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Cristiano Ronaldo’s demands for signing a new Al-Nassr contract reportedly include sacking the club’s coach, sporting director and several players.

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• Current deal is set to expire this summer
• Reluctant to pen extension as things stand
• Wants sweeping changes across the board

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  The expectation was, having made a trend-setting move to the Middle East in 2023, that CR7 would agree an extension to his record-breaking deal at Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr – with his current terms set to expire this summer.

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  No paperwork has been signed, though, and Ronaldo is said to have grown frustrated and concerned by the lack of success that Al-Nassr have been enjoying. He still has just one trophy to his name across two-and-a-half years in Riyadh.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  With Ronaldo stalling on prolonging his spell with Al-Nassr, claims that the Portuguese GOAT has laid out his demands in order for an agreement to be reached. He is calling for sweeping change.

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  WHAT CRISTIANO RONALDO IS DEMANDING

  Ronaldo is said to be keen for Real Madrid legend Fernando Hierro to leave his role as sporting director and follow head coach Stefano Pioli through the exits. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is also of the opinion that half of Al-Nassr’s squad are not good enough.

England’s Test tour of India in late January as well as the SA20 and ILT20 will have to be factored in by clubs

Alex Malcolm23-Aug-2023

Ashes stars Harry Brook and Zak Crawley headline a host of English players unveiled as the latest nominations for the upcoming BBL draft but England’s Test tour of India in January, as well as clarity over the ILT20 dates means clubs will have some decisions to make as to whether to recruit the biggest names or those with the most availability.Brook, Crawley, Ollie Pope, Will Jacks and Dan Lawrence have all nominated for the draft which is set for September 3. However it remains to be seen how much of the BBL season they will be available for given all will be in line to tour India with England’s Test team in January 2024 with the first Test of a five-Test series starting on January 25 in Hyderabad.Exciting England tearaway Gus Atkinson has also nominated for the BBL draft. He is yet to be called up to England’s Test side but is poised to make his England limited-overs debut next month and is in their World Cup squad.Related

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The BBL final will be held on January 24 and the final home and away game of the streamlined 10-game season finishes on January 17. The other key development for BBL clubs came with the announcement of the ILT20 dates for next year with that tournament to begin on January 19 in the UAE.With South Africa’s T20 league starting on January 10 clubs may favour drafting players who have also committed to the ILT20 as opposed to those who will go to South Africa given they are likely to be available for almost all of the home and away season.Englishmen Dawid Malan and Tom Banton and New Zealander Jimmy Neesham were among the latest names who have nominated for the BBL draft but have already committed to South Africa. Clubs are more likely to be interested in the likes of Sam Billings, Joe Clarke, James Vince, Tom Curran, David Willey, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Martin Guptill and Atkinson who have all committed to the ILT20.A number of players will be available as retention picks including Crawley (Hurricanes), Billings (Heat), Clarke (Stars), Vince (Sixers), Curran (Sixers), Banton (Heat) and Willey (Thunder) even though he withdrew last year after being drafted. Players who were drafted last year but did not play are eligible to be retained by that club. Willey played 27 games for Perth Scorchers between 2015 and 2019 but is not eligible to be a retention pick for Scorchers as he was drafted by Thunder last year.Brook, Lawrence, Jacks, and Malan have all played in the BBL previously but do not fit the criteria to be retained as they did not play for a minimum of two seasons with a club previously after not playing last season.Marizanne Kapp is eligible to be retained by Perth Scorchers•Getty Images

