Arsenal have made history by completing a world-record deal to sign Canada international Olivia Smith from Liverpool. The 20-year-old striker becomes the first female footballer to command a £1 million ($1.3m/€1.15m) transfer fee, with the Gunners securing her signature on a long-term contract after a standout season in the Women's Super League with the Merseyside club.

Arsenal sign Olivia Smith for world-record £1m fee20-year-old becomes first female player to hit £1m markCanada international joins after standout season at LiverpoolFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Smith on a long-term contract from Liverpool. The deal, reported to be worth £1 million, marks a world-record transfer fee in women’s football. The Gunners have also confirmed that Smith will wear the No.15 shirt for Renee Slegers' side, with the transfer pending final regulatory clearance.

AdvertisementGetty Images SportWHAT SMITH SAID

Speaking to Arsenal's club media, Smith said: “It’s a privilege and an honour to sign for Arsenal. It’s my dream to compete for the biggest titles here in England and in Europe and I’m excited to get started and contribute to doing that here with Arsenal. The atmosphere the supporters create at Emirates Stadium is incredible and I can’t wait to have that behind me now.”

Getty Images SportWHAT SLEGERS SAID

Speaking at Smith's unveiling, the Arsenal head coach said: "Olivia is an exciting young player and we believe she can make a big contribution here at Arsenal. We’ve been impressed by her mentality and character, excelling in two European leagues at such a young age. I know she has a level of ambition that matches our own and we’re looking forward to working with her as she continues to grow at the club."

ENJOYED THIS STORY?

Add GOAL.com as a preferred source on Google to see more of our reporting

THE BIGGER PICTURE

Smith began her career in Canada and rose quickly through the ranks, making her senior debut at just 15. She enjoyed standout seasons at Sporting before her €250,000 (£212,000) move to Liverpool last summer. Her arrival at Arsenal crowns a rapid rise that’s seen her become one of the world’s top young talents.

Zimbabwe will host India for a five-match T20I series in July, a week after the conclusion of the T20 World Cup in the West Indies and the USA. All five games will be played in Harare, from July 6 to 14. Four of the five T20Is will be day games, starting at 1pm local time. The third T20I, the only night match, will begin at 6pm.”We are absolutely thrilled to be hosting India for a T20I series in July in what will be our biggest international attraction at home this year,” Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Tavengwa Mukuhlani said in a press release. “The significance and magnitude of this tour cannot be over-emphasised, especially as it is coming at a time we are working round the clock to re-establish ourselves as a force to reckon with at the highest level of the game.”India last toured Zimbabwe for three ODIs in August 2022, when they won 3-0. Since then, the two sides have met only once across formats, at the T20 World Cup in Australia later that year.Overall, the two teams have played eight T20Is each other, with India winning six of them.Zimbabwe could not qualify for this year’s T20 World Cup even though as many as 20 teams will participate for the first time in the tournament. Before that, they had failed to make the cut for the 2023 ODI World Cup as well.

Fixtures

July 6: 1st T20I
July 7: 2nd T20I
July 10: 3rd T20I
July 13: 4th T20I
July 14: 5th T20I

MatériaMais Notícias

Pela nona rodada da primeira fase do Campeonato Paulista Feminino, o São Paulo goleou a Portuguesa por 4 a 0, com gols de Micaelly, Pardal, Aline a Glaúcia.

RelacionadasSão PauloSão Paulo receberá quantia milionária por convocação de Arboleda para a Copa do MundoSão Paulo15/11/2022São PauloLuan quer ficar no São Paulo e treina nas férias para ‘voltar voando’São Paulo16/11/2022São PauloSão Paulo tenta driblar resistência da Lazio em ter André Anderson de voltaSão Paulo15/11/2022

Como está o São Paulo para a abertura da janela de transferências de 2023? O vaivém do mercado no Tricolor

Veja tabela da Copa do Mundo

Glaúcia, inclusive, foi um dos grandes destaques da partida. A camisa 9 foi relacionada pela primeira vez na temporada, após enfrentaruma lesão no ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho direito.

