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Most of the attention in Zimbabwe cricket this last week has been centred on their performances in the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka

John Ward23-Sep-2002Most of the attention in Zimbabwe cricket this last week has been centred on their performances in the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka.CONTENTSInternational cricket:Zimbabwe v IndiaZimbabwe v EnglandAfrica CupProvincial cricket reports – Vigne CupInterviews: Gus Mackay and James McMasterLettersAfter a long break, we hoped the team would be fresh and ready to go, but unfortunately it didn’t work out like that. The engine is running in fits and starts, with the bowling being the most disappointing area. We have seen our team play brilliantly, but apart from a brave run chase against India – led of course by the incomparable Andy Flower – they did not play to the high standards we know they can obtain. Assessments of the matches against India and England are included in this issue.In one way I feel this tournament could have been organized better. That regards the fixture list. Long before the group matches were concluded, Australia and Sri Lanka are in the semi-finals, South Africa are virtually assured of a place, and the only match with any real significance is that between England and India for the remaining semi-final place.That means there are quite a number of meaningless matches, mostly involving the minnows Bangladesh, Kenya and Holland, remaining before the semi-finals start. The crucial matches between the two strongest teams in each group were played early on, when they should have been used as likely deciders, as England v India will be. Perhaps the fixtures were drawn up in this way to stimulate early local interest in the tournament, or perhaps it was done to put less pressure on the likely semi-final teams. Perhaps they just came out of the hat that way.In future, I would suggest that the weakest team in each group – which would include Zimbabwe – get their matches over with early. The likelihood is that the bigger guns will beat them, and each of the final group matches will be in effect a quarterfinal, with a semi-final place dependent on the result. This will sustain interest, which will otherwise be lost in a series of dead matches.Closer to home, this issue includes a report on the Africa Cup competition held in Lusaka recently, after an interview with manager Kish Gokal, and reports on the Vigne Cup and provincial cricket. Gus Mackay, recently appointed general manager of the Mashonaland Cricket Association, talks about his job in a major article. We also include an interview with Australian James McMaster, a strong ZCO supporter, who is visiting Zimbabwe for the first time and has some interesting observations to make.

أوضحت جوليا فيجاس، زوجة لاعب خط وسط ليفربول تياجو ألكانتارا، “الكابوس التام” الذي عانت منه خلال نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا مساء السبت، قائلة إن هناك الكثير من اللحظات المخيفة في باريس.

أبلغ العديد من مشجعي ليفربول عن تجربة مروعة في العاصمة الفرنسية، حيث تم إبعادهم عن استاد دو فرانس لساعات قبل المباراة وعاملتهم الشرطة بشكل لا يصدق.

واستضافت العاصمة باريس مباراة نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا بين ليفربول وريال مدريد، حيث فاز الأخير بهدف دون رد.

وتأجلت المباراة لأكثر من 35 دقيقة بسبب تأخر دخول عدد كبير من جمهور ليفربول إلى الملعب، واندلاع أحداث شغب وإطلاق قنابل الغاز المسيل للدموع من قِبل الشرطة.

وكتبت جوليا فيجاس عبر حسابها الشخصي بموقع إنستجرام: “لا أحب التعليق على هذه الأشياء ولكن هذه المرة أريد أن أعبر عن نفسي، كان نهائي الأمس كابوسًا تامًا، ولا يتعلق الأمر بكرة القدم، بل يتجاوز النتيجة”.

وأضافت: “بسبب الافتقار إلى التنظيم والأمن، كانت هناك الكثير من اللحظات المخيفة، تعرضنا للتهديد المستمر من قبل عصابات اللصوص الذين كانوا يحاولون الاعتداء علينا وتسللوا إلى الملعب بدون تذكرة”.

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وواصلت: “العديد من المشجعين تم استبعادهم من حضور المباراة، مما تسبب في حدوث فوضى بين الناس، وألقت الشرطة الغاز المسيل للدموع على العائلات والجماهير، كما تعرض بعضهم للضرب، كلهم أبرياء”.

