It will be tough to bat last – Waller

Malcolm Waller is hopeful Zimbabwe’s tail can wag with the vigour Pakistan’s did if the home team are avoid batting in conditions which may be too difficult to chase a target

Firdose Moonda in Harare04-Sep-2013

Malcolm Waller hopes the tail will stretch Zimbabwe’s lead on the third morning•Associated Press

Malcolm Waller is hopeful Zimbabwe’s tail can wag with the vigour Pakistan’s did if the home team wants to avoid batting in conditions which may be too difficult to chase a target. Although Hamilton Masakadza believed the pitch would not deteriorate too much on the final day of the match when he won the toss and chose to bowl, Waller indicated some of the cracks could cause problems for Zimbabwe when they bat again.”I think the fourth innings will be very different,” Waller said. “There are few footmarks for the left-handers and there are some cracks. Even though they are not opening up much, they might do later on. When we come to bat again, it will be different and we will see a bit more turn.”Zimbabwe have a slim first-innings lead of 32 but with three wickets in hand, will draw inspiration from their opposition’s ninth-wicket stand of 67. With that aim, they will also look to deny Pakistan what Waller considers the best of the batting conditions on the middle day of the match. “Tomorrow will be really good for batting,” he said. “It might do a bit in the morning but if we can see that off and bat for as long as possible that will be good for us.”Being down to their last batting pair of sorts means a large amount of the run-scoring responsibility will fall on Elton Chigumbura and Shingi Masakadza, who turned 27 today and said he plans to the spend the evening “quietly”. Against a Pakistan attack with a ball just seven overs old, Waller said the line-up knows exactly what they are up against. “Make no mistake, their whole attack is very good. We know we are up for a fight against these guys,” he said. ”But we’ve gone in there really positive and we’ll do that again.”Waller said the new coach, his father, had helped the batsmen adapt their techniques to batting longer, which was what they failed to do in previous Tests. “He’s done a lot of work with us,” he said. “He communicates very well and it seems to be working. We are following game plans better.”Saeed Ajmal agreed that Zimbabwe displayed more staying power than he has known them to but attributed some of it to the placid pitch. “They played very well but the wicket is a flat-batting track. There is no turn,” he said. “Only when the ball is older, like maybe 60 overs, it is turning a little. But it’s not sharp turn, it’s slow turn.”With little to assist him, Ajmal confessed he was “not happy” with his figures because “I have to take a few more wickets”. But for now, he is content to leave it to the likes of Rahat Ali to do the damage and in the process cement a place in the team. “He is a youngster and he is learning. In the future, he will be very good for Pakistan,” he said.

ضياء السيد: بطولتان تفصلان الأهلي عن مرحلة الكمال.. وكولر كلمة السر

يرى ضياء السيد مدرب منتخب مصر الأسبق، أن إدارة النادي الأهلي استطاعت خلق بيئة النجاح في الموسم الحالي، بعد فسخ عقد ريكاردو سواريش، ثم التعاقد مع السويسري مارسيل كولر.

وقال السيد في تصريحات تلفزيونية ببرنامج “بوكس تو بوكس”: “كولر قام بتنظيم الأمور بشكل جيد، تجنب الأخطاء السابقة كان له الدور الأكبر في حسم العديد من الألقاب، كما تحولت الأخطاء إلى نجاحات واضحة هذا الموسم”.

وأضاف: “الأهلي أعطى المدرب كافة الصلاحيات، وكان مسئولًا عن قراراته الفنية والإدارية في الفريق، والدليل استبعاده أيمن أشرف رغم كونه واحدًا من اللاعبين المميزين، واللاعب تقبل الأمر ولم يفتعل أي مشكلة، كولر سيطر على كافة الأمور بشكل جيد”.

عدلي القيعي يعلق على التعاقد مع إمام عاشور.. ويصرح: يتم ابتزاز الأهلي بكلمة المبادئ

وأردف: “كولر طور اللاعبين فنيًا وتكتيكيًا، وشاهدنا لاعبين رائعين هذا الموسم مثل بيرسي تاو، وهو دليل على قدرات المدرب، كما أنه قام بتطوير خططه التكتيكية، ولم يكابر مطلقًا بعدما كانت هناك نتائج ليست جيدة، الأهلي حقق كل الألقاب هذا الموسم عن جدارة واستحقاق”.