A partida aconteceu no estádio Beatão. A Portuguesa buscava uma vitória para conseguir se livrar da lanterna, onde soma somente dois pontos. Também seria seu primeiro resultado positivo na competição. Já o Tricolor tinha como meta se garantir na liderança, com a boa sequência que mantém.

Micaelly abriu o placar aos oito minutos de jogo. Aos 37´, Pardal marcou o segundo e a primeira etapa terminou em vantagem para o São Paulo por 2 a 0. Na etapa final, Aline marcou o terceiro nos minutos iniciais e Glaúcia fechou a goleada aos 25 minutos.

O São Paulo volta a campo no sábado (19), às 20h contra o Palmeiras, na Arena Barueri. Já a Portuguesa também vai a campo no sábado (19), às 15h, contra o São Bernardo.

Nesta primeira fase do Paulistão Feminino, as doze equipes se enfrentam. As quatro melhores, em pontos corridos, avançam para as semifinais.

أوضح فيرمين لوبيز لاعب برشلونة الشاب، موقفه من مغادرة الفريق الكتالوني، في حديثه عقب المباراة أمام كومو الإيطالي، ردًا على الأنباء المتداولة بشأن مستقبله.

والتقى برشلونة وكومو مساء السبت، على ملعب “يوهان كرويف” في بطولة كأس خوان جامبر الودية، وأحرز فيرمين لوبيز هدفين في فوز البلوجرانا، حيث حسم الفريق الكتالوني الفوز بخماسية نظيفة.

وارتبط فيرمين لوبيز بإمكانية مغادرة برشلونة مع اهتمام عدة أندية بضمه، خاصة في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وفي تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية، قال فيرمين لوبيز: “مباراة رائعة من الفريق بأكمله ستكون مفيدة لنا”.

وأضاف: “العمل لا غنى عنه، كما كان الحال العام الماضي، عندما قدمنا أداءً رائعًا، ولنواصل على هذا المنوال”.

وبشأن مستقبله، أكد: “أريد البقاء هنا، إنه حلمي وسأبقى، أنا سعيد بمساعدة الفريق، قيل الكثير، لكنني سأواصل الدفاع عن ألوان الفريق والعمل بجد كأي شخص آخر، وأطمئن جماهير البارسا، اللاعبون الجدد يقدمون أداءً رائعًا وسيساعدوننا كثيرًا”.

وأتم بشأن حارس مرمى الفريق مارك أندريه تير شتيجن: “مارك هو القائد الأول، ونحن نحترمه كثيرًا، وما حدث هو مجرد أمور خارجية”.

ويشير فيرمين لوبيز للأزمة التي نشبت بين إدارة برشلونة وتير شتيجن مؤخرًا بعدما أعلن اللاعب مدة غيابه المتوقعة بسبب الإصابة، ورفضه التوقيع على التقرير الخاص بجراحته، والذي كان سيرسله النادي إلى رابطة الليجا لفحصه قبل إصدار قرارها بشأن مدة غيابه.

وقد تم سحب شارة القيادة من تير شتيجن، لكن انتهى الخلاف بين الطرفين في النهاية حيث اعتذر اللاعب عن تصرفه.

Barcelona may have to delay their long-awaited return to Camp Nou, with the upcoming clash against Como now in jeopardy.

• Barcelona not optimistic of receiving first occupancy license
• Club's proposition of using particular stands on hold
• Joan Gamper Trophy might be shifted to different ground

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  According to , Barcelona find themselves in dire straits as the City Council might not issue their First Occupancy license after approving the Activities and Construction license last week. In order to complete the lower level and initial seating tiers of the stadium, the club need to be granted a First Occupancy license, which can then give them access to a 60,000 capacity in the stadium. But due to the constraints, they can host only 25,000 fans for the Joan Gamper Trophy match against Como on August 10. Barca have also planned a drill, without fans, in late July, to test the operations.

