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Spinner completes memorable match after first-innings hundred as visitors continue upturn in form

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Lancashire 557 (Green1 60, Hartley 130, Hurst 106) and 110 for 1 (Jennings 57*) beat Gloucestershire 381 (Charlesworth 160, Phillips 64, Hartley 6-116) and 285 (Charlesworth 71, Phillips 56, Hartley 5-99) by nine wicketsMan-of-the-match Tom Hartley produced another career-best performance to propel Lancashire to a hard-earned nine-wicket victory over Gloucestershire at Cheltenham and keep alive their hopes of winning promotion back to Division One of the Rothesay County Championship.Having previously staged his highest score of 130 and taken 6 for 116 to put his team in control, the England slow left-armer claimed 5 for 99 on the final day of an entertaining match at the famous old College Ground as the red rose county made it two wins out of three in the red-ball format under the new leadership team of interim head coach Steve Croft and captain James Anderson.Made to follow on, Gloucestershire were dismissed for 285 in 98 overs in their second innings, Hartley finishing with match figures of 11 for 215 after Ben Charlesworth and Joe Phillips had scored 71 and 56 respectively for the home side. Chris Green weighed in with 2 for 62 as spin accounted for seven wickets on a surface offering some assistance.Set 110 to win in 26 overs, Lancashire chased down their target for the loss of Luke Wells with five overs to spare, courtesy of an authoritative unbroken second wicket partnership of 103 between Keaton Jennings and Josh Bohannon. Confronted by four spinners as Gloucestershire dispensed with seam, Jennings top-scored with a brisk 57 not out from 67 balls, while the equally forthright Bohannon faced 50 deliveries in raising an undefeated 45 as the visitors eased to victory in the final hour.Lancashire took 22 points to move into fourth place in Division Two, in the process leapfrogging Gloucestershire, who settled for five points after sustaining their third defeat of the season.Gloucestershire resumed their second innings on 98 without loss, still 78 in arrears and potentially vulnerable to a repeat of the collapse that undermined their first innings. It was incumbent upon openers Cameron Bancroft and Charlesworth to build upon their good start on a pitch that was offering some assistance to spin, but which was not expected to break up.If Gloucestershire’s minimum requirement was to bat two sessions, Lancashire were reading from an altogether different script, Anderson claiming the prized scalp of Bancroft in the opening over, the Australian edging to midwicket without adding to his overnight score of 35.Having seen off Anderson, Charlesworth was no doubt disappointed to then succumb to George Balderson in his first over from the Chapel Lawn End. Attempting a back-foot flick, Gloucestershire’s first-innings centurion found Marcus Harris at short midwicket and departed for 71 with the score 129 for 2. Guilty of poor shot selection, Ollie Price then pursued a wide delivery from Hartley that bounced off a length and edged to Luke Wells at slip, at which point Gloucestershire were 134 for 3, still 42 in arrears, having lost three wickets in the first hour.They came close to losing another in the next over, Miles Hammond standing his ground and being afforded the benefit of the doubt when Jennings claimed a catch at short square leg off the bowling of Hartley. The reprieve proved temporary, Green pinning Hammond lbw for 22 in the final over before lunch, which was taken with the score 168 for 4. Representing Gloucestershire’s best chance of saving the game, Phillips remained unbeaten on 35.He was joined by James Bracey and these two wiped out the remaining arrears early on in the afternoon session, Phillips going to a hard-earned 50 from 91 balls with his eighth four. But Lancashire continued to take wickets, Jack Blatherwick angling a short delivery into the body of Bracey, who was unable to get his bat out of the way and edged behind. His departure was a blow for Gloucestershire, who were in effect 21 for 5 with 57 overs left in the day.An even bigger blow befell the home side when Phillips’ vigil came to an end soon afterwards, the Cornishman held by the safe hands of Jennings at short leg off the bowling of the ubiquitous Hartley. Phillips had faced 110 balls, accrued eight fours and defied the red rose bowlers for three hours. Hartley then extracted additional spin to remove Graeme van Buuren, who stretched forward and was caught behind for 8 to leave the home side between a rock and a hard place at 210 for 7.Todd Murphy led a Gloucestershire counterattack, going for his shots, pushing the field back and sharing in a useful stand of 41 in eight overs with Zaman Akhter, who scored a breezy 20 before offering a return catch to Green as the home side slipped to 251 for 8. Ajeet Singh Dale survived a searching examination at the hands of Anderson and the new ball, he and Murphy digging in to reach tea on 268 for 8. Gloucestershire had a slender lead of 92 with a minimum 35 overs remaining.Lancashire’s go-to man, Hartley returned to bowl Murphy for a 56-ball 33 and complete the first 10-wicket match haul of his career as an enthralling contest entered its final session. He then accounted for last man Marchant de Lange, held at short square leg as Gloucestershire’s resistance with the bat finally came to an end in the early-evening sunshine.

