اللجنة الفنية بنادي الزمالك، الأنباء التي تتردد عن تعاقد القلعة البيضاء مع (صفقة القرن) كما تم وصفها، خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية المقبلة.

وقال ميدو في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة “المحور”: “هناك حديث منسوب لي عن صفقة القرن في الزمالك ولم أتحدث مطلقًا في هذا الأمر، ولا توجد صفقة القرن في الزمالك ولا أي شيء مما يتردد، ماذا تعني صفقة القرن هل سنتعاقد مع ميسي مثلا؟”.

وأكمل: “الزمالك مادة خصبة للإعلام، ولذلك تخرج شائعات كثيرة عن الصفقات بأسماء 80% منها ليس حقيقيًا، والزمالك لن يتأثر بالسوشيال ميديا، ولن نتأثر بأي حملات ضدنا، ولن نقوم بالتوقيع مع عدد كبير من اللاعبين مثلما تردد بأن النادي سيتعاقد مع فرقة كاملة”.

وأردف: “الجزيري لا بد أن يبقى في الزمالك، حتى عندما نضم مهاجمًا آخر يكون الجزيري معه، شئتم أم أبيتم نحن نعرف ماذا نفعل في النادي وماذا نفعل من أجله لكي ينافس على البطولات في الموسم المُقبل (في ناس هتموت إني حطيت إيدي في إيد مرتضى منصور) وناس آخرون سيموتون غيظًا من أن الزمالك أصبح فيه نظام”.

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وأشار: “أوسوريو طلب تأجيل تحديد قائمة الراحلين عن الزمالك حتى يحكم على جميع اللاعبين بصورة كاملة، ولاعبون كثيرون بدأوا يفهمون طريقة أوسوريو، ومن يتحدث عن رحيل أوسوريو أقول له (الزمالك مش وكالة من غير بواب)”.

واختتم: “الزمالك قام بتفعيل الشكوى الخاصة ضد كهربا، لأنه تم حل مشكلة الحسابات المحجوز عليها، وبالتالي تفعيل الشكوى تم اليوم”.

Marrony comenta sobre boa fase no Vasco e comemora reconhecimento

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Marrony vive um momento de protagonismo no Vasco. Cria da base cruz-maltina, o atacante subiu para a categoria profissional ainda no ano passado, mas foi em 2019 que passou a ser utilizado regularmente pelo treinador Alberto Valentim. Nesta quinta-feira, o atacante comentou, em entrevista coletiva em São Januário, que passou a ser reconhecido pelas ruas de Volta Redonda, bairro onde foi criado.

– Desde o começo do ano venho me destacando. O conhecimento em Volta Redonda mudou bastante. Hoje em dia todo mundo está me conhecendo. Aqui no Rio quando vou no mercado ou no shopping tem torcedor que pede para tirar foto. Quero sempre estar perto da minha família, que é em Volta Redonda. É um lugar onde me sinto bem, muito feliz – afirmou.

Apesar de ser um jogador de lado de campo, Marrony começou o ano sendo artilheiro do Vasco, com quatro gols marcados até aqui. Esses números o colocam na briga do posto de artilheiro do Campeonato Carioca, atualmente ocupado por João Carlos, do Volta Redonda, que marcou sete vezes. O jovem afirmou que não esperava passar por essa fase de muitos gols.

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– Esse começo de ano que tive foi uma coisa surpreendente. É o que eu sempre falo: é trabalho no dia a dia. É consequência de um trabalho muito bem-sucedido aqui. Jogando eu me imaginava já. Mas ser artilheiro do time acho que é uma coisa meio louca ainda (risos). Mas é seguir e continuar nessa pegada aí. Fazer gols, que é o mais importante. Ajudar a equipe e ser feliz – completou.

Na manhã desta quinta-feira, Tite, treinador da Seleção Brasileira, convocou a equipe que disputará amistosos contra Panamá e República Tcheca, em março. Entre os nomes, estava Vinicius Junior, do Real Madrid. Marrony elogiou o atacante revelado pelo Flamengo e destacou que ele serve como um exemplo para ele.

– Vinicius Júnior já deu bastante prejuízo, essa é a verdade (risos). É bom de bola, o enfrentei na base. Já ganhei, já perdi. Mas é um moleque bom que tem tudo para ser um dos maiores do mundo. É um espelho para muitos moleques, de todas as bases – finalizou.

Tikolo appointed coach of Kenya U-19 team

Steve Tikolo was appointed coach of the Kenya Under-19 team earlier this month

ESPNcricinfo staff28-May-2013Former Kenya captain Steve Tikolo was appointed coach of the Kenya Under-19 team. Tikolo, who had been the batting coach of the Uganda team for just under a year in 2012, took the reins from former team-mate Joseph Angara.”The players [are] talented and that is key for any coach. I know there is a lot of work to be done but I am determined to walk the hard path with them,” Tikolo was quoted as saying in .His first assignment is at the ongoing ICC under-19 World Cup Africa qualifiers being held in Uganda, where Kenya have won their first two games.Steve Tikolo played 134 ODIs and scored 3421 runs including three centuries.

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