خسر منتخب مصر الأولمبي بقيادة البرازيلي روجيريو ميكالي بهدف دون رد أمام المنتخب العراقي الأولمبي في إطار دورة دبي الدولية الودية.
اقرأ أيضًا.. حسام حسن: يشرفني تدريب منتخب مصر..وهذا الجيل متكامل
كاد منتخب العراق أن يهز شباك منتخب مصر في الدقيقة 17 لولا تألق الحارس حمزة علاء في التصدي للكرة.
تلقى أسامة فيصل عرضية على طبق من ذهب في الدقيقة 34 لكنه صوب الكرة على يسار حارس مرمى المنتخب العراقي.
وفي الشوط الثاني كاد مصطفى سعد ميسي أن يسجل هدف لمنتخب مصر في الدقيقة 55 لولا تدخل من المدافع راضي شنيشيل لاعب العراق.
وفي الدقيقة 97 من عمر اللقاء سجل منتخب العراق هدف اللقاء الوحيد من تصويبة من داخل منطقة الجزاء سكنت شباك حمزة علاء على عكس سير اللقاء، لتنتهي المباراة بفوز أسود الرافدين بهدف دون رد.
منتخب مصر يشارك في البطولة الودية بمدينة دبي في الإمارات بجانب منتخبات السعودية وقطر والإمارات والعراق.
وتعادل منتخب مصر بقيادة البرازيلي روجيرو ميكالي، في المباراة الأولى مع قطر، سلبيًا.
ومن المقرر أن تنطلق منافسات دورة الألعاب الأولمبية باريس 2024 في أغسطس من العام المقبل، وتأهل إليها منتخب مصر بعد احتلاله وصافة كأس أمم إفريقيا تحت 23 عامًا التي أقيمت في المغرب. هدف فوز العراق على منتخب مصر الأولمبي
Tottenham Hotspur hold a concrete interest in Napoli manager Luciano Spalletti, while they could also target the Serie A side's sporting director, Cristiano Giuntoli, according to reports from Italy.
What's the latest Tottenham manager news?
There are conflicting reports about who Tottenham's number one manager target is, as it has recently been reported that chairman Daniel Levy is ready to green light a move for Bayer Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso.
That would suggest Julian Nagelsmann has fallen down the list of priorities, despite Sky Sports reporter Florian Plettenberg claiming Levy is "pushing" to appoint the German, who is set for "more talks" with the north London club.
Many of the coaches Spurs have recently been linked with have been young, up-and-coming managers, with Ruben Amorim also in the picture, which is why the recent reports about Spalletti may come as a little bit of a surprise.
According to reports from Italy (via Sport Witness), the Lilywhites hold a concrete interest in the 64-year-old, with his future at Napoli uncertain, despite the fact his contract has recently been extended until 2024. Spurs are said to have a number of targets on their list, and they are keen on the Napoli boss, but they are not the only club interested.
Chelsea and PSG are also keen on the Italian, while Tottenham could also consider a move for Napoli's sporting director, Giuntoli, having recently had contacts with the 51-year-old, who could be brought in to replace Fabio Paratici.
Should Tottenham appoint Spalletti?
It is no wonder the Certaldo-born coach is being targeted by a number of top European clubs, as he has recently led Napoli to their first Serie A title since 1990, doing so with four games left to spare, after a remarkable campaign.
Hailed as an "elite football coach" by members of the media, the 4-3-3 attacking manager has won nine trophies throughout his career, however it must be noted the vast majority of that success was quite some time ago.
Soccer Football – Champions League – Round of 16 First Leg – Eintracht Frankfurt v Napoli – Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany – February 21, 2023 Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti reacts REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Prior to leading Napoli to their recent Scudetto, the last trophy the veteran manager won was the Russian Premier League with Zenit St Petersburg in 2012, while he has also never managed in England, so his appointment would undoubtedly be a risk.
Given that Tottenham are said to want a young and progressive manager, it would probably be wise to steer clear of Spalletti this summer, despite his achievements with Napoli.
Chelsea found themselves trailing at half-time yet again, with Nottingham Forest opening the scoring through Taiwo Awoniyi, and whilst Edouard Mendy was mostly at fault for the goal, Mateo Kovacic was also singled out for criticism.
