Among the other injury concerns that Bangladesh have, Tamim Iqbal, who missed the warm-up against India, is expected to be fit for the South Africa match
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Mashrafe Mortaza delivers a ball in his opening spell•AFP
Despite picking up a hamstring strain during the practice match against India in Cardiff on Tuesday, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza is expected to play his side’s World Cup opener against South Africa on Sunday, although it is not clear whether he will be fully fit.Mashrafe said he had been trying to bowl an extended spell against Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli, when he ended up getting injured. He finished with economical figures of 0 for 23 in six overs.”A lot of times in such cases, I face trouble bowling the first one or two overs. Once I get through that, I don’t face any more problems. I also wasn’t facing any problems today [on Tuesday],” Mashrafe told the Dhaka based . “But I pulled a hamstring during the sixth over. I could have stopped after four or five overs but Rohit and Kohli were looking to score runs quickly during that period. I felt that I needed to practice bowling in such a situation.”Mashrafe was seen in the dressing room for most of the India innings with his deputy Shakib Al Hasan captaining the side in his absence. Mashrafe also did not come out to bat as Bangladesh fell 95 runs short of India’s 359 for 7. After the game Mashrafe admitted Bangladesh had a few injury concerns in the squad. Shakib has recently recovered from a side strain, while Mustafizur Rahman is nursing a calf injury.Tamim Iqbal, too, didn’t play against India due to a minor thigh strain he suffered in training couple of days ago. He is also expected to be fit for the South Africa game.
Aston Villa are yet to make any official signings this month, but they were busy in last season's January transfer window as Unai Emery got his first real chance to shape the squad through recruitment after arriving the previous autumn.
Villa paid £13.3m to sign Real Betis defender Alex Moreno, and splashed out another £18m on Chicago Fire forward Jhon Duran. 12 months on, the latter is attracting interest from elsewhere in the Premier League – Chelsea have held internal discussions over whether to make a move, and West Ham have lodged a formal approach – but Emery has made his feelings on the attacker quite clear.
Emery says no to Duran approach
According to talkSPORT, Aston Villa have rejected West Ham's approach for Duran. The Hammers identified the Colombian as a potential target to bolster their frontline, but he now seems to be "off the cards".
Emery specifically wants to keep Duran as a back-up to Ollie Watkins in the striker position for the remainder of the season at least, and so he's effectively blocked the transfer.
Duran "dispute" shouldn't hinder "huge potential"
Duran has appeared in 23 games this season, which sounds like a healthy number on the surface, but his minutes played total (659) offers a clearer reflection of his role in the squad. With more than half the campaign gone, Duran has yet to start a Premier League match, instead appearing 14 times as a substitute.
Emery has given him opportunities elsewhere, including him in the line-up four times in the Europa Conference League group stage and twice in the domestic cups, but he will still surely want more. Indeed, reports in his homeland claimed that he found himself in "dispute" with the club and manager over a lack of opportunities. You wondered if those strained relationships behind the scenes would lead to an exit.
But Duran's absence from the starting XI is probably more a reflection of Watkins' heroics, rather than anything he's done wrong per se. The Englishman has been directly involved in 17 league goals this season, ranking him third in the division. At 20 years old, Duran is much further back in his development, but we still shouldn't lose sight of his "huge potential" in the words of journalist Pete O'Rourke. After all, this is a player who's been chasing records for a number of years.
He made his professional debut with Colombian club Envigado at the age of just 15, and would become the second-youngest goalscorer in the history of Liga Dimayor. That led Chicago to make him the youngest foreign signing MLS has ever seen, and he repaid their faith by notching 14 direct goal contributions in 28 appearances.
At the international level, Duran became the fifth-youngest player to appear for the Colombian senior side this century when he made his debut in the autumn of 2022, and he's since racked up eight caps. On that basis, then, despite the difficulties this season, you can see why Emery wants to persist with this slightly rough diamond.
