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England’s home Ashes Tests are expected to be recommended for a return to a revised list of major sporting events that should be shown on free-to-air TV

Andrew Miller and Andrew McGlashan12-Nov-2009

The ECB has described as “hugely detrimental” the decision to return England’s home Ashes Tests to a revised list of major sporting events that should be shown on free-to-air TV. The findings of the review panel, headed by David Davies, the former chairman of the FA, were unveiled on Friday, but there will still be a huge number of hurdles to cross to get the Ashes back on terrestrial television.”Sporting events with a special national resonance should continue to be protected for the widest-possible audience,” said a statement issued by the panel. “There is still a place for a listed events regime, but its long-term future in a changing media landscape is by no means certain.”Test matches in England were de-listed in 1998 which meant that pay-TV operators could bid for the rights. Initially BSkyB gained one home Test per season with Channel 4 showing the rest, which ensured international cricket was still available on a free-to-air platform, but since 2005 all England matches have been shown live on BSkyB with just highlights available on Five.When England regained the Ashes, at The Oval, in August the viewing figures peaked at around two million compared to the seven million who tuned in when Channel 4 had the rights for the 2005 series.”On that night in August when England won the Ashes, the BBC One national news was led by cricket, the ITV news was led by cricket, Sky News throughout the day was led by cricket,” Davies told the BBC. “Throughout that summer for five Test matches, cricket figured prominently on the national news in this country every day.”My only question is if that was not an event of national resonance, what was it? I was also uneasy about the fact that millions of children were unable to see it live. We are asking cricket that once every four years – and not until 2016, in six years’ time – that 25 days of cricket are free-to-air in one summer.”The ECB’s current deal with BSkyB and Five, which is worth a combined £300 million, runs until 2013 and includes the next home Ashes series. Under the recommendations the first series that could possibly be back on terrestrial TV would be the 2016 contest.Newspaper reports are suggesting that the Government’s move to shift the Ashes back to free-to-air is an attempt to gain revenge on Rupert Murdoch, the owner of BSkyB, after the Murdoch-owned backed the Conservatives for the next general election.An ECB insider told Cricinfo that the fears were genuine, and with the report coming out so close to an election, there was a fear that they were being used as “the piggy in the middle”While the move from terrestrial to pay-TV has hit viewing figures, the money pumped into the game at grassroots level has helped develop the game.The ECB are already braced for a battle to ensure that this proposal never sees the light of day.Privately, they are furious that the committee did not commission an independent report into the economic impact of the decision, after estimating that some £30 million per year could be slashed from their budget, which amounts to more than a third of their annual turnover. They will be lobbying the government on that very point during the 12-week consultation process that will follow the announcement.”The last time the Ashes were on terrestrial TV it was a tremendous series in 2005, but it still went off air on terrestrial for a horse race,” David Collier, the ECB chief executive, told Cricinfo. “You just can’t do that and retain any credibility. Why does the report believe that the competitor broadcasters will bid competitive rates for the 2016 series, when they had the opportunity in the last two rounds of bidding [in 2004 and 2008], and they failed to put in a bid?””The objective evidence is overwhelming. The overwhelming evidence says this is a nonsense and that is what we’ll be presenting to the secretary of state. It would be disastrous if this implementation went through, as it would cut cricket’s income by 50%. We’ve been very clear from the outset that they must take account of economic evidence, and that has not changed one iota.””Both Secretary of State Ben Bradshaw and Minister of Sport Gerry Sutcliffe are big supporters of our grassroots programmes and the recent success our investment in women’s cricket has had on the international stage,” read an official ECB statement. “In the coming weeks we will set out to them the hugely detrimental impact the panel’s recommendations would have on our successful community projects.

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O Botafogo segue em preparação para o jogo contra o Corinthians, na segunda-feira e, neste sábado, fez um treino fechado, como é praxe em dias de atividades táticas. O que pôde ser observado foi que o meia Valencia evoluiu das dores no pé direito e trabalhou já de chuteiras. Praticamente liberado para os trabalhos, a participação no próximo jogo vai depender da condição que ele apresentar no treino deste domingo.

