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O argentino Jonatan Gomez voltou a ser relacionado no São Paulo. Depois de voltar de empréstimo do Al-Fayha, da Arábia Saudita, e passar por um período de avaliação feito pela comissão técnica, o volante, enfim, foi reintegrado. Neste sábado, após treinamento com portões fechados, o técnico André Jardine colocou o hermano na lista de relacionados para o jogo contra o São Bento, domingo, no Pacaembu, pela quinta rodada do Campeonato Paulista.

Já de olho no duelo com o Talleres, na próxima quarta, Jardine optou por poupar alguns de seus principais jogadores do compromisso do estadual. Arboleda, Anderson Martins, Pablo, Everton e Bruno Peres nem sequer foram chamados para o jogo. Desta forma, nomes menos aproveitados do elenco ganharão oportunidade de entrarem em campo.

Além dos poupados, a comissão técnica não pôde levar Liziero (trauma entorse no tornozelo direito), Jucilei (trauma no dorso do pé direito), Brenner (lesão na coxa esquerda) e Joao Rojas (cirurgia no joelho), além do volante Luan e do meia Igor Gomes, que estão com a Seleção Brasileira disputando o Sul-Americano Sub-20, no Chile.

A lista de relacionados do Tricolor foi divulgada logo após o último treino da equipe antes da partida contra o São Bento. Os portões do CT da Barra Funda estavam fechados aos jornalistas e, ao fim da atividade, os jogadores iniciaram a concentração para o duelo no Pacaembu.

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Confira a lista com os atletas relacionados:

Goleiros: Jean, Junior e Tiago Volpi
Laterais: Igor Vinícius, Léo e Reinaldo
Zagueiros: Bruno Alves, Rodrigo e Lucas Kal
Volantes: Araruna, Hudson e Willian Farias
Meias: Everton Felipe, Hernanes, Jonatan Gomez e Nene
Atacantes: Antony, Diego Souza, Gonzalo, Helinho e Biro Biro

أكد محمد شوقي عضو مجلس إدارة الأهلي على رغبة لاعبي القلعة الحمراء في الفوز بالبطولات المختلفة، موضحًا موقف أعضاء المجلس من التواصل مع مارسيل كولر المدير الفني.

ويستعد الأهلي لمواجهة الوداد في ذهاب نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا والمقررة مساء الأحد المقبل 4 من يونيو المقبل على أرضية استاد القاهرة.

وقال محمد شوقي في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة “etc”: “دائمًا نعمل على تحقيق البطولات، ونفكر دائمًا في التخطيط بشكل جيد للمستقبل وإصلاح أي أخطاء، وهو ما يجعل التوفيق يصاحب الفريق في النهاية، والظروف الصعبة التي واجهها الفريق انعكست بشكل ايجابي على اللاعبين حتى الوصول للنهائي القاري، وتاريخ النادي عودنا على الثقة في تخطي اللحظات الصعبة”.

وأردف: “ملف الصفقات دائمًا يكون أولوية لنا، ولكن بعد نهاية الموسم، والآن المدير الفني لا يفكر سوى في لقب الدوري المصري، ونهائي دوري أبطال افريقيا، وبعد نهاية الموسم يتم التفكير في دعم الفريق وفقَا لمعايير معينة، ويتم طرح كافة الأمور على رئيس النادي ولجنة التخطيط”.

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وأضاف: “من المستحيل داخل النادي الأهلي، أن يقوم عضو في مجلس الإدارة بالحديث مع مارسيل كولر حول أي شيء في كرة القدم، هذه الأمور غير واردة تمامًا، دائمًا نسافر مع البعثات أشاهد التدريب وأتواجد بعيدًا تمامًا، ولا أحد يدخل في أي حوارات مع الجهاز الفني، هذه الأمور ليست واردة بالنسبة للنادي”.

وواصل: “الخطيب هو المفوض بملف الكرة ومعه لجنة التخطيط، والمجلس لا يناقش الأمور الفنية مطلقًا”.

