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Chris Rogers scored his fourth century of the season but promotion hopefuls Middlesex had to settle for a draw on the final day of their rain-affected Division Two match against Glamorgan

10-Sep-2011
ScorecardChris Rogers scored his fourth century of the season but promotion hopefuls Middlesex had to settle for a draw on the final day of their rain-affected Division Two match against Glamorgan at Cardiff.Rogers made 121 as Middlesex declared their first innings on 302 for 8 – a first-innings lead of 145 – with Will Owen taking 5 for 124. But Glamorgan’s fifth-wicket pair of Mark Wallace and Stewart Walters ensured their side batted out for a draw and when stumps were drawn they had made 178 for 4 – a lead of 33. Middlesex took nine points from the game to Glamorgan’s five.Middlesex began the day with a slender lead of 12 runs, knowing that a victory would seal both promotion into Division One as well as the Division Two title, and all in a contest which had seen the loss of 198 overs on the first three days. Middlesex resumed on 169 for 4 and went on the hunt for quick runs as Rogers completed his century from 121 balls with 12 fours.As the fifth-wicket partnership developed John Simpson went to his 50 from 80 balls. But Owen made his first breakthrough to grab the prized wicket of Rogers, who edged a short rising delivery behind. It ended a stand worth 145 in 27.2 overs.Wallace, who was captaining Glamorgan in the absence of an unwell Alviro Petersen, took his second catch to dismiss Gareth Berg, who edged an attempted cut off Owen. Simpson looked on course for a century after swatting Owen for six into the grandstand but next ball the bowler got his revenge by bowling the Middlesex wicketkeeper for 95.Owen sealed his maiden championship five-wicket haul when he had Steven Crook caught at deep backward square. Tim Murtagh brought up the Middlesex 300, whereupon they declared after 90 minutes’ batting during which they added 133 runs in 20 overs.With Petersen still indisposed, Nick James opened with Gareth Rees and the pair saw Glamorgan safely to lunch. But after the interval Rees edged Gareth Berg to third slip. Will Bragg needed 26 to become the first Glamorgan batsman to 1,000 runs but he could only managefour before being caught in the gully off Steven Crook.James had done a good job in deputising as opener but a run short of his maiden half-century he was undone by Ollie Raynor’s spin, trapped leg before. Glamorgan reached three figures shortly before tea but in the final over before the interval Jim Allenby edged a rising delivery from Murtagh behind.But any chance of a Middlesex win was dashed by an unbeaten 70-run partnership between Wallace and Walters. In the process Wallace passed Jimmy Stone’s club record of 959 runs – the highest made by a specialist wicketkeeper in a season in first-class cricket for Glamorgan.The result leaves Middlesex 12 points clear at the division’s summit, with Northamptonshire, Surrey and Gloucestershire able to overhaul them in a fascinatingly poised final round of matches.

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Diante da massa atleticana, o Atlético-MG confirmou o favoritismo no duelo de alvinegros contra o Ceará e manteve a vice-liderança do Campeonato Brasileiro com vitória por 2 a 1. Apesar do resultado, a partida foi equilibrada durante praticamente todo o tempo regulamentar. Os gols começaram a ser marcados apenas aos 32 minutos do segundo tempo e foi o Ceará quem abriu o placar com tento de Naldo.

Dois minutos depois, Róger Guedes deixou tudo igual e confirmou a artilharia do Campeonato Brasileiro no que pode ter sido o seu último jogo com a camisa alvinegra. Luan fechou a vitória. O resultado mantém o Atlético-MG em segundo lugar, com 23 pontos. Já o Ceará, se afundou ainda mais na zona de rebaixamento e segue com os mesmos seis pontos.