Contudo, mesmo se estiver à disposição, Valencia deverá ser reserva contra o líder do Campeonato Brasileiro, como já vem sendo. A mudança que pode ocorrer é a entrada de Marcos Vinícius, também meia, na vaga do volante Matheus Fernandes. Eles alternaram a titularidade nos últimos jogos e o ex-Cruzeiro fez o gol do empate na última quarta-feira.

O Glorioso vem numa sequência de quatro pontos conquistados dos últimos 12 disputados e cerca de dez membros de torcidas organizadas protestaram no desembarque da equipe, na última quinta-feira. Mesmo assim, a equipe é vice-líder do returno do Brasileirão (pode ser ultrapassada pelo Vasco, que joga ainda neste sábado).

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Doug Bollinger will bring plenty of energy to Australia’s line-up when he walks out for his second Test

Cricinfo staff02-Dec-2009

Doug Bollinger couldn’t be much less like Ben Hilfenhaus, who he will replace in Australia’s Test team in Adelaide. The right-arm swing bowler Hilfenhaus is quiet and the last man you’d expect to be involved in a bit of on-field banter. Bollinger is a left-arm hit-the-deck type who, when asked what he would bring to the Australian team, gave this response.”Probably a lot of noise, a lot of energy, that’s what I like to do, I like to be loud, I like to have fun and I like to get in amongst it and have a good time with the guys,” Bollinger said. “You can’t be sitting around all quiet all the time, I like to bring a bit of everything.”I like to be loud and obnoxious – I think that’s just me and my profile, ‘Doug’s loud and obnoxious’. I like to do that on the field as well as doing the work, it makes everyone enjoy themselves whether you have long or short days in the field.”Bollinger not only enjoys banter with his team-mates and opponents but also with spectators. During Australia’s tour match in Potchefstroom on the tour of South Africa earlier this year, some local wags kept yelling ‘wide’ at Bollinger during a slightly wayward spell.They didn’t count on a response from the bowler himself, who yelled back “it’s a four-day game, there are no wides, ya nuffies”. Never mind that wides do of course exist in the longer format and, in any case, it was actually a three-day match. It just wasn’t in Bollinger’s nature to keep his mouth shut.Fortunately, his bowling also speaks volumes. A tireless worker on the field, Bollinger has a happy knack of regularly taking bags of wickets. He picked up eight in last week’s Sheffield Shield game in Perth, already has two five-fors in a seven-match ODI career, and has been on so many tours with Australia it’s hard to believe he has played only one Test.”It felt really good in Perth, against the WACAs for New South Wales,” he said. “I was swinging the ball and bowling pretty fast. I was swinging the new ball and bowling Irish with the old one, so I’m feeling really good at the moment. I think [the Adelaide pitch] will be flatter than Brisbane, so you’ve just got to bash away.”However, Bollinger isn’t brash enough to predict another three-day victory for Australia after their innings triumph at the Gabba. He knows that he, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle and Nathan Hauritz will have to work hard to knock over the visitors on a surface likely to be a batsman’s paradise.”They are not bunnies. They are a good team,” he said. “They just got beaten by a better team in Brisbane. [Shivnarine] Chanderpaul is a very good batter. He likes to face a lot of balls and is just a rare talent. [Ramnaresh] Sarwan bats long and well and [Chris] Gayle could go off at any time.”West Indies will be hurt by the loss of Jerome Taylor, who was heading home due to a back strain, and is likely to be replaced in the starting XI by Gavin Tonge. However, they should regain Sarwan, who missed the Gabba Test with a back injury.

اهتمت العديد من التقارير الصحفية بالحديث عن أسباب زيادة وزن نجم الهلال والمنتخب السعودي سالم الدوسري في بداية الموسم الجاري.

وبحسب الناقد الرياضي السعودي “محمد الشيخ” في تصريحات تلفزيونية، فإن جماهير الهلال لاحظت زيادة وزن سالم الدوسري في انطلاقة الموسم الحالي.

