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Warwickshire win with three balls to spare after Jake Lintott’s quickfire 50 and contributions from Kai Smith, Rob Yates, Zen Malik and Hamza Shaikh

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Warwickshire 310 for 7 (Lintott 50, Yates 47) beat Somerset 309 for 8 (Lammonby 100, Rew 81) by three wicketsTom Lammonby’s maiden List A century was not enough to save Somerset from a three-wicket Metro Bank One-Day Cup defeat by Warwickshire at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton.The hosts posted 309 for 8 after losing the toss, opener Lammonby scoring 100 from 111 balls, with nine fours and two sixes. James Rew contributed 81, while younger brother Thomas made a rapid 41.In reply, Warwickshire reached 310 for 7 with three balls to spare, Taunton-born Jake Lintott ensuring victory with a quickfire 50 after important contributions from Kai Smith (45 not out), Rob Yates, Zen Malik and Hamza Shaikh.Somerset, who created a party atmosphere by arranging several events to mark their 150th anniversary season, made a solid start to their innings, Lammonby and Archie Vaughan taking the score to 42 in the 11th over before the latter was bowled for 20 attempting to drive a ball from Michael Booth.It was 69 for 2 when Lewis Goldsworthy was also bowled trying to slog-sweep Taz Ali in the young leg-spinner’s first over. But Lammonby was already looking in dangerous form as he moved confidently to a half-century off 65 balls.At the halfway stage of their innings, Somerset were 102 for 2. It was then that Lammonby and James Rew began to cut loose, the two left-handers delighting home supporters with some glorious stroke-play on both sides of the wicket in a partnership of 143 in 21.2 overs. Both cleared the ropes in the same over from off-spinner Yates.Skipper Rew cruised to a 46-ball fifty, with five fours and two sixes before Lammonby reached three figures with a single to the leg side off Oliver Hannon-Dalby. It was an innings of numerous sweetly-timed cover drives and very few errors.The scoreboard read 212 for 3 in the 38th over. Without a run added Lammonby top-edged a pull shot off a slower-ball bouncer from Ed Barnard to be caught at short fine leg. Rew quickly followed, bowled aiming across the line to a ball from Booth having faced 69 deliveries, and Somerset’s hopes of reaching 300 looked in jeopardy.They got there thanks to some quality hitting from Thomas Rew, including two reverse-swept sixes in the same Ali over, and a career-best 30 not out from Alfie Ogborne off just 16 balls. Josh Thomas, Ben Green and Jack Leach fell cheaply, but JT Langridge cracked 11 off four balls to end the innings with a flourish.Warwickshire’s reply had reached 36 when Ogborne struck with the last ball of the sixth over, Barnard pinned lbw on the back foot for 14.Batting was looking straightforward in the bright sunshine as Yates and Malik brought the hundred up in the 17th over. Yates had moved comfortably to 47 off 52 balls when caught behind looking to drive Green, who struck again soon afterwards when Malik offered a low return catch, having hit six fours and a six in moving smoothly to 44.It continued to be Lammonby’s day when his left-arm seam accounted for Alex Davies, who edged a pull shot through to wicketkeeper James Rew having made 17. At halfway in their innings, Warwickshire were 144 for four.Shaikh and Smith looked to be tilting things the way of the visitors with a solid half-century stand, but Shaikh became their third player to fall in the forties when caught behind off Langridge to make it 205 for 5 with the required run-rate around eight an over.Vaansh Jani pulled a flat six off Ogborne, who responded by having him caught by the diving James Rew in the same over. That brought in Lintott, who wasted no time clearing the ropes off Green.Smith was content to play a supporting role in a match-clinching stand of 65 in 8.1 overs, which saw Lintot race to a maiden List A fifty off 34 balls, with seven fours and a six, before falling with just two runs needed.

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Vitória e Bahia se enfrentam pelo jogo de ida da final do Campeonato Baiano, neste domingo (31), às 16h (de Brasília), no Estádio do Barradão. O jogo terá transmissão do SBT e por streaming no canal “Nosso Futebol”.

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✅ FICHA TÉCNICA
VITÓRIA X BAHIA
CAMPEONATO BAIANO – IDA (FINAL)
Data e horário: sábado, 31 de março de 2024, às 16h (de Brasília);
Local: Estádio do Barradão, em Salvador (BA);
Onde assistir: SBT e por streaming no canal Nosso Futebol;
Árbitro: Bruno Pereira Vasconcelos;
VAR: Diego Pombo Lopez.

