Leeds United are reportedly facing competition from a Premier League rival for an Inter Milan flop.
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أوضح ديديه ديشامب مدرب منتخب فرنسا، سبب استبعاد هوجو إيكيتيكي مهاجم ليفربول، من قائمة التوقف الدولي القادم، استعداداً لكأس العالم 2026.
وسيلتقي منتخب فرنسا ضد أوكرانيا يوم 5 سبتمبر المقبل، وسيلعب ضد منتخب آيسلندا يوم 9 سبتمبر في تصفيات كأس العالم 2026 في الولايات المتحدة وكندا والمكسيك.
اقرأ أيضاً.. قائمة منتخب فرنسا لمباراتي أوكرانيا وآيسلندا في تصفيات كأس العالم .. غياب لاعب ليفربول المتألق
وشهدت قائمة منتخب فرنسا استبعاد هوجو إيكتيكي مهاجم ليفربول على الرغم من تألقه مع ليفربول وتسجيله في مباراة الدرع الخيرية وفي الدوري الإنجليزي.
وسجل إيكتيكي حتى الآن 3 أهداف بقميص ليفربول، وكانت تقارير فرنسية قد أشارت إلى أن ديشامب متردد في تجربة وجوه جديدة نظراً لأهمية تصفيات كأس العالم.
وفي مؤتمر صحفي أشار مدرب منتخب فرنسا إلى أنه استبعد إيكتيكي لكنه مع ذلك يراقبه عن قرب: “هوجو لقد تابعناه بالفعل مع فرانكفورت، قدم موسمًا رائعًا وهذا أفضل له”.
وأضاف: “من الجيد جداً أن يتمتع اللاعب بالفعالية لكن هناك منافسة، لن أكون قادراً على استدعاء كل اللاعبين لكنه يملك المؤهلات اللازمة للعب مع منتخب فرنسا”.
وقد استدعى ديشامب في خط هجوم منتخب فرنسا برادلي باركولا جناح باريس سان جيرمان وريان شرقي من مانشستر سيتي وعثمان ديمبلي من باريس سان جيرمان وكيليان مبابي ومايكل أوليس وماركوس تورام وأكليوش من ريال مدريد وبايرن ميونخ وإنتر ميلان وموناكو.
Australia’s brightest young T20 batting talent Jake Fraser-McGurk and one of their finest three-format batters of the generation Steven Smith have both been left out of Australia’s provisional 15-member T20 World Cup squad with selectors opting to take a second specialist spinner in Ashton Agar and a spare allrounder in Cameron Green to give them more flexibility throughout the tournament.As expected, Mitchell Marsh will captain the side after Cricket Australia ratified his position as permanent T20 captain on Wednesday morning. Marsh had already led Australia in three T20I series as interim skipper over the past 12 months.Nathan Ellis has also been included as the fourth fast bowling option behind Australia’s big three Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, and Mitchell Starc, while Josh Inglis was also selected as the reserve wicketkeeper and utility batter behind first-choice keeper Matthew Wade.Related
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The omission of Fraser-McGurk is set to cause a stir in Australia after his stunning performances in the IPL where he has smashed three half-centuries in six innings at a ridiculous strike-rate of 233.33 despite the fact he has yet to play a T20I and has only made two ODI appearances.Smith’s omission is less of a shock despite being left out of a World Cup squad for the first time in a decade in any format. But Smith had long been on the outer in Australia’s first-choice T20I side having run the drinks through most of the 2022 World Cup. He was given a chance to open in two T20Is against India last November and two more against New Zealand in February but failed to make a case to displace Australia’s incumbent top three.The selectors opted to trust their experienced trio of Travis Head, David Warner and Marsh who were dominant at last year’s ODI World Cup. They also had long settled the middle order with Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David and Wade likely to be in the first-choice XI.ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Green and Inglis were preferred to Fraser-McGurk and Smith in the final 15 because they can play multiple roles. Green provides cover for the injury-prone Marsh and Stoinis, while Inglis is the backup wicketkeeper but has batted in nearly every spot in the order with some success.Matthew Short was also unlucky to miss out after two outstanding BBL seasons and some excellent showings in his brief T20I appearances over the last 12 months.Chair of selectors George Bailey outlined the reasons why Agar and Green were chosen in the 15 ahead of the other candidates.”We believe Ashton can play a critical role in this tournament along with Marcus Stoinis, Glenn Maxwell, Cam Green and Mitch Marsh in complementing our front-line attack options,” Bailey said.”The batting options available allow a tailored approach to each venue and opponent.””Steve Smith, Matt Short, Jason Behrendorff, Aaron Hardie, Spencer Johnson and Xavier Bartlett were all part of long conversations, along with several others, including Jake Fraser-McGurk who is yet to play T20 International cricket but continues to impress and is developing rapidly,”Being constrained to a squad of 15 for World Cups is always a challenge given the different scenarios and options we’d like to cover. We will continue monitoring several players who have missed out on this preliminary squad and note that if we wish to change this squad, we have the option to do so over the coming weeks in accordance with ICC regulations.”Ultimately the balance of the final 15 needs to provide the best chance of being successful in this campaign.”Marsh said he was thrilled to lead the side to a World Cup.”It’s been an immense privilege to play for my country and now an even greater honour to lead the squad to a World Cup,” Marsh said.”I am extremely grateful to have such a good group of people in our players and staff. We have had some strong success in recent times and I am hopeful that will continue in what looks like a wide-open tournament. We take a very experienced group to the West Indies, I very much look forward to the challenge and working alongside Andrew [McDonald], the coaches, players and staff.”
Mitchell Marsh (capt), Ashton Agar, Pat Cummins, Tim David, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis (wk), Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Adam Zampa
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Através de seus canais oficiais, o Coritiba anunciou a chegada do lateral-esquerdo Victor Luis em acordo que tem validade até dezembro de 2024. O jogador foi contratado sem custos após o término de seu acordo com o Palmeiras.
Extraoficialmente, a negociação entre as partes já estava apalavrada desde o fim de 2022, período onde Victor chegou a se mudar para Curitiba e realizar treinos de preparação usando as instalações do CT Bayard Osna. Porém, restava findar o acordo junto ao clube paulista para que ele pudesser ser oficialmente vinculado ao Coxa.
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Para o site oficial do Coritiba, o jogador de 32 anos demonstrou a felicidade na celebração do acordo e sua expectativa para atuar no Verdão:
-Estou muito feliz em vestir a camisa do Coritiba. Já me sinto acolhido por todos aqui no clube e espero retribuir todo este carinho com bons resultados dentro de campo.
Esta será a primeira experiência do atleta jogando em outra equipe sem estar contratualmente ligado ao Palmeiras, clube onde se formou e conquistou títulos como Copa do Brasil (2015), Brasileirão (2018), Campeonato Paulista (2020) e a Libertadores de 2021. Isso porque, nas passagens por Porto-POR, Botafogo e Ceará, os acordos sempre foram costurados em regime de empréstimo.
