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علق أحمد ناجي مدرب حراس المرمى بفريق سيراميكا كليوباترا، على عودة محمد صبحي لـ الزمالك، مُشيرًا إلى أنه أفضل حارس في الموسم الماضي.

وقال ناجي في تصريحات عبر برنامج “الديربي” على إذاعة “القاهرة الكبرى”: “محمد صبحي مهم جدًا للزمالك وأعتبره أفضل حارس في الموسم الماضي، مقارنة بعدد المباريات إذ لعب جميع المواجهات باستثناء واحدة أو اثنين، لذا هو أهم صفقات القلعة البيضاء”.

وتابع: “إذا كنت مدربًا لحراس الزمالك لن ألعب بسياسة التدوير، ولكن سأمنح الحارس الثاني بعض مباريات الكأس وسأثبت الحارس الأساسي، وفاركو يحتاج حارس مرمى بعد رحيل صبحي، ويجب أن يعتمد على أبناء النادي بعد إيقاف القيد”.

طالع أيضًا.. الزمالك يوضح لـ بطولات كواليس عودة محمد صبحي.. وموقف مفاوضات محمود جاد

وأضاف: “محمود جاد موهبة كبيرة وواضحة، ولا أعلم موقفه من الاحتراف إلى انجلترا حتى الآن ولكنه في ناد كبير وعرفه الجميع من خلاله”.

وواصل: “قرار استمرار جنش مع فيوتشر كان بيده لأنه سيشارك في بطولة قارية ويسير بشكل جيد، واستمراره مع فريقه لن يؤثر عليه سلبيًا، ومركز أبو جبل مهم جدًا ويستحق أن يدفع فيه أموال طائلة ونتمنى أن يكون في قمة تركيزه”.

واختتم: “حراس الأهلي كبار ويستمرون لمدة 10 سنوات ولا داعي للتدعيم، وفي سيراميكا لدينا حارس كبير عامر عامر ومعه حراس مميزين وتدعيم هذا المركز لا يشغلنا”.

Ryan McLaren, the Kent allrounder, will be released from his county contract at the end of the current season and will be eligible to play international cricket for South Africa from October.McLaren, 26, will represent the Eagles in South Africa’s domestic competitions and is also part of their squad for the Champions League tournament to be played in India in October. McLaren follows Charl Langeveldt in making himself available for South Africa after a spell in county cricket.”It is obviously good news that yet another player is returning and committing to a cricket future in South Africa,” Tony Irish, South African Cricketers’ Association CEO said.McLaren was named in the South Africa ODI squad to face Bangladesh and Kenya in October last year, but withdrew from the team after Kent did not release him from his contract.In his last full season in South Africa in 2006-07, McLaren was the second leading wicket-taker in the SuperSport Series with more than 50 wickets and enjoyed similar success with Kent.

Speaking to CMIT TV, as shared by Calciomercato.it, Sportitalia journalist Rudy Galetti has shared an update on Tottenham Hotspur’s pursuit of AC Milan star Franck Kessie.

The Lowdown: Kessie on the radar?

There has been an abundance of reports linking the 24-year-old with a move to Spurs in recent weeks as the exciting Antonio Conte era begins in north London.

Even before the Italian’s arrival at N17, managing director and transfer chief Fabio Paratici was tipped with a swoop for the Ivory Coast international, with Calciomercato even claiming that an approach had been made.

According to their sources, Spurs proposed an €8m-per-season (£6.7m) salary offer to Kessie’s entourage as they aim to sign him on a pre-contract in January.

His deal at the San Siro is set to expire in 2022 as things stand with no agreement yet reached on an extension, meaning that he can leave as a free agent at the end of 2021/22.

This has prompted Paratici and Spurs to take notice, with Conte’s arrival also accelerating rumours of a possible move to north London.

La Gazzetta dello Sport claimed last week (via Get Italian Football News) that Tottenham were in ‘very advanced talks’ to sign the player, and while Galetti doesn’t go that far, he has shared an intriguing update.

The Latest: Spurs most likely to sign him…

According to the reporter’s information, speaking on CMIT TV, Conte has personally requested that Spurs sign the 24-year-old.

Furthermore, he believes that Tottenham are the most likely to sign Kessie as they enter pole position for his signature, but Galetti is unsure whether the club’s offer will ‘satisfy’ in the end.

“[Kessie] is one of Conte’s requests, but I don’t know if Tottenham’s offer will satisfy,” he explained.

“Also because there are some important commissions involved. However now I would say that on Kessie the highest percentage is for Tottenham.”

