Bowling his first over of the game, the allrounder appeared to twist his left ankle during his follow through

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Pujara: Hardik’s injury will hurt India’s balance

India had a significant injury scare when Hardik Pandya limped off the field with an injured left ankle during their fourth league match of the World Cup, against Bangladesh in Pune. Bowling his first over – the ninth of the innings – Hardik appeared to twist his ankle in his follow-through, and it was announced later on the broadcast that he would not return to the field for the remainder of the innings.”He pulled up a bit sore. There’s no major damage. That is good for us,” Rohit Sharma said after the game in the presentation ceremony. “But honestly, with an injury like that, you’ve got to assess every day. So we just hope that he pulls up well tomorrow morning. And then we will assess, whatever is required for us to do as a team, we’ll do that.”The physio ran out immediately to attend to Hardik and worked on his ankle for several minutes. Hardik then tried to continue his over but was in too much pain to do so. At 2.59pm, an hour into the game, he walked off to get further treatment and Virat Kohli bowled the three remaining deliveries in the over. The BCCI later said that Pandya would be taken for scans.Hardik Pandya injured his left ankle during his first over of the game•ICC via Getty ImagesApart from Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav, Pandya is arguably the most irreplaceable player in the India squad because of the all-round role he performs. He is good enough to play as a specialist batter but his bowling provides India the sixth bowler they badly need. Pandya had bowled 16 overs in India’s first three World Cup matches and taken five wickets.Shardul Thakur, more of a specialist fast bowler who can bat, has bowled only eight overs in two matches, and Rohit Sharma has preferred to go to Pandya before Thakur in this World Cup so far.India have been careful with how much they bowl Pandya leading into the World Cup precisely because of the balance he brings to the team. If he were to miss a match, India do not have a like-for-like replacement. Either Shardul Thakur bats at No. 7 and they replace Pandya’s bowling or they bring in an extra batter and rely on five bowlers to bowl 10 overs each.With three wins in three games, India are one of two teams still unbeaten in this World Cup. After Bangladesh, their next fixture is in Dharamsala on Sunday against New Zealand, who are the only other unbeaten team in the tournament with four wins in four games.

علق أيمن يونس، لاعب الزمالك السابق، على قرار إيقاف القيد للقلعة البيضاء، الصادر من قبل الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم، موجهاً رسالة إلى ثنائي الفريق عبد الله السعيد وأحمد فتوح.

وأعلن اتحاد الكرة المصري، إيقاف القيد لـ3 أندية، وهي، الزمالك والإسماعيلي وفاركو، قبل انطلاق الموسم الجديد من الدوري المصري الممتاز.

وقال أيمن يونس في تصريحات عبر قناة “الزمالك”: “الشكل العام لنادي الزمالك مُبشر، لاعبين جدد ولاعبين قدماء، وكل لاعب له دوره، كل شيء كان موجودًا في معسكر الإعداد، أتمنى أن يستقر المدير الفني على التشكيل الأساسي ولا نجد أي اختلافات أو تغييرات”.

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وتابع: “اتحاد الكرة هو من سيرد على شائعات إيقاف قيد الزمالك بسبب ديونه في الجبلاية، لا نريد أن نتحدث عن الشائعات لأن هناك أشخاص يريدون إسقاط جميع الأندية، هناك ناس تكره البلد ولا تريدنا أن نعيش بشكل جيد”.

وأضاف: “أنا وجهت رسالة إلى محمد شحاتة، هو قادر على أن يتحول للاعب يقود الفريق ويكون له شخصية مختلفة وتعول عليه الجماهير، وهذا أمر مهم بعد شيكابالا، طول عمر الزمالك في كل جيل سوبر ستار، شحاتة ننتظر منك الكثير، وذكاءك في التعامل مع الكرة وقدراتك في الملعب، أتمنى أن يُنهي 90 دقيقة بنفس الشخصية، نحن منتظرين أن يقود الزمالك في الموسم المُقبل”.

وأوضح: “لاعبو الزمالك الكبار محترمين ونفتخر بهم، عمر جابر مثال لكابتن الزمالك، لاعب ملتزم، وأعتقد أنه يقود غرفة الملابس بشكل محترم وراق، وعليه دور كبير كقائد للفريق”.

وأكد: “لا بد أن نعترف أن هذه السنة خطيرة ومهمة، والجماهير لن تقبل أنصاف الحلول، نريد أن ننافس بقوة على المركز الأول، وهذا يتطلب هدوءًا ولا نتوتر من الشائعات، والقطاع الإداري عليه دور كبير جدًا أكثر من القطاع الفني، عليهم الحفاظ على الهدوء طوال الوقت”.