In the WBBL, South Africa star Marizanne Kapp has confirmed she will return to the WBBL leaving Scorchers with a massive decision to make over their lone WBBL retention pick. Scorchers need to choose between two of the best allrounders in the world in Kapp and Sophie Devine.Kapp was outstanding for Scorchers in her last two seasons but Devine is a two-time WBBL player of the year and Scorchers captain. Devine has also been involved in Western Australia’s WNCL team which is closely linked to the Scorchers program, making the decision even more difficult.Laura Wolvaardt looks destined to be a retention pick for defending champions Adelaide Strikers but Dane van Niekerk is not eligible as a retention pick after missing last year’s tournament, having previously played for Strikers, Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Renegades.WBBL nominationsEngland: Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Bell, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Heather Knight, Emma Lamb, Katie Levick, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Mady Villiers, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Issy Wong, Danielle WyattIndia: Yastika Bhatia, Harleen Deol, Hurley Gala, Richa Ghosh, Harmanpreet Kaur, Veda Krishnamurthy, Shikha Pandey, Shreyanka Patil, Sneh Rana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Meghna Singh, Renuka Thakur, Pooja Vastrakar, Radha YadavNew Zealand: Sophie Devine, Kate Ebrahim, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Jess KerrPakistan: Fatima SanaSouth Africa: Suné Luus, Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Laura Wolvaardt, Dane van Niekerk, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Anneke Bosch, Tazmin BritsSri Lanka: Chamari AthapaththuWest Indies: Hayley Matthews, Karishma RamharackBBL nominationsAfghanistan: Shafiqullah Ghafari, Izharulhaq Naveed, Mujeeb Ur RahmanEngland: Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Tom Banton, Sam Billings, Harry Brook, Joe Clarke, Zak Crawley, Tom Curran, Laurie Evans, Richard Gleeson, Alex Hales, Will Jacks, Chris Jordan, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, Dan Lawrence, Dawid Malan, Tymal Mills, Callum Parkinson, Matt Parkinson, Ollie Pope, David Payne, Matt Potts, Olly Stone, Josh Tongue, Reece Topley, James Vince, David Willey, Luke Wood, Dan WorrallIreland: Josh LittleNew Zealand: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Jimmy NeeshamSouth Africa: Marchant de Lange, Faf du Plessis, Beuran Hendricks, Wayne Parnell, Rilee Rossouw, Tabraiz Shamsi, Imran TahirSri Lanka: Lakshan SandakanWest Indies: Joshua Bishop, Sheldon Cottrell, Akeal Hosein, Nicholas Pooran, Jayden Seales, Ramon Simmonds

The 23-year-old finally returned to training, admits that it "sucks being away from the team and being away from soccer'

• Rodman discusses long-term back injury
• Admits she's been in pain "all the time"
• Winger in contract year, teams allowed to approach her

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  U.S. women's national team star Trinity Rodman finally returned to training with the Washington Spirit after a lengthy absence, time spent receiving specialized treatment for a persistent back injury she says caused her pain "all the time."

  "I'm just happy to be back and actually in team training and not coming back on the side from step one," Rodman said Tuesday.

  Rodman has been battling the injury for many months, but returned to the U.S. squad in early April for friendlies against Brazil, scoring just minutes into her return. The match was her first for the USWNT since the 2024 Olympics. The 23-year-old stepped away again, however, and hasn't played for the NWSL side since April 12, when she came off the bench to play 45 minutes in a 2-0 win over Racing Louisville.

  "I think for me mentally, it was really hard," Rodman said. "Now being better and fixing the problem – I can now kind of openly say I was in pain all the time – working through that was difficult. Obviously, it sucks being away from the team and being away from soccer in general. But I got to work on things that I wouldn't have gotten to work on if I was in the team environment all the time, so I think that was a positive."

  Rodman said she is now better prepared to adjust her game to benefit her long-term health.

  "I'm still gonna be intense, and I'm still gonna give it 100 percent all the time," she said, "but I think there's parts of my game where I need to save energy or adjust to certain tackles. And I think I've been doing a pretty good job with that so far coming back in training."

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  Rodman has become an integral figure for club and country. At the 2024 Olympics, she was part of the esteemed "Triple Espresso" attack – along with Sophia Wilson and Mallory Swanson – that led the USWNT to a gold medal.

  For the USWNT, Rodman has amassed 47 caps, scoring 11 goals and recording nine assists. In 2024, she made 26 appearances for the Spirit, scoring eight goals and recording six assists as she helped lead Washington to the NWSL championship game, where they fell just short against the Orlando Pride, 1-0.

  "It's tough for me coming off such a good season and the Olympics and then going into an injury and now trying to find my place again and find my role and rhythm," she said during the USWNT's April camp. "I think having such an incline of momentum of going and going and going and then getting injured to where it's like 'Am I starting again?' Because you can't just get right back into it.

  "It's been the mental battle of 'I can't be the Trinity I was at the Olympics' now coming back from injury, so I'm trying to play the role as best as I can and still be effective in a different way as I build back up into it."

• WHAT RODMAN ADDED

  The 23-year-old's contract with the Spirit concludes at the end of the NWSL season. Teams are now allowed to approach her with pre-contract agreements ahead of a potential departure from the club next season. Spirit CEO Kim Stone recently told media that team owner Michele Kang is in negotiations with Rodman's camp over a new deal.

