Botswana conditions suit Nigeria says Ofem

Nigeria captain Endurance Ofem has said he is pleased with his side’s form ahead of the World Cricket League Division Seven tournament

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Apr-2011Nigeria captain Endurance Ofem has said he is pleased with his side’s form ahead of the World Cricket League Division 7 tournament, which begins on May 1 in Gaborone, Botswana. Ofem, 28, is confident that the hard work the team has put in will show during the tournament, especially with the pitches in Botswana resembling those in Nigeria.”We have been working hard as a unit, we’ve been in South Africa since April 14 and have had the opportunity to train at the indoor facilities in Benoni,” he said. “I’m happy the guys are hitting good form ahead of the tournament in Botswana.”In Botswana we will be playing on hard surfaces, similar to the conditions back home in Nigeria. I feel we have a chance and the team should be able get going in those conditions.”Ofem is also pleased that the side is made up of a number of players who have come through the development system put in place by the Nigeria Cricket Federation (NCF). “The NCF, over the last 15 years, has taken grassroots development as a key objective. If we look back at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup Qualifiers in 2001, when we first participated as West Africa, Nigeria provided nine of the 13 players that represented West Africa.”Later, when we played as Nigeria in 2003 and onwards, you will see names such as myself, Adekunle Adegbola, Tope Olayinka, Akabogu Okwudili and Saheed Akolade, among others, coming through,” he said. This, he added, shows the board’s belief in developing young talent. “Most of the players in the current side have been around from a young age.”Ofem singled out in-form batsmen Okwudili and Adegbola, as well as Oluseye Olympio, as players to watch out for. “Every member of this team has the ability to take games away from the opponent. Some of the countries in this tournament should be aware of in the form of Oluseye Olympio, Adekunle Adegbola and Emmanuel Okwudili.” Nigeria’s goal, he said, is to win their first game – the tournament opener against Norway – and move forward from there.

Vitória fica próximo de contratar Aderllan, do São Paulo

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Sem espaço no São Paulo, o zagueiro Aderllan deve deixar o clube do Morumbi e disputar a Série A do Brasileirão defendendo as cores do Vitória. O jogador e o clube baiano têm negociações avançadas e a assinatura do contrato de empréstimo, até o fim da temporada, deve ser assinado nas próximas horas. O defensor, inclusive, já se despediu do Tricolor nas redes sociais.

– Quero deixar o meu agradecimento por tudo que passei no clube nestes últimos meses. Cheguei ao São Paulo em julho de 2017. No clube que sempre torci e aprendi a amar, passei por muitas coisas e em todos os momentos tive o apoio de vocês, que foram muito importantes para mim neste retorno ao Brasil após anos longe do meu país – escreveu o atleta em sua conta no Instagram.

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Revelado no Salgueiro, de Pernambuco, Aderllan pertence ao Valencia, da Espanha. O atleta estava emprestado ao São Paulo até o fim desta temporada, mas como não vem sendo utilizado desde o início do ano, irá se transferir para o Vitória, onde deve receber mais chances de entrar em campo.

O jogador, de 29 anos, fez apenas dois jogos pelo Tricolor nesta temporada, ambos pelo Campeonato Paulista. No ano passado, Aderllan entrou em campo em apenas três oportunidades e, em algumas oportunidades, nem sequer era relacionado para os compromissos da equipe do Morumbi.

Diante desta situação, os representantes do atleta em comum acordo com o São Paulo e com o Valencia optaram pela busca de novos ares. Vice-campeão baiano, o Vitória demonstrou interesse. Questões burocráticas do contrato e a realização de exames médicos impedem a oficialização da contratação neste momento. A tendência, no entanto, é de que o Rubro-negro anuncie seu novo zagueiro nas próximas horas.

Com a iminente saída do zagueiro, o elenco do São Paulo ficará apenas com quatro zagueiros para a disputa dao Brasileirão: Rodrigo Caio, Anderson Martins, Arboleda e Bruno Alves. O garoto Éder Militão também pode exercer a função, já que atuava como zagueiro nas categorias de base.