The Verdict: A must-sign…

This update comes as a slightly mixed one given that Spurs are apparently the favourites but there is uncertainty surrounding their ‘offer’.

However, given his obvious quality, we urge Tottenham to remain ahead of the competition and seriously strengthen Conte’s options with the potential arrival of Kessie on a free transfer.

Valued at around £49.5m by Transfermarkt, Paratici could bypass that fee entirely if they agree a pre-contract, which would possibly come as his biggest coup since he was appointed sporting director.

Kessie stands out as a crucial player for Milan, as evident by manager Stefano Pioli calling him a ‘sumptuous’ footballer, and there has been no shortage of other plaudits.

Former Italy international Antonio Cassano is a big fan, calling the defensive midfielder ‘devastating’, whilst Serie A expert and sports writer Nicky Bandini branded the Ivorian ‘extraordinary’ live on ESPN.

An all-round midfielder, the African has also been thriving in the forward areas, racking up 13 goals and four assists in 36 Serie A starts last season (WhoScored).

This year, Kessie has averaged an impressive domestic passing accuracy of 91.6%, more than any Spurs player has managed in the Premier League, perhaps highlighting he would add real quality in the centre of the park.

In other news: Conte blown away by another Spurs player in coach’s dream who smashes training, says Alasdair Gold…find out more here.

The England women’s selectors have stuck with the tried, tested and successful to name an unchanged squad for Australia’s forthcoming tour.England, who lifted the ICC World Twenty20 trophy yesterday – adding to their World Cup victory in March – are riding high and now take on their old rivals Australia. The series gets underway with a Twenty20 at Derby on June 5, followed by five one-day internationals before the tour concludes with the four-day Women’s Ashes Test, at New Road, on July 10.”In winning the ICC Women’s World Cup and the ICC World Twenty20 in the space of three months, this England team have shown that they are a world-class side, so the squad to face Australia in June and July is unsurprisingly largely unchanged,” said Clare Connor, the ECB head of women’s cricket. “Anya Shrubsole continues to undergo rehab for her back injury so Danielle Hazell retains her place in the squad.”Confident though England undoubtedly are, Australia always present a tough challenge. Only a sensational innings from Claire Taylor, one of Wisden’s five Cricketers of the Year, helped England defeat Australia in a thrilling run-chase to reach the final of the ICC World Twenty20″The experience of winning a World Cup and the inaugural World Twenty20 has been sensational. What would top it off would be retaining the coveted Ashes,” said Mark Lane, the England coach. “Australia [have] always been a fierce rival and this was proved in the recent semi-final of the Twenty20 where the two teams fought tooth and nail in a high-scoring, entertaining game of cricket. We are expecting an intense summer of cricket.”England women’s squad
Charlotte Edwards (capt), Caroline Atkins, Katherine Brunt, Holly Colvin, Lydia Greenway, Isa Guha, Jenny Gunn, Danielle Hazell, Laura Marsh, Beth Morgan, Ebony Rainford-Brent, Nicola Shaw, Claire Taylor, Sarah Taylor

If Thursday night was a trial, then mooted West Ham target Paul Onachu would have hardly passed with flying colours.

In fact, his performance may be enough to put new Irons head of recruitment Rob Newman completely off making a move as the 27-year-old struggled against the east London outfit in the Europa League.

The Hammers dominated Belgian outfit Genk and came out on top with a 3-0 victory at the London Stadium to maintain their 100% record in the competition.

According to the Daily Mail, West Ham are among many clubs interested in a move for the Nigeria international, who is thought to be valued at around £20m.

There is said to be competition from Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton, whilst Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid have also been linked by the report.

Well, luckily for David Moyes and co, they got to witness his credentials firsthand, and on that basis alone, he could struggle to have much of an impact in England as the Irons absolutely silenced him with their two backup central defenders.

Onuachu may have bagged 11 goals in 15 appearances beforehand, providing a total of 56 goals in only 85 games for the Jupiler Pro League outfit, but there is a vast difference in the quality of opposition.

The £19.8m-rated forward, who was once dubbed a “goal king” by former Wimbledon star John Fashanu, looked rather poor against the Irons.

Both Issa Diop and Craig Dawson dealt with his 6 foot 7 stature and usually impressive aerial ability (he has won 3.6 aerial duels per league game this term) with aplomb.

Onuachu was hooked after 73 minutes, having failed to make any sort of impact. As per SofaScore, his two attempts on goal were fired off target, with one of those a particularly weak effort with what was a golden chance for the visitors, whilst the towering striker also won only 50% of his battles in the air and managed just one successful dribble from three attempts.

