Nottinghamshire begin defence at home

Nottinghamshire will begin the defence of their County Championship title against Hampshire at Trent Bridge on April 14

ESPNcricinfo staff14-Dec-2010

Chris Read holds aloft the Championship trophy after the thrilling finish to the 2010 season•Getty Images

Nottinghamshire will begin the defence of their County Championship title against Hampshire at Trent Bridge on April 14 after the fixtures for the 2011 English domestic season were confirmed. The campaign will be a week old by then, with the first round of four-day matches starting on April 8 while the CB40 begins on April 24 and the Friends Provident t20 on June 1.The FP t20 finals day will take place at Edgbaston on August 27, while the season will come to its conclusion on September 17 with the final of the CB40 at Lord’s. Next season that match will be a daytime encounter after criticism that the floodlit fixture in 2010 made it tough for fans to travel home and didn’t take into account the early autumn weather.The season will actually begin in Abu Dhabi when Nottinghamshire face MCC as the game is taken to the Middle East for the second season running. Nottinghamshire clinched the Championship title with the final ball of the season when they claimed their third wicket against Lancashire to secure a vital bonus point and deny Somerset.Worcestershire and Sussex, who were promoted to Division One, are both in action in the opening round of four-day games. The FP t20 will begin with a rerun of the 2010 final as Hampshire, who won by losing fewer wickets, take on Somerset and the group stages will again be played in a concentrated period in June and July before quarter finals from August 6-8.Counties are again left in the far from ideal situation where they will need to switch back to Championship mode in the midst of the t20 qualify stage. Attempts to restructure the domestic season in time for 2011 were shelved earlier this year with counties concerned they were losing valuable time to market and promote the campaign. Plans are in place to alter the structure from 2012, but next season is likely to be as difficult to follow as the last one.2011 key dates
March 27 – MCC v Nottinghamshire, Abu Dhbai
April 8 – County Championship begins
April 25 – Clydesdale Bank 40 begins
June 1 – Start of Friends Provident t20
August 6-8 – FPt20 quarter-finals
August 27 – FPt20 Finals day, Edgbaston
September 12 – Final round of County Championship
September 17 – CB40 final, Lord’s

رودريجو بعد إهدار ركلة الترجيح أمام كرواتيا: تحولت من الجنة إلى الجحيم

اعتذر رودريجو جوس، لاعب فريق ريال مدريد والمنتخب البرازيلي بعد إهدار ركلة ترجيح في خروج السيليساو من كأس العالم أمام كرواتيا في ربع النهائي.

جناح ريال مدريد دخل بديلًا، ولكنه أهدر ركلة الترجيح الأولى للمنتخب البرازيلي، والتي تسببت في خروجهم بعد أن أهدر زميله أيضًا ماركينيوس الركلة الأخيرة.

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صاحب الـ21 عامًا، اعتذر على تويتر: “آسف للجميع. بلا شك أكثر اللحظات إيلامًا في مسيرتي، تحولت من الجنة إلى الجحيم في غضون دقائق، كانت بالظبط الطريقة التي أخشى منها دائمًا”.

وأكمل مهاجم البرازيل: “علينا أن نتعلم من تلك التجربة، لم يكن هناك شيء سهل حتى الآن، ولن يكون كذلك، لكن الأمر يستحق أن نحاول مجددًا”.

وواصل: “أشكر الجماهير البرازيلية على دعمهم، والذين كانوا يجعلوننا أكثر تفاؤلا في المونديال، ولكنا سنعود بعد 4 سنوات ونحاول مرة أخرى، وفي 2026 هذا الجيل قادر على حصد اللقب”.

واختتم: “أشكركم جميعًا، نأمل أن يكون كل شيء مختلفًا بعد 4 سنوات، وننتظركم هناك”.

MCC recommends lie detector tests

The MCC World Cricket Committee has made several proposals to help overcome match-fixing, including the use of lie detector tests and the legalisation of betting markets in India

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Dec-2010

A variety of plans are being proposed to try and stamp out corruption in the game•News of the World