Advertisement

• AFP
  

  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Last week's decision received a warm welcome as the club could now start selling off the premium VIP seats, which is part of a €100 million 30-year revenue plan and crucial to their hopes of complying with La Liga's financial rules. However, the club need complete approval by late July for the Joan Gamper Trophy and a delay could force the game to be shifted to Estadi Johan Cruyff, which has a 6,000 capacity. The Estadi Olimpic is also an option, but it has a concert scheduled for August 9, one day prior to Barca's game against Cesc Fabregas' side.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Camp Nou has been under construction for the last two years, forcing the Catalans to play their home games at Montjuic.

ENJOYED THIS STORY?

Add GOAL.com as a preferred source on Google to see more of our reporting

• Getty Images Sport
  

  WHAT NEXT FOR BARCA?

  Not only the Joan Camper Trophy, but the club's La Liga and Champions League matches may also be affected as UEFA has mentioned a club needs to play the entirety of the league phase in the same stadium.

India were restricted to a below par total batting first in Mumbai

Srinidhi Ramanujam07-Jan-20241:24

Deepti: We’re not far from winning a series against Australia

A disciplined bowling effort and a memorable cameo from Ellyse Perry, on her 300th international game, handed Australia a six-wicket win in the second T20I against India, helping them level the series 1-1, with one game to go at the DY Patil Stadium, on Sunday.After being asked to bat first, India were restricted to 130, thanks to Annabel Sutherland and Georgia Wareham, who shared four wickets between them and conceded just 35 runs in their eight overs. India batted contrastingly to the first T20I – where they chased down 141 with nine wickets to spare – and kept losing wickets regularly to end up with a below-par total. As evident from the series opener, the target never looked threatening with dew also coming into play.Wareham, Sutherland keep India at bayIndia lost Shafali Verma – who was the top-scorer two days ago with her 64 not out – early, with Kim Garth trapping her in front for 1. Garth had come in for Darcie Brown and ended up being named Player of the Match for her efforts.Australia did their homework well and kept a sweeper cover for Smriti Mandhana in the powerplay to contain and it worked. Garth picked up her second when Jemimah Rodrigues nicked an outswinger to the keeper in the fourth over. Mandhana, who looked good for her 23, was unable to convert her start, falling to Sutherland’s short ball while trying to go big. India were down to 42 for 3 in the eighth over.Georgia Wareham celebrates the dismissal of Richa Ghosh•BCCI

It soon became 54 for 4 as Harmanpreet Kaur’s poor run of form continued. In the last seven T20I innings, she has crossed 30 only once and is yet to reach double-digits in this series against Australia, across formats. Once Harmanpreet departed in the 11th over, Richa Ghosh and Deepti looked to pick up pace. They put on 33 runs for 24 balls.Just when the partnership seemed to be building, Wareham dismissed Ghosh, courtesy of a late review from Alyssa Healy. It was a full-length delivery, pitching just in line to trap the batter lbw, though it initially looked like it might have pitched slightly outside leg. In her next over, the legspinner struck Pooja Vastrakar in front, with Healy once again getting the review right.India collected just 32 runs off the last four overs with Sutherland’s change of pace keeping the scoring down. She dismissed Amanjot Kaur in the 18th over and ended with figures of 2 for 18 from four overs. Wareham, who was also equally economical, conceded 17 from her four. That India had a total of 57 dot balls is something that they would want to look at in this format, moving forward.Perry shines after brisk opening standAustralia started rapidly in the chase, helped in part by the dew that had come in. Healy used the fielding restrictions in the powerplay to her advantage, coming down the track and lofting the ball over the fielders in the ring to find boundaries. Beth Mooney, who was not as fluent as her captain, still ran hard between the wickets to take the quick singles. At the end of six overs, they were 47 for 0.Deepti Sharma troubled Australia briefly•BCCI