وأشار: “أريد أنه أوجه رسالة إلى فتوح، أنت مننا وتربيت وسطنا، وأنا أول واحد عملت لك عقد غير حياتك، ننتظر منك الكثير من الالتزام والانضباط، هو أحد كباتن الزمالك، ومن المفترض أنه سفير للنادي، أتمنى أن يستعيد ثقة الجماهير والجهاز الفني واللاعبين”.

وأكمل: “عبد الله السعيد لاعب يحبنا وأراد أن يختتم مسيرته بقميص الزمالك، هو لاعب محترم وقدوة وأتمنى له التوفيق ويقدم موسمًا هدية للجماهير، وأتمنى أن يرد حب جماهير الزمالك”.

وأتم: “سأقوم بعمل لجنة لاختيار رموز لنادي الزمالك بمعايير معينة، سنتكفل بسفرهم وتأهيلهم ليكونوا كوادر فنية وإدارية، شريطة أن يكون النجم لعب ليس أقل من 5 سنوات في الزمالك وذو خلق ويكون لاعبًا دوليًا، أنا عرضت الأمر على محمد عبد الشافي لكن للأسف هو قرر أن يخوض طريق غريب بعيد تمامًا عن كرة القدم، وشيكابالا، ولكنه أيضًا قرر خوض الطريق الإعلامي”.

Lawrence Neil-Smith took seven wickets for Tasmania in a rollercoaster of a Sheffield Shield match with New South Wales, whose own bowling attack inspired an early collapse in reply on day two.Bad light and rain prevented play from going ahead in the third session after Mitchell Owen helped Tasmania recover to 166 for 6 at the SCG.Neil-Smith picked up where he left off following a rain-affected first day, dispatching of veteran quick Jackson Bird to break a 52-run partnership with unbeaten Ollie Davies (81).Related

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The Tasmanians made light work of the Blues from there and when he bowled Chris Tremain for a duck, Neil-Smith had career-best bowling figures with the hosts bowled out for 224.In a sour note for NSW, and potentially also the BBL’s Sydney Thunder, batter Davies suffered a hairline fracture in his left little finger while fielding on day two but could appear further down the order in the second. The 23-year-old came off after suffering his injury and did not return to field.”I don’t think he’ll take any part in fielding for the rest of the game,” NSW captain Moises Henriques told AAP. “I don’t think he can come in before seven, but from there he’s going to be OK to bat. I don’t know how long after this game [he might be sidelined].”Neil-Smith’s figures were the sixth-best in a first-class match for Tasmania since the turn of the century and the best since fellow paceman Sam Rainbird took 8 for 21 two summers ago.But just as their NSW counterparts did on day one, the Tasmanian batting order misfired early. Bird took the first three wickets against his former team-mates as the visitors fell to 30 for 3 on a tricky deck, having survived a dropped catch and appeal on their way to 29 without loss.Things threatened to spiral further out of control when Moises Henriques, enjoying a great summer with the ball, had rival captain Jordan Silk caught behind in the over before lunch.In at No. 8, Owen inspired a fightback, partnering with Jake Doran (42 not out) in an unbeaten 96-run stand that helped the visitors bounce back from 70 for 6.When the covers came on, 22-year-old Owen was four runs shy of equaling his best first-class score.

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Após cumprir dois jogos de suspensão, Raniel voltou a ser relacionado peloVasco. O atacante está em Itu concentrado com o restante do elenco para a decisão contra o Ituano, domingo, às 18h30, no Novelli Júnior. Artilheiro do time na temporada com 16 gols, o jogador retorna em um momento importante, crítico e decisivo, circunstâncias que o acompanham desde que chegou ao clube.

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Contratado com a missão de substituir Germán Cano, Raniel começou a sua trajetória no Vasco cercado por desconfiança, mas marcou gols nos primeiro três jogos da temporada, que amenizaram a pressão. O atacante não conseguiu manter a média, mas seguiu balançando a rede e garantindo pontos importantes para a equipe, principalmente no início da Série B, quando fez os primeiros três gols do time nos empates com Vila Nova e CRB, ambos por 1 a 1, e na vitória sobre a Ponte Preta, por 1 a 0.

A partir de então Raniel amargou um jejum de sete jogos sem marcar, o que fez o atacante perder a condição de titular e cair em desgraça com o torcedor. Mesmo pressionado pelas críticas, o atacante seguiu fazendo gols importantes, como nas vitórias sobre Londrina e Criciúma, e nos empate com Ituano e Sport, o mais emblemático de todos, quando marcou de pênalti, mostrando uma frieza que impressionou pelo momento importante, crítico e decisivo.

