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According to France Football, West Ham United are interested in signing Amiens forward Moussa Konate in this summer’s transfer window.

What’s the story?

Issa Diop and Ryan Fredericks have already joined West Ham this summer, and Swansea City goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski is expected to follow.

New Hammers boss Manuel Pellegrini is intent on over-hauling the squad ahead of the 2018-19 campaign, however, meaning that more business will occur.

According to France Football, the London club are considering a move for Amiens striker Konate, although Burnley have also been credited with an interest in the 25-year-old.

Konate is currently with Senegal at the 2018 World Cup, and he came off the bench in his nation’s 2-1 win over Poland on Tuesday afternoon.

Would Konate be a good signing?

Valued at £5.4m by transfermarkt.co.uk, it is unlikely that West Ham would have to break the bank if they wanted to bring Konate to the London Stadium this summer.

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The striker, who has previously been linked with Hull City, was in impressive form for Amiens last season – scoring 13 times in 33 Ligue 1 appearances, and 16 goals in 41 appearances in all competitions.

Konate has also scored nine times in 26 appearances for Senegal, and will be looking to play a key role in his country’s bid to make the knockout round of the 2018 World Cup.

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A striker with explosive pace and impressive finishing, Konate netted 50 goals for Swiss outfit Sion before making the move to French football ahead of the 2017-18 campaign.

The former Maccabi Tel Aviv forward signed a four-year contract with Amiens upon his arrival, but West Ham certainly have the finances to bring him to England this summer.

Andre Villas-Boas has revealed that he could go back to using one single striker for Spurs’ Manchester City clash this Sunday.

Tottenham enjoyed their first Europa League victory of the season last night, with the 4-4-2 system despite the manager never having used it so far this season, switching from the 4-5-1 formation.

However, Villas-Boas insists that the structure of team has not permanently changed ahead of the Manchester City game.

He said: “We’re still a team that creates a lot of attacking opportunities with one striker. We go four steps up in competition [on Sunday], it’s a different scenario.”

Villas-Boas is pleased with his team’s Europa League performance last night after some poor results previously, but has warned that Manchester City’s players will be fresher.

He said: “”It was a good performance, it was important for us to bounce back. To do it in such a good manner was fantastic. At the weekend we play the champions of England [who are] a totally different proposition. They will want to bounce back after a run of bad results. City have two days extra than us, this is the main difference. The reality is they have that extra freshness. But there is enough time to recover. The body takes 48 hours to recover from physical effort and we’ll be able to make that recovery.”

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Last night’s goals scored by Jermain Defoe, whose hat-trick took him into second place in Tottenham’s leading scorers in Europe behind Martin Chivers.

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When these sides met back in October we saw several battles that were somewhat unexpected at White Hart Lane.

The Hammers players were playing in the unusual formation of 4-6-0 and it appeared to catch Spurs off guard, allowing Sam Allardyce’s side to capitalise all over the park and run out comfortable 3-0 winners.

And this Capital One Cup Round 5 meeting promises to provide much of the same approach from both sides, but this time there will be surprises when it comes to the key battles on the pitch.

Here are the three big clashes to look out for…

Hugo Lloris v Jussi Jaaskelainen

At one stage this season both keepers boasted the best record in the Premier League. Despite that changing somewhat in recent weeks, both still play important roles within their respective teams.

Their place in the starting XI for this cup tie may be questionable, but it could be argued that at this late stage in the competition there can be no room for resting your best performers.

With a combined 13 Premier League clean sheets between them so far this season, both have been on top of their games and, additionally, will be looking to get back to their best after conceding an unusually increased amount of goals in recent weeks.

If they both play, they’ll both be important to their side’s chances of progressing to the Capital One Cup semi-finals.

Christian Eriksen v Ravel Morrison

Ravel Morrison stole the show at White Hart Lane in October and has showed that he is capable of performing consistently at this level week in, week out with his performances for the Hammers and England U21’s since.

However, Eriksen’s first season at White Hart Lane hasn’t got off to the best of starts. One goal in twelve appearances in all competitions hasn’t really helped him live up to his £11million transfer fee.

But the Dane has a big chance to start impressing now Andre Villas-Boas has left the club, and he’ll want to use the West Ham game as the perfect opportunity to show the Spurs faithful what he can do. If he can keep Morrison quiet then he should have no problems in winning this midfield battle and aiding his side’s quest for Capital One Cup glory.