There has been a lot of speculation over the future of Kovacic, with reports linking him with a move away from Stamford Bridge, and his recent displays have meant that some of the Chelsea faithful will actually be glad to see the 29-year-old depart.
The midfielder, who played a crucial role in Chelsea’s Champions League victory in 2021, has been linked with Manchester City, in a surprising move.
Kovacic could not even finish the first half against Forest as he departed with injury on what could be his final appearance for the club, but he was one of the poorest performers in yet another below-par Chelsea display this season.
Fans were quick to criticise his efforts in the first half before his withdrawal, and some are even questioning why other top clubs would be interested in the Croatia international, given his current levels of performance.
The best of the reaction can be seen below. Will Kovacic be missed in West London?
أكد المدير الفني لفريق أتليتكو مدريد، دييجو سيميوني، أنه سيقوم بالاعتماد على منقذ مصر في كأس أمم إفريقيا 2023 كوت ديفوار.
وودع منتخب موزمبيق منافسات كأس أمم إفريقيا وذلك بعد تحقيق تعادلين أمام مصر وغانا، والخسارة أمام الرأس الأخضر بثلاثية نظيفة عن منافسات المجموعة الثانية من كان 2023.
وأحرز مدافع أتليتكو مدريد ومنتخب موزمبيق، رينيلدو ماندافا، هدفاً في الوقت القاتل في مباراة غانا بكأس أمم إفريقيا، والذي حجز لمصر مقعدًا في منافسات دور الـ16 بتأهله في المركز الثاني، بالإضافة إلى إقصاء منتخب غانا، وساهم في الإبقاء على حظوظ تأهل منتخب كوت ديفوار كأحسن ثوالث.
اقرأ ايضاً.. تمت.. أتلتيكو مدريد يحسم أولى صفقاته الشتوية من يوفنتوس
وقال دييجو سيميوني في تصريحات صحفية قبل مباراة إشبيلية في كأس ملك إسبانيا: “رينيلدو يستطيع المشاركة معنا بشكل أكبر مما كان عليه قبل رحيله إلى بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا”.
وأضاف: “إنه لاعب مهم دائمًا، دعونا نأمل أنه عندما يأتي دوره، يمنحنا شغفه وتفانيه والتزامه، وهو ما كان يتمتع به دائمًا”.
ويلاقي أتليتكو مدريد نظيره إشبيلية، وذلك ضمن منافسات الدور ربع النهائي من بطولة كأس ملك إسبانيا، على ملعب “واندامتروبوليتانو” الخميس في تمام العاشرة مساءً.
Charlie Shreck took season’s best figures to leave Essex struggling in humid conditions on the first day of the Specsavers County Championship game at Chelmsford
ECB Reporters Network19-Jun-2016 ScorecardRavi Bopara top-scored with 61 for Essex•Getty Images
Charlie Shreck took season’s best figures to leave Essex struggling in humid conditions on the first day of the Specsavers County Championship game at Chelmsford. The 38-year-old pace bowler had four Essex wickets for 79 when play was curtailed early because of bad light.Shreck took the key wicket of Tom Westley straight after lunch for 57, adding Dan Lawrence caught on the boundary shortly afterwards. When he later switched to the Hayes Close End he had James Foster and Matt Quinn both caught behind in the space of 14 balls.Clint McKay grabbed three of the other five wickets to fall to take his season’s Championship tally to 26.Essex are heading towards a sub-300 first-innings total for the first time this season. The Division Two leaders looked set fair for a sizeable total when Westley and Ravi Bopara put on 76 runs for the third wicket.Bopara batted relatively cautiously for 57 overs before falling just before tea to the part-time bowling of Leicestershire captain Mark Cosgrove for a 61 from 168 balls. Thereafter wickets fell at regular intervals as Essex limped to a solitary bonus point before the premature close.Essex had been in trouble from the start, McKay sending back Essex openers Jaik Mickleburgh and Nick Browne inside the first seven overs. Mickleburgh went in the first over, the ball coming back and dislodging his off-stump. Browne followed, lbw for 7. But Westley and Bopara steadied the ship, staying together for 31.3 overs before Westley exited to Shreck’s third ball after lunch.Westley had hit his ninth four of a 94-ball 57 straight after the break. It was a forceful innings with the majority of his boundaries coming in the arc between mid-on and mid-off, the others hit crisply through the covers. But he shouldered arms to a wide-ish delivery from Shreck, the ball hitting the back of his bat and diverting on to his stumps.Lawrence replaced him, hammering Shreck for successive boundaries square to both sides of the wicket, and driving McKay for a scrumptious off-drive, before hooking Shreck to the well-baited trap at long leg where Rob Taylor was waiting. McKay picked up his third wicket when Jesse Ryder played on for 18.Bopara’s innings was built on watchfulness, and he did not collect his second boundary, a punch through the covers, until the 90th ball faced. His demise, 78 balls after that, was a collector’s item. Cosgrove had only bowled one other over in the Championship this season, but with his third ball he had Bopara dragging on to one of his very occasional seamers.Ryan ten Doesechate found gaps in the field, hitting Taylor for two fours in a row, before he was caught at the wicket flashing at Neil Dexter for 42 from 48 balls. Wicketkeeper Ned Eckersley took two more catches to make it three in five-and-a-half overs, providing Shreck with his third and fourth wickets, pouching Foster and Quinn.With the light deteriorating, the umpires took the players off 12.2 overs early, with the last-wicket pair of David Masters and Jamie Porter facing the second new-ball.
