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Rangers are back in action on Saturday evening, seeking to continue the momentum established prior to the international break.

First, Barry Ferguson’s side ousted Fenerbahçe from the Europa League, prevailing on penalties at Ibrox, thereby setting up a quarter-final clash with Athletic Club Bilbao.

Then, three days later, the Gers were 3-2 winners in the Old Firm derby, with Ferguson becoming the first Rangers manager since Walter Smith in 1991 to win their very first Glasgow derby at Parkhead.

While it’s too late to reignite the Premiership title race, the Light Blues will be seeking another victory at Dundee on Saturday evening, although this is unlikely to be straightforward, considering they’ve drawn their last two visits to Dens Park, held to a 1-1 stalemate there in January.

If Ferguson is to land all three points in the City of Discovery, he should unleash his superstar striker.

Cyriel Dessers' recent Rangers form

As noted by Scott Bradley of Breaking the Lines, Dessers’ performances for Rangers have been largely ‘inconsistent’ and ‘frustrating’, adding that he ‘divides opinion’.

The Nigerian striker arrived from Cremonese for a reported fee of £5.5m in July 2023, scoring 44 goals in 99 appearances for the club to date, averaging a goal every 138 minutes, which certainly isn’t bad.

Following Rangers’ 3-1 win at Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium last month, Fenerbahçe manager José Mourinho said that “today, Dessers looked like the best player in the world”, with John Walker adding that this was Dessers’ ‘best match for Rangers’.

However, he is often criticised for not being clinical enough, a perception supported by the fact that, since the start of last season, he has missed a humongous 46 Opta-defined big chances across the Premiership and Europa League.

So, after Dessers got the nod at Parkhead, we’re advocating for Ferguson to start his other centre-forward at Dens.

Rangers' starting striker vs Dundee

Hamza Igamane’s last-gasp winner in the Glasgow derby a fortnight ago will forever cement his name into Rangers folklore but, even before that, his performances had been catching the eye.

During the international break, the 22-year-old made his senior debut for Morocco, coming off the bench for the final eight minutes as the Atlas Lions beat Niger 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier in Oujda.

Head Coach Walid Regragui, who guided the North African nation to the most recent World Cup semi-finals, praised Igamane’s “mindset”, also adding he “has a bright future ahead of him”.

At club level, Igamane has scored 14 goals since joining Rangers last summer, four of which have come in the Europa League, described as “unpredictable” and “outrageous” by scout Ben Mattinson, thereby attracting Premier League interest.

So, let’s analyse how Rangers’ two centre-forward options compare.

Cyriel Dessers vs Hamza Igamane 2024/25 comparison

Statistics

Dessers

Igamane

Appearances

45

37

Goals

22

14

Minutes-per-goal

120

152

Goals – xG

-2.3

+2.8

Shots on target %

47.8%

41.9%

Shot-creating actions per 90

2.78

3.52

Goal-creating actions per 90

0.88

0.94

Big chances missed

19

5

Average Sofascore rating

6.84

7.15

Statistics courtesy of Transfermarkt, FBerf.com and SofaScore

As the table outlines, while Dessers’ pure goals and minutes-per-goal statistics are superior, Igamane comes out on top for pretty much every other underlying metric.

In this season’s Europa League for example, the Moroccan ranks second for goals – xG, behind only Malick Fofana of Olympique Lyonnais, while the Nigerian sits joint-fourth bottom for the same metric, out of the 702 players who’ve attempted at least one shot in the competition, above only Ulrik Saltnes, Kevin Rodríguez and compatriot Victor Osimhen.

This emphasises that Igamane is a significantly more clinical centre-forward and, at 22 years old, has a significantly higher ceiling than 30-year-old Dessers.

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Thus, in Premiership matches that don’t matter a great deal, Ferguson should prioritise giving Igamane minutes, starting on Saturday, giving him the opportunity to stake a claim, with the first leg against Athletic Club coming up soon.