Início equilibrado
Em casa, o Atlético-MG estava a vontade diante da torcida e conseguiu bom domínio da bola nos minutos iniciais. Com jogadas velozes, a equipe mineira não encontrou dificuldade para discorrer pelo campo, mas não teve a mesma produtividade na hora de finalizar diante da defesa fechada do Ceará. A melhor chance atleticana na etapa foi modesta: Cazares saiu em contra-ataque e cruzou para Gustavo Blanco, mas o meia pegou mal na bola e mandou por cima do gol.

Perigo em contra-ataque cearense
Lanterna do Campeonato Brasileiro, o Ceará se mostrou um adversário difícil. Apesar da pontualidade nas saídas de Róger Guedes, Gustavo Blanco e Cazares, os comandados de Lisca encontraram brechas nos erros de passes do Atlético-MG e ficaram perto de abrir o placar para o Vozão, quando Éder Luís arrancou com a bola e lançou para Samuel Xavier, que chutou no cantinho de Victor e tirou tinta da trave. No final do primeiro tempo, o rendimento do Galo caiu, mas o Ceará não voltou a oferecer perigo.

Atlético-MG se arrisca no segundo tempo
Em busca da vitória para recuperar a vice-liderança em um confronto truncado, o Atlético-MG voltou a criar jogadas em cima dos erros do Ceará. No primeiro, Ricardo Oliveira carimbou o chute, mas Éverson salvou. A bola ainda passou pelos pés de Guedes, Blanco e Patrick em lances sequenciaisdurante disputa na grande área, mas nada mudou. Já na etapa final do segundo tempo, o Ceará se estabilizou na partida e criou novas jogadas de ataque.

Chuva de gols na reta final
Eder Luís foi o primeiro a arriscar ao tirar a bola de Victor e tentar o chute, mas a zaga mineira salvou. De olho na movimentação, João Lucas cruzou na grande área e Naldo recebeu com maestria para colocar no fundo das redes, aos 32 minutos. O Atlético correu atrás do prejuízo e partiu em contra-ataque, chegando à entrada da área, onde Elias tocou para Róger Guedes, que dominou a bola e carimbou o empate, aos 35 minutos. Quando o resultado parecia estar definido, Luan garantiu a vitória atleticana, fechando o placar aos 46 minutos.

Próximos compromissos
O Campeonato Brasileiro terá uma pausa para a Copa do Mundo, mas na volta, o Atlético-MG tem um importante confronto com o Grêmio por posição na parte de cima da tabela. Em Porto Alegre, as equipes entram em campo no dia 18 de julho, às 21h45. Também pela 13ª rodada, o Ceará retoma sua luta pela saída da zona de rebaixamento no mesmo dia, com o duelo contra o Sport, que acontece às 19h30, no Castelão.

FICHA TÉCNICA
ATLÉTICO-MG 2 x 1 CEARÁ
Local: Independência, Belo Horizonte
Data-Hora: 13/6/2018 – 21h45
Árbitro: Vinicius Furlan (SP)
Auxiliares: Alex Ang Ribeiro (SP) e Miguel Cataneo Ribeiro da Costa (SP)
Cartões amarelos: Fábio Santos
Cartões vermelhos: –
Gols: Naldo (32’/2ºT)(0-1), Róger Guedes (34’/2ºT)(1-1) e Luan (46’/2ºT)(2-1)

ATLÉTICO-MG: Victor; Patric; Gabriel, Bremer; Fábio Santos; Adilson (Yago, aos 22’/2ºT), Gustavo Blanco (Elias, aos 19’/2ºT), Cazares (Luan, aos 9’/2ºT); Róger Guedes, Ricardo Oliveira e Thiago Andrade. Técnico: Thiago Larghi.

CEARÁ: Everson; Naldo, Eder Luis, Ricardinho, Felipe Azevedo (Romário, 2ºT), Luiz Otávio, Samuel Xavier (Douglas Coutinho, aos 37’/2ºT), Pio (Arnaldo, aos 19’/2ºT), Rafael Pereira, Tiago Alves, João Lucas. Técnico: Lisca.