Importante e na média com os demais

É verdade que Raniel falhou em diversos momentos, como na derrota para a Ponte Preta, por 3 a 1, e no empate com o Londrina, em 1 a 1. Em ambos os jogos o atacante desperdiçou oportunidades na cara do goleiro que contribuíram para os resultados negativos. No entanto, comparado com outras edições de Série B, o atacante está na média de outros jogadores da sua posição.

Raniel soma 10 gols, um a menos do que fez Germán Cano na Série B do ano passado, mesmo jogando seis rodadas a menos que o argentino. Em 2016, Nenê foi o artilheiro do Vasco na competição, com 13 gols, mas Thalles e Ederson, os centroavantes da equipe, marcaram 7 vezes.

Já em 2014, Douglas foi o artilheiro do Vasco na Série B, com 10 gols, mas o camisa 10 era o meia do time. Os atacantes eram Kléber Gladiador (5 gols), Thalles e Edmilson (3 gols), que balançaram a rede menos que Raniel. A única exceção foi em 2009, quando o Cruz-Maltino foi campeão e Élton foi o goleador máximo da competição, com 17 gols.

Joao Pedro wasted no time making an impact at Chelsea, scoring a stunning brace on his first start in their Club World Cup semi-final clash against Fluminense. The Brazilian forward, who spent his formative football years with the Rio-based club, showed both class and composure with a curling strike from outside the box, and followed up with a superb drive from 18 yards.

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  The goal was the result of excellent build-up play down the left flank, with Pedro Neto stretching the Fluminense defence. The ball eventually found its way to Pedro, stationed just inside the left corner of the penalty area. Taking a quick touch to shift the ball onto his favoured right foot, the 23-year-old unleashed a curling effort that soared past a diving Fabio and nestled into the far side of the netting. It was a moment of pure technical brilliance, met with silence from the scorer, who scored again in the second half, smashing an effort into the roof of the net after a mazy dribble.

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  Pedro had only completed his £60 million ($81.5m) move to Chelsea less than a fortnight ago and joined up with the squad in the United States earlier than planned, cutting his summer holiday short to be ready for the tournament. His decision to integrate quickly is already paying dividends for the Blues.

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Thibaut Courtois has revealed the difficulty he had dealing with Paris Saint-Germain's pressing as Real Madrid suffered a 4-0 thrashing.

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On Wednesday, in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, Real Madrid suffered a crushing 4-0 defeat against a Paris Saint-Germain side in top form. At the heart of this collective humiliation, Courtois spoke after the match, acknowledging PSG's superiority and emphasising in particular on the rabid off the ball work Dembele put in.

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One of the main architects of PSG steamrolling through Madrid was Ousmane Dembele, a serious contender for the Ballon d'Or. The PSG striker not only scored a goal but also relentlessly harassed the opposition's defence. Even Courtois was powerless to stop him. His words did not just point out Dembele's determination, but also indirectly called out the lack of effort from his own team-mates.

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Speaking to reporters after the game, Courtois said: "I told [Dembele] after the game that he was pressing a lot and he told me that's what he had to do. On a clearance, I have half a second to think about where I'm going to shoot, because they're pressing you."

While reflecting on the performance of his own team-mates, the Belgian international did not mince his words. For him, it was the whole team that failed, not just two or three players, as was evident from the defensive errors by Raul Asencio and Antonio Rudiger, which led to the first two goals.

"It's something we need to improve collectively, it's not just a question of individual players. Collectively, we need to press better and be more coordinated," he added. "We were a bit weak today. We've done much better in other games. It's something we need to look at on video and improve."

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Head coach Xabi Alonso and his staff will have to go back to the drawing board to figure out how to get the best out of this Real Madrid side. The 15-time European champions will begin their La Liga campaign on August 19 against Osasuna, after the league refused their request to postpone the opening game.

Sudharsan, Rahul hit fifties each but South Africa pace unit expose India’s lack of depth on seam-friendly Gqeberha

