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Mervyn Westfield, the Essex pace bowler who was questioned by police over spot-fixing allegations along with Danish Kaneria, has been released by the county

Cricinfo staff20-Aug-2010Mervyn Westfield, the Essex pace bowler who was questioned by police over spot-fixing allegations along with Danish Kaneria, has been released by the county.Westfield, 22, made his debut in 2005 but has played just seven first-class games and taken 11 wickets alongside eight one-day appearances.”It is a huge disappointment that it has come to this; for the past few years we had high hopes for Merv to become a big name in cricket,” said Paul Grayson, the Essex head coach. “He has received a lot of guidance from our players and coaches and he has not progressed as we would have hoped. Mervyn is keen to stay in the game and we wish him every success in finding another county to play for.”John Maunders, the left handed batsman, has also been let go after failing to secure a regular first-team place and is unlikely to gain another county.”It has come to that time of year once again, it is always a tough time of year,” Grayson said. “John has nearly reached the age of 30, he has unfortunately been injury prone this season and has been limited to a few County Championship appearances.”He needed to be scoring runs, and that has not been the case so it is time for us both to move on. John is currently looking at other avenues of employment.”

Journalist Pete O’Rourke believes Leeds United have a ‘problem’ at left-back due to Junior Firpo’s struggles at Elland Road.

The Lowdown: Firpo’s first season

The £10.8m-rated defender arrived in Yorkshire last summer from Barcelona but has struggled to make a significant impact in the Premier League.

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As per WhoScored, Firpo has received more yellow cards than any other Leeds player and ranks highly for fouls committed. He has also been one of the club’s worst-rated performers, missing 13 games under both Marcelo Bielsa and Jesse Marsch.

Firpo, who Paul Robinson labelled as ‘terrible’ against Tottenham back in February, has been absent in Leeds’ last four games but appears to have made a return to training this week following a knee problem.

The Latest: O’Rourke’s comments

Talking to The Transfer Tavern about the club’s priorities ahead of the summer window, O’Rourke hinted that left-back has been a ‘problem’, name-checking Firpo for his poor form and injury struggles.

“I think left-back is still a problem for the team as well. Right now, Junior Firpo has struggled since his arrival from Barcelona with form and injury.

“A lot will depend on the futures of Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha to decide what else Leeds need to do in the transfer market.”

The Verdict: Full-back needed?

Stuart Dallas has filled in for Firpo in recent weeks, with the Northern Irishman’s versatility proving to be crucial for Marsch in Leeds’ upturn in form.

Marsch and Victor Orta met last week to discuss the profile of players they want to target in the summer, and bringing in another full-back could be handy ahead of his first full season in charge.

Javi Galan, a left-back who can play further forward, has once again been linked with a move to Elland Road in recent weeks, so it will be interesting to see if another full-back comes in over the coming months to rival Firpo and Dallas.

In other news: Fabrizio Romano reveals big transfer blow for Leeds as key 21 y/o target now set to move elsewhere

تحدث إيجور تودور، المدير الفني لفريق مارسيليا، عن إصابة الدولي المغربي أمين حارث، خلال مباراة موناكو في الدوري الفرنسي، والتي انتهت بفوز فريقه 3-2 في الوقت القاتل.

لكن لم يبدو تودور سعيدا بهذا الفوز بسبب إصابة حارث، وقال المدرب في تصريحات بعد المباراة:”أنا لا أبتسم كثيرًا بسبب إصابة أمين حارث”.

اقرأ أيضا..  قائمة منتخب المغرب المشاركة في كأس العالم قطر 2022

وأضاف تودور:”مما قيل لنا إنها إصابة كبيرة، أنا حزين جدًا، لا تبدو جيدة، يبدو أنه شيء سييء جدًا، جاءت إصابة أمين بمثابة صدمة للفريق، لقد فوجئنا قليلا، يا له من حظ تعيس قبل كأس العالم”.

ويتواجد منتخب المغرب في المجموعة السادسة بكأس العالم، والتي تضم كرواتيا وبلجيكا وكندا.

وينطلق كأس العالم قطر 2022، في 20 نوفمبر الجاري حتى 18 ديسمبر المقبل. اصابة امين حارث لاعب منتخب المغرب في مباراة مارسيليا وموناكو

Respected Glasgow Rangers blogger Four Lads Had a Dream has been left slamming the display of Connor Goldson in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday night.

The Lowdown: Narrow defeat

Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s team suffered a narrow 1-0 loss in their first leg away at Braga, with Abel Ruiz getting the only goal of the game a few minutes before half-time.

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It means that they are still in the tie when they take the Portuguese side to Ibrox, but will have to win on the night to have a chance of going through to the semi-final stage.

