قرر ليونيل ميسي في 2023، أن يضع حدًا لمسيرته التاريخية في أوروبا، وينضم إلى الدوري الأمريكي، عبر بوابة إنتر ميامي.
انتقال ميسي إلى الفريق الأمريكي، جذب معه العديد من المشجعين، وأصبحت متابعات تلك المسابقة، بأرقام مشاهدة تتجاوز المليون مشاهد للمباراة الواحدة لـ ليو.
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وبعيدًا عن كرة القدم، فقد كشف جار ليونيل ميسي، رجل الأعمال الأمريكي باتريك بيت ديفيد، بعض التفاصيل عن حياة ليو في مدينة فلوريدا.
إذاعة “TalkSports” البريطانية، نقلت تصريحات باتريك عبر موقعها الرسمي: “ميسي جاري، لا أعتقد أنه يعرف مدى شهرته، إنه يتجول في الشارع أحيانًا وكأنه شخص عادي”.
وأضاف: “هناك دائمًا أشخاص يصطفون أمام منزله، بقمصان إنتر ميامي والأرجنتين، وهم ينتظرون فقط ظهوره وإلقاء التحية”.
وواصل: “يتعرض الكثير من الناس للاعتقال لأنهم يحاولون التسلل والتقاط صور مع ميسي، فهو يعتقد أنه رجل عادي، ولا يدرك أنه أفضل لاعب في التاريخ”.
وأشار: “أطفالي، وخاصة ابني ديلان، يطرقون الباب دائمًا على ميسي، وذات يوم، جاء إلي ليو بعد إحدى المباريات، قال (أوه، هذا هو الصبي الذي كان يطرق بابي) وابتسم وهو يصافحنا”.
واختتم: “دائمًا كنت أريد أن أقول له، يا رجل، أنت لست شخصًا عاديًا، أنت لست جارًا عاديًا، أنت ليونيل ميسي، ولست رجلًا عاديًا أبدًا”.
تحدث الأمير عبد الله بن مساعد، مالك نادي شيفيلد يونايتد، عن فوز الزمالك على الأهلي والتتويج ببطولة كأس السوبر الإفريقي.
وقال مالك شيفليد، عبر قناة “الزمالك”: “فوز مهم وبطولة مهمة، الزمالك في الشوط الثاني كان أفضل ويستحق المكسب، وإن شاء الله تكون بداية جيدة للموسم، أنا كمحب للزمالك، أتمنى أن يكون موسمًا ممتازًا وأن نحقق أكثر من بطولة، وأنا متفائل بذلك”.
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وتابع: “في الشوط الأول، لم أكن متفائلًا، ولكن مع بداية الشوط الثاني شعرت بالتفاؤل، فقد وجدت الفريق يلعب كرة جميلة، وأحمد سيد زيزو من اللاعبين الذين أحبهم كأي زملكاوي، وقد قدم مباراة جيدة”.
وواصل: “شيكابالا لاعب محبوب من جميع مشجعي نادي الزمالك، وأشعر أن قلبه طيب وله تاريخ حافل مع النادي وأهداف عظيمة، وأتمنى له التوفيق فيما تبقى من مسيرته”.
وأكمل: “شهادتي مجروحة في جماهير نادي الزمالك، ونقول هارد لك للنادي الأهلي. الفريق بأكمله كان ممتازًا في الشوط الثاني، وأتمنى ألا يكون هناك شعور لدى اللاعبين بأنهم حققوا شيئًا في الموسم؛ بطولة واحدة لا تكفي. أتمنى أن نحقق بطولة الدوري والسوبر المصري”.
Micah Richards hit back at a lawyer who called the former Manchester City star a stooge of Roy Keane.
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Richards hits back at defence lawyer
Keane alleged Arsenal fan attacked him at Emirates
Lawyer claimed Richards a stooge of Keane
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The ex-Manchester United captain alleged that a 43-year-old fan named Scott Law assaulted him at Emirates Stadium during Arsenal's win over the Red Devils in a Premier League clash in September 2023. Keane alleged that Law headbutted him while he was at the venue for Sky Sports' punditry duties.
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During the trial process, while cross-examining Richards, Law's lawyer Charles Sherrard KC told Richards, "I’m going to suggest this is where you are Mr Keane’s puppy. It’s an uppercut elbow to the nose." The Arsenal fan alleged that he was elbowed by Keane in the furore.