India well prepared for pressure games – Dhoni

One of the most important benefits from India’s scrappy World Cup semi-final victory over Pakistan is their team’s sense of being in what captain MS Dhoni equated to a good spell

Sharda Ugra at the PCA Stadium 30-Mar-2011One of the most important benefits from India’s scrappy World Cup semi-final victory over Pakistan – apart from the sound and sight of a hundred firecrackers going out around the PCA stadium on a Mohali night and the adoration of millions – is their team’s sense of being in what captain MS Dhoni equated to a good spell.Dhoni said the format of the World Cup had helped the Indians get to a stage just before the final where off-field distractions and on-field pressures could both be handled. “The format really helped us. We have had quite a few close games where we were tested. Some of the youngsters were tested. They were at the crease at a time when a big performance was needed from them. Slowly they are getting into the groove.”Dhoni said India’s performances in the knockouts had given the team a greater sense of comfort going into the final, with regard to the pressures of the event. He compared the last week of the World Cup to a bowler bowling at more than 150kph. “Once you do that you don’t think whether you are bowling 155 or 160. So I think after the semis, the final won’t feel much different. The feeling (of the importance of a game) has been static for a while and hopefully that will really help us.”In the semi-final, Dhoni said the Indians had read the wicket incorrectly in deciding to opt for a 3-1 attack, replacing offspinner R Ashwin with left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra. It was driven, he said, by India’s part-time options as well as Pakistani batsmen generally being at ease against spin. “We can manoeuvre with the part-timers. We thought on a normal Mohali pitch, you don’t see assistance to spinners. The ball doesn’t turn big time. Here the ball was stopping.India have developed a familiarity with that winning feeling in two knockout games this World Cup•Getty Images

“I felt it was better to go with safer option, but we went with a safe option and misread the wicket.”The Indians, Dhoni said, had paced their innings against Pakistan well, particularly when compared to how they had handled the World Cup’s middle and end overs prior to this game. The track, he said, became slower at the halfway stage, and with the Pakistanis bowling tight and India losing Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh off consecutive deliveries, it had become difficult to rotate the strike. “Their spinners bowled really well, even Mohammad Hafeez was able to capitalise.” The innings calculation had then been tempered down. “After losing two wickets in the middle overs it is important to bat 50 overs in big games, you shouldn’t look to score 300-320. If the wicket is behaving in a different way, re-adjust your target.”Dhoni said he had thought India’s total of 260 was “a good score not a safe score” and India’s immediate target had been to “not give away runs with the new ball.”All that Dhoni was willing to comment on about the first-ever all-Asian World Cup final to be held on April 2 was to praise the Sri Lankans for their progress through the tournament. India he said, “have also really been tested more often than not and it will be a really good game. It’s not about what your rating is but how good you are on the day. You have to be at your best.”

ICC may abolish Champions Trophy

The Champions Trophy could go the way of the dodo as part of the ICC’s push to reorganise the global cricket calendar

ESPNcricinfo staff06-Mar-2011The Champions Trophy could go the way of the dodo as part of the ICC’s push to reorganise the global cricket calendar. The next edition of the tournament is supposed to be held in 2013, but Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, has said they were looking to have just one primary tournament in each of the three formats of the game”What we’re trying to work towards is a pinnacle event in each format,” Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive said at a press conference in Chennai. “So if we’re looking to our next cycle, we might think definitely about [losing] the Champions Trophy.”Another potential problem for the tournament is fitting it into the new Future Tours Program. In October, the ICC approved the creation of a league-style Test Championship and redrew the lines of one-day cricket as part of an extensive restructuring of the international game. The first play-off in the newly constituted Test Championship is now scheduled to be held in 2013, the same year as the next Champions Trophy.A one-day cricket league – mirroring the existing team rankings – will also be part of the FTP, starting in April 2011 and running over four years to culminate in the crowning of the first ODI league champion in April 2014. The league will run separately from the World Cup, further crowding the calendar.The Champions Trophy was first played in 1998 and has typically been held every two years since. The first two tournaments were intended to raise the profile of the game in the host nations, Bangladesh and Kenya. Australia won the last tournament in 2009

Sidão vê São Paulo mais cascudo: 'Vimos que vale a pena o sacrifício'

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O São Paulo está mais cascudo, com a cara do técnico uruguaio de Diego Aguirre. Essa é a impressão de Sidão, que tem sido o capitão do time sob o comando do substituto de Dorival Júnior e diz que os jogadores entenderam que vale a pena ter mais sacrifício dentro de campo para ter maior intensidade.