  Rodman added that it's a "weird situation" to be in while she's dealing with her return from injury. Ahead of the NWSL season, Rodman admitted that at one point in her career, she would like to play in Europe, and that it is "only a matter of time" before a move like that comes to fruition.

  "This is the first time I've kind of been in a situation where it's like, 'What's happening?'" she said. "Dealing with this injury the whole time, like I barely played. So, it is a weird situation. I'm trying not to stress about it or put too much pressure on it, because at the end of the day, I'm worried about health first, and then everything else can come next."

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  WHAT NEXT?

  The Spirit next return to the pitch on Sunday, when they take on the Portland Thorns. Rodman has no specific timeline to make her return beyond training, though she is expected to play for the Spirit before the end of the season.

His numbers against top sides are not those you’d expect from such a skilful bowler, and holding him back till the 15th over of a middling chase – as was the case against India – hardly helps

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Why Rashid isn’t at his best against the big teams in ODIs?

It was an incongruous sight. As Rohit Sharma raced to 76 off 43, making light of Afghanistan’s 272 for 8, Rashid Khan prowled around the outfield under the Bishan Singh Bedi Stand at Delhi’s Arun Jaitley Stadium. India were cruising to an eight-wicket win, yet the opposition’s best bowler was at deep midwicket.By the time Rashid finally came into the attack to bowl the 15th over, India were 125 for 0. He dismissed both openers, having Ishan Kishan caught at cover and bowling Rohit after being taken for three consecutive boundaries, but those wickets served only to underline the peculiarity: why did Afghanistan use five other bowlers before Rashid?Jonathan Trott, their coach, could only suggest it owed to Hashmatullah Shahidi’s “gut feel”, saying: “That’s a captain’s prerogative. There is a case, when the ball gets a little bit older, for Rash to bowl with it, and it gets a little bit more turn; it doesn’t skid on as much.”And yet, Trott could not help but make his own view clear: “Certainly, you want a guy like Rash in the attack as soon as possible,” he said, conceding that the game was effectively over as a contest by the time Rashid had bowled his first over. “It’s always something we’ll look at.”Related

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It was the latest installment in Rashid’s unusual and underwhelming World Cup career, which is now 11 matches old. At 25, he already holds elite status as a white-ball bowler: at some stage next year, he will overtake Dwayne Bravo as the leading wicket-taker in T20 history. And yet, that success has generally eluded him in 50-over cricket.In aggregate, his ODI record is superb: he has 174 wickets at 19.91 in 96 matches. But over 100 of those wickets have come against Ireland and Zimbabwe; in his dozen appearances against nations in the top six of ICC’s rankings, he has taken only 13 at 44.30 each.In T20, nobody has played Rashid better than Shane Watson. Watson faced 73 balls from Rashid across 11 matches, scored 108 runs and was never dismissed by him, most memorably scoring a match-winning century for Chennai Super Kings against Rashid’s Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2018 IPL final.Watson believes that Rashid’s struggle to convert his T20 form into 50-over cricket owes to the specifics of the format: with only four fielders permitted outside the 30-yard circle in the middle overs of an ODI, he has less protection in the deep. “When batters feel like they need to take Rashid Khan on, that really does bring him into the game,” Watson told ESPNcricinfo.Rashid Khan dismissed Ishan Kishan and Rohit Sharma after coming on in the 16th over of the chase•ICC/Getty Images”With four people out, batters do not have to take a risk: they find it easy to be able to find the boundary or rotate the strike. Everyone knows that Rashid Khan is the major weapon for Afghanistan, so the game plan will always be around making sure they negate him. And if he gets it slightly wrong, there are low-risk boundary opportunities available with four men out.”When facing Rashid, Watson shifted his stance across so that he covered his off stump. “It was a bit like facing Shahid Afridi,” he recalled, “because they’re a lot faster through the air [than most wristspinners] and more direct… they’re not really trying to get you out through flight, more from the ball skipping off the wicket.”The ball where he gets most of his wickets is his wrong ‘un… so I would set up to be able to hit the ball dead straight or into the leg side, with the ball mainly coming in. He’s not a big turner of his legspinner. I thought, if I was on off stump, I was comfortable knowing that he wasn’t really going to spin the ball past me on the outside of the bat.”Throughout their T20 encounters, Watson noticed that when Rashid went wicketless early in his spell, he would “start chasing wickets” by bowling fuller than his natural length. “He’s going to try and bowl more miracle balls… try to bowl a bit slower, or a bit fuller, which means there are more scoring opportunities for the set batters.”That pattern played out on Wednesday night. After Rashid was cut for four by Rohit, his next ball was a fraction fuller and straighter, and was dispatched over the leg side for four more. His follow-up was a googly, targeting the stumps; Rohit swung it away over the leg side for six.