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Smeed, Kohler-Cadmore fifties down Glamorgan after Brooks and Overton share six wickets

ECB Reporters Network21-Jun-2023

Somerset went clear at the top of the South Group thanks to a comprehensive win in their Vitality Blast fixture against Glamorgan in Cardiff.Despite career best batting performances from Kiran Carlson and Timm van der Gugten, Glamorgan’s total of 171 all was not enough as Somerset won by eight wickets with 17 balls to spare.Three wickets each for Craig Overton and Jack Brooks pegged back Glamorgan’s batting efforts before fifties from Tom Kohler-Cadmore and Will Smeed took the visiting team to victory.This win puts Somerset clear of Surrey at the top of the Blast table with 18 points. Glamorgan currently sit outside the quarter-final qualification spots and will most likely need to win all three of their remaining fixtures to make the knockout stages.It was a lacklustre start from Glamorgan who struggled in the opening overs having been put into bat. The early wickets of Will Smale, Billy Root and Sam Northeast reduced them to 14 for 3 with Brooks claiming two wickets and Overton one.There was a 40-run stand between Carlson and Chris Cooke that took the home team past the 50 mark, but it was Carlson who was doing all the scoring. Cooke had made seven runs when he attempted to carve Overton over the extra cover boundary for six. The ball looked as it was going to clear the rope before a superb one-handed grab at full stretch from Kasey Aldridge sent Glamorgan’s leading run-scorer in this competition back to the dugout.When recently arrived overseas signing Cam Fletcher was out for a duck two balls later when he pulled a ball to Sean Dickson at midwicket Glamorgan were 53 for 5 and in danger of crumbling.What followed was a record stand for the sixth wicket between these two teams as Carlson and van der Gugten put on 91 runs to give the home side some hope.Carlson’s 71 took him past 300 runs for the first time in a Blast season and was his first innings over over fifty in the format since 2018. Van der Gugten made 48, his fourth important contribution with the bat in his six Blast matches this season as he continues to show off his all-round ability.The Somerset chase got off to a roaring start thanks to Smeed, but he should have been dimissed in the second over when he was on just 17. He pulled a ball from van der Gugten straight to Billy Root on the deep square leg boundary but the chance wasn’t taken. It was parried over the rope for six and Smeed took full advantage of the life he was given.Tom Banton was the one wicket to fall inside the Somerset powerplay when he was caught at fine leg by Andy Gorvin when he tried to scoop Ruaidhri Smith but that was the only success for Glamorgan until the 13th over as Smeed and Kohler-Cadmore took the game away from them. Smeed crashed eight fours and three sixes in an innings of 66 that lasted just 36 balls. By the time he was dismissed by Smith the required rate was down to less than a run a ball.Smeed’s dismissal slowed things down a little bit with the support of Tom Abell, Kohler-Cadmore guided Somerset home with 62 not out. The only moment of further alarm for the visitors came when Gorvin had Kohler-Cadmore caught on the midwicket boundary but it was off a no ball.This comprehensive victory is the ninth of Somerset’s Blast campaign and they are closing in on a home quarter-final.

عقد مجلس إدارة النادي الأهلي برئاسة محمود الخطيب، اجتماعًا عصر اليوم بمقر الجزيرة، لمناقشة العديد من الملفات المهمة التي تخص قطاعات النادي المختلفة في الفترة القادمة.

وكان محمود الخطيب رئيس الأهلي قد عقد اجتماعاً مع خوسيه ريبييرو المدير الفني لفريق كرة القدم بالقلعة الحمراء اليوم الإثنين.

وخلال الجلسة اعتمد المجلس هيكل العمل الخاص بحمام سباحة التربية والتعليم المجاور لمقر النادي بالجزيرة، والذي سوف يتم افتتاحه في شهر يوليو بعدما تم تجهيزه بالكامل، وفق أفضل المقاييس لخدمة الأعضاء وفرق وأكاديميات النادي.

طالع | الأهلي يعلن خضوع لاعب الفريق لعملية جراحية

كما اعتمد المجلس هيكل العمل الخاص بالجيم الجديد لفرع النادي بالشيخ زايد، الذي تقرر افتتاحه خلال شهر يوليو لخدمة الأعضاء ولاستكمال سلسلة الإنشاءات التي يشهدها الفرع في الفترة الحالية.

كذلك قرر المجلس تكليف مكتب صبور للاستشارات الهندسية بأعمال الإشراف على إنشاء مجمع حمام السباحة لفرع النادي بالقاهرة الجديدة.

نجح منتخب مصر لكرة السلة للسيدات، في تحقيق الفوز على نظيره تونس، بنتيجة 80-55، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما ضمن منافسات البطولة العربية.

والتقى منتخب مصر مع تونس، على صالة استاد القاهرة الدولي، ضمن مواجهات الجولة الثالثة والأخيرة بالدور التمهيدي، بالبطولة العربية لكرة السلة للسيدات.

وانطلقت البطولة يوم 1 من شهر يوليو الجاري وتنتهي يوم 8 من الشهر ذاته، بمشاركة منتخبات مصر، تونس، الجزائر، الأردن.

