مانشستر سيتي يُبلغ لاعبه بإمكانية الرحيل في الصيف

أبلغ نادي مانشستر سيتي الإنجليزي، أحد لاعبيه بإمكانية الرحيل خلال سوق الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية، بعد الصفقة الجديدة التي أبرمها، بحسب تقارير.

ويواصل نادي مانشستر سيتي خطواته في إعادة هيكلة الفريق، من أجل تعزيز صفوفه تحت قيادة بيب جوارديولا، أملاً في العودة للمنافسة بقوة في الموسم الجديد.

ومر مانشستر سيتي بموسم معقد لم يظفر خلاله بأي لقب، وأنهى الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز في المركز الثالث، فيما توج ليفربول باللقب في موسم آرني سلوت الأول.

وبحسب ما أفاد الصحفي فابريزو رومانو عبر حسابه الرسمي على منصة “إكس”، أبلغ مانشستر سيتي حارس مرماه ستيفن أورتيجا بإمكانية الرحيل عن الفريق خلال سوق الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي.

ويأتي هذا القرار بعد إعلان مانشستر السيتي التعاقد مع الحارس الشاب جيمس ترافورد، الذي وقّع على عقد يمتد حتى يونيو 2030، في صفقة تشير بوضوح إلى رغبة الإدارة الفنية بقيادة بيب جوارديولا في ضخ دماء جديدة في هذا المركز، والاستعداد طويل المدى لخلافة إيدرسون مستقبلاً.

أورتيجا، الذي انضم إلى مانشستر سيتي في صيف 2022 قادمًا من أرمينيا بيليفيلد، قدّم مستويات مميزة في كل مرة حصل فيها على فرصة اللعب، لا سيما في مباريات الكؤوس المحلية، واعتُبر خيارًا موثوقًا كحارس ثانٍ خلف البرازيلي إيدرسون.

لكن وصول ترافورد غيّر من حسابات الجهاز الفني، وسيقلّل من فرص الحارس الألماني في الحصول على دقائق منتظمة.

ويرتبط أورتيجا بعقد مع مانشستر سيتي حتى صيف 2026، لكن النادي بات منفتحًا على العروض المقدمة له هذا الصيف.

São Paulo mantém tabu com o Coritiba no Morumbi desde 2015

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Nesta quinta-feira (20), o São Paulo encontra o Coritiba no estádio do Morumbi, às 20h, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. Mesmo contando com a má fase do Coxa como visitante nesta temporada, a equipe do Sul defende um tabu contra jogos na casa tricolor desde 2015.

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A última vez que o São Paulo venceu o Coritiba no Morumbi foi há sete anos, quando Rogério Ceni ainda atuava como goleiro. Com gols deCenturión e Alexandre Pato, o Tricolor derrotou o adversário por 3 a 1, em partida também válida pelo Brasileirão. Desde então, nunca mais.

O Coxa retornou para a primeira divisão do Brasileiro somente neste ano. As últimas vezes que jogou com Tricolor foi em 2016, 2017 e em 2020. Em 2016, o duelo foi marcado por um empate. No ano seguinte, o Coritiba derrotou o São Paulo por 2 a 1. E em 2020, por fim, mais um empate.

Neste ano, as equipes se encontraram, mas no Couto Pereira. No primeiro turno da ocasião, o confronto terminou empatado por 1 a 1, sendo Calleri e Alef Manga os autores dos gols.

Por outro lado, há um revés a favor do São Paulo nesta temporada, que pode ser uma alavanca para encerrar esse jejum. Neste ano, o Coritiba não venceu nenhum jogo disputado fora de casa, sendo o único time da edição do Brasileiro 2022 com tal feito.

A equipe paranaense luta contra a possibilidade de encerrar a temporada com a pior campanha como visitante da história (em competições de pontos corridos).

Em todos os 27 jogos disputados fora de casa na temporada, o Coritiba venceu sete, empatou quatro e foi derrotado em 16. No Brasileirão, por sua vez, dos 15 duelos fora do Couto Pereira, não ganhou nenhum.

Para a partida, o São Paulo luta com uma série de instabilidades quanto a uma possível escalação. Com Ferraresi e Beraldo suspensos, Diego Costa ainda é dúvida. Embora o zagueiro tenha evoluído nos treinamentos da última semana, enfrentou uma tendinite e ficou desfalcado nos últimos três confrontos do Tricolor. Igor Vinícius também deve ser mais uma baixa. No treino desta quarta-feira (19), apresentou umapubalgia e não participou.