For the first time this season, Rangers have won a home Premiership match; Danny Röhl working wonders already!

On Sunday, the Gers beat Kilmarnock 3-1 at Ibrox, with Derek Cornelius breaking the deadlock, only for Killie to equalise on the cusp of half time, but goals from Danilo and Youssef Chermiti after the interval cemented the victory.

This is just the Gers second league victory of the season, beating Livingston at Almondvale in the last minute in September, thereby moving them up to fifth, just five points behind Celtic, albeit still 13 adrift run-away league-leaders Hearts.

New manager Röhl may only have been in situ for a week, but now faces a crucial seven days, with a tricky trip to Hibernian to come on Wednesday, before the small matter of a Glasgow derby at Hampden in the League Cup semi-finals next Sunday.

Ahead of these massive games, has Röhl unearthed an “exciting” talent who could replicate, arguably, the Premiership’s best striker?

Why Rangers should have signed Lawrence Shankland

During the summer, Rangers were heavily linked with a move for Scotland international striker Lawrence Shankland, given that his contract at Heart of Midlothian expired on 30 June.

After only a few days unemployed, Shankland decided to stay at Hearts, signing a new contract on 3 July, and he certainly showed Rangers what they could have had last month, scoring both as the Jambos won 2-0 at Ibrox.

Well, Heart of Midlothian are certainly the talk of Scottish football at this moment in time.

On Sunday, Derek McInnes’ side beat Celtic 3-1 at a raucous Tynecastle, going in front thanks to an early own goal, before quick-fire strikes from Alexandros Kyziridis and then Shankland from the penalty spot cemented a 3-1 victory.

This leaves Hearts eight points clear at the top, looking to become the first non-Old Firm champions of Scotland since Aberdeen 41 years ago, not facing one of the Glasgow giants again until they travel to Celtic Park on 7 December.

Shankland himself has now scored eight goals this season, five of which have come in the Premiership.

In contrast, right-back James Tavernier is the only Rangers player to have scored more than one league goal across their nine fixtures to date.

Thus, the Hearts captain, a boyhood Rangers fan, spotted at Ibrox for April’s Europa League quarter-final against Athletic Club, would unquestionably improve the Gers’ current team, but did Röhl discover his answer to Shankland during Sunday’s match, a forgotten star who could propel Rangers up the table?

Rangers have their own answer to Shankland

Sunday was certainly a memorable afternoon for new signing Youssef Chermiti, scoring his first senior goal since May 2023, but Danilo was the striker who caught the eye.

When he joined the club from Feyenoord for a reported fee of £6m in the summer of 2023, then-manager Michael Beale labelled him an “exciting player who likes to create and score goals”.

Meantime, Melvin Dupper of the Rangers Review described him as ‘quick’ and an ‘amazing instinctive finisher’, praising his work rate and pressing ability, but supporters have seen very little of any of that in the two and a bit years since.

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The Brazilian has scored just 14 goals in 61 outings for the club, sitting out 65 matches due to injury.

Sunday’s header was just his second goal since netting during the 3-0 demolition of Celtic in January.

Overall, as the table below outlines, Danilo had a very productive afternoon against Kilmarnock, despite limited involvement.

Danilo vs Kilmarnock

Stats

Danilo

Match rank

Goals

1

1st

Shots on target

1

2nd

Accurate passes

11

19th

Duels won

3

19th

Touches

18

22nd

Sofascore rating

7.3

4th

Stats via Sofascore

As the table documents, Danilo was not often involved in build-up play, emphasised by the fact he touched the ball just 18 times in 69 minutes on the park, three touches fewer than goalkeeper Jack Butland.

Nevertheless, when his sole opportunity of the afternoon came, he took it, heading past Killie keeper Eddie Beach.