وواصل: “كولر أعطى لقاء الزمالك درجة اهتمام عالية، ورفض فكرة الاحتفال بالدوري، لأنه يدرك أهمية اللقاء، كما أنه أعطى اللاعبين راحة في ظل الإجهاد، لكنه يركز أيضا على لقاء الزمالك، لكن النجاح بدأ من الإدارة ثم انتقل للجهاز الفني واللاعبين”.

واستطرد: “الأهلي دائمًا يهتم بكل التفاصيل، وصفقات يناير كانت لها دور كبير في تدعيم الفريق، وكانت نقطة فارقة في مسيرة الموسم الحالي، ولذلك عندما تلقى النادي عرضا لـ حمدي فتحي تم تقييم الأمور، وسوف يتواصل نجاح طريقة لعب الفريق مع التدعيمات الصيفية”.

واستأنف: “الأهلي يتبقى له بطولتي كأس مصر والسوبر الإفريقي، وهذه البطولات مطلوبة أيضًا، الأهلي حقق 100% من أهدافه ويتبقى له بطولتان للوصول لمرحلة الكمال”.

واستكمل: “مواجهة الاهلي والزمالك لن تكون سهلة، خصوصًا أن الفريق الأبيض لديه إيجابيات في الفترة الماضية وحدث له تطور واضح مع أوسوريو، وسيكون هناك عمل كبير من المدربين، بينما الأهلي الأهداف تغيرت بعد حسم لقب الدوري، وجزء كبير من المباراة سيتوقف على عقلية اللاعبين داخل الملعب”.

رسميًا.. رابطة الأندية تعلن موعد تسليم درع الدوري إلى الأهلي

وأكد: “أعلم اهتمام كولر بالمباراة، لكن بعد تتويج الأهلي باللقب، فهناك جزء كبير متوقف على تفكير وعقلية اللاعبين، أتمنى أن يفكروا فقط في الـ90 دقيقة، وسيحصلون على راحة قريبًا، وأعلم أن كولر سيأخذ الأمور بجدية ويستعد بشكل قوي لتلك المواجهة، والمباراة ستكون بين مدربين كبار”.

وأتم: “مواجهة الأهلي والزمالك تحسم في الـ90 دقيقة، ومحمد عبدالمنعم من أفضل لاعبي الفريق الأحمر، وكان للجهاز الفني لمنتخب مصر بقيادة كيروش، دور كبير في اكتشافه، وفيوتشر كان أصعب فريق واجه الأهلي بعدما تعادل معه في المباراتين، بينما كان هدف علي معلول في سيراميكا هو الأفضل هذا الموسم، كما أن هدف عبدالمنعم في نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا سيظل الأغلى في الموسم الحالي”.

'New Zealand are under pressure' – Mushfiqur

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim wants his side to continue the consistency they showed in the first Test, and feels that New Zealand are the team under more pressure

Mohammad Isam in Mirpur20-Oct-2013

Mushfiqur Rahim: “We dominated three days of the Chittagong Test, so I would say we are ahead of them, mentally”•AFP

Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim wants his side to continue the consistency they showed in the first Test, and feels that New Zealand are the team under more pressure.”I think they are under pressure,” Mushfiqur said. “It is not easy to play in our home conditions. They wouldn’t want to lose to a side ranked lower than them.”We want to win this Test match. I think they would also want a result in this game. After the first two days, you can see which way the game is heading. The first innings is going to be vital in this Test. So we want to start well.”But in the last couple of years, Bangladesh’s record in second Tests of the usual two-match series that they play have been poor, particularly after they impressed in the first match of the series.Against Sri Lanka in March, they drew the first Test in Galle but were strangled in Colombo, to lose by seven wickets. Similarly at home in 2012, they ran West Indies close in the first Test in Dhaka before going down easily in Khulna. Against the same opponents in 2011, a similar theme continued when they drew the first Test but was crushed by 229 runs in the second game.Mushfiqur believes that since the home team dominated long passages of play and had more individual performances in Chittagong, they hold the upper hand over the visitors.”We are hungry to win the second Test,” Mushfiqur said. “We had a lot of gains from the first game, but it was a draw. We wanted to win. The whole team is keen to win the game and the series. It is a huge challenge to play well in two Tests in a row, but the players are responsible these days. So I hope we remain consistent.”We dominated three days of the Chittagong Test, so I would say we are ahead of them, mentally. Several players are just itching to get out there and perform. If we can combine it as a team, we will do well.”Some say that Mushfiqur’s biggest advantage is that two of his best players, Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan, are yet to make big contributions in 2013. They have had quiet times in Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and in the Chittagong Test against New Zealand. Shakib did get a fifty in the second innings, but still hasn’t hit the level he has maintained in the last four years.”Shakib and Tamim are relaxed. They are always thinking about doing well in the next match. There are more performers in the team, around seven or eight guys. But the records of those two in Mirpur are great, so I am hoping that they do well here.”Bangladesh are likely to keep the same playing eleven, but there were some murmurs of a third seamer being given a go in place of Abdur Razzak.”It is likely that we will play the same combination. We will take a call tomorrow morning, but I am hoping to keep the seven batsman-four bowlers blend intact.”