عقد مجلس إدارة النادي الأهلي، برئاسة محمود الخطيب، اجتماعًا مطولًا اليوم الخميس بمقر ‏النادي بالجزيرة.

ووفقًا للموقع الرسمي فإن الاجتماع جاء لمناقشة العديد من الملفات المهمة التي تخص قطاعات النادي المختلفة، والتي جاء ‏في مقدمتها ملف شركة الأهلي لكرة القدم.‏

ويتصدر الأهلي جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري برصيد 37 نقطة، حصيلة 15 مباراة.

طالع أيضًا.. منافس الأهلي المحتمل.. لاعب سياتل الأمريكي: لا يهمنا اسم أي نادٍ في كأس العالم للأندية

ويستعد الأهلي للمشاركة في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية، بمواجهة أوكلاند سيتي يوم 1 فبراير المقبل. قرارات مجلس إدارة الأهلي في اجتماع اليوم:‏

‏- اعتمد المجلس الاختصاصات الجديدة لشركة الأهلي لكرة القدم، بعد استعراض مجلس إدارة ‏الشركة برئاسة المهندس عدلي القيعي وعضوية خالد عبد القادر وأحمد حسام، الرؤية الخاصة ‏بها.‏

– واعتمد المجلس الاختصاصات والمسئوليات الخاصة بشركة الأهلي لكرة القدم وأهمها على ‏النحو التالي:  ‏

– مسؤولية الشركة عن مصادر تمويل واستمرار الأهلي في الريادة في كرة القدم.‏

– اتخاذ الشركة ما يلزم تجاه العقود التجارية والتسويقية الخاصة بكرة القدم، بالتنسيق مع الكابتن ‏محمود الخطيب، بصفته رئيس مجلس إدارة النادي، والمفوض من قبل مجلس الإدارة بالإشراف ‏على ملف كرة القدم.

– اعتمد مجلس الإدارة الهيكل التنظيمي الخاص بشركة الأهلي لكرة القدم، حيث وافق المجلس على ‏ضم أمير توفيق، وماريان ديمتري وأحمد الطوخي وحنان الزيني بداية من 1 فبراير المقبل، وذلك في ‏إطار الهيكل التنظيمي الذي تم اعتماده.‏

– رخص مجلس الإدارة للشركة اتخاذ كل ما يلزم نحو استخدام العلامات التجارية، التي قام ‏النادي بتسجيلها بمكتب العلامات التجارية، واتخاذ ما يلزم لاستخدامها فيما يخص كرة ‏القدم.‏

– إعداد ومتابعة الأمور الخاصة بكرة القدم من تاريخ موافقة مجلس الإدارة خلال اجتماعه ‏اليوم. ‏

– تنفيذ مشروع التحول الرقمي لكرة القدم في إطار العقود التي تم اعتمادها من جانب مجلس ‏الإدارة.

أعلن الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم “فيفا” عن الطاقم التحكيمي المنتظر لإدارة مواجهة الوداد البيضاوي المغربي والهلال السعودي السبت المقبل في ربع نهائي كأس العالم للأندية.

وتقام النسخة الحالية من كأس العالم للأندية 2022 خلال الفترة من 1 إلى 11 فبراير الحالي. حكم مباراة الوداد والهلال في كأس العالم للأندية

يدير اللقاء الحكم السلفادوري إيفان بارتون البالغ من العمر 33 عاما والذي نال الشارة الدولية في عام 2018، كما سبق له الاشراف على نهائي دوري أبطال الكونكاكاف موسم 2021/2022 بين فريقي سياتل الأمريكي ونادي بوماس المكسيكي.

وسبق وأن أدار بارتون 98 لقاء دوليًا وتولى ادارة العديد من المباريات في كأس العالم 2022 في قطر من بينها مواجهة ألمانيا واليابان وكذلك البرازيل وسويسرا ومباراة إنجلترا والسنغال.