وأكد الشيخ أنه علم أن سبب زيادة وزن الدوسري هو الكتل العضلية التي عمل عليها اللاعب، خلال فترة التحضير للموسم الجديد مع فريقه الهلال، وكذلك من أجل تجهيز نفسه لكأس العالم 2022 مع المنتخب السعودي، وذلك تحت إشراف المعد البدني لفريق الهلال.

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ويتواجد الدوسري بصحبة منتخب السعودية في معسكر خارجي في إليكانتي في إسبانيا، حيث يستعد لخوض مباراتين أمام الإكوادور وأمريكا، وهو المعسكر الذي يستمر حتى 27 سبتمبر الجاري ضمن المرحلة الثانية من البرنامج الإعدادي للمشاركة في نهائيات كأس العالم 2022 في قطر.

الجدير بالذكر أن سالم الدوسري شارك في 4 مباريات مع الهلال في دوري روشن السعودي في الموسم الحالي، ولم يسجل أي هدف واكتفى بصناعة هدف وحيد وسدد على المرمى 5 تسديدات، وقام بثلاثة عرضيات ناجحة.

Leeds United could help answer Marcelo Bielsa’s prayers by finally signing Reading star John Swift in the upcoming January transfer window.

What’s the story?

According to reports over from the summer by The Sheffield Star, Bielsa’s side, along with the likes of Newcastle United and Brentford, have got their eye on the attacking midfielder.

And now, former Arsenal star Kevin Campbell has delivered his seal of approval over a move, and suggested that his signing could be key for the Whites to recapture their form.

He said: “Yes, I think they’ll have to go in for a John Swift or someone like that. January is gong to be so important for Leeds. They need to recruit wisely.

“Swift is have an amazing season at Reading. I think he could be one of two or three players who come in to bolster that squad.

“I know there is good youngsters coming through but this is the Premier League. You need proven quality. The players coming in need to be ready to fight. It is a big month for Leeds coming up.”

Leeds need him

If Leeds were in need of a central midfielder in the summer, then they are absolutely crying out for one now given the extent of their Premier League performances and recent injury crisis.

The Whites find themselves firmly in the mix of a relegation battle heading into Christmas, while they received the massive blow that talisman Kalvin Phillips will be out for the next couple of months.

While Swift isn’t likely to be a like-for-like replacement for the England international, he does offer something much-needed in the Leeds engine room.

The Reading ace has a track record of being someone who can offer a goal-scoring threat from attacking midfield, managing an impressive 65 goal contributions in 185 games – in fact, his start to the current campaign for Reading has been impressive to say the least, netting eight goals in the Championship as well as chipping in with nine assists too.

Speaking back in August after a 2-1 win over Preston, Royals manager, Veljko Paunovic, said: “Now he’s back, it is important we keep him healthy and motivated as he is now because that will help us a lot.

“He is super talented and he showed an urgency that he wanted to decide the game. The first couple of passes to Azeez and Joao were fantastic vision and execution of the final pass – something we’ve missed in the past. We missed those slick combinations through the middle when we progress forward so that’s something we have to keep up.”

With a record of 40 senior goals to his name in his professional career thus far, Swift could help answer Bielsa’s prayers of needing a new midfielder this January.

Meanwhile, this Leeds star must be axed vs Arsenal…

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O empate sem gols em Belo Horizonte, claro, não foi o resultado que o torcedor botafoguense queria, mas o tropeço na Independência tem muitos lados positivos. A começar pelo fim de um momento turbulento na defesa. O Glorioso vinha de sete jogos consecutivos sofrendo gols. No período, foram dez tentos contra a meta de Gatito Fernández.

Isso sem contar que o time comandado por Jair Ventura engatou o terceiro jogo consecutivo sem perder: são dois empates e a vitória sobre o Corinthians, há uma semana. Nas últimas cinco rodadas, são oito pontos e o time segue na liderança do returno, com 23 pontos, e como o melhor time do Rio na competição.

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O resultado também significa uma aproximação da Libertadores. Isso porque o Alvinegro agora é o quinto, com 48 pontos, mas os rivais do Botafogo na luta por uma vaga na competição continental também perderam pontos. Flamengo e Vasco, que se enfrentaram no sábado, empataram, assim como Grêmio e Atlético-PR. Corinthians e Santos perderam. Ou seja, a rodada ajudou o Botafogoe deve ser por isso que o meia João Paulo até vê o empate no Independência com bons olhos.