Arsenal are keen on signing Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi this summer, having made him a prime target, according to journalist Dean Jones.
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It has recently been reported that Arsenal are willing to listen to offers for Rob Holding in the upcoming transfer window, as long as they are able to bring in a suitable replacement, and they have started to run the rule over some potential options.
The Gunners are "looking closely" at Dinamo Zagreb's Josip Sutalo, according to journalist Rudy Galetti, with the Croatian set to be available for around £17m this summer, but there will be competition from the likes of RB Leipzig and Manchester United.
Such is the level of interest in Galatasaray's Sacha Boey, it has emerged that Arsenal are expected to make a bid for the centre-back this summer, and he could be available for a fee of around €15m (£13m) plus bonuses.
While Mikel Arteta is considering some intriguing prospects from abroad, the manager could also look at bringing in a proven Premier League player, as journalist Dean Jones has now revealed that Guehi is a prime target.
In his column for GiveMeSport, the journalist has claimed that the Gunners are interested in the Crystal Palace defender, however they are likely to face competition for his signature from rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Arteta is looking to bring power to the core of his side, while he has also set out a blueprint of bringing in young players with a high ceiling, with the 22-year-old fitting the bill, although he could cost over £50m.
Should Arsenal sign Marc Guehi?
The Englishman has established himself as a vital player for the Eagles this season, making a total of 36 appearances in the Premier League, during which time he has captained the side on multiple occasions, indicating he has leadership qualities.
Hailed as "incredible" by members of the media, the Ivory Coast-born defender has averaged a 6.94 match Sofascore match rating in the top flight this season, while Holding has averaged a 6.68, indicating Guehi would be a real upgrade.
Soccer Football – FA Cup Quarter Final – Crystal Palace v Everton – Selhurst Park, London, Britain – March 20, 2022 Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Tony Obrien
An average of 1.3 interceptions per game is the second-highest figure in the Palace squad, displaying his ability to cut out opposition attacks, and he has also averaged more clearances per game than any other player.
Unlike Sutalo and Boey, Guehi is already proven at Premier League level, and while that means Arsenal will have to pay a premium, he would be a fantastic addition to the squad.
