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أكد لويس سواريز، مهاجم فريق جريميو البرازيلي، أنه قرر الرحيل عن النادي نهاية العام الحالي، حيث لا ينوي استكمال عقده الجاري.

وكان سواريز قد انضم إلى جريميو في مطلع العام الحالي، بمقتضى عقد ساري لمدة عامين، ولكنه لا ينوي البقاء لحين انتهاء صفقته، حيث سيرحل في شهر ديسمبر المقبل.

وقال سواريز في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “elpais” الإسبانية: “من الواضح أن نيتي كانت تتمثل في البقاء هنا لمدة عامين، ولكن عليك أن تكون صادقًا مع جسدك، ومع النادي”.

وأضاف: “كنت صادقًا، ولذلك أقول إنني لن أتمكن من تقديم نفس الأداء في العام المقبل، بنفس الطريقة التي ألعب بها، بسبب العبء والشدة في كرة القدم البرازيلية”.

وواصل: “سيكون هناك العديد من المباريات، والمزيد إذا دخل الفريق إلى كوبا ليبرتادوريس، وهو أحد الأهداف العظيمة، لقد ناقشت ذلك القرار مع النادي، وتفهمته الإدارة، وأود أن أشكرهم على تفهم وضعي”.

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وأردف: “المشكلة تأتي بسبب الإصابة في ركبتي، هي مزمنة، لا أخفيها على الإطلاق، كان النادي على علم بها قبل وصولي، هناك أيضًا إيقاع عالٍ للغاية تتمتع به كرة القدم البرازيلية”.

واستكمل: “لقد تحدثت عن الإصابة وقالوا لي أن أتوقف عن اللعب لمدة شهر، لم ألعب لمدة 15 يومًا حتى الآن، وتراجع الألم، أنا دائمًا أحب الالتزام ولا أريد الكذب على النادي، لا أعرف ما إذا كنت سألعب في مكان آخر، ولكن الحدة ستنخفض بكل تأكيد”.

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O Botafogo fez o dever de casa e manteve viva a chance de classificação para as semifinais da Taça Rio, segundo turno do Carioca. O Alvinegro venceu a Portuguesa-RJ por 4 a 1, na noite desta quinta-feira, no Nilton Santos. Todos os gols saíram no segundo tempo. Diego Souza, Gustavo Ferrareis, Alex Santana e Marcão (contra) fizeram os gols da equipe comandada por Zé Ricardo, enquanto Nilson descontou para a Lusa.

Com a vitória e o empate em 1 a 1 entre Cabofriense e Volta Redonda, o Botafogo seguiu vivo no Estadual. Agora, na última rodada o Alvinegro precisa vencer o Americano no domingo, torcer para que o Flamengo perca o Fla-Flu e a Cabofriense no máximo empate com o Madureira. Além disso, precisa tirar um saldo de quatro gols do Rubro-Negro.

Início morno no Niltão

Precisando vencer para manter-se vivo no Carioca, o Botafogo foi para cima da Portuguesa nos primeiros minutos de jogo. Diego Souza teve chance de abrir o placar aos 2 minutos, quando ficou cara a cara com Edson e bateu em cima do goleiro da Lusa. Mas foi só. A partir daí, o time de Zé Ricardo passou a errar na saída de bola, não conseguiu encaixar os ataques e mostrou pouca criatividade. Erik, artilheiro na temporada, estava sumido em campo. Com o gramado pesado pela chuva, a Portuguesa apenas esperava o erro do Alvinegro para tentar um contra-ataque.

Trapalhada da arbitragem

Após a parada técnica o time comandado por Aílton se animou. Aos 27, Diguinho cobrou falta no travessão e a Portuguesa foi pra cima do Botafogo, que continuava cometendo os mesmos erros. Três minutos mais tarde, o juiz marcou pênalti de Pimpão em Nilson, depois de um escanteio. Com a bola na marca do cal e Diguinho preparado para a cobrança, o árbitro Alexandre Vargas Tavares desistiu da marcação, acompanhando sinalização do assistente atrás do gol de que não houve falta. Ainda assim, o clube da Ilha não se abateu e continuou criando as melhores chances até o fim da primeira etapa. Do outro lado, nada funcionava para o Alvinegro. Alex Santana não funcionou como primeiro volante e Cícero não deu a dinâmica esperada por Zé Ricardo.

