Real Madrid's iconic Bernabeu stadium is gearing up to host its first-ever NFL match as Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders are set to lock horns in the Spanish capital on Sunday. The event marks a major step in the NFL's expansion into Europe as the Bernabeu follows in the footsteps of Wembley Stadium, which first held an NFL encounter in 2007.
Dasun Shanaka will be leading Sri Lanka in the tri-series after Charith Asalanka had to be withdrawn due to illness
Andrew Fidel Fernando17-Nov-2025Big picture: Teams tuning up ahead of World CupTwo-and-a-half months out from the Men’s T20 World Cup, it’s time to get serious. There are squads that need finalising, strategies that need trialing, and players that need tuning into the rhythm and tempo of T20 cricket.For Pakistan, this tri-series series is a chance to build on some T20 advances this year. They have won 17 T20Is to the 12 they’ve lost in 2025. That run includes making it to the final of the Asia Cup, and beating South Africa 2-1 in their most-recent T20I series. Under the leadership of Salman Agha, the batting has had a little more purpose, even if it is the bowling that has tended to win Pakistan games.In that series against South Africa, for example, the bowlers had restricted the visitors to feeble scores twice. Still, the chases were largely smooth, and Pakistan’s two victories were comfortable. The generally-preferred strategy seems to be to put the opposition in, and try to blow them away cheaply.Related
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Sri Lanka, meanwhile, have not been having an especially good time in this format either. Longstanding firepower issues in the batting order persist, although this is less apparent when Pathum Nissanka fires at the top of the order. They are also trying to figure out their combinations – frequently seeming either a bowler or batter short against top opposition.Ahead of a home World Cup, Sri Lanka are desperate to find a working formula. Dasun Shanaka being named acting captain of the side after Charith Asalanka was withdrawn due to illness suggests the selectors want him locked in, in the lower order, at least until the end of the World Cup. And Wanindu Hasaranga’s decent batting form will also help add some depth, provided Hasaranga recovers for the tri-series. Sri Lanka have drafted in legspinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth as cover on the eve of the tournament, but hope Hasaranga recovers to feature in the competition.Zimbabwe haven’t had quite so hot a year. But at least, unlike for the 2024 World Cup, they have bossed the Africa qualifier, and earned themselves a spot in the big show. And it was in that qualifier – played entirely in Harare – that they made their most impressive run of 2025, picking up five successive victories, including in the final against Namibia, who have also qualified for the World Cup.Zimbabwe recently beat Sri Lanka in a T20I•Zimbabwe CricketPakistan and Sri Lanka will likely pose a much sterner challenge than the lower-ranked teams Zimbabwe played in Harare, though, and they are just coming off a 3-0 loss to Afghanistan. They have, however, also beaten Sri Lanka in a T20I recently; Sri Lanka lost the second T20I in a three-match series in Zimbabwe in September.Although the tri-series between Pakistan, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka was originally scheduled to move to Lahore after two matches in Rawalpindi, security concerns following last week’s bombing in Islamabad has prompted a change. The tournament will be played entirely in Rawalpindi now.Form guidePakistan: WWLLW
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Zimbabwe: LLLWWIn the spotlight: Babar, Nissanka, and BennettIs Babar Azam back? There have been recent signs he is returning to a fuller version of himself, particularly when, on Friday, he struck his first international ton since 2023 even if that was in ODIs. Having been dropped from the T20I side for most of this year, Babar also struck a match-winning 68 off 47 balls against South Africa in Lahore less than three weeks ago. If he can have a successful tri-series, Pakistan will feel a much more menacing unit.Pathum Nissanka got a T20I hundred against India in September•AFP/Getty ImagesSri Lanka may already be over-reliant on Pathum Nissanka, their most improved white-ball batter of the past three years, and owner of a T20I hundred (against India no less), in September. His first week in Pakistan could have gone better. Nissanka got three starts in the ODIs, but could not even breach 30. On what are expected to be flatter tracks in Rawalpindi, he will likely come good at some