بيكهام: ميسي هدية لكرة القدم الأمريكية.. ونتعاقد مع لاعبين لديهم الطموح

تحدث ديفيد بيكهام، مالك نادي إنتر ميامي الأمريكي، عن صفقة الأرجنتيني، ليونيل ميسي، وتأثيره على كرة القدم الأمريكية، كما رفض التحدث عن علاقته بجماهير باريس سان جيرمان.

وخلال تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة موندو ديبورتيفو الكتالونية، قال بيكهام: “كانت رؤيتي قبل عشر سنوات، عندما بدأت مغامرة ميامي، هي بالضبط ما شعرت به عندما أعلن إنتر ميامي عن ميسي”.

وأضاف: “ميسي هدية لكرة القدم الأمريكية، كانت تلك رؤيتي، وهو ما أردته بعد فوزه بالعديد من الألقاب في أوروبا، فإن الفوز في ميامي يمثل تحديًا له، أردت أن تصل الرياضة إلى بُعد آخر”.

وعن أوجه التشابه بين وصول ميسي إلى إنتر ميامي ووصوله إلى لوس أنجلوس، أجاب: “في عام 2007 كنت لاعبًا في ريال مدريد، وكان عمري 30 عامًا وقبلت تحديًا جديدًا”.

اقرأ أيضًا.. مالك إنتر ميامي يكشف إمكانية التعاقد مع لويس سواريز

وتابع: “رأيت فرصة للتعرف على ثقافة جديدة، لطالما أحببت أمريكا، فقد كانت واحدة من أكثر الأماكن التي أحببت الذهاب إليها، بالنسبة لي شخصيًا، كان ذلك تحديًا لأنني أردت رد الجميل للرياضة التي أحبها في معظم الأحيان مما قدمته لي على مر السنين”.

وواصل: “ميسي من أعظم اللاعبين في تاريخ الرياضة ولا يزال متعطشًا للفوز، رأيته في ملعب التدريب، نحن نحضر لاعبين لديهم الطموح الصحيح، لا يهم أين هم في مسيرتهم، نريد لاعبين جائعين وميسي كذلك وهو في حالة جيدة”.

وعن إمكانية مشاركة ميسي في مباراة كروز آزول: “هذا يعتمد على تاتا مارتينز، لكنني أعتقد ذلك، إنه جاهز للعب وأنا مقتنع بأنه سيلعب”.

وبسؤاله عن الأهداف الموضوعة على مستوى النتائج، رد: “الهدف هو المنافسة، طبعًا نريد نتائج، كلنا نريد الفوز، لكن وجود ميسي معنا هو بالفعل نجاح، إنه نجاح لدوري كرة القدم الأمريكية، وهذه الرياضة التي أحبها كثيرًا، إن رؤية ردود أفعال الناس، والشغف، أمر رائع لميامي وللبلد، ليس فقط لعالم كرة القدم، ولكن للرياضة بشكل عام في البلاد”.

وعن المعاملة التي تلقاها ليو من جماهير باريس سان جيرمان، اختتم: “لا يمكنني التحدث باسم ميسي، فالمعجبون معي كانوا دائمًا مثيرين للإعجاب”.

Camisa do Flamengo foi entregue a Rodrigo Amorim por diretor do clube

MatériaMais Notícias

Dias depois de emitir nota informando que o clube “não se posiciona sobre assuntos políticos”, algo que, inclusive, “é estatutariamente vedado”, o Flamengo confirmou nesta sexta-que camisas foram distribuídas a diversos deputados em reunião na Assembléia Legislativa do Rio de Janeiro (Alerj), entre eles, Rodrigo Amorim, do PSL, que publicou foto posando com a camisa nº 17, agradeceu pelo presente e gerou grande debate nas redes sociais e na Gávea.

Ainda de acordo com o Flamengo, a entrega das camisas partiu e foi feita por Aleksander Santos, diretor de marketing e conselheiro do clube, não sendo uma ação institucional, além de não ter tido anuência da diretoria da Gávea.

A informação foi inicialmente publicada pelo “Extra” e confirmada pelo LANCE!.

