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David Beckham has convinced Manchester United legend Gary Neville to get a 50th birthday tattoo, with “devil and lion” designs being considered.

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Ex-England captain Beckham, who burst onto the scene at Old Trafford when graduating in the same Class of ‘92 as close friend Neville, has covered his body with various inkings down the years. He has now been able to talk former Red Devils defender turned Sky Sports pundit Neville into going under the needle.

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Neville, who celebrated a notable birthday on February 18, has revealed that he has a bucket list of experiences to work through – including watching the Ashes in Australia, visiting Oktoberfest in Munich, snowbiking in Canada and travelling along Scotland’s North Coast 500 route in a campervan.

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He also wants to get a tattoo, with Beckham nudging him in that direction. Neville has told the podcast brought to you by Sky Bet: “I think Becks is getting me the tattoo for my birthday because he’s a specialist in tattoos. You go and meet the guy and see. I don’t know whether to get some writing or like a devil and a lion, a United, England thing.”

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Beckham, who is now working with Lionel Messi as a co-owner at MLS side Inter Miami, has sent a number of birthday messages to Neville. In one of those, he said: “I can’t believe you’re 50 now – we all thought you were 50 at 17 years old with the cars you drove and the clothes you wore. But all joking aside mate, have the best time. I really can’t believe we’re all turning 50, but I’m sending lots of love and we’ll have a nice glass of wine to celebrate. Happy birthday mate and enjoy it!” He also pointed out that “we did it all” when including memorable images from their playing career together in a social media post.

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Bangladesh won the toss, Bangladesh opted to bat, Bangladesh put up a below par total, Bangladesh lost. You’ve seen this movie before in this series but anyone who told you this one was no different would have to be treated with scepticism. Because although it looked like the same script might play out, a sensational final over from Mahmudullah took Bangladesh to the brink of a famous victory. It went down to the final delivery, which Mohammad Nawaz carved over extra cover for a boundary to complete a clean sweep for Pakistan, and a heart-breaking loss for their opponents.Bangladesh got off to a slow start once more, with the top order failing to find enough boundaries in the Powerplay with Nawaz, Mohammad Wasim and Shahnawaz Dahani keeping the pressure up. Both sides had made a number of changes to their XI, with Bangladesh handing out as many as three debuts, and yet they still couldn’t help but fall behind. Despite wickets in hand, Pakistan ensured Bangladesh were never able to achieve the acceleration they will have aimed for, managing just 55 in the final eight overs and finishing with 124 for 7.Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan have both found runs much harder to come by this series, and throughout the Powerplay, they preferred conservatism over aggression. That meant this was the highest opening partnership of the series, but when a rank long hop saw Babar hole out, Pakistan had just 32 runs in seven overs.The game entered a holding pattern where both sides were content to take it deep. Haider Ali was the glue holding Pakistan’s innings together – and the asking rate in check – with a 38-ball 45, but when he and Sarfaraz Ahmed fell off successive Mahmudullah deliveries, Pakistan still needed 8 off 4. It took a six from Iftikhar Ahmed and a final-ball boundary from Nawaz to get over the line even as pandemonium threatened to take over.That final overOn the first ball of the sixth over, a drive from Babar hit Taskin Ahmed flush on the hand, causing the Bangladesh fast bowler to go off for medical attention, with Shohidul Islam completing his over. When Taskin returned a little later, it seemed like little more than a footnote in the game. But towards the end it became immediately apparent that Shohidul taking over the sixth over meant Bangladesh were a bowler short for the final six deliveries.Haider Ali played a crucial hand in Pakistan’s chase against Bangladesh•AFP/Getty Images