point. Sri Lanka’s batting feels like a transformed unit on the days in which Nissanka scores heavily.Zimabwe’s run through the T20 World Cup qualifier had partly been fuelled by the form of their opening batters, and Brian Bennett in particular. Bennett crashed 314 runs at a strike rate of 181.50, making three fifties and a hundred in the space of five innings. At age 22, he has never played in Pakistan, but perhaps the greater challenge will be to counter attacks which will now, given his recent success, have spent much more time analysing his game, and devising plans against him.Pitch and conditionsAs we’re heading into winter, expect cold nights in Rawalpindi, where evening temperatures are forecast to drop into the low teens at times. This generally means fielding errors. The surface is expected to be batting friendly, though there is frequently something for the seamers there.SquadsPakistan made a late change to their squad, releasing Hasan Nawaz and bringing Fakhar Zaman, who was in excellent ODI form, in.Pakistan: Salman Ali Agha (capt), Abdul Samad, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Usman Khan (wk), Usman TariqFakhar Zaman replaced Hasan Nawaz in Pakistan’s squad•AFP/Getty ImagesWith Hasaranga’s hamstring tightness a concern, after he sustained a minor hamstring strain in the second ODI against Pakistan, Viyaskanth could get a look-in. Captain Charith Asalanka and Asitha Fernando are returning home due to illness. Top-order batter Pavan Rathnayake has now been brought into the T20I squad. Rathnayake made his international debut in the third ODI of the Pakistan tour.Sri Lanka: Dasun Shanaka (capt.), Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Kusal Perera, Kamil Mishara, Dasun Shanaka (vice-capt), Kamindu Mendis, Pavan Rathnayake, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Janith Liyanage, Wanindu Hasaranaga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushan Hemantha, Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Thushara, Eshan MalingaZimbabwe’s one change to the squad that played Afghanistan at home is to add a seamer. The is helpfully named Newman Nyamhuri, who’s a 19-year-old left-arm quick. He’s yet to play an international, and is in the squad because one of their senior bowlers, Blessing Muzarabani, is ruled out with a back injury.Zimbabwe: Sikandar Raza (capt), Brian Bennett, Ryan Burl, Graeme Cremer, Bradley Evans, Clive Madande, Tinotenda Maposa, Wellington Masakadza, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Tony Munyonga, Tashinga Musekiwa, Dion Myers, Richard Ngarava, Newman Nyamhuri, Brendan TaylorSince October 2022, Zimbabwe and Pakistan have won two games apiece against each other•ICC via Getty ImagesStats and trivia Zimbabwe have played five T20Is in Pakistan – most recently in 2020 – and have lost all five. Zimbabwe have a decent recent record against Pakistan, however. Since October 2022, these teams have faced each other four times and won two apiece. Although he has been playing T20Is only since 2021, Nissanka is Sri Lanka’s second-highest run-scorer in the format, with 2211 runs from 73 innings. Kusal Perera, who sits at the top, and is part of Sri Lanka’s squad for this tri-series, is only 65 runs ahead of Nissanka.
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Pela segunda rodada consecutiva, a Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) deve adiar as partidas de Grêmio, Internacional e Juventude no Brasileirão. A medida ocorre pela situação emergencial em diversas cidades no Rio Grande do Sul, que estão sofrendo com inundações e deslizamentos pelos temporais no estado. A informação foi divulgada pela ESPN.
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O Grêmio jogaria contra o Atlético-MG, no Mineirão, pela 6ª rodada do Brasileirão, no sábado (11). Já Internacional e Juventude se enfrentariam na segunda-feira (11), no Beira-Rio. A decisão ainda não foi oficializada pela CBF. Por ora, o órgão não cogita paralisar o Brasileirão pela situação no Rio Grande do Sul.
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Nesta segunda-feira (6), o Aeroporto Internacional Salgado Filho, em Porto Alegre, suspendeu suas operações até o final de maio, devido às chuvas e alagamentos no Rio Grande do Sul. Pela situação no estado, Grêmio, Internacional e Juventude estão impossibilitados de utilizarem seus respectivos centros de treinamento, e o trio está com um jogo atrasado no Brasileirão.
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Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe will be chewing on his pencil over the November international break as he works toward solutions that are so badly needed.