كشف مصدر خاص بـ الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم، النقاب عن تطورات جديدة في منافسات تصفيات كأس أمم إفريقيا للشباب مواليد 2005.
وعلم بطولات أن اتحاد شمال إفريقيا أبلغ اتحاد الكرة، بتأجيل التصفيات المؤهلة لكأس أمم أفريقيا للشباب، حتى شهر نوفمبر، بعد أن كان مقررًا لها في أكتوبر المقبل.
ومن المنتظر أن تحتضن ملاعب تونس، منافسات تصفيات شمال إفريقيا المؤهلة إلى كأس الأمم المقبلة.
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وأوضح المصدر لبطولات أن سبب تأجيل التصفيات، هو أن كاف لم يستقر على الدولة المضيفة لأمم أفريقيا للشباب والمقرر لها في فبراير المقبل.
الجدير بالذكر، أن دول مصر وتونس والمغرب قد طالبوا بتنظيم البطولة ولم يحدد الكاف الدولة المضيفة حتى الوقت الراهن.
وكان الجهاز الفني لـ منتخب مصر للشباب مواليد 2005 بقيادة وائل رياض قد حرص على حضور مباراة الأهلي وإنبي في افتتاح دوري الجمهورية مساء اليوم.
وتواجد في المباراة كل من وائل رياض ، وعلاء عبده المدرب العام وأحمد رؤوف مدرب المنتخب ، وأيمن طاهر مدرب الحراس ود. قاسم قدري مخطط الأحمال وعادل محفوظ المدير الإداري للمنتخب .
Nesta terça-feira, o Avaí confirmou a chegada do terceiro reforço para a temporada. Trata-se do volante Marcos Serrato, que estava no Sport.
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Contratado pelo time da Ilha do Retiro em setembro do ano passado, Marcos Serrato disputou apenas cinco jogos.
João Lucas já foi avisado para desfazer as malas, pois vai permanecer no Flamengo e não será mais emprestado ao Cuiabá. E detalhe: terá o seuvínculo estendido com o clube até o fim de 2022 – o atual expira em dezembro deste ano. A informação inicial é do site “ge”.
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Enquanto o acerto com o Cuiabá por empréstimo estava encaminhado, o Flamengo já tinha nos planos renovar com João Lucas até o fim do ano que vem, sendo que o clube do Mato Grosso pagaria os salários, integralmente, e teria uma opção de compra fixada em R$ 5 milhões.
A permanência de João Lucas está diretamente atrelada a não contratação de Rafinha, em outra negociação que indicava iminência de acerto – o clube justificou a desistência baseada no orçamento, o que Rafinha discordou publicamente, aliás.
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João Lucas, de 23 anos, está no Flamengo desde 2019. Ao todo, soma 18 jogos pelo clube, sendo o último nesta quarta-feira, na vitória sobre o Botafogo, pelo Carioca. O lateral estreou na temporada ao entrar aosos 41 minutos do segundo tempo, no lugar de Matheuzinho. Ambos seguirão a disputa por vaga com Isla – o titular – na lateral direita.
As the old saying goes, 'When it rains, it pours,' and it sure is pouring for Crystal Palace this season.
The Selhurst Park faithful have been put through the wringer of late, with a loss to Everton in the FA Cup, Premier League humblings from Arsenal and sworn rivals Brighton & Hove Albion, and now an injury crisis that sees the likes of Eberechi Eze, Michael Olise and Marc Guehi set to spend a significant amount of time on the sidelines.
With so many things going wrong at once, it's not hard to understand why fans have been making their displeasure at the board and Steve Parish known in recent games, and while it isn't all his fault, Roy Hodgson's lack of results and tedious football has made his position at the club untenable.
Roy Hodgson's side host Wolves on Sunday
So, with news that he's not long for the hot seat, who's set to replace him?
The Eagles search for a new gaffer
The fan protests seem to be working in south London, as a report from The Guardian has revealed that Parish 'strongly contemplated sacking Hodgson' in the aftermath of the club's embarrassing 4-1 defeat away to Brighton over the weekend.