Enfim, os gols

Em um espaço de quatro minutos, três gols saíram no Nilton Santos. O Botafogo voltou do intervalo ainda jogando mal e quando a paciência da torcida já se esgotava, o pressionado Marcinho cruzou fechado, a bola bateu na trave direita e sobrou para Diego Souza livre marcar o seu primeiro gol com a mítica camisa 7 alvinegra, aos 8 minutos. Gustavo Ferrareis ampliou dois minutos mais tarde após belo lançamento de Cícero e Nilson descontou para a Lusa ao finalizar na saída de Cavalieri, aos 12.

Fim do sufoco

Depois do susto, Zé Ricardo mexeu no time, sacando Cícero e Erik para a entrada de Wenderson e Luiz Fernando. Mas quem resolveu foi o até então sonolento Alex Santana, que marcou um golaço em chute colocado da entrada da área, após troca de passes com Pimpão, aos 21 minutos. Mais aliviado, o Botafogo passou a errar menos passes. E foi rodando a bola que o time completou a goleada e ganhou sobrevida no Carioca. Novamente Pimpão avançou pela ponta direita e cruzou para a área. O zagueiro Marcão se atrapalhou e marcou contra.

FICHA TÉCNICA

BOTAFOGO 4 X 1 PORTUGUESA

Data/Hora: 21/03/2019, às 21h30 (de Brasília)
Local: Estádio Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Público/Renda: 1.012 pagantes e 1.403 presentes/ R$ 18.897
Árbitro: Alexandre Vargas Tavares de Jesus (RJ) Nota L!: 5,0 Arbitragem confusa, demorou muito para anular o pênalti a favor da Portuguesa e não mostrou firmeza nas decisões.
Auxiliares: Eduardo de Souza Couto (RJ) e Thiago Varela Dos Santos (RJ)
Cartão amarelo: Marcinho, Luiz Fernando (BOT); Marcão, Emerson, Diguinho (POR)
Gols: Diego Souza (1-0, 8’/2ºT), Gustavo Ferrareis (2-0, 10’/2ºT), Nilson (2-1, 12’/2ºT), Alex Santana (3-1, 21’/2ºT) e Marcão (C) (4-1, 38’/2º/T)

BOTAFOGO: Diego Cavalieri; Marcinho, Marcelo Benevenuto, Gabriel e Jonathan; Alex Santana, Cícero (Wenderson, 18’/2ºT) e Gustavo Ferrareis (João Paulo, 29’/2ºT); Rodrigo Pimpão, Erik (Luiz Fernando, 18’/2ºT) e Diego Souza. Técnico: Zé Ricardo

PORTUGUESA: Ruan; Filippe Formiga, Marcão, Emerson (Douglas Eskilo, 25’/2ºT) e Diego Maia; Muniz (Romarinho, 33’/2ºT), Diguinho (Tiago Amaral, 37’/2ºT), Romarinho, Douglas Eskilo e PK; Fabinho. Técnico: Aílton Ferraz

It hasn’t been an easy week for Ashley Giles, but the win at Trent Bridge and Australia’s problems have offered a boost