India tried Renuka Thakur, Titas Sadhu and Shreyanka Patil in the powerplay, but they couldn’t restrict run flow nor get a breathrough. Sadhu, who picked up a four-wicket haul in the opening game, was smashed for 12 runs in her first over and taken off the attack. She was much better in her second spell, conceding nine runs in two overs.It took until the introduction of Deepti Sharma for Australia to look in any kind of trouble. The offspinner dismissed Healy for 26, breaking the 51-run opening stand, with her first delivery, when Patil took an excellent low catch at long-on. In her second over, Deepti forced Mooney to come down the track and when she failed to make contact, keeper Ghosh had her stumped for a 29-ball 20.Deepti varied her lengths and pace to keep India in the game, conceding just nine runs from her first three overs. Patil then dismissed Tahlia McGrath in the 14th over after she smashed three fours in her 21-ball stay with Australia’s equation eventually coming down to 42 from 36.Whatever hope India had at that stage was then destroyed by Perry and Phoebe Litchfield, who shared an unbroken stand of 36 from just 20 balls. Both the batters struck at more than 150, with Perry remaining unbeaten on 34 off 21 deliveries and Litchfield chipping in with 18 not out. In her 300th international game, Perry finished the game in style, with a six over deep midwicket with an over to spare.

Consortium’s offer will be ratified at EGM next month, as former chair prepares for controversial return

ESPNcricinfo staff10-Jan-2024Colin Graves’ return as Yorkshire chairman looks set to be ratified next month, after the club’s board approved a restructured loan agreement from the consortium that he heads up.The prospect of Graves’ return to the role that he held between 2012-15 comes after Yorkshire this week claimed that it had spoken to more than 350 interested parties, but that his offer was the only one capable of warding off the financial peril faced by the club in the wake of the racism crisis that has engulfed it in recent seasons.In a statement, the club said: “The board of Yorkshire County Cricket Club has tonight agreed to recommend the loan agreement from Mr Colin Graves.” This is expected to involve an immediate injection of £1 million, followed by new investment worth £4 million.”The club will be sending a notice to members tomorrow [Thursday, 11 January] ahead of an EGM [extraordinary general meeting] which will outline the details of the offer as well as the resolutions and rule changes that are required to be ratified by members at the EGM.”Graves’ impending return is controversial, given that he was at the helm for some of the period that came under scrutiny during Azeem Rafiq’s testimony about his racist experiences at the club, for which Yorkshire was fined £400,000 and docked points for the 2023 season.Despite denying any knowledge of racism on his watch, Graves was last year criticised by the ECB for suggesting that some of the incidents raised had been “banter”.His involvement with Yorkshire began in 2002 when, as the founder of the Costcutter supermarket chain, he stepped in with another financial bail-out to save the club from bankruptcy. In March it was announced that the club had a £3.5 million shortfall and needed to repay approximately £14.9 million to the Graves Family Trust, which is managed by independent trustees.Speaking to talkSPORT on Tuesday, Graves said: “The ball is in the Yorkshire board’s court to make a decision, but my interest is real. It’s absolute, and that’s for one reason and one reason only, and it’s to save Yorkshire County Cricket Club. None of us wants to see that institution disappear.”Other potential sources of investment had included Mike Ashley, the former owner of Newcastle United, and the Saudi national investment fund.Writing in The Observer on Sunday, Rafiq criticised the “broken promises” that had paved the way for Graves’ return, and called for the club’s sponsors to reconsider their involvement – as had been the case when the scandal originally erupted in November 2021, when a raft of partners including Emerald, Adidas and Yorkshire Tea all withdrew their support. One current sponsor, local tiling company Al Murad, is believed to be monitoring the situation closely.The development has also attracted criticism from a local MP. Alex Sobel, the Labour member for Leeds North West, said he was “very concerned” by Graves’ return, and called for him to offer “not just a statement recanting his views but full commitment to create a club for the whole community.”

طالب مرتضى منصور، رئيس نادي الزمالك السابق، بضرورة إعادة الأرض المخصصة للنادي في مدينة 6 أكتوبر، مؤكدًا أنها كانت الأساس في حلم إقامة استاد خاص بالزمالك إلى جانب فرع جديد يخدم أعضاء الجمعية العمومية.