However, the report has also revealed that finding a suitable replacement willing to take over before the end of the season is proving to be complicated.
One of the names on the list is former Nottingham Forest boss Steve Cooper, a man who helped guide the Tricky Trees to topflight status, was once tipped for the England job, but was ultimately let go when his team hit a bad vein of form.
So, would the 44-year-old be a good choice to succeed Hodgson?
How does Cooper compare to Hodgson?
Now, while Cooper might not necessarily be the most glamorous of managerial hires, and the way it ended at Forest will inevitably be held against him, his body of work is impressive, and there isn't an apparent reason why he would fail at Selhurst Park.
His journey in coaching started at Liverpool, where he worked his way up to become manager of the U18s for the 2012/13 season before landing the job of England's U16 manager for a year between October 2014 and June 2015. At that point, he became the manager of the U17's for three years and took the team to World Cup glory in 2017.
Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper.
A triumph as impressive as this understandably turned heads in the Football League, and two years later, he took over Swansea City before finally landing his most recent job in charge of The Garibaldi in September 2021.
So, with a career path like that, data analyst Ben Mattinson's claim that he would be "the next England manager" makes a lot of sense.
However, for all his impressive experience, he can't compete with the decades that Hodgson can call on, including spells as the Inter Milan boss and England manager.
That said, in terms of their most recent jobs, the junior coach comes out ahead, as in his 107 games with Forest, he won 42 games, drew 27, lost just 38 and collected 1.43 points per match.
Steve Cooper vs Roy Hodgson
Manager
Cooper
Hodgson
Games
107
37
Wins
42
12
Draws
27
10
Losses
38
15
Points per Match
1.43
1.24
All Stats via Sofascore
In comparison, Hodgson has taken charge of 37 games since returning to Palace last year, won just 12 of them, drawn ten, lost 15 and collected just 1.24 points per match.
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Ultimately, though it may be harsh on a man who clearly cares about the future of Crystal Palace, it would be a smart idea from Parish and Co to give Cooper the job, as he has an impressive track record both with junior and senior sides.
Nottinghamshire batsman apologised to county team-mates after 21-day recreational drugs ban
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Alex Hales misses out on a final at Lord’s’after Nottinghamshire’s defeat•Philip Brown
Alex Hales has said he wants to put the “mistakes of the past” behind him, and issued an apology to his Nottinghamshire team-mates following his 21-day ban for recreational drug use.Hales was deselected from England’s World Cup squad as a result of the ban, with captain Eoin Morgan citing a “complete breakdown of trust” for his omission from the final 15-man squad.But speaking as part of Nottinghamshire’s video preview for their upcoming T20 campaign, Hales revealed that he had apologised to his county team-mates and admitted that he had let them down.”As soon as I walked back into the changing room, around the guys, I couldn’t have asked for more,” he said. “Everyone has been unbelievable. I just wanted to apologise to them, for everything that happened.”I got the point across that I had not just let myself down, I’d let down family, friends, team-mates – so I had to get that off my chest, I had to tell the guys how I was feeling.”I wanted to let them know I was 100 percent focused on the cricket now, [that] I wanted to move forward and put those mistakes of the past behind me.”Nottinghamshire have stuck by Hales publicly throughout the incident.After the news broke, the club issued a statement which said it was “in the best interests of all concerned for him to get back to playing cricket for Nottinghamshire as quickly as possible”, despite his actions falling “way short of the behaviours the club expects from any of its staff”.At the Caribbean Premier League draft in May, Hales twice declined to comment when asked about his deselection, and his only public comment had been via a statement from his management company which said that he was “devastated”.But Hales did admit he had his sights set on an England recall in time for the T20 World Cup in Australia in 2020, and has retained his central contract which runs until the end of the summer.”It’s how it has to be, to be honest,” he said. “I can’t change what’s happened – all I can affect is what’s going to happen. I’m just trying to look at it in as much of a positive way as I can, just have to crack on and try to make the most of hopefully a few more years in my career.”They [Notts] asked me if I was ready to play, and I just couldn’t wait to get back out there to be honest, that’s all I want to do, is play cricket.”Hales was picked for Nottinghamshire’s final group game and their semi-final defeat in the Royal London Cup, scoring 36 and 54, and will open the batting in their Vitality Blast campaign which starts next Thursday.Nottinghamshire’s progress in that competition – and they are favourites with the bookies to regain the crown they won in 2017 – will determine Hales’ participation in the CPL, where Barbados Tridents chose him with the first pick of the draft.Following that, he has expressed interest in playing in the Big Bash, and has a year to run on his contract with Rangpur Riders in the Bangladesh Premier League, though will hope to be involved in some of England’s white-ball internationals this winter (3 ODIs and 3 T20Is in South Africa, and 5 T20Is in New Zealand).