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Nas redes sociais, a publicação de Rodrigo Amorim gerou grande debate. Há rubro-negros posicionando-se a favor do ocorrido, assim como torcedores do Flamengo reprovando a ação. Torcidas de outros clubes entraram na discussão.

Também houve repercussão na Gávea. Internamente, a ação teve uma maior rejeição entre os membros da atual diretoria do presidente Rodolfo Landim.

Na comemoração do título da Taça Rio, após a final com o Vasco, a presença de Rodrigo Amorim no gramado havia chamado a atenção e gerado repercussão.

Rodrigo Amorim ficou conhecido por aparecer em fotos quebrando uma placa com o nome de Marielle Franco, vereadora carioca do PSOL assassinada em fevereiro de 2018. Amorim, foi eleito para seu primeiro mandato como o deputado estadual mais votado no Rio de Janeiro, com mais de 140 mil votos.

No dia 1º de março, o Flamengo publicou uma nota em resposta a Ancelmo Góis, do jornal “O Globo”. O colunista havia publicado que, no dia 31 de março, quando o golpe militar completou 55 anos, o clube tinha feito uma homenagem à memória deStuart Angel, ex-remador rubro-negro que foi preso e assassinado durante a ditadura militar, em 1971.

O Flamengo, na nota, negou a autoria da homenagem, que partiu de um grupo de torcedores. Confira, abaixo, a publicação feita pelo clube no dia 1º de março.

“Em relação à nota publicada nesta segunda-feira na coluna Ancelmo Gois – do jornal O Globo – o Clube de Regatas do Flamengo esclarece que, por ser uma verdadeira Nação, formada por mais de 42 milhões de torcedores das mais diversas crenças e opiniões, não se posiciona sobre assuntos políticos.

A homenagem citada na nota foi realizada diretamente por um grupo de sócios e torcedores do Clube, sem nenhuma participação da instituição – algo que, inclusive, é estatutariamente vedado.”

Bahia arranca empate nos acréscimos e deixa final do Baianão aberta

MatériaMais Notícias

Tudo igual no primeiro encontro dos Bahias. Em Feira de Santana, o time do interior abriu o placar com Bruninho, mas viu o Tricolor chegar ao empate através de Rogério. Com o resultado, quem vencer a partida da volta fica com o título estadual.

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O confronto

Fora de casa, o Bahia iniciou o duelo em cima do adversário. No lance mais perigoso, Fernandão cabeceou e acertou a trave. A resposta do time de Feira de Santana veio na mesma moeda e Deon balançou o poste do Tricolor.

Aos poucos, o Bahia de Feira foi equilibrando as ações e anotou o gol através de Bruninho. Com a vantagem, o time da casa preferiu segurar o marcador e suportou a pressão do Tricolor.

No segundo tempo Roger Machado abriu o time e colocou Gilberto ao lado de Fernandão. A tática não deu certo e o Esquadrão de Aço pouco chegou.

Aos 9 minutos o Bahia de Feira chegou ao segundo gol, mas o VAR entrou em ação e ajudou o árbitro Ricardo Marques a anular o tento de maneira correta ao assinalar impedimento na origem da jogada.

No apagar das luzes o empate. Rogério, que entrou no lugar de Fernandão, aproveitou o cruzamento de Moisés e completou para o fundo das redes, 1 a 1.

موعد مباراة مانشستر سيتي وبايرن ميونخ الودية اليوم

يلتقي فريق مانشستر سيتي الإنجليزي، ظهر اليوم الأربعاء، مع خصمه فريق بايرن ميونخ الألماني في مباراة ودية.

ويستضيف ملعب “اليابان الوطني” مباراة الفريقين في إطار الاستعدادات للموسم الجديد، 2023/24.

وسبق أن تواجه الفريقان في الموسم الماضي، وذلك في بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا، حيث فاز مانشستر سيتي بنتيجة 4-1 (نتيجة المباراتين) في ربع النهائي.

وخاض مانشستر سيتي مباراة ودية ضد يوكوهاما الياباني، حيث فاز بخمسة أهداف لثلاثة.

بينما حقق بايرن ميونخ فوزًا كاسحًا على فريق روتاش إيجرن، بنتيجة 27-0، في مباراتهما الودية قبل أيام. موعد مباراة مانشستر سيتي وبايرن ميونخ

ستنطلق المباراة في تمام الساعة 1:30 ظهرًا بتوقيت القاهرة والسعودية.