The MCC World Cricket Committee has recommended that the laws of the game be amended in a bid to rid the sport of corruption, and has called for the use of lie detector tests to reinforce the need for transparency in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal that erupted during Pakistan’s tour of England in August.Following a two-day meeting in Perth ahead of the third Ashes Test, the club’s working party, including two former Ashes-winning captains in Steve Waugh and Mike Brearley, issued a statement containing a wide range of proposals including “the legalising and regulating of betting markets in India as proposed by the Delhi Court; the length of bans; non-selection of tainted players; the possible use of lie detector tests; the provision of integrity officers; and the inclusion of anti-corruption clauses in all professional playing contracts in all countries.””The greatest issue facing the game right now is match-fixing,” said Waugh. “How can we make players more accountable for their actions? Personally, I think if you’ve not done anything wrong, why wouldn’t you want to have a lie detector test? You can’t make it compulsory but like I said, if you’ve got nothing to hide, why wouldn’t you take it? If we sit back and don’t do anything about corruption, it’s going to get worse.”In its statement, the committee also complimented the ICC and its Anti-Corruption & Security Unit (ACSU) for its work to clean up the sport, but urged the game’s governing body to commit more resources – and increased powers – to tackle the single biggest menace to the integrity of cricket.”The education of players should not be a meaningless formality; the message should be pressed home with regularity by figures known and respected by the players,” the statement read. “Furthermore, the committee believes that team captains – as enshrined in the Laws and Spirit of Cricket – should accept greater responsibility for the conduct of their players.”Speaking on the eve of the Perth Test, England’s captain, Andrew Strauss gave a cautious welcome to the notion of introducing lie detectors to the game. “That’s hard for me to answer at this stage,” he said. “I don’t know about the accuracy of lie detector tests. But what I do know, and is probably more important, is that we don’t want the whiff of anything suspicious going on in the game.”We’ve seen how disruptive and detrimental to the game of cricket it is,” added Strauss. “The devil of all these things is in the detail. If we have to take extreme measures in order to be 100% confident the game is being played in the right spirit, then I’d certainly be happy to do that.”I’d have to think about the arguments [for lie detector tests] one side and another first. But the principle, of having 22 guys on the pitch that the supporters are absolutely 100% certain are playing the game for the right reasons, is a good thing.”

أوتامندي يوضح سبب احتفاله الاستفزازي ضد لاعبي هولندا بعد فوز الأرجنتين

أوضح مدافع منتخب الأرجنتين، نيكولاس أوتامندي، سبب احتفاله الاستفزازي بعد نهاية ركلات الجزاء الترجيحية أمام لاعبي هولندا بفوز التانجو في دور الـ 8 من بطولة كأس العالم قطر 2022.

وفازت الأرجنتين على هولندا بنتيجة 4-3 في ركلات الترجيح بعد التعادل الإيجابي 2-2 بعد الأشواط الأصلية والإضافية يوم أمس، الجمعة.

ولكن بعد تسجيل لاوتارو مارتينيز الركلة الحاسمة، قام أوتامندي وبعض لاعبي الأرجنتين باستفزاز لاعبي هولندا الذين كانوا بجوارهم بعد صافرة الحكم، ماتيو لاهوز.

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وتحدث أوتامندي عن سبب استفزاز لاعبي هولندا بعد الركلة الأخيرة، في تصريحات بالمركز الإعلامي لبطولة كأس العالم، وقال: “هذه الصور مأخوذة من سياقها”.

وتابع: “كان هناك لاعب من هولندا، في كل ركلة جزاء ننفذها، كان يذهب إلى اللاعب الذي سيسددها ويقول له شيئًا”.

وأضاف في النهاية: “فلذلك كان رد فعلي هكذا بعد كل ما حدث، وبعدها ذهبت للاحتفال مع زملائي بالتأهل”.

Vizeu treina de manhã, mas vai ao Ninho para apresentação de diretor

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Os jogadores do Flamengo encaminhavam-se para o Campo 5 do Ninho do Urubu, para o treino desta segunda-feira, enquanto Felipe Vizeu deixava o CT. O atacante treinou pela manhã, voltou ao CT à tarde para a apresentação de Carlos Noval, novo diretor executivo de futebol, ao elenco e foi liberado em seguida pela diretoria da atividade por questões particulares.

Na terça, às 9h, Vizeu é esperado para o treino com os demais companheiros.

No início de março, o atacante também foi liberado da viagem para o Equador, onde o Flamengo enfrentou o Emelec pela Libertadores, também por questões pessoais. Na época, Felipe Vizeu visitou a mãe que estava internada no Rio.

Cria da Gávea, Felipe Vizeu terminou 2017 em alta, marcando gols decisivos na campanha da Sul-Americana. Este ano, no entanto, perdeu espaço. São só seis partidas, três como titular, e nenhum gol marcado. Negociado com a Udinese, da Itália, em janeiro, por R$ 20 milhões, o centroavante deixará o Fla em julho.