كشف مصدر بـ الجهاز الفني لـ الزمالك، موقف جوزيه جوميز المدير الفني من مشاركة محمد شحاتة لاعب فريق الكرة في مباراة الأهلي المقبلة بالسوبر الإفريقي.
ويلتقي الأهلي والزمالك مساء الجمعة المقبلة 27 سبتمبر الجاري، على أرضية ملعب المملكة أرينا، للمرة الثانية في تاريخهما ببطولة السوبر الإفريقي.
وعلم بطولات، أن محمد شحاتة عاد لحسابات جوميز للمشاركة في وسط الملعب في مباراة السوبر الإفريقي بعدما شارك في مباراتي الشرطة الكيني كظهير أيمن.
وجاء قرار الجهاز الفني بعد الاستقرار على عودة عمر جابر لمركز الظهير الأيمن أمام الأهلي.
معلقين مباراة الأهلي والزمالك في كأس السوبر الإفريقي
الجدير بالذكر، أن المباراتين الماضيتين للزمالك أمام الشرطة الكيني، في ذهاب وإياب دور الـ32 ببطولة الكونفدرالية، قد شهدت مشاركة محمد شحاتة في مركز الظهير الأيمن.
In the many recriminations and deliberations that followed the Newlands scandal, there was little doubt that Bancroft had the hardest road back to regaining a place in the Australian team
Seventeen months ago, Cameron Bancroft sat in a room at the WACA Ground, flanked by the state’s chief executive Christina Matthews, and conveyed his greatest disappointment about the Newlands ball tampering scandal in which he had been a pivotal figure.”Through the last few days, sitting in my own company, the thing that breaks my heart the most is that I have given up my spot in the team for somebody else for free,” he said. “People know that I’ve worked so hard to be able to get to this stage in my career, and to know that I have just given somebody an opportunity for free is devastating for me.”In the many recriminations and deliberations that followed the scandal, there was little doubt that Bancroft had the hardest road back to regaining a place in the Australian team. For while Steven Smith and David Warner were acknowledged as world class talents, Bancroft was a batsman still making his way, struggling as much as thriving in his first eight matches against England and South Africa. Countless others had the chance to bar Bancroft from returning through their own performance.Yet Bancroft never lost sight of his goal – keeping his baggy green cap in full view at home in Perth, then carrying it with him to a county stint with Durham. Through runs there, and then by wearing numerous blows to the body in making the unbeaten 93 on a fiendish Southampton pitch, Bancroft convinced the selectors he was worthy of a return, foiling the likes of Joe Burns, Kurtis Patterson, Peter Handscomb and Will Pucovski in the process. He’s got his spot back, and has no intention of giving it away “for free” again.”It’s good motivation isn’t it, to look at it and go ‘yeah i’m playing cricket but there’s something bigger I eventually want to be able to get back to’,” Bancroft said of his cap. “I guess it was good motivation to keep working hard, keep training. yeah. whenever that happened, it was out of my control. it was just a bit of inspiration and motivation to keep my goals and keep focused.”At home it’s got its little spot that it sits in outside my bedroom. yeah I kept it there . It’s something you’re obviously very proud of it. it’s a very prestigious item to have and you take good care of it because it means something to you. So that’s kind of how I dealt with that and being able to see that is obviously really good to focus your goals and where you want to be going.”Definitely times when I was challenged a lot. but like anything, you go through those moments the best you can. You learn a bit about what you need to do to keep moving forward, and just take it day by day really. If you ask me 18 months ago if I’d be sitting here, it was probably the last thing from my mind.”Ask Bancroft about Australian cricket culture since Newlands, and the response is instructive. He focuses not on fitting in around others, but on doing the right things in his own mind. Through the tribulations of the past year or so, including the loss of his contract with Durham for 2018, reinstated this year, Bancroft also learned to be somewhat less obsessive about the game. “One of the big lessons that I learnt last year was about being true to yourself,” Bancroft said.Steven Smith and Cameron Bancroft could end up in the same Australia XI once more•Getty Images
