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All 32 countries competing in the World Cup have finalised their 23-man squads for football's showpiece tournament in Russia.

Goal has compiled a list of every squad and each nation's top ranked player in the FIFA 18 World Cup video game.

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  1Senegal Squad

  Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mane – 84

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  Goalkeepers: Khadim N'Diaye (Horoya AC), Abdoulaye Diallo (Rennes), Alfred Gomis (Torino).

  Defenders: Kara Mbodji (Anderlecht), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli), Moussa Wague (Eupen), Saliou Ciss (Angers), Youssouf Sabaly (Bordeaux), Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor).

  Midfielders: Badou Ndiaye (Stoke), Idrissa Gueye (Everton), Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham), Cheikh N'Doye (Birmingham), Salif Sane (Hannover 96), Alfred N'Diaye (Villarreal).

  Forwards: Moussa Sow (Bursaspor), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Keita Balde Diao (Monaco), Moussa Konate (Amiens), Ismaila Sarr (Rennes), Diafra Sakho (Rennes), Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke), M'Baye Niang (AC Milan).

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  2Poland Squad

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  Goalkeepers: Bartosz Bialkowski (Ipswich), Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City), Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus).

  Defenders: Jan Bednarek (Southampton), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria), Thiago Cionek (SPAL), Kamil Glik (Monaco), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw), Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund).

  Midfielders: Jakub Blaszczykowski (Wolfsburg), Jacek Goralski (Ludogorets Razgrad), Kamil Grosicki (Hull City), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Paris St-Germain), Rafal Kurzawa (Gornik Zabrze), Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), Slawomir Peszko (Lechnia Gdansk), Maciej Rybus (Lokomotiv Moscow), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).

  Forwards: Dawid Kownacki (Sampdoria), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), Lukasz Teodorczyk (Anderlecht).

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  3Colombia squad

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  Goalkeepers: David Ospina (Arsenal), Camilo Vargas (Deportivo Cali), Jose Fernando Cuadrado (Once Caldas).

  Defenders: Cristian Zapata (Milan), Davinson Sanchez (Tottenham), Santiago Arias (PSV Eindhoven), Oscar Murillo (Pachuca), Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors), Johan Mojica (Girona), Yerry Mina (Barcelona).

  Midfielders: Wílmar Barrios (Boca Juniors), Carlos Sanchez (Espanyol), Jefferson Lerma (Levante), Jose Izquierdo (Brighton), James Rodriguez (Bayern Munich), Abel Aguilar (Deportivo Cali), Mateus Uribe (America), Juan Fernando Quintero (River Plate), Juan Cuadrado (Juventus).

  Forwards: Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Miguel Borja (Palmeiras), Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), Luis Fernando Muriel (Sevilla).

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  4Japan Squad

  Shinji Kagawa – 82

  Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Metz), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba Osaka), Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol).

  Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray), Tomoaki Makino, Wataru Endo (both Urawa Reds), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki Sakai (Marseille), Gotoku Sakai (Hamburg), Gen Shoji, Naomichi Ueda (both Kashima Antlers).

  Midfielders: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt), Keisuke Honda (Pachuca), Takashi Inui (Eibar), Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund), Hotaru Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Genki Haraguchi (Hertha Berlin), Takashi Usami (Augsburg), Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe), Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki Frontale).

  Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Leicester), Yuya Osako (Werder Bremen), Yoshinori Muto (Mainz).

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has hinted that they might give wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella a chance at No. 3 in the upcoming Tests against England

