Foi com direito à virada que o Amazonas se sagrou campeão da Série C do Campeonato Brasileiro, neste domingo (22). Depois do placar sem gols no primeiro duelo da final, o time da região Norte bateu o Brusque por 2 a 1, no estádio Augusto Bauer, em Santa Catarina.
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Os donos da casa abriram o placar com Guilherme Queiróz, em cobrança de pênalti. A reação dos visitantes veio com Diego Torres, que igualou, e Sassá, que determinou o resultado final e o título inédito para os amazonenses.
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Além da taça da terceira divisão nacional, a Onça Pintada também teve o artilheiro da competição: Sassá, jogador revelado pelo Botafogo, que balançou as redes 18 vezes na Série C de 2023.
Assim como Amazonas e Brusque, Operário-PR e Paysandu também garantiram vaga na Segundona do Brasileirão em 2024.
Thakur, Sai Sudharsan replace Nitish Kumar Reddy and Karun Nair for India, while Dawson comes in for the injured Bashir
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Anshul Kamboj bowls in the lead up to his Test debut•Getty Images
Toss Shubman Gill believes that a combination of a good batting surface and gloomy overhead conditions made it a “good toss to lose” in Manchester after England captain Ben Stokes won his fourth in a row and inserted India.No team has ever chosen to bowl at Old Trafford and gone on to win a Test match, but Stokes believes that his team can defy that trend. “There’s pretty decent overhead conditions for bowling,” he explained at the toss. “It’s a typical Manchester wicket: quite firm, a little bit of grass coverage. Hopefully, we can make use of it this morning.”India made three changes, two of them forced, and handed a Test debut to Anshul Kamboj, the Haryana and Chennai Super Kings seamer. Sai Sudharsan replaces Karun Nair at No. 3 after he failed to pass 40 in the first three Tests, while Shardul Thakur and Kamboj replace the injured Nitish Kumar Reddy and Akash Deep.Gill said he was “a bit confused” as to whether he would have chosen to bat or bowl first, but was spared the decision as India lost their 14th consecutive toss across all men’s internationals. “The way we have played in the last three matches has been outstanding,” Gill said, isolating only the “small crunch moments” as the difference between the teams.England announced their XI two days before the game with a single, forced change from the side that won by 22 runs at Lord’s last week. Liam Dawson, the Hampshire allrounder, returns for his first Test in eight years, replacing Shoaib Bashir who fractured the little finger on his left hand while attempting a return catch in the third Test.
تقدم منتخب مصر تحت 17 عامًا، المشارك في بطولة كأس العالم للناشئين، بطلب إلى اللجنة المنظمة للمونديال، وذلك قبل المشاركة في دور الـ 32.
واستطاع منتخب مصر، حسم التأهل إلى دور الـ 32 من كأس العالم للناشئين، بعد احتلاله المركز الثالث في مجموعته الخامسة، ليتأهل ضمن أفضل 8 منتخبات احتلت المركز الثالث للمجموعات الـ 12.
وقدم منتخب مصر التماس إلى اللجنة المنظمة بشأن طرد وإيقاف لاعب الفراعنة محمد حمد، حيث تعرض اللاعب للطرد خلال مواجهة فنزويلا، في الجولة الثانية من دور المجموعات لبطولة كأس العالم.
وعلم بطولات، أن اللجنة المنظمة لبطولة كأس العالم للناشئين قررت إيقاف محمد حمد مباراتين على خلفية طرده أمام فنزويلا، لكن منتخب مصر تقدم بالتماس على العقوبة وطالب بأن يتم تخفيض العقوبة لمباراة حتى يكون متاحًا للمنتخب في مباراة دور الـ32.
ومن المقرر أن ترد اللجنة المنظمة لبطولة كأس العالم، على التماس منتخب مصر غدًا الثلاثاء.
وغاب محمد حمد، عن صفوف منتخب مصر تحت 17 عامًا في مباراة إنجلترا التي أقيمت في الجولة الثالثة مساء الإثنين 10 نوفمبر، بسبب الطرد.
طالع | منتخب مصر يتلقى صدمة كبرى بعد التأهل لدور الـ 32 بـ كأس العالم تحت 17 عامًا
وحقق منتخب مصر الفوز على هايتي في الجولة الأولى 4-1، ثم تعادل مع فنزويلا 1-1 في لقاء الجولة الثانية، وخسر أمام إنجلترا 3-0 في مباراة الجولة الثالثة في ختام دور المجموعات من بطولة كأس العالم للناشئين.