وكان مسؤولو الزمالك قد أعلنوا أمس عن قيام وزارة الإسكان بسحب أرض فرع النادي الجديد بمدينة 6 أكتوبر، دون إبداء أي أسباب، وبشكل مفاجئ رغم بدء الأعمال الإنشائية.

طالع أيضًا | الزمالك يتلقى صدمة بشأن أرض فرع النادي في 6 أكتوبر.. ويستغيث بـ السيسي

وكتب مرتضى منصور عبر صفحته الرسمية على موقع “فيس بوك”: “أناشد كل المسؤولين في الدولة من أجل إعادة حلم ملايين الزملكاوية أن يكون لهم استاد باسمهم، ومن أجل إسعاد الآلاف من أعضاء الجمعية العمومية أن يكون لهم فرع نادٍ جديد في أكتوبر”.

وتابع: “من فضلكم أعيدوا أرض 6 أكتوبر التي تم إلغاء قرار تخصيصها للنادي بسبب إهمال وانشغال لجنة العار بتصفية الحسابات مع أي أحد مختلف معهم وضرب بعضهم البعض”.

وأضاف: “أرض 6 أكتوبر أنا الذي تعاقدت مع هيئة المجتمعات على شرائها لبناء استاد وفرع جديد للنادي على مساحة 129 فدانًا، وسددت ثمنها بالكامل من جزء من تبرعي للنادي الذي وصل إلى 200 مليون جنيه، وأبرمت تعاقدًا مع الدكتور نبيل حراز من أكبر الاستشاريين الهندسيين في مصر وكلية الهندسة جامعة القاهرة لبحث صلاحية التربة، واستصدرت 16 رخصة بناء للاستاد وكل المنشآت الرياضية والاجتماعية، وتم إدخال الكهرباء والمياه والصرف الصحي وبناء السور حول الأرض، وبالاتفاق مع أكبر شركات المقاولات التي تتبع مؤسسة سيادية بدأوا العمل في الأرض”.

وأردف مرتضى منصور: “وفي 29 نوفمبر 2020 بدأت المؤامرة الكبرى وقام أشرف صبحي بحل مجلس الإدارة وطردونا من النادي بدون أي سبب. وبعد عام ونصف أعادنا القضاء المصري ففوجئت أن لجنة لبيب الأولى أضاعت الأرض كلها، وبعد مجهود كبير مع مسؤول كبير محترم اتصل أمامي بالسيد الأستاذ الدكتور مصطفى مدبولي وتمت إعادة الأرض وعادت الشركة تستكمل البناء. وبعد شهور قليلة كانت المؤامرة الثانية، تم حبسي ثم عزلي حتى يعود لبيب معينًا هو ومجموعة عباس النحس زي الأسطورة النحس لاعبًا ومشجعًا، وبدأت هذه العصابة ولجانها تروج لمشروع الاستاد”.

واستمر: “للأسف الأرض الدولة سحبتها ولم تعد ملك النادي ولم يعد يوجد استاد ولا نادٍ جديد وتحطم حلم الملايين. رجاء جماهير الزمالك وأعضاؤه لا علاقة لهم بهذه العصابة ولم ينتخبوهم، دول اتعينوا بالبلطجة والتزوير”.

واختتم: “أعيدوا الأرض لأصحابها الجماهير والأعضاء، لا تعاقبوهم فليس لهم أي ذنب في جرائم عصابة عباس ودلاديله”.

