Sri Lanka will arrive in Dhaka on May 16, shortly after the Eid ul Fitr weekend, and complete a three-day quarantine
Mohammad Isam05-May-2021
The Shere Bangla National stadium will host the matches on May 23, 25 and 28•Anisur Rahman
The upcoming three-match ODI series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will be held at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka, the BCB has announced.The matches, part of the ICC’s ODI Super League, will be held on May 23, 25 and 28, within a bio-bubble stretching between the team hotel and the ground.Sri Lanka will arrive in Dhaka on May 16, shortly after the Eid ul Fitr weekend, and complete a three-day quarantine. Their first practice session will be on May 19 at the National Cricket Academy ground, adjacent to the stadium. The visitors will then play a practice match at the BKSP on May 21. At the conclusion of the ODI series on May 28, the Sri Lankan team will depart on the following day.This will be Bangladesh’s third ODI series within the ICC’s World Cup qualifying campaign. They are currently in sixth place, having beaten the West Indies 3-0 at home in January, but lost to New Zealand 3-0 in in March. Sri Lanka lost to West Indies 3-0 last month, are now in 12th place.The two teams only last week played out their final World Test Championship series, which Sri Lanka won 1-0 after a 209-run win over Bangladesh in Pallekele.Sri Lanka will become the second international team to arrive in Bangladesh since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. The BCB successfully hosted West Indies in January-February this year, in a three-ODI and two-Test series in Dhaka and Chattogram.This will however be a different situation, since Bangladesh are in the middle of a strong second wave of Covid-19 cases. The country has been under a lockdown since April 5. The international flight suspension ended on May 1, but the country’s lockdown has been extended till May 16.Bangladesh will be without their fast-bowling coach Ottis Gibson, with the team opting to use a local coach instead.
A derrota para o Flamengo aumentou a chance de rebaixamento do São Paulo no Campeonato Brasileiro. Segundo o site Infobola, do matemático Tristão Garcia, o Tricolor tem 19% de chances de queda para a Série B. Ao final da última rodada, por exemplo, a chance de descenso era de apenas 4,5%.
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O São Paulo está atualmente na 15ª posição, com 38 pontos, dois a menos que o Juventude, primeiro time dentro do Z-4. No entanto, a equipe de Caxias do Sul tem um jogo a menos na tabela.A Chapecoense já está rebaixada, o Grêmio na vice lanterna tem 92% de chance de cair e o Sport com 98%. Já o Bahia, logo atrás do São Paulo, tem 18%. Na frente do Tricolor, aparecem Atlético-GO com 9%; Cuiabá com 13%; Santos com 12%; Athletico-PR e Ceará com 3%.
Para mudar essa situação, o São Paulo tem confrontos diretos na reta final da competição.Primeiro, o time de Rogério Ceni enfrentará o Sport (18º), dia 27 de novembro, às 21h30, no Morumbi. Depois, o São Paulo viaja para Porto Alegre, onde enfrenta o Grêmio (19º), dia dois de dezembro, às 20h. A sequência decisiva encerra contra o Juventude (17º), dia seis de dezembro, às 19h, no Morumbi.
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O Campeonato Brasileiro tem a sua última rodada no dia nove de dezembro, quando o São Paulo enfrentará o América-MG, às 21h30, na Arena Independência. Ou seja, dos seis jogos restantes do São Paulo na competição, três são contra times da zona de rebaixamento.
Agora, o time se prepara para encarar o Palmeiras, nesta quarta-feira (17), às 20h30, no Allianz Parque. Já são três jogos sem vencer no Brasileirão, com derrotas para Bahia e Flamengo e o empate diante do Fortaleza.
تشهد كرة القدم الإسبانية تصعيدًا كبيرًا في التوتر بين ريال مدريد والحكام، حيث اجتمعت الأندية ورابطة الليجا والاتحاد الإسباني لكرة القدم لمناقشة التداعيات.