Sidharth Monga19-Dec-2023

South Africa levelled the ODI series by bowling India out for 211 in the surprisingly seam-friendly conditions of the usually slow and low St George’s Park. It came as no surprise to South Africa, though, who added two frontline quicks to their XI and decided to bowl first on a fresh pitch with the bowling wind blowing.Left-arm quick Nandre Burger, who seems to have it all in height, pace and movement, led the attack with three wickets either side of a nosebleed-forced absence from the field. The conditions didn’t quite ease out, but South Africa had the advantage of knowing they didn’t need to be urgent with their scoring and also enjoyed a significant amount of luck in the early goings, which might seem to be at odds with Tony de Zorzi and Reeza Hendricks putting on the biggest opening stand in Gqeberha to set up the comfortable win. De Zorzi went on to convert his maiden half-century into a century.The win, though, was set up by the fast bowlers, two of whom didn’t even play the last match. One of them – Beuran Hendricks – flew in from Cape Town earlier in the morning after Ottniel Baartman and Andile Phehlukwayo were ruled out with injury. Aiden Markram also left out Tabraiz Shami’s left-arm spin for Lizaad Williams. The three specialist quicks bowled 28.2 overs between them for six wickets and 113 runs.After half-centuries from Sai Sudharsan – his second in his first two ODIs – and captain KL Rahul, the lack of depth in India’s batting was exposed when they looked to score quick runs and lost wickets to leave Axar Patel with four tailenders over the last 13.2 overs. The last four wickets could add only 42.Burger and Williams made good use of the Easterly and the pitch with seam movement and also inconsistent bounce. In comparison with Johannesburg, the ball swung much less – 0.6 degrees on an average in the first 10 to 1.3 degrees at Wanderers – but there was appreciable seam movement available, which made batting difficult. If anything, the slightly older ball seemed to be moving more off the deck as it did in Beuran’ spell as the first-change bowler.Burger corrected his length beautifully after being driven for four first ball, trapping Ruturaj Gaikwad lbw immediately. Tilak Varma’s stay at No. 3 was a troubled one, but was part of a 42-run second-wicket stand. Burger had to go off the field because of a nosebleed after three overs, but Beuran and Williams remained just as challenging. When Burger came back, his extra pace proved to be decisive as he got Varma on the hook for 10 off 30 balls.Sudharsan, who had been playing the ball late and not been missing out on any half-volleys, began to be troubled now as B Hendricks found a good length and the ball seamed either way. India were 54 for 2 in 15 overs when South Africa went to the second string of bowlers. Sudharsan slog-swept Keshav Maharaj for a six, Rahul pulled Wiaan Mulder for successive fours, and 37 came off seven overs before Markram went back to Williams.Sai Sudharsan and KL Rahul score fifties each but it wasn’t enough for a win•AFP/Getty Images

In the third over of his second spell, Williams produced an unplayable delivery that kicked off just short of a length and took Sudharsan’s glove to dismiss him for 62 off 83. At 113 for 3 in the 27th over, India still needed one more partnership before they could think of accelerating but Sanju Samson played Beuran on after looking good once again.Despite having lost four wickets, Rahul and debutant Rinku Singh looked to attack before the 40th over, which got them 31 runs in 22 balls, but ended in Rahul cutting Burger straight to backward point for 56 off 64. This is when Maharaj came into his own, slowing the ball down and using the drift from the wind to have Rinku stumped and Kuldeep Yadav caught on the sweep. This was a crucial helping hand just before the death overs.A couple of connected slogs from Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan took India past 200 but they batted only 46.2 overs despite going into the last 20 overs with seven wickets in hand.Arshdeep was much more impressive with the ball, getting consistent swing and seam, often proving to be too good to take the edge. Reeza, who had spent the first overs of the last two international unable to lay bat on ball, took first strike again and found things slightly easier. Only slightly. He edged Mukesh to second slip in the fifth over, but Gaikwad dropped a second catch there in two matches.Reeza was in control of just 22 of the first 35 balls he faced, de Zorzi 15 of the first 31 he played. However, de Zorzi was quick to punish any error in length, keeping the run-rate around four. This absorbed the entirety of the highly testing spell of 5-0-14-0 from Arshdeep and Mukesh’s 4-0-12-0. At this point, spin came on at one end, and at the other, Avesh began to bowl a touch too short.Like expert batters do, the South Africa openers now filled their boots, first by slowly working around singles and then targeting Kuldeep and Avesh. De Zorzi swept Kuldeep for four sixes, three of them slogs and only one of them off a wrong’un, which suggests little help for the spinners, which makes Maharaj’s contribution earlier in the day significant.When Mukesh and Arshdeep came back for their second spells, they still moved the ball around, they still troubled the batters, but by then, South Africa had gone past 100. The floodlights had barely come on by then.Reeza reaped the rewards for hanging in there, getting to a fifty, before he hooked Arshdeep straight to long leg, having added 130 for the first wicket. India had no option but to over-attack now, and both de Zorzi and Rassie van der Dussen cashed in. De Zorzi was there at the end to hit the winning six with 45 balls remaining and eight wickets in hand.