Quem também não participou do treino com os demais atletas foi o Rômulo. Com dores musculares, o volante fez um trabalho específico na academia.

Como o próximo compromisso do Fla é apenas no próximo dia 14, o camisa 27 não deve ser desfalque na partida contra o Vitória na estreia do Brasileirão.

Plantão médico: São Paulo não teve elenco completo à disposição em 2018

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Lesões, suspensões e convocações para seleções nacionais tornaram-se algo comum para o São Paulo nesta temporada. Passadas 21 partidas em 2018 contando Campeonato Paulista e Copa do Brasil, o Tricolor ainda não teve todo o seu elenco à disposição para nem um jogo sequer. Tanto o técnico Dorival Júnior, como seu sucessor, Diego Aguirre, enfrentam problemas para escalar a equipe por conta dos constantes desfalques.

Em todos os momentos da temporada – que ainda nem sequer está em sua metade – o São Paulo teve, pelo menos, três baixas em seu elenco. Todos os setores do time tiveram problemas, dos goleiros aos atacantes, passando pelos meio-campistas, laterais e zagueiros. Os casos mais emblemáticos são os do atacante Morato e do zagueiro Anderson Martins.

Emprestado pelo Ituano até o fim desta temporada, o camisa 38 do Tricolor passou por uma cirurgia para reconstrução dos ligamentos colateral medial e cruzado posterior do joelho direito, em abril do ano passado, e levou quase 12 meses para voltar aos campos. Mesmo trabalhando todos os dias no Reffis do CT da Barra Funda, Morato teve dificuldades para retornar aos gramados e, após desfalcar o Tricolor em 13 partidas em 2018, reestreou no jogo de ida da semifinal do Paulistão, contra o Corinthians, no Morumbi.

Já o zagueiro Anderson Martins, um dos oito reforços contratados pelo Tricolor para esta temporada, sofre com dores na região dorsal desde a fase de classificação do estadual e já desfalcou o São Paulo em 12 jogos. Embora não seja titular da equipe, a ausência do defensor em tantas partidas preocupa os são-paulinos. Na última quinta (5), o zagueiro retornou ao campo, mas não trabalhou com o restante do elenco.

Fora a dupla, o clube tem sofrido com constantes lesões. Valdívia, Reinaldo, Arboleda, Sidão, Jucilei e Lucas Fernandes foram alguns dos nomes que passaram pelo departamento médico por algumas semanas e desfalcaram o São Paulo. O zagueiro Rodrigo Caio e o meio-campista Cueva costumam ser convocados, respectivamente, pelas seleções brasileira e peruana e, inclusive, desfalcaram o Tricolor na reta final do Paulistão. Acima, veja todas as partidas do São Paulo na temporada e os desfalques de cada compromisso da equipe.

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Hong Kong sneak home in thriller

A round-up of action from the World Cricket League Division Three tournament in Hong Kong

