Unbeaten home record falls for Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire lost their unbeaten home record in this season’s Friends Provident t20 with a 23-run defeat under the Duckworth-Lewis method at the hands of Leicestershire

16-Jul-2010
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Nottinghamshire lost their unbeaten home record in this season’s Friends Provident t20 with a 23-run defeat under the Duckworth-Lewis method at the hands of Leicestershire, but still secured a home quarter-final thanks to results elsewhere.The Foxes overseas all-rounder Andrew McDonald hit an unbeaten 59 and claimed a career-best five for 13 as the visitors upset the North Group leaders to climb off the bottom of the table and keep alive their own hopes of qualifying for the last-eight.The Australian’s 44-ball innings included four fours and a six to cement the Leicestershire total of 145 for 5 on a slow wicket at Trent Bridge, with former Nottinghamshire batsman Will Jefferson contributing 33.Despite some lusty blows from Steven Mullaney, McDonald’s medium-pace destroyed the home batting line-up on his way to the best bowling figures in this year’s competition.Boundaries proved rare for the visitors with both openers falling early, although Jefferson pulled Ryan Sidebottom for six and hit left-arm spinner Graeme White for two successive fours, one with an orthodox sweep and the second a reverse.McDonald hit Dirk Nannes for four and six in the 19th over to reach his 50 off 39 balls, adding another boundary in the final over as Leicestershire closed on what appeared to be a par total.With rain threatening to fall throughout the match, Nottinghamshire did just enough to stay ahead of the required Duckworth-Lewis total early on, despite losing Ali Brown, Alex Hales and Matt Wood in the space of four overs.But Samit Patel the injudiciously drove McDonald to deep cover and once the Australian removed his Victoria team-mate Hussey in his next over, Nottinghamshire never looked likely to overhaul their target.The players went off once for rain before resuming, with the target revised to 141 off 19 overs, but McDonald carried on in the same vein to dismiss Chris Read, White and Sidebottom, with Darren Pattinson bowled by Nadeem Malik before more rain finished off the match.Nevertheless, Nottinghamshire secured a home tie in the quarter-finals thanks to Lancashire failing to beat Northamptonshire.

Celtic: Ange drops Carter-Vickers update

Ange Postecoglou had dropped an update on Celtic’s attempts to sign Cameron Carter-Vickers on a permanent basis.

What’s the talk?

In recent comments cited by John McGinley, the 56-year-old Bhoys’ manager revealed that Michael Nicholson is in continued talks with the Tottenham Hotspur loanee regarding a permanent switch to Parkhead – with the Hoops reported to possess an initial £6m option to buy the defender this season.

Speaking about the potential signing of the 24-year-old, Postecoglou simply said: “It will take care of itself.”

Nicholson must act now

Considering just how impressive Carter-Vickers has been for Celtic since his arrival at Parkhead last summer, it would appear highly advisable for Nicholson to do everything in his power to secure the permanent signing of the Spurs centre-back at the earliest possible opportunity – in order to reduce the chances of the defender being tempted with a bigger or better offer elsewhere this summer.

Indeed, over his 20 Premiership appearances this season, the £2.7m-rated USA international has been in imperious form for the Hoops, helping his side keep 11 clean sheets, scoring two goals and registering one assist, as well as making an average of 1.4 interceptions, 0.9 tackles, 4.7 clearances, 75.9 passes and winning 6.3 duels – at a success rate of 72% per game.

These returns have seen the £20k-per-week centre-back average a quite astonishing SofaScore match rating of 7.42, ranking him as the fourth-best player in the top flight of Scottish football.

As such, it is clear for all to see that Carter-Vickers is a player who improves the Celtic backline immensely, something which would very much appear to suggest that the Bhoys’ £6m option to sign the defender would be something of a steal for the Premiership league leaders – a deal that Nicholson simply must get wrapped up before the 24-year-old returns to North London at the end of the current campaign.