Captain Mahmudullah took on the job himself, with Pakistan needing eight. He began with a dot ball before Sarfaraz sent one straight down cow corner’s throat, and Haider sent the next one down to long-on. Mahmudullah was on a hat-trick, Pakistan needed eight off three, and two new batters were at the crease. Iftikhar met his first delivery with a lovely lofted drive that went all the way for six, but with two to get off the last two balls, he went for the glory shot and was out caught at short third man.This is where things began to tip over in bedlam. Mahmudullah bowled from well behind the umpire, and Nawaz pulled out exceptionally late as the ball clattered into the stumps. The umpires called a dead ball but a brief argument ensued, with Bangladesh clearly unhappy about that call. Next delivery, Mahmudullah stopped in his stride, threatening to run the non-striker out. The build-up over, he finally tossed one up full, and Nawaz backed away to clear extra cover, finding a gap and taking Pakistan through to the narrowest of victories.The immediate squeezeThese three games have felt like clones of each other. Bangladesh, batting first once more, struggled in the Powerplay, with no player personifying their stifled approach more than Mohammad Naim. He top-scored with 47, but took 50 balls to get there. That he needed a sharp acceleration at the end to even manage that strike rate indicates how rough it was in the early stages for the opener, who managed just 10 runs off his first 21 balls. His innings was just one sign of a deeper malaise though, where no one who faced more than three balls was able to get more than a run-a-ball.Wasim and chances grabbedWasim spent the entire T20 World Cup on the bench, even when Hasan Ali’s struggles appeared to hint there might be an opening in the side. He has brushed aside that disappointment emphatically in Bangladesh on pitches that aren’t designed for his kind of game. After two exceptional performances, it was more of the same for the young fast bowler, who was economical up front, and returned to mop up with a couple of wickets at the death. This might have been a low-intensity game but Wasim treated it as anything but, keeping rigidly to an off stump line in the Powerplay, allowing just five runs in two overs, before being called on to bowl the 17th and 19th. Bangladesh would manage just 10 runs in those two, with two wickets in the 19th to take Wasim’s series figures to 11-0-48-5.Haider finally comes goodHaider’s inclusion in the Pakistan side is almost divisive enough to form part of a culture war. There’s the mounting statistical evidence he has failed to raise his game at international level, a slew of low scores in innings that palpably lacked confidence underlining that point. And then there’s the eye test combined with his domestic form, which indicates this precocious 21-year old is a supremely gifted striker of the ball. These might not be the pitches to showcase that, but in a target of 125 where no other Pakistan batter (min. three balls faced) scored at more than six an over, Haider smashed his way through the Bangladesh attack with 45 off 38. It included a courageous pair of sixes in the 16th over, just after Shohidul had Rizwan chopping on to bring the asking rate back under control and set Pakistan on course.

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No próximo domingo (5), Grêmio e Internacional proporcionarão a edição 438 do principal clássico do Rio Grande do Sul. O duelo, válido pela penúltima rodada do Gauchão, acontecerá às 20h (de Brasília) na Arena e será o primeiro dos arquirrivais na temporada.

Apesar de historicamente representar um ‘divisor de águas’ em relação à tranquilidade na sequência de trabalho em ambos lados, no aspecto prático o compromisso não terá real impacto na tabela, ao menos, para o Grêmio.

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​GRÊMIO x INTERNACIONAL – CAMPEONATO GAÚCHO

Local: Arena do Grêmio, em Porto Alegre (RS)
Data e hora: 05/03/2023 – 20h (de Brasília)
Árbitro: Leandro Pedro Vuaden
Assistentes: Rafael da Silva Alves e Mauricio Coelho Silva Penna
Onde assistir: Premiere

GRÊMIO (Técnico: Renato Portaluppi)

Adriel; João Pedro, Bruno Alves, Kannemann e Reinaldo; Carballo, Pepê, Bitello, Cristaldo e Vina; Suárez.

INTERNACIONAL (Técnico: Mano Menezes)

Keiller; Bustos, Vitão, Mercado e Renê; Johnny, Carlos de Pena, Mauricio, Alan Patrick e Wanderson; Pedro Henrique.

Newcastle United have got a pair of strikers in Alexander Isak and Callum Wilson who bring goals and influence to the St. James’ Park pitch – it wasn’t always that way.

The lucrative PIF takeover and appointment of Eddie Howe have turned Newcastle toward prominence, a place at the height of the Premier League that would place the club alongside the finest outfits in the business; they are working toward it.

Reliable goalscorers are fundamental parts of a high-performing team. Newcastle struggled for purchase in the final third for many years before particularly Isak signed his contract, and though there have been flashes of brilliance across the past few decades, it might stretch back to Alan Shearer’s time since such a standard of focal frontman plied their trade in black and white.

Alan Shearer's record at Newcastle

There are certain sportspeople who etch themselves into lore, carving themselves not into their sphere’s history books but onto the front cover. From time immemorial.