Head hopeful of joining World Cup squad in India on Thursday

The impact of the left-hander’s absence has been clear amid Australia’s poor start to the tournament

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Oct-2023

Travis Head is racing to be fit to play a part in the World Cup•Gallo Images/Getty Images

Travis Head has returned to the nets for the first time since he suffered a fractured hand in South Africa and is hopeful of being able to fly out to join the World Cup squad in India on Thursday.Head had the cast removed late last week and is now facing throwdowns. Scans have shown the fracture, inflicted by fast bowler Gerald Coetzee at Centurion, is healing well although he still needs a final sign-off before joining the Australia team.The earliest possible return for Head would appear to be the Netherlands match on October 25 although that may still be cutting things fine.Related

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“It’s coming along well, and probably better than we hoped,” Head told cricket.com.au. “When we decided not to go with surgery, which would have meant a ten-week recovery, we were told it would be minimum six weeks with the splint before we could look at playing again.”Going by that plan, the Netherlands game will be just under six weeks from impact which is a pretty aggressive date so everything would have to go perfectly from here to make that deadline.”But we’ll just see how it progresses over the next few days and I’m excited by the prospect of joining the boys over there later in the week.”Head’s importance to Australia’s plans was emphasised when the selectors opted to only have 14 available players for the first part of the tournament and effectively saw them replace Ashton Agar with a specialist batter in Marnus Labuschagne to help cover for Head’s absence.He had been having a magnificent run the ODI side, averaging 60.84 with a strike rate of 119.84 since his return in 2022. Former Australia captain Aaron Finch said the impact of his absence had been clear during the team’s early struggles.”Sometimes it’s not the amount of runs he gets but the pressure he puts on the opposition because they know he’s going to come hard, they can panic and get a bit defensive in their mindset and then [David] Warner gets away, and if [Mitchell] Marsh comes in, he gets away as well,” Finch told ESPNcricinfo.Australia are yet to score a half-century in the tournament and have been bowled out for 199 and 177 in their two games. But it will be asking a lot of Head to come in and perform straightaway.While the selectors have put huge stock in what Head is capable of, there remains a possibility they still opt to replace him and the chance of that could increase if Australia are unable to win against Sri Lanka on Monday, which would leave them a mountain to climb to reach the semi-finals.”There’s still a few hurdles we need to clear, and everything needs to fall into place from my end and from the team’s point of view over there before the final decision is made,” Head said.

رسميًا | ريال مدريد يعلن رحيل لاعبه

أصدر نادي ريال مدريد الإسباني بيانًا رسميًا، يفيد خلاله توصله لاتفاق لرحيل أحد لاعبي الفريق خلال سوق الانتقالات الصيفية الجاري.

ويواصل ريال مدريد إعادة هيكلة الفريق، ببيع أو إعارة عدد من اللاعبين، مع إبرام تعاقدات جديدة لتعزيز صفوف الميرنجي تحت قيادة المدير الفني تشابي ألونسو.

وغادر ريال مدريد حتى الآن كل من لوكاس فاسكيز، لوكا مودريتش، خيسوس فاييخو، ألفارو رودريجيز، وشيما أندريس في انتقالات الصيف الجارية.

وأوضح ريال مدرد في بيان رسمي اليوم الثلاثاء، رحيل لاعب خط الوسط ماريو مارتن وانضمامه إلى خيتافي على سبيل الإعارة لموسم واحد، حتى 30 يونيو 2026.

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وجاء في البيان الرسمي: “اتفق ناديا ريال مدريد وخيتافي على التعاقد مع ماريو مارتن على سبيل الإعارة لهذا الموسم، حتى 30 يونيو 2026”.

تخرّج ماريو مارتن من أكاديمية ريال مدريد، ولفت الأنظار بأدائه القوي مع فريق كاستيا، حيث نال شارة القيادة لاحقًا تقديرًا لقيادته داخل الملعب.

وساهم مستواه الثابت مع الفريق الرديف في تصعيده إلى الفريق الأول خلال موسم 2023/2024، في خطوة أكدت تطوره اللافت.

عقب ذلك، انتقل مارتن إلى صفوف ريال بلد الوليد، حيث خاض موسمًا مميزًا في الدوري الإسباني، شارك خلاله في 30 مباراة بالليجا، بالإضافة إلى ظهوره مرتين في بطولة كأس ملك إسبانيا.

Palmeiras x Avaí: sistema falha e ingressos são vendidos antes de início da pré-venda

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Marcada para às 10h desta terça-feira, a pré-venda de ingressos para a partida entre Palmeiras e Avaí, pelo Brasileirão, que acontece no sábado, foi “boicotada” por uma falha no sistema. Segundo apurou o LANCE!, alguns sócios-torcedores conseguiram adquirir entradas antes do horário previsto.