In other news: “I’d be surprised…”: Devlin drops big Celtic transfer update, fans will be gutted

Mano revela que Fred terá sequência mesmo com rodízio no Cruzeiro

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Nem mesmo os planos de Mano Menezes em fazer um “rodízio” no Cruzeiro tirarão Fred da equipe titular neste início de ano. Em entrevista coletiva, o treinador confirmou que seu objetivo é dar espaço para o futebol do centroavante se aprimorar na volta ao clube:

– A gente está dando uma sequência dentro do possível a ele para que se condicione. É a melhor escolha para ele. É um jogador importante para nós. Até quando não jogar bem, será importante pela experiência, por preocupar o adversário e por ter uma maneira muito clara de jogar, o que é importante.

O treinador indicou como tende a ser o rodízio nos próximos jogos

-Nós vamos caminhar assim com o grupo até que todos tenham uma condição parecida. Só que, diferentemente do ano passado, em que trocamos uma equipe inteira e a queda de produção acontecia, vamos fazer trocas de quatro, três, dois e rodar o plantel com mais segurança.

Além disto, indicou quando devem estrear Edílson e Mancuello:

-São jogadores experientes, que conseguem queimar algumas etapas. Talvez o mais seguro seja no jogo do fim de semana contra o Tombense.

المنتخب السعودي يتلقى أخبارًا سارة قبل كأس العالم 2022

تلقى الفرنسي هيرفي رينارد مدرب المنتخب السعودي أخبارًا سارة بشأن إصابة الثنائي سلطان الغنام وناصر الدوسري لاعبا الأخضر السعودي.

وكان المنتخب السعودي قد تعادل سلبيا مساء الأحد أمام الهندوراس في ثالث مواجهات الأخضر في معسكر أبوظبي ضمن المرحلة الثالثة من التحضيرات لكأس العالم 2022.

ووفقا لصحيفة “الرياضية” السعودية سلطان الغنام وناصر الدوسري، سيعودان، إلى معسكر المنتخب السعودي يوم الخميس الثاني من نوفمبر المقبل وذلك عقب تعافي الثنائي من الإصابة من خلال التأهيل في مستشفى سبيتار في قطر.

اقرأ أيضا..تقارير توضح سبب غياب سلمان الفرج عن مباراة السعودية وهندوراس

ويتابع الطاقم الطبي في صفوف المنتخب السعودي حالة الثنائي بشكل مستمر مع مستشفى سبيتار، من أجل تجهيزهما بالشكل الأمثل من الجانب البدني والفني مع تأكيدات بأن الثنائي جاهز بالفعل للتواجد ضمن قائمة الأخضر في المونديال.

معسكر الأخضر في أبوظبي انطلق يوم 17 أكتوبر الجاري، وسوف يستمر حتى 10 نوفمبر المقبل، ضمن المرحلة الثالثة من البرنامج الإعدادي للمونديال.

الأخضر فاز بهدف دون رد أمام مقدونيا الشمالية ثم تعادل بهدف لهدف أمام ألبانيا وتعادل سلبيا أمام الهندوراس ويتبقى له مواجهتان أمام أيسلندا في السادس من نوفمبر ثم بنما في العاشر من نوفمبر.

المنتخب السعودي قبل معسكر أبو ظبي خاض 4 وديات تحضيرية لكأس العالم دون تحقيق أي فوز حيث خسر بهدف نظيف في مباراتي كولومبيا وفنزويلا في شهر يونيو الماضي ثم تعادل سلبيا في مباراتي الإكوادور والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية في معسكر إسبانيا في سبتمبر الماضي.

ويتواجد منتخب السعودية في المجموعة الثالثة ضمن مونديال قطر 2022 بجانب منتخبات الأرجنتين والمكسيك وبولندا حيث يبدأ الأخضر مشواره بمواجهة الأرجنتين يوم 22 نوفمبر المقبل، ثم سيلاقي بولندا والمكسيك يومي 26 و30 من نفس الشهر.