ومن المقرر، أن يلعب منتخب مصر ضد أحد متصدري المجموعات الـ 12 من بطولة كأس العالم، يوم الجمعة المقبل، في دور الـ 32، والذي سوف يتحدد بعد نهاية دور المجموعات غدًا الثلاثاء.
There is now a “real prospect” of Liverpool completing the signing of an “extraordinary” France international as they seek to break out of their recent rut.
Van Dijk's leadership breaks Liverpool slump
The Premier League champions are back in action away to Brentford on Saturday evening, looking to build on Wednesday’s 5-1 win away to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League.
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk revealed after the win in Germany that he held a meeting with just the players at the start of the week, following a dreadful run of form.
“On Monday everyone was sad because we lost to Man United at home,” said Van Dijk. “It was tough under the circumstances so on Monday we came together but it wasn’t a crisis meeting. Nobody wants to lose four games in a row but it was the situation we faced.
“Obviously we also had a proper debrief with the manager but we also had a separate one as players. I wanted to say some things. It’s not something I do after every game. After my meeting everyone was happy!”
Away from Liverpool’s on-pitch duties, an exciting new transfer rumour has emerged, with FSG seemingly planning to spend their way out of their recent run.
Liverpool in race to sign Champions League winner
Speaking to TEAMtalk, journalist Dean Jones claimed that Liverpool have a “real” chance of signing Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, but face competition for his signature.
Camavinga has a €1bn release clause in his Real Madrid contract, but stands out as a wonderful option for Liverpool, should he and Xabi Alonso fail to fully click at Madrid, resulting in Los Blancos cashing in for a more reasonable figure.
The 22-year-old Frenchman has won two Champions League crowns in his career, as well as a couple of La Liga titles, while Carlo Ancelotti has called him an “extraordinary” player, which is high praise from a legendary manager.
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Camavinga would bring class, elegance and substance to Liverpool’s midfield, not to mention being able to shine at left-back, and given his age, he could mature into a genuinely world-class midfield at Anfield. Arne Slot does have great depth there, but if the chance arises to sign him, it would be foolish to say no.
O Palmeiras amargou o vice-campeonato da Libertadores Feminina ao ser derrotado pelo Corinthians por 1 a 0, e a atacante Bia Zaneratto lamentou as chances perdidas pelas Palestrinas contra as Brabas.
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– Faltou fazer o gol, simplesmente isso. Infelizmente elas tiveram uma chance, fizeram o gol e a gente não foi eficiente dessa forma. Acho que a gente tentou de tudo, tentou cruzar a bola, chutar, finalizar, infelizmente elas fizeram o gol, a gente ficou com a posse e não entrou. É difícil falar qualquer coisa agora. A gente tentou, mas a bola não entrou – disse a atacante palmeirense após a final.
O Corinthians viu a zagueira Tarciane ser expulsa aos 20 minutos do segundo tempo, e o Palmeiras empilhou chances na reta final, mas as Palestrinas pararam na goleira Lelê, que fez dois milagres nos acréscimos.
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He is looking to rejuvenate his career with a fresh team and had parted ways with Mumbai in late June
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Shaw has 4556 runs in 58 first-class appearances at 46.02•PTI
Prithvi Shaw will represent Maharashtra in domestic cricket from the 2025-26 season.Last month, Shaw had sought a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from Mumbai to change teams, which was granted to him in late June.”At this stage of my career, I believe joining the Maharashtra team will help me grow further as a cricketer,” Shaw said in a statement. “I am deeply grateful to the Mumbai Cricket Association for the opportunities and support I have received over the years.”Maharashtra Cricket president Rohit Pawar said Shaw’s international and IPL experience would be valuable and the team would stand “firmly behind Prithvi in his new journey” for the seasons ahead.
At Maharashtra, Shaw will likely be led by captain Ruturaj Gaikwad. With only two wins in seven outright games last season in the Ranji Trophy, they failed to qualify out of their group. Their record of 3-3 in the group stage of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy handed them a first-round exit.But in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, Maharashtra topped their group and had a strong run before losing to Vidarbha in the semi-final.Related
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Shaw has 4556 runs in 58 first-class appearances at 46.02 but was dropped from the Mumbai Ranji Trophy side last year due to poor fitness and lack of discipline. He last played for Mumbai in the final of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in December 2024. In List-A games, he has 3399 runs at 55.72 and a strike-rate of 125.74. In T20s, his 2902 runs have come at a strike-rate of 151.54 and average of 25.01. He was unsold in the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Thomas Frank enjoyed a rip-roaring start to life as manager of Tottenham Hotspur.