وأوضح: “خالد مرتجي أمين صندوق الأهلي (بدأ يصعب علينا) في ظل الظروف الاقتصادية في العالم كله، والمدير الفني قد يطلب لاعبين وصفقات بالطبع، ولكن نتعامل وفقًا لإمكانيات النادي المالية، وهناك تعامل دقيق مع شركة المتحدة (المسوق الحصري) لرعاية النادي الأهلي، ووصلنا لعقود مالية بأرقام جيدة، قاربت على المليار ونصف المليار جنيه، في 4 سنوات”.

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واستطرد: “العقود المبرمة مع الرعاة وفقًا لبنود معينة يتم تسديد المبالغ على دفعات، والاتفاق معهم بالعملة المصرية (الجنيه)، والأمر مفتوح أمام المزيد من الشركات للحصول على حقوق الرعاية سواء من داخل أو خارج مصر، والبث التلفزيوني تخطى الـ600 مليون جنيه، ولكن وفقًا لما ينفقه الأهلي يبدو الرقم ليس كبيرًا، ولا زالت هناك فرصة لزيادة عدد الرعاة، وهناك مفاوضات جارية مع بعض الشركات لجلب المزيد من الرعاة، ليس لدينا حدود معينة في عدد الشركات، هناك دراسات مسبقة لكافة الأمور التي تخص عقود الرعاية”.

وبسؤاله عن حضور الجماهير في المباريات، أجاب: “عدم حضورهم يؤثر على المعلنين في المباريات، وموضوع عودة الجمهور للمدرجات يتطلب من كل الموجودين في منظومة كرة القدم التعاون، من مسئولين وإعلام وجمهور، وكل طرف لا يتعدى حدود الآخر، وأن تكون هناك ضوابط محترمة، ولا يجب أن نكون متشددين أو متسيبين”.

وواصل: “هناك مباريات نذهب إليها في الخارج قبلها بربع ساعة، وهو عكس ما يحدث في مصر، نذهب للملعب قبلها بوقت طويل من أجل حجز كرسي، ومع كامل احترامي لا أرى أننا نسير في الاتجاه الصحيح لعودة الجماهير، ولا أحد يضمن كرسيه في الاستاد سوى في مقصورة النادي الأهلي الأمامية وهم حوالي 100 كرسي من 70 ألف في الاستاد، جماهير الأهلي تستحق التنظيم الراقي في دخول الملاعب”.

واختتم: “الفترة الأخيرة هناك استجابة وروح جديدة وتعامل جيد من المسئولين مع لجنة المباريات بالنادي الأهلي، وسيكون في تفكيرنا حل مشكلة عودة الجماهير للمدرجات، وترشيد الإنفاق لا يعني الاقتطاع أو البخل على الفرق الرياضية أو أي أمور تخص حقوق الأعضاء وانما وضع آلية منظمة لأوجه الصرف، فقد يتم إلغاء الإنفاق على بعض الأمور مثل (الاحتفاليات السنوية) على سبيل المثال”.

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Em mais uma ação que visa acabar de vez com a guerra entre torcidas dentro e fora do estádio de futebol, os rivais Ceará e Fortaleza, anunciaram que, o primeiro clássico do ano, marcado para o dia 10 de março, na Arena Castelão, terá um setor especial para a torcida mista.

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A iniciativa partiu das duas diretorias que, muito por conta do momento de alta dos clubes, preservam a boa relação nos bastidores e esperam que o futebol local cresça cada vez mais no cenário nacional.

‘Vamos procurar fazer uma grande festa. É o momento de celebrar uma rivalidade sadia dentro de campo nos 100 anos do clássico. É uma iniciativa interessante, um primeiro passo. Temos que oferecer para as famílias essa oportunidade. São maridos e esposas, pais e filhos e irmãos que terão a chance de ver um jogo como este juntos, com respeito um ao outro’, analisou o presidente do Ceará, Robinson de Castro.