اقرأ أيضا..الوداد المغربي يحسم مصير رامون دياز في الهلال

يساعد بارتون كلا من السلفادوري ديفيد موران والأمريكي كاترين نيسبيت بينما يتولى مهمة الحكم الرابع الأوروجوياني أندرياس ماتياس ويتولى المكسيكي فيرناندو جيريرو مهمة تقنية الفيديو والكولومبي نيكولاس جالو مسؤولا عن مساعدة حكم تقنية الفيديو.

ويدير الاوروجوياني مارتين سوبي مهمة كشف التسلل في تقنية الفيديو وأخيرا هناك حكم فيديو إضافي وهو الفنزولي خوان ساتو.

وسبق وأن شارك الهلال في كأس العالم للأندية 2019 في قطر كما تواجد في نسخة 2021 الماضية في الإمارات وحقق المركز الرابع في البطولتين.

يذكر أن الهلال خاض الثلاثاء أول مران له في المغرب على ملعب مجمع محمد السادس الرياضي وذلك عقب ساعات من وصوله للمغرب قادما من العاصمة السعودية الرياض.

وفي حال فوز الهلال أمام الوداد سوف يتأهل لمواجهة فلامنجو البرازيلي في نصف نهائي كأس العالم للأندية.

وسبق وأن خاض الهلال 6 مباريات في كأس العالم للأندية، فاز في مواجهتين وتعادل في مباراة وخسر في 3 وتمكن من تسجيل 10 أهداف واستقبل 11 هدفًا.

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Em parada dos campeonatos por conta da Copa do Mundo, Cruzeiro e Corinthians disputaram amistoso nesta quarta-feira, no Mineirão. No jogo de muito mais substituições do que emoções, o Timão venceu por 2 a 0, com um gol em cada tempo.

O resultado, porém, pouco importa para as equipes. Antes mesmo do amistoso, os técnicos Mano Menezes e Osmar Loss haviam falado que o principal objetivo da partida era dar ritmo aos jogadores e fazer testes.

Parabéns!
Aniversariante desta quarta-feira, Romero foi quem deu o presente para a torcida corintiana. Aos 13 minutos de jogo, Walter cobrou tiro de meta rapidamente, Clayson dominou já tocando de primeira para o atacante paraguaio, que invadiu a área e chutou por baixo do goleiro Fábio para abrir o placar. Romero estava um pouquinho adiantado, mas só com o tão falado VAR seria possível o árbitro marcar esse impedimento.

Além dos 26 anos de Romero, a data também marca o sexto aniversário do título da Libertadores, conquistada em 2012 pelo Timão. Emerson Sheik, herói da final, não foi relacionado para o amistoso no Mineirão.

Pouca emoção
No Mineirão com quase 10 mil pagantes, o jogo deixou a desejar até no primeiro tempo, quando as equipes estavam escaladas com seus titulares. Walter fez apenas uma defesa na etapa inicial, só aos 42 minutos: após boa jogada do Cruzeiro, Thiago Neves recebeu pela esquerda, dentro da área, finalizou e viu a bola desviar antes de ser defendida pelo goleiro corintiano.

O Corinthians também não conseguiu levar perigo. Além do gol, a outra boa jogada alvinegra no primeiro tempo saiu dos pés de Rodriguinho, que achou Clayson em boas condições. O atacante tentou ajeitar para Roger, mas a zaga cruzeirense cortou.

Times mudam, jogo melhora
Como já era esperado, as equipes mudaram para o segundo tempo. No Cruzeiro, Lucas Silva e Rafael Sóbis permaneceram, enquanto o Corinthians manteve apenas o goleiro Walter e passou a atuar no 4-2-4, sem centroavante. E o jogo melhorou com os times considerado reservas…

O Cruzeiro começou pressionando e levou perigo. Marcelo Hermes fez boa jogada pela esquerda e chutou cruzado, mas Walter defendeu. No rebote, Patrick Brey mandou por cima. No lance seguinte, mais uma boa chance: Rafael Sóbis roubou a bola, tabelou com Mancuello e chutou travado no cantinho, mas Walter novamente fez a defesa.