The Latest: Goldson slammed

Taking to Twitter during the match, Teddy Bears blogger Four Lads Had a Dream was not impressed with a few of the players after the half-time whistle, but took particular aim at Goldson:

“Really poor first half. Big chance came for Sakala & he has to do better. That aside, really poor on ball which is inviting trouble, Goldson especially.

“Tavernier has wasted nearly every set piece & these are the margins. Kamara not offering enough in 10 role either. Need more.”

The Verdict: Poor performance

The central defender did not cover himself in glory in Portugal, only managing to make one tackle all game, while his 76% pass accuracy was the third-worst recorded out of any of his teammates (SofaScore).

Goldson was also inaccurate with a team-high 11 of his long ball attempts, while he was also guilty of losing possession of the ball no fewer than on 17 separate occasions in total, the second-most of any Light Blues player (SofaScore).

Nonetheless, Goldson will need to do better if he is to keep Braga out in the second leg.

In other news, find out who Gers may now sell this summer here!

استأنف الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي ريال مدريد تدريباته الجماعية صباح اليوم، الثلاثاء، بعد الهزيمة الأولى في الدوري الإسباني أمس، الإثنين، أمام رايو فاييكانو بنتيجة 3-2.

يستعد ريال مدريد على الفور وبدون راحة لمباراة قادش يوم، الخميس المقبل، في تمام الساعة العاشرة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت “القاهرة”.

ولكن لن يتمكن مدرب ريال مدريد، كارلو أنشيلوتي، من الاعتماد على مدافع الفريق، أنطونيو روديجر، الذي لا يزال يتعافى من الإجهاد الزائد في الفخذ.

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وأفادت صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية أن روديجر قد تغيب عن مباراة رايو فاييكانو بسبب تلك الإصابة ولن يلعب مرة أخرى بقميص ريال مدريد حتى نهاية كأس العالم 2022 في قطر، وسينتظر قرار مدرب ألمانيا، هانزي فليك، باستدعائه أو استبعاده من قائمة المانشافت.

من جانبه، عاد كريم بنزيما إلى التدريبات ولكن فرديًا، ووجوده أمام قادش محل شك، إذا لم يتمكن من المشاركة فسوف يغيب عن المباراة السابعة في الدوري الإسباني أي 50% من إجمالي ما خاضته كتيبة أنشيلوتي.

لا يزال المهاجم الفرنسي يشعر ببعض الآلام التي تمنعه من إكمال التدريبات مثل زملاءه الذين لم يشاركوا في مباراة رايو فاييكانو.

رد توني كروس لاعب فريق كرة القدم الأول لنادي ريال مدريد الإسباني، على العديد من الأسئلة حول مستقبله مع الملكي، مع اقتراب نهاية عقده.

وينتهي عقد توني كروس مع ريال مدريد في الصيف المقبل بعد نهاية الموسم الجاري في يونيو 2023، بعدما انضم للملكي في صيف 2014 وهو بطلًا للعالم مع ألمانيا.

اللاعب الألماني تواجد في المؤتمر الصحفي لمواجهة سيلتك الأسكتلندي غدًا في دوري أبطال أوروبا، وقال: “أنا بحالة بدنية جيدة، الأمر تسير على ما يرام، لا أعرف ما الذي سيحدث، خلال استراحة كأس العالم سأفكر فيما يمكن أن يحدث ومن ثم سأقرر”.

وأضاف: “لن أذهب إلى أي مكان، سأتقاعد في ريال مدريد، الشيء الوحيد الذي لا أعرفه هو متى سيحدث ذلك. لكن من المضحك هو أن البعض يتحدث عن مستقبلي ويعرفون ما أفكر فيه وأنا لا أعرف من أي يأتوا بهذه المعلومات”.

طالع أيضًا.. ريال مدريد لا ينوي السماح لـ توني كروس بالرحيل نهاية الموسم

وأشار: “أنا والنادي هادئون، العلاقة مع ريال مدريد دائمًا مميزة، ربما سنتحدث في يناير أو فبراير، وقد يكون الحديث أيضًا في مارس، لكن كل شيء سيكون على ما يرام، أنا متأكد من ذلك”.

وشدد: “أردت أن أكون ناجحًا في ريال مدريد منذ اليوم الأول. تركت بلدي في عمر الـ24، كنت مرتاحًا للغاية. لا يمنك النجاح هنا إلا إذا كنت مناسب لـ ريال مدريد وفزت بالألقاب”.

وأردف: “الاعتزال الدولي جعلني بحالة جيدة جسديًا، ومع التوقف القادم يمكنني أن أحصل على راحة أكبر، وستكون ميزة لي أن أشاهد كأس العالم من المنزل، أمامنا 3 مباريات قبل كأس العالم، علنا الفوز بها جميعًا، وأنا سألعب 2 فقط بسبب الكارت الأحمر”.