It may be stating the obvious, but having a reliable goalscorer could transform this team, with new manager Röhl attempting to rebuild a sinking ship that has hit rock bottom, following Russell Martin’s catastrophic if only brief reign.

Hearts would not be clear at the top if it wasn’t for the goals scored by Shankland and summer signing Cláudio Braga, with Rangers still searching for their own talisman in attack, following a scattergun summer of recruitment.

New signings Youssef Chermiti and Bojan Miovski look substandard when compared to the pair they are supposed to be replacing, namely Cyriel Dessers and Hamza Igamane, so could Danilo, a player they already had, but many had written off, prove to be the centre-forward Röhl can hang his hat on?

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Posts 1 ByDan Emery Oct 27, 2025

تحدث المدافع دين هويسن، لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي ريال مدريد ومنتخب إسبانيا عن لامين يامال والعديد من الأمور التي تخص منتخب لاروخا.

وانضم هويسن في الميركاتو الصيفي الماضي إلى ريال مدريد قادمًا من نادي بورنموث في صفقة مهمة لتحسين دفاع الفريق الملكي بعد الفترة السيئة التي عاشها الموسم الماضي.

وقال هويسن في تصريحات لصحيفة “ماركا”: “أركز على نفسي وأحاول التحسن كل يوم، بصراحة أتعامل مع الأمر بشكل جيد”.

وأكمل: “ريال مدريد هو أكبر نادي في العالم ومن الطبيعي أن يكون هناك كل هذا الحديث، لا أقرأ الصحف وأعيش حياتي بشكل طبيعي، أذهب إلى التدريبات وأعود إلى المنزل وهذا كل شيء”.

وأضاف: “لقد تلقيت العديد من النصائح المهمة، شرح لي كيبا طبيعة ريال مدريد من الداخل ومدى روعة تمثيل هذا النادي، في ريال مدريد، إذا قدمت مباراة سيئة، فهذا يُثير الغضب لكن الموسم طويل ويجب أن تحافظ على هدوئك”.

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وعن تواجد لاعبي برشلونة وريال مدريد في معسكر منتخب إسبانيا: “عندما نأتي إلى هنا نكون زملاء في الفريق وعندما نلعب في النادي نكون منافسين، هذا أمر طبيعي، في الملعب نرغب في التنافس بشراسة ولكن خارجه هناك أجواء رائعة”.

وتطرق للحديث عن لامين يامال وفينيسيوس جونيور: “لامين شاب عادي وعمره 18 عامًا فقط، أحيانًا نقوم بتضخيم الأمور وينطبق الأمر نفسه على فينيسيوس، إنه لاعب رائع وشخص جيد حقًا لكنه يتعرض لانتقادات شديدة عند أقل فعل يصدر منه”.

ووجه رسالة إلى وسائل الإعلام الإسبانية: “إذا كنا نستحق النقد فانتقدونا، لكن في كثير من الأحيان يكون النقد مبالغًا فيه”.

وبسؤاله حول المشاركة في كأس العالم المقبل: “كان ليكون حلمًا أن أكون هناك لكنني لا أريد المشاركة، أريد الفوز”.

وتابع: “لدينا العديد من اللاعبين في غرفة ملابس ريال مدريد الذين يمثلون منتخبات وطنية عظيمة، بيلينجهام مع إنجلترا، ومبابي مع فرنسا، والبرازيليون، جميعهم يشعرون بالقدرة على الفوز بكأس العالم، هناك الكثير من المواهب”.

وأتم: “حياتي الشخصية؟ ليس لديّ صديقة، ألعب بلاي ستيشن لأنه أكثر ما يريحني وأنشر فقط مواضيع متعلقة بكرة القدم على مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي”.

It’s an excellent time to be an Arsenal fan at the moment.

Mikel Arteta’s side are four for four in the Champions League, through to the next round in the League Cup and top of the Premier League.

However, the North Londoners still have their problems, such as the growing number of injuries.

Moreover, Arteta now has to make do without summer signing Viktor Gyokeres, although the good news is that he has a solution in Arsenal’s best finisher since Robin van Persie.

Arsenal's solutions to Gyokeres' injruy

With Kai Havertz still out and Gabriel Jesus only just returning to first-team training, Arteta can get a little creative with his Gyokeres replacement.

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One option could be moving Leandro Trossard into the middle, as, unlike last season, he seems to be getting back to his dangerous best.