“The ball where he gets most of his wickets is his wrong ‘un. So I would set up to be able to hit the ball dead straight or into the leg side, with the ball mainly coming in.”Shane Watson spills out his secret of tackling Rashid Khan

On Sunday, Rashid will come up against an England side who will look to put him under pressure. All of their batters have played with or against Rashid in international or franchise cricket; four years ago, they plundered 110 runs off his nine overs in Manchester, including 11 sixes.It seems implausible that Shahidi will hold him back as long as he did against India – even if that decision fitted the general pattern of Rashid’s ODI career, which has seen him bowl only two powerplay overs this year. “Once the ball has stopped swinging, I’d be getting him on,” Watson said.”Afghanistan has to take early wickets to try and get into the middle order, and he’s absolutely their best wicket-taking opportunity. Even if it’s just one or two overs in the powerplay, get him into the game early. You’d prefer to ask a few questions, compared to getting him into the game when it’s nearly too far gone.”Rashid’s schedule has been relentless this year – he has featured in six different franchise leagues – and he has been carrying a back niggle for several months. His status as Afghanistan’s most prominent cricketer means that he cannot simply switch off when he is not playing.This week, he announced that he would donate his match fees for this tournament to the relief effort following the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan, and his foundation has launched a fundraising campaign for its victims. Cricket can never be his sole focus – even during a World Cup.And yet there are few sights in the sport that can bring more joy than Rashid at his best, grinning after beating a batter or wheeling away with his arms outstretched in celebration. Afghanistan will hope they prove to be the defining images of his 2023 World Cup.

Southern Brave wristspinner Jake Lintott reflects on two powerhouse innings against champions

Jake Lintott17-Aug-2022We are disappointed with how we’ve played in the first half of the group stages, with one win and three defeats in our first four games. There’s no excuses: we’ve just been a little bit off the pace.We had a week off after our first game and struggled to find our rhythm against Birmingham Phoenix. We played London Spirit two days later, who have gone really well. We did a lot of things right but just left ourselves a bit too much to do. On Sunday, against Oval Invincibles, we were pretty poor.Will Smeed and Will Jacks both scored hundreds against us and played really well, but we’re not naive: that doesn’t just happen randomly. It’s not a case of being unlucky that we’ve had two great innings against us. We tried to stick to plans against them but we probably fed their strengths. We have to be better moving forwards.Injuries don’t help any team. At the draft, the seam attack that was put together featured Jofra Archer, Tymal Mills, Chris Jordan and Craig Overton. At various stages, all four of them have been unavailable. Clearly, we’ve been a little bit unlucky there but we still feel like we have the players to win games. It’s quite simple from here: we have to have a proper shot at winning every game if we’re going to qualify.As I see it, there’s no reason why we can’t. It only takes one person to play a special innings or bowl a special spell, and things can change really quickly. Our overseas players – Quinton de Kock, Tim David and Marcus Stoinis – haven’t quite fired yet but they are all world-class performers and will come good at some point, hopefully sooner rather than later.We play Manchester Originals on Thursday, who won their first game last night after starting with three defeats. They have a really strong batting line-up on paper and it’s really important that we plan well before then. Joe Maiden, our analyst, sends through all the opposition information a couple of days before a game, which will outline each batter’s strengths, weaknesses, where to bowl, where not to bowl, all of their preferences.Will Jacks walks off after making 108 not out against Southern Brave•Getty ImagesSome people won’t spend long looking at it and others will spend a lot of time on it. I’m quite thorough, just because I came into the professional game late: analysis is such a big thing now, and it’s all I really know. For others, who have played for 10 or 15 years, they are happy to focus on themselves. I’ll go through everything with Graeme Welch, the bowling coach, and then we’ll have a meeting with him, Joe and Mahela Jayawardene to make sure our plans marry up.It’s quite a thorough process, just making sure our plans are ready so that if we execute them on the night, we can really shut batters down. Sometimes you find things out that you didn’t know about batters and that means it’s worth looking into: you might find out that, randomly, a particular batter struggles to score against wide cut-balls.Manchester’s line-up is very strong: Jos Buttler and Phil Salt opening up, plus some quality overseas players like Andre Russell and Tristan Stubbs in the middle order. It’ll be a good test for us, and an opportunity to put things right. Personally, I’m really looking forward to the challenge of bowling against some of the best players in the world.The standard this season has been very high. Every team is star-studded and going up against the world’s best is a great gauge of where you’re at. A lot of the overseas players this year are big names which adds pressure, but I have to try and break the game down so that I’m really clear with my plans.It’s easy when you’re in the flow of the game to end up just bowling without thinking, and that’s when you can make mistakes. I’ve been a little bit disappointed with certain deliveries, but that’s part and parcel of bowling wristspin. I’ve still got a lot of confidence in myself that I can make a big impact on games moving forward.I’m really looking forward to playing against Jos. We trained together at Somerset when we were much younger, and we played a bit of school cricket against each other: he went to King’s College, Taunton, and I was at Queen’s. He was still as formidable then as he is now. I haven’t come across him much since then but Thursday should be a really good challenge, bowling to one of the best batters in the world.