WHAT MICAH RICHARDS SAID
In response, the 35-year-old said: “Strongly disagree. You tried to mix my words a lot today, but I know what I saw.”
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Law, who claimed to be a lifelong Arsenal fan, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of common assault as he said Keane had "approached him in an aggressive manner" which led him to throw his head back in "self-defence".
Brendan Taylor made 71 off 85 even as wickets kept falling around him but his innings was upstaged later in the day
ESPNcricinfo staff19-Jun-2019Max O’Dowd pulls over midwicket•Peter Della PennaWhile the cricket watching public are binging on the World Cup, Netherlands made a serious statement by totally outplaying Zimbabwe, with opening batsman Max O’Dowd batting through the innings to ensure a chase of 206 was as straightforward as possible. The 25-year old was on ODI debut and made 82 off 116 balls.Such was their dominance that Netherlands sealed victory with seven wickets and 26 balls to spare in a 47-over game.Tobias Visee kick-started the chase with six fours in a knock of 28. But he was dismissed by Ainsley Ndlovu, who became the 26th player in ODI history to pick up a wicket with his first ball.O’Dowd took control from there on, moving smoothly past fifty, and though Netherlands stumbled from 110 for 1 to 117 for 3, his presence at the crease denied Zimbabwe any further chances to get back in the game.There were several other highlights for the Dutch as well, namely their Fred Klaassen (2-29), Paul van Meekeren (2-30) and Pieter Seelaar (2-32) restricting Zimbabwe to a manageable total. They combined so well together that only one opposition batsman crossed 35.Brendan Taylor tried his best, making 71 off 85 even as wickets fell all around him. He walked in with the score on 39 for 2 and watched the innings unravel to 127 for 6. But through it all, he stayed firm, hitting seven fours and two sixes, finally falling in the 40th over. At that time, Zimbabwe were 159 for 7 but Kyle Jarvis and Donald Tiripano hoisted them up over 200.
The last few seasons have seen Leeds United spend sums of money that some fans could only have dreamed of prior to promotion to the Premier League, with over £300m leaving the wallet of Andrea Radrizzani and co. But, things are slightly different now after relegation to the Championship, as Daniel Farke works on bringing the club back to the big time at the first time of asking.
To do that, he may need a few handy additions next month. So, with the January transfer window upon us, we at Football FanCast have decided to take a look at some of the worst January transfer signings that have been made at Leeds United.
9 Cameron Stewart Joined on loan – 9th January 2014
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The Englishman joined Leeds on loan with a further agreement to a permanent deal. However, that permanent deal was later cancelled, which led to a lawsuit that saw Stewart win £750,000 in due wages.
He made 11 appearances for the Whites, but failed to make any kind of impact, hence the desperation to cancel the deal.
8 Jimmy Kebe Joined on loan – 10th January 2014
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Jimmy Kebe on a six-month loan deal, and that was all it turned out to be.
For a player who had so much hype behind him when he joined, fans were shocked at just how bad the attacker was. One of the common themes was just how lazy he was. Bielsa certainly wouldn't have put up with it.
He scored just one goal in nine appearances for the Yorkshire club.
7 Andros Townsend Joined on loan – 1st January 2012
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A young Andros Townsend joined Leeds back in January of 2012. He played just seven times but managed to score a goal and assist one, though never really looked amazing.
And, Neil Warnock revealed that the player has opted to cut short his loan spell.
He stated: "His agent told me he didn't like here, he wasn't happy, and he hadn't settled. I've heard that Birmingham want to sign him, I don't know if that's got anything to do with it."
6 Laurens De Bock Joined for £1.5m – 11th January 2018
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De Bock was brought back in January of 2018 to be the solution at left-back, but he made a number of mistakes and looked rather uncomfortable defensively, which affected his minutes on the field.
It was obvious he was unlikely to play much of a part in the future of Leeds when Marcelo Bielsa took charge as he went out on four loan spells, before joining Zulte-Waregem on a free transfer.
For someone who was brought in as a solution and cost actual money, it turned out to be a stinker of a signing.
5 Habib Habibou Joined on loan – 31st January 2013
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Habib Habibou came to Leeds after a prolific spell in Belgium, and to be fair, he looked good on his debut. But, it was all downhill from there as he made just four appearances for the club without scoring.
He later went on to reveal that he regretted his transfer to Leeds United, and it's safe to say so did the fans.
At least it was only a loan deal.