وطالبت الأندية بمعاقبة ريال مدريد على خلفية اتهاماته المتكررة للحكام ومحاولاته التأثير عليهم، وهو ما اعتبره الجميع سلوكًا غير مقبول داخل المسابقات الرسمية.
في الاجتماع الذي عُقد بحضور مسؤولي الأندية واللجنة الفنية للحكام، تم اقتراح فرض عقوبات على ريال مدريد بسبب حملته الإعلامية التي تهدف إلى الضغط على الحكام.
وقد لاقى هذا الاقتراح تأييدًا واسعًا، دون أي اعتراض من الأطراف الحاضرة، ما يعكس إجماعًا على خطورة تصرفات ريال مدريد وتأثيرها على نزاهة المنافسة، بحسب ما ذكر موقع “ريليفو” الإسباني.
رغم تأكيده المسبق على الحضور، تغيب ريال مدريد عن الاجتماع، وهو ما استغلته الأندية لزيادة انتقاداتها ضد الملكي واعتبروا أن تصرفات النادي تدل على عدم احترامه لبقية الفرق ولمنظومة التحكيم.
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وواجهت اللجنة الفنية للحكام انتقادات حادة خلال الاجتماع بسبب عدم دفاعها بشكل كافٍ عن الحكام ضد اتهامات ريال مدريد، وتم التطرق إلى البيان الذي أصدره النادي عقب مباراة إسبانيول، والذي تضمن تشكيكًا في نزاهة الحكام، بالإضافة إلى مقاطع الفيديو التي تبثها قناة ريال مدريد الرسمية لتسليط الضوء على الأخطاء التحكيمية التي يدّعي النادي وقوعه ضحيتها.
وأكد العديد من ممثلي الأندية أن المشكلة لا تقتصر على انتقادات ريال مدريد، بل تمتد إلى معايير التحكيم المتفاوتة، وطالبوا بتوحيد قرارات الحكام لتجنب الأخطاء التي قد تؤثر على نتائج المباريات.
هذا الطلب حظي بموافقة واسعة، حيث أشار مسؤول بأحد أندية الدرجة الثانية إلى أن هذا الاجتماع شكل فرصة نادرة لتبادل وجهات النظر مع الحكام.
وناقشت الأندية مطلب ريال مدريد بالكشف عن تسجيلات غرفة تقنية الـVAR، وهو الأمر الذي يسعى النادي إلى تحقيقه حتى لو تطلب اللجوء إلى المحاكم العادية، وجد هذا الاقتراح دعمًا من بعض الحاضرين، بما في ذلك خافيير تيباس، رئيس رابطة الدوري الإسباني، الذي أبدى تأييده للشفافية في استخدام تقنية الفيديو.
One of the best academies in English football throughout the Premier League era is undoubtedly Manchester United’s Carrington. The Red Devils have produced some spectacular players over the years, many of whom have gone on to become top-flight legends and iconic figures at Old Trafford.
In the first team at the moment, Erik ten Hag has several academy graduates. They range from the likes of Marcus Rashford, who has become a key player for his boyhood club, to breakout stars Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho, United’s goalscorers in their 2-1 FA Cup final victory over Manchester City last season.
However, not all of their academy graduates make it at Old Trafford, with some slipping through the cracks and making a name for themselves elsewhere. One of those players is Angel Gomes.
Angel Gomes' career so far
Gomes has been making waves recently, having impressed for England over the last week, making his senior bow under Lee Carsley against the Republic of Ireland, before making his first start against Finland.
He made his Premier League debut against Crystal Palace in May 2017 and became the first player born in the 2000s to play in the Premier League, at 16 years and 263 days old.
Angel Gomes
However, things did not really pick up for the midfielder, who could not get a look in for the Red Devils. By the time he left on a free transfer to Lille in 2020, he had made just ten appearances for his boyhood club.
The now 24-year-old, who is the godson of former Red Devils winger Nani, has since found a home at the French club. He has now made 118 appearances for the four-time Ligue 1 champions, scoring eight times and registering eight assists.