Juventus general manager Damien Comolli was furious with Douglas Luiz's antics as he refused to report for training with his team-mates.

• Luiz skipped pre-season training without permission
• Attempting to force a move after woeful season
• Apologised to team-mates and staff for his behaviour

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Luiz has been desperately trying to leave the Italian club just a year after joining from Aston Villa. In a bid to force a move, the midfielder refused to report to the club's headquarters for training this week. The Serie A club are offended by Luiz's actions and have decided to take disciplinary action against the Brazilian. Comolli clarified that the situation was resolved after Luiz apologised to the club.

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  The Brazilian made only 19 Serie A appearances for Juve last season and one appearance as a substitute in the Club World Cup this summer. Marred by injuries as soon as he joined the Italian club, the Brazilian is unable to find a new club. Premier League club Nottingham Forest have reportedly submitted a loan bid with an option to buy for the 26-year-old, but Juve's demand of €40 million (£34m/$46m) may be a hurdle for the English club.

  Comolli, who is aware of the midfielder's plight, empathised with him but asserted that he should apologise to his team-mates and staff. The general manager is very clear that no player is leaving until the club receives a worthy offer.

• WHAT COMOLLI SAID

  When asked about Luiz going AWOL, Comolli said: "The player disrespected his team-mates. Everyone must respect the shirt they wear. He then apologised to everyone, players, coaches, and me.”

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  Luiz will be hoping for a quick resolution to his situation, with a Premier League return a possibility. Juve are also trying to offload Timothy Weah, who rejected a move to Nottingham Forest earlier this summer, but a move to Marseille has emerged as a possibility.

Shaheen returned to bat despite hurting his knee but could not win the match for Lions

ESPNcricinfo staff22-Sep-2024Dolphins ensured they did not bow out of the Champions Cup without a win, as they beat Lions by 16 runs in the last league game of the tournament.With Lions needing 81 from five overs with three wickets in hand, a Dolphins win seemed a mere formality. But Khushdil Shah and Shaheen Shah Afridi, batting with an injured knee, threatened to pull off a heist. The pair hit seven sixes and two fours in the next four overs to reduce the equation to 23 needed from the final over. But Abbas Afridi held his nerve to give his side a consolation win.It must have been a no-brainer for Dolphins to bat after winning the toss; the teams batting first are yet to lose a game in the tournament. Dolphins lost Sahibzada Farhan in the sixth over but Muhammad Hurraira and Muhammad Akhlaq added 77 in 10.1 overs to set the platform.Hurraira scored 47 off 41 balls and Akhlaq 52 off 50. After the two fell in quick succession, Umar Amin took over. Despite Lions making regular breakthroughs, he found enough support from the lower middle order to steer Dolphins ahead.By the time Amin fell, for 75 in the 42nd over, Dolphins had 275 on the board. Even though they were all out in the last over, they had posted a challenging 326.In response, Abdullah Shafique and Rohail Nazir gave Lions a steady start of 78 in 13.3 overs. Nazir was the aggressor, scoring 62 in 70 balls.After 22 overs, Lions were well placed on 125 for 1 but Saud Shakeel dismissed Nazir and Omair Yousuf in his back-to-back overs. That derailed Lions’ chase.Lions needed 100 in the last ten overs with four wickets in hand. Then, a Faheem Ashraf delivery hit Shaheen on the left knee and he had to retire hurt. He returned at the fall of the next wicket, in the 45th over, but struggled with running between the wickets.That did not seem to matter as he and Khushdil dealt in boundaries. Shaheen hit Mir Hamza for back-to-back sixes in the 47th over. Khushdil went one better against Abbas in the next. But despite their best efforts, Lions fell short of their target.