George Dobell06-Jun-2013

You could understand why Ashley Giles was smiling. After a testing week, he had just seen his England ODI side score 11 more in the last four overs against New Zealand than Australia managed in their entire innings against India. With England and Australia due to open their Champions Trophy campaigns against one another at Edgbaston on Saturday, such statistics were bound to raise spirits.But there is no escaping the fact that the ODI series against New Zealand was an unsettling experience for England’s limited-overs coach. Not only did England lose their proud unbeaten record at home – this was their first ODI series defeat in England and Wales since Australia beat them in 2009 – but their tried and tested method was found wanting and fitness worries further clouded their preparations.The theory was so seductive. In English conditions and with two new balls, it was presumed that England’s method of building a solid foundation when they batted and accelerating in the dying overs would prove beneficial. It was also presumed that their bowlers would find enough movement in the air or off the pitch to trouble opposition batsmen.The evidence to date suggests that those plans might not cover all eventualities. The progress of recent games suggests that the white ball offers the bowler little and that the pitches in the Champions Trophy are going to make them want to curl up in the foetal position and cry.But Giles remains confident. For a start, he pointed out that England were never able to field their strongest XI against New Zealand, but he also pointed out that, partially through necessity, England were forced to explore their options and found that, in the likes of Ravi Bopara and James Tredwell, they had players who enable them to utilise a different method. Both men were originally expected to play only in case of emergency.Perhaps more pertinently, though, he knows that Australia are in poor form and may well be without their captain and best player, Michael Clarke who is nursing a back injury.”It’s disappointing to have lost a series,” Giles admitted. “We’ve let ourselves down in certain departments. There were different areas in the first two games where we disappointed and we’ve certainly not played our A game yet. But maybe we’re saving that?”It’s always a good thing for us when Australia get bowled out for 65. I didn’t chuckle when I saw the score, because I’ve got more respect for them than that. But you’re pleased they don’t get the practice they want and the boost in confidence they’d be looking for. So from a personal point of view you don’t want them playing well.”We want to go to Edgbaston and hope it’s a dull game. We could do with one of them. But they’re tough opposition, they’ll be well prepared and we’ve got to make sure we are as well. If Clarke is missing it’s annoying for him and Australia but it would be good for us.”While the tactic of playing five specialist bowlers did not work in the first two games against New Zealand, it is worth remembering that England were never able to select their first choice five. If James Anderson, Steven Finn, Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan and Graeme Swann are all fit, they may well be in the side against Australia on Saturday. The only likely variation is the selection of Bopara ahead of Bresnan.But this version of the Champions Trophy is only to be played at three venues. And with the demands of television meaning that only pitches in the centre of squares can be utilised, it will not be long before the surfaces wear and the spinners become more important. England could, according to Giles, select two specialist spinners and utilise Joe Root’s increasingly useful offspin, too.”We’ve got options,” Giles said. “I’m not going to say which way we’re going, but when we put the squad together we did think of those options. I wouldn’t rule out at some point that both spinners could play together on the right wickets. They’re two of our best bowlers in one-day cricket.”Part of the issue, as far as Giles sees it, has simply been a lack of confidence from some of his squad. Chris Woakes, in particular, endured a chastening couple of games and, while he remains in the squad, looks unlikely to play much of a part in the competition.”The key bit was getting confidence into them,” he said. “They’ve looked a little edgy – you know the guys I’m talking about – but you do that when you’re not playing the way you’d like to be playing. Saturday’s game is huge and going into it with the confidence of winning was important. We have to attack that game and be confident going into that.”Chris hasn’t played as well as he can and he’d be the first to admit that. So we changed the balance of the side and Chris was one of the guys we left out. It’s really disappointing for him but he’s a big lad and he understands the reasoning. He’s as good as gold and gets on with his job. It doesn’t mean the door is closed: we’ve 15 in that squad and as we’ve seen in the space of a week that a lot can happen with injuries, niggles and form.”Giles was encouraged by the form and fitness of Finn and Broad, but admitted they would both require careful handling through the Champions Trophy and the Ashes. Both men recovered well from Wednesday and, as a result, Boyd Rankin has been released back to Warwickshire.”The big bonus was having Broad and Finn back on the field and looking pretty good and healthy,” Giles said. “We’re going to need to manage all the quick bowlers over the summer. It’s a big summer and a big winter. But they’ve come through the game well and they seem pretty healthy. But it’s an ongoing process managing big lumps who bowl quickly. You’ve got to look after them.”As things stand I’m pretty confident these guys are good. Finn’s condition is one we’ve talked about and we’ve got to manage going forward and just look after him.”The performance of Jos Buttler and Eoin Morgan may well have masked another disappointing England performance with the bat on Wednesday, but Giles insisted that the batting of Ian Bell and co. had provided the middle-order with the platform to express themselves.”It was a much better performance,” Giles said. “I guess all the talk will be about Jos’s innings at the end, but in the build-up to that Bell’s runs and Morgan’s runs were really also very important. The way we batted was much cleaner and crisper and it was quite exciting at the end.”What Jos needed was to do it once in 50-over cricket. It doesn’t mean he’s going to do it all the time but, in T20 cricket, once he crossed that hurdle once he looked a different player. I’m hoping that will happen again. I think playing an extra batter in Bopara might have given him a bit more confidence. It took a little bit of pressure off him and gave him more freedom.”It doesn’t necessarily mean that’s the way we’re going to go. But Jos has shown in T20 cricket he is built for coming in for five overs. He exceeded all our expectations on Wednesday so I’m really chuffed for him.”There will be times when Morgan and Buttler get it wrong and we have to accept that. But they will also win us games. Call them X-factor players, call them hugely skilful, but they will win games. Going into this Champions Trophy, it is so important that they are playing with some of that passion and freedom. There are still bits we didn’t get right but we’re getting better now so it’s positive news.”