“There is no doubt that I wasn’t as true to myself as I could have been at times. You learn from those mistakes that you make and you try and be better moving forward. At the end of the day, what you do and your actions is completely up to you. I made a mistake and I’ll learn from it and move forward and get better.”I think being serious about cricket is important but I think it’s also about being able to realise the game is just a game of cricket. There’s certainly other parts of your life that you can value, that are important too. I definitely connected with more of that last year and certainly opened up new avenues that I hadn’t done before. They’ve brought a lot of enjoyment and happiness to my life, so for that it was a good experience and i’d like to think it’s helped me enjoy cricket in a different way.”Those avenues included meditation and yoga, accompanied by running plenty of kilometres (about 35 a week) to maintain the fitness and strength that helped make Bancroft one of the most durable batsmen in the Australian system. All these things helped build resilience, not only to the ball hurled down at him, but the volleys of abuse he faced with Durham that will doubtless be multiplied during the heat of an Ashes series in England.”Sure, there were times when people booed or what not, or ask you to sign pieces of sandpaper, stuff like that. But it doesn’t faze me. I just get on with it,” Bancroft said.”It doesn’t bother me too much. It is what it is. People will react how they want to react. Hopefully I can use it if people want to be like that, to give you energy to perform well. I can’t control that. I guess the journey that I’ve been through over the last 18 months, you get exposed to things like that. I’ll just deal with it and keep moving forward.”I think how people want to feel about that and react, I guess, is really how they want to deal with that. For me it’s just about playing good cricket. That’s kind of where I’m at right now. That’s definitely the thing that I can change and impact on moving forward, so that’s certainly where my focus will be right now.”Dealing with a moving ball was something central to Bancroft’s desire to return to Durham, and the lessons of the stint were writ large across his Southampton innings. Playing the ball late, judging the whereabouts of his off stump, leaning gently, head over the ball, into his drives, Bancroft combined physical toughness with the light touch required to avoid edges, pads and stumps being exposed to quality bowlers.Cameron Bancroft plays through the off side•Getty Images/NurPhoto
“I’ve worked on a lot of parts to my game, where my bat comes down, my back-foot play, how I move my feet, everything,” Bancroft said. “You’re just fine-tuning all those details to be a better cricketer. I’ve had a lot of time to be off the park and in the nets to do that and I guess each time you play is an opportunity to make that a part of your batting. That learning process is never ending and I’ll keep working hard.”Certainly up in Durham, dealing with sideways movement is part of batting up there. You don’t always feel like you’re 100% on top of the bowling or the game but you just do the best you can while feeling a little bit uncomfortable out there, not feeling in complete control. I think they were the conditions in Southampton and it was nice to be able to do that and I’m sure I learned a lot at Durham. There were times out there when i felt like ‘I’ve seen this before, this is like batting at the Riverside a little bit. That’s learning i guess.”I’d certainly much rather get hit than get out at times, so yeah. It was just – there’s certainly a bit of luck involved. No doubt about it on a pitch like that – and I had my fair share of luck, no doubt about it. You just stick to a game plan you think’s going to be successful out there and as much as the ball was going up and down – frighteningly at times – the ball just nipping back and being able to attack your stumps, for me was far more dangerous than worrying about the ball was that bouncing a bit. But they’re potentially conditions we could face at some point in the series and I guess you learn from the past and that helps you in the future.”As for his reunion with Smith and Warner, Bancroft agreed that all had taken paths that were lonely at times, on their way back to the national team, its pressures and rewards. “For all three of us, really, our journeys were all different,” Bancroft said.”We all fought battles that were very personal and very different. But I think understanding each other and what each other was going through was certainly something that happened. It’s nice to be back in the side, it’s nice to see Dave, it’s nice to see all the boys, not just him. I guess as you connect closer together as a team, you build that good culture the Australian cricket team has been looking to improve.”