O Corinthians, por sua vez, ficou retraído no 4-2-4 em busca de um contra-ataque. Mas o Timão chegou ao gol aos 29 minutos, quando era muito pior na partida. Jadson cobrou falta e Pedro Henrique apareceu livre para mandar de pé direito para o fundo da rede. Mais um lance difícil para a arbitragem.

Após o gol corintiano, o Cruzeiro continou dominando as ações, mas sem o mesmo ímpeto. Já o Corinthians manteve sua postura retraída e só teve um bom contra-ataque, mas Pedrinho se atrapalhou e não conseguiu finalizar.

Mais dois confrontos em julho
Corinthians e Cruzeiro voltam a fazer um amistoso no próxima quarta-feira, às 20h, na Arena em Itaquera. Há ainda mais um duelo entre as equipes neste mês: dia 25, também no estádio do Timão, pela 15ª rodada do Brasileirão. Antes do próximo encontro, o Corinthians entra em campo no domingo, às 11h, no amistoso contra o Grêmio, em Itaquera.

FICHA TÉCNICA

CRUZEIRO 0 X 2 CORINTHIANS
Local: Mineirão, em Belo Horizonte (MG)
Data: 4/7/18 – 20h
Árbitro: Emerson Almeida Ferreira
Assistentes: Márcio Eustáquio Santiago e Marcyano da Silva Vicente
Público e renda: 9.837 pagantes / R$ 114.275,00
Cartões amarelos: não teve
Gols: Romero, 13’/1ºT (0-1); Pedro Henrique, 29’/2ºT (0-2)

CRUZEIRO 1º TEMPO: Fábio, Edilson, Dedé, Léo e Egídio; Henrique e Lucas Silva; Robinho, Rafinha e Thiago Neves; Rafael Sóbis. Técnico: Mano Menezes.

CRUZEIRO 2º TEMPO: Rafael, Ezequiel, Murilo, Manoel e Marcelo Hermes; Lucas Silva e Lucas Romero; Ariel Cabral, Mancuello e Patrick Brey; Rafael Sóbis. Técnico: Mano Menezes.

CORINTHIANS 1º TEMPO: Walter, Mantuan, Balbuena, Henrique e Sidcley; Gabriel e Renê Júnior; Romero, Rodriguinho e Clayson; Roger. Técnico: Osmar Loss.

CORINTHIANS 2º TEMPO: Walter (Caíque – 28’/2ºT), Paulo Roberto, Pedro Henrique, Léo Santos e Danilo Avelar; Ralf e Thiaguinho; Pedrinho, Jadson, Marquinhos Gabriel e Bruno Xavier (Danilo – 30’/2ºT). Técnico: Osmar Loss.

Chris Gayle played the sort of innings only he can to give Royal Challengers Bangalore the sort of win they desperately needed to keep their Champions League Twenty20 campaign alive

The Report by George Binoy03-Oct-2011
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsChris Gayle hit eight sixes during his 86 off 46 balls•Associated Press