Graham Napier played one of his best innings to guide Essex over the line against Hampshire and provide coach Paul Grayson with some much-needed respite

David Hopps at Chelmsford01-May-2013
ScorecardGraham Napier described his matchwinning innings as one of his best•Getty ImagesThere have been times in the past week or so when Paul Grayson must have felt like he had entered the harsher footballing world of his older brother, Simon. Calls for the manager to be sacked are forever part of a football manager’s lot – and Simon Grayson has experienced just that at Leeds United and Huddersfield Town. But Paul is a county cricket coach. Such demands, especially in the first flush of a new season, are a rarity.The younger Grayson, who issued a public apology after Essex’s capitulation against Northants last week, has presided over an ordinary record in the Championship but he will no longer feel so beleaguered after this four-wicket win against Hampshire. Not that the win came easily. At 31 for 6 on a challenging surface when the ball was hard, the target of 143 seemed an age away and Grayson retreated to the office with his bowling coach and ex-Yorkshire team mate, Chris Silverwood, and awaited the worst.Then came the game changer: Graham Napier. His 74 from 88 balls, with 10 fours and three sixes, in an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 112 in 29 overs with Mark Pettini, turned a nightmarish situation into a three-day victory achieved in golden sunshine. Essex got home in the third over of the extra half-hour to escape from the bottom of Division Two.Napier’s reputation as a boisterous hitter was strengthened by his world-record six-hitting spree against Sussex five years ago – a record broken by Chris Gayle only last week – but that disguises the selectivity with which he approached his task. With six wickets lost by the 12th over, Napier and Pettini had some shine still to withstand before Napier, in particular, took toll of Hampshire’s change bowlers.Grayson was quick to recognise his contribution. “Graham is in a great place at the moment,” he said. “He just seems to get better and better. He is a good professional now. He has got his body sorted out. This is as good a knock as I have seen from him. He is really maturing as a cricketer.”It has been a stressful couple of weeks. We had a few home truths in the dressing room after our defeat against Northants and I think the guys have responded really well. We were outstanding with the ball throughout the game. It was just an hour’s panicking with the bat that nearly cost us. There were a couple of good balls there and a couple of stupid run outs and all of a sudden we felt under a bit of pressure.”It was by no means certain until the closing minutes that Essex would wrap it up with a day to spare. Napier’s slog sweep for six in a brief appearance of left-arm spin from Danny Briggs upped the tempo, as did ten in two balls from James Tomlinson, an inswinger helped over the midwicket rope followed by a rousing straight drive. Hampshire’s recourse to the left-arm spin of Liam Dawson, who had not bowled in the game, with the match almost over was an oddity and Pettini struck him through midwicket for the winning runs.”There were no plans to finish it in three days,” Napier said. “As it was we were close enough to have a little dip. The new ball was a key part of the game and we got ourselves in a hole. It is a massive win for us. To bounce back in this game was crucial in our season. That is up there with my best innings. I don’t often get the chance to see the team home.”David Balcombe bowled a particularly impressive new-ball spell, swinging one back in to strike Alastair Cook’s off stump and having Ravi Bopara caught at slip. There were also two wickets in two balls for James Tomlinson: a flat-footed waft by Rob Quiney and a first-baller for Ben Foakes, whose vast potential has yet to bring dividends. But he did hold two stunning catches at short leg.That left the comic run out of Tom Westley. Quiney clipped Balcombe through midwicket whereupon Jimmy Adams stumbled and fell not once, but twice, as he failed to dive to intercept, bringing laughter and jeers from the crowd. As Adams gathered to throw, Quiney wanted a third run, but Westley’s thoughts were elsewhere. By the time George Bailey had ferried Adams’ throw to the bowler’s end, Westley was not even in the picture. Adams doffed his cap to the Members stand – a nice touch that spoke volumes for his character.It got worse with the James Foster’s self-destruction. He attempted a tight single to George Bailey at extra cover and was run out by a direct hit. If the captain was losing his head it did not say much for Essex’s chances.David Masters, an Essex beneficiary this season, was again their mainstay as Hampshire crawled to 199 at two runs an over. He dismissed four of Hampshire’s top five, two of them on the previous evening, to finish with 5 for 41 and 9 for 70 for the match. James Vince, whose 67 was as fluent as Hampshire got, was the most valuable. There were three late wickets for Bopara, too, and he deserved his analysis brushing up because his discipline had played a substantial part in Hampshire’s second innings never getting away.