In fact, the Belgian international has already amassed an impressive tally of three goals and four assists for the side in 13 appearances.

Moreover, while the 30-year-old is primarily a winger, he’s no stranger to playing up top, having done so 49 times across his career.

However, should the manager wish to keep Trossard on the right, he could go with an even bolder choice: starting Ethan Nwaneri up top.

After all, only last season he told the press that the youngster “can play as a right winger and there is another position I think he can develop into – No9.”

Moreover, with an impressive tally of nine goals and two assists in just 1378 minutes last season, the teenager clearly has an eye for goal that’s hard to teach.

However, while Trossard and Nwaneri would probably do a fine job leading the line for a game, there is another player Arteta will almost certainly turn to, a player who could be looked at as Arsenal’s best finisher since Van Persie.

Arsenal's best finisher

While he does have a few options at his disposal, it seems almost certain that Arteta will opt to play Mikel Merino up top against Sunderland.

After all, over the last year or so, the Spaniard has put forward a very good case for him being the club’s best finisher since Van Persie.

Now, that is not to say that he’s been the best centre-forward since the Dutchman, as he hasn’t and wouldn’t even claim to be one.

However, his quality of finishing is superb, and his utterly outrageous catalogue of goals proves as much.

For example, in his very first game as the side’s striker, against Leicester City last season, he scored an excellent header and another one-touch finish into the bottom corner.

Then, at home to Real Madrid in the Champions League, he once again scored a sensational one-touch goal, but this time from the edge of the penalty area.

In fact, when looking back on the goals he has scored for the club, it becomes apparent that he’s at his very best when he has less time to think and has to finish with a single touch.

Fortunately for him and the rest of the team, he is something of a “magnet in the box,” per Arsenal writer Adam Keys, and so he often has just one opportunity to bury a chance.

Ultimately, it might sound hyperbolic, and Arteta won’t want him playing up top for much longer, but it’s hard to deny that Merino currently looks like Arsenal’s best finisher since Van Persie.

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O Santos empatou por 0 a 0 contra o Cuiabá, e o técnico Marcelo Fernandes apontou o que fez falta para o time vencer a partida. Dentre as explicações do treinador, os desfalques, que forçaram a mudança do sistema e estilo de jogo, foram classificados como culpados.

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– Quanto à volta dos jogadores, é importante pensar naquilo que é melhor. A equipe se portou muito bem no 3-5-2. O Lucas Braga foi um cara que hoje fez muita falta ali pela direita. Ele foi muito criticado, mas já fez muitos jogos importantes para a gente – disse o comandante do Peixe.

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Além de não ter o ala direito devido a uma suspensão, não contar com dois dos seus defensores atrapalhou os planos de Marcelo.

– Logicamente que perder Basso e Dodô é muito forte. É um estilo de jogo que a gente estava bem encaixado. Ele vai fazer um tratamento para podermos escalar o time da melhor forma possível – relatou o técnico.

O time viu a distância diminuir para o Z-4. Diante de um ponto conquistado em casa, o treinador reforçou que a pontuação é valiosa para o restante da competição.

– O Cuiabá tem um grande treinador, fez grandes jogos e conquistou vitórias importantíssimas. A gente tinha o Soteldo e o Marcos, pensamos em liberar o João Lucas e não encaixou. O Maxi na direita, tentamos abrir um pouco, mas o Cuiabá é muito bem montado. Time perigosíssimo. Não foi uma noite perfeita, mas somamos um ponto. Ponto valioso diante de uma grande equipe – concluiu Marcelo Fernandes

This is the seventh successive time Pakistan have won a T20I series against West Indies