‘Eu sou entusiasta de que se tenha um setor misto, com torcedores dos dois clubes juntos. Podem ser casais, irmãos, pai e filho, acho que somos todos cidadãos, todos irmãos, e independentemente da diferença clubística, em um setor específico, programado, desde a chegada até a saída do estádio. Queremos um espetáculo de gentileza, de cultura de paz, de convivência, de tolerância. O povo cearense pode’, afirmou Marcelo Paz, presidente do Fortaleza.

Vale lembrar que o duelo marcado para a 2ª fase do Estadual é só primeiro de muitos que podem ocorrer ao longo do ano, já que os dois times estão na Série A do Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil e Copa do Nordeste.

تدخل تشافي هيرنانديز، المدير الفني لفريق برشلونة الإسباني، في مفاوضات إيلكاي جوندوجان لاعب وسط مانشستر سيتي لإقناعه بالتوقيع للفريق الكتالوني.

وينتهي عقد جوندوجان مع مانشستر سيتي في نهاية شهر يونيو الجاري، ولم يصل بعد لاتفاق للتجديد مع فريقه رغم سعي ناديه لذلك.

وبحسب صحيفة “سبورت” الإسبانية، حرص تشافي على التواصل مع جوندوجان من أجل إقناع اللاعب الألماني بالانضمام لبرشلونة.

يوضح التقرير أن تشافي أبلغ جوندوجان بأنه سيكون بلا منازع أساسيًا في الفريق، لأنه يعتقد أنه يمكن أن يحتل أي من المراكز الأربعة في مركز خط الوسط، وأيضًا في المراكز الأكثر تقدمًا، ويرى كذلك أنه الأنسب لخلافة سيرجيو بوسكيتس.

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ويشير التقرير إلى أن تشافي أجرى ثلاث محادثات على الأقل مع جوندوجان وقال له: “لقد لعبت في فرق كبيرة مثل دورتموند ومانشستر سيتي، تحت إشراف المدرب بيب جوارديولا، ولكن عندما تصل إلى برشلونة، سترى أنه لا علاقة له بما جربته، برشلونة مختلف، إنه الأكبر”.

ولفت التقرير النظر إلى أن كلمات تشافي مع جوندوجان كانت مماثلة لحديثه مع روبرت ليفاندوفسكي الذي انضم لبرشلونة من بايرن ميونخ.

وبعد المحادثات الشفهية التي بدأت منذ أسابيع مع جوندوجان، يرغب برشلونة في أن يكن قادرًا على إعلان توقيعه رسميًا لثلاث مواسم، في الأسبوع المقبل، بعد نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا الذي سيلعب فيه جوندوجان مع مانشستر سيتي ضد إنتر ميلان، وسيكون التوقيع معلقًا فقط حتى يجتاز الألماني الفحص الطبي.

Matthew Hoggard will go for a scan on his hip next week after he suffered an injury on the opening day of this Championship match against Kent

20-Apr-2013
ScorecardMatthew Hoggard will find out the extent of his injury next week•Getty Images

Matthew Hoggard will go for a scan on his hip next week after he suffered an injury on the opening day of this Championship match against Kent. Although he came out to bat, albeit briefly, on the final day he only bowled five overs in a game that drifted to a draw.If Hoggard is forced into a period on the sidelines it will be a blow to Leicestershire’s already thin bowling resources and the home attack did not make much impression on the final day. However, it was a match where many bowlers prospered as 1,114 runs were scored for the loss of 22 wickets in the match.Robert Key scored a century in was effectively an extended net session as Kent batted out the contest with ease after the home side were dismissed for 495 an hour before lunch on the last day. That gave Leicestershire a lead of 89 runs, but with so little time left in the match there was no way for either side to fashion a positive outcome, and they had to settle for nine points each.But it did enable Kent’s top order batsmen to gain some more valuable time in the middle in their first Championship game of the season, and when the teams shook hands on the draw, the visitors had reached 213 for 2.Key made up for missing out on a half-century in the first innings by scoring an unbeaten 104 while Brendan Nash added 62 to his earlier 50, confirming just how good the pitch had been for batting throughout the four days.Leicestershire, who were 452 for 7 overnight, decided to bat on, and added another 43 runs in just under an hour. Shiv Thakor, resuming on 105, was out for 114, skying a catch to deep midwicket off Mark Davies. A brisk unbeaten 24 by Ollie Freckingham accelerated the scoring rate and Hoggard was last man out for 4.Key reached his 50 off 124 balls while sharing an opening partnership of 74 with Sam Northeast (32) and a second-wicket stand of 124 with Nash. Nash posted his 50 off 71 balls with six fours, before edging Jigar Naik to slip, but Key carried on and drove Michael Thornely for his 11th boundary to reach his century off 194 balls a few minutes before the teams shook hands on a draw.