Afghanistan are trying to arrange more bilateral ODIs by proposing to play India and any team visiting India, like Ireland does when teams tour England
Peter Della Penna13-Jul-2016Afghanistan’s attempts to gain more ODI fixtures leading into the September 2017 cut-off for 2019 World Cup qualification is likely to gather steam with a proposal in the works to secure annual bilateral matches against India and teams touring India beginning next year.”If we sign the MOU which we sent to India, potentially Afghanistan Cricket Board will be in a better position than where we are right now, scheduling ODIs with India and scheduling ODIs with teams traveling to India on an annual basis,” ACB chief executive Shafiq Stanikzai told ESPNcricinfo. “But still it will be bilateral ties. If a traveling team to India wants to play us in India, it is totally up to them.”Stanikzai said the draft had been presented to BCCI president Anurag Thakur in May and further discussions had during the ICC Annual Conference in Edinburgh. The BCCI officials have not yet commented on the proposal.With Afghanistan shifting their home ground from Sharjah to Greater Noida, outside Delhi, Stanikzai said Afghanistan were well placed, geographically and rankings wise for fixtures against India and sides touring India in the same way Ireland had secured more ODIs against teams touring England.”Since induction into the FTP, a larger challenge arose for Afghanistan,” Stanikzai said. “A is arranging fixtures with Full Members and B is funding it and finding funds to accommodate your needs. The expectation of the Afghanistan people has grown immensely. Afghanistan Cricket Board is under tremendous amount of pressure by not having fixtures with Full Members. Comparatively, Ireland has obtained 14 [11] fixtures with Full Members.”The advantage Ireland has is geographical and teams traveling to England getting quality cricket against Ireland … but Afghanistan is a totally different story… For us, being in the FTP, yeah the window has opened but the challenges are much greater.”A strategic plan unveiled recently by the ACB set targets for Afghanistan to be a top-six ODI team by 2019 and a top-three team in both T20Is and ODIs by 2025. Stanikzai was confident it could be achieved, considering Afghanistan’s rapid growth on and off the field. He, however, said the gains would be stunted, if there weren’t enough fixtures against Full Members.”The biggest challenge for us for the time being is the competition structure or the fixtures for Afghanistan to compete against Full Members,” Stanikzai said. “That’s somewhere we are lacking and somewhere we need the support from ICC, or maybe Full Member boards should realise they need to make this great game more globalised and take it into the Associate world.”Afghanistan team is rapidly growing and the flow that Afghanistan national team currently is in is quite brilliant. If we don’t get any fixtures – we don’t have any confirmed fixtures after our Holland game for the rest of the year – so we are in danger of losing the flow, the momentum we have gained so far in the last nine to 12 months.”Stanikzai hoped that the problem would be fixed if the proposed 13-team ODI league was ratified. In particular, he believed a guaranteed set of 36 fixtures would open up big sponsorship opportunities. He said that tours like Afghanistan’s current trip to both Scotland and Ireland eat up a large chunk of resources, which could be offset if Afghanistan had more teams to market and compete against.”Afghanistan needs to be considered in a very exceptional case,” Stanikzai said. “Obtaining UK visa cost me USD 80,000 for the team. We don’t have a UK High Commission in Afghanistan. We need to travel to India and obtain visas. Going there, staying there, it took us 21 days to obtain UK visa to make this tour possible. Playing Scotland and Ireland is costing us more than USD 350,000.”If we are to host a Full Member, we are able to cover 80-90% of the costs but if we are traveling to play any other Full Member and they are asking us to cover our own passage, it is an extra burden on us. So things need to balanced. Either we need to be in a regular competition, which this 13-member ODI league will help us quite drastically and prosper quite hugely, and the Test league is also another good prospect for us.”
أصدرت رابطة الدوري الإسباني، بيانًا رسميًا بشأن واقعة جود بيلينجهام لاعب ريال مدريد، مع ماسون جرينوود لاعب خيتافي، خلال مباراة الفريقين.
وتغلب ريال مدريد على خيتافي بهدفين دون مقابل في الدوري الإسباني، مساء الخميس، وشهدت المباراة مواجهة بين بيلينجهام ومواطنه جرينوود.
وبحسب تقارير، وصف بيلينجهام، جرينوود بـ”المغتصب”، كما أفاد خبير وقارئ شفاه، بعد تداول مقطع فيديو للثنائي خلال المباراة.
وأكدت رابطة الليجا، أن خيتافي اشتكى من الواقعة، وقامت بتعيين خبير في قارئ الشفاه للمساعدة في التحقيق في الأمر.
وجاء في بيان رابطة الليجا: “أحال خيتافي بالأمس الشكوى إلى مدير مباريات الدوري الإسباني، وطلبت الرابطة، كما تفعل دائمًا في هذه المناسبات، تقريرًا خبيرًا عن قراءة الشفاه للتحقيق في الأمر والتصرف على أساس ما يمكن أن يحدث، وما يتم إثباته بما لا يدع مجالاً للشك (بواسطة قارئ الشفاه)”.
ويمكن أن يتم إيقاف بيلينجهام إذا تم اتهام وإدانة لاعب ريال مدريد من قبل رابطة الليجا.