Fortunes have gone somewhat askew at St. James’ Park this season, with the club’s away form laying waste to Howe’s hopes of progress after a testing summer transfer window.
But it may be that the ramifications of that Alexander Isak-dominated summer are still being felt. However, tactically, things aren’t right, and the wider struggle of the summer market has led to the current issues which must be overcome if the Magpies hope to make it another positive campaign.
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Newcastle have fallen by the wayside, but it’s hardly too late for them to pick themselves back up. But there’s no question that PIF have to learn from their recent transfer struggles, with those brilliant windows of Howe’s early reign something of a distant memory.
In 2024, Newcastle failed to sign a right-sided forward, a glaring gap in the squad. That has now been amended through the £55m addition of Anthony Elanga from Nottingham Forest, but Elanga has blanked across 16 matches for the club, and with concerns over his form, questions must be raised over the extensive scouting that led to his signature being obtained.
Interestingly, Nick Woltemade’s fine form at centre-forward has eased the Isak blow, and before the season, that would have been viewed as the biggest issue. Newcastle’s attacking problems stretch more toward the creative side, with Anthony Gordon joining Elanga in having failed to register a goal contribution in the Premier League this season.
For a team whose 97 big chances created were bettered only by Liverpool in 2023/24, this is a real concern. This year, United have only created 14 from 11 matches, placing them 12th for that statistic. Gordon and Elanga must be doing a lot more, with the recruitment having felt they had hit the jackpot when shaping this wide duo.
While Newcastle have added exciting talents to their ranks this summer, Malick Thiaw and Jacob Ramsey among those with plenty of scope for growth, this is frankly an ageing squad and one whose freshen-up needs to go a lot further.
Tactical issues this season have been suggestive of this, and considering the company Newcastle are keeping in regard to the average age of their starting 11, it wouldn’t be unfair to suggest that younger profiles are needed for balance and continuity.
Everton
13th
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Aston Villa
6th
27.9
Newcastle
14th
27.6
Fulham
15th
27.6
Burnley
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The need for depth and quality on the defensive flanks is alarming. Kieran Trippier at right-back is 35 years old and out of contract at the end of the season, and Tino Livramento has been unfit at times and deployed as a makeshift left-back at others.
This is largely because of Lewis Hall’s own unavailability this season. But with the 22-year-old drawing strength and fitness once again, we are turned toward the situation of one of Howe’s mainstays.
The Newcastle star now on borrowed time
Newcastle comprise players of myriads shapes and sizes and skills. Some are renowned as being among the best in the world, but some are of a shrewder nature, like Dan Burn, who returned home from Brighton for around £12m at the start of the manager’s reign and has since become one of his mainstays.
After all, it is only the skipper, Bruno Guimaraes, who has featured more prominently for Howe’s Newcastle than him.
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170
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Dan Burn
165
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Fabian Schar
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Jacob Murphy
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Joelinton
145
The 32-year-old has done more than endear himself to the Toon fanbase since arriving, but he’s getting on a bit and has been guilty of some suspect performances at left-back this season.
Naturally a central defender, Burn ranks against Premier League full-backs this term among the bottom 6% for shot-creating actions, the bottom 29% for progressive passes and the bottom 4% for progressive carries per 90, as per FBref.
In the first five matches of the season, he was in the centre. Six appearances since have seen the England international deployed as a left-back, and this is inhibiting Newcastle’s flow and overarching connectivity.
Quite simply, Burn is not a natural left-back, even though he has played ample football in the moonlit role. He is a centre-back. 6 foot 6 and cool and composed.
Hall is far more dynamic and energetic in his role, and this will not only widen and add a dimension to Newcastle’s backline, but it could revive the likes of Gordon up ahead.
The boy from Blyth has been a revelation at Newcastle, and, pound for pound, “one of Newcastle’s best signings” since Howe arrived, as has been said by reporter Andy Sixsmith. A small fee and an immortalising contribution at Wembley last season have made sure of that.
But Howe will be putting a spoke in his own wheel if he continues to persist with Burn on the flank, limiting his side’s progression and mobility and dynamism at the back.