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Um dos centroavantes tem 33 anos, grande experiência em torneios sul-americanos, com dois títulos de Libertadores, sendo o artilheiro em uma conquista, com oito gols marcados. O outro, tem 24 anos e nunca atuou em uma competição internacional. E é justamente o “novato” a esperança de gols do Corinthians nesta quinta-feira, diante do Racing, no duelo de ida da primeira fase da Copa Sul-Americana, na Arena.

Artilheiro do Timão em 2019 com cinco gols em oito partidas, Gustagol novamente será titular da equipe. Enquanto isso, o argentino Mauro Boselli fica como opção para o técnico Fábio Carille no banco de reservas.

– Hoje é o Gustavo. Enquanto não me mostrar o contrário, o Gustavo é titular do time. O Boselli vem de um futebol com intensidade mais baixa, precisa entender isso e vai entender. Por enquanto, o centroavante é o Gustavo – justificou o treinador, há uma semana.

E Gustagol tem feito jus ao apelido. O Corinthians marcou apenas sete vezes em oito partidas nesta temporada, e o centroavante foi autor de cinco gols.

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O novo status veio dois anos e meio depois de ter sido contratado pelo Corinthians. Gustagol chegou ao clube em 2016, mas não teve boas atuações e foi emprestado ao Goiás em 2017 e ao Fortaleza em 2018. No ano passado, inclusive, foi o artilheiro da temporada no Brasil, com 30 gols marcados, e retornou com moral ao Timão.

– Já tive algumas conversas com o Gustavo, e a evolução dele de 2016 para hoje é absurda. Não sei se ele chegou muito pressionado para resolver os problemas, e quis fazer coisa que não era para fazer, queria fazer gol de qualquer jeito. Ele mesmo se pressionou, e a gente tinha de acelerar para colocá-lo em campo o quanto antes, e realmente ele não foi bem. Agora, estamos muito satisfeitos com ele – disse Carille.

Corinthians e Racing iniciam o duelo da primeira fase da Copa Sul-Americana nesta quinta-feira, às 21h30, na Arena em Itaquera. O confronto de volta será realizado no dia 27, na Argentina.

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Preview of the match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Ranchi

The Preview by Siddhartha Talya11-May-2013Match factsMay 12, 2013
Start time 1600 (1030 GMT)Moises Henriques has lived up to his reputation•BCCI