Sa'adi Thawfeeq03-May-2016

Sri Lanka Test captain Angelo Mathews has hinted that they might give wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella a chance at No. 3 during the Tests in England.Sri Lanka’s tour begins at the end of this week, with a three-day game against Essex in Chelmsford, before they head to Leicester for their second warm-up match. The first Test starts on May 19 at Headingley.”We will try to play a fixed side and make sure the players are given permanent positions,” Mathews said. “But at this point of time Dimuth [Karunaratne] and Kaushal [Silva] will be our openers and the No. 3 spot will be occupied by either Kusal Mendis, who is shaping up well, or Niroshan Dickwella.”Dickwella has only batted in the lower order so far in his four Tests. He made his debut at No. 7 against South Africa in 2014, with scores of 72 and 16. He has not batted above No. 6 yet.Mendis, another wicketkeeper-batsman, made his Test debut at No. 3 against West Indies last October after Lahiru Thirimanne lost that spot because of poor form. Mendis then batted at No. 3 in New Zealand in December, with scores of 46, 31, 46 and 8.Thirimanne averages 20.66 with only one fifty in the seven matches he has played over the last 12 months, but Mathews was confident Thirimanne would come good during the England tour.”Lahiru is recovering from a hamstring injury which he first picked up in New Zealand and if he is fit he will play in the first Test. We need his experience in the batting.”Though the Sri Lankan side lacks experience, Mathews said they could overcome that issue with their fearless approach. Mathews, with 56 Tests, and left-arm spinner Rangana Herath, with 67, are the only players in the squad who have more than 50 Test caps.”When you have a young and inexperienced side you have nothing to lose but go out there and perform, that’s what the team will do. The key is their fearless attitude to take up the challenge and deliver.”We came close to beating New Zealand twice and we won the Test series against West Indies. This team has the potential to perform and win. The two warm-up games will be crucial for us to acclimatise ourselves to the conditions we are going to come up against. We are going into two extremes of temperatures, from the high we have been experiencing at home to almost freezing point in England. The need to adjust very quickly to the changes is the key. If we can do that we can overcome a major hurdle.”Headingley, the venue for the first Test, has fond memories for Mathews and eight others in the present squad – they beat England there two summers ago by 100 runs. That victory gave Sri Lanka their first series win in England, not counting standalone Tests. Karunaratne, Silva, Thirimanne, Dinesh Chandimal, Dhammika Prasad, Shaminda Eranga, Nuwan Pradeep and Dilruwan Perera, along with Mathews and Herath, are those in the present squad who had also toured in 2014.Mathews had a memorable series that year, scoring a hundred in his first appearance at Lord’s in the first Test, a match Sri Lanka drew with one wicket in hand. In the next match, Mathews’ monumental hundred laid the foundation for that historic win. He achieved career-best performances with both bat and ball in that match – his 160 was preceded by 4 for 44 in England’s first innings.”It was my first tour of England and I managed to adjust to the conditions and come out on top,” Mathews said. “I expect the same with the present crop of players, most of whom are alien to English conditions.”I am quite confident we can achieve the same result this time around. I know that we are a bit on the inexperienced side without the likes of Sanga [Kumar Sangakkara] and Mahela [Jayawardene] but I won’t say that batting is the weak point … maybe in experience, yes. This team is prepared to take on anyone with their fearless approach.”Preparations for the tour have been good, I am very happy the way we have gone about it. We left a lot of grass on the pitches we practiced on, and we started practice very early in the morning so that the bowlers were able to get some swing on the ball, especially up in Pallekele.”

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Quando Fluminense e Vasco se enfrentam, muitos tricolores ficam com a sensação de que uma derrota é o resultado mais provável. E é verdade. A história recente mostra nove jogos de invencibilidade cruz-maltina. Nesta reta final de Campeonato Brasileiro, o time das Laranjeiras precisa quebrar o tabu que vem desde 2015, enquanto a equipe de São Januário tenta subir na tabela com uma nova vitória. A partida é no Maracanã, às 19 horas, e terá transmissão em tempo real do site do LANCE!.

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– Única coisa que nos resta é trabalhar para que essa bola comece a entrar. A gente se esforça, tem tentado colocar em prática aquilo que temos trabalhado, mas, infelizmente, a bola não tem entrado. Temos que fazer algo a mais para sair dessa situação – define Nino, sobre a má fase do time tricolor.

No lado do Vasco, que já se afastou mais diretamente da luta contra o rebaixamento, a intenção é fazer um jogo inteligente. Naturalmente a intenção é vencer o duelo, mas aproveitando o que entendem ser o “desespero” do rival pelos três pontos.

– Precisamos aproveitar esse desespero deles. Com tranquilidade, colocar nossa ideia de jogo. O professor Vanderlei já tem passado o que precisamos fazer para sairmos com a vitória – afirmou Rossi ao site oficial do Vasco.

Os problemas financeiros que Fluminense e Vasco atravessam geram atrasos de pagamento similares. Em campo, porém, o tabu vigente resulta em expectativas distintas diante das necessidades também diferentes que existem entre os times de Marcão e Vanderlei Luxemburgo.

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O volante Bruno Guimarães, um dos principais jogadores da posição no futebol brasileiro, viveu uma noite mágica no último domingo, quando o Athletico-PR encarou a Chapecoense, na Arena da Baixada.

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O camisa 39 alcançou a marca dos 100 jogos pelo Furacão e cravou ainda mais o seu nome dentro do clube que é atual campeão da Copa do Brasil.