Andros Townsend v Guy Demel

Townsend has been in fine form for both Spurs and England this season, but he struggled to make a real impact when he came up against West Ham’s Guy Demel in October.

Although Demel is not known for his blistering pace, while Townsend undoubtedly is, he managed to restrict the England international to cutting in and shooting from long range. It was arguably his best performance in a West Ham shirt to date and it went a long way in ensuring West Ham were rarely threatened.

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That will be on Townsend’s mind when they do battle this time around and Demel will have his work cut out if the 22-year-old winger can find the space behind him and get the ball into the West Ham box.

And that’s exactly what Andre Villas-Boas will be looking for Townsend to do as West Ham continue to struggle with injuries to defenders and face at least another six weeks without Winston Reid.

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Six wickets between the fast bowlers Ishwar Pandey and Mohammed Shami helped India A beat South Africa A by an innings and 13 runs in the first unofficial Test in Rustenburg

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Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsFile photo: Mohammed Shami dismissed Dean Elgar and JP Duminy in the same over and South Africa A never recovered•Associated Press

Six wickets between the fast bowlers Ishwar Pandey and Mohammed Shami helped India A beat South Africa A by an innings and 13 runs in the first unofficial Test in Rustenburg, as a fighting 65 from Temba Bavuma went in vain.South Africa A resumed their first innings on 312 for 9 and frustrated the Indian bowlers, as Kyle Abbott and Andrew Birch added another 45. Suresh Raina eventually trapped Birch in front to end the innings on 357, 76 short of the follow-on target.Cheteshwar Pujara asked South Africa to bat again and his decision was immediately vindicated, as Pandey, who had claimed 4 for 46 in the first innings, bowled Reeza Hendricks off the third ball of the innings. Shami dismissed both Dean Elgar and first innings top-scorer JP Duminy in the sixth over to leave the hosts on 15 for 3 and staring at a deficit of 210.Rilee Rossouw continued his counterattacking ways, taking three fours off Shami in the 10th over. But as in the first innings, he failed to capitalise on his start as Raina bowled him for 34.South Africa resisted through Bavuma who, having departed for a duck in the first innings, produced a gritty half-century. Justin Ontong and Thami Tsolekile were stopped in their tracks as Shami and Pandey returned for their second spells.Ontong struck two fours off Shami in the 25th over before his stumps were disturbed and Tsolekile lost his to Pandey in the 35th. Wayne Parnell holed out to Shikhar Dhawan at deep midwicket off left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem, to leave South Africa A on 140 for 7.Bavuma soldiered on, collecting two fours off the 44th over from Nadeem to reach his fifty but pulled Rohit Sharma’s first delivery of the innings to midwicket. Rohit also induced the edge from Abbott to the wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha after ten overs of further resistance and finished with 2 for 19 in eight overs, to go with his century from the first innings. Pandey bowled Birch in the 67th over to end with match figures of 7 for 71.Pujara, named the Man of the Match for his 137 in the first innings, lauded the efforts of his bowlers. “If you want to win a Test match you have to get 20 wickets and to do that in two days in these conditions is fantastic,” Pujara said. “Our experience of playing in Indian conditions where you get similar wickets to this one has helped. Normally the wickets are flat and the bowlers are made to work hard for their wickets and that experience shone through today.”South Africa A coach Vincent Barnes said his players had learnt a lot from the match despite the defeat. “I tell the players that these are the type of conditions you are going to play in most of the time and you have to have the game plan and the skills for it,” Barnes said. “That is what international cricket is about, a few of the guys stepped up, some stuck in and batted well to get us into a good position, especially in the first innings.”At the end of the day these tough conditions give me an idea of the character of the players under situations like this,” he said. “If they got 590 and we scored 480 we would walk off learning very little about ourselves and the game. There is a lot that we have learnt, I think the players understood that they are playing against world-class opposition and it was tough.”The teams will square off in Pretoria for the second and final unofficial Test starting on August 24.

أعلن نادي بيرنلي، تعاقده مع حارس مانشستر سيتي، الشاب جيمس ترافورد، والذي تألق في بطولة كأس أمم أوروبا تحت 21 سنة، وقاد منتخب إنجلترا للفوز بالبطولة.