Over in Newcastle, Shearer did just that, though, of course, the striker-turned-pundit is a household name across all of Britain, with his haul of 260 goals in the Premier League a feat matched by only… no one.

Premier League All-time Top Scorers

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Player

Apps

Goals

1.

Alan Shearer

441

260

2.

Harry Kane

320

213

3.

Wayne Rooney

491

208

4.

Andy Cole

414

187

5.

Sergio Aguero

275

184

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Harry Kane, 31, looked to be sidling on up to him across a career of clinical shooting with Tottenham Hotspur, but the England record scorer’s transfer to Bayern Munich has preserved Shearer’s record. Much to Tyneside’s relief.

The 54-year-old is one of football’s finest-ever goalscorers, with most of his football coming for his boyhood club, where he notched 206 goals and 58 assists across 405 matches in all competitions, winning United’s Player of the Year four times.

The Newcastle legend famously made his £15m switch from Blackburn Rovers in the summer of 1996, just over one year after winning the Premier League with the Blues and Whites, a trophy which would prove to be the sole major honour of his career.

Nonetheless, he graced St. James’ Park with his prowess over a decade, completing ten seasons in the English top flight for the Toon. Though they tried, Newcastle failed to replace their lionised forward across the duration of the gloomy Mike Ashley era.

Speaking of Isak, Shearer has said that “everything about his game is of the highest quality”, which certainly bodes well for the 25-year-old’s future success in the Premier League.

Newcastle might never have shelled out the club-record £63m fee for the Sweden international had a former striker, believed to be Shearer reincarnate, reached the envisaged heights.

But Aleksandar Mitrovic was sold before he hit his peak, having struggled to bring it all together for Newcastle.

Aleksandar Mitrovic was supposed to be Shearer 2.0

Just over nine years ago, Newcastle signed Mitrovic from Belgian club Anderlecht for £13m on a five-year deal, believing they had signed one of Europe’s most talented young forwards for a bargain price.

Speaking on the transfer, he said: “There will be pressure here, for sure, but I like pressure. I also know about the famous players who have played for Newcastle United, like Alan Shearer who is a hero of mine. I hope I can play like him for this club. It will be an honour.”

Though he enjoyed a rich career in London, with Fulham, Mitrovic found that he ebbed and flowed between divisions and as such was unable to showcase his skills to their full extent, at the very highest level.

For that reason, Newcastle were probably right in cashing in on the Serbia international for a fee of £22m back in 2018, having failed to sustain a vein of prolificness at the club before moving on loan to the Cottagers and doing well. It was a no-brainer, in some respects, but Rafa Benitez’s decision pulled a high-class goalscorer away from the club at a time of great need.

The hulking centre-forward’s first campaign with Newcastle saw him score nine goals and add four assists in the Premier League, but he lost his growing Midas touch after United fell into the second tier that summer and was duly loaned out the season after.

Oh what could have been. Especially when considering that the 30-year-old actually carried the perfect properties to forge a successful career for himself at Newcastle. Indeed, according to ex-England manager Roy Hodgson, the frontman was “a bit like Alan Shearer” in that he offers a fierce strike and holds the ball up really well, with nice link-up play to boot.

Mitrovic’s efforts in England since leaving Newcastle have showcased enough to suggest that he could have played a long-term role at the club, had he been afforded more time to grow into his skin, had United’s conditions been less turbulent.

He had actually bagged 14 times across just 22 Premier League matches last year before signing for Al Hilal over in the Saudi Pro League for a reported £50m figure, forcing his way toward the riches of the Gulf.

Though the Serbian has left a career in England laden with goals, he has bobbed between the Premier League and Championship and might have been better off sticking with Newcastle. Had he done so, he could have been the starring talisman to guide the club toward an exciting new PIF era.

Given that Mitrovic’s sale saw the Magpies turn a profit after producing creditable results on Tyneside, his time at the club can’t go down as that of a severe blunder, but since he was once likened to Shearer, it would be fair to say that he didn’t reach his potential.

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Depois de assinar com a Record TV para comentar o Campeonato Carioca de 2022, Athirson se despediu da FlaTV, onde era o comentarista fixo da canal oficial do Flamengo no YouTube.