Com apenas 21 anos, Bruno Guimarães está no Athletico-PR desde maio de 2017, quando fez a sua estreia pelo time. Desde então, o volante começou a ganhar espaço no elenco e atualmente é titular absoluto da equipe de Tiago Nunes.

Com a camisa do Furacão, Bruno faturou os títulos do Campeonato Paranaense (2018 e 2019), Copa Sul-Americana (2018), Levain Cup (2019) e Copa do Brasil (2019), este último com status de um dos principais jogadores do clube.

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O bom rendimento dentro do clube despertou a atenção do técnico André Jardine, que o convocou para defender a Seleção Olímpica nos dias 10 e 14 de outubro, nos amistosos contra Venezuela e Japão.

Harmeet Singh’s career-best returns of 6 for 139 kept Mumbai’s hopes of a quarterfinal spot alive on the third day of their game against Karnataka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai

The Report by Amol Karhadkar08-Feb-2015
ScorecardR Samarth brought up his maiden first-class hundred on the third day, the third batsman to do so in this match•PTI

Left-arm spinner Harmeet Singh’s career-best innings returns of 6 for 139 kept Mumbai’s hopes of a quarterfinal spot alive on the third day of their game against Karnataka at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.Harmeet’s haul helped Mumbai stage a remarkable comeback and earn a vital first-innings lead against Karnataka and the left-arm spinner sparked a Karnataka collapse that saw the visitors lose their last six wickets for 78 runs. Karnataka were bowled out for 415, 21 runs short of Mumbai’s first-innings total.Karnataka lost Manish Pandey to Harmeet in the second over of the day but at lunch were on course to overhaul Mumbai’s total of 436. R Samarth had converted his unbeaten 85 into a maiden first-class century – the third batsman to score a maiden first-class hundred in this match – and debutant Shishir Bhavane had raced to a sparkling fifty, taking the team to 293 for 3.Mumbai had, however, applied the brakes a few overs before lunch with restrictive lines that dried up the runs, especially against Bhavane who was scoring at will until he crossed fifty.After the break, as the new ball started to lose its shine, Mumbai continued with the same tactics. While pacers Shardul Thakur and Balwinder Singh Sandhu bowled wide of off-stump, Harmeet and offspinner Akshay Girap pitched outside leg. This forced Samarth, who was playing a sedate knock, to go into a shell.The ploy ensured Karnataka scored only 27 runs off 22 overs in the first hour after lunch, losing Bhavane as the debutant edged Sandhu behind the wicket. About half an hour before tea, Shyreas Gopal, Karnataka’s standout batsman of the season, tried to break the shackles with a full-blooded sweep off Girap but Abhishek Nayar leapt and pulled off a one-handed catch at square leg.Even at 337 for 5, Karnataka were not really in trouble. With Samarth looking good for a double-century and CM Gautam, arguably the most reliable No 7 on the domestic circuit, at the crease, Karnataka continued their march towards Mumbai’s total. In the last over before tea, Harmeet started the collapse.Gautam tried to fend one that was pitched on the leg stump but the ball rose slightly to take the edge of his bat to Suryakumar Yadav at first-slip. Karnataka at that stage were 78 runs adrift of the target and were hoping for captain Vinay Kumar and Abhimanyu Mithun – both decent batsmen – to see them through along with Samarth.The tide turned in Mumbai’s favour soon after tea as Harmeet bowled the ball of the innings in the seventh over after the break. The ball rose sharply and surprised Samarth, and lobbed to Yadav off the shoulder of the bat. That wicket allowed Mumbai to put pressure and despite Mithun’s 21-ball 22, Karnataka fell short of earning at least three points. Harmeet picked up four wickets in 31 balls either side of the tea break.The only scare Mumbai had was when Udit Patel was dropped off Shardul Thakur, at second slip by Shreyas Iyer. Karnataka were 411 for 8 then. But Harmeet, who had earlier completed his second five-wicket haul by fooling Vinay through flight, trapped Patel in front of the wicket in the next over. Thakur then completed the rout by forcing a nick off S Aravind’s willow and burst into a wild sprint towards the Sunil Gavaskar pavilion.