استهل منتخب مصر تحت 19 عامًا مشواره في بطولة كأس العالم لكرة اليد بفوز كاسح على نظيره الكوري الجنوبي بنتيجة 46 – 27.

وأقيمت المباراة التي جمع الفريقين مساء اليوم الأربعاء، على صالة استاد القاهرة الدولي، ضمن منافسات الجولة الأولى من دور المجموعات.

طالع.. مواعيد مباريات منتخب مصر في بطولة كأس العالم لكرة اليد للناشئين  وقدم ناشئو الفراعنة أداءً قويًا ومميزًا منذ انطلاق المباراة، وفرضوا سيطرتهم الكاملة على مجرياتها، ليحققوا فوزًا كبيرًا على كوريا الجنوبية.

وتقام البطولة على أرض مصر خلال الفترة من 6 إلى 17 أغسطس الجاري، على صالات استاد القاهرة، والعاصمة الإدارية الجديدة، وحسن مصطفى بمدينة 6 أكتوبر.

ويشارك منتخب مصر في المجموعة السابعة من بطولة كأس العالم لكرة اليد، التي تضم إلى جانبه منتخبات كوريا الجنوبية والبحرين واليابان.

ومن المنتظر أن يواجه الفراعنة الناشئين نظيرهم البحريني في المباراة المقبلة ضمن منافسات الجولة الثانية. موعد مباراة مصر والبحرين في بطولة كأس العالم لناشئي اليد

وتقام مباراة مصر للناشئين لكرة اليد أمام البحرين غدًا الخميس 7 أغسطس الساعة السابعة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة والسعودية.

The move will be tested on a trial basis between December 2023 and April 2024 in men’s ODIs and T20Is

Nagraj Gollapudi21-Nov-2023In a radical step to regulate the pace of play, the ICC has said it will experiment with having a stop clock between overs. A penalty of five runs will be imposed on the bowling side if they fail three times in an innings to start the new over within a minute.The move, which was approved by the chief executives committee, will be restricted to men’s ODIs and T20Is, and will be tested on a “trial basis” for six months between this December and April 2024. The first instance where this will be used will be in the upcoming three-match ODI series between West Indies and England, which begins on December 3.”The clock will be used to regulate the amount of time taken between overs,” the ICC said in a media release on Tuesday. “If the bowling team is not ready to bowl the next over within 60 seconds of the previous over being completed, a five-run penalty will be imposed the third time it happens in an innings.”In 2022, the ICC had introduced an in-match penalty in ODIs and T20Is – in both men’s and women’s cricket – to combat slow over rates. Currently, as per the playing conditions, the sanction for both formats is: if the fielding team fails to start the final over by the stipulated time, they are docked one fielder from outside the 30-yard circle.The third umpire, through a timer, regulates the time while accounting for any stoppages, before relaying it to the on-field match officials. The rule was introduced in T20Is in January and in ODIs during the World Cup Qualifiers in June-July earlier this year. That sanction is in addition to monetary fines teams have to pay for slow over rates under the ICC’s playing conditions.Having a stop clock is not an unprecedented move in sport, with tennis using the ‘shot clock’ where a player gets 25 seconds to get ready to serve between points. The ‘shot clock’ was also suggested by the MCC’s World Cricket Committee in 2018 to combat slow over rates in all three formats. The MCC committee, which included former international captains Ricky Ponting, Sourav Ganguly and Kumar Sangakkara, had recommended the ‘shot clock’ would be used during the “dead time” in a game.The clock, Ponting, at the time, had explained would not be operation during an over. “It is the dead time in the game, so at the end of the over the fielders and the bowlers have to be back in the position and ready to bowl at a certain time. That is a non-negotiable. The same with the new batsman coming to the crease – the bowling team has to be ready when the batsman gets there and he has had certain amount of time.”

Palmeiras are interested in signing Richarlison from Tottenham this summer and are willing to pay £55 million ($74m), per a new report.

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Per journalist Matheus Filipe, Palmeiras have opened direct talks with Richarlison over a deal to sign him this summer. The pursuit is being spearheaded by club president Leila Pereira, who is personally leading negotiations. The Brazilian club are aware that Spurs want £55m.

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Palmeiras are said to believe that they can reach Spurs' asking price, as they are flush with Club World Cup prize money. They are said to have presented a clear vision to the forward, which includes him being a key player, and retaining the opportunity to play for Brazil regularly.

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Richarlison won the Europa League last season but faced an injury-hit campaign, as he was limited to just four Premier League starts. For Richarlison's part, it is unclear if he would be willing to return to Brazil this summer.

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Spurs face Reading in their first pre-season friendly this weekend. It is unclear if Richarlison will play.