Board top brass skips awards night

The IPL Awards Night was held at a Mumbai hotel on Friday evening with several senior BCCI officials missing, in another sign of the deepening rift between IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and his colleagues in the BCCI

Cricinfo staff23-Apr-2010

Lalit Modi wants more time to prepare his documents for the meeting•AFP

The IPL Awards Night was held at a Mumbai hotel on Friday evening with several senior BCCI officials missing, in another sign of the deepening rift between IPL commissioner Lalit Modi and his colleagues in the BCCI. There were unconfirmed reports that Modi had requested a postponement of Monday’s IPL governing council meeting but the BCCI did not appear inclined to entertain any such request.The awards ceremony went ahead in the absence of BCCI president Shashank Manohar, secretary N Srinivasan and IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah. Those who attended included team owners Vijay Mallya (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Preity Zinta (Kings XI Punjab), Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra (Rajasthan Royals), Gayatri Reddy (Deccan Chargers) and Jai Mehta (Kolkata Knight Riders). Sunil Gavaskar, a member of the IPL Governing Council, attended, though many of his colleagues did not.At the awards Modi thanked the BCCI, among others, for making his “17-year-old dream” come true. “I thank the BCCI, the franchises, the players, the sponsors and most of all the millions of fans for helping create the most successful cricket league in the world, for making the IPL what it is today.”Shah indicated that the BCCI would take a hard line with Modi. “The IPL is far bigger than any one individual,” he told . “Everyone has to fall in line with the rules of the institution. The meeting is on, whether Mr Modi is there or not. We need to draw a line under this matter.”A PTI story quoted sources as saying Modi had, for the second time in three days, sought a postponement of Monday’s meeting, citing his hectic schedule of the past few weeks leading up to Sunday night’s tournament final. The meeting was called to address the wide range of allegations of financial impropriety against the league and its commissioner and it is widely speculated that Modi will be ousted from his post at the meeting.”I need to prepare the documents to support my replies to all the questions,” the report quoted Modi as saying in a mail to the BCCI. “I have worked for you (BCCI) for five long years without taking any money, consider giving me just five days for the documents.”Modi had made a similar request on April 21, which was firmly turned down by BCCI president Shashank Manohar. A BCCI source told Cricinfo there would be no change in that stand.There were also reports – which Modi has denied – that he was contemplating taking the BCCI to court over the legality of the meeting.If Modi skips the meeting, the governing council meeting is expected to pass a resolution to remove him from the post of IPL commissioner and chairman. He had insisted through the week that he would not resign in the wake of the controversy tarnishing the IPL.The IPL jury awards:
Best Debut Performance – Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians), Best Batsman – Sachin Tendulkar (Mumbai Indians), Best Bowler – Pragyan Ojha (Deccan Chargers), Best Dramatic Performance – Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians), Most Consistent Performer – Jacques Kallis (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Best Breakthrough Performance 2008 – Brendon McCullum (Kolkata Knight Riders), Best Breakthrough Performance 2009 – Anil Kumble (Royal Challengers Bangalore), Best Fielder – AB de Villiers (Delhi Daredevils), Best Ground – Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, Best Stadium Experience – DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai.

Avaí libera Capa para o Sport

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O acordo entre Avaí e Sport envolvendoo lateral-esquerdo Capa foi acertado, na manhã desta terça-feira.A única pendência para que o jogador possa ir pra o rubro-negro éa renovação do seu contrato com o Avaí até 2020. O vínculo atual do atleta com o Leão da Ilha vai até o final de 2019.

O presidente do clube de Florianópolis,Francisco Battistotti, confirmou que entre o Avaí e o Sport está tudo nos conformes.

– Falei há uma hora com o Sport e está tudo fechado. Só estamos esperando que ele prorrogue o contrato conosco. Se isto acontecer, ele segue para o Recife. Ainda teremos uma reunião com o jogador nesta tarde. Se ele renovar o vínculo conosco, ele segue para o Sport – disse o mandatário.

Capa, 25 anos, está no Avaí desde 2016 e chega ao Sport para preencher a lacuna deixada por Mena, que se transferiu para o Bahia. Ele já passou por clubes como Marcílio Dias e Guarani-SC.

Rangers "finalising" signing of Aaron Ramsey

Rangers are now “finalising the details” for the signing of Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey on loan.

What’s the story?

Amid David Ornstein’s claim on transfer deadline day that the Wales international is currently at a private airport terminal waiting to decide what club to join, Italian journalist Carlo Laudisa has revealed that the former Arsenal man is seemingly on his way to Ibrox.