وعن طرده أمام جيرونا في المباراة الماضية بالدوري الإسباني، قال توني: “مازلت لا أفهم لماذا تم طردي، حاولت في المخالفة الثانية أن أمنع المهاجم من المرور، لكنه أعطاني بطاقة صفراء ثانية، لم أعترض لأن الحكام دائمًا ما يطلقون صافرة على ما يرونه، يقررون على الفور. ولكن بالنسبة لي لم تكن هناك ركلة جزاء لـ جيرونا، ولكننا لم نكن في مستوانا أمامهم”.

وعن المقارنة بين أبطال أوروبا وكأس العالم: “من المستحيل مقارنتهما، هما الأهم بالنسبة للنادي وللمنتخب، كأس العالم يكون كل أربع سنوات لذلك لأمر أصعب بالتأكيد، لا يمكنني الاختيار بينهما”.

واختتم: “لن يكون الأمر سيئًا أن نفوز بـ دوري أبطال أوروبا مجددًا، أن تكون السادسة لي مع ريال مدريد هذا أمر رائع، نحن في ريال مدريد نريد الفوز بكل البطولات، لدينا فرق قادر على فعل ذلك”.

Alan Hunt, who played first class cricket for Auckland, has been appointed coach of the Central District Stags for the next two years

Cricinfo staff08-Jun-2010Alan Hunt has been named as the coach of Central Districts for the next two years. He replaces England allrounder Dermot Reeve who resigned as coach in April.Hunt averaged 24.45 with the bat, with one century, and 43.78 with the ball over 13 seasons for Auckland, and retired in 1992-93.”I am delighted to have the opportunity to coach the Central Stags and give my assistance to cricket in the Central Districts Association,” Hunt said. “The Stags are already a very good team. I am confident that with the management team now in place, and the planning skills and experience we offer, we can take them to a different level again.”New Zealand Cricket’s general manager Geoff Allott welcomed the appointment. “Alan is held in high regard at all levels of the game and I know that he will add real value to the Stags over the next two seasons,” he said.Reeve led Central Districts to the Plunket Shield four-day final in 2008-09 and won the Twenty20 competition last year, but his tenure was dogged by controversy. There were reports of disharmony between Reeve and the players, and New Zealand Cricket censured and fined him for accusing Auckland’s Ravi Bopara of ball-tampering after a one-day game in December.

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The contrast could hardly have been more stark. On the 16th anniversary of Brian Lara’s unbeaten 501 at Edgbaston, Warwickshire’s batting failed once again, highlighting the painful difference between then and now