طالع أيضًا.. قائمة منتخب مصر للسيدات لكرة السلة في البطولة العربية

وجاءت نتائج فترات المباراة كالتالي:

9/6

34/16

53/35

80/55

وبذلك يتصدر منتخب مصر جدول ترتيب الدور التمهيدي بالعلامة الكاملة بعد الفوز على الجزائر في الجولة الأولى بنتيجة 89/54، ثم الفوز على الأردن في الجولة الثانية بنتيجة 85/54، وأخيرًا الفوز على تونس بنتيجة 80/55.

‏وتقام البطولة بنظام الدوري الكامل من مرحلة واحدة، حيث يواجه كل منتخب الثلاث منتخبات الأخرى، لترتيب مراكز المنتخبات.

يلتقي المنتخب صاحب المركز الأول مع المنتخب صاحب المركز الرابع، ويلعب المنتخب صاحب المركز الثاني مع المنتخب صاحب المركز الثالث في دور نصف النهائي، لتحديد طرفي مباراة تحديد المركز الثالث ومباراة النهائي.

Derbyshire chip away at 132-run deficit with unbroken opening stand

ECB Reporters Network21-Jul-2023

England fast bowler Matthew Potts paraded his batting credentials as Durham piled on the runs in the LV=Insurance County Championship match against Derbyshire at Derby.Potts scored 64 and shared an eighth-wicket stand of 110 from 113 balls with Brydon Carse who made 80 on a day of stoppages at the Incora County Ground.The Division Two leaders secured maximum batting points for the sixth time this season before they were bowled out for 575 with fast bowler Sam Conners claiming 5 for 115. That gave Durham a lead of 132 but Derbyshire responded strongly in their second innings to close on 89 without loss, 43 behind, with Luis Reece 54 not outThe prospects of a positive result on a pitch where more than 800 runs had been scored on the first two days receded further when only 47 balls were bowled in the morning because of rain.There was time for Conners to take his fourth wicket when Migael Pretorious was lbw playing back to a full-length ball but after lunch the game was held up again but this time in bizarre circumstances. A coin or a washer was found embedded in the pitch resulting in a delay of several minutes before the umpires decided it did not pose a problem and both teams agreed the match could continue.Potts and Carse took advantage but only after two excellent catches had stalled Durham’s advance towards a full house of batting points.Ollie Robinson was looking to the cover boundary when he drove Zak Chappell powerfully but Anuj Dal showed why he is rated one of the top fielders on the circuit by taking off to his right and holding a stunning one-handed grab.Graham Clark’s edged drive at Chappell was almost past Harry Came at first slip but he swooped to pull off a superb low catch. At that point, Durham were still 33 short of 450 but Potts continued to exude confidence, putting away the bad balls with crisp drives and cuts.He reached his third first-class fifty by turning Dal off his hip to the fine leg fence for his seventh four and with Carse quickly finding his range, Durham were motoring along at nearly five an over.Carse straight drove Dal for six and he also hit nine fours in a 41-ball fifty that underlined the dominance of bat over ball.The lead was 86 when Potts drove at Reece in the final over before tea and Wayne Madsen pouched his 26th catch in Championship cricket this season. But there was no respite after the interval as Carse and Ben Raine added 43 before Carse was caught behind down the leg side off Reece.Conners quickly cleaned up Matthew Parkinson to claim his fifth wicket and leave Derbyshire with 27 overs to bat until the close.Reece and Came had some anxious moments against Raine and Potts with the new ball but once they settled in, played with increasing assurance on a pitch which shows no sign of deteriorating.Reece came down the track to dispatch Parkinson for six and although Came edged Raine just over the slips, Durham could not break through and with heavy rain forecast for much of day four, a draw looks increasingly likely.

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A semana começa turbulenta no Grêmio após mais uma derrota na Série B e o técnico Roger Machado sente a pressão das arquibancadas, que pede a sua demissão.

– VEJA A TABELA DA SÉRIE B

No último compromisso do Tricolor, quando a equipe foi superada dentro de casa pelo Ituano, o comandante viu a torcida pedir a volta de Renato Gaúcho, técnico que marcou época no clube.

Apesar dos protestos, o entendimento no Grêmio é que, no momento, não existe sentido uma troca no comando técnico com poucos jogos pela frente na disputa do nacional. Com 44 pontos, o Grêmio aparece no G-4 da Série B e uma mudança forçada poderia tirar o time do eixo nas rodadas decisivas da Segunda Divisão.

Números

Contratado para assumir a vaga de Vagner Mancini, Roger Machado iniciou bem e faturou o estadual, feito que manteve a hegemonia do Tricolor no Rio Grande do Sul.