He has adapted his game superbly, going from an enterprising number ten as a youngster to the deep-lying playmaker we see today. His most recent appearance for the Three Lions at Wembley was superb, and he operated as a 'regista', orchestrating play from a deep role.
His performances earned him an 8/10 from Patrick Rowe, a journalist for Sky Sports, who dubbed him “an intelligent player”. His stats on Sofascore were also superb, completing an incredible 116 out of 123 passes at a 96% success rate.
Gomes stats vs. Finland
Stat
Number
Touches
130
Passes completed
116/123
Pass completion rate
94%
Ground duels won
4/8
Long balls completed
3/4
Tackles won
2/2
Stats from Sofascore
There is certainly a case to be made that United made a mistake in letting such a talented academy graduate leave for free. It is certainly a mistake they would want to avoid making with another talented young midfielder they have coming through the ranks, Dan Gore.
Man Utd's next Angel Gomes
It has been a frustrating 12 months for United’s young midfielder Gore, who made his first-team debut last season. Ten Hag gave him his maiden Red Devils appearance in the Carabao Cup against Palace, the same opponent Gomes made his debut against, on his 19th birthday.
The youngster also played one minute against Aston Villa on Boxing Day last season, his Premier League bow.
Subsequently, the 19-year-old went out on loan to League One side Port Vale for the second half of the 2023/24 campaign. However, he made just one appearance for the Valiants, before unfortunately picking up an injury which ruled him out for the rest of the season.
As per a report from the Manchester Evening News, Gore dislocated his shoulder in a training session just before pre-season, meaning he missed the Red Devils tour to the United States.
However, the report explains he should be back soon enough, citing 'the early weeks of the 2024/25 season' as his targeted return from injury. He will be hoping he can break into a fairly thin-on-the-ground United midfield, with opportunities potentially coming in the Carabao Cup and the Europa League.
In terms of his profile, Gore is a technical midfielder and is particularly a superb ball carrier. He is small in stature, just 5 foot 5, although this is something he uses to his advantage, much in the same manner as the diminutive Gomes.
The Carrington graduate uses his low centre of gravity superbly and is able to slalom past defenders with ease and progress the ball through the lines. He was described as an “exciting talent” by football scout Antonio Mango.
Having already seen his FA Youth Cup-winning colleague, Mainoo, break into the first-team fold – with the pair lining up together in that showpiece triumph in 2022 – Gore could be the next big thing off the conveyor belt at Old Trafford.
There could be a case to be made that a Gore-Mainoo axis could be the future of United's first-team midfield, with the pair seemingly developing a real understanding together, as Gore himself has noted:
"Kobbie [Mainoo] is a top player and a good lad as well. We work well with each other. If one is out of position the other will fill in. We have a good connection, and we know each other very well."
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While Gore’s contract expires in 2026, he still has plenty of time to recover from injury and impress the Red Devils’ coaches and manager, with the hope of soon following in Mainoo's footsteps.
Whatever happens, the club will want to avoid another Gomes situation and lose an excellent youngster for free only for him to kick on and become an England international a few years later.
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Dois dias depois de vencer o Sport por 2 a 0, no Morumbi, o São Paulo voltou aos treinos nesta segunda-feira, no CT da Barra Funda, onde abriu preparação para enfrentar o Grêmio na quinta, às 20h, em Porto Alegre, pela 35ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O volante Luan, recuperado de lesão na coxa esquerda, treinou pelo terceiro dia após superar o problema. Já o meio-campista William deu novo passo no seu processo de recuperação de uma cirurgia no joelho direito ao iniciar a transição ao gramado para readquirir a sua condição física.
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Luan teve umaavulsão tendínea no músculo adutor da coxa esquerda, sofrida no dia 13 de outubro, e já havia trabalho no campo na sexta-feira e no sábado na última semana. Sem atuar desde o dia 11 do mês passado, quando o Tricolor empatou por 0 a 0 com o Cuiabá, o jogador ainda precisa evoluir em sua preparação física para poder ficar à disposição do técnico Rogério Ceni.