4 Alfonso Pedraza Joined on loan – 31st January 2017
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Alfonso Pedraza moved to Elland Road back in January of 2017 on an initial loan with the option to buy for £8.5 million, should the Whites have been promoted in the 2016/17 season.
Leeds finished 7th and decided not to cut their ties with the player there and then. He made just 14 appearances in his time at the club, only managing to score one goal in that time, which was deemed not good enough.
3 Edgar Cani Joined on loan – 2nd February 2015
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Striker Edgar Cani signed in a temporary move from Italian club Catania during the era of Massimo Cellino (pictured above), but ultimately made only four appearances for the Whites, failing to find the net in a disappointing chapter in the journeyman’s career. He would briefly find relative stability at lower-league Italian outfit Pisa, but left Elland Road without making any lasting memories.
Another waste from the Cellino days.
2 Kiko Casilla Joined on free transfer – 19th January 2019
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Kiko Casilla left European giants Real Madrid to join Leeds United back in January of 2019. And, to be fair to him, he made 62 appearances, with 36 of these coming during Leeds' promotion-winning season back in 2019/20 under Marcelo Bielsa.
A number of mistakes, including this one against Brentford, led to plenty of Leeds fans calling for his head.
But it was another incident that overshadowed his time at the club, as Casilla was found guilty of racism towards Charlton Athletic's Jonathan Leko, which resulted in him being banned for eight games.
He then lost his place to Illan Meslier, and the rest is history.
1 Jean-Kevin Augustin Joined on loan – 27th January 2020
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Jean-Kevin Augustin is a name that will no doubt leave a sour taste in the mouths of Leeds fans.
He joined back in January of 2020 with an obligation to buy for £18 million, provided Leeds got promoted from the Championship. However, everything soon went downhill as Marcelo Bielsa wasn't convinced by Augustin's physical ability to operate as he wanted, and he played just 48 minutes in Leeds colours before English football was shut down by the pandemic.
So, this complicated things as the Whites earned a long-awaited place in the Premier League. Because the season ended up concluding in July, the Whites argued the clause expired at the end of June, by which time they had not been promoted, whereas parent club Leipzig believed that it had been extended until the delayed end of the campaign, when they were.
The courts sided with Leipzig, ordering Leeds to pay the £18m after an unsuccessful appeal, but they reached a £15.5m "amicable resolution" with the German club in December.
The Vidarbha coach is against playing the fixture after the Ranji Trophy, says it’s difficult for players to ‘start all over again’ after the Ranji grind
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Should the annual Irani Cup, pitting the Ranji Trophy champions and a Rest of India side, take place at the start of the Indian domestic season or at the end of it, as had been the case for the past five seasons? Chandrakant Pandit, coach of Vidarbha – winners of both the tournaments in 2017-18 and 2018-19 – is firm that it should be at the beginning, a curtain-raiser to the season.”The Ranji Trophy is a long-drawn tournament, which takes more than four months and the winning team has to play at least ten to 11 matches,” Pandit said on Sunday. “The players will be tired after a long season and they will be carrying injuries. It is difficult for them to recover and start all over again and give their 100% for the Irani Cup a few days after the Ranji final.”Personally, I feel the Irani Cup should be held at the beginning of the season.”ALSO READ: The brains and the brawn behind Vidarbha’s riseEarlier, from it’s inception in 1965-66 to 2012-13, the Irani Cup served to remind everyone of the star performers for the previous season. It also gave the Rest of India side – a selection of players without being much of a team – a good shot at winning the game. As an example, in the 15 seasons leading up to the schedule change, Rest of India lost just twice. Since then, they have won just twice.Pandit’s argument is along the lines of what former India batsman and ex-selector Dilip Vengsarkar recently told . “What’s the point in playing the Irani Cup when the Ranji Trophy is just over? Irani Cup and Duleep Trophy should be the curtain-raiser for the season as they are the most important tournaments where players would like to display their form and fitness to stake a claim in the Indian squad for the season ahead,” Vengsarkar had said.”How does it help to schedule the Irani game just after the Ranji Trophy? It makes no sense to me and it defeats the very purpose. BCCI’s approach to get done with tournaments is questionable.”There have been no signs of a move away from the current schedule on the part of the BCCI, however, with Saba Karim, the general manager of cricket operations, saying recently that he hasn’t heard any complaints about the current arrangement.”The season-opener is the Duleep Trophy. I’ve not received any feedback of the players being drained out for this fixture. Obviously the team that wins the tournament (Ranji Trophy) will play the most number of games,” he said. “If any such issue is there, it will be discussed in the captains and coaches conclave.”