ويمكنكم مطالعة مواعيد ونتائج جميع المباريات لحظة بلحظة عبر مركز المباريات من هنا.

Nepal, Netherlands start with wins

A round-up of Friday’s Group B games in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Nov-2013

Mudassar Bukhari bellows his approval at a wicket•International Cricket Council

ScorecardAfghanistan, the favourites to win Group B at the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, suffered a comprehensive defeat to their closest rivals, Netherlands, who romped home with seven wickets and 43 balls to spare. Having won the toss and decided to bat, only two Afghanistan players – Mohammad Shahzad and Najibullah Zadran – made it into double figures in a meagre total of 90. None of the Netherlands bowlers conceded more than 5.50 runs an over, with Mudassar Bukhari, Paul van Meekeren, Pieter Seelaar and Ahsan Malik all claiming two wickets. Captain Peter Borren then thrashed 38 from 15 balls after two wickets for Mohammad Nabi had briefly checked the run chase.
ScorecardGeraint Jones’ experience helped guide Papua New Guinea to a high-scoring four-wicket victory against troubled Kenya as they chased down 177 with 14 balls to spare. Jones hit 44 off 32 balls, but it was Kila Pala who top-scored with 46 off 30 deliveries as PNG, whose warm-up victory against Ireland now looks less of a fluke, always kept themselves ahead of the rate. Steve Tikolo, drafted back in for this tournament in a desperate measure by Kenya, opened the bowling and conceded 28 off two overs as the PNG openers cut loose during the Powerplay. Although they both fell inside the first six overs, PNG did not let the momentum go to waste. Tikolo had earlier produced his own hard-hitting display with a rapid 38 and Collins Obuya’s unbeaten 53 set up what appeared a commanding total, but Kenya’s bowling proved well below what was required.
ScorecardNepal began their campaign with a huge victory over Denmark, but they will be concerned that they lost five wickets in the chase of a low target, and had to depend on their captain Paras Khadka. Nepal’s bowlers shot out Denmark for 79 in 19.4 overs, with Sagar Pun taking 3 for 12 and Basant Regmi 2 for 8. Only three Denmark batsmen made it into double figures. Nepal’s chase got off to a horrific start though, with two wickets falling before they had scored. Khadka then dominated a 67-run partnership for the third wicket by scoring 48 off 34 balls. After he was dismissed, Nepal lost two more wickets with the score on 68, before they achieved the target in 13.1 overs.
ScorecardA collection of nugget-sized scores from Bermuda’s batsmen allowed them to post 149, after which Janeiro Tucker and Jacobi Robinson took three wickets each to sink Scotland. Bermuda lost wickets regularly after choosing to bat, and only three batsmen made it past 20. Opener Dion Stovell top scored with 29, and Lionel Cann contributed 27. Scotland were comfortably placed in their chase, with three of their top four batsmen getting starts and passing 25, but the rest of their batting line-up fell away tamely. From 109 for 3 in the 15th over, Scotland were eventually dismissed for 131 in 19.5 overs, with Tucker and Robinson doing all the damage.

Bresnan likely to play in Adelaide

Allrounder Tim Bresnan has been added to England’s Ashes squad and could play in the second Test in Adelaide, which starts on December 5

George Dobell02-Dec-20130:00

‘Praying for Bresnan to be fit’

Allrounder Tim Bresnan has been added to England’s Ashes squad and could play in the second Test in Adelaide, which starts on December 5.Bresnan, 28, was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his lower back in August and missed the final Test of the Ashes in England. While he arrived in Australia with the Test squad, his on-going involvement was always dependent on him proving his fitness ahead of the second Test.Having taken four wickets in the England Performance Programmes’ match against Queensland Second XI last week and undergone a thorough fitness test afterwards, he has now officially been added to the squad. He has also been bowling at full pace in the nets for a couple of weeks.Chris Tremlett filled the third fast bowler’s spot normally taken by Bresnan in Brisbane but produced a modest performance. With England also keen to strengthen the batting after a dismal performance in the first Test and the loss of Jonathan Trott, Bresnan, a far better batsman than Tremlett, could be set for an almost immediate return. Both Steven Finn and Boyd Rankin all but bowled themselves out of contention with disappointing performances in Alice Springs.It appears that Gary Ballance will benefit from Trott’s departure and win the chance to bat at No. 6 in Adelaide, with Joe Root or Ian Bell set to move to No. 3. Root, despite an unconvincing performance in Alice Springs, appears the more likely choice, with the England camp reluctant to weaken a strength by moving Bell from the No. 5 position from which he largely defined the previous series in England.

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