Chris Gayle played the sort of innings only he can to give Royal Challengers Bangalore the sort of win they desperately needed to keep their Champions League Twenty20 campaign alive. Gayle’s assault ensured the margin of victory – 51 runs – was the largest of the tournament, and not only did it earn the Royal Challengers their first points but also dragged their previously negative net run-rate ahead of that of three other teams in Group B.The Royal Challengers now need only to win their remaining game, against South Australia, by a reasonable margin to make the semi-finals. Despite the severity of today’s defeat, though, Somerset also need only to win their last group game against Warriors to progress.After defeats in their first two matches, the Royal Challengers were the only team without points, and Daniel Vettori lost the toss on a ground where teams prefer to chase. The trace of dismay in Vettori when Alfonso Thomas asked the Royal Challengers to bat, however, had disappeared long before they finished with the tournament’s highest total – 206. It would have disappeared when Gayle was hitting eight of RCB’s 14 sixes, on his way to 86 off 46 balls.Somerset had their chances early in the match – two of them were difficult – to prevent this suffering but they didn’t take them. Gayle was dropped in the second over, two balls after he had hit his first four to get off the mark. He miscued a loft off Steve Kirby over extra cover but Jos Buttler couldn’t run back quickly enough. In Kirby’s next over – the fourth off the innings – Gayle survived two run-out attempts off the same ball, both at the same end. He was on 8 at the time.Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gayle’s opening partner, was also let off. He initiated the acceleration by scooping Peter Trego over short fine leg, but when he tried to repeat it next ball, he didn’t connect as well. Kirby, who had to run back from the circle, dived and pushed the ball towards the boundary. Dilshan then charged to blaze through cover, the third consecutive four, and also slogged over the long-on boundary to take 19 off the third over.Gayle had thumped the ball to the boundary every now and then but his start was relatively sedate: only 29 came off his first 25 balls. By that time, Roelof van der Merwe had bowled Dilshan round his legs and Virat Kohli had begun striking the ball splendidly on a true pitch and a quick outfield. Kohli lofted Murali Kartik’s left-arm spin for a four through extra cover and a six over long-off to take Bangalore to 87 for 1 after 10 overs.A few minutes later, Gayle had teleported to 53 off 31 balls, bringing up his half-century with a leg glance off Trego to the boundary. He plundered George Dockrell’s left-arm spin to get there, launching three sixes in the 11th over, over midwicket, long-on and the sightscreen. He celebrated his fifty by sending Trego over the sightscreen and dismissed Kartik over midwicket and square leg as well. Gayle moved to 86 as early as the 17th over with another six over long-on off Trego and a century seemed imminent. It wasn’t to be, though, for Thomas induced a top edge off a pull that was held by Arul Suppiah at deep midwicket.Useful contributions from Mayank Agarwal and Arun Karthik – who replaced Mohammad Kaif for this match and hit a six in the final over – took the Royal Challengers past 200.Even though Somerset were faced with the most daunting chase of the competition, Trego was not about to give up. He had been hit for 50 runs in three overs and he wanted to return the punishment. Trego and Craig Kieswetter gave the innings a powerful start, adding 42 in 4.1 overs before Kieswetter was dismissed. He had charged to attack Vettori and edged to the wicketkeeper Karthik.van der Merwe entered and dispatched his second ball, from Vettori, into the stands at midwicket. The third, he skied straight up in the air and Karthik held his second catch.Somerset were not done yet though. Trego took charge of the chase and in the tenth over, bowled by Gayle, he ransacked 22 out of 24 runs, hitting two sixes and two fours. Somerset went past 100 in that over, earlier than the Royal Challengers had. Trego went past 50, by cutting Vettori for four, off his 31st delivery, just as quick as Gayle.Trego, however, had little support from his team-mates and, as wickets fell at one end, the asking-rate soared to 16 by the end of the 15th over. When it touched 19 for the first time, Trego lashed at Raju Bhatkal and skied a catch to Vettori at mid-off. Somerset’s chase was over.

يعتقد جرايم سونيس أسطورة ليفربول الإنجليزي، أن وسط ملعب الفريق يتعرض للتنمر هذا الموسم، وهو ما يتسبب في تراجع مستواهم تحت قيادة الألماني يورجن كلوب.

ليفربول يتراجع في الدوري الإنجليزي بسبب النتائج، ويتواجد في المركز العاشر برصيد 29 نقطة بعد 20 مباراة خاضها الريدز، لم يحقق الفوز فيها سوى 8 مرات.

وسط ملعب ليفربول هو أكثر المراكز التي تعرضت للانتقادات هذا الموسم، بسبب عدم التنوع في اللعب، وتراخي بعض اللاعبين دفاعيًا وهجوميًا.