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jan-2011Papua New Guinea maintained their unbeaten record in the tournament with a comprehensive nine-wicket win over Denmark at the Kowloon Cricket Club. Denmark won the toss and batted, but were in strife right from the start as each of their top six batsmen failed to get into double figures. Loa Nou, Hitolo Areni and Chris Amini shared two wickets apiece as the Denmark batsmen failed to cope with their seam bowling and were reeling at 33 for 6. Denmark’s lower order showed some fight: Martin Pedersen made 17, and Bobby Chawla and Aftab Ahmed added 55 runs for the ninth wicket to take Denmark past 100. Ahmed was unbeaten on 39 as Denmark were bowled out for a paltry 112 in just under 42 overs.That score was never going to be enough to challenge PNG and though they lost Asad Vala in the first over, Tony Ura and Amini put on a solid unbeaten 114-run partnership to carry PNG home. Ura was unbeaten on 64 while Amini was 43 not out.Half-centuries from Waqas Barkat and Najeeb Amar carried Hong Kong to a thrilling one-wicket win over Italy at the Mission Road Ground. Italy elected to bat but started poorly, losing openers Andy Northcote and Damian Fernando with just 26 runs on the board. Italy captain Alessandro Bonora and Peter Petricola then put on 110 runs for the third wicket to set the base for a big total. Bonora was run out for 40 but Petricola remained solid as he added a further 42 with Damian Crowley. However, Italy frittered away the advantage as they lost five wickets for 50 runs to slide from 178 for 3 to 228 for 8. Petricola was unbeaten on 104 as Italy reached 235 for 8 at the end of their 50 overs.Italy looked set to defend that total as Gayashan Munasinghe struck with his medium-pace to pick up three quick wickets to leave Hong Kong struggling at 25 for 4. Hussain Butt and Nizakat Khan revived the Hong Kong innings with a 43-run fifth-wicket partnership but it was the 97-run seventh wicket partnership between captain Najeeb Amar and Waqas Barkat that got Hong Kong’s chase back on track. Both batsmen looked set to carry their team across the line before Amar fell for 52 in the 44th over with the score on 184. Hong Kong seemed to lose the momentum with Amar’s dismissal as Munir Dar and Nadeem Ahmed fell in quick succession. They needed 26 off the last 12 balls with just one wicket in hand but No. 11 Aizaz Khan played a blinder, swatting three sixes in an eight-ball 24 to take Hong Kong home with two balls to spare.United States of America overcame an early batting collapse to post a two-wicket win in a low-scoring encounter against Oman at the Hong Kong Cricket Club. Oman, who were sent in to bat, started strongly, with openers Hemin Desai (28) and Deep Trivedi (11) putting on 42 runs in just under 7 overs before Desai was bowled by Kevin Darlington. His dismissal triggered a collapse as Oman slumped from 42 for 1 to 110 all out in just under 38 overs. Only Sultan Ahmed, with his 30, offered some resistance as Usman Shuja, Orlando Baker and Asif Khan picked up seven wickets between them.USA’s chase started disastrously as medium-pacer Rajesh Kumar picked up three key wickets and ran out Sushil Nadkarni to leave USA reeling at 16 for 6 in the eighth over. However, No. 9 Usman Shuja (43) and No. 10 Asif Khan (31) held firm to carry USA home. The duo added an unbeaten 71 runs for the ninth wicket to anchor USA to victory with 16 overs remaining.

مانشستر سيتي يحسم موقفه من التعاقدات في ميركاتو يناير

كشفت تقارير صحفية بريطانية، أن نادي مانشستر سيتي الإنجليزي، لا ينوي التعاقد مع لاعبين في سوق الانتقالات الشتوية المقبلة، لمواصلة منافسة آرسنال على لقب الدوري.

ارتبط مانشستر سيتي بالتعاقد مع كودي جاكبو لاعب منتخب هولندا وجونكالو راموس البرتغالي، بعد أن تألق الثنائي في بطولة كأس العالم قطر 2022.

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ورغم ذلك، إلا أن مانشستر سيتي لا ينوي الدخول في مفاوضات مع أي لاعب خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية، حتى على مستوى الدفاع رغم ارتباطه بـ جوسكو جفارديول لاعب لايبزج والمنتخب الكرواتي.

صحيفة “مانشستر إيفنينج” البريطانية، أكدت بأن بيب جوارديولا يثق في اللاعبين المتواجدين في فريقه، خاصة وأن هناك أسماء مثل كالفين فيليبس لم يحصل على فرصته بعد، كما هو الحال مع جوليان ألفاريز الذي أظهر نفسه في كأس العالم مع الأرجنتين، ويجلس بديلًا لـ هالاند في مانشستر سيتي.

ويرى مانشستر سيتي أن سوق الانتقالات الشتوية، يشهد ارتفاعًا حادًا في الأسعار، كما أن بعد كأس العالم لن يكون من الذكاء أن يتعاقد النادي مع لاعبين منهكين بالمشاركة مع منتخبات بلادهم في منتصف الموسم.

مانشستر سيتي يحل في المركز الثاني ببطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، خلف آرسنال المتصدر، ولكن تنتظره مباراتان أمام الجانرز بعد كأس العالم.

Roger vê 'viés coletivo' em falhas individuais e não indica mudanças

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As falhas de Antônio Carlos nos jogos contra Corinthians e Boca Juniors não farão o zagueiro perder sua vaga como titular na estreia do Palmeiras no Brasileirão, às 20h de segunda-feira, no Estádio Nilton Santos. O técnico Roger Machado reforçou em sua entrevista coletiva desta sexta que enxerga um contexto muito mais coletivo do que individual nesses erros.

– No gol contra o Boca, não posso, posicionado, ver meu lateral tomar uma bola nas costas. Contra o Corinthians havia dois jogadores para fazer a cobertura. Se um comunica ao outro que está fechando o meio, o outro fecha o fundo e a gente minimiza o problema. Há um viés coletivo nas falhas individuais. Não há necessidade de terra arrasada. Há ajustes a serem feitos – explicou o treinador.