With this in mind, the modern legend might find himself slipping into his obscurity over the coming months, and perhaps that will lead to a departure to make way for this new chapter on Tyneside.
Newcastle must regret signing £100k-per-week flop who's cost £3.2m per game
Newcastle United must already rue signing this expensive flop, who is draining them dry.
ByKelan Sarson Nov 13, 2025
Daniel Farke’s future at Elland Road has come into question after Leeds United slipped into the relegation zone following a run of four straight defeats in the Premier League.
The Guardian now reports that the German head coach is expected, by senior figures inside the club, to lose his job if they lose to Chelsea and Liverpool in their matches this week.
It has been reported elsewhere that former Wolverhampton Wanderers boss Gary O’Neil is in the frame to replace Farke, having been out of a job since he was sacked by the Old Gold last season.
At face value, the English tactician would seem to be a shrewd appointment for the West Yorkshire outfit, given that he kept Bournemouth and Wolves in the Premier League in his first seasons with both clubs.
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However, the underlying numbers behind those two campaigns and his second season with Wolves suggest that that may have had more to do with the quality of the players at his disposal, rather than outstanding coaching.
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39 (15th) |
46 (14th) |
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34 (20th) |
41 (17th) |
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xG |
39.6 (18th) |
47.6 (17th) |
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65.9 (18th) |
68.9 (15th) |
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As you can see in the table above, both of his teams picked up more points than their performances deserved, as both Wolves and Bournemouth delivered relegation-battling numbers.
Those dismal performance numbers finally caught up with O’Neil in his second season with the Old Gold, as he lost 11 of the first 16 matches before being sacked, per Transfermarkt.
This is why Leeds should avoid a move for the ex-Wolves boss, because his Premier League career so far does not suggest that he would be the man to improve their performances, and that is why they should pursue Carlos Corberan instead.
If the Spanish head coach, who is a reported target for the club, is available and willing to come to Elland Road, the Whites should sack Farke and ignore O’Neil to bring him back to Thorp Arch.
Corberan, who was described as a “student of Marcelo Bielsa” by scout Ben Mattinson, worked for Leeds at U21 level and as a first-team coach for Bielsa before he made his first step into senior management with Huddersfield Town.
After play-off finishes in the Championship with Huddersfield and West Brom, the Spanish tactician was appointed by Valencia last season, and only lost five of his 21 LaLiga games in charge of the club, per Transfermarkt, to earn a 12th-placed finish.
Whilst O’Neil’s Premier League teams largely benefitted from an overperformance against their performance data, Corberan has been unfortunate with Valencia in LaLiga this term.
Per FotMob, the Spanish side are 15th in the league on 14 points from 14 games. However, they rank 12th in the division for xPTs (17) and have underperformed their xG, of 14.8, and conceded more than their xGA of 20.8.
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10 |
12 |
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43 |
11 |
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37 |
48 |
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1.37 |
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This shows that Corberan’s coaching has been better than Valencia’s results suggest, as his players have not made the most of the situations that the system and tactics have created for them, whilst the opposite was true of O’Neil’s time with Wolves and Bournemouth.
The 42-year-old tactician has shown that he can manage in one of the top leagues in Europe, having previously shown his class in the Championship, and that should also appeal to Leeds if they are looking for a replacement for Farke in the coming days.
Farke, as shown in the earlier table, has a dismal Premier League record in his career, which is why appointing a manager like Corberan, who has been a safe pair of hands for Valencia and has a pre-existing relationship with the club, could be a great move.
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The likes of Corberan and O’Neil will now surely be watching on from afar with keen interest as Leeds take on Chelsea and Liverpool this week in the Premier League.
The Rockies are having a tough year.
That is an understatement.
The Rockies are having one of the toughest years in baseball history. Even that might be gentle, but we’ll go with it for now. With 48 games left to play, Colorado sits with a record of 30–84 on the season, 54 games below .500. They are 35.5 games behind the Dodgers for first place in the NL West, and 23.5 games behind the Diamondbacks for second-to-last place in the NL West.