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da poker： Mesmo recusando propostas por Moscardo e Yuri Alberto nos últimos dias, o Corinthians não passou ileso à janela de transferências europeias. O período de contratação das principais ligas no Velho Continente encerrou na última sexta-feira (1º), com o Timão tendo negociado Murillo e Adson na reta final.No total, o clube alvinegro já ganhou R$ 196,87 milhões em vendas de ativos e mecanismos de solidariedade nesta temporada.

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da betobet： O valor arrecadado é mais que o dobro previsto para 2023, que era R$ 90,1 milhões. Dessa quantia, R$ 148,1 milhões foram em negociações com equipes de Europa, o que representa 75,2% do total embolsado.

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Nem mesmo o poderoso mercado do Oriente Médio foi tão letal ao Corinthians do que a ‘boa e velha’ Europa. O único atleta corintiano que deixou a equipe para a praça asiática neste ano foi Róger Guedes, vendido por R$ 19,5 milhões ao Al-Rayyan, do Qatar.

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As vendas para o futebol europeu começaram no fim de junho, com o Zenit, da Rússia, fechando a contratação em definitivo do atacante Gustavo Mantuan, que esteve emprestado pelo Timão desde o meio do ano passado, por 2 milhões de euros (R$ 10,4 milhões).

Na semana seguinte, o time de São Petersburgo firmou negócio por Pedro no valor de 9 milhões de euros (R$ 46,7 milhões). O clube do Parque São Jorge recebeu a maior parte do valor à vista, mas até fevereiro de 2023, quando o atleta vai se apresentar ao time russo, tem mais duas parcelas para embolsar. Como tem 17 anos, a revelação corintiana só poderá se transferir para a Europa quando atingir a maioridade.

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Os dois negócios aconteceram antes da abertura da janela de transferências da Europa, que aconteceu no dia 1º de setembro nos principais países do futebol europeu – com exceção da Inglaterra. Mas foi no fim de agosto, pouco antes do período encerrar, que outros dois jogadores deixaram o Corinthians para se transferir para o Velho Continente.

No dia 23, o Nantes, da França, anunciou a contratação do atacante Adson. O Timão recebeu 5 milhões de euros (R$ 27 milhões) pelo negócio. Já no dia 31, o zagueiro Murillo foi negociado com o Nottingham Forest, da Inglaterra, por 12 milhões de euros (R$ 64 milhões) – o valor pode chegar a 14 milhões de euros (R$ 74,6 milhões) se o defensor atingir algumas metas no seu primeiro ano na equipe inglesa.

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E o Corinthians poderia ter recebido ainda mais dinheiro vendendo ativo para times europeus se não tivesse recusado propostas por Gabriel Moscardo e Yuri Alberto.

O volante recebeu uma oferta de R$ 21 milhões de euros (R$ 111,8 milhões) do Chelsea, da Inglaterra. O valor pode chegar até R$ 25 milhões de euros (R$ 133,1 milhões) com bonificações atreladas a cumprimento de metas. O Timão recusou a investida, que aconteceu na semana do encerramento da janela de transferências. Isso não significa que o negócio não pode acontecer. A ideia é que ele avance até o fim da temporada, com a promessa corintiana se transferindo para a equipe londrina no ano que vem.

Em relação a Yuri Alberto, a proposta foi de 18 milhões de euros por 60% dos direitos econômicos. Como divide o percentual com o Zenit, da Rússia, cada clube receberia 9 milhões de euros (R$ 47,9 milhões) e ficaria com 20% do ‘passe’ do centroavante. Os corintianos não aprovaram esse tipo de negócio. Para a direção do clube alvinegro qualquer conversa pelo centroavante só iniciará por 20 milhões de euros (R$ 106,5 milhões) pela ‘fatia’ que possui.