⚽ PROVÁVEIS ESCALAÇÕES
VITÓRIA (Técnico: Léo Condé)
Vagner, Arnaldo, Rafael Vaz, Guilherme Matos e Diego Matos; Sousa, Marco Antônio e Patrick Allan; Luiz Paulo, Kauan Maranhão e Cléo Silva.

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BAHIA (Técnico: Rogério Ceni)
Marcos Felipe; Arias (Gilberto), Kanu, Cuesta e Luciano Juba; Jean Lucas, Caio Alexandre e Everton Ribeiro; Biel, Everaldo (Estupiñan) e Thaciano.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers have now made contact with Xavi as a replacement for Vitor Pereira, with the 57-year-old being dismissed after the 3-0 defeat against Fulham on Saturday.

Pereira was given plenty of time to turn things around, but the loss against the Cottagers was the final straw for Fosun, with the Old Gold now eight points adrift of safety in the Premier League, having made a very poor start to the season.

Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone was particularly critical of the performance after the match, describing it as “embarrassing.”

Wolves are still searching for their first top-flight victory, having collected just two points from their opening ten games, while they were also dumped out of the EFL Cup by Chelsea last Wednesday, with the Blues emerging as 4-3 winners at Molineux.

It is going to be a tall order for whoever replaces Pereira to dig the Wanderers out of trouble, but Fosun are now eyeing what has to be considered an ambitious move for Xavi…

Wolves make contact with Xavi to replace Pereira

That is according to a report from Spain, which states that is indeed not Gary O’Neil at the top of the wishlist. Wolves have now made contact with the former Barcelona manager, who they have identified as the main candidate to replace Pereira, given his experience of managing at an elite level.

Fosun see appointing the legendary midfielder as a golden opportunity, as they are admirers of his possession-based style of play, and believe the 45-year-old could restore confidence to the squad.

The Spaniard is the top target, but he is not the only manager on the shortlist for the Old Gold, who are working quickly to appoint a new manager, with Bologna boss Thiago Motta emerging as a potential alternative option, given the Italian side’s impressive start to the campaign.

It would no doubt be a major coup if Wolves were somehow able to tempt the former Al-Sadd manager into a move to Molineux, given that he is held in very high regard by Barca president Joan Laporta.

The Terrassa-born manager, who prefers to implement a 4-3-3 system, has won eight trophies as a coach, across spells in Qatar and La Liga, most impressively lifting the Spanish title in the 2022-23 season.

Xavi has been out of work since being dismissed by Barcelona over 18 months ago, but in truth it is difficult to picture him moving to Molineux, given the mess Wolves currently find themselves in, sitting bottom of the Premier League, having shipped 22 goals, the highest number of any side.

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The Old Gold have made a very poor start to the season.

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Barry Ferguson will always be inextricably linked with Rangers.

As a player, he made 422 appearances for the Gers across two spells, winning five Premiership titles as well as five Scottish Cups and five League Cups, leading the team out in Manchester for the 2008 UEFA Cup Final against Zenit Saint Petersburg.

Then, last season, following the sacking of Philippe Clement, Ferguson was appointed interim Rangers manager, winning only six of 15 matches in charge, but knocking Fenerbahçe out of the Europa League and enjoying a victory over Celtic at Parkhead.

He wanted the managerial role full-time but did not get it; he almost certainly would not have done a worse job than Russell Martin, had he been given the opportunity.

As a player, Ferguson boasted all the intangibles supporters love to see, determination, commitment, passion and a will to win, something Danny Röhl’s current squad certainly lacks, but is Rangers’ “best player” starting to show signs of replicating Ferguson?

James Tavernier's role at Rangers

Since joining the club, when they were still in the SPFL Championship, from Wigan Athletic in 2015, James Tavernier has now made 537 appearances for Rangers, scoring a staggering 136 goals and registering 145 assists.

He has won all three domestic honours, while also captaining the team in the Europa League Final in Seville in 2022, as Ferguson had done 14 years earlier, his most recent goal for the club coming at Hampden in defeat to Celtic in the League Cup semi-finals earlier this month.

Last season, for the very first time, Tavernier’s place in the Rangers side came under scrutiny, with some questioning, now 34 years old, if he is the force he once was.

During his brief interim period, Ferguson trialled the Englishman in various positions, right-back, right-wing-back and right-sided centre-back in a three, which was essentially foreshadowing what was to come once Röhl arrived.