طالع أيضًا | talksport: ناقوس خطر.. هدّاف ليفربول منذ استراحة مونديال قطر يلعب في ناد آخر!

وقال سونيس في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “ليفربول إيكو” البريطانية: “قبل عام كان الجميع يطالب ليفربول بالتعاقد مع لاعبين في وسط الملعب، وبدأ اللاعبون المتواجدين حاليًا في إثبات أنفسهم”.

وأضاف: “ليفربول كان يمتلك فينالدوم وهندرسون وميلنر، رحل فيني وتقدم ميلنر في العمر، وتراجع مستوى جوردان، ولكن الأمر يعتمد على قدرة اللاعبين الحاليين في إحداث الفارق”.

وأكمل: “لقد فاز ليفربول بالعديد من المباريات الموسم الماضي، وخسر دوري الأبطال والدوري في اللحظات الأخيرة. وبنفس اللاعبين الذين يتعرضون للتنمر هذا الموسم”.

وشدد: “مشكلتهم ليست سهلة الآن، أنظر إلى نابي كيتا، وتياجو ألكانتارا، يتعرضان للتنمر كثيرًا، وإذا تعرضت للتنمر، فأنت في موقف ضعيف معظم الوقت ولن تقدم أفضل ما لديك”.

ليفربول أمامه مواجهة صعبة الأسبوع المقبل، يوم 13 فبراير، عندما يواجه إيفرتون المنتشي بالفوز الأول مع شون دايتش مدربهم الجديد على المتصدر آرسنال، بملعب أنفيلد في ديربي ميرسيسايد، لإطار الجولة 23 من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

Enticed by the chance to revitalise Australian cricket and do it in his MCG “backyard”, Shane Warne has confirmed he will line up for the Melbourne Stars in the BBL

Daniel Brettig08-Nov-2011

Enticed by the chance to revitalise Australian cricket and do it in his MCG “backyard”, Shane Warne has confirmed he will line up for the Melbourne Stars in this summer’s Twenty20 Big Bash League.Warne will play for the duration of the competition, having decided that the initial offers of a one or two-match cameo appearance, made when he was still reticent about returning to cricket after retiring from the IPL earlier this year, would not have been worthwhile.Calling himself a “young 42″, Warne said he had not yet decided whether this would be his only summer with the Stars, but was enthused by the prospect of helping attract younger generations to cricket, not least his own three children.”There had been a few offers about coming out to play and I was pretty comfortable with where I was at,” Warne told a press conference at the MCG. “But then looking back at how lucky I’d been with Australia and Australian cricket and what I’d been able to achieve at the highest level with a great group of players, when Cricket Australia started to launch the BBL, something new with all the city-based teams, it was something quite exciting.”I thought ‘if I’m going to do this, let’s do it properly’ … it is a great opportunity where I can give something back to cricket, my kids are getting older, they love Twenty20, and the MCG is a great place to play.””The MCG’s been my backyard for 20 years, there’s something special here, I love playing here, the people of Melbourne always get behind me, whether it was for the Australian team or Victoria, and the MCG was something that really swayed it for me.”Having slimmed down in recent times, and bowled well for Rajasthan in his final IPL tournament, Warne said he had little doubt he would be able to contribute meaningfully to the Stars’ campaign on the field as well as off it.”If I wasn’t confident in my own form and being part of a team I don’t think I would’ve taken up that one or two games to get whacked around a little bit, because that’s what happens in T20,” he said. “But I think I’m in such good shape at the moment, I feel excited about playing cricket and being involved in a good team.”I think I can have a significant role, whatever Whitey [Cameron White, captain] and Shippy [Greg Shipperd, coach] want me to have I’m happy to do. I wouldn’t go into playing these games without a sense of confidence in my ability that I can go out there to make a difference.”Commercial considerations were mulled over also, and it is useful for the Warne to be back playing in Melbourne when a club bearing his favourite number 23 has just been opened at the nearby Crown Casino. However he denied that money was a major fact in his return, something the Stars chairman Eddie McGuire confirmed by pointing out that the fee agreed for two games would not be growing to accommodate seven or nine matches.”It’s got nothing to do with money, if it was about money me coming and playing cricket I’d still be playing in the IPL – I retired from that,” Warne said. “This is something that I’m passionate about, something that I think is unique to Australian cricket, city-based cricket teams are something new and that enticed me.”My kids that are 14, 12 and 10 can’t really remember dad playing cricket that much, but now they might be able to remember me playing at the MCG. With the seven games there’s a salary cap and all that, so it’s nothing to do with the money, otherwise I’d be playing in the IPL still.”Warne will now be in the slightly incongruous position of playing his matches head-to-head with the national team’s Test matches against India, much as his mentor Ian Chappell did during World Series Cricket from 1977 to 1979. He maintains a sense of optimism that all cricket formats are helping, not detracting from, one another.”All the versions of the game continue to help [each other]. T20 I think has helped the whole game of cricket,” Warne said. “There’s a place definitely for Test cricket, T20 and one day cricket at the moment, just finding that right balance and not doing too much of each.”If you have to face Glenn McGrath in a couple of overs in a Test match and you needed 20 to win you’d slog him, in a T20 game you’d slog him as well, you get more confidence in all the forms of the game to smash him around. So each version of the game helps each one, and it makes all the versions more entertaining. I don’t see a conflict in that at all, I think it’ll all help together and it’ll be an exciting summer.”Inevitably, Warne was asked about his high-profile fiancé Liz Hurley, brushing off the notion that he was returning to cricket so she could watch him play in Australia, but admitted she might not be a great fan of the Stars’ green strip.”She calls them costumes that we play in,” he said. “I’m not sure what she’ll think about the green costume…”