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Não vender Moscardo e Yuri fez com que o Corinthians deixasse de ganhar 30 milhões de euros (R$ 159,8), quase o dobro do que a equipe do Parque São Jorge já arrecadou em 2023.

Além dos atletas que o Corinthians vendeu, também foram arrecadados mais R$ 12,67 milhões em mecanismos de solidariedade pelas transferências dos atacantes Gabriel Pereira para o Al-Rayyan (QAT) e Malcom para o Al-Hilal (SAU).

O lateral-esquerdo Carlos Augusto foi negociado pelo Monza para a Inter de Milão, ambos da Itália. Nesse caso, além do valor referente ao período de formação do atleta, o Timão tem direito a 40% da mais valia – quantia superior à que o clube alvinegro embolsou quando negociou o jogador.

No total, a equipe do Parque São Jorge tem direito a 5,85 milhões de euros na transação. Na cotação atual, as cifras estão em R$ 31,15 milhões. Porém, o contrato com a Internazionale inicialmente é por empréstimo com obrigação de compra no fim da temporada, em junho de 2024, período que o dinheiro vai cair na conta do time alvinegro.

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COBRANÇA DA FIEL

Muitos protestos foram feitos pela torcida que foi contra a venda de boa parte dos atletas negociados pela diretoria corintiana. O principal motivo foi a negociação pelo valor bem abaixo da multa rescisória desses atletas.

No sábado (2), lideranças de torcidas uniformizadas foram até o CT Joaquim Grava e, em reunião com o presidente Duílio Monteiro Alves, cobraram a direção pelas negociações.

عبر لاعبو فريق بيراميدز عن سعادتهم العارمة بالتتويج ببطولة السوبر الإفريقي على حساب فريق نهضة بركان المغربي. 

وتوج بيراميدز ببطولة السوبر الإفريقي للمرة الأولى في تاريخه على حساب نهضة بركان المغربي، بهدف دون رد أحرزه فيستون مايلي. 

طالع.. موعد مباراة بيراميدز القادمة بعد الفوز على نهضة بركان والتتويج بالسوبر الإفريقي

وقال علي جبر في تصريحات عبر قناة “بي إن سبورتس”: “أحمد الله على الإنجاز، سر الروح هو إن اللاعبين يحبون بعضهم ولا أحد يُفكر في من يشارك أو لا”. 

وأضاف: “كرونسلاف يورتشيتش والإدارة (عاملين) حالة جيدة للفريق، وهذا هو السر، وربنا يكرمنا ونفوز بكل البطولات”.

وتابع: “أمامنا دوري ثم إفريقيا والسوبر المصري، سنحتفل اليوم ونستعد لمواجهة فاركو في الدوري، والوقت ما زال مبكرًا على كأس إنتركونتينينتال”.

وأشار زميله وليد الكرتي: “مواجهة نهضة بركان كانت صعبة، أمام فريق فاز باللقب، كنا عازمون على تحقيق اللقب لأول مرة للنادي، ونحن نجني ثمار المواسم الماضية”.

شدد: “كلما تفوز بلقب الطموح يزيد أكثر، وإن شاء الله نقدم أداءً جيدًا ومجهودًا في الملعب، وكل البطولات تكون من نصيبنا إن شاء الله”.

فيما تحدث محمد الشيبي عن تتويج فريقه بالسوبر الإفريقي، قائلًا: “شكر جميع اللاعبين والجهاز الفني والطبي، يستحقون اللقب، واجهنا خصمًا عنده مكانة في إفريقيا من بلدي وهو غني عن التعريف، أتمنى لهم حظ أوفر”.

واختتم: “نفكر في كل مباراة على حدة، اليوم توجنا بالسوبر الإفريقي، وغدًا نغلق الصفحة ونركز في مباراة الدوري، أمامنا دوري ودوري الأبطال ثم السوبر المصري، ونحن نستحق البطولة”. 