اقرأ أيضًا | مدرب خيتافي يهاجم بيلينجهام بعد العنصرية ضد جرينوود
وبحسب ما أفادت صحيفة “ذا أثليتك” تصر مصادر من نادي خيتافي، على أن جرينوود لا يريد تصعيد الأمر، ورفض ريال مدريد التعليق.
انضم جرينوود إلى خيتافي في صفقة إعارة لمدة موسم من مانشستر يونايتد في اليوم الأخير من فترة الانتقالات الصيفية.
واتجه جرينوود لخيتافي بعد أن أكد مانشستر يونايتد في 21 أغسطس أنهم لن يعيدوا المهاجم مرة أخرى إلى تشكيلة الفريق الأول.
يأتي ذلك بعد خضوعه لتحقيقات عقب اتهامه بمحاولة الاغتصاب والاعتداء والسيطرة القسرية، والتي تم إسقاطها عنه لاحقًا.
أعلن نادي الإسماعيلي بشكل رسمي عن سداد جميع المستحقات المالية المتأخرة على النادي بجانب تسوية جميع القضايا وحل أزمة إيقاف القيد.
وأكد مجلس ادارة الإسماعيلي برئاسة المهندس نصر أبو الحسن أنه عقب مفاوضات شاقة وناجحة تمكن من حل أزمة إيقاف القيد وذلك من خلال تحويل أموال طائلة لجميع الأطراف سواء كغرامات أو مستحقات متأخرة.
اقرأ أيضًا.. خاص | لاعب الزمالك يقترب من الإسماعيلي
وسدد الإسماعيلي مستحقات لاعبه السابق التونسي نور الزمان الزموري وكذلك المدرب الإسباني خوان كارلوس جاريدو والناميبي شيلونجو، ونادي كورهوجو الإيفواري والذي طالب بمستحقات متأخرة من صفقة عبد القادر كوليبالي، بالاضافة إلى تسليم مستحقات ديبورتيفو كوينكا الإكوادوري. بيان الإسماعيلي للإعلان عن حل أزمة إيقاف القيد
تمكن مجلس إدارة النادي من حل أزمة إيقاف القيد، بعد مفاوضات شاقة كلفت النادي مبالغ طائلة، حيث تم تحويل جميع المبالغ المطلوبة لجميع الأطراف سواء كغرامات أو مستحقات متأخرة أو أي مطالبات أخرى، بالإضافة لأتعاب المحامين الأجانب.
وسدد الإسماعيلي مستحقات كلًا من التونسي نور الزمان الزموري، والإسباني خوان كارلوس جاريدو، والناميبي بينسون شيلونجو، بالإضافة إلى سداد مستحقات نادي كورهوجو الإيفواري الخاصة باللاعب عبد القادر كوليبالي، ومستحقات نادي ديبورتيفو كوينكا الإكوادوري.
The Supreme Court has reserved its judgement in the case concerning implementation of the Lodha Committee recommendations by the BCCI
Nagraj Gollapudi in Delhi30-Jun-2016
BCCI’s counsel KK Venugopal said the board was happy to implement every recommendation made by the Lodha committee barring “six or seven”•AFP
India’s Supreme Court has reserved its judgement in the case concerning implementation of the Lodha Committee recommendations by the BCCI. There will be no further hearing in the case and the two-judge bench, comprising Chief Justice TS Thakur and Justice Ibrahim Kalifulla, will submit the written judgement to the concerned parties. The judgement is likely to be delivered before July 21, the date when Justice Kalifulla retires.The hearings in the case concluded on Thursday afternoon (June 30) after senior legal counsel KK Venugopal, representing the BCCI, wrapped up his arguments. Before concluding his defence, which lasted nearly 90 minutes, Venugopal said that the BCCI was happy to implement every recommendation made by the Lodha committee barring “six or seven”. These included: restrictions on ministers and bureaucrats being part of the BCCI and state associations, ‘one state, one vote’, presence of a nominee of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the apex council, and an age cap of 70 years for office-bearers.In May, former BCCI president Shashank Manohar had stated five recommendations the board was opposed to: advertisements between overs during a match broadcast, ‘one state, one vote’, the presence of two members from IPL franchises on the league’s governing council, the formation of an apex council, and a cap on the tenure of the office bearers.Venugopal argued that that there could not be any judicial review of the board’s activities and read out previous judgments to stress his point. He said that the BCCI was not a corporate body, but a society which is a “conglomeration of members” protected under Article 19 (1) (c) of the Constitution of India. The specific constitutional clause relates to the right to form an association and Venugopal said the court must not interfere with that right.The BCCI counsel said that the Indian board had already accepted and implemented most of the recommendations by the Lodha committee, such as: appointments of the chief executive officer and chief financial officer; recruitment of consultants like Pricewaterhouse Coopers to audit accounts of the BCCI and state associations; organisation of cricket camps under the guidance of former India players like Dilip Vengsarkar, Kiran More and Shiv Sunder Das in the north-eastern states under a scheme to develop the game in new areas.However, when Venugopal pointed out that the BCCI had taken action against