Já Willian foi submetido a umaartroscopia no joelho direito, em agosto, ainda não sabe quando poderá voltar a atuar. O jogador também precisará definir o seu futuro em breve, pois tem contrato com o São Paulo apenas até o final do ano e o clube ainda não confirmou se renovará o compromisso para 2022.
De acordo com informações divulgadas pelo São Paulo sobre o treino desta segunda-feira, a atividade contou com o elenco sendo dividido em dois grupos. Enquanto os titulares do jogo contra o Sport fizeram um trabalho regenerativo no REFFIS e depois um exercício complementar no gramado, o restante do grupo foi orientado por Rogério Ceni em outro tipo de treinamento no campo.
Com 45 pontos, o São Paulo ocupa a 12ª colocação do Campeonato Brasileiro e tem mais três partidas a disputar nesta sua reta final de campanha, na qual inicialmente tenta afastar de vez nesta quinta-feira, contra o Grêmio, o risco de rebaixamento à Série B. Com 40 pontos, o Juventude encabeça a zona de descenso da tabela, em 17º lugar, e será justamente o rival seguinte do Tricolor, na próxima segunda-feira, no Morumbi, pela penúltima rodada da competição.
Depois dos duelos contra os adversários gaúchos, a equipe comandada por Ceni fechará a sua campanha no Brasileirão no dia 9 de dezembro, quando vai encarar o América-MG no estádio Independência, em Belo Horizonte.
تحدث رئيس نادي ريال مدريد الأسبق، رامون كالديرون، عن النجم المصري محمد صلاح وإمكانية انتقاله إلى “سانتياجو برنابيو” حيث سينتهي عقده الحالي مع ليفربول في صيف 2025.
ومن المقرر أن ينتهي العقد الحالي للنجم المصري مع ليفربول في يونيو 2025، أي نهاية ذلك الموسم.
وصرّح محمد صلاح، أكثر من مرة بشكل علني أمام وسائل الإعلام هذا الموسم، بعدم وجود أي جديد يخص تجديد عقده مع ليفربول.
وسبق ارتباط محمد صلاح بإمكانية الانتقال إلى ريال مدريد، منذ عدة سنوات، في حين أن اسمه مرتبط بقوة حاليًا بـ الدوري السعودي.
وعندما سُئل عما إذا كان سيتعاقد مع محمد صلاح حال وجوده رئيسًا لـ ريال مدريد الآن، قال رامون كالديرون في تصريحات عبر “أون تايم سبورت 2” منذ قليل: “بدون أدنى شك سأضع العقد أمامه الآن ليوقع عليه”.
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وأضاف: “لكن علينا أن نعي جيدًا أن ليفربول لن يترك محمد صلاح يرحل، لأنه لاعب غير عادي، لاعب رائع، لأنه هو من يُحدث الفارق في الفريق، لديه أعلى مستوى على مدار سنوات عديدة”.
وواصل: “أعتقد أن ريال مدريد وأي ناد يعجبه أن يتواجد معه لاعب رائع مثل صلاح، فهو علم رائع لكرة القدم المصرية، ومثال يُحتذى به، أعلم جيدًا أن الشباب يُحاولون التعلم منه، أعتقد أن الكرة المصرية ستتحسن برؤية محمد صلاح”.
وعما إذا كان ينصح فلورنتينو بيريز بالتوقيع فورًا معه، قال: “علينا أن نسأل المدرب، أنا أثق جيدًا في الاحترافيين لأنهم يعلمون الجمهور ولديهم القدرة على التعرف على اللاعب الذي يحتاجوه، وهل سيتأقلم مع الفريق والنادي”.
وأكد: “بالطبع لاعب مثل محمد صلاح يتأقلم دائمًا، امتلاك لاعبين جيدين ليس مشكلة، ولكن المهم أن تسأل المدرب، وأنا كنت أفعل ذلك دائمًا حيث كنت أسأل المدرب والمدير الرياضي”.