Apesar das críticas, o time gaúcho se mantém na zona de acesso da Série B e conta a favor do técnico para gerir o Grêmio até as rodadas finais.

Desde a sua chegada, Roger Machado dirigiu o Grêmio em 35 oportunidades com 16 vitórias, 12 empates e 7 derrotas. O Tricolor anotou 45 gols e foi vazado em 21 oportunidades.

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كشف مصدر داخل النادي الأهلي، موقف الإدارة من توقيع عقوبة على لاعب الفريق إمام عاشور، بسبب تواجده في أحد الحفلات الغنائية.

وظهر إمام عاشور رفقة لاعب الزمالك أحمد فتوح في حفل غنائي، أقيم أمس الجمعة بالساحل الشمالي.

طالع | إمام عاشور يوجه رسالة خاصة بعد مرور عامين على انضمامه لـ الأهلي

وقال المصدر لـ بطولات: “لن يتم توقيع عقوبة على إمام عاشور بسبب الحفلة أمس لأنه في إجازة، ولم يبدأ مرحلة التأهيل حتى الآن”.

ويغيب إمام عاشور عن صفوف الأهلي، في الفترة الحالية، لعدم تعافيه من إصابته التي تعرض لها خلال مباراة إنتر ميامي الأمريكي في كأس العالم للأندية، بكسر في عظمة الترقوة.

ومن جانب آخر، يخوض فريق النادي الأهلي، في الفترة الحالية، معسكرا إعداديا في تونس استعدادًا للموسم الجديد، يلعب خلالها عدد من المباريات الودية.

India captain says players have been given roles but need to be ready to perform different ones should the need arise

ESPNcricinfo staff21-Aug-20232:08

Moody: Flexibility, open mind needed in this day and age

Flexibility in the mind and flexibility in the middle order will be key for India to unlock their batting potential at the ODI World Cup, according to their captain Rohit Sharma.”One thing I want in this team is to make sure everyone is okay to bat anywhere,” Rohit said at a press conference to announce India’s Asia Cup squad in New Delhi. “That’s one thing we need to keep in mind. You need flexibility, guys who can step up at any position. No one should say, ‘I’m good at this position or I’m good at that position’. You want guys to be able to bat anywhere, that’s the message conveyed to every individual. Not now, but over the last three-four years.”In a sense, Rohit was reiterating the views of former India coach Ravi Shastri, who earlier in the week spoke of no player owning any one position and how even someone as senior as Virat Kohli should drop down to No. 4 if the team combination demanded it.Related

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“I know it’s tough for guys on the outside to understand why a guy who bats at six is batting at four, but the message has been given. This is international sport, not club cricket, that you’re talking about. It’s not like we go to sleep giving a position for a certain player and then change it the next morning.”We say, ‘this is what we want’. You don’t want to be handicapped or stuck with one player batting in one position. Having said that, you want to get the best out of players in certain positions. All seven-eight numbers are open to anyone, that’s the message we have sent out for so many years now.”Rohit cited Axar Patel’s example to emphasise what he meant. He felt Axar is better suited to disrupt the opposition as a floater who can take the game on at any position in the batting unit. Rohit felt this skill gave him the edge over, say R Ashwin or Washington Sundar.”Where things boil down to is the batting option at No. 8 and 9,” Rohit said. “Axar, you know he’s had a good run this year, batted well in white-ball cricket. He didn’t get much opportunity in red-ball, but played well in white-ball, especially IPL. He had a few opportunities in the West Indies but couldn’t make it big, but with him being there, it gives us the option of having a left-hander who can go up the order and play spinners if required, and also create batting depth.”Rohit Sharma and Ajit Agarkar address a press conference where India’s squad for the Asia Cup was announced•AFP via Getty Images