Danyal Rasool03-Aug-2025

After the drama of the second game came something of a repeat of the first today. Pakistan edged out West Indies by 13 runs to seal a 2-1 series win, a seventh successive such outcome in bilateral T20I series between the two sides. Pakistan proved just a touch too good for their hosts with both bat and ball, inspired by a 138-run opening partnership between Saim Ayub and Sahibzada Farhan and a flurry at the death. They held their nerve with ball in hand, a clutch few overs at the death shutting the door in West Indies’ face, leaving their pursuit of 190 just short once again.Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat again, but this time avoided losing early wickets as they had on Saturday. Ayub and Farhan saw through the first few overs with solidity, if not quite the aggression this new-look Pakistan may have desired, and before long found the innings drawing to a close without having lost a wicket, but also bereft of the explosiveness that would put the game out of West Indies’ reach.They did eventually put up a stiff target, but West Indies sparkled with intent up front, smashing 33 in the first two overs. It gave them a buffer for when Haris Rauf began to drag them back, but in a game where wickets were hard to come by, the hosts looked to be building a platform for the kind of big finish that fetched them victory in the previous game.They looked on course around the 16-over mark, ahead of Pakistan at that stage by about five runs, and needed 49 off the final four. But a fiery 17th over from Rauf and a magnificent one from Sufiyan Muqeem right after – which saw Jason Holder castled for a two-ball duck, ended West Indies realistic aspirations of a series victory. They thrashed and flailed for the final two overs, but they were in Pakistan’s grip, and had sunk too far now.138 for 0Can a 138-run partnership be bad for the team? It’s a question Pakistan have discussed perhaps more than any other side during the Mohammad Rizwan-Babar Azam years, and one, perhaps, they might have revisited with Ayub and Farhan but for the fine margins going their way. The pair found boundaries and sixes with reasonable regularity, but West Indies managed to sneak in large spells of dot balls or singles that kept dragging the run rate back.With four overs to go on the best batting surface of the series, both Ayub and Farhan had half-centuries, but Pakistan’s run rate stood at a modest 8.50. Having scored 23 in their final five yesterday, it would require something special to ensure Pakistan posted a winning total today.Making amendsIt had come to the stage Pakistan probably needed a wicket to fall more than West Indies with the visitors’ power hitters sitting idle. Shamar Joseph removed Farhan bringing Hasan Nawaz out to the middle, who hooked his fourth ball for six to set the death-overs tempo. Another six the following over preceded his dismissal, but the shift in gears was evident. Not a single four was struck through the death overs, but Pakistan found five sixes in the last four overs, including a 20-run final over that ultimately put them above par. Fifty-three runs came in the final four, a number that would arguably have been somewhat smaller had a 138-run partnership not been broken when it was.Chase retired out, WI run out of timeEvery game this series, it has seemed Jason Holder came out to bat a shade too late, but tonight, he could wait no more. With Roston Chase struggling for timing and the rate above 13, West Indies opted to retire him out and sent Holder into the middle with 41 to get in three overs. It was well within range of his abilities, but his fireworks have largely come against Pakistan’s quicks, and there was still a Muqeem over to negotiate.A flipper off his second ball shot through and knocked back Holder’s off peg with such precision it took the Bajan time to work out he had actually been bowled and not fallen victim to some devious sleight of hand by wicketkeeper Mohammad Haris. With Muqeem and Rauf both consistently on their mark, West Indies frankly had no one who looked like getting them close enough anymore.

أصبح جياني إنفانتينو رئيس الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم “فيفا” في موقف حرج، مبديًا استعداده للاستجابة لضغوط سياسية من الرئيس الأمريكي دونالد ترامب، بشأن كأس العالم 2026.

وتستضيف الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، المكسيك، وكندا، منافسات كأس العالم 2026، في الصيف المقبل.

وظهر إنفانتينو إلى جانب ترامب في البيت الأبيض، وألمح لاستعداده للاستجابة لمطالب ترامب، التي لها أبعاد سياسية بصورة واضحة.

وكان من المفترض أن يعلن عن نظام تأشيرات جديد للجماهير، خلال مؤتمر، واستغل ترامب الأمر لمهاجمة مدن تابعة لإدارات ديمقراطية مثل سياتل وبوسطن وسان فرانسيسكو.

وأشار ترامب المعروف بانتمائه للحزب الجمهوري والذي يعد في خلاف واضح مع الديمقراطيين، إلى إمكانية حرمان تلك المدن من استضافة المباريات في كأس العالم.

ترامب ألمح سابقًا إلى أنه قد يتدخل لسحب مباريات من سياتل وبوسطن وسان فرانسيسكو، ومن المتوقع أن يصطدم مع عمدة نيويورك المنتخب حديثًا، زهران ممداني الاشتراكي الديمقراطي.

وتحدث ترامب بوضوح إنه سيطلب من إنفانتينو نقل أي مباراة من مدينة لا تُقدِّر الحدث أو يراها غير آمنة، وأكد رئيس فيفا أن الأمن هو الأولوية الأولى.