They stand alone as the worst team in baseball, with the Chicago White Sox 12 games above them.
While it’s obviously been a struggle all season for the Rockies, they continue to find innovative ways to dig deeper into the depths of baseball despair even into August, as their recent sweep at the hands of the Blue Jays showed.
Colorado dropped three straight games against Toronto by scores of 15–1, 10–4, and 20–1, despite holding leads in the first inning in two of the three contests.
But the sweep wasn’t just any old blowout—it was a historic one. The Blue Jays set franchise records for both runs (45) and hits (63) in a three-game series, and their 63 hits are the most of any team in a three-game series since at least 1901, per MLB.
“It’s a really good team that puts the ball in play a ton. That’s what they do,” Rockies interim manager Warren Schaeffer said after the series was mercifully over. “It’s why they’re on top of the American League. So you’ve got to tip your hat to them, and we’ve got to make better pitches.”
It’s a simple bit of advice, but there’s really not much else you can say after such an epic beatdown.
For what it’s worth, not every run and hit the Blue Jays secured came against a Rockies squad that was playing for the win. Colorado was trailing by just 11 runs (woof) heading into the ninth inning on Wednesday night, and let catcher Austin Nola take the mound in relief to finish the game. He gave up eight runs including two homers before he was finally able to get out of the inning.
Last year’s White Sox currently hold the record for worst 162-game MLB campaign with a 41–121 record. While the Rockies are currently on pace to finish just ahead of that mark, their performance against the Blue Jays shows that this team is plenty capable of making some more demoralizing history.
There might be just one day left in this seesawing series with everything left to play for
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If anyone says they know how this Border-Gavaskar series is going to end, they are lying. After it all started with a 17-wicket day in Perth, the second day at the SCG brought 15, which means there might be just one more to go.When Australia were 39 for 4 it looked like they could be in for a repeat of the first innings at Optus Stadium; as Steven Smith approached 10,000 runs you could imagine them getting a foothold; when Beau Webster and Alex Carey started to forge a stand, with Jasprit Bumrah off the field, a small but crucial lead was on the horizon; when India went through the lower order it was all square.Related
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As Scott Boland did his thing again, including claiming Virat Kohli for a fifth (and likely final) time in Tests, you wondered if he would blow India away; while Rishabh Pant unleashed an extraordinary display the lead was growing rapidly, but Pat Cummins got him for the fourth time in the series; in the dying moments of the day, Smith dived in front of Usman Khawaja and spilled a chance to give Ravindra Jadeja a life.It was that sort of day. At the end of it, India stood with a lead of 145, with four wickets in hand. The fate of the game, and the series, could well lie in the fitness of Bumrah, whose exit from the ground early in the afternoon, escorted by an ambulance for scans on a back spasm, became as crucial a moment as any.Beau Webster walked in at 39 for 4 and scored a debut half-century•Getty ImagesThe reason for such a helter-skelter day, and guessing game as to what happens next, has been the pitch – unlike any seen at the SCG for many years. It’s the first time they have used a new variety of grass, called Tahoma 31, for a Test strip here, having experimented with it on Sheffield Shield surfaces last year. On one such pitch, Tasmania were bowled out for 68 chasing 143 as cracks widened and batting became impossible.It’s not quite impossible on this surface, but it’s very difficult and one where luck plays as much of a part as technique and skill. Brilliant to watch, but probably not to experience if you are a batter.”The groundstaff have done an incredible job in terms of creating a wicket with something in it,” Australia coach Andrew McDonald said. “Traditionally here it’s quite benign and we’ve had a lot of draws, a lot of people have been talking about the draws, so you are damned if you do, damned if you don’t. This game’s sped up.”He’s trying to produce an even contest between bat and ball. Has it favoured bowlers a little bit more than what we expected, and the groundstaff expected? There’s no doubt about that. It’s made for interesting cricket… low-scoring games like this just heighten the pressure