– Na linguagem que usamos, o São Paulo está se tornando mais cascudo. Entendemos que precisávamos melhorar nossa postura, nossa pegada e nossa atitude em campo. O Aguirre, por ser uruguaio, já tem isso como característica e estamos implementando isso, cobrando mais intensidade. Vimos que funciona e vale a pena esse sacrifício a mais para ter intensidade alta e resultados – disse Sidão ao Sportv.

Até a vitória por 1 a 0 sobre o Paraná, nessa segunda-feira, na estreia do Campeonato Brasileiro, é apontada como prova dessa nova característica da equipe. Com time misto, o Tricolor fez o gol no primeiro tempo e, sem jogar bem, como admitiu o próprio Aguirre, passou o segundo tempo permitindo que o adversário tocasse a bola em seu campo, mas sem dar espaço.

– Entramos mais cascudos também neste sentido. Em alguns jogos, teremos de sofrer atrás e suportar a pressão do adversário. Estamos aprendendo a lidar com essas coisas, segurar o resultado quando tiver de segurar. O que mais importa são os três pontos – falou Sidão, aprovando também a variação da defesa com uma linha de quatro ou com três zagueiros.

– Para nós, funciona bem, temos sido bem sólidos com a linha de quatro na defesa ou com três zagueiros, variando até durante as partidas. Para mim, não faz tanta diferença. Muda um pouco só na hora de sair jogando. As duas formações estão funcionando legal – aprovou o goleiro.

Até agora, com Aguirre no comando, são sete jogos, três vitórias, um empate e três derrotas. O time foi eliminado pelo Corinthians na semifinal do Paulista, estreou com vitória no Brasileiro, ficou no 0 a 0 da ida primeira fase da Sul-Americana diante do Rosario Central. na Argentina, e, nesta quinta-feira, no Morumbi, precisa reverter a derrota por 2 a 1 para o Atlético-PR, em Curitiba, no primeiro confronto pela quarta fase da Copa do Brasil.

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ثنائي فرنسا يتوعد ميسي: لن نسمح له بالاستمتاع بأفضل ليلة يمكن أن يقضيها في نهائي المونديال

يعتزم ثنائي فرنسا أوليفيه جيرو وثيو هيرنانديز القضاء على حلم ليونيل ميسي في التتويج بلقب كأس العالم يوم الأحد القادم.

ويلتقي منتخب فرنسا حامل اللقب مع الأرجنتين على ملعب “لوسيل” في نهائي مونديال قطر 2022.

أعلن كل مدرب ولاعب ومشجع تقريبًا شهدوا فريقهم في مواجهة الأرجنتين في كأس العالم هذه أنهم سيمنعون ميسي من إنتاج سحره.

يمكن القول إن المملكة العربية السعودية هي الفريق الوحيد الذي حقق هذا حتى الآن، على الرغم من أنهم حتى تلقوا هدفًا لميسي من ركلة جزاء.

وفي حديثهما للصحافة، أصبح هيرنانديز وجيرو آخر من أصدر بيان مهمتهما بشأن ميسي.

وقال ثيو هيرنانديز في تصريحات لصحيفة “جازيتا ديلو سبورت” نشرها موقع “FIFA+”: “أنا متعب ولكن من الجيد جدًا الفوز في نصف نهائي كأس العالم”.

مضيفًا: “الآن يجب أن نتعافى من أجل الأحد، لسنا خائفين من ميسي، لكن الأرجنتين فريق رائع ولدينا أيام قليلة للعمل”.