وأشار ترامب، في وجود وزيرة الأمن الداخلي كريستي نويم، إلى إنفانتينو وهو يرد: “إذا اعتقدنا بوجود أي مشكلة، فسأطلب من جياني نقلها إلى مدينة أخرى، لدينا العديد من المدن التي ترغب في ذلك، أولًا، وسنقوم بذلك بأمان تام”.

وأضاف: “لذا، إذا اعتقدنا بوجود مشكلة في سياتل حيث يوجد عمدة ليبرالي/شيوعي للغاية، فسأقول بالتأكيد أكثر من مجرد ليبرالي، شاهدتها خلال عطلة نهاية الأسبوع، يا إلهي، هذا مشهد رائع آخر لدينا هناك، لكن إذا اعتقدنا بوجود مشكلة، فسننتقل يا جياني؟”.

وواصل الرئيس الأمريكي: “لا أعتقد أنه يمكنك تحمل هذه المشكلة، لكننا سننقل الحدث إلى مكان يكون فيه موضع تقدير وآمن”.

وقد وضعت هذه التعليقات إنفانتينو في موقف حرج، فبدلاً من الحدث عن التكاليف على المدن الأمريكية الإحدى عشرة المُضيفة للبطولة، وقرب موعد قرعة كأس العالم وضيق الجدول الزمني، أبدى رئيس الفيفا استعدادًا للخضوع لرغبات ترامب.

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ورد إنفانتينو: “السلامة والأمن هما الأولوية القصوى لكأس عالم ناجحة، نرى اليوم ثقة الناس في الولايات المتحدة من خلال رؤيتنا للتذاكر ومبيعاتها، فقد بعنا أرقامًا قياسية من التذاكر، ما يقرب من مليوني تذكرة بالفعل، هذا لأن الناس يعلمون أنهم سيأتون إلى هنا وسيختبرون كأس عالم آمنة ومُستقرة”.

وأضاف: “إنها مسؤولية الحكومة، ومسؤولية الوزيرة نويم، ومسؤولية الجميع، من الواضح أننا سنُناقش الأمر، ونعمل معًا، ولدينا فريق عمل مُخصص لهذا الأمر، ويجب أن نضمن لجميع المُشجعين القادمين من الخارج والمتواجدين هنا، أن يُشاركوا في احتفالية اتحاد الرياضة، وهذا لا يتحقق إلا بسلامة تامة”.

وصرحت نيوم: “نتواصل مع جميع رؤساء البلديات هؤلاء بشأن مسؤولياتهم، إنهم يدركون أن سلامة وأمن هذه الفعاليات مسؤوليتهم الأولى، وسنكون حاضرين، فالرئيس حاضر دائمًا للحفاظ على سلامة الأمريكيين، لكنه يحرص أيضًا على أن يدرك الناس مسؤولياتهم وأنهم مستعدون لاستضافة هذه الفعاليات والقيام بذلك بطريقة آمنة”.

وبحسب ما ورد في صحيفة “ذا صن” البريطانية، وضعت هذه الخطوة إنفانتينو في خلاف مع نائبه الكندي فيكتور مانتاجلياني، وستُثير قلقًا بالغًا.

وسبق وصرح في أوائل أكتوبر: “إنها بطولة الفيفا، من اختصاص الفيفا، والفيفا هي من تتخذ هذه القرارات، مع كل الاحترام لقادة العالم الحاليين، كرة القدم أكبر منهم، وستصمد كرة القدم في وجه نظامهم وحكومتهم وشعاراتهم”.

“The final is the biggest stage, that’s the game that matters,” Chinelle Henry says ahead of the WCPL final, where her team, Barbados Royals, will be looking for their third title