Writing on Twitter, he said: “Destination Glasgow #Ramsey is finalizing the details for the i #Rangers loan. Now #Juve can negotiate the purchase of #Nandez from Cagliari.”

GVB will love him

While the Gers currently lead the way in the Scottish Premiership, one area of concern for manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst is really the lack of goals from outside of his forward players – both Alfredo Morelos and Kemar Roofe have scored 23 goals between them, and the next top-scorer for the Ibrox side is full-back James Tavernier with six.

The best goal-scoring midfielder at the club currently is Joe Aribo who has also notched six, but he’s been more of a streaky player, going on a run of five games where he scored four goals back in November and December.

Ramsey meanwhile has been more of a consistent goal-threat when he’s actually been fit and available, and in his time at Arsenal in particular, was very elite in doing so – he broke double figures for goals in three out of his final four seasons with the club.

Hailed as an “outstanding technician”, the Welshman’s famed ability to time his runs into the box has earned him comparisons with Chelsea icon Frank Lampard – something that the Blues legend himself has previously spoken about.

Writing in a column for The Evening Standard about the 74-goal star: “It will probably come as no surprise to people that I like Ramsey. Like me, he makes late runs in the penalty area and he showed that with aplomb for the second goal at AC Milan last week.”

Given the Gers’ relative lack of goal-scoring punch from midfield, Ramsey’s arrival would certainly help to bring that, and Van Bronckhorst would surely love seeing him become a match-winner for them.

Meanwhile, this Rangers target is now in Glasgow to complete his move to Ibrox…

Chris Jordan out for 10 weeks

Chris Jordan, Surrey’s highly-rated 21-year-old allrounder, could miss the first 10 weeks of the season due to a back problem

Cricinfo staff06-Apr-2010Chris Jordan, Surrey’s highly-rated 21-year-old allrounder, could miss the first 10 weeks of the season due to a back problem.He is two weeks into a six-week rehabilitation programme, after which he will be carefully guided back to match fitness. Surrey have said it could be up to a further six weeks before Jordan is fit enough for selection, but he may be available within a fortnight of the rehab programme ending.Barbados-born Jordan was troubled by the back problem last season after suffering a stress fracture earlier in his career. Chris Adams, the Surrey coach, said they will be patient with his recovery. “We’re working towards his career and improving his career from this point in time. He carries the tag of great potential. It’s been a really frustrating time for him, frustrating for us as well. We certainly want that talent out on the field.”But let’s hope that we’ve finally got to the bottom of something. His bulging disc through this period will have time to rest but I’m quietly confident that we are doing everything we possibly can now.”

Bruno Silva, Rony, Botafogo e Cruzeiro: agora, depende da Ponte

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Agora restam apenas os últimos passos. Bruno Silva depende apenas do aval da Ponte Preta para deixar o Botafogo e rumar para o Cruzeiro a partir da próxima temporada. Acontece que a Macaca detém 60% dos direitos econômicos do meio-campista, e por isso, precisa haver esse contato, apesar de a Raposa ter negociado a porcentagem relativa ao Glorioso.

Carlinhos Sabiá, empresário do volante alvinegro, cuida das tratativas, que não devem tardar. Também está praticamente confirmada a chegada do atacante Rony ao time carioca. Ele terá 60% dos direitos repassados ao Botafogo, que também receberá R$4 milhões à vista pelo negócio.

Bruno Silva tem 31 anos e contrato com o Glorioso até 2018. Na Raposa, ele brigará por espaço com Robinho pela faixa direita do meio-campo. Na equipe de Jair Ventura, foi titular durante os dois anos em que esteve à disposição. Muito admirado pela resistência física, se destacou também pelos gols e caiu nas graças da torcida, mas entrou em atrito com ela no fim da passagem.

Já Rony tem características de velocidade e estava no futebol japonês. Ele chega para ocupar o lugar de Guilherme, que voltou para o Grêmio, de onde havia sido emprestado. O atleta de 22 anos disputará posição com Rodrigo Pimpão.

A questão burocrática com a Ponte Preta e os exames médicos dos atletas envolvidos na negociação devem ser feitos nos próximos dias.

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