Pakistan’s former opening pair, Mudassar Nazar and Mohsin Khan, have called for Kamran Akmal to be given an extended run in the top three

Umar Farooq13-Mar-2013Mudassar Nazar and Mohsin Khan, the former Pakistan opening pair, has urged the team to settle on the opening three positions in the side, in order to bring about stability to the batting line-up. They support the idea of Kamran Akmal being used either as opener or at No. 3 in limited-over matches, in order to get the best out of the wicketkeeper batsman.During the ongoing South Africa tour, both captain Misbah-ul-Haq and vice-captain Mohammad Hafeez were reportedly at loggerheads over playing Kamran Akmal in the opening slot. Hafeez was asked to bat at No. 3, but this apparently did not sit well with him.Akmal has played 62 of 144 ODIs as an opener, scoring 1617 runs (55.15 %) of his career runs. He has been asked to compromise in the past by batting in the late middle-order. In the middle order slot, he has scored 669 (22.82 %) of his runs, with only one hundred. His other four hundreds were scored as an opener.Hafeez, in his last ten ODI innings, has scored 233 runs at an average of 23.30, including three ducks. He has consistently played as opener since Salman Butt’s exit in 2010. During the recent Test series against South Africa, Hafeez averaged 7.16 in six innings as an opener. As a result, Hafeez was demoted in the batting order.”I don’t know what is going on, but demoting yourself down the order is difficult and tough only when you are insecure,” Mohsin said, who started his career as a No. 3 batsman, opened on the request of his captain Imran Khan. “It’s all for the sake of the team, and if you continue to be stubborn it will eventually cost the team and become a liability.”The key reason for Kamran’s selection is because of his skills with the bat, although there are other wicketkeepers on the domestic circuit who can replace him. Mohsin, who was a former chief selector, believed Kamran is there for a reason, and should be utilised accordingly. “Using Kamran in the middle order is ineffective,” Mohsin said. “Despite being a talented batsman, he is being misused. If your top five batsmen aren’t performing, then it’s unfair to expect something big from the number six.”After the Nazar/Mohsin pair, and the departure of Aamir Sohail and Saeed Anwar, Pakistan have been experimenting with several players in the hope of finding a reliable opening duo. The last enduring opening pair in limited-overs was that of Salman Butt and Kamran, between 2005 and 2010. Both added 1000 ODI runs in 29 matches. In the last ten years, several combinations have been tried, but a stable pair is yet to be found.”Pakistan have not backed their opening combinations since early 2000s, and this is the main reason we have not achieved stability yet,” Nazar said. “We can stick to Hafeez and Nasir at the opening slot, but the scoring rate by Younis and Misbah is very slow and that is damaging. We need to reshuffle the batting order in order to make it steady. The No. 3 batsman is very important and at the moment I see Kamran as the best man [for the position]. Playing him at No. 6 or 7 is wasting him.”

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Tudo começou na escolinha dos “Meninos da Vila” da cidade de Ribeirão Preto (SP). Aos nove anos de idade, Paulo Ricardo Ferreira de Sousa, o Paulinho, dava os primeiros toques mais sérios na bola em busca de um sonho. Hoje com 18 anos e na Chapecoense desde os 15, o atacante vê na Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior a sua grande chance de brilhar na base e chamar a atenção para integrar o elenco profissional do seu clube.

– Vim para Chapecó após uma boa atuação minha em uma avaliação que teve em Ribeirão Preto. Aqui é uma escola para mim e quero retribuir todo o ensinamento, contribuindo com a boa colocação do time nesta Copinha – disse Paulinho.

Pela Chapecoense, o atacante já conquistou o estadual sub-20 deste ano e um vice no sub-17. Esta será a primeira participação do jovem na Copinha, e ele garante que o elenco está bem preparado para os desafios que virão.