Their position at the top of the points table hasn’t hidden their batting problems, and without a turnaround, things could get tougher as the league progresses

Sruthi Ravindranath in Bengaluru22-Apr-20193:13

I will never question what Dhoni does in the back end – CSK coach Fleming

On the eve of the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday, MS Dhoni walked to the nets an hour after his team had begun training. He was seen practising his big hits – mostly against spinners – and smashing the ball all around the park. The 50-odd fans, who had come to catch a glimpse of the teams before the big day, cheered almost every time the ball was dispatched. Back spasms had kept Dhoni out of Super Kings’ previous match – against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday – in which they had been consigned to a heavy defeat, and his availability against Royal Challengers was not confirmed.On Sunday, in front of a full house, those rehearsals paid off. Dhoni turned up, brought out the fireworks and single-handedly almost took Super Kings to a win. He had barely any support from the rest of the batsmen in Super Kings’ chase of 162. Having walked in to bat in the sixth over, with the score at 28 for 4, Dhoni shared a 55-run stand with Ambati Rayudu for the fifth wicket, the highest for the side. Where the rest of the line-up struggled to score at a run-a-ball, Dhoni slammed 12 boundaries in total – four of them coming in 20th over.Super Kings’ form and consistency over the years can intimidate any T20 side. However, the team that has previously had several in-form batsmen and a number of finishers, this season have only one consistent performer – their captain Dhoni. Their dependence on him has exposed a gaping hole in batting the line-up, evident in the three losses this season.Super Kings’ approach to a chase has rather become a convention. One batsman assumes the role of an anchor, whose chief role is strike-rotation, especially in the event of an early collapse. The other batsmen play around this anchor. Often this season, Dhoni has been pushed to play that role. Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav and Suresh Raina – who all have the reputation of being match-winners – have one-odd good score each. While Super Kings have somehow gotten over the line in the first few games this season, the inconsistent form of the other batsmen could land them in a rather dicey situation towards the end of the league stage.Dhoni is the team’s highest run-getter (314 runs at an average of 104.66) this season and has five 30-plus scores batting at No. 4 or lower. He’s 11th on the list of highest run-getters this season and the next best Super Kings batsman is Raina, at No. 27, with 207 runs in 10 innings. These numbers should give some indication about the side’s batting struggles.Super Kings’ two matches against Rajasthan Royals again illustrate Dhoni’s impact. Batting first on a dewy night in Chennai, Dhoni produced a vintage innings to save the team from an embarrassing collapse. His unbeaten 75 took Super Kings from 88 for 4 in the 14th over to 175 for 5, and the innings included hard-run, risky ones and twos, and a big flourish at the end with four sixes in the last over, including three off the final three balls of the innings.In the away fixture, Super Kings were chasing but their innings followed a similar script. They were 24 for 4 after the Powerplay, with another 128 needed off 14 overs. Dhoni scored no boundaries off the first nine balls he faced before launching into a counter-attack. Rayudu imbibed some of that aggression in the pair’s 95-run partnership and Dhoni’s 43-ball 58 was crucial to a dramatic last-ball win.Do these trends and numbers indicate that the Super Kings’ line-up is overdependent on Dhoni?”We’ve got a really talented batting order, which has been consistent throughout the years,” coach Stephen Fleming said after the one-run defeat to Royal Challengers. “On paper, you can see the strength but we’ve not been able to string partnerships or individual scores this year. What we’re bordering on is being a little reckless, trying to find that form. We were being a little bit reckless, and that just comes from guys trying to find form and do the job. But what’s happening is we’re relying too heavily on Dhoni and Rayudu to patch things up and we won’t win the competition if that continues.”We’re happy to be crossing the line, but we’d like to see some form creeping back into the top order.”Super Kings did not have these struggles last year, when they found different match-winners with the bat. Rayudu and Watson enjoyed top form, making 602 and 555 runs respectively, while Raina had four half-centuries, and struck a crucial 24-ball 32 in the final. This year, the side’s bowling unit, especially spinners, seem to have found top gear, but the top order is yet to find its feet ten games into the tournament. Could the sluggish home pitches, which have been forcing them to play more cautiously, be one of the reasons affecting them?”It can, and we’ve been very conscious of that,” Fleming said. “We played on Chennai tracks which were difficult to find form on. It was tough to keep the momentum. So, we train well on the grounds that we’ve gone to, to see if they’re faster or more friendly batting conditions. But it’s just getting a little bit of form back. You can’t try too hard, so it’s very hard to try and deliver messages when on the one hand the game, we’ve got to be positive and aggressive and take calculated risks.”Maybe we’re just missing the 1% in between, so we’re looking to hit our way into form rather than just work our way into form, and we’re getting great examples from Dhoni and those partnerships in the middle, but it’s taking a little bit of time to sink in. So we’ll go back to Chennai and it’s going to be a grind, but if that’s what it’s going to take, then we have to grit our teeth and do it.”