The final session on day three was washed out after Sophie Ecclestone’s four-for gave the hosts a 165-run first-innings lead
Valkerie Baynes18-Jun-2021A second half-century in as many innings from teenager Shafali Verma kept India clinging on during a rain-interrupted third day of their one-off Test against England in Bristol.Early tea was taken when the rain that had threatened throughout to set in eventually did and play was abandoned for the day at 5.30pm local time. India, following on, were 83 for 1 in their second innings, a deficit of 82 runs. Verma remained unbeaten on 55 and Deepti Sharma was not out on 18.Verma, the 17-year-old debutant who had fallen just four runs shy of a century in the first innings, showed impeccable timing in racking up 20 runs – all in boundaries – from just 14 balls to the lunch break. She nailed fours through midwicket and mid-off before two exquisitely effortless drives pierced the covers, and she clipped her fifth neatly off the pads to the leg side. She carried on in a similar vein after the break, threading three more boundaries through the off side.Related
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There was a hint of fallibility as Katherine Brunt beat her big swing when Verma was on 35. Then, having moved to 41 with another jaw-dropping four, stepping forward and raising her back foot as she chipped the ball sweetly back over bowler Kate Cross’ head, Verma edged Cross’ next ball narrowly past Heather Knight, diving low to her left at first slip, for another boundary.Another of India’s five Test debutants, Sharma, who had been unbeaten on 29 in the first innings, was promoted to No. 3 in the second when Smriti Mandhana fell on the stroke of lunch. Sharma played the foil to Verma’s exuberance, having faced 44 balls for a solitary run before rain caused a half-hour interruption to the afternoon session with Verma on 46 and India 57 for 1, a deficit of 108 runs.Sharma upped her scoring rate after the stoppage, driving Cross to the boundary through the covers twice, before Verma brought up her fifty off 63 balls with a single off Cross to mid-on, becoming the first Indian woman and the youngest woman from any country to score twin fifties on Test debut. Across men’s and women’s Tests, only Sachin Tendulkar was younger when he achieved the milestone. Verma managed another four – the 11th of her innings – when she cracked Sophie Ecclestone over mid-off before the rain brought about the tea break.ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Play had resumed half an hour late after lunch because of the rain even though it was only the faintest drizzle after England had further dented India’s hopes when Brunt enticed Mandhana, then on 8, into a drive and she edged to Nat Sciver at second slip.Earlier, Ecclestone picked up from where England had left off on the second evening, adding three more wickets to her tally on the third morning as India were bowled out for 231.India resumed on 187 for 5 after a flurry of wickets in the final hour on Thursday brought undone the first-innings opening partnership worth 167 between Verma and Mandhana. Ecclestone, the left-arm spinner, struck with her first ball – the fifth of the day overall – when she had Harmanpreet Kaur out lbw. It took an astute England review to claim the wicket after Kaur was initially given not out by on-field umpire Sue Redfern, with replays showing the ball hitting leg stump.Ecclestone then had Taniya Bhatia out lbw with the first ball of her next over, Bhatia burning a review in the hope of having a fairly cut-and-dried dismissal overturned. By then, India had lost seven wickets for 20 runs in 14.2 overs.But it was perhaps her removal of Sneh Rana that would have brought Ecclestone the greatest satisfaction, such was the quality of the delivery, pitching outside off and turning sharply across to find the edge, Amy Jones taking a juggling catch behind the stumps. It was Ecclestone’s fourth wicket and she ended the innings with 4 for 88 from 26 overs.Brunt then struck at the very first opportunity with the new ball, bowling Pooja Vastrakar with a dream delivery, one that swung out a mile and clipped the top of off stump. And when Anya Shrubsole bowled Jhulan Goswami with an inswinger, the visitors were all out, still 16 runs short of avoiding the follow-on.