– Empatar nunca é bom. Claro que queríamos os três pontos, mas fora de casa tem que considerar. Ainda mais porque estamos vindo de uma vitória em casa. Agora temos um clássico com o apoio da nossa torcida. Temos que fazer nossa parte – comentou João, suspenso para o jogo do próximo sábado, contra o Fluminense, no Nilton Santos, às 19h.

A rodada ainda não acabou. É verdade. Palmeiras e Cruzeiro se enfrentam nesta segunda-feira, em São Paulo, mas os mineiros já estão na Libertadores de 2018 e se os paulistas venceram mantém o Botafogo em quinto.

Australia’s fast-bowling great has questioned whether the current batch of fast men are more interested in looking good than looking after themselves properly

Brydon Coverdale at the WACA17-Dec-2009

Australia’s fast-bowling great Dennis Lillee has questioned whether the current batch of fast men are more interested in looking good than looking after themselves properly, as Australia’s injury list keeps growing. Peter Siddle was the latest member of the pace attack to be sidelined by injury when a hamstring problem ruled him out of the Perth Test.Siddle has joined Ben Hilfenhaus (knee tendonitis), Brett Lee (elbow), Stuart Clark (back) and Nathan Bracken (knee) on the casualty list, which has left Doug Bollinger and Mitchell Johnson as the only Cricket Australia fast bowlers fit and available for Test cricket. Lillee, who was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame at the WACA on Thursday, said his observations led him to wonder if the bowlers were training appropriately.”I think there’s more soft-tissue injuries now,” Lillee said. “You’re getting groins and elbows and I think a lot of it is the amount of cricket that’s played, and I’m not sure that fast bowlers in particular do enough training distance-running and real heavy sprinting work. I’m not sure they do enough of that.”That’s only a gut feel – I’m not that involved in the game and I’m not a scientist and I’m not a doctor. My gut feel is that maybe a lot of the training is more about maybe looking good rather than looking after the core, which is more essential than having a nice beach look.”For the older members of the attack like Lee and Clark, the injuries have raised the serious possibility that they may not play Test cricket again. There have been questions over whether Lee could still be an effective weapon if he cut back his speed in an effort to prolong his career and Lillee, who did that himself in his later years, gave Lee hope that it might be an option.”As you get a bit older you can’t actually bowl it as quick,” Lillee said. “If you’re going to cut your speed you’ve got to have other tricks, and the other tricks are learning about the trade of fast bowling. It is an art-form.”Anyone can do that, as long as they’re prepared to work on the trade itself. You can have an extended career and not just be an outright fast bowler by moving into the next phase.”

Celtic face Hibernian in the Scottish League Cup final at Hampden Park this afternoon, with Ange Postecoglu eyeing his first trophy since taking over at Parkhead in the summer.

The 56-year-old is missing a handful of players, with some facing last-minute fitness tests, so who will make the Hoops’ line-up for the cup final?

This is how Football FanCast predicts Celtic to set up against Hibs later today, with two changes from Wednesday’s starting line-up which faced Ross County.

There are no changes at the back after the midweek 2-1 win, with Celtic having the Premiership’s best defence, having conceded just 11 goals in 18 league matches so far this season.

Goalkeeper Joe Hart has been a significant part of that feat. The 34-year-old has been superb since making the move to Glasgow and will be looking to add another trophy to his impressive CV.

In midfield, Tom Rogic comes in for Nir Bitton after being rested in midweek. The Australian has been key for Postecoglu’s side this season, making 25 appearances in all competitions already, and his experience could be vital if Celtic are to be victorious today. He also boasts a potent presence, with three goals and five assists to his name in 2021/22.

Fellow midfielder Callum McGregor will be eyeing his 16th trophy for Celtic, and his first as captain of the club.