The five-match ODI series against South Africa that begins in Perth on Friday will be the last World Cup audition chance for Australia’s fringe players

Brydon Coverdale11-Nov-20141:52

‘No pressure being World Cup hosts’ – Bailey

If February 14 seems a long way off, you’re clearly not an Australian selector. That is the date that Australia begin their World Cup campaign against England at the MCG and opportunities to assess players ahead of the tournament are fast running out; World Cup squads must be finalised before the time the tri-series with India and England starts on January 16.That means the five-match ODI series against South Africa that begins in Perth on Friday will be the last audition chance for Australia’s fringe players. The batting line-up seems largely settled with David Warner, Aaron Finch, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke, George Bailey, Glenn Maxwell and Steven Smith all part of the squad to play South Africa, and all likely to feature at the World Cup.Kane Richardson, George Bailey and Nathan Coulter-Nile at the launch of the one-day series in Perth•Getty Images

There is no shortage of batting backup either, with Phillip Hughes and Cameron White both capable of stepping straight into the side if called up, although neither are in the squad for the first two ODIs. Matthew Wade is expected to keep wicket through the South African series while Brad Haddin recovers from his shoulder injury sustained against Pakistan, but Haddin will be the gloveman at the World Cup.But the bowling group is not quite as clear-cut. World Cup probables James Faulkner and Mitchell Starc were left out of the first two ODIs to allow them some Sheffield Shield time ahead of the Tests against India. There is also no Nathan Lyon, given the first two games are at the WACA. But for men like Nathan Coulter-Nile, Josh Hazlewood and Kane Richardson, this is a big chance to press a World Cup case.”I wouldn’t like to be a selector at the moment, looking at our group and we’ve got a lot of guys around the country playing some good cricket,” vice-captain Bailey said. “There’s this group itself playing good cricket. It’s going to be hard to nut that out. The players are going to have the performances that they themselves need to put on the board in the back of their minds as well as actually playing really well as a team.”Not only are individual performances important over the five-match series, but so is Australia’s team form given they lost the recent tri-series final to South Africa in Zimbabwe. By the end of this month they will have played 16 matches against South Africa across all formats in 2014 and the Australians hope that another series against the world’s No.2-ranked ODI side – Australia are No.3 – will be ideal World Cup preparation.”There’s every chance that they’ll be featuring at the back end of the World Cup, so this will be a really good starting point to find out exactly where we are as a team,” Bailey said. “I think we are two of the stronger teams going around. We’re two teams very much gunning to try and win a World Cup in a couple of months … There’s a lot of bragging rights on the line and the cricket played will reflect that.”It will also provide Clarke the chance to move on from the disappointing tour of the UAE, where his men were humiliated in both Tests against Pakistan, which led to some criticism of Clarke’s captaincy and form. Bailey said he expected Clarke to bounce back strongly back on home soil.”If you look at his record it speaks for itself,” Bailey said. “It’s obviously a position people care a lot about. The Australian cricket team means a lot to a lot of people, so that’s a great thing for cricket. But I’ll back Pup to the hilt in terms of his performance and what he’s done.”If you look at his record as a player, he responds pretty well to pressure and generally goes out and does the one thing, and that’s score big runs. The hard thing to look at is just how different the conditions were they’ve just come from. I’m backing him to respond the one way that we know he does, and that’s with steely determination and big runs. When he’s doing that, that’s a great thing for us to feed off us a group.”

أعلن عبد الله جورج سعد، اعتذاره عن عدم استكمال انتخابات مجلس إدارة نادي الزمالك المقبلة، اليوم الثلاثاء.

وكان عبد الله جورج قدم أوراق ترشحه في انتخابات نادي الزمالك على مقعد عضو مجلس الإدارة فوق السن.

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وأكد عبد الله جورج عبر حسابه على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي “فيس بوك”، أنه يدعم قائمة حسين لبيب في انتخابات نادي الزمالك المقبلة.

وأشار المرشح في انتخابات الزمالك إلى أنه طبق مبدأ الإيثار، لإعلاء مصلحة نادي الزمالك وانسحب من المعركة الانتخابية.

عبد الله جورج أكد أنه تلقى دعوات لتكوين حزب وجبهة مضادة ضد القائمة الموحدة، منذ إعلان دخوله انتخابات نادي الزمالك. بيان عبد الله جورج

الزمالك أولًا

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السادة أعضاء الجمعية العمومية والجمهور العظيم

تتويجًا لمعركة استمرت تسع سنوات تمت استعادة نادي الزمالك إلى أبنائه.