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A reportagem entrou em contato com sócios Avanti que tiveram as compras dos bilhetes aprovadas e confirmadas por e-mail, seguindo o roteiro normal de um dia de vendas de ingressos on-line.

A falha aconteceu por volta das 9h e, conforme depoimentos coletados, muitos torcedores conseguiram adquirir as entradas de acordo com os planos do programa, independente de prioridade.

O caso de alguns destes sócios foi bastante peculiar. Quando o sistema de vendas permitiu o acesso normal, compras de outros ingressos foram permitidas sem que os primeiros, adquiridos durante a falha, fossem contabilizados.

Em conversa com o LANCE!, o Palmeiras afirmou que o problema realmente ocorreu e disse que todas as compras serão minuciosamente analisadas e corrigidas.

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– Ocorreu um erro no sistema. Isso foi prontamente identificado e corrigido pela equipe de venda de ingressos. Todas as entradas adquiridas antes do início da pré-venda passarão por uma criteriosa análise – alegou o Verdão.

Palmeiras e Avaí se enfrentam neste sábado, às 21h, no Allianz Parque, pelo Brasileirão.

Confira os valores dos ingressos para Palmeiras x Avaí:

Gol Norte – R$ 120
Superior Norte e Sul – R$ 150
Superior Leste e Oeste – R$ 200
Gol Sul – R$ 220
Central Leste – R$ 250
Central Oeste – R$ 300

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Hathurusinghe: Our batting let us down with 'high expectations'

Head coach also says certain things beyond his control happened before the World Cup

Mohammad Isam05-Nov-20231:25

Bangladesh’s top six has made different mistakes every game – Steve Harmison

Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusinghe has identified “high expectations” as the only reason for the batters’ failure in their 2023 World Cup campaign. It is well known that Hathurusinghe wasn’t a big fan of the high hopes surrounding the team in the pre-tournament build-up. He had made a similar comment in early October when he said that those hoping that Bangladesh will win the World Cup should “wake up from their sleep”.Bangladesh were the first team to be knocked out of this World Cup having lost six of their first seven games. Their main aim now is to secure a spot for the Champions Trophy in 2025 by finishing in the top eight in the points table. They are currently placed ninth and have two games left, against Sri Lanka and Australia.Bangladesh’s batters have collectively failed, with Najmul Hossain Shanto losing form after their first game, while captain Shakib Al Hasan, Tanzid Hasan and Towhid Hridoy have also been short of runs while Mushfiqur Rahim and Litton Das have been inconsistent. Hathurusinghe conceded that the Bangladesh players were putting a lot of pressure on themselves.Related

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“I take responsibility [of Bangladesh’s failure] as equally as anyone in the team,” he said at the pre-match press conference in Delhi before the clash against Sri Lanka. “We have disappointed the fans. We have disappointed ourselves as well. We didn’t play our best cricket. Nothing has changed from the first game till now. The only thing that changed is what happened between our ears. Our skills hasn’t gone anywhere. We have put ourselves down with high expectations.”That’s the only thing I can think of. We haven’t played the way we played before the World Cup. In that sense, we have to look at the mirror to know what went wrong. Players want to perform at the biggest stage. Maybe we are trying to do too much. We have to look back and think what went wrong. It has affected many players. It can be any of those. To be honest, I don’t know at the moment.”Bangladesh have shuffled their batting order throughout the competition but Hathurusinghe denied that it had had a negative effect on the team. Mehidy Hasan Miraz has batted in five different spots in the World Cup and that meant established batters like Shanto, Shakib and Hridoy had to bat out of their set positions.Mehidy Hasan Miraz has batted in five different positions in this World Cup, at the cost of more set batters in those spots•Associated Press