Big PictureIt is likely that Chennai Super Kings will find more support in Ranchi than Kolkata Knight Riders. The last time the JSCA International Stadium Complex hosted a game, the hometown boy MS Dhoni hit the winning runs in an ODI against England in front of a packed house in a city where his popularity possibly rivals Sourav Ganguly’s in Kolkata. Dhoni’s IPL team, however, won’t be playing in Ranchi this year. Instead, the Ranchi crowd, on paper, should be backing a side on a ventilator this season; it won’t be a surprise if they end up supporting Royal Challengers Bangalore, a team with greater star power and in the running for a spot in the play-offs, or perhaps they will end up backing both.Knight Riders won comfortably against Pune Warriors in their previous game, and Royal Challengers beat Delhi Daredevils narrowly. A win for Royal Challengers will take their tally to nine and them to No.2, though having played one game more than the rest in the top four.Form guideKolkata Knight Riders: WLWLL
Royal Challengers Bangalore: WLWLL
Players to watchMoises Henriques was bought for US$300,000 by Royal Challengers, and he’s repaid them with impressive all-round performances this season. Each time Royal Challengers have posted a score in their last few games, Henriques has played an important role in the death overs with cameos. He has also picked up seven wickets at 22.28.Ryan ten Doeschate had an impact in his first IPL game this season, prompting questions over why Knight Riders hadn’t picked him earlier. Though he doesn’t rate his own bowling very highly, he remains among the more experienced Twenty20 players, having played in more than 10 countries, and is good enough to qualify as a specialist T20 batsman.Stats and trivia Sunil Narine has an excellent economy-rate in T20 cricket, but one batsman who’s dominated him is Suresh Raina, scoring 47 off 23 balls. Michael Hussey has scored the most runs off him, 54, but that’s come off 61 deliveries. Virat Kohli became the 11th batsman to score 99 in a T20 innings. Raina is the other Indian on the list. There’s also Salman Butt, who made an unbeaten 99 for Lahore Lions against Quetta Bears in 2008. Quotes”At the moment, the competition is pretty open. We still have a fair chance of reaching the play-offs. For me what matters is the remaining three games and we face RCB on Sunday, which is a must-win game for us. Hopefully, we can try and deliver.”
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نجح منتخب جامبيا في الفوز على نظيره جنوب السودان بنتيجة 3-2، خلال المباراة التي جمعت بينهما مساء اليوم الأربعاء، ضمن منافسات تصفيات إفريقيا المؤهلة لبطولة كأس الأمم المقبلة.

والتقى منتخبا جامبيا وجنوب السودان على أرضية استاد هيئة قناة السويس، في إطار مواجهات الجولة الخامسة من مرحلة المجموعات من تصفيات البطولة القارية.

وسجل ريهان أنجيير، وأبلي جالو، وحمزة باري، أهداف فوز جامبيا في الدقائق 4، 62، 90، ليعلنوا فوز منتخب بلادهم وحصد الثلاثة نقاط.

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بينما أحرز هدفي منتخب جنوب السودان اللاعب فالنتينو يويل، وبيتر تشول في الدقيقتين 21، 90.

بهذا الفوز، يحتل منتخب جامبيا وصافة ترتيب المجموعة السابعة برصيد 9 نقاط، بينما يتواجد جنوب السودان في المركز الرابع والأخير ولديه 3 نقاط.

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O primeiro treino do elenco Sub-20 do Flamengo será no Cefan. O grupo se reapresentou nesta quinta-feira, quase duas semanas após a tragédia que atingiu o alojamento das categorias de base, no Ninho do Urubu.

As outras categorias de base do Rubro-Negro ainda não têm data definida para o retorno aos trabalhos, principalmente a Sub-15 e Sub-17, que foram as mais atingidas no incêndio.

No próximo domingo, a equipe Sub-20 vai para o China Park, que fica em Domingos Martins, no Espírito Santo, onde realizará um período de treinamentos até sexta-feira.

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Os jogadores da equipe Sub-20, que disputaram, em maioria, a última Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior, se reapresentaram nesta quinta-feira após um período de férias. Inicialmente, os jogadores foram submetidos apenas a exames médicos.

Por decisão judicial, o Ninho o Urubu, onde aconteceu um incêndio no alojamento das categorias de base que deixou 10 vítimas fatais, não pode receber qualquer atividade relacionada aos jovens. No local, estão acontecendo, apenas, os treinamentos do elenco profissional.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers promised an all-out attack when South Africa take on India in the Champions Trophy opener on Thursday