منذ تم الإعلان عن إجراء الانتخابات حددت هدفًا بعدم عودة أي من المجلس السابق أو اتباعه والمحسوبين عليه إلى المجلس المنتخب الجديد

والسعي لتكوين جبهة متماسكة من الشرفاء القادرين على قيادة النادي إلى عهد جديد

وفي سبيل ذلك الهدف النبيل تمكنت بتوفيق الله مع عدد من محبي النادي المخلصين من الجمع بين الكابتن حسين لبيب والكابتن أحمد سليمان في قائمة واحدة تجنبًا لتفتيت الأصوات الانتخابية وترسيخًا لمبدأ المصلحة العامة تفوق المصلحة الخاصة.

ثم تقدمت بأوراق ترشحي للانتخابات للتواجد بالقرب من الأحداث والمساهمة في إعادة النادي إلى الطريق الصحيح

منذ إعلاني دخول الانتخابات لم تتوقف محاولات استقطابي لتكوين جبهة أو تحالف ضد القائمة الموحدة مما يتعارض مع إعلاء المصلحة العامة.

ولذلك فإنني وبعد دراسة الموقف والتشاور مع عدد من القامات ومحبي النادي ورغم أن المؤشرات كانت تؤكد قدرتي على المنافسة الانتخابيه والفوز بمقعد مجلس الإدارة

إلا أن الرأي ومن موقف القوه استقر على تقديم نموذج فعلي لتطبيق قيم الإيثار وتوحيد الصف لإعلاء مصلحه النادي وجعل شعار الزمالك أولًا حقيقة واقعة.

لذلك اتخذت القرار بالاعتذار عن عدم استكمال الانتخابات مع تقديم الدعم والتأييد الكامل للقائمة الموحدة كاملة برئاسة حسين لبيب لاسيما بعد مناقشة ودراسة أفكارها وخطط عملها بحسبانها الأولى والأجدر لقيادة النادي في هذه المرحلة الفارقة من تاريخه.

أخيرًا… إنني إذًا أسجد لله شكرًا لما لمسته من حب ودعم أعضاء الجمعية العمومية منذ إعلان ترشحي للانتخابات.

فإنني أعاهدهم أن أبقى ما أحياني الله في خدمة النادي وجماهيره وأعضائه استمرارًا لمسيرة العائلة التي امتدت لعقود في حب نادي الزمالك

والله ولي التوفيق

د. عبدالله جورج سعد

رقم العضوية ١٦ المرشحون لـ انتخابات الزمالك 2023

مقعد الرئيس: ماجد فاروق الحنبلي، فاروق جعفر، حسين لبيب، عمر هريدي ومرفت السيد أحمد.

نائب الرئيس: هاني العتال، هشام نصر.

أمين الصندوق: كريم عادل عبيد، عبد المجيد سليم، محمد قدري، حسام المندوه وخالد لطيف.

العضوية فوق السن: أحمد عفيفي، رجب رواش، أحمد فوده نصير، أشرف إمام عبد السلام، مروة أمير الرفاعي، حمدية كمال علي، أحمد عبادة، سيف الإسلام محمد يوسف، مروة البورجي، نجلاء الناجي، طارق عبد العال، رفعت شبل، سامح سوني، علاء مقلد، حاتم السيد، أحمد سليمان، هاني شكري، هاني بيرزي، هشام يكن، مصطفى عبد الخالق، عمرو أدهم، حسين السيد والحسيني سمير.

العضوية تحت السن: محمد خالد الصادق، أحمد هاني زادة، علي العاطفي، ياسمين الشريف وإيهاب عصمت.

أعرب جاريث ساوثجيت، المدير الفني لمنتخب إنجلترا، عن حالة من عدم الرضا تجاه الانتقادات المستمرة الموجهة للاعب هاري ماجواير.

واعتاد ماجواير على التعرض للانتقادات سواء في فريق مانشستر يونايتد أو منتخب إنجلترا، بسبب كثرة أخطائه وتذبذب أدائه.

وكانت آخر تلك الأخطاء تسجيله هدف بالخطأ في مرمى منتخب إنجلترا في مباراة الأمس الودية ضد إسكتلندا.

وتعرض ماجواير لصيحان من الاستهجان من قِبل جمهور إسكتلندا، كلما لمس الكرة منذ مشاركته كبديل.

وقال ساوثجيت في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “لقد كانت هناك معاملة سخيفة تجاه ماجواير منذ فترة طويلة من الزمن، إنها مزحة”.

وأضاف: “لم أعرف قط لاعبًا يعامل بهذه الطريقة، ليس من قبل الجماهير الاسكتلندية، أو من قبل المعلقين والنقاد، مهما كان الأمر، إنه يتجاوز أي شيء رأيته على الإطلاق”.