The captain has started five of the six matches under the German, the sole exception coming at Easter Road, when he was introduced at half time.

Since Röhl has switched to a back three, Tavernier has most commonly been deployed as a wing-back, although not exclusively, starting as part of the back three against both Kilmarnock and Roma, which is more reflective of Rangers’ lack of high-quality centre-backs, as this role doesn’t get the best out of him.

Nevertheless, as Röhl continues to figure out how to best use his skipper, another of his stars has come to the fore in a way that is reminiscent of Ferguson.

Rangers' "best player" who is Barry Ferguson-esque

It may only be the middle of November, but Nicolas Raskin has already enjoyed, and endured, a roller coaster campaign.

At international level, he has started each of Belgium’s last three World Cup qualifiers, scoring against Kazakhstan in Brussels, establishing himself as a key figure in Rudi Garcia’s team ahead of next summer’s World Cup.

Meantime, back in Glasgow, Raskin remains a key figure for Rangers, starting all six matches since Röhl was appointed, heading home his second goal of the campaign at Dens on Sunday.

The statistics below emphasise the midfielder’s importance to this team.

Nicolas Raskin statistics 2025/26

Stats

Raskin

Rangers rank

Minutes

1,669

5th

Goals

2

5th

Assists

4

1st

Shots per 90

1.4

5th

Big chances created

2

4th

Key passes per 90

1.9

2nd

Tackles per 90

2.2

2nd

Interceptions per 90

0.8

5th

Average rating

7.39

1st

Stats via Transfermarkt & SofaScore

As the table documents, Raskin ranks highly for a wide variety of statistics this season.

He is the club’s leading player in terms of assists, while also second for key passes and tackles per 90, underlining that he is an all-round midfield player.

Following Sunday’s victory at Dundee, speaking during Sky Sports’ coverage, Kris Boyd believes that Raskin is starting to rediscover his “outstanding” form from last season since the appointment of Röhl, while Chris Sutton asserts that he remains Rangers’ “best player”.

So, while the Belgian is stylistically similar to Ferguson, both all-action midfielders, that is not where the similarities end.

In an interview last year, Ferguson revealed that he was informed he should leave Rangers in 2007 following a falling out with manager Paul Le Guen, told “you won’t play for Rangers again”, only for the Frenchman to be sacked soon after, brought straight back into the team under interim boss Ian Durrant.

Well, Raskin endured a near-identical situation, seemingly frozen out by Russell Martin, left on the bench for Champions League qualifiers against Viktoria Plzeň and Club Brugge, before being excluded from the matchday squad altogether for home games against Celtic and Hearts.

The Martin vs Raskin battle was when supporters really turned against the manager they never wanted in the first place, very much the beginning of the end for him.

Now back in the side, the Belgian has once again taken on a talismanic leadership role, so Rangers supporters will be hoping he can carry on this excellent form for many more months and years, even if he still requires 306 more appearances to match Ferguson’s legacy.

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Chamari Attapaththu looks at and dreams about lifting the World Cup trophy•AFP/Getty Images

Chamari Athapaththu would do anything to get Sri Lanka to the semi-final of this Women’s ODI World Cup. No Sri Lanka team has managed this over 11 years, at an ICC event, and the women’s team has never got there. Athapaththu has long been the talisman of this side, but feels she has the young players in her side now, who can excel in their own right.”More than in the other tournaments, I’m pretty relaxed in this one,” Athapaththu said in Colombo. “The youngsters have been performing – Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, and Kavisha Dilhari, are all batting well. So more than other times, I’m able to relax a bit.”Gunaratne, Dilhari, and Samarawickrama had all played important roles in Sri Lanka’s chart to an Asia Cup victory at home, though that was in the T20 format. Still, that was enough to inspire more trust from Athapaththu, who suggested she would be more fearless in the first 10 overs.Related