ولم يظهر أبدًا ترافورد مع مانشستر سيتي، وقضى حارس المرمى الموسم الماضي على سبيل الإعارة في بولتون واندرارز في دوري الدرجة الأولى، حيث حافظ على نظافة شباكه 26 مرة في 52 مباراة بجميع المسابقات.

اقرأ أيضًا..استعدادًا لرحيل محرز.. مانشستر سيتي يستهدف التعاقد مع لاعب برشلونة

وبحسب التقارير، فقد كلفت صفقة الحارس صاحب الـ20 عامًا، خزائن بيرنلي مبلغ 14 مليون جنيه إسترليني، و5 ملايين جنيه إسترليني أخرى كإضافات، مع وجود خيار إعادة الشراء، وكذلك نسبة 20% من البيع مستقبلا لأي فريق آخر.

وقال ترافورد بعد توقيع العقد: “أشعر بسعادة كبيرة لكوني لاعبًا رسميًا في بيرنلي، لقد كنت متحمسًا لإنجاز كل ذلك أثناء بطولة اليورو، كنت أعرف الكثير عنها وكنت أنتظر العودة لجعل كل شيء رسميًا حقًا”.

واختتم: “أريد أن أتحسن وأتعلم بقدر ما أستطيع هنا وكفريق واحد، أريد فقط أن آخذ ذلك يومًا بيوم في كل مرة وأحاول تحقيق أكبر قدر ممكن من التقدم”.

Where we’re going, we don’t need roads 🤖 pic.twitter.com/w14ynXwAnZ — Burnley FC (@BurnleyOfficial) July 20, 2023

Wolves managed to grab a win against Southampton on Saturday, but in previous years they’d have had to settle for a draw.

The Midlands club were almost denied a penalty in the second half, but VAR came to their rescue and awarded the spot-kick.

It wasn’t just the away fans at St Mary’s who were relieved by the call either as Jeff Stelling rejoiced when the decision finally went in Wolves’ favour.

What’s been said then?

The Sky Sports pundit was pleased to see justice served after the initial decision went against Nuno Espirito Santo’s side.

“It’s a penalty all ends up,” Stelling said on Gillette Soccer Saturday (18/1/20 4:20PM).

“Darren England in his first Premier League game has got this horribly wrong, but he’s going to be pulled out by Craig Pawson the VAR, who must give a penalty.

“It’s 100 per cent a penalty, but let’s see what happens they’re still looking at it.”

The penalty was then given, and Stelling rejoiced:

“It is going to be a penalty, he’s got it wrong in his first game, and VAR has done its job, I was always a fan.”

Good side of VAR

Wolves fans have had plenty of complaints about VAR this term as they’ve been on the wrong end of decisions time after time, but this shows what can happen when it rules in your favour.

The Europa League contenders could have been denied two vital points on Saturday if VAR wasn’t present, and this is exactly what it was brought in for.

It wasn’t a dodgy handball or a marginal offside, but a blatant penalty that wasn’t initially given is the type of refereeing error that the video assistant should be putting right.

VAR isn’t the most popular innovation around Wolverhampton, but it did them a real favour on Saturday afternoon.

In other news, Wolves may have to adapt their transfer plans after this injury blow.

حصل حمزة علاء حارس مرمى منتخب مصر الأولمبي على جائزة أفضل حارس، في بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 23 عامًا.

منتخب مصر الأولمبي خسر أمام المغرب لقب بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 23 عامًا، بثنائية مقابل هدف، على ملعب مولاي عبد الله، أمس السبت. طالع

وأعطت اللجنة الفنية ببطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا جائزة أفضل حارس مرمى لحمزة علاء، بعد أن ظل محافظًا على نظافة شباكه حتى المباراة النهائية التي تلقى هدفين خلالها.

وفي سياق متصل، حصل منتخب غينيا على جائزة اللعب النظيف في بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 23 عامًا.

وتأهلت منتخبات مصر والمغرب ومالي إلى أولمبياد باريس 2024، بعد تحقيقها أول ثلاث مراكز في بطولة إفريقيا، ويلعب منتخب غينيا على التذكرة الرابعة في الملحق.

And the Fair Play award winners are..🥁

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Who else?! 🤴

Egypt's #1 Hamza Alaa is your Best Goalkeeper of the tournament 🧤#TotalEnergiesAFCONU23 pic.twitter.com/3Dn2lxxAnn

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خسر الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي أسوان أمام نظيره الداخلية، برباعية مقابل هدفين، ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

وهبطت أندية أسوان وغزل المحلة وحرس الحدود من الدوري المصري الممتاز، بشكل رسمي إلى دوري الدرجة الثانية.