وأردف: “من وجهة نظر المشجعين الإسكتلنديين، أتفهم الأمر وليس لدي أي شكوى على الإطلاق بشأن أي شيء فعلوه”.

واستكمل: “لقد كان جزءًا أساسيًا من منتخب إنجلترا الأكثر نجاحًا على مدار عقود، كان حاسمًا وفعالًا، كان لا يُصدق على الإطلاق، إنه لاعب كبير وكلنا معه”.

واستمر: “هاري كان جيدًا بعد المباراة، لقد حققنا فوزًا جيدًا، وقد لعب دورًا جيدًا فيه، وظهر أمام وسائل الإعلام كما يفعل دائمًا، شخصيته هي السبب وراء كل شئ به”.

Tom Moody, the former Australia allrounder, has been appointed Melbourne Renegades’ director of cricket for the fourth edition of the BBL

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Apr-2014

Tom Moody, the former Australia allrounder, has been appointed Melbourne Renegades’ director of cricket for the fourth edition of the BBL. Moody will be responsible for talent identification, recruitment and list management.Moody, 48, will continue his coaching duties with IPL side Sunrisers Hyderabad. In February, he was appointed the Caribbean Premier League’s director of cricket.”I’ve admired Tom’s coaching and man-management from afar for many years,” Renegades head coach Simon Helmot said. “Last season I enjoyed the privilege of assisting him at Sunrisers Hyderabad during the Indian Premier League. It was a wonderful learning experience, and one I’m looking forward to repeating when this year’s IPL begins this week.”To have Tom working with the Renegades as director of cricket is a real boon for the club. It also takes a lot of pressure off me, as coach, and our CEO Stuart Coventry, knowing that this newly-created role will be filled by such a capable T20 tactician.”After retiring from international cricket, Moody had worked as Worcestershire’s director of cricket before taking over as Sri Lanka coach in 2005. He quit in 2007 before coaching Western Australia, till 2010.

اعترف ميكيل أرتيتا، المدير الفني لفريق آرسنال، أنه لم يتغلب بعد على شعوره بخيبة الأمل نتيجة خسارته لقب الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز الموسم الماضي.

وكان آرسنال متفوقًا في صدارة الدوري الإنجليزي في معظم جولات الموسم، قبل سقوطه في النهاية، ومنح اللقب على طبق من ذهب إلى مانشستر سيتي.

وقال أرتيتا في حديثه إلى مجلة “GQ” الأمريكية: “لا أعرف ما إذا كنت قد تجاوزت الأمر، ربما لا أريد ذلك لأنني في حاجة إلى هذا لأكون أفضل”.

وأضاف: “هناك أشياء معينة يجب عليك القيام بها للفوز باللقب، كان لدينا الكثير، لكن ذلك لم يكن كافيًا”.

يعتقد أرتيتا أن فريقه قادر على التقدم بشكل أفضل هذا الموسم والفوز باللقب، حيث قال: “إذا لم أؤمن بذلك، فلن أكون هنا، أنا أحب الفوز، ولكن علينا أن نستحق ذلك”.

وأردف: “في اليوم الذي قررت فيه أن أكون مدربًا، كان علي أن أكون واضحًا بشأن شيء واحد، لا أعرف ما إذا كنت سأُطرد غدًا أم بعد شهر أم بعد عام، لكن هذا سيحدث، لا أريد أن أترك وظيفتي مع الخوف من سؤال (ماذا لو؟)”.

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وعن تأثير بيب جوارديولا عليه، قال: “لقد اعتنى بي حقًا منذ البداية ومنذ ذلك اليوم أصبحت مرتبطًا به، كنت خائفًا ومترددًا تجاه عرض تدريب آرسنال، أتذكر قول جوارديولا لي (أنت جاهز، إذا لم تأخذ تلك الوظيفة، سأركل (لفظ نابِ!)”.

وسُئل أرتيتا عما إذا كان يشعر بالقلق من محاولة آرسنال للتنافس مع أندية لديها المال الكافي لشراء أفضل اللاعبين في العالم.

ولكن أرتيتا لا يرى أن أن المال يصنع البطولات، في إشارة إلى ثلاثية مانشستر سيتي الأخيرة، حيث قال: “أنت لا تفعل ذلك بالمال، صدقني، هناك الكثير من القرارات الصحيحة التي يجب اتخاذها، وأن تكون متطلبًا للغاية، وذكيًا للغاية في لحظات معينة، المال لا يشتري كل شيء”.