وأردفت: “بسبب كل هذه المشاكل، اضطررنا إلى مغادرة الملعب ونحن مُحاطون من أجل سلامتنا”.

واستكملت: “يجب القيام بشيء ما، هذا النوع من الأشياء لا يمكن أن يحدث في أي نوع من الأحداث ونحن نطلب المسؤولية، كان يمكن أن يكون الأمر أسوأ بكثير”.

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Um lance ocorrido no primeiro tempo do clássico entre São Paulo e Corinthians, no Morumbi, ficará marcado por uma bonita atitude de fair play. Após o goleiro são-paulino Renan Ribeiro agarrar uma bola na entrada da área, em disputa envolvendo Jô, o atacante corintiano levou amarelo. Porém, logo depois o árbitro Luiz Flávio de Oliveira anulou o cartão ao ser avisado por Rodrigo Caio de que o toque recebido pelo goleiro foi do próprio zagueiro são-paulino. Ao receber o recado, o juiz sinaliza que a advertência foi retirada e explica que houve o alerta do atleta. Jô parabenizou o adversário pela atitude:

– Nossa estratégia é essa, está sendo nossa identidade. Podem falar o que quiser, mas estamos no caminho certo, marcando bem, saindo em contra-ataque, fazendo dois gols. Bom frisar sobre o Rodrigo Caio, parabéns a ele, que teve atitude de homem, falou que foi ele quem pisou no Renan Ribeiro.

Após a partida, o zagueiro foi questionado sobre o lance e não se alongou muito, dizendo que apenas seguiu sua consciência.

– Eu só falei que tinha pisado no Renan e que não tinha sido o Jô. Só isso. Não sei (se o Corinthians faria o mesmo). Cada um com a sua consciência.

Caso o cartão a Jô fosse mantido, o atacante ficaria de fora da partida de volta no próximo domingo, na Arena Corinthians, que decidirá um dos finalistas do Paulistão.

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This morning Somerset released the contract list for the 2003 season

Richard Walsh03-Oct-2002This morning Somerset released the contract list for the 2003 season.Left arm seamer Matt Bulbeck, the only Somerset bowler to exceed 50 wickets in the championship to prove that he is now thankfully back to full fitness is rewarded with a further three year contract.Young Devonian opener Matt Wood who so narrowly missed out on a 1000 runs in championship cricket in only his second season has been awarded another two years.At the other end of the age spectrum thirty nine year old Peter Bowler who has been one of the batting mainstays since joining Somerset in 1995 has also been awarded a further two years.Second string wicket-keeper Carl Gazzard who made his first class debut earlier in the year during which he kept tidily has been given another two year contract.Jamie Cox has been given a one year contract, which means that 2003 will be the Tasmanian’s last year at Taunton.There are also one year contracts for five of the younger players: Gareth Andrew, an all rounder from Glastonbury, Wes Durston who played against West Indies A and made a couple of NUL appearances in 2002, Neil Edwards who also played against West Indies A, Michael Munday a leg spinner who hails from Cornwall, and who has just returned from a coaching session with Terry Jenner in Australia and all rounder Tom Webley.

Sky Sports journalist Michael Bridge hasn’t ruled out Crystal Palace re-signing experienced defender Gary Cahill.

The 35-year-old joined two years ago and has made 47 appearances in all competitions since arriving from London neighbours Chelsea.

The odd few muscle and knee injuries aside, Cahill has generally been a regular starter during his two seasons at Selhurst Park and often wore the captains armband in Luka Milivojevic’s absence.

However, Cahill’s contract expired at the end of last season, meaning he was on course to become a free agent for the second time in three years.

According to The Sun, though, the south London outfit have offered him a contract extension despite already bringing in two centre-backs in Joachim Andersen and Marc Guehi from Chelsea.

But Cahill rejected the offer, with his current wages reportedly too expensive for the club.

However Bridge told The Transfer Tavern that a deal to bring the defender back to Selhurst Park remains a possibility:

“I don’t think it’s out of the question. From what I’ve heard, the club are surprised that it’s not actually been signed.