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The Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) is in its fourth season, with the final lined up on Wednesday morning in Providence, and we will have the familiar sight of Barbados Royals in the middle, gunning for their third successive title. It’s a competition with just three teams, but Royals have been the dominant power, making all four finals, so “there was a lot riding on it,” when the WCPL began and Royals had to cope with the loss of regular captain Hayley Matthews. A shoulder injury left her on the sidelines and Chinelle Henry in the hot seat.”When she [Matthews] called me and asked me to be captain [because] she wasn’t going to be available, it was quite like, ‘yeah, just give me a moment to think about that’,” Henry said before taking on Guyana Amazon Warriors, the only team not to have won the title. Trinbago Knight Riders were the inaugural champions in 2022.”But I guess when [Matthews] asked, she was like, ‘you probably could be that person, because you have been around the team all the seasons before, as a senior player in the squad’, [despite] all the overseas players that we’ve had and even the captain in her own right in Chamari Athapaththu, who’s been brilliant helping me in the field in terms of decision-making and stuff like that.”Hayley is a big character, both on and off the field, and she has done a lot for us as a franchise. I think the girls have really stepped up. We’re in our fourth final, so that’s really something to talk about.”So far, the way we have been in the group games, there’s still a few areas to tighten up, but I think we are ready to compete in that final.”Royals have made the final winning all their four games this year, including the two against their opponents in the final, giving them a clear upper hand in the title fight.”Over the years, we have had a majority of the same girls playing on the team, so when it comes to culture, we already know what that’s like in terms of the players that we already have and the overseas players that we try to get into the squad,” Henry said. “Once they come in and get a feel of what the girls are about, everybody just fits right in and that’s what’s been the core thing for us this season.”Yes, Hayley’s not here, but how we play, how we come together as a group… she was here a few days ago, she had a few words for us, she will talk to me to say what she thinks, give a bit of advice, but it’s never anything to question my ability to lead the team. And that’s where she is really that person that trusts and believes in players and believes that players can step up when they need to. And, having done that, leading the Royals this season, it was just stepping into that spotlight and still playing my game.”The big star for Royals has been Athapaththu, who is 15 runs clear at the top of the run-scorers’ list with 169 runs in four innings, to go with seven wickets (second only to Amazon Warriors’ Laura Harris who has eight). Henry and Qiana Joseph have done their bit with the bat, but it has, at times, been a one-woman show.Chinelle Henry has played her part with the bat in Royals’ winning streak•CPL T20/Getty Images

“We have a lot of big characters in this group, and she is very passionate, and she loves what she does,” Henry said of Athapaththu. “To be the opener for this team and constantly coming up with runs for us and in the middle, when we are bowling, you can call on her and be like, we need to break a partnership or something, which happens, you know.”She is that person, you know, whenever you call on her, she puts up her hand and is ready to perform and is ready to do her all for the team. With somebody like her, a lot of us, a lot of the younger ones that we have, we really look to her in terms of advice, how she plays, how she thinks when she goes out, and she keeps it simple.”Going by the form Royals have shown in the earlier games this season, they are runaway favourites for the final.”The final is the biggest stage, that’s the game that matters. If we go into that game with a calm and clear mind, things that we have to do as a team and, I have said in a previous interview, we still haven’t got all the areas that we want to tick, all three boxes, the final will be the game to do that,” Henry said. “We know that and we have that in the back of our minds, and we go into Wednesday’s game with everything that we have and the girls are ready to fight. We’ve been in the finals and we know what it feels like to win finals, and we want to make it another one for us, so we go into the final with no complacency, we’re just going out there to fight and bring that trophy back home.”

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حسم التعادل الإيجابي نتيجة مباراة فريقي طلائع الجيش وإنبي، في الجولة الرابعة عشر من بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

وواجه فريق طلائع الجيش نظيره فريق إنبي، في تمام الساعة الثامنة من مساء اليوم، على ملعب جهاز الرياضة العسكري. 

طالع.. صالح جمعة يفجر مفاجأة بشأن صفقة الأهلي الجديدة.. ويوضح موقفه من اللعب في الدوري المصري

وتعادل طلائع الجيش مع إنبي، بهدف لكل فريق، حيث تقدم إنبي بالهدف الأول عن طريق أحمد العجوز في الدقيقة 33، بينما عادل الطلائع النتيجة في الدقيقة 83 عن طريق حسام السويسي. 

وبهذه النتيجة رفع فريق إنبي رصيده إلى 19 نقطة، في المركز السابع في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري الممتاز، بينما رفع فريق طلائع الجيش رصيده إلى 11 نقطة في المركز السابع عشر. 

وفي نفس التوقيت، حسم التعادل السلبي نتيجة مباراة البنك الأهلي ومودرن سبورت، ضمن مباريات نفس الجولة. 

بهذه النتيجة رفع فريق البنك الأهلي رصيده إلى 17 نقطة، في المركز الثامن في جدول ترتيب الدوري الممتاز، بينما فريق مودرن سبورت فرفع رصيده إلى 17 نقطة في المركز العاشر.