“It is not about the batting order,” Hathurusinghe said. “What time of the innings you are coming into bat is more important than the number you bat. We haven’t [been] given any starts.”One more batter [in the squad] could have made things complicated. When we selected this team before the World Cup, we thought they were the best performers. Their skills hasn’t gone anywhere. The only thing disturbing us is what’s going on between our ears. We haven’t played to our potential. We are not sure of what we are capable of. For some reason, we have gone into a little bit of a shell, especially batting. We need to fix this. We have to play fearless cricket.”Shanto, who had been one of Bangladesh’s best batters this year until the World Cup, started with an unbeaten 59 in their opening game against Afghanistan, but he has scored only 28 runs since then in six innings, all with single-digit scores, including two ducks. Hathurusinghe put that down to his luck, and not for lack of trying.”He got out similarly so that’s what is wrong,” the coach said. “It wasn’t lack of trying. Any good batter can get out in the first five or ten balls. He got out first ball twice. Some of the balls he got out to – down the leg side or half-volleys – any other day you have seen he hits those for boundaries. Things have not gone right in certain ways for us.”Hathurusinghe said that the seven months he had since being appointed Bangladesh head coach weren’t enough to prepare the team for the World Cup. He said that external factors also played a role in the preparation. “I can’t do much in seven months. I prepared the team for the World Cup. My work has to start after the World Cup. Taking the team forward is a separate thing.”Certain things beyond my control happened in between as well. I don’t think this is the right time for me to think or discuss. At the moment my focus is to win the next game. We are doing everything right. The mood is good. Players are training. They are all hurting but they want to do well. My biggest challenge is to keep the environment stress-free from every angle so that they can perform to the best of their ability.”

Corinthians goleia o Realidade Jovem e cola no G4 do Paulistão Feminino

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Após cair nas quartas de final da Libertadores, diante do Boca Juniors, a equipe feminina doCorinthiansvoltou a campo e venceu o Realidade Jovem, por 4 a 1, emSão José do Rio Preto, pela8ª rodada do Campeonato Paulista. Jheniffer,Jaqueline, Adriana e Lia Salazar marcaram os gols corintianos.

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Com o triunfo, o Timão chega aos 15 pontos e permanece em6º lugar na tabela, mas agora a distância para a Ferroviária, primeira equipe dentro do G4, é de três pontos. A equipe do interior paulista estaciona nos dois pontos, ocupando o décimo lugar.

Na próxima rodada, as Brabas, que não contam com o treinador Arthur Elias, irão enfrentar o Santos, terceiro colocado, no Parque São Jorge. O clássico alvinegro será disputado na quinta-feira (17), às 19h30.

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O auxiliar Rodrigo Iglesias escalou o Corinthians com: Paty; Giovanna Campiolo, Andressa, Erika e Diany; Lia Salazar, Tamires e Gabi Portilho; Adriana,Jheniffer e Jaqueline.

O Timão tomou controle das ações ofensivas e abriu o placar aos 10 minutos do primeiro tempo.Diany roubou a bola no meio-campo e tocou na Jheniffer. A atacante foi travada pela defesa, mas recuperou a bola e bateu na saída da goleira, abrindo o placar.

14 minutos depois, Jaque ampliou a vantagem corintiana. Tamires cruzou na área para Jheniffer, que não conseguiu dominar. A bola sobrou para a camisa 30, que completou para o fundo do gol.

Ainda no primeiro tempo, as Brabas anotaram o terceiro gol. Jaqueline foi derrubada dentro da área, e o árbitro assinalou pênalti.Adriana deslocou a goleira e deixou a partida encaminhada.

Na segunda etapa, o Realidade Jovem conseguiu marcar o gol de honra, mas no final da partida, o Corinthians teve mais um pênalti ao seu favor, e Lia Salazar sacramentou a vitória.

Wolvaardt's one-woman show helps Strikers down Thunder

Wolvaart made an unbeaten 70 out of 121 before Strikers’ bowlers provided an amazing defence as Thunder fell three runs short

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Laura Wolvaardt made 70 not out•Getty Images

Adelaide Strikers have taken the outright lead on the WBBL ladder after a rescue mission by opener Laura Wolvaardt set up a thrilling three-run win over Sydney Thunder.Both sides were 4 for 2 early in their innings as ball dominated bat at Cricket Central. Wolvaardt’s class and composure in an unbeaten 70 proved the difference after Strikers were sent in.She grafted as wickets tumbled at the other end before unleashing at the death. The South African star combined with Megan Schutt to take 38 runs off the final three overs and lift the defending champions to 121 for 7, with Schutt making 16 not out off 10.The Strikers’ bowlers were brilliant early with Jemma Barsby dismissing dangerous Chamari Athapaththu in the first over and Schutt snaring Phoebe Litchfield in a deep cover trap in the second.The hosts were meandering along at 53 for 5 after 14 overs until Tahlia Wilson (33 off 23) and Sammy-Jo Johnson (26 not out off 14) threatened to get their side home.A crafty last over by spinner Anesu Mushangwe, where she conceded just five runs, clinched the win and kept the Thunder to 118 for 7. Mushangwe finished with 2 for 24 from her four overs.Australian pace bowler Darcie Brown returned from a hamstring injury for her first WBBL game of the season and found instant form claiming 1 for 15 from four overs. She bowled 14 dot balls and gave up just one boundary.Thunder looked good early. Marizanne Kapp’s opening over of the innings was made to order. She trapped Katie Mack plumb lbw first ball of the innings. The South Africa international snuck the fifth delivery under the bat of Australia star Tahlia McGrath to have the visitors 4 for 2.The low bounce was utilised perfectly by the Thunder attack as they put in an accomplished display of stump-to-stump bowling at its best. The Strikers were 47 for 4 after 10 overs but Wolvaardt then stepped up to play the only substantial innings of the match.The Strikers went to 18 points with the win, two clear of Perth Scorchers and three ahead of Thunder.