جيرو، الذي أصبح خلال البطولة أفضل هداف لمنتخب فرنسا على الإطلاق، كان جزءًا من الفريق الذي هزم الأرجنتين 4-3 في دور الـ16 في روسيا 2018.

اقرأ أيضًا | فرنسا توضح حالة الثلاثي المصاب قبل مواجهة الأرجنتين بـ نهائي كأس العالم

في تلك المباراة، تم تكليف نجولو – الغائب عن مونديال قطر بسبب الإصابة – بمهمة مراقبة ميسي، الذي لا يقابل أهدافه الخمسة في هذه البطولة سوى زميله في فريق باريس سان جيرمان كيليان مبابي.

لم يوضح جيرو كثيرًا عما إذا كان سيتم استخدام تكتيك مماثل لكنه قال إن المجموعة بأكملها ستؤدي دورها في حرمان ميسي من أكبر جائزة في مسيرته اللامعة.

وصرح جيرو: “ميسي لاعب رائع، لكننا لن نسمح له بالاستمتاع بأفضل ليلة يمكن أن يقضيها، نريد الفوز في هذه المباراة، نريد الفوز بكأس العالم مرة أخرى، وسنبذل قصارى جهدنا لمنعه”.

وأكمل: “لكن ليس هناك فقط ميسي في هذا الفريق، لديهم لاعبون رائعون يعملون مع الفريق أيضًا، أعتقد أن هذا هو سبب قوتهم”.

وأتم: “لا أعرف ما إذا كنا بحاجة إلى خطة خاصة، أتذكر مرة أخرى في أيام 2018، كان كانتي كل المباراة رقيبًا له وورائه، لكن هذه المرة لا أعرف ما هي الخطة، سنرى مع المدير الفني”.

Após ceder Lucca, Corinthians negocia com Roger, do Internacional

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O Corinthians tem negociações avançadas para contratar o centroavante Roger, que está no Internacional. Ele era um desejo do clube desde a época de Botafogo, mas acabou preferindo se transferir para o Colorado no fim do ano passado. A informação foi divulgada primeiramente pelo blog do jornalista Jorge Nicola, no Yahoo.

Existe a possibilidade de a negociação ser concretizada por empréstimo, modelo adotado pelo Corinthians para liberar o também atacante Lucca ao Internacional, até o fim deste ano. Lucca não treina mais no Timão, enquanto Roger ainda está integrado ao grupo do Colorado.

Nesta quinta-feira, o presidente Andrés Sanchez disse que o Corinthians iria contratar dois atacantes e um meia nos próximos dias. Em entrevista à Rádio Bandeirantes, ele não revelou o nome dos atacantes, mas admitiu interesse no meia Fessin, do ABC. Ele pode chegar ao clube a qualquer momento.

Andrés também disse que o Corinthians não está negociando com José Salomon Rondón, atacante venezuelano do west Bromwich (ING). Ele foi um dos nomes pretendidos pelo clube para a posição, mas as condições difíceis de negociação inviabilizaram qualquer negociação.

Roger está com 33 anos e iniciou a carreira na Ponte Preta. No Internacional, ele não conseguiu se firmar e marcou apenas dois gols. Hoje, é reserva da equipe.

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Harris finds a home in the record books

Michael Hussey’s pull shot is one of his banker strokes. He used it to fillet Graeme Swann during his 195 at Brisbane, having learnt his trade on the hard bouncy wickets of the WACA, but against the lanky Steven Finn, he hasn’t had quite so much fun