It’s no secret that Moyes needs another frontline addition to help provide backup to Michail Antonio, who was not even in the squad on Thursday night, but on that midweek showing, the answer may not be the Genk talisman.

Newman must steer West Ham clear of the 27-year-old or else risk making a major transfer blunder.

AND in other news, Moyes handed fresh injury blow to key West Ham star ahead of Spurs…

Nigel Jemson, the former Nottingham Forest striker, has questioned whether John Terry would be ready to take over at the club if he was approached.

Forest are attempting to find a replacement for Chris Hughton after the club made the decision to sack the manager in midweek after their 2-0 defeat to Middlesbrough.

That result meant that, under Hughton’s management, Forest did not win a game this season, drawing against Derby County and losing the other six fixtures in the Championship.

Terry is on the lookout for his first managerial job after leaving his role as Aston Villa assistant, and he has been linked with a potential move to the City Ground.

The former Chelsea captain spent a total of three years as the assistant to Dean Smith and Jemson believes that the job may be too big a task for him to take on as his first out-and-out role in management.

He said: “People talk about John Terry. Is it too big a challenge for his first job? He’s got to start somewhere, obviously.

“I know he’s distanced himself from it when Chris was in charge but now Chris has gone, whether that would be an attractive offer for John is the question.”

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England came within one wicket of winning the two-match series against New Zealand A but faced formidable resistance from Iain Robertson, who scored an unbeaten century, and had to settle for a draw on the final day at the Bert Sutcliffe Oval. Chasing an improbable target of 457, New Zealand began the day with nine wickets in hand an ended it on 393 for 9.The irony was that Robertson wasn’t even supposed to bat. He was New Zealand A’s 12th man but, because Ewen Thompson – who was called up to the national squad for the Hamilton ODI against India – was unavailable, the teams agreed to let Robertson, a specialist batsman, take the place of a bowling allrounder. Robertson replaced Thompson on the third day and grabbed his chance, remaining unbeaten on 107 off 148 balls when the match ended.The England Lions’ attack put in a creditable performance to reduce New Zealand to such a position because the pitch was easing out and a heavy wind hindered the bowlers in their run-ups.New Zealand made a steady start to the day, moving from 72 for 1 to 107, before Liam Plunkett trapped Aaron Redmond lbw. Plunkett struck again four overs later, dismissing Daniel Flynn for 45. Peter Fulton and Kane Williamson added 87 runs for the fourth wicket but the host’s recovery was dented by Sajid Mahmood, who struck twice in quick succession. New Zealand also lost Peter Fulton before Robertson was joined by Reece Young for a 147-run stand.However, England finally broke that stand and Mahmood and Jonathan Trott removed Nos. 9 and 10 quickly, leaving Robertson and Chris Martin, who is notorious for his ineptness with the bat, to negotiate 20 deliveries. Martin faced eight of those to secure a draw for his team.

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O Santos está perto de anunciar a venda do volante Thiago Maia para o Lille, da França, por 14 milhões de euros (R$ 51 milhões). Antes mesmo de perder seu titular, o Peixe busca uma reposição rápida e pode dar um chapéu no rival São Paulo.

O Peixe abriu negociação com Matheus Jesus, de 20 anos, que pertence ao Estoril, de Portugal, e foi revelado na Ponte Preta. O garoto já está no Brasil e estava muito perto de ser apresentado no São Paulo. Inclusive, a negociação havia sido tocada individualmente pelo presidente tricolor, Carlos Augusto Barros e Silva, o Leco.

Assim como na negociação do São Paulo, o Alvinegro busca ter Matheus Jesus por empréstimo até o fim de 2018, com valor de compra fixado. O Tricolor já está ciente do interesse do Peixe e há quem trate no clube a negociação como perdida para o rival da Baixada Santista.

A movimentação pode causar ruptura na relação sempre amistosa de Leco com Modesto Roma Júnior, presidente do Santos. O mandatário são-paulino é entusiasta de Matheus Jesus e fez questão de lidar com sua negociação pessoalmente, inclusive buscando detalhes de seu perfil. Nesta semana, dizia a conselheiros que a contratação do volante estava certa, indicando que faltavam só detalhes burocráticos – o estafe do jogador passava a mesma informação.

Matheus Jesus surgiu na base do Flamengo e foi repassado antes mesmo de ser profissional à Ponte Preta, por problemas disciplinares. Foi promovido ao time principal da Macaca em 2016, com 18 anos, e logo ganhou espaço, mas acabou novamente afastado por casos de indisciplina nos primeiros meses de 2017.