Spurs looked a great deal more organised, shipping just four goals in their first six Premier League games and keeping five clean sheets in their first seven fixtures across all competitions.
Yet, despite maintaining their clean sheet against Everton a week ago, there is a sense that Frank still hasn’t got the fans on side.
They have kept a clean sheet in only two of their last eight games and have won just two of those encounters too.
While a more trigger-happy Daniel Levy may no longer be chairman, the pressure is still on Frank to improve.
The way in which the Lilywhites lost to Chelsea on Saturday, tasting a 1-0 defeat, was alarming.
The hosts only managed an expected goals tally (xG) of just 0.10, they gave the ball away on countless occasions and were subsequently booed off the pitch at the full-time whistle after making a mess of a late free-kick.
Guglielmo Vicario decided to take it short, much to the dismay of the home support and indeed Jamie Carragher who simply said: “You have been awful today Spurs”.
So, why are things going wrong?
Spurs' biggest underperformers against Chelsea
Despite his bizarre set-piece late in the fray, the only player in white to come away with any credit was that man Vicario.
Without him, the scoreline would have been far worse as he made a whopping eight saves, denying a combined xG of 2.17.
He was made to work hard due to the efforts of the players in front of him, notably the defence.
Both Xavi Simons and Micky van de Ven combined in dismal fashion to give the ball away in the build-up to Joao Pedro’s goal.
The likes of Pedro Porro and Kevin Danso did not cover themselves in glory either. Porro notably gave the ball away in the first half which led to a Pedro chance, while Danso was also given a rough time by the Brazilian. It was no surprise to see Cristian Romero come on for him in the 60th minute as the centre-back made his return from injury.
Danso has had a few encouraging displays of late but this was not one of them, notably allowing Chelsea’s main man in attack to get past him easily towards the end of the opening 45 minutes.
In attack Spurs were dry. The defence didn’t do their bit but those in front of them failed to ever relieve the pressure.
They did not create a single big chance and had just 15 touches in the opposition’s box. For context, Enzo Maresca’s men managed 36.
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It was a tale of woe for many of the club’s summer signings. Randal Kolo Muani cut an isolated figure up top but not much of the blame can be handed to the French loanee who was starved of service.
That fell at the door of Mohammed Kudus, who despite completing 96% of his passes, failed to create a goalscoring opportunity and failed with all six of his crosses.
Perhaps the biggest concern, however, was the display of marquee arrival Simons.
Spurs' biggest concern after Chelsea
Frank will have been hoping for a straightforward first transfer window at Spurs but it’s safe to say he did not get that.
With Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison out long-term with injuries, the club’s hierarchy knew they needed to bring in more creativity. They tried extremely hard to do so.
For all the world it looked as though they were going to sign Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest.
A secret release clause was allegedly activated only for Forest owner, Evangelos Marinakis, to threaten legal action against the north Londoners. Gibbs-White ultimately stayed at the City Ground and signed a new contract in the process.
Spurs moved on to Eberechi Eze but were again fruitless in their efforts. The England playmaker looked set to sign, a deal had been agreed with Crystal Palace only for Arsenal to gazump their rivals at the 11th hour.
An injury to Kai Havertz meant that the Gunners needed more cover in their attack and there was only going to be one ending once Eze’s boyhood club came to the table.
As a consequence, Frank and Co turned their attentions to Simons. Before arriving in England, the 22-year-old was seen as one of the most sparkling jewels on the continent.
Once of La Masia, Barcelona’s famed academy, Simons has long been highly thought of and had made a living off scoring and assisting goals regularly.
In his two seasons with RB Leipzig in Germany, the creative midfielder scored 22 goals and supplied 24 assists in 78 matches. At Spurs, however, that ability to influence games has waned.
Like another Bundesliga import in the shape of Florian Wirtz, he looks lightweight in the Premier League and has really struggled to get going. The Dutchman has a solitary assist and no goals to show for his efforts from 12 contests to date.