With the chances of James Forest and Kyogo Furuhashi being able to prove their fitness in time for kick-off too close to call, Liel Abada and Josip Juranović retain their places, with Mikey Johnston returning from a knock in time to start on the left. He replaces Adam Montgomery, who did not convince in an unfamiliar wide attacking role in Dingwall.

Johnston’s fitness was in doubt but the 22-year-old was pictured in training on Friday, which suggests that he could be fit to play, whether that’s as a starter or a substitute.

In other news: Postecoglou drops teasing Celtic team news before Hibs showdown, fans will be buzzing

كشفت تقارير صحفية أن نادي ليفربول متفائل بشأن إمكانية تجديد عقد أحد لاعبيه، قبل نهاية صفقته الحالية في عام 2023.

ومن المقرر أن ينتهي العقد الحالي للاعب الوسط نابي كيتا مع ليفربول، نهاية الموسم الحالي، أي في الصيف المقبل.

فشل اللاعب البالغ من العمر 27 عامًا إلى حد كبير في تلبية التوقعات منذ انضمامه إلى الريدز من لايبزيج في عام 2018، حيث عرقلته عدد من الإصابات.

كيتا غائب حاليًا عن الملاعب بسبب إصابته الأخيرة في أوتار الركبة، ودخل العام الأخير من عقده مع فريق يورجن كلوب، الذي يواجه خطر خسارته في الصيف المقبل.

واضطر ليفربول إلى دفع 54 مليون جنيه إسترليني للظفر بخدمات كيتا قبل أربع سنوات، وبالتالي فإن الريدز مصممون على عدم السماح له بالخروج من الباب دون مقابل.

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يمكن أن يبدأ كيتا مفاوضاته مع الأندية الأجنبية في يناير إذا لم يتم الاتفاق على صفقة جديدة، ولكن وفقًا لشبكة “فوتبول إنسايدر” الإنجليزية فإن مسؤولي ليفربول يأملون التوصل إلى اتفاق مع كيتا حول تجديد عقده.

يضيف التقرير أن ليفربول بدأ الآن مناقشات مع كيتا بشأن عقد جديد، والمفاوضات مع ممثلي اللاعب البالغ من العمر 27 عامًا تسير بشكل جيد.

بالإضافة إلى الحفاظ على القيمة السوقية لكيتا، يعتقد كلوب أن لاعب ريد بول سالزبورج السابق هو عضو لا يقدر بثمن في فريق ليفربول عندما يكون لائقًا تمامًا.

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Após deixar o Palmeiras ao final do seu contrato em dezembro de 2016 e acertar com o Corinthians em janeiro de 2017, o volante Gabriel já está perto de igualar pelo Timão as marcas que teve no rival. E a comparação leva em conta os primeiros dez meses no Corinthians com as duas temporadas em que defendeu o Palmeiras.

Gabriel defendeu o clube alviverde em 2015 e 2016. No primeiro ano, atuou em 40 jogos e marcou dois gols antes de sofrer uma séria no ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho esquerdo. Ele teve de passar por cirurgia em agosto e só voltou a ficar à disposição na temporada seguinte.

Em 2016, Gabriel fez apenas 21 jogos pelo Palmeiras e marcou um gol. Ele também foi atrapalhado por lesão, desta vez na coxa esquerda.

Ou seja, em duas temporadas no Palmeiras, o volante atuou em 61 partidas e marcou três gols. No Corinthians, só nestes primeiros dez meses, ele já soma 58 jogos e dois gols.

– Vim aqui para jogar, ser campeão, fazer história, virar ídolo. Tenho sonhos na minha vida, na minha carreira e estou muito focado para conquistar. Estou em um clube que me abriu as portas, me acolheu muito bem, tem uma estrutura que é uma das melhores do Brasil. Tenho certeza de que fiz a melhor escolha para a minha vida e minha carreira – afirmou Gabriel, em sua apresentação ao Corinthians em janeiro.

Passados dez meses, Gabriel é o terceiro jogador que mais atuou pelo Timão em 2017, atrás de Jô e Cássio. O volante tem contrato com o Corinthians até 2020 e fatalmente multiplicará seus números, a começar pelo reencontro com seu ex-clube, neste domingo, em Itaquera.

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