​No primeiro semestre deste ano, a Ponte Preta acordou com o Estoril, de Portugal, a negociação do jogador, que acabou validada oficialmente nesta semana. Matheus gostaria de continuar no futebol brasileiro e informou isso aos portugueses, que fizeram valer o que foi combinado e acertaram contrato de cinco temporadas, mas aceitaram cedê-lo porque não queriam no elenco um atleta indisposto a ficar.

No São Paulo, Matheus Jesus é um desejo de Leco para dar mais opções no meio-campo depois da saída de Thiago Mendes, vendido ao Lille, da França. Petros, ex-Betis, da Espanha, já chegou e está atuando ao lado de Jucilei, mas o presidente sempre fez questão de ter no elenco um jogador de sua indicação, como é o caso do ex-volante da Ponte Preta.

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Malaysia sealed their spot in the semi-finals, along with Group B leaders Nepal, after beating China by ten wickets at the Chiang Mai Gymkhana. However, it was not the most convincing win as the Malaysian openers took nearly ten overs to overhaul China’s 21. Alessandra Shunmugam was Malaysia’s most successful bowler with 4 for 6.Hong Kong needed just 16 balls to beat an out-of-depth Oman, who are yet to win a game in the tournament. Charlotte Chan, Hong Kong’s 15-year old left-arm spinner, took 4 for 3, as Oman were bowled out for 25 at the Chiang Mai Gymkhana. Five batsmen were dismissed for ducks and no one scored over two runs in an innings that included 16 extras. Hong Kong captain Keenu Gill hit three fours in her 14-ball 20 to wrap up a nine-wicket win. Hong Kong are now likely to proceed to the semi-finals along with Thailand from Group A as they have a higher net run-rate than Qatar, who they are tied with at four points from three games each. However, they could lose out on the semi-final berth if Qatar beat them comprehensively on Friday.Kuwait‘s bowlers squandered the advantage handed to them by Siobhan Gomez’s attacking half-century and allowed Singapore to win by five wickets by conceding 40 extras in a chase of 115 at the Prem Oval. After single-handedly batting Kuwait to a winning position with her unbeaten 68-ball 60, Gomez chipped in with three middle-order wickets. But Vigineswari Pasupathy rescued her side with an unbeaten 51, aided along the way mostly by bowlers Elavarasi Rajasekar (12 extras), Alina D’Silva (11 extras) and Anisha D’Silva (9 extras). The only consolation for Gomez, who bowled six wides in her five overs, was being named Player of the Match.

Cricket last brought Trafalgar Square to a standstill in September 2005, and on a cold day in December it nearly happened again. The circumstances, however, were entirely different

Cricinfo staff06-Dec-2008
The “freeze mob” in Trafalgar Square, on a suitably chilly winter’s afternoon © Cricinfo Ltd
Cricket last brought Trafalgar Square to a standstill in September 2005, and on a cold day in December it nearly happened again. The circumstances, however, were entirely different.The Everest Test is the ambitious fund-raiser involving 30 people and players from Britain. Their aim? To stage the highest Twenty20 match – indeed, the highest field-sport match – on the slopes of Mount Everest. The expedition itself consists of 51 people which includes two squads of 15, two umpires and a support crew of cameramen, photographers, medics, lawyers and environmental experts.To raise their profile and attract sponsors the team descended on London this afternoon, where they held several “freeze mobs” – an offshoot of another cult, “flash mobbing”. The group re-enacted a team’s appeal, holding the pose and freezing for three minutes, leaving spectators bemused and curious. And a little impressed, too.”We wanted to raise the profile of what we’re doing and I think we’ve done that,” the organiser, Richard Kirtley, told Cricinfo. “The look on some people’s faces was absolutely priceless.”The teams are named after the first two men to conquer Everest, Hillary and Tenzing, and Hillary captain Glen Lowis also took part in the mob.”This whole thing keeps getting better and better. It’s been rolling for about eight months now and everyone is pulling together in the way we hoped they would,” Lowis said. “There’s no doubt this is a huge undertaking and we want to make it as big as it can possibly be. Days like this are great fun, but there is an enormous amount of hard work going on behind the scenes as well.”After the freezes the whole squad headed to Lord’s to have an official meeting regarding progress and official partners. As for publicity stunts, co-organiser Gareth Wesley hinted that they are unlikely to stop here and will carry on after they return to raise as much money for the Himalayan Trust as possible.A potential rematch to be played at The Oval either during a lunch break of the final Ashes Test next year, or the ODI, is one such event on the cards.