Simons’ worst performance to date arguably came in that 1-0 loss to Chelsea, so much so that he was substituted on and back off.
Xavi Simons vs Chelsea
Minutes played
66
Touches
55
Unsuccessful touches
4
Possession lost
14x
Accurate passes
25/29 (86%)
Key passes
0
Accurate crosses
0/2
Shots
0
Successful dribbles
2/3
Tackles
2
Interceptions
0
Duels won
9/17
Dribbled past
3x
Stats via Sofascore.
The Netherlands international initially wasn’t pencilled in to start but after young Lucas Bergvall suffered a first-half injury on just seven minutes, Spurs’ big-money summer signing was introduced to the action.
His influence on proceedings was near non-existent. Football.London reporter Alasdair Gold handed the midfielder a dismal 3/10 rating post-game, aptly summing up his performance by writing: ‘Other than a couple of nice touches the Dutchman was a passenger against the team he was linked with all summer.’
Simons gave the ball away on several occasions, 14 in total, and never really looked like providing a much-needed spark. He didn’t have a single shot and didn’t provide a key pass either.
His display was summed up abysmally when he was asked to defend. The former Leipzig man sold Van de Ven short in the build-up to the goal and was shown a late yellow for a desperate lunge on Alejandro Garnacho in the second period.
For a player who cost £51.8m in the summer, more is expected. At the moment, he’s heading into the Richarlison and Tanguy Ndombele categories.
Ndombele was another talented midfielder when he joined. The Frenchman had bags of talent but failed to ever extract it.
As the Daily Mail’s Dan Ripley put it in September 2020, he was a signing that should have ‘at the very least cemented Tottenham Hotspur’s place inside the top four for another season.’
It was a signing that, after reaching the Champions League final, really excited Spurs fans.
The parallels with Simons are strikingly scary. Spurs’ big addition after getting to a European final and indeed winning the competition, the Dutchman is here to take Frank’s side up a level, just as Ndombele was supposed to do six years ago.
However, for whatever reason, he’s simply failed to do that. Like Ndombele, he’s enduring a nightmare first campaign in English football and it’s difficult to see him extracting his full potential anytime soon.
He is yet to play a full 90 minutes for his new club and hasn’t lasted past the 78th-minute mark in any game he’s played in.
Frank may well be struggling to get a tune out of the Netherlands star but he’s going to have to if Spurs are to cement themselves as genuine top four contenders.
Sadly at the moment, Simons is becoming another Ndombele. He’s a talented midfield player and was deserving of his price tag at the time. Unfortunately, he is not deserving of it right now.
O Cuiabá irá receber o Fortaleza na Arena Pantanal neste domingo (12) para um duelo válido pela 34° rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. A bola vai rolar a partir das 18h30 (horário de Brasília) e será o jogo será trasmitido pela Premiere.
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قرر جنارو جاتوزو مدرب منتخب إيطاليا عدم الإدلاء بمزيد من التصريحات حول نظام كأس العالم والتصفيات، بعد حديثه خلال الجولة السابقة من تصفيات أوروبا المؤهلة لمونديال 2026.
ومن شبه المؤكد أنه في حالة قام جاتوزو بإطلاق مزيد من التصريحات فإن ذلك قد يؤثر على إيطاليا في ملحق التأهل لكأس العالم.
ويحتل منتخب إيطاليا المركز الثاني في المجموعة التاسعة من تصفيات أوروبا المؤهلة لكأس العالم قبل لقائه مع النرويج يوم الأحد، وسينهي الأزوري المجموعة في هذا المركز إلا إذا حقق فوزًا ساحقًا بتسعة أهداف على المنتخب الذي لم يتعرض لأي هزيمة.
وكان جاتوزو قد أوضح بعد تأهل منتخب إيطاليا على مولدوفا بهدفين نظيفين، أن نظام التأهل للعب في كأس العالم لا يبدو مثالياً.
وأعادت “فوتبول إيطاليا” نشر تصريحات جاتوزو التي قال فيها إن تأهل المنتخبات الأوروبية كان أسهل بكثير في الماضي وأن تأهل منتخبات من قارات أخرى أصبح أسهل بكثير.