The provisional squad for the World Cup includes six players of colour, of which just one – Kagiso Rabada – is black African
Firdose Moonda14-May-2024South Africa’s T20 World Cup squad has “failed to meet the [transformation] targets set by CSA”, resulting in the board’s admission that “various initiatives that have been pursued over the years have not yielded the desired results, especially in terms of producing Black African cricketers at the highest levels”.But this will not, according to a board spokesperson, extend to interference in selection.The 15-player provisional squad includes six players of colour, of which just one – Kagiso Rabada – is black African. CSA’s current target requires the national squad to field – on average over the course of a season – six players of colour in an XI, of which at least two must be black African. They will have the opportunity to improve on the average over the 2024-25 summer but even if Reeza Hendricks, Bjorn Fortuin, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Rabada and Ottniel Baartman play every game, South Africa will still miss the target of two black African players at the T20 World Cup, which has caused concern in some quarters.Related
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Speaking on the national broadcaster, SABC, former CSA and ICC president Ray Mali criticised cricket for going “backwards” and “betraying the people who asked us to negotiate unity”, while former sports minister Fikile Mbalula, the secretary general of the ruling African National Congress, called it a “reversal of the gains of transformation”.Mali was particularly severe in his assessment of how the squad is selected and said the “system of giving a team for one person to select is not going to work in a country like ours”, while advocating for the return of a selection panel.South Africa no longer have a committee of selectors, with the decision-making power in the hands of the head coaches: Shukri Conrad (in Tests) and Rob Walter (white-ball cricket). Both coaches make the final decision in consultation with the director of cricket, Enoch Nkwe. Despite that, South Africa has missed their targets recently, particularly as not enough top black African players have been available.Walter was questioned over the squad composition when it was announced last month and at the time said his “number one imperative is to create a winning team”.He blamed the domestic system for not providing enough depth to pick a more diverse squad. “The system needs to really up the ante so that in six months, 12 months, or two years’ time, and in particular when we reach the 2027 [ODI] World Cup at home, that the demographics and the representation in our team starts to look a bit different.”
The CSA board has not insisted on Lungi Ngidi’s selection in the final 15-player squad (he is a travelling reserve), and will not influence Rob Walter’s choice on final XI, unlike what it has done in the past
CSA has, in essence, agreed with Walter by admitting that there is a lack of black African talent at the highest level and has committed to an acceleration programme for unearthing and developing players. Nkwe “presented to the Board plans for the acceleration of Black African batting talent and a plan to ensure a more representative group of players ahead of the 2027 ODI World Cup on home soil,” a board representative said. “The Board endorsed these plans.”South Africa have no black African batters in the T20 World Cup squad and realistically only had one other black African player who could have been included: Lungi Ngidi. He will travel as a reserve player, with Anrich Nortje preferred because, according to Walter, he offers “raw pace”. Nortje returned from a nine-month absence at the IPL after sustaining a lower back stress fracture, and has taken seven wickets in six games while conceding 13.36 runs per over. Ngidi missed the IPL because of a hamstring injury but played for Titans in the CSA T20 Challenge, where he took eight wickets in eight matches and gave away 8.30 runs an over.The CSA board has not insisted on Ngidi’s selection in the final 15-player squad, and will not influence Walter’s choice on final XI, unlike what it has done in the past. Most notably, at the 2015 World Cup, then CSA CEO Haroon Lorgat reminded then coach Russell Domingo to choose the semi-final XI with transformation targets in mind. At the time, CSA did not have a black African quota in place but required XIs to field at least four players of colour. South Africa had started the tournament with five players of colour in the XI but that dipped to three as the tournament went on. For the semi-final, Vernon Philander was selected for the match against New Zealand ahead of Kyle Abbott.
Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson has confirmed that two promotion heroes do not have a future at the club ahead of their Championship opener.
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Parkinson has confirmed that striker Ollie Palmer and wing-back Jacob Mendy have been told to find new teams to join for the upcoming season. The Wrexham boss, who described Palmer as a "great servant" to the Welsh outfit, also suggested there could be more exits before the transfer window shuts, without naming names.
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He said, via BBC Sport: "Kieffer Moore comes in, I've had a good chat with Ollie Palmer this week. He needs to go and play this season, he knows that. He's been a great servant to the club, a real key player in the climb up the divisions but he's ready to go and play, so there's an example. We spoke about Jacob Mendy a couple of weeks ago and there's other players in that category. But equally there's also a group who want to prove themselves and they're going to get the opportunity to do that. There's a lot of players who have enjoyed being a part of this club and rightly so. But they know for their own careers they need to play. If we feel that the time is right for that to happen, then we'll help it happen and get them a club where we feel it's going to be beneficial for them."