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Big pictureWhen the cry went up in the wake of an abject T20I series: “Something must be done about Sri Lanka’s batting”, this probably wasn’t the solution that anyone had envisaged. An evening spent milling about by a bench in Durham’s Market Square for Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka has left the squad in even greater disarray than had been the case after three singularly one-sided encounters in Cardiff and Southampton.Notwithstanding the trio’s lack of substantial contributions in those games, their banishment for the remainder of the tour means that Sri Lanka’s hopes of proving more competitive over 50 overs than 20 would appear to be slim in the extreme.It’s not been a good week for the ECB’s bio-secure protocols – so robust (give or take Jofra Archer’s unscheduled home visit) throughout last summer’s agenda-setting response to the Covid outbreak. Already we’ve had the match referee, Phil Whitticase, test positive for the virus after discharging his duties in the T20Is, while last week’s Edgbaston pitch invasion won’t have done the sport’s lobbying for the return of full crowds many favours.It would be nice to be able to predict a humdinging ODI series to compensate for all the off-field kerfuffle – Tuesday’s match will, after all, be the first 50-over game to have been staged in front of a paying crowd since the emotional scenes at the World Cup final, almost 24 months ago. But in all honesty, the threat of England’s bowling attack, the hunger of their heavy-hitting batters and the timidity of their now-depleted opponents would tend to guard against over-excitement.Related
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Rewind those two years, and recall the circumstances in which England last contested an international fixture at the Riverside. It was the final World Cup group game, and a de facto quarter-final for Eoin Morgan’s men following a trio of earlier defeats – including, as a useful reminder not to get too far ahead of ourselves this week, a critical setback against the unfancied Sri Lankans at Headingley.The Durham crowd rose to the occasion then – cheering England on to a thumping victory over New Zealand, with one of their very own, Mark Wood, settling any anxieties with four vital breakthroughs (the first of which came courtesy of his outstretched finger as Kane Williamson was run out at the non-striker’s end). Ben Stokes and Liam Plunkett, two other Durham alumni, played their parts as well, as the team was propelled into the semi-finals thanks a very home-grown bowling performance, and the rest thereafter is history.And so here we are. The team is back in its most northern climes, but with the best will in the world, this is not the homecoming that Durham’s organisers had envisaged. Last summer’s rescheduled first T20I against Australia ought to have been the occasion to celebrate the club’s contribution to a famous national victory – but now, Stokes’ recovery from a broken finger means they won’t even get to watch their main man in action. But at least there’s Wood – in tune with his body these days, and all the more ready to bomb in at full tilt again after being rested for Saturday’s match at the Ageas Bowl.There’s another factor set to compete for local attention too. As luck would have it, England versus Germany in the last 16 of Euro 2020 has been scheduled to kick off at 5pm on Tuesday, which is more or less when the climax of the cricket is intended to take place. The sport has had previous in this regard, of course – at Old Trafford in 2002, Alec Stewart’s century against Sri Lanka was compiled while many of the fans were out on the concourse watching England take on (and beat) Denmark in that summer’s World Cup. England, you suspect, may be extra incentivised to get this contest done and dusted in good time for kick-off.Form guide (completed matches, most recent first)England LWLLWSri Lanka WLLLLIn the spotlightEngland’s captain, Eoin Morgan has oodles of credit in the bank in the wake of the World Cup win, but even he will concede he’s not had the greatest time of it of late. His form in T20Is – the version of the game that truly matters right now – has been ropey for some time, with a top-score of 28 in seven innings over the winter, and a strike-rate of 122.05 which won’t set the death overs alight, so these three matches may offer a useful opportunity to get back to some range-hitting form. His mood hasn’t been helped by external matters either, with his implication in the ongoing historical tweets saga, as well as Alex Hales’ irresistible form causing an endless line of questioning on that front.Dushmantha Chameera deserved so much better than to be on the wrong end of a walloping last week. His career-best T20I figures of 4 for 17 were second only to Lasith Malinga among Sri Lankan pace bowlers, which tells one story, although even that doesn’t give the full context of a hugely impressive display – one that began with a restrictive new-ball display as Jonny Bairstow and Dawid Malan were kept honest in the Powerplay, then blossomed into a run of four wickets for six runs in his final two overs as England’s middle-order were outfoxed by his lithe and whippy pace, and his exceptional arsenal of slower balls. To be fair, there’s not a lot wrong with Sri Lanka’s bowling at present… it’s everything else about their game that is letting them down.Pitch and conditionsThe sun is set to shine, which is the first hurdle cleared. If the venue’s scores for this season’s Vitality Blast are anything to go by, then a high-scoring contest ought to be in store, with Nottinghamshire posting 195 for 5 in their victory last week, but with no team in five completed games yet scoring less than 151.Team newsJason Roy’s tight hamstring is set to keep him sidelined for another game, which means Dawid Malan may get a chance to open once more alongside Jonny Bairstow, after his starring role in the Southampton win. He did play in each of England’s last two ODIs in India – only his second and third caps in the format – and made a half-century in his most recent outing in Pune. Joe Root is back with the white-ball set-up after sitting out the T20Is and will surely feature at No.3, while Liam Livingstone and Sam Billings can expect to be given further game-time in the middle-order, especially in the absence of Jos Buttler – although Moeen Ali is also in the mix. Wood can expect to play in front of his home crowd, while Tom Curran may get a chance to restate his credentials alongside his brother Sam. George Garton, the latest speedster in England’s set-up, might feature at some stage but maybe not yet.England: (possible) 1 Dawid Malan, 2 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan (capt), 5 Liam Livingstone / Moeen Ali, 6 Sam Billings, 7 Sam Curran, 8 Tom Curran, 9 Chris Woakes, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Adil RashidChaos in Sri Lanka’s camp, and all manner of upheaval in their batting ranks. Captain Kusal Perera looks set to take on three key roles, opening the batting in Gunathilaka’s absence, and resuming his keeping duties with Dickwella also on a flight home, while Pathum Nissanka is likely to join him at the top given Avishka Fernando’s quadriceps injury – although a highest score to date of 24 in six previous ODIs doesn’t promise riches. In fact, Sri Lanka could be left with a top seven in which four of their batters have played fewer than 10 ODIs. Charith Asalanka could be making his debut.Sri Lanka: (possible) 1 Kusal Perera (capt, wk), 2 Pathum Nissanka, 3 Oshada Fernando, 4 Charith Asalanka, 5 Dhananjaya de Silva, 6 Ramesh Mendis, 7 Dasun Shanaka, 8 Wanindu Hasaranga, 9 Lakshan Sandakan/Binura Fernando, 10 Dushmantha Chameera, 11 Nuwan PradeepStats and trivia England have won eight of their previous 14 ODIs at Chester-le-Street, dating back to their maiden fixture at the venue against West Indies in 2000. Sri Lanka, however, have won both their previous ODIs against England at the ground, by eight wickets in 2006, and by 157 runs in 2014. They also beat West Indies at the 2019 World Cup, but lost to South Africa in the same tournament for a 3-1 overall record. If selected, Joe Root will be playing in his 150th ODI. He currently has 5962 runs at 50.10 in the format.Quotes”We were heavy favourites for that game and we lost, so we can’t drop the ball here. We’ve got to stay on it and make sure that we’re putting in another good performance because they have got some top-class players.” England fast bowler Mark Wood recalls England’s surprise set-back against Sri Lanka in 2019.“Because we are in a bio-bubble there’s no way we can bring anyone from Sri Lanka. If we lose these players (Mendis, Dickwella, and Gunathilaka) it’ll become a problem for us at selection. We have no choice but to play the younger players.” Sri Lanka’s captain Kusal Perera
O clima é de decisão para o Ceará. No próximo domingo, o Vozão recebe o América-MG e só pensa na vitória para ficar mais perto da vaga na Libertadores da América.
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Dentro de casa, além da força das arquibancadas, o time de Tiago Nunes conta com o bom retrospecto em campo.