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وذكر جاتوزو: “في عام 1994، كان هناك منتخبان إفريقيان في كأس العالم، والآن لا بد من وجود العديد من المنتخبات وهذا العدد في ازدياد مستمر، في أيامي كان يتأهل متصدر كل مجموعة بجانب أفضل منتخبات تحتل المركز الثاني، لدينا 18 نقطة وفزنا بست مباريات وما زال أمامنا مبارتان آخريتان للتأهل، لا يبدو الأمر منطقي”.
وقد أشار جاتوزو إلى أن منتخبات أمريكا الجنوبية تملك حظوظًا أسهل في التأهل من الفرق الأوروبية، وتستعد إيطاليا لخوض الملحق رغم فوزها بست من أصل سبع مباريات.
وعلى جانب آخر تأهل منتخب باراجواي بعد احتلاله المركز السادس في تصفيات أمريكا الجنوبية وفازت بسبع من أصل 18 مباراة، وكان إيميليانو مارتينيز الحارس الأرجنتيني أحد اللاعبين الذين دافعوا عن كرة القدم في أمريكا الجنوبية بعد تعليقات جاتوزو.
ورد مارتينيز: “يلعبون دائماً على ملاعب مثالية ورطبة، لا يعرفون كيف تسير الأمور في أمريكا الجنوبية، هناك تحديات أخرى لا يرونها في أوروبا”.
وسئل جاتوزو في مؤتمر صحفي لمباراة النرويج إن كان لديه أفكار أخرى: “لا أريد التحدث عن هذا الأمر بعد الآن لأنهم يقولون لي إنني أتعرض لضغوط شديدة في أمريكا الجنوبية حاليًا، نعيش في عالم لا نستطيع قول فيه أي شيء بعد الآن”.
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Hanuma Vihari will represent Tripura in the 2025-26 domestic season•PTI
India batter Hanuma Vihari has signed with Tripura as one of their three professionals ahead of the 2025-26 domestic season. Vihari, who finished as Player of the Tournament at the recently concluded Andhra Premier League, has been granted a no-objection certificate (NOC) by the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA).ESPNcricinfo understands Vihari’s contract is for a season to begin with, and is extendable by mutual consent. It’s a decision, he says, that stemmed from a desire to play all formats, something Andhra couldn’t promise him.”I was keen on other opportunities since I believe I’m good enough to play all three formats,” Vihari told ESPNcricinfo. “Andhra made it clear they were looking at youngsters for the T20 format. That was why I decided it didn’t make sense playing even the 50-over format, so I sat out of the Vijay Hazare Trophy as well. I also wanted to play in a new environment.”Related
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Vihari’s signing marks closure to a slightly tumultuous past few years with Andhra. A full-blown public spat after their 2023-24 Ranji campaign had left him “humiliated and embarrassed” at the treatment meted out to him by certain factions within the ACA. At the time, Vihari alleged “political interference” as one of the reasons for him stepping down as captain at the start of that season.Ahead of the 2024-25 season, Vihari was in talks to move to Madhya Pradesh (for a second year in a row) but was talked out of it by Nara Lokesh, general secretary of Andhra’s ruling party, TDP. Vihari’s u-turn had left the MPCA upset.”For the last two seasons, I’d been talking of going out [he’d been in talks with Madhya Pradesh], but I stayed back,” Vihari said of the previous season. “I felt given the circumstances around me, and also where my own cricket is at, this was the best time to sign with an upcoming team. This year they approached me first, and I felt it’ll be a challenge worth taking up.”
Vihari hasn’t been guaranteed leadership just yet, but he’s likely to be a key member of the leadership group. “As a senior player, I’ll contribute whatever the team expects of me, from a leadership standpoint whether I’m captain or not,” he said. “They’ve got some decent players. I wanted to play in a team where I can build [the squad], and be part of a setup that is hungry to challenge the bigger teams.”It’s been three years since Vihari played a Test, but he believes he’s still got the hunger to score runs “by the truckloads” without wanting to think of the prospect of a comeback.In the time away, he pivoted to regional commentary and coaching [he was part of Madurai Panthers in TNPL 2024]. As he moves states in search of new direction, Vihari wants to keep things simple and not think of a comeback just yet, like Karun Nair achieved after barging the door down in domestic cricket.”My challenge is to take the team through. After 14-15 years of first-class cricket, I’ve certainly got that experience that I want to pass on. But I’m not thinking of a comeback just yet. It’s too far away. I want to score runs, important runs and then take the team through. More than anything, I just want to enjoy my cricket and score lots of runs.”