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Palmer and Mendy have enjoyed three promotions with Wrexham since signing for the club in 2022, albeit last season they had a diminished role. Both have played a huge part in helping the Red Dragons rise up from the National League but football is a cutthroat sport, and it seems their time with Wrexham is about to end.
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It remains to be seen where Palmer, who has scored 44 goals in 149 games for Wrexham, and Mendy, who has made 77 appearances for the Welsh team, will move to as Parkinson's team prepare to face Southampton in their Championship opener on Saturday.
Crawley makes fluent 41 as rain forces early close at Old Trafford
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Kent 203 for 7 (Evison 50* Crawley 41, Balderson 3-62) vs LancashireKent’s Joey Evison made his third fifty of the season but could not prevent Lancashire having the best of the first day of their Vitality County Championship match against Kent at Emirates Old Trafford.Evison was helped by Grant Stewart, with whom he put on 69 for the seventh wicket, a stand in which both batsmen took the attack to Lancashire’s Test spinners, Nathan Lyon and Tom Hartley, on a cloudy afternoon in Manchester.The pair came together with their side poorly placed on 129 for six after George Balderson had taken three prime wickets in 28 balls, but their calculated aggression had enabled the visitors to reach 203 for seven, with Evison unbeaten on 50, when rain arrived five overs into the evening session and prevented any chance of a resumption.But Evison and Lyon’s aggression was in sharp contrast to the watchful opening 75 minutes of the day, in which 45 runs were scored in 17 overs. However, Kent then lost three wickets in four overs. Ben Compton was the first to go when he pushed forward to a delivery from Balderson and was caught by wicketkeeper Matty Hurst for 13.Zak Crawley then stroked a trio of fine fours off successive balls from Balderson but was dismissed for 41 in the next over when his flat-footed cover drive to Will Williams merely nicked another catch to Hurst. And Lancashire’s best period of the morning was completed a few minutes later when Balderson nipped one away from Daniel Bell-Drummond and the Kent skipper was caught by George Bell at third slip for three.But the session also ended well for the home side when Jack Leaning was bowled for four when a ball from Balderson snaked inside his loose off drive and knocked back the leg stump. That meant Kent had lost four wickets for 27 runs and it left the home side poorly placed on 76 for four at lunch.Matters got no better for Kent on the resumption when Harry Finch was pinned on the crease by Williams for three to leave the visitors on 83 for five. However, Evison showed no sign of being overawed and put on 46 with Joe Denly, who then tried to take on Jennings, the long-on fielder, and was caught by the Lancashire skipper off Lyon for 18.By mid-afternoon Lyon was bowling in tandem with Hartley, a tactic to which Evison and Stewart responded with selective attack rather than dull quiescence. Stewart showed a particular keenness to swat Lyon through the off side whenever the Australian pitched short and brought up the pair’s fifty partnership when he thumped Hartley over long-on for six.Only six balls could be bowled after tea before a brief interruption for rain and shortly after the players returned, Evison reached his fifty off 117 balls with a single off Lyon. But joy in the away dressing-room was short-lived as Stewart was caught by Luke Wells off the very next delivery when he pushed forward with uncharacteristic caution and nicked a simple catch to slip.Balderson ended the day with three for 62 and Lyon took two for 42, while Williams, who took two for 28 from 15 overs, needs just one more to bring up his 200 in first-class cricket.
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No último domingo (15), o São Paulo abriu a temporada com um empate em 0 a 0 contra o Ituano no Morumbi, pelo Campeonato Paulista. O sistema defensivo do Tricolor, nessa partida, contou com o equatoriano Arboleda e o venezuelano Ferraresi. Dois estrangeiros formando a dupla de zaga do time foi um fato não visto desde o final de 1940, quando o argentino Juárez e o uruguaio Squarza eram os titulares das posições.