Roger toma o cuidado de não tirar a confiança de seus jogadores. Antônio Carlos, uma aposta sua no início do ano, vinha sendo muito elogiado até vacilar na final do Paulista.

– Eu tenho por preferência recuperar o jogador dentro do campo. Temos que perceber em que momento o atleta está, a confiança que ele tem para continuar em alto nível. Tenho o Edu Dracena à disposição, tenho outros zagueiros, mas não vejo nesse momento a obrigatoriedade de mexer e gerar uma perda maior de confiança nesse atleta (Antônio Carlos), que vem atuando muito bem, assim como o Thiago Martins – disse.

-O atleta tem que sentir (as falhas). A gente sabe como é quando a gente participa de eventos como esse dentro de um jogo. O Antônio vinha fazendo uma grande partida, assim como vem fazendo 90% de partidas seguras. É um pouco injusto a gente avaliar exclusivamente por dois eventos – completou.

Roger fez duas mudanças na equipe-base do Verdão para enfrentar o Boca: trocou Victor Luis e Willian por Diogo Barbosa e Keno, respectivamente. Foram mudanças táticas. Mudar por causa de erros cometidos recentemente não está nos planos do treinador.

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Police cause food shortage at Kotla

A food prevention exercise by the Delhi police resulted in a severe food shortage at the Feroz Shah Kotla during the match between West Indies and South Africa

Firdose Moonda at the Feroz Shah Kotla24-Feb-2011

Fans had to endure scarce and limited food options during the game•AFP

A food prevention exercise by the Delhi police resulted in a severe food shortage at the Feroz Shah Kotla during the match between West Indies and South Africa. Until the late stages of the match, more than 150 service people, spectators, and media were without food due to the police crackdown. There was even the danger of the South African team going into the game without lunch.”We arrived at 12.30 and made arrangements for lunch to arrive then but it only arrived at 13.10 because of the security and police,” Mohammed Moosajee, the South African team manager, told ESPNCricinfo. West Indies, however, arrived a little after 13.00 and found their food was on time, some of them having eaten at the hotel. South Africa’s 40-minute wait, though, was much shorter than the hours other people had to endure before being allowed to eat.Trucks carrying food packs for all the service staff in the stadium, including ball boys and ushers, were turned away at the gates. Police denied them entry, effectively allowing all the food they had brought with them to go to waste. “Our vehicles were all accredited, but only two of them came in and one was turned back,” one of the catering managers at the venue said. “We were not allowed to bring anything in. The food was all cooked, but it all spoiled.”Someone else who was at risk of having his prepared food go bad was television commentator and former England opener Geoffrey Boycott, who had brought his own meal with him. He had suffered from throat cancer and caters for his specific eating needs. “I don’t eat curries, which is what they normally give you. So I bring sandwiches. Anything which is spicy just burns,” he said. Police wanted him to leave the sandwiches outside but Boycott wouldn’t budge. “I said, ‘I want to speak to the general or the brigadier, whoever’s in charge, ’cause I’m taking my bloody sandwiches in’.” An official came to Boycott’s rescue and ensured he was able to take his sandwiches with him.Fans did not go completely hungry but the usual selection of food, ranging from Indian snacks, patties, samosas, was nowhere to be found, not even in the expensive pavilion stand where tickets were close to Rs 4600. Only sponsor’s soft drinks and potato chips stalls were allowed inside the stadium. Other vendors were not allowed into the venue, something that can only be achieved as a result of weeks of planning, as is done at the IPL.An administrator with the IPL team, the Delhi Daredevils, who play their matches at the Kotla, said the franchise sets up a fully functional office at the stadium six weeks before the tournament starts. It is that office which the ICC has operated out of in the run-up to the event. They meet with the police once a week in order to brief them on what food is coming through and when to expect it. With the ICC not going into such intricate details with the security forces, they have not been able to ensure the same kind of cooperation.The food scarcity was one of several issues that the media faced. Accredited tickets did not work at the security scanners, everything from the wi-fi to the coffee machine collapsed for a few hours, and the meals for the photographers went the same way as the food for the service people. Fresh packs had to be prepared and sent to the stadium, and were eventually let in close to the end of play. Reporters who had been through matches in Dhaka, Ahmedabad and Delhi gave the Kotla the thumbs down – in overall organisation, not merely in matters pertaining to food.

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