George Dobell at Edgbaston06-Jun-2010
ScorecardThe contrast could hardly have been more stark. On the 16th anniversary of Brian Lara’s unbeaten 501 at Edgbaston, Warwickshire’s batting failed once again, highlighting the painful difference between then and now.Warwickshire lost nine wickets for just 70 runs as Somerset completed victory by 181 runs on the third day. It’s Somerset’s third win in succession and lifts them to third in the championship table. It’s also the first time they’ve beaten Warwickshire home and away in a championship season since 1981.Set a highly improbable 312 to win, Murali Kartik ran through the host’s batting with alarming ease to claim the fourth ten-wicket haul of his first-class career. His figures – 11 for 72 in the match and 17 for 133 in his last three innings – speak volumes not just about his skill, but about the opposition’s frailties. All have been against Warwickshire.The days of Lara seem long ago at Edgbaston. As a team, Warwickshire haven’t managed to score 501 yet this season. Indeed, they’ve not made more than 382 and have now lost five of their eight games and have fewer batting bonus points than any team in either division.Taken out of context, it would be easy to conclude that this game simply sustained their poor form with the bat. No doubt there’s more than a grain of truth in that. But, bearing in mind the treacherous nature of this pitch, it may be wise not to jump to too many conclusions. As Marcus Trescothick pointed out after the game: “The pitch was a minefield, even on the first day. 268 was a brilliant score.”In truth, batting was little more than a lottery by the end of the game. One delivery from Kartik turned and bounced so sharply that it was taken by first slip, jumping far above his head. Not even Lara could have played it. In such conditions, neither of Warwickshire’s lowly totals are quite as awful as they seem and winning the toss was disproportionately important.Still, the lengthy team meeting that followed the game betrayed the concern that Warwickshire now feel. They started 2010 with high hopes of success, but have had to face the reality that it is matters at the other end of the table that will be the focus of their attention for the rest of the season.”I’ve given them a jolly good talking to,” Warwickshire’s director of cricket, Ashley Giles said afterwards. “What we’ve done so far isn’t good enough. We’ve got to play better if we’re going to stay up. In the end it comes down to personal responsibility.”Warwickshire’s opening partnerships have been a recurring problem. 12 of the 16 first-wicket stands have failed to progress beyond single figures and the accumulated value of every opening partnership this season amounts to just 200 runs; an average of just 12.5 a time. So it was little surprise when Darren Maddy fell early, drawn into feeling for one on off-stump from the outstandingly accurate and, at times, hostile Charl Willoughby.Only Varun Chopra and, to a lesser extent, Ian Westwood showed the requisite technique and desire to survive on this pitch. Chopra has not endured an easy start to life at Edgbaston – this was his highest score in 10 first-class innings – but here he showed he is worth perseverance with some watchful defence and judicious attack. As an 18-year-old, he became the youngest man to score a championship century for Essex and now, aged 22, still has time to fulfil his talent.Perhaps both men were unlucky with their dismissals. Chopra looked to have been struck well outside the line, while Westwood felt strongly that he hadn’t edged to the keeper. He’ll be very fortunate if he escapes a dissent charge for his subsequent reaction.Their colleagues showed far less fight. The wicket of Westwood precipitated another collapse and, after a lengthy rain break threatened to stretch the match to a fourth day, their last four wickets fell in the space of 27 balls.Troughton meekly turned one to leg-slip, Clarke missed an arm-ball and Botha edged a sharply-turning delivery to short-leg. On the resumption Woakes was beaten by turn, Johnson by bounce and the last two slogged catches to the fielders in the ring.Earlier Ben Phillips and Kartik extended their overnight partnership to 56. Phillips, bringing up an excellent half-century with an enormous pulled six off Clarke that sailed over the Hollies Stand, helped add a further 32 runs on the final day. It not just took the game beyond Warwickshire – realistically that had happened much earlier in the match – but robbed them of every last vestige of hope and spirit.Where do Warwickshire go from here? To the second division, probably. Their batting is currently underperfomring so badly that it will take a major reversal of fortune to save them from relegation.As for Somerset, they look to have a well-balanced, united and settled team. Nottinghamshire may be the division one pacemakers, but a first championship title for Somerset cannot be discounted.

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A boa campanha do Vitória na Copa São Paulo 2018 já começou a render frutos. Três atletas que fizeram parte da trajetória da equipe na competição foram integrados ao elenco profissional: os atacantes Luan e Flávio, e o lateral-direito Cedric. O Leão caiu somente nas quartas de final no torneio, em derrota nos pênaltis para o São Paulo, na segunda melhor campanha de sua história.

Eles se juntarão a outros dez atletas do elenco do clube formados na própria base do Rubro-Negro. Atualmente, 29 jogadores fazem parte do grupo do Leão – 13 formados na base, quase 50% da equipe.

O atacante Luan é considerado um dos melhores jogadores de sua geração. Aos 18 anos, conta com passagens por seleções de base. Ele foi um dos destaques da Copa São Paulo, com seis gols.

Flávio é atacante que atua pelo lado-direito e impõe muita velocidade em suas jogadas. Está no clube desde 2015, e tem 19 anos. Fez quatro gols na Copinha. Já Cedric, também de 19 anos, está no Rubro-Negro desde 2013, e já atuou duas vezes pelo profissional em 2017. É uma das maiores promessa do clube na geração.

– É importante para o Vitória ter uma base forte. Sempre é positivo para o clube subir atletas para o profissional. E os três chegam credenciados após excelente campanha na Copa São Paulo. Vamos trabalhar para que a transição seja bem eficiente, com muita tranquilidade. São atletas de qualidade e que podem nos ajudar na temporada – afirma Erasmo Damiani, diretor de futebol do Vitória.

O trio esteve no título da Copa do Nordeste sub-20 de 2017. O Rubro-Negro venceu o Bahia por 2 a 0, no Lourival Baptista, em Aracaju, e conquistou a competição pela quarta vez em sua história. O Vitória já havia ganhado os títulos de 2004, 2006 e 2015.

Famoso celeiro de grandes jogadores do futebol nacional, o Leão conta com histórico respeitável: Bebeto, Dida, Junior, Vampeta e Fábio Costa são alguns dos nomes revelados pelo clube. Além de exemplos recentes como Hulk e David Luiz.

E a força da base segue. Em 2017, o Leão ficou com o Baianão Sub-20 e retomou a hegemonia no estado, já que em 2016 o título ficou com o rival Bahia. Das sete edições desta década, o Rubro-Negro levou cinco títulos, enquanto o Bahia ficou com apenas dois. No ano passado, o Leão também levou títulos sobre o Bahia no Baiano Sub-15 e Sub-17.

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