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O atacante Clayton volta a reforçar o Atlético-MG. Recuperado de cirurgia no joelho esquerdo, o jogador foi relacionado para uma partida do Galo pela primeira vez na temporada, no duelo contra o Grêmio, nesta quarta-feira, às 21h45, em Porto Alegre. E, após sete meses fora dos gramados, o atleticano exaltou o retorno e agradeceu o clube.

– Estou muito feliz em estar de volta à equipe. Foram meses de muito trabalho, muito foco e graças a Deus me sinto muito bem para voltar a ajudar com meus companheiros o Atlético-MG – disse, antes de completar:

– Tenho que agradecer a todos do clube, os fisioterapeutas que estiveram todo esse tempo do meu lado, fazendo um grande trabalho. A todos os médicos, aos meus companheiros por me passarem confiança, comissão técnica e, claro, minha família que me passou muita força também. Estou muito confiante e tenho certeza que voltarei ainda mais forte para ajudar.

Em seu primeiro jogo após a parada da Copa do Mundo, o Atlético-MG tem pela frente o Grêmio fora de casa. Para Clayton, o Galo chega preparado e pode sair com resultado positivo da Arena gremista.

– Será uma partida complicada e de extrema importância para nós na competição. Enfrentar o Grêmio fora de casa nunca é fácil, sabemos a qualidade da equipe deles, mas chegaremos preparados. Vamos fazer nosso jogo e buscar um resultado positivo que será importante para nós na competição – encerrou.

عزز نابولي صدارته للدوري الإيطالي بثلاثية نظيفة أمام سبيزيا في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما على ملعب ألبيرتو بيكو، ضمن الجولة 21 من الكالشيو.

نابولي سجل الهدف الأول في الدقيقة 47 من ركلة جزاء عن طريق كفاراكتسخيليا.

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بهذه الثلاثية، ينفرد نابولي بالصدارة برصيد 56 نقطة، بفارق 16 نقطة ومباراة إضافية عن إنتر صاحب المركز الثاني، بينما سبيزيا توقف رصيده عند 18 نقطة في المركز السابع عشر. أهداف مباراة نابولي وسبيزيا في الدوري الإيطالي