إينيجو مارتينيز يفرض شرطًا خاصًا على النصر السعودي

كشفت تقارير صحفية عن شرط خاص في العقد المرتقب للاعب فريق برشلونة، إينيجو مارتينيز، مع نادي النصر السعودي، والذي بات على مقربة من الانتقال إلى صفوفه في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي.

كانت مفاجأة مدوية قد صدمت جماهير برشلونة، أمس الخميس، بعدما أعلنت تقارير صحفية مختلفة أن إينيجو مارتينيز سيغادر صفوف النادي الكتالوني، حيث سينضم إلى فريق النصر.

يأتي هذا على الرغم من كون إينيجو مارتينيز كان عنصرًا أساسيًا في كتيبة هانز فليك الموسم الماضي، ولعب دورًا في تحقيق الثلاثية المحلية المتمثلة في الدوري الإسباني، كأس ملك إسبانيا والسوبر الإسباني.

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وذكرت صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية تفاصيل عقد إينيجو مارتينيز مع النصر السعودي، حيث سيسافر إلى الرياض اليوم من أجل التوقيع الرسمي.

وأوضحت أن إينيجو مارتينيز سيوقع عقدًا لمدة عامين مع النصر، ورغم أنه ينوي الإيفاء بالمدة كاملة، إلا أن هناك شرط جزائي يسمح له بالرحيل بعد العام الأول.

وأشارت إلى أن إينيجو مارتينيز رغب في ذلك الشرط ليتمكن من إقرار مصيره بنفسه، حيث إنه يريد الاستقرار لمدة عامين مع النادي الجديد، ولكنه يرغب في الوقت نفسه في إمكانية التعامل مع الظروف عام تلو الآخر، ويرى كيفية قدرته على التكيف مع تلك الثقافة الكروية المختلفة.

وأفادت أن إينيجو مارتينيز ودع لاعبي برشلونة أمس، وتلقى زيارة من رئيس النادي خوان لابورتا، صباح اليوم، في المدينة الرياضية.

Morris suffers side strain, in doubt for New Zealand Tests

Three balls into his fifth over, he felt pain in his left side and immediately headed off the ground

Alex Malcolm06-Feb-2024

Lance Morris suffered a side strain after taking his first two ODI wickets•Getty Images

Australia quick Lance Morris suffered a left side strain during the third ODI against West Indies in Canberra, leaving him in doubt to tour New Zealand with the Test squad later this month.Morris had taken his first two ODI wickets in a fiery spell to leave West Indies in tatters, before they were eventually bowled out for 86. But three balls into the fifth over of his first spell, having claimed 2 for 13 with a maiden, he felt pain in his left side, and immediately grabbed his cap and headed off the ground to get assessed.Cricket Australia confirmed shortly after that Morris had suffered a left side strain, and would head for a scan at some stage to determine the extent of the injury.Related

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“He just said he had a bit of pain in the side and was struggling a bit, so he’ll get a scan in the next 12 to 24 hours and we’ll know more then,” captain Steven Smith said. “He was probably a little bit nervous the other day making his debut, but he was starting to get some nice rhythm.”He’s been great around the group, for over a year now he’s been there or thereabouts and it’s great to see him get a couple of games in.”It leaves Morris in doubt for the two Tests against New Zealand, the first of which starts in Wellington on February 29, although there was a chance Morris would not be required despite travelling with the Test team through the early part of the Australian summer.Morris is yet to make his Test debut but was carefully managed through the early part of the home season to be fit for the Pakistan Test series. However, he was not required to play, as Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood played all five Tests against both Pakistan and West Indies without issue.Morris’ injury comes after Australia’s other back-up Test paceman Scott Boland suffered knee soreness during Victoria’s Sheffield Shield match against South Australia at the Junction Oval in Melbourne this week, although he was able to bowl in the second innings after getting assessed.Australia are expected to name their Test squad for the New Zealand series later this week.

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