Andrew Miller and Peter English at Adelaide07-Dec-2010

James Anderson celebrates the vital wicket Michael Hussey•AFP

Pulled apart
Michael Hussey’s pull shot is one of his banker strokes. He used it to fillet Graeme Swann during his 195 at Brisbane, having learnt his trade on the hard bouncy wickets of the WACA, but against the lanky Steven Finn, he hasn’t had quite so much fun. It was Finn who denied him his double-century with a lifter that was swatted to Alastair Cook, and on the fifth morning at Adelaide, he was at it again, as Hussey attempted to swing Finn through the leg-side, only for James Anderson to back-pedal and snaffle a lobbed top-edge.King pair
Ryan Harris secured himself an unwanted niche in Test history when he marked his home debut with two first-ball ducks in a row, both of which involved the opinion of the TV umpire. In the first innings he appeared to be unlucky, as a potential inside-edge went undetected by HotSpot, but second time around he was the victim of his own misjudgement. Like Andrew Strauss in England’s innings, he padded up to a ball that was destined to trim the bails, and his hopes of a reprieve were quashed by HawkEye. His double failure means, incidentally, that no No. 8 on either side has yet made a run in the series, following Stuart Broad’s first-baller in the midst of Peter Siddle’s hat-trick, and Mitchell Johnson’s 19-ball toil at the Gabba.Sticky bails
Siddle made England wait for their moment of glory, as he and the No. 11 Doug Bollinger dug in for 24 deliveries to revive the prospect of a rain reprieve, but he might well have fallen for a fourth-ball duck when he propped forward uneasily to Swann, and allowed the ball to trickle back onto his middle stump. Despite a hefty impact, the bails refused to budge, leaving Matt Prior peering incredulously at the timbers, just to see if there was any chewing gum on display.

McDonald hurt, but Victoria on top

Andrew McDonald made a terrific comeback from a broken hand, only to pick up a calf strain as Victoria took the advantage on the opening day against South Australia in Adelaide

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ScorecardAndrew McDonald picked up 3 for 1, and a calf injury•Getty Images

Andrew McDonald made a terrific comeback from a broken hand, only to pick up a calf strain as Victoria took the advantage on the opening day against South Australia in Adelaide. McDonald picked up 3 for 1 as the Redbacks were knocked over for 168, and by the close of play Victoria were within sight of first-innings points.The Bushrangers went to stumps on 3 for 141, with Aaron Finch on 25 and Cameron White on 38, with McDonald set to bat with a runner after his injury struck. He had skittled the middle order of the home team with three wickets, all caught by David Hussey in the slips, before the calf problem ended his spell after 21 deliveries.It was an eventful return for McDonald, who had missed nearly a month after his outstanding start to the summer was cut short when he broke his hand. John Hastings chipped in with 4 for 37, including the last two wickets as South Australia struggled having chosen to bat on a pitch usually renowned for runs.Callum Ferguson did his Test hopes no help by making a second-ball duck, one of the men who edged McDonald, and Tom Cooper (53) was the only man to post a half-century. In reply, Rob Quiney (42) and Michael Hill, who made 34, gave Victoria a solid start before Ben Edmondson picked up two wickets, including David Hussey for a golden duck.

خاص | خطوة واحدة تفصل أحمد فتوح عن المشاركة مع الزمالك أمام المصري

يستعد الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، لخوض مباراة قوية أمام المصري البورسعيدي، ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري الممتاز.

ومن المقرر أن يلتقي الفريقان على أرضية ملعب استاد الجيش ببرج العرب، يوم الخميس المُقبل الموافق 1 ديسمبر، في إطار منافسات الجولة الخامسة من عمر المسابقة المحلية.

وعلم بطولات، إن أحمد فتوح ظهير أيسر الفريق، سيخضع لاختبار طبي خلال تدريبات الزمالك اليوم، لتحديد موقفه من الانضمام لقائمة مباراة المصري.

طالع أيضًا.. خاص | فيريرا يستقر على ضم لاعب الزمالك في قائمة مباراة المصري بالدوري

وكان فتوح قد تعرض لإصابة بكسر في القدم، وخضع لتدريبات تأهيلية وبدنية تحت إشراف أندرية فيليب مدرب الأحمال خلال الفترة الماضية.

وسيتم حسم موقف فتوح في مران اليوم، لتحديد موقفه بشكل نهائي من الانضمام لقائمة الفريق لمواجهة المصري البورسعيدي.

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