طالع أيضًا | ترتيب هدافي الدوري المصري بعد فوز الأهلي على الزمالك

ونال غزل المحلة هزيمة أمام حرس الحدود، اليوم الجمعة، بهدفين مقابل هدف، ليهبط الفريقان رفقة أسوان من الدوري المصري الممتاز. ترتيب الدوري المصري الممتاز

1- الأهلي – 78 نقطة – 30 مباراة.

2- بيراميدز- 70 نقطة – 32 مباراة.

3- الزمالك – 59 نقطة – 33 مباراة.

4- فيوتشر – 58 نقطة – 33 مباراة.

5- المصري – 47 نقطة – 32 مباراة.

6- المقاولون العرب – 44 نقطة – 33 مباراة.

7- الاتحاد السكندري – 43 نقطة – 33 مباراة.

8- إنبي – 42 نقطة – 33 مباراة.

9- فاركو – 41 نقطة – 33 مباراة.

10- سموحة – 39 نقطة – 33 مباراة

11- البنك الأهلي – 39 نقطة – 34 مباراة.

12- سيراميكا كليوباترا – 37 نقطة – 33 مباراة.

13- الإسماعيلي – 37 نقطة – 33 مباراة.

14- طلائع الجيش – 36 نقطة – 34 مباراة.

15- الداخلية – 35 نقطة – 34 مباراة.

16- أسوان – 33 نقطة – 34 مباراة.

17- غزل المحلة – 33 نقطة – 34 مباراة.

18- حرس الحدود – 24 نقطة – 33 مباراة.

Although Ireland-England at cricket does not match the level of the corresponding rugby clash in the Six Nations, this biennial meeting is becoming something of a grudge match

The Preview by Andrew McGlashan02-Sep-2013Match FactsSeptember 3, Malahide
Start time 10.30am (0930GMT)William Porterfield and Eoin Morgan pose with the trophy•Getty Images