Firdose Moonda in Cardiff05-Jun-2013

South Africa captain AB de Villiers promised an all-out attack when South Africa take on India in the Champions Trophy opener on Thursday. Despite a lethargic start to their stay in England, which was underlined by a six-wicket defeat to Pakistan in the warm-up on Monday, de Villiers gave an assurance that his team will up the intensity significantly when the event begins.”We’ll have to come out like a pack of wolves tomorrow and really try towards one goal and that is to win the game,” he said. “There is no room to hide in these tournaments.”De Villiers knows South Africa enter the competition with expectations high even though they may not inspire confidence in those who have tracked their progress at ICC events in the past and have followed their preparations in the build-up this time. Nevermind that they are without two of their senior-most players, Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis, they have the added concern of Dale Steyn’s injury and the unit’s lack of game time over the last two months.Their team camp in Holland was dampened by the wet weather and even though they breezed past the Netherlands in an ODI, they were soon brought down to earth by Pakistan. Still, its de Villiers’ job to play down the problems and deliver the fighting talk, so that’s what he did.He said there was “no reason whatsoever to be over-positive coming into England,” to dismiss thoughts that the big win over the Netherlands caused complacency against Pakistan. “The Netherlands game was just for team bowling, getting mentally in a good space,” he said.With both JP Duminy and Faf du Plessis making their returns from injury with runs in that match, it almost did not matter that South Africa did not bowl their minnow opposition out. There was reason to be positive. “Mentally we feel ready and we feel strong,” he said.Phrases like that come out because of South Africa’s reputation. If they did not crumble pressure and are not been labelled chokers, speaking about their state of mind would be unwarranted. But because South Africa are seen to have problems in that department, anyone who leads them into an ICC event has to overcompensate by turning even obvious dark spots into something shiny and bright.”The other thing that is very good is to have walked into a very good Pakistan team on a wicket that did a bit in the morning and all the bowlers had a nice work through. It was really good and it’s not a bad thing to lose those warm-up games,” de Villiers said, dispelling the theory of winning momentum. “It’s a bit of a wake up call to remind us that this is the time to go. We’re in the big tournament now, no more room for error.”Why South Africa would need any extra signposting for what they need to do at a competition like this is anyone’s guess. After 15 years of disappointments, they should know putting even a toe wrong will cause alarm back home.What may be a greater worry than their attempts at reverse-psychology in the immediate term is Steyn, especially because South Africa’s strategies seem to rely heavily on their bowlers. “We all know in England the new ball is important and in the first ten overs we have to try and get wickets,” de Villiers said. “Looking at the stats as well and the local games, they get a lot of wickets in the first 10 or 20 overs. So we’ll be trying to target that. We’ll definitely have an attacking mindset of picking up wickets early on.”Steyn’s swing would have been a trump card but it seems de Villiers will only be able to use him later on. “It’s obviously not looking good,” he said, referring to Steyn’s side-strain. “It’s sort of touch and go, but it is, obviously, an issue and something we’ll have to look at. There are a few more games coming up. It’s not the one and only game so we wouldn’t like to get him out of the rest of the tournament.” The fast bowler trained with the squad on Wednesday and a final call will only be taken in the morning.Without him there is every chance South Africa will revert to a more conservative approach, which they intend to employ with the bat anyway. After hearing news of India’s demolition of Australia at the same ground yesterday, de Villiers said that even without seeing the match, he could tell from the scorecard that the Australian batsmen, “probably didn’t respect the new ball enough in the first 10 or 15 overs.”Australia were 28 for 5 inside 10 overs and even though India also struggled upfront (they were 39 for 4), de Villiers believed they showed the “skill to adapt and assess conditions better.” South Africa have long tried to be similar cricket chameleons and while their Test side are professionals at it, their limited-overs teams can never change colours quickly enough. They went to the 2011 World Cup with three spinners to suit conditions and it still backfired on them.Because of instances like that, nothing South Africa say in the lead-up will change the overall theme of any preview about their chances. Until they win a World Cup, they will always be nearly men in this format and all they can do while they wait and hope for that to happen is keep believing like de Villiers does. “We’ll be using the experience we do have and the energy we have in team to get out there and win one game at a time and hopefully we’ll take the trophy back home.”