– A Copinha é a nossa oportunidade de mostrar o talento e potencial que temos. Nesta minha primeira participação, quero de fato me destacar e despertar o interesse do nosso profissional por mim, e poder dar continuidade na minha carreira. Espero que eu consiga, porque o que depender da minha entrega, já deu tudo certo – comentou.

Paulinho destacou que se espelha em Robinho e Neymar, apontando semelhanças do estilo da dupla com o seu:

“Me inspiro muito no Robinho e no Neymar, gosto do estilo de jogo deles e acho que sou ágil e habilidoso como eles, ficarei feliz demais se eu me destacar como meus ídolos.

A Chapecoense está no grupo 2 da Copinha e fará sua estreia no dia 3 de janeiro, às 17h, diante do São José-RS. Penapolense-SP e Rio Preto-SP completam o grupo, que tem a cidade de Penápolis (SP) como sede.

Driven by an unbeaten half-century by Kycia Knight, West Indies Women chased down 99 by a relatively comfortable margin against Pakistan Women, to take the one-off Twenty20 in Loughborough

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Sep-2012
ScorecardDriven by an unbeaten half-century by Kycia Knight, West Indies Women chased down 99 by a relatively comfortable margin against Pakistan Women, to take the one-off Twenty20 in Loughborough. West Indies won with only one ball to spare, but had eight wickets in hand.Pakistan chose to bat, but none of their batsmen bar Bismah Maroof and Javeria Khan could make any contribution of note. Mahroof and Javeria were the only two to get into double digits, making 36 and 37 out of Pakistan’s 98. Medium-pacer Shemaine Campbelle produced the best figures for West Indies, her 3 for 20 including the wickets of Mahroof and Javeria and preventing Pakistan from getting a final surge.The West Indies top order batted around Knight in the chase. She made 50 off 67 with five boundaries, while Deandra Dottin knocked off a four and a six in a 12-ball cameo at the end to help push West Indies across the line in the nick of time.

The BCCI’s disciplinary committee has banned five Indian domestic players after studying a report on allegations of corruption against them

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Jun-2012Five Indian domestic players facing allegations of corruption have been banned by the BCCI’s disciplinary committee. The BCCI announced the penalties after studying a report on the allegations, which had arisen in May after an India TV sting and alluded to the five being involved in match-fixing and negotiating for extra – and illegal – pay.The harshest punishment was dealt to Madhya Pradesh fast bowler TP Sudhindra, who was handed a life ban after being found guilty of “receiving a consideration to spot-fix” in a domestic game. Sudhindra was the leading wicket-taker in the 2011-12 Ranji Trophy.Uttar Pradesh fast bowler Shalabh Srivastava will be out of the game for five years after the committee deemed him guilty of agreeing, and negotiating terms, to fix a match though no fixing eventually took place.Three other players were given one-year bans for bringing the game into disrepute through “loose talk and unsubstantiated bragging”: Madhya Pradesh batsman Mohnish Mishra, Goa offspinner Amit Yadav and Himachal Pradesh allrounder Abhinav Bali. The punishments take effect from May 15, the date on which the IPL governing council suspended them.The report had been compiled by Ravi Sawani, head of the BCCI’s new anti-corruption unit, after India TV’s sting. Sawani spoke to all five players before submitting his report to the BCCI disciplinary committee – which comprises BCCI president N Srinivasan, BCCI vice-presidents Arun Jaitley and Niranjan Shah – on June 9.The committee which met in Mumbai on Saturday said neither Sudhindra nor Mishra would be entitled to the monthly gratis, benevolent fund, benefit match or any other facility, nor could hold any position in any cricket association affiliated to the BCCI for the period of their bans. Sudhindra becomes the third Indian player to be banned for life, after Mohammad Azharuddin (found guilty of match-fixing) and Ajay Sharma (found guilty of having links with bookies). The BCCI release that announced the bans did not make any mention of increased or illegal IPL pay.India TV, in mid-May, had showed footage of a player bowling a big no-ball in a limited-overs match and played a recording of a phone conversation that it said was of a current IPL player negotiating a fee for bowling a no-ball. It also had at least three players on camera allegedly seeking more lucrative IPL deals – including extra money that would have violated their IPL contracts – with other league franchises through an undercover reporter posing as a sports agent.

يعقد مجلس إدارة نادي الزمالك اجتماعًا الآن من أجل مناقشة خطاب وزارة الرياضة.