As informações são de Michael Serra, historiador oficial do São Paulo.
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De lá, para cá, o São Paulo teve outros grandes defensores estrangeiros, como Renganeschi, de 1944 a 1948; Darío Pereyra, de 1980 (como zagueiro) a 1988; e Diego Lugano, de 2003 a 2006 e de 2016 a 2017. E passagens curtas, como as de González, no final de 1950 e início de 1951; Ayala, em 2000; e Amelli, em 2002. Nenhum, porém, conseguindo formar dupla com outro zagueiro estrangeiro.
Mesmo Lugano, que por alguns meses esteve no mesmo elenco de Arboleda, em 2017, não chegou a jogar junto do atual camisa 5 são-paulino.
Squarza foi um zagueiro uruguaio formado no Ferro Carril Oeste, de Buenos Aires, na Argentina, mas que fez carreira, por longos anos, no Deportivo Maipú, da cidade homônima, naquele país.
Chegou no Tricolor para concorrer com o veterano Iracino pela posição na defesa. Com o tempo, venceu a disputa e assumiu a titularidade, tendo obtido o vice-campeonato paulista de 1941 como o grande resultado da carreira no clube – então em fase de reconstrução.
Depois do Tricolor, atuou por algumas temporadas pela Portuguesa Santista.
Pelo São Paulo fez 40 jogos, conquistando 20 vitórias, oito empates e 12 derrotas. Não marcou nenhum gol.
O argentino Juárez foi outro experiente zagueiro que chegou ao Tricolor em 1940, a princípio, para render ao consagrado Anníbal, e fazer par com o colega estrangeiro Squarza. Juárez começou a carreira pelo Rosario Central, em 1929, mas só chegou à primeira divisão argentina defendendo as cores do Chacarita Júniors, em 1932. Passou ainda por River Plate, Atlético de Madrid (curta passagem), Tigre e Racing, antes de se transferir para o Tricolor, em 1940.
No São Paulo, foi tão bem que rapidamente tomou a posição para si, o que chamou a atenção do Palestra Itália, clube para onde se transferiu em 1941.
Pelo São Paulo foram 19 jogos, com oito vitórias, três empates e oito derrotas.
Nenhum dos dois conquistou títulos oficiais com a camisa tricolor.
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Fulham attacker Rodrigo Muniz may be in line for a move to Atalanta after being dropped from the London side's squad for a pre-season friendly.
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Michail Antonio has joined TNT's punditry team for the new Premier League season after not being offered a new West Ham deal following his car crash.
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TNT Sports have announced their lineup for the upcoming Premier League season, with Antonio joining former Tottenham and Real Madrid star Bale on the roster. They will be flanked by former England international Fara Williams, ex-Scotland ace Jen Beattie and Bristol City first-team coach Anita Asante.
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This comes soon after it was announced striker Antonio would not be offered a contract extension at West Ham. The 35-year-old cheated death in early December 2024 when he had a horrific car crash before being airlifted to hospital and undergoing surgery on serious leg fractures. Many feared he would not play again but even though he has, his time with the Hammers is now over.
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Jamaica international Antonio, who is now a free agent, still harbours desires to play football again at the highest level.
He told : "I'm speaking to clubs right now to see where the best offer is for me to go, and we'll just see how it goes. To be honest, there's a mixture, we're talking to clubs here, we're talking to clubs abroad, but I'm going to leave it very vague – talk to clubs in England and abroad."
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While Antonio tries to find a new team to play for, the veteran forward wants to play at the 2026 World Cup with Jamaica.
He added: "That's one thing I've not managed to achieve for myself, to be playing in the World Cup, and Jamaica are very close to it. It's not just that, I just wouldn't want my career to come to an end by a car crash, literally. So I've got something to prove to show that I can come back, I can come back and play well, which I was doing for the last ten years."