officials of the Goa Cricket Association, who were arrested for alleged fraud, both the bench as well as amicus curiae Gopal Subramanium stated the board had failed to maintain checks and balances for a long time.Venugopal claimed the BCCI reacted proactively and swiftly as it suspended GCA president Chetan Desai from the board’s marketing committee and association secretary Vinod Phadke from the information and technology committee. Incidentally, Desai, Phadke and treasurer Akbar Mulla, who was also arrested, are still office bearers in the association.Subramanium praised the BCCI for its action but pointed out that it had come a bit late. He told the court the board had done nothing for years, disbursing funds to the state associations without asking what the money was being used for, who was using it and how it was being utilised. Apart from Goa, Subramanium pointed to the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) and Saurashtra Cricket Association as examples of the board’s oversight.”A total of Rs 141 crore has been given to GCA from 2010-11. When Justice Mudgal was appointed (by Delhi High Court to oversee the conduct of the fourth Test against South Africa last year) he could not believe the sorry state of affairs (at the DDCA). In Saurashtra one whole family are the members of a cricket association,” Subramanium told the court.He cited another example of malfeasance at DDCA, where 14 members were listed as staying at a single address that was only 48 square metres in area. “How many members can live in 48 square metres? But from one such address, there are 14 members in the DDCA,” Subramanium said. When Justice Thakur asked whether all 14 members were from one family, Subramanium said that was not the case: “Puris, Walias, Ahluwalias, all under one roof that is only 48 square metres.”Justice Thakur asked whether the big-name auditors like PWC were actually checking what the funds were being used for. “If you are giving Rs 200 crore are there much verifications being done, are there safeguards against misappropriation? If you had a system in place, this [GCA] would not have happened today,” Justice Thakur said. He then suggested that it was important for the board to conduct a “performance audit” and have a robust mechanism of safeguards in place.In fact, a performance audit is one of the recommendations made by the Lodha panel that was appointed in January 2015 by the court – in the aftermath of the investigation into the IPL 2013 corruption scandal – to examine and suggest changes to the functioning of the Indian cricket board.Venugopal said the BCCI had also taken action against associations like the Bihar Cricket Association and the Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association recently by cutting off their funds. Nalini Chidambaram, the counsel for Cricket Association for Bihar, the original petitioner in the IPL 2013 corruption case, countered Venugopal and said the board had punished the Bihar Cricket Association by “actually giving them funds worth Rs 50 lakh”.Justice Thakur responded to Venugopal’s defence by saying, “Someone has swindled you. How is the BCCI claiming credit? There was no fact-finding mission set up. Now since May 10, you have been seeking utilisation certificates but what happened before that? Why were you sleeping all these years? Why were utilisation certifications not sought? You were disbursing funds without the utilisation certificates.” The chief justice added that by stopping funds the BCCI was hurting the interests of the game and the players, without allowing them to “flourish”.The court was also shown an interview of BCCI president Anurag Thakur where he said that if the Lodha committee recommendations were adopted, it would set the BCCI back by 20 years. “Send Test cricket back by 20 years,” the chief justice remarked, in response.Over the last few months, the Supreme Court has been critical of the board’s reluctance to adopt the Lodha recommendations. The judges have slammed the BCCI’s method of disbursing funds to state associations and also rebuffed arguments made by the state associations and the board against the Lodha panel recommendations, which were made public in January this year. A month after the report, the Court also set the BCCI a deadline to make its stance clear on the recommendations or deal with the possibility of having the court implement it for them.