Aston Villa suffered consecutive defeats for the first time this season at the weekend.
Manchester United became the second team to win at Villa Park, but what will concern Unai Emery the most is his lack of depth in midfield.
Boubacar Kamara’s injury has enhanced those worries, but let’s take a look at who could step in for the French ace.
Boubacar Kamara’s season so far
The 24-year-old has developed a fantastic partnership alongside Douglas Luiz this season, operating in a double pivot 20 times in the Premier League this season.
Kamara is the defensive anchor in the side who provides cover for the backline, while also allowing the Brazilian to wander further forward during matches.
The fact that Kamara has zero league goals – and only one assist – but the most tackles in the squad, (2.1), proves that he prioritises his defensive duties heavily, under the instruction of the former Arsenal boss.
However, on Sunday, the former Marseille gem was substituted just after the hour mark after picking up a knock to his knee, which prevented him from continuing. Prior to that, Kamara was helping his side get back into the game while controlling the play, as highlighted by his 94% pass accuracy.
Yesterday, the dreaded update on the number 44 was announced, with the midfielder set to miss the rest of the season after rupturing his ACL.
Tim Iroegbunam could be called upon
With Leander Dendoncker leaving the club for Napoli last month, the defensive midfield role was already slightly light prior to Kamara’s huge blow.
This means that the Spaniard will have two solutions to fix the problem. Either Emery slots Youri Tielemans alongside Luiz, or he puts his trust in Tim Iroegbunam, who is much more of a like-for-like swap.
That said, it may be time for the Belgian to move over, and make way for the talented Villa academy youngster, who deserves a chance to shine in the Premier League.
Aston Villa midfielder Youri Tielemans.
Last season, the 20-year-old enjoyed a successful loan spell at QPR, where he helped the side avoid relegation, playing 32 games in the process. According to journalist Antonio Mango, he was extremely “impressive” during his time in the Championship.
Iroegbunam's QPR Stats
Stats
Iroegbunam
League Percentile
Tackles
2.57
Top 15%
Tackles won
1.74
Top 10%
Tackles (Def third)
1.23
Top 16%
Passes blocked
1.54
Top 6%
Blocks
1.82
Top 9%
Stats via FBref
As you can see, Iroegbunam is similar to Kamara in terms of his attributes, which lend themselves to a more defensive role, and he is currently the only available option in the squad who has that skill set.
The former Hoops ace is a tenacious tackler who can prevent the opponent from counterattacking due to his ability to cover ground and stop dribbling opponents, which is important given Emery’s intense philosophy. Iroegbunam is also proactive while putting his body on the line to block passes and shots.
The above gives him the defensive edge over Tielemans, who ranks in the bottom 58% and top 43% for tackles won and dribblers tackled in the Premier League, as per FBref.
Tim Iroegbunam in action for QPR.
Overall, this weekend's game against Fulham could be the perfect opportunity to field Iroegbunam over Tielemans, due to the physicality of Marco Silva's side.