in it.”There were a host of different ways batters attempted to find a way. When play began, all eyes were on the resumption of Bumrah vs Sam Konstas. It did not take long for the 19-year-old to lay down his marker, using his feet to smoke a straight drive. From the start of the day, India had a deep third in reaction to Konstas’ reverse-scoops at the MCG. But for the beginning of Bumrah’s fourth over of the morning they brought him up to third slip. Konstas immediately scooped to deep third. The fielder went straight back. Konstas again wanted to play the role of disruptor.Ultimately it wasn’t Bumrah who got him but Mohammed Siraj, when Konstas edged a booming drive to gully. “There’s aggression and aggression, but then there’s also playing your percentages,” Justin Langer said on . “Here, with the ball swinging away, that’s a very dangerous shot, to be driving the outswinging ball.”Even Smith, coming off back-to-back hundreds, was hostage to the conditions. Prasidh Krishna’s first delivery jumped off a length and climbed towards his chest. When he took Prasidh for six and four off consecutive deliveries, followed by back-to-back boundaries off Nitish Kumar Reddy, it looked like his class would shine through. The summit of 10,000 runs was a mere five runs away when he edged Prasidh to slip.By this point, Webster had settled into a mightily impressive maiden Test innings having been greeted by an innings threatening to unravel. He was proactive rather than reckless. It was how straight he played that stood out, and he used his big stride to good effect. After his solid role with the ball – he later claimed Shubman Gill as a maiden Test wicket – and safe catching it had become a very handy start to a career. Like Boland’s rise to the Test side, it’s also reward for perseverance at domestic level.Steven Smith was dismissed five runs short of the 10,000 mark in Test cricket•Getty Images”I’m defending the stumps and trying to score where I can,” Webster told . “And luckily, I’ve got a few away today. It was pretty dicey there for a bit, but I felt like once I was into my innings and the nerves settled, it was business as usual.”Webster’s was the first half-century of the Test; the second could hardly have been a greater contrast. Pant went from his first innings 40 off 98 balls to a thrill-a-minute 61 off 33 which started with a first-ball straight six off Boland when India had been 78 for 4. Twice in consecutive deliveries he swung Mitchell Starc over the leg side before top-edging against Cummins. “He can turn the game just like that. So we were happy to see the back of him,” Webster said.”We were a little bit surprised in the first innings the way he went about his work,” McDonald added. “He’s got an incredible ability to put pressure back onto bowlers. We are planned for that, though. We bounced in and out of a few plans there and [he] clearly kept taking on the boundary riders, was getting away with it, and it was an innings you’d say was right for that time.”The right innings, at the right time. The decisive one in this Test match may not yet have been played.
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O Internacional divulgou um documentário no YouTube sobre os oito dias da volta de Abel Braga ao vestiário colorado. Em 51 minutos, o vídeo mostra bastidores desde a chegada até a manutenção do time na Série A do Campeonato Brasileiro. Surpreende um trecho na apresentação do técnico ao grupo de jogadores. Em determinado momento, Abel revela ter passado por uma cirurgia no coração 15 dias antes de chegar a Porto Alegre.
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O ex-treinador, aposentado desde 2022, passou por uma ablação. Trata-se de um procedimento médico minimamente invasivo que destrói algum tecido anormal no corpo. No caso dele, no coração.
Abel Braga revela cirurgia
Aos 73 anos, Abel Braga assumiu o comando técnico do Alvirrubro pela oitava vez no dia 30 de dezembro. Ele chegou para um milagre. Com o time do Z4 e dependendo de resultados paralelos, sua missão era salvar o clube da queda. E conseguiu, na rodada final. Antes, na apresentação ao elenco, ele revelou:
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– Sabem o que eu estava fazendo na sexta retrasada? Há 15 dias?… Eu estava fazendo ablação no coração… É a quarta que eu faço – disse ao grupo, destacando que só aceitou o chamado porque acreditava que era possível reverter o risco iminente de queda:
– Eu segui meu coração quando vim para cá, mas porque eu acreditava – afirmou após a vitória por 3 a 1 sobre o Red Bull Bragantino, resultado que, somado aos demais da rodada final, garantiu matematicamente o Inter na Série A.