“They’ve bought in the two defenders which is great, but someone like a Cahill, being a leader, maybe not starting all the time, but being a leader from the bench or the training pitch they would love.

“They would like to get him in, but his demands have taken him back a little bit, so it’s a wait and see.”

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A noite que marcou a primeira vitória de Bruno no seu retorno ao futebol não foi de festa completa para o goleiro. Na mesma noite de quarta-feira que ele contribuiu para o Boa Esporte superar o Tupynambás, por 1 a 0, pelo Módulo 2 do Campeonato Mineiro, o procurador-geral da República, Rodrigo Janot, solicitou que o Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) revogue o habeas corpus que liberou o goleiro da prisão.

Bruno deixou a cadeia em fevereiro de 2017, devido a uma liminar concedida pelo ministro Marco Aurélio Mello, que interpretou que o jogador poderia aguardar em liberdade a segunda instância do processo que o condenou a 22 anos e três meses de prisão. O goleiro foi condenado por assassinato e ocultação de cadáver de Eliza Samudio e por sequestro e cárcere privado do filho Bruninho.

De acordo com Janot, a análise do processo vem demorando devido aos recursos apresentados pela própria defesa. O julgamento vem sendo postergado, aos olhos do procurador. Após sua saída da prisão, Bruno assinou com o Boa Esporte.

Também nesta quarta-feira, o Tribunal de Justiça de Minas Gerais (TJ-MG) manteve a absolvição do goleiro em relação a outro crime: ele era acusado de corrupção de menores, devido à presença de seu primo Jorge Luiz Rosa, no crime. Mesmo com a apelação do Ministério Público de Minas Gerais (MP-MG), a sentença da juíza Marixa Rodrigues foi mantida.

In what was his last innings of the series, a rearguard 71 from Brendon McCullum almost gave New Zealand the belief of producing the unthinkable against England, on the third day of the final Test at Trent Bridge

Will Luke at Trent Bridge07-Jun-2008
‘If we can manufacturer a 150 to 180 lead – out of somewhere – then who knows what can happen’ © Getty Images
In what was his last innings of the series, a rearguard 71 from Brendon McCullum almost gave New Zealand the belief of producing the unthinkable against England, on the third day of the final Test at Trent Bridge. Dominating a partnership of 94 with Daniel Flynn, who showed tremendous courage in his 49, the pair nearly saw New Zealand through to stumps before James Anderson bowled McCullum off an inside edge. Now, though, with just five second-innings wickets remaining, still trailing by 64 runs, Flynn and McCullum’s stand appears to have just delayed the inevitable.Flynn has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons in the last two weeks. An horrific blow to his mouth from an Anderson bouncer at Old Trafford displaced two teeth, requiring visits to hospital and three separate treatments by a dentist. Lesser mortals would have been placed straight on a plane home but, remarkably for such a severe injury, Flynn was desperate to return to the middle. In addition to the obvious bravery he showed, there was no shortage of ability either. Anderson and Stuart Broad repeatedly teased him outside his off stump, but Flynn’s resolve was unwavering, and he drew praise from his senior partner at the end of the day’s play.”Flynny is a tough character and desperately wants to play cricket for New Zealand,” McCullum said. “He’s come back from a horrific injury in a very short space of time, but was very, very keen to get out there right from the word go. So it’s great from his perspective and development that he was able to get out there and contribute like he was able to, in tough conditions like they were.”It was McCullum who dominated the partnership however, giving New Zealand hope – however faint – that, just possibly, they might be able to set England a challenging total. “We put a pretty good partnership [together] which gave us a bit of belief within the team. We’re obviously desperately disappointed to lose both Daniel and myself at the end, but saying that, we’re closer than where we were at the start of the day.”We’re obviously behind the eight-ball, but you’ve always got to have hope. If we can manufacturer a 150 to 180 lead – out of somewhere – then who knows what can happen. We’re definitely still hopeful.”Such confidence is to be expected of New Zealand’s master batsman. Realistically, however, only he – and possibly Ross Taylor had he not fallen for a disappointing 14 – could have turned the match New Zealand’s way today, and McCullum remained philosophical of his 71, despite his obvious disappointment.”I couldn’t keep wicket this game, so had the opportunity to play as just a batsman. I was disappointed not to get runs in the first innings, and also not to still be out there in the second innings today, but it was nice to make some kind of contribution.”As soon as you get that cloud cover, it’s pretty tough out there. I don’t think the wicket has played too much of a part – maybe [in] the first hour of the first day. It’s probably more what the ball’s doing in the air – and with inswing and outswing, it’s pretty tough. They bowled very well in the conditions they have had.”It was disappointing to get out; I’d hoped there might be a bit more reward for the application I was trying to show, but I’ll learn from what went on out there, how I faced with the conditions and changed my game, and hopefully that’ll make me a better player in the future.”