Daniel Bell-Drummond hit an elegant 70 as Kent reached 113 for 3 on day one of their Vitality County Championship with Surrey at Canterbury.The in-form Kent skipper put on a stand of exactly 100 for the third wicket with Jack Leaning, who was 30 not out at stumps, after rain wiped out all but 11 balls of the first two sessions at the Spitfire Ground.Dan Worrall took 2 for 33 to reduce Kent to 8 for 2 in the sixth over, but Surrey went 30 overs without a wicket before Tom Lawes broke the partnership when he had Bell-Drummond lbw shortly before the close.The Kent and England legend Derek Underwood, who passed away on Monday aged 78, was honoured before the start of play, with both sets of players standing in front of the Underwood & Knott stand for a minute’s silence. Black armbands were worn and a moment was also taken to remember Raman Subba Row of Surrey, who died on Wednesday at the age of 92.It was a bitterly cold day for the die-hards at the St. Lawrence and the weather wiped out 57 overs before conditions finally improved, or at least got less damp, late in the afternoon.The visitors, who had do without Jamie Overton due to a back injury, won the toss and chose to bowl, but the start had already been delayed until 1.25pm and they managed just 11 deliveries before bad light forced them off again, the wind at that point being too strong for the floodlights to be used.When play eventually resumed at 4.15pm, Surrey struck early. Zak Crawley’s first Kent appearance of the season saw him make just 5 before Worrall had him caught by Jamie Smith at third slip and in his next over he trapped Ben Compton lbw for three.The partnership Kent urgently needed came when Leaning joined Bell-Drummond and they batted the home side into calmer waters.Bell-Drummond, who already has two centuries this season, punched Worrall for four through cover to bring up his 50, but he fell in the third-last over of the day when he was trapped leg before by Lawes. Night-watcher George Garrett was unbeaten on one at stumps.

The fast bowler felt discomfort after the first Test against South Africa and scans showed a new injury

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Feb-20242:11

Jamieson: ‘Last few days have been some of my most challenging’

New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson faces up to a year on the sidelines after being diagnosed with another stress fracture of his back.Jamieson felt soreness after the first Test against South Africa, where he took six wickets in the match, and was ruled out of the second in Hamilton, with subsequent scans revealing the injury.The latest injury is in the same part of the back as the one which he had previous surgery on last year although is a new fracture. He won’t undergo an operation on this occasion.Related

Opening act: Can Conway shake off his funk to fly high again with Allen?

Meet Josh Clarkson, New Zealand's most 'dangerous' T20 hitter

Boult back in New Zealand T20I squad; Williamson on paternity leave

Stoinis ruled out of NZ tour, Hardie called up

“The last few days have been some of my most challenging but I am hugely grateful for the support I’ve received from my partner, family, team-mates, support staff and medical professionals,” Jamieson said in a statement. “I know injuries are part of life as a cricketer and at my age I am hopeful I still have many more playing days ahead of me.”Speaking at a press conference later, Jamieson said the challenge of the recovery was as much mental as physical.”I’ve got a bit of a roadmap as to how to manage it,” he said. “I know some of the hurdles I’ll have to overcome, probably more mentally and emotionally, the physical side is the easy part. You just rest and build back up. It’s almost autopilot in a way.”It’s more the mental hurdles, months on end, you are halfway through and a fair bit of time has gone and there’s still a fair chunk of time away. It’s tough because you don’t want to go through it again. You hope that each time is the last time but I’m also 6’8” and trying to bowl fast, so know it’s definitely part of the journey.”Jamieson indicated that when he returns from this latest injury there may need to be an evaluation of how he prepares for red-ball cricket.”There’s a couple of patterns over the last couple of years, which you have to have these setbacks to notice them as patterns around the way you build-up for red-ball cricket,” he said. “I’ve played professionally for 10 years and my back’s been pretty good. History suggests that when you get that process right there’s still a lot of cricket to be played. I get a huge amount of hope from that. There’s been no healing issues in the past, it’s not like I’m a slow healer or don’t heal, so I get hope from that.”New Zealand head coach Gary Stead said: “We’ve all seen how much work Kyle has put into returning to international cricket and for him to have a setback like this is tough news to get.””On the positive side we know how determined he is to keep playing cricket for New Zealand and we will be fully behind him on the rehabilitation road ahead. His resolve is undiminished.”New Zealand’s squad for the first Test against Australia will be named on Monday. Will O’Rourke took nine wickets on his debut against South Africa having come into the attack alongside Neil Wagner.