واستقبل نادي الزمالك خلال الساعات القليلة الماضية، خطابًا رسميًا من وزارة الشباب والرياضة، يفيد بعزل مرتضى منصور رئيس القلعة البيضاء بعد تأييد حكم حبسه.

وعلم “بطولات” أن الجلسة المنعقدة في الوقت الحالي داخل أروقة نادي الزمالك، من أجل البحث عن حلول للأزمة.

رسميًا.. عزل مرتضى منصور من رئاسة نادي الزمالك

وطالبت وزارة الشباب والرياضة نادي الزمالك في خطابها الرسمي مجلس إدارة القلعة البيضاء بعقد اجتماع طارئ لتحديد من يقوم من أعضائه بأعمال رئيس مجلس الإدارة، لتسيير الأمور حتى أقرب جمعية عمومية عادية على أن يدرج بها بند إنتخاب.

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Sydney’s 100th Test pitch should offer plenty to the fast bowlers on the first day, as the curator Tom Parker said he wanted to emulate the surfaces prepared for the previous two New Year’s matches

Daniel Brettig30-Dec-2011

Sydney’s 100th Test pitch should offer plenty to the fast bowlers on the first day, as the curator Tom Parker said he wanted to emulate the surfaces prepared for the previous two New Year’s matches, against England and Pakistan.Each surface was full of life on the first day before settling down and turning later, and Parker said those characteristics epitomised what he has wanted to do with the SCG surface since taking over from Peter Leroy in 1997. Twelve months ago Australia battled to 4 for 134 on a rain-interrupted first day on the way to an innings defeat, while in the first week of 2010 the hosts were bundled out for 127 before recovering to record a dramatic victory over a dysfunctional Pakistan side.”I was happy with that [pitch for the game against England] and I was happy with the previous year’s as well [against Pakistan],” Parker told ESPNcricinfo. “The last two years we’ve really got it together and it has really come up well. I’m hoping to have a pitch somewhat similar to that.”That’s the ideal scenario and that’s what we’re aiming for. I don’t see why that won’t happen. The weather’s been kind to me and the forecast is for hot sunny days in the lead-up to the Test and the first couple of days of the Test, so I don’t see why it shouldn’t be perfect for us.”Parker’s expectations will add intrigue to the questions of selection, as Australia mull over the possible inclusion of fast bowler Ryan Harris. Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, has not ruled out the use of four fast bowlers after the quicks did the lion’s share of the damage in Melbourne.As it did last year, Sydney has spent much of spring and summer cloaked in heavy cloud and frequent rain, only occasionally enjoying the sort of sunshine Parker would prefer. But in the lead-up to the New Year’s Test the forecast has improved, allowing groundstaff to get some sun onto the wicket and outfield.”There’s been a lot of rain around but we have the covers on as well; we’ve had a lot of matches up to date and it hasn’t affected our preparation too much on the centre,” Parker said. “The thing that’s been a bit of a downfall for us is the overcast conditions more than the rain.”The hours of direct sunlight have been fairly minimal on several days, and that’s been a bit of a pain as far as grass growth goes. In saying that, the outfield’s in tip-top condition, as is the centre square.”The arrival of the centenary Test has coincided with the return of Sydney’s more traditional type of pitch, offering help to batsmen, fast bowlers and spinners in equal measure. The often lively surfaces of the 1950s and 60s gave way to slow turners in the 1980s and parts of the 90s, before Parker took on the long-term project of returning the track to its classical attributes.”That’s what I’ve always aimed for. It has always been my goal to produce pitches with an even coverage of grass and pitches that were going to play consistently over the period of the match. We’ve got that mix pretty well right now.”As long as you’re going into the match with great preparation and good grass coverage, nice even moisture throughout the pitch, it usually pays off and the pitch will play consistently. I like to pride myself on the pitches playing consistently without the balls being one up and one down. Over the course of the five days the pitch changes and the pitch should change, but as long as it is consistent I’m pretty happy with that.”As for the centenary, Parker is delighted to be preparing pitch No. 100 at the grand old ground. “It is a tremendous honour. Not a day goes by that I don’t feel privileged to work here. When you look at the history of the SCG, it is fantastic, and to be a major part of that is a great honour. I’m really looking forward to preparing the 100th Test pitch at the SCG I can assure you.”