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A passagem relâmpago de Abel durou oito dias. E, apesar do desfecho positivo, ele reiterou que não voltará a exercer a função de treinador. Veja o vídeo completo:
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يخاطر نادي مانشستر سيتي بإزعاج منتخب مصر فيما يخص النجم عمر مرموش الذي يقترب من مغادرة ملعب “الاتحاد” من أجل المشاركة في بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا.
وتستضيف المغرب نهائيات بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا، وذلك في الفترة بين 21 ديسمبر 2025 و18 يناير 2026.
وسيخوض منتخب مصر معسكرا تدريبيا استعدادا لبطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا حيث استدعى المدير الفني، حسام حسن، لاعبيه للبدء في الاستعدادات من يوم الإثنين المقبل، حيث سيخوضون مباراة ودية ضد نيجيريا يوم 14 ديسمبر.
ويرغب حسام حسن في الاستعانة بخدمات النجم عمر مرموش وكذلك لاعب ليفربول محمد صلاح، في الوقت المناسب لخوض المباراة الودية ضد نيجيريا، قبل بطولة كأس الأمم الإفريقية.
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وذكرت شبكة “مانشستر إيفنينج نيوز” الإنجليزية أنه في هذا السياق، جرت مناقشات بين الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم ومانشستر سيتي لمعرفة ما إذا كان من الممكن إطلاق سراح عمر مرموش في الوقت المناسب للحاق بمباراة نيجيريا.
وأوضحت أن مانشستر سيتي يريد السماح لـ مرموش بخوض البطولة نفسها فقط، وبما أن المباراة الأولى لمنتخب مصر لن تُقام قبل يوم 22 ديسمبر، فإن النادي ينوي التخلي عنه بعد مباراتهم في الدوري الإنجليزي ضد كريستال بالاس يوم 14 ديسمبر.
وأفادت أنه بناءً على ذلك، سيخوض مرموش مباريات مانشستر سيتي ضد فولهام، سندرلاند، ريال مدريد وكريستال بالاس، قبل انضمامه إلى منتخب مصر.
وقد يغيب مرموش عن ما يصل إلى عشر مباريات عن مانشستر سيتي إذا وصل منتخب مصر إلى النهائي، ولن تُقام المباراة النهائية قبل 18 يناير.
في غيابه، سيخوض مانشستر سيتي مباريات في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، ودوري أبطال أوروبا، وكأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي، وكأس كاراباو.
Nurul, Mahedi and Taskin replaced Tanzid, Saifuddin and Nasim for Bangladesh
ESPNcricinfo staff25-Sep-2025
Jaker Ali opted to bowl against Salman Agha’s side•Asian Cricket Council
Toss Bangladesh’s stand-in captain Jaker Ali won the toss and elected to bowl against Pakistan in what is a virtual semi-final in the Asia Cup. The winner of this game will face India in the final on Sunday.Bangladesh’s regular captain Litton Das missed a second game in two days with a side strain. Jaker took over the captaincy once again and will stay as the wicketkeeper.Bangladesh also made three changes. Nurul Hasan, allrounder Mahedi Hasan and fast bowler Taskin Ahmed replaced Tanzid Hasan, seamer Mohammad Saifuddin and left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed.As for Pakistan, they were unchanged from their win against Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi earlier this week. Jaker’s decision at the toss went down well with his counterpart Salman Agha, who said Pakistan wanted to bat first. The slower bowlers could thrive on what looked like a dry Dubai surface.Bangladesh: 1 Saif Hassan, 2 Parvez Hossain Emon, 3 Towhid Hridoy, 4 Shamim Hossain, 5 Jaker Ali (capt), 6 Nurul Hasan, 7 Mahedi Hasan, 8 Rishad Hossain, 9 Taskin Ahmed, 10 Tanzim Hasan Sakib, 11 Mustafizur Rahman.Pakistan: 1 Sahibzada Farhan, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Saim Ayub, 4 Salman Agha (capt), 5 Hussain Talat, 6 Mohammad Haris (wk), 7 Mohammad Nawaz, 8 Faheem Ashraf, 9 Shaheen Afridi, 10 Haris Rauf, 11 Abrar Ahmed.