Ajit Agarkar, India’s chairman of selectors, further clarified Rohit’s views on flexibility.”Rohit didn’t say anyone can play anywhere,” Agarkar said. “What he said is a player should be flexible in the mind. A player knows his role, where he’s going to play, which over he’s likely to bowl. A new-ball bowler will bowl with the new ball, or whether he can bowl in middle overs – those roles are set. But as the game or tournament evolves, you look at someone’s form or the team’s form, against whom you are playing, players should be flexible in the mind.”Every captain has a plan that this batter will bat here, and we will play in this specific way, but as the tournament progresses, if someone’s form is good, someone is playing well or match-ups dictate playing someone against a certain bowler, we’re talking about that kind of flexibility, which is important. That much talent is there in the team. If there’s talent that flexibility will come. It doesn’t mean role is not specified, roles are specified, you feel comfortable because of that.”At this point, Rohit stepped in to clarify his comments on flexibility and why it shouldn’t be taken literally.”When I said flexibility is important, it’s not like I’m implying send the opener at No. 7 or open the batting with Hardik Pandya,” Rohit said. “Shikhar [Dhawan] and Rohit have only opened in the last seven-eight years, Kohli has batted only at three. Youngsters who come in at four-five, it’s important for them to be flexible, batting up and down.”In the last four-five years if you look, the opener has opened, No. 3 has batted at three, KL [Rahul] has batted five, Hardik six, [Ravindra] Jadeja seven. Four and five, sometimes if they move up and down, there’s no problem. That much flexibility is important. Our position too when we came in, we batted up and down, I’m talking of that flexibility. It’s not like opener bat at eight and eight opens, we don’t do such mad things. Little bit of flexibility up and down is needed in a team.”

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A Quinta-feira promete ser movimentada no futebol, com o jogo decisivo entre Corinthians e Fluminense pela Copa do Brasil. Mas o dia também tem espaço para outras modalidades como o Mundial de Ginástica Rítmica, que chega ao segundo dia.

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No futebol europeu, então… dia cheio! Depois de uma rodada emocionante da Champions, chegou a hora da Europa League e da Conference League. Veja a lista abaixo:

COPA DO BRASIL
AdChoicesPUBLICIDADE20h00 – Corinthians x Fluminense (semifinal, volta) – sportv, Premiere e Twitch (Casimiro Miguel)

EUROPA LEAGUE
13h45 – Real Sociedad x Omonoia – Espn4
13h45 – Sheriff Tiraspol x Manchester United – Star+ Prod
13h45 – Midtjylland x Lazio – Espn2
13h45 – Feyenoord x Sturm Graz – Star+
13h45 – Olympiacos x Freiburg – Star+
13h45 – Qarabag x Nantes – Star+
13h45 – Trabzonspor x Crvena zvezda – Star+
13h45 – Monaco x Ferencváros – Star+
16h00 – Arsenal x PSV Eindhoven – Espn e TV Cultura
16h00 – Roma x HJK – Espn4
16h00 – Rennes x Fenerbahçe – Star+
16h00 – Dynamo Kyiv x AEK Larnaca – Star+
16h00 – Betis x Ludogorets Razgrad – Star+
16h00 – Braga x Union Berlin – Star+

CONFERENCE LEAGUE
13h45 – CFR Cluj x Sivasspor – Star+
13h45 – Zalgiris x Basel – Star+
16h00 – Hapoel Beer Sheva x Villarreal – Espn2
16h00 – Silkeborg x West Ham United – Star+ Prod
16h00 – Istanbul Başaksehir x Fiorentina – Star+
16h00 – FCSB x Anderlecht – Star+
16h00 – Partizan Belgrade x Nice – Star+
16h00 – Colônia x Slovácko – Star+

Mundial de Ginástica Rítmica
15h00 – (dia 2) – NSports e sportv2

NFL
21h15 – Los Angeles Chargers x Kansas City Chiefs – Espn2

MLB
20h00 – Pittsburgh Pirates x New York Mets – Star+

كشفت تقارير صحفية سعودية، عن تولي أمير توفيق، الرئيس التنفيذي السابق لشركة الأهلي، منصباً مهماً بأحد الأندية السعودية.

وبحسب صحيفة الميدان السعودية، فإن أمير توفيق سيتولى منصب مدير قطاع التسويق بشركة النادي الأهلي السعودي خلال الفترة المقبلة.

طالع.. رسميًا | سيراميكا كليوباترا يُعلن ضم كريم نيدفيد من الأهلي

وكتبت الصحيفة، عبر منصة إكس: “امير توفيق الرئيس التنفيذي السابق لنادي الأهلي المصري يتولى منصب مدير قطاع التسويق بشركه النادي الأهلي السعودي خلفاً للإيطاليه باربارا بيجي”.

ومنذ أيام أعلن النادي الأهلي، اعتذار أمير توفيق عن عدم استمراره في منصبه كمدير تنفيذي لشركة الكرة بالقلعة الحمراء نظراً لارتباطه بالسفر والعمل خارج القاهرة.

ووجهت الشكر لتوفيق على الفترة التي تولى فيها المسؤولية، مشيدة بما وصفته بإخلاصه وتفانيه في أداء مهامه، وحرصه الدائم على خدمة القلعة الحمراء، مؤكدة أنه كان نموذجًا يُحتذى به في العمل والانتماء.