India declared late on day two, leaving Australia to negotiate a pitch that is beginning to show signs of wear
The Report by Sreshth Shah26-Dec-2018On a day when the bowlers found no real purchase – barring occasional uneven bounce – from the MCG surface, India continued their batting dominance, consolidating their overnight position before declaring just under half an hour from stumps.India rode on the back of a 170-run third-wicket stand between Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara – the overnight pair batted out the first session – before useful contributions from the middle order took them to 443 for 7. Their bowlers then tested Australia’s openers for the last six overs of the day.Australia collected five wickets on the day, and the manner of a couple of them may have caused furrowed brows among their batsmen. Balls that stayed low accounted for Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, and instances of such misbehaviour are only likely to grow more frequent as the Test match wears on.Nathan Lyon, so influential in Adelaide and Perth, struggled for a similar impact on a pitch with much less bounce for him to exploit. As on the first day, India’s batsmen comfortably negated the offspinner, using their feet to reach the pitch of the ball, and drove him through the covers or midwicket almost every time he went too full. A switch to round the wicket didn’t help Lyon either, and it took him nearly 40 overs to earn his first wicket of the game. By the time Lyon struck after tea, trapping Rahane lbw with a ball that kept low, India had already built handsomely on their first-day platform.Kohli and Pujara began the day crisply, flicking and nudging to the long square boundary for a collection of threes, before settling in to protect their wicket. They weathered Australia’s bowlers, adding 62 runs before lunch and ensuring India’s second straight wicketless session.4:00
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Kohli chose to curtail his game after a few outside edges scuttled past the slips. He had collected his 20th Test half-century in the day’s first over, but was troubled by Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins early on. It was an unusually defensive innings but it kept India in control and he walked off at lunch, a smile plastered on his face, having successfully completed the mission India had in mind for the opening session. At the other end, Pujara brought up his 17th Test century, and his second of this series, with a straight drive off Lyon a couple of overs before lunch.After lunch, Kohli was troubled by a sore back that forced the physio Patrick Farhart onto the field. Kohli appeared to be struggling, getting down on his knees between deliveries. In an eventful over from Starc soon after the physio’s appearance, Kohli pulled in front of square for three, then hit another pull for four. By the time the over had ended, however, Kohli had steered an upper-cut right into the hands of third man. It was relief for Australia, a sedate celebration after almost 70 overs of no joy.Pujara would have liked to build on his 17th Test hundred, but he received a delivery from Cummins that he could do little about. It snaked through low off the surface from just short of a good length, and slid under Pujara’s back-foot defence and took out off stump. Cummins didn’t celebrate too hard, perhaps aware that the uneven bounce could pose a danger to Australia’s batsmen too.Pujara’s dismissal brought Rohit Sharma, who had missed the second Test due to injury, into the middle. He took the back seat early on, as Ajinkya Rahane took control till tea. Rohit looked comfortable in the middle – at one point his control percentage was 96 – but nearly fell against the run of play when he top-edged a sweep off Lyon. Substitute Peter Siddle, however, dropped a simple chance at backward square leg, handing him a reprieve on 16.Following Rahane’s dismissal, Rohit went on to add 76 for the sixth wicket with the No. 7 Rishabh Pant, who also enjoyed a bit of good fortune, with Cummins dropping him at long-on off the luckless Lyon.With Australia’s lead bowlers struggling for incision on the largely docile surface, Mitchell Marsh bowled a long spell of stump-to-stump medium-pace in the afternoon, with Tim Paine standing up to the stumps. Marsh finished as Australia’s most economical bowler, conceding only 56 off his 21 overs.With the day coming to a close, Rohit finally began to hit out. He swatted a length ball to deep midwicket to bring up India’s 400, and celebrated his 10th Test fifty, his second in Australia, two overs later. Australia took the third new ball in the 166th over, with Starc and Hazlewood returning for another late spell, but the harder ball only made run-scoring easier for Rohit and Pant. Both creamed fours off one Starc over, before Pant fell for 39, miscuing a leg-side heave. Ravindra Jadeja was out the next over, and at 443 for 7 Kohli declared, having kept Australia on the field for nearly 170 overs.Aaron Finch and Marcus Harris were left to face six tricky overs before stumps. There were two inside-edges in Ishant Sharma’s first over, and from the other end Jasprit Bumrah rattled Harris’s helmet with a short ball. The openers managed to survive this period, adding eight runs by stumps.
Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson has revealed that Jacob Mendy will miss the rest of the season but hinted towards the positive side of things.
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Mendy suffers hamstring injury Will be out until end of the season Parkinson looking at the positive side GettyWHAT HAPPENED?
Parkinson revealed that the Gambia international will have to undergo surgery after suffering a hamstring injury during the 2-1 victory over Colchester United. The wing-back will not be able to play in the final two games of the season due to the surgery, and he won't return to team training until after the summer break.
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Speaking to the media, the Wrexham boss said [via The Leader]: "Jacob is going to have an operation. If there is a positive to having an injury like that is the fact that we have already got promotion. He can have his rehab now through the summer and hopefully come back strong.
"Obviously, no-one likes being injured but Kevin Mulholland and his team are working hard to resolve that problem."
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The Wrexham boss also revealed that James Jones will miss the next clash against Crewe Alexandra. However, the key players being out injured will not be an issue for the Red Dragons with the club having already secured automatic qualification to League One next season as they continue their dream journey under the ownership of Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
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With Stockport County having won the League Two title, the last two games for Wrexham against Crewe Alexandra and the newly-crowned champions will not have anything on the line and could just be a run of celebration for them.
Roy Keane has told Nottingham Forest's Ryan Yates to 'toughen up' after he went down after being seemingly punched by James Maddison.
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Tottenham Hotspur cruised to a simple 3-1 win over Forest, however, Maddison seemed to be lucky to get away without a red card in the final minutes of the first half. He appeared to punch Yates in the guts as the two jostled inside Spurs' penalty box. However, Manchester United legend Keane believes Yates needs to 'toughen up' and stop going down easy during contact.
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Keane, who is now a pundit with Sky Sports, said: "I worked with Yates at Forest, really nice kid, but every week somebody touches him he goes down. He goes down far too easily. For such a decent lad he needs to cut that out of his game."
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After the incident, Yates asked referee Simon Hooper to refer with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) regarding the punch. While VAR did investigate, they did not feel the need to call Hooper to the on-field screen to review the incident as they felt it was clear that there was no malintent in Maddison's action. The disregarding of the incident left Forest manager Nuno Espirito Santo furious on the touchline and the Portuguese also ranted during the post-match interview.
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Speaking to the media, Santo said [via The Daily Mail]: "Looked like Maddison punched him? It doesn't look like he punched him – he punched him. I saw the image. I was surprised that VAR didn’t tell Simon to review it better because honestly, with all my respect, Maddison loses his composure and it’s a punch in the stomach of Yates.
"It should have been reviewed and [led to] a different decision, not to chat with the players and it looks like nothing happens. We did not see it the same way. We didn’t agree, me and VAR. It’s clear for me, I think it’s a red card. I’m surprised Simon solved it with a nice chat."
Their inclusion means Bangladesh now have 11 frontline batsmen at their disposal for the rest of the Asia Cup
Mohammad Isam21-Sep-2018Batsmen Soumya Sarkar and Imrul Kayes have been added to Bangladesh’s Asia Cup squad, which has suffered a spate of injuries. The additions were announced after Bangladesh were bowled out for 173 against India; a second batting debacle following their 136-run loss to Afghanistan on Thursday.Bangladesh’s leading batsmen have suffered setbacks: Tamim Iqbal fractured his wrist against Sri Lanka and is out of the tournament, while Shakib Al Hasan (finger) and Mushfiqur Rahim (rib) have been playing despite injuries. The bigger worry, however, has been the poor form of the younger batsmen.Openers Liton Das and Nazmul Hossain Shanto have been ineffective so far, so have Mominul Haque and Mosaddek Hossain, while Mohammad Mithun has scored one fifty in three innings.Both Soumya and Imrul have had played little cricket lately. They last featured in ODIs in the away series against South Africa last year, where Soumya played one match scoring 8 – making his tally 42 in his last five ODI appearances. Imrul played all three, totalling 100 runs. Neither was picked in the subsequent tri-series at home, or for the tour of West Indies in July-August.Their inclusion means Bangladesh now have 11 frontline batsmen at their disposal for the rest of the Asia Cup.Squad: Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Shakib Al Hasan (vc), Mohammad Mithun, Liton Das, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ariful Haque, Mahmudullah, Mosaddek Hossain, Nazmul Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nazmul Islam, Rubel Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Abu Hider, Mominul Haque, Soumya Sarkar, Imrul Kayes