Joe Wainman from All Leeds TV has expressed his frustration at Leeds United missing out on the signing of Conor Gallagher to Crystal Palace.

The midfielder has moved on loan to Selhurst Park from Chelsea, with The Guardian reporting that he rejected potential moves to both Leeds and Newcastle United.

The 21-year-old has not actually made his debut for the Blues yet but has gone on a variety of different loan spells.

He has played for Charlton Athletic, Swansea City, and West Bromwich Albion, progressing through the leagues as he went, and has now made the move to south London.

Wainman believes that the fanbase were disappointed with Gallagher’s decision to link up with new Palace boss Patrick Vieira rather than Marcelo Bielsa.

Indeed, he has claimed that Leeds fans wanted to sign the player on a loan deal that included an option to buy, instead of just borrowing him.

He said: “The fanbase seems to be split on this one because a lot of people wanted a loan with a view to a permanent, and obviously Chelsea were only willing to loan him.

“I’m a little bit disappointed that he has chosen Palace and, for me personally, I would question him because I don’t understand why you would choose Palace, and Patrick Vieira.

“I get Patrick Vieira was a great midfielder but as a manager I’m not really sure, the jury’s still out for me on Patrick Vieira. Whereas Conor Gallagher could have come to Leeds United and worked under Bielsa.”

أتخذ مسؤولو نادي فيوتشر إف سي، قرارًا بشأن الثنائي الفريق أحمد عاطف ومحمد رضا، بعد اهتمام العديد من الأندية في الفترة الأخيرة بهما، وعلى رأسها الأهلي والزمالك.

أحمد عاطف مهاجم فيوتشر، دخل دائرة اهتمام قطبي الكرة المصرية الأهلي والزمالك، بعدما قدم مستويات مذهلة مع فريقه في الدوري المصري الممتاز.

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ويلعب الثنائي مع فريق فيوتشر الصاعد حديثًا للدوري المصري الممتاز، على سبيل الإعارة من نادي وادي دجلة.

وعلم “بطولات” أن مسؤولو فيوتشر قاموا بتفعيل بند شراء أحمد عاطف ومحمد رضا لاعبا وادي دجلة، للاستفادة منهما ماديًا في حالة بيعهما ووجود عروض رسمية للاعبين.

يذكر أن فريق فيوتشر يحتل المركز الرابع في ترتيب الدوري المصري برصيد 36 نقطة.

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Finalistas do Campeonato Catarinense, Avaí e Chapecoense iniciam a batalha rumo ao título da competição neste domingo na Ressacada. E visando dois grandes confrontos entre as equipes, o lateral-esquerdo avaiano, João Paulo, acredita que a disputa pelo caneco será equilibrada.

– Acredito que será uma final muito equilibrada entre as duas equipes e quem tiver mais eficiência sairá com o título. Temos que procurar fazer um grande jogo em nossa casa para abrir uma vantagem para a segunda partida. Isso será importante. Precisamos de intensidade nos dois jogos para chegarmos ao objetivo, que é o título.

Ainda de acordo com o jogador, o elenco azurra está muito confiante no título estadual.

– Estamos muito confiantes neste título. Vamos lutar por ele. O grupo está ciente das dificuldades que vai enfrentar diante de um adversário que passa por um ótimo momento, mas estamos preparados. Temos que manter o foco total para chegar ao objetivo, que é a conquista do estadual.