The Big PictureThis is more than just another one-day international. Although Ireland-England at cricket does not match the level of the corresponding rugby clash in the Six Nations, this biennial meeting is becoming something of a grudge match, especially since that heady evening in Bangalore, which is forever etched in Irish cricket history.This match, regardless of the result, will also mark a historic occasion for Ireland with a record 10,000 sell-out crowd expected at the new stadium in Malahide outside of Dublin.The Irish have a point to prove. Or, rather, want to continue proving their point. There is a strong feeling their credentials are still not taken seriously by Full Member nations – there continue to be grumbles, some not entirely fair, about the ECB’s role – as they maintain their push for Test status by 2020.As in 2011, England are not sending over a full-strength side although that is not a one-off decision for this match – key players, including captain Alastair Cook, will also miss the Australia one-day series. Eoin Morgan captains the side as he did two years ago, which is another subject to spark debate, while the possible presence of Boyd Rankin in the England attack will stir the emotions.Ireland had long-since accepted that they had lost Rankin, but to see him make his international debut in a T20 (a format he rarely plays for Warwickshire) and potentially begin the second phase of his ODI career against his former team-mates has not sat easily with many around Dublin and beyond.Away from the debate about poaching players and the politics of world cricket Rankin is one of a number of England players eager to catch the eye. Gary Ballance, the Yorkshire batsman, is in line for an ODI debut while Jamie Overton, the Somerset fast bowler, will become England’s youngest debutant since Brian Close if he makes the final XI.Players on both sides will know each other well: Rankin could end up opening the bowler against Ed Joyce, a role reversal of the 2007 World Cup when Rankin bowled Joyce with his first ball when the latter was playing for England. William Porterfield, Niall O’Brien, Gary Wilson, Paul Stirling, Tim Murtagh and George Dockrell are all established county players, while Kevin O’Brien has just returned from the Caribbean Premier League. Points to prove, for a lot of people.Form guide (Most recent first)
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England LWWLWWatch out for…Trent Johnston has decided to call time on his career at the end of this year, a surprise to many who expected him to continue until at least the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh. But the knees and various other ailing body parts can only take so much. He has been a wonderful servant of Irish cricket; opening bowler, captain, motivator, spokesman, politician. A victory here would be a fitting send-off.Two years ago, in the corresponding fixture, Boyd Rankin opened the bowling and claimed the wicket of James Taylor. This time they are in the same squad. If Rankin makes the XI, his second ODI debut will come after a record of 37 matches and 43 wickets at 32.34 for Ireland. A potential new-ball spell against Joyce and his county team-mate William Porterfield could be one of the highlights of the match.Team newsEngland could hand out four new ODI caps – Michael Carberry, Jamie Overton, Chris Jordan and Gary Ballance – while giving Rankin his first appearance in 50-over cricket for the Three Lions. Quite what combination of pace bowlers they go for remains to be seen, but Steven Finn, with his experience, should lead the line. Danny Briggs was preferred to James Tredwell in the Twenty20s, but Tredwell’s recent ODI form has been impressive.England (possible) 1 Michael Carberry, 2 James Taylor, 3 Ravi Bopara, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Gary Ballance, 6 Ben Stokes, 7 Jos Buttler (wk), 8 James Tredwell, 9 Jamie Overton, 10 Boyd Rankin, 11 Steven FinnApart from missing Alex Cusack through injury Ireland will be at full strength. Their side is packed with international and county experience; Tim Murtagh has helped compensate for the loss of Rankin – while George Dockrell is the latest player Ireland are desperate to protect from English interests.Ireland (possible) 1 William Porterfield (capt), 2 Paul Stirling, 3 Ed Joyce, 4 Niall O’Brien (wk), 5 Gary Wilson, 6 Kevin O’Brien, 7 Andrew White, 8 Max Sorensen, 9 Trent Johnston, 10 Tim Murtagh, 11 George DockrellPitch and conditionsA new pitch on a new ground so something of the unknown as Malahide hosts its first one-day international. However, Phil Simmons said that in some of the domestic matches played there the keeper has been standing a fair way back. There is good news on the weather front – after damp days for the 2009 and 2011 fixtures – with a dry, bright day forecast.Stats and trivia England will field no more than four players who appeared in the Champions Trophy final against India In the four ODIs he has played this year, Joyce is averaging 133 including a career-best 116 not out against Pakistan. Joyce also averaged 57.57 in the YB40 for Sussex If England do hand out four new caps, it will be their most since they picked four new players against Zimbabwe, at Harare, in 2001-02Quotes”I think we have brought a strong side, a young and very talented side. Given opportunities, hopefully they will show they are world-beaters.”
“If you look through their side, there are some pretty exciting young players in there. If you look at the performances of all those lads, especially in country cricket, they have all got a future in the game.”

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Depois do 1 a 1 na ida das quartas de final do Campeonato Paulista, em Novo Horizonte, no sábado, Palmeiras e Novorizontino definem nesta terça-feira quem será semifinalista da competição. Avança quem vencer a partida das 21h, no Pacaembu – o Allianz Parque está à disposição de shows de Paul McCartney nesta semana. Em caso de novo empate, a decisão vai para os pênaltis.

Local: Pacaembu, São Paulo (SP)
Data-Hora:26/3/2019 – 21h
Arbitro: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araujo (SP)
Assistentes: Emerson Augusto de Carvalho eEvandro de Melo Lima (ambos SP)
Assistentes de vídeo: Jose Claudio Rocha Filho,Marcelo Carvalho Van Gasse eMarcio Henrique de Gois (todos SP)
Onde acompanhar: Premiere e em tempo real no LANCE!

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PALMEIRAS:Prass;Mayke,Antonio Carlos,Edu Dracena eDiogo Barbosa;Felipe Melo,Bruno Henrique eRicardo Goulart;Gustavo Scarpa,Dudu eBorja (Arthur Cabral). Técnico: Luiz Felipe Scolari.
Desfalques: Weverton (na Seleção Brasileira), Gustavo Gómez (na seleção paraguaia), Moisés e Deyverson (problemas físicos)

NOVORIZONTINO: Oliveira; Lucas Ramon (Dudu Vieira), Everton Sena, Edson Silva e Paulinho; Jean Patrick, Adilson Goiano, Danielzinho e Murilo Henrique; Felipe Marques e Cléo Silva. Técnico: Roberto Fonseca.
Desfalques:Vagner e Matheus Sales (emprestados pelo Palmeiras, impedidos de jogar por cláusula contratual)

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