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– A gradeço imensamente a toda a direção da FLATV pela oportunidade e confiança no meu trabalho durante a temporada 2021. Sou grato pelos aprendizados, amigos e todos os momentos inesquecíveis que vivi com vocês.Hoje deixo o meu até breve com o coração repleto de gratidão a todos! – publicou o ex-lateral-esquerdo do Fla, em seu perfil no Instagram.

Antes da Record, Athirson comentou a final do Campeonato Carioca de 2020, que teve transmissão do SBT. Na TV, o ex-lateral também teve passagens pela Fox Sports, entre 2013 e 2015.

Desde 2021, a emissora paulista transmite o Campeonato Carioca. Na última oportunidade, as partidas foram narradas pelo locutor Lucas Pereira e contou com comentários do ex-zagueiro tetracampeão mundial Ricardo Rocha.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been told that he “has to go to America” and reunite with eternal rival Lionel Messi and go “head-to-head again” in MLS.

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• CR7 could become free agent in 2025
• Eternal arrival has 12 months on deal in Florida
• Neither is planning on retiring any time soon

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  Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Ronaldo is seeing questions asked of his future as his record-breaking contract in the Saudi Pro League at Al-Nassr runs down. If no extension is agreed there, then the evergreen frontman will become a free agent in the summer of 2025.

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  Argentine icon Messi moved to the United States when finding himself in a similar situation back in 2023 and savoured Supporters’ Shield and MVP glory with Inter Miami in 2024. He is under contract in Florida for another 12 months.

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  Ronaldo’s former Manchester United team-mate Wes Brown believes that CR7 should go chasing the American dream and take in one last dance with Messi. He has told : “Cristiano Ronaldo has to go to America, especially given that Lionel Messi is there as well. I’ve seen Ronaldo play a few times and it’s been a good standard, he is scoring goals and looking so fit for his age, still sprinting at 40. He wants to play for as long as he can and he’s a player who can hand pick where he wants to play next.

  “He won’t hang his boots up anytime soon and will keep breaking records. He has been to a few places now and I’d love to see him add America to the list. He has been scoring more goals than Messi of late and it would be great to see them go head-to-head again.”

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  Messi registered 23 goals for Inter Miami last season across all competitions, while Ronaldo hit 50 for Al-Nassr in 2023-24 and is already up to 16 in the current campaign. He has expressed a desire to play on well beyond his 40th birthday on February 5, with it his intention to reach 1,000 career goals.

Yorkshire’s County Championship clash with Lancashire has been moved from the iconic outground of Scarborough to Emerald Headingley, in the wake of the UK Government’s delay in the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions.It had been hoped that the Roses fixture, scheduled to begin on July 11, would have attracted daily crowds in excess of 6,000 fans, given the popularity of Scarborough, or “Scarbados”, as it is colloquially known, due to its seaside location and holiday atmosphere.However, the date for the lifting of lockdown measures was recently postponed from June 21 to July 19, due to a surge in new variant cases, and following a review of the current government guidance, Yorkshire have determined that Scarborough’s lay-out, including choke points at entries, exits and toilet facilities, renders it unsuitable even for the hosting of 25 percent capacity crowds.”Firstly we are hugely disappointed to have to make this decision as we truly believed that this fixture would be unaffected,” Mark Arthur, Yorkshire’s chief executive, said.”We were anticipating over 6,000 spectators each day for what would be a fantastic advert for county cricket. Following the extension of the government’s roadmap, we had hoped that social distancing guidelines would have been eased as the data continued to show encouraging signs.”Related

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Although both Yorkshire and Lancashire were both keen for the contest to go ahead as planned, it transpired – following extensive guidance and a professional ECB externally funded investigation – that the capacity would have had to be reduced to significantly below 2,000.Such an attendance would have caused a hit to Yorkshire’s coffers, as well as disappointment for the fans who had hoped to attend the marquee fixture of both team’s Championship campaigns.”After exploring every possible avenue, we had to ensure that as many members as possible could attend the match,” Arthur added. “Staging the match at Scarborough under the current restrictions would leave many of our members disappointed.”Therefore, we believe that the fairest and most pragmatic decision was to host the match at a venue that has satisfied safety requirements and can comfortably cater for Yorkshire members.”We are extremely sorry to those who now have the added complications around accommodation, but we wanted to ensure that as many members could attend as possible.”