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West Bromwich Albion supporters would have been worrying going into this new Championship season that there wasn’t enough firepower in the striker positions at the club, with Brandon Thomas-Asante jumping ship to Coventry City weakening the Baggies up top.
Now, however, those concerns have very much dissipated with the emergence of Josh Maja as the main leading man in attack for Carlos Corberan’s table toppers, after he managed to bounce back from an injury-ravaged first campaign at the Hawthorns.
Corberan will just hope those injury demons don’t come back to haunt the former Sunderland man moving forward, who was on the scoresheet yet again for the West Midlands side last weekend versus Wayne Rooney’s Plymouth Argyle.
Maja's start to the season
Amazingly, the goal-shy 25-year-old who only picked up one Championship goal from 12 games last campaign now has six to his name this season from as many league clashes, as second-tier defences begin to be scared stiff by the clinical nature of the Baggies number nine.
He only needed 26 touches of the ball against the visitors from Devon to tap home the winner, after new summer recruit Uros Racic put it on a plate for the 5 foot 11 forward to win the tight clash deep into the second 45 minutes.
West Brom will just be delighted that their patient approach with Maja’s injury issues has now paid off, with the promotion hopefuls needing to exercise a similar calmness with striker Daryl Dike soon, who is now back training himself after a long time out in the Hawthorns treatment room.
Whilst Corberan’s men have undoubtedly won with Maja in the here and now, there’s a botched deal from four years ago that will still bother those at the Baggies, with the striker in question – that was once very much on West Brom’s radar – now worth an unbelievable £40m.
When West Brom missed out on Ivan Toney
In conversation on talkSPORT earlier this year, Peterborough United chairman Darragh MacAnthony and Luke Dowling revealed how West Brom turned down the chance to sign then EFL sharp shooter Ivan Toney in 2020 for just £10m, with Brighton and Hove Albion and Celtic also interested at the time.
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Dowling said: “We did have a conversation with them about the great Ivan Toney which in hindsight you look back. You’d look back now and say you’d pay it all day long [£10m fee].
“What we thought at the time, we’d just got promoted to the Premier League and we weren’t brave enough to take a player from League One. Is he going to score us the goals to keep us in the league? It wasn’t the right time.”
He more than showed that he could handle the pressures of the top-flight when moving onto Brentford though, after a goal laden few campaigns in Cambridgeshire, with a mightily impressive 72 strikes notched up in total for the Bees across 141 games.
Whilst Toney managed to improve more and more under Thomas Frank’s guidance – with the Brentford manager even labelling the senior England international as “remarkable” last year when discussing his rise with the club – West Brom struggled in the Premier League to be a threat in attack after missing out on the deadly finisher and were relegated straight back to the second tier at the end of the 2020/21 campaign.
West Brom’s top five PL scorers (20/21)
Player
Goals scored
1. Matheus Pereira
10
2. Callum Robinson
5
3. Kyle Bartley
3
4. Mbaye Diange
3
5. Semi Ajayi
2
West Brom would only manage to have one player on their roster hit double digits during that term in the form of Baggies favourite Matheus Pereira, as Toney fired home a ridiculous 33 goals in the division below to further add insult to injury.
One that got away
The transfers that nearly happened but never did. This article is part of Football FanCast's One That Got Away series.
The former Peterborough man would then go on to be a wanted figure by the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea among other Premier League suitors, with his predicted price tag once coming in at an eye-watering £70m according to reports.
He would leave eventually depart West London for a lesser £40m, as Saudi Arabia came calling in the form of Al-Ahli this summer, where Toney continues to show off his clinical prowess in-front of goal with a brace on his debut in the Middle East.
Brentford striker Ivan Toney
West Brom would have loved to have been one club Toney played for on the way to his path to stardom, but they just weren’t prepared to gamble.
Of course, not every punt does pay off like this, as Corberan’s side now just focus on winning promotion back to the Premier League, to then perhaps be more risky in the transfer market.
West Brom could axe star who earns more than Maja & Johnston combined
Carlos Corberan could look to move on this forgotten West Bromwich Albion man soon.