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“I’m going to be playing the game I play in the powerplay,” Athapaththu said. “Then, after that, the challenge is to figure out how I can change gears and do more damage. My one aim is to get Sri Lanka into the semi finals. Before I retire, what I want is to take Sri Lanka to a semi-final. If we can get there, we can figure out the next steps. But even getting there is big.”On paper, Sri Lanka have no easy games, especially at the start of their campaign. Their World Cup begins against India on September 30 in the tournament opener in Guwahati before matches in Colombo against Australia on October 4, England on October 11, New Zealand on October 14 and South Africa on October 18. They then play Bangladesh in Navi Mumbai on October 20 before flying back to Colombo for their final league-stage match against Pakistan on October 24.But the motivation is high, since Sri Lanka are returning to the ODI World Cup after eight years. They did not feature in the ODI World Cup in 2022, owing partially to Sri Lanka not having played a single international between March 2020 and January 2022.”We haven’t been able to play a World Cup since 2017. We lost the chance to play in the last World Cup, because with Covid we couldn’t play the qualifying rounds, and that’s where our rankings were. It’s after eight years we’re playing a World Cup.”We’ve sacrificed a lot and worked really hard to get here. We’ve played really well in the last cycle. We’re in a good mental space. I’m hoping we can get a good start to the tournament.”

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O Flamengo inicia sua campanha no Brasileirão 2024 na espectativa de, mais uma vez, brigar pelo título da competição. No entanto, além da pressão pelo favoritismo, o Rubro-Negro carrega a herança de um 2023 decepcionante e o desafio de consiliar diferentes competições, problema comum das últimas temporadas.

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ELENCO E REFORÇOS

O Flamengo teve mais saídas do que chegadas neste início de temporada. Jogadores outrora titulares e destaques de conquistas históricas – alguns com status de ídolo – deixaram o clube, além de peças secundárias. Everton Ribeiro, Filipe Luís, Rodrigo Caio, Santos, Thiago Maia, Matheuzinho e Pablo foram os nomes do elenco principal que se despediram do time.

Por outro lado, o Rubro-Negro trouxe reforços pontuais para suprir carências da equipe e qualificar o grupo. O meio-campista Nicolás de la Cruz, o lateral-esquerdo Matias Viña, o zagueiro Léo Ortiz e, mais recentemente, o centroavante Carlinhos são as novidades do Flamengo neste ano, até o início do Brasileirão.

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INCERTEZAS E DESAFIOS

O Mais Querido não contará com a figura mais marcante de sua história recente neste Campeonato Brasileiro, pelo menos por enquanto. Condenado por tentativa de fraude em exame antidopagem, Gabigol está suspenso do futebol até abril de 2025 e não pode sequer treinar com o grupo. O atacante e o clube recorreram da decisão e aguardam um novo julgamento.

Quem também tem sido ausência neste início de temporada é Gerson, que sofreu com um problema no rim e precisou passar por cirurgia. O meio-campista começou o ano como titular e capitão da equipe, mas viu De La Cruz tomar conta de sua posição enquanto esteve fora. Polivalente, o “Coringa” estará disponível para as primeiras rodadas do Brasileirão, enquanto luta para recuperar a forma e um lugar entre os 11 de Tite.

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Além disso, o Flamengo terá de lidar com um antigo desafio, que tem sido pedra no sapato do clube nas últimas disputas de Brasileirão. Consiliar o campeonato nacional com as outras competições, como Copa do Brasil e Libertadores, é um problema não só do Rubro-Negro, mas de todos as equipes mais fortes do país.

Após o bicampeonato em 2019 e 2020, o Mais Querido se manteve entre os primeiros colocados, mas longe de brigar com força pelo título. A excessão foi justamente o ano passado, quando o Botafogo, líder por boa parte do torneio, iniciou uma derrocada e permitiu que não só o Flamengo, mas outros quatro times se aproximassem. Apesar de matematicamente ter entrado na última rodada com chances de ser campeão, o Rubro-Negro terminou o Brasileirão na quarta colocação, e o Palmeiras, que na prática havia garantido a faixa na rodada anterior, levantar o troféu mais uma vez.

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PERSPECTIVAS PARA A COMPETIÇÃO

Como de costume nos últimos anos, o Flamengo entra no Campeonato Brasileiro como um dos favoritos à conquista do título. Apesar de já ter um elenco recheado e das poucas contratações, o clube foi o que mais investiu em reforços, com cerca de R$ 170 milhões em quatro jogadores. Somado a isso, o desempenho no Carioca, que culminou no título invicto e na melhor defesa da história da competição, é de animar o torcedor.

A opinião da Nação Rubro-Negra parece seguir essa ideia. Em enquete realizada no Canal de Whatsapp Lance! Flamengo, incríveis 99% dos participantes indicaram que o Flamengo tem que brigar pelo título do Brasileirão deste ano. Você pode deixar sua opinião também no post abaixo, no Instagram do Lance!.

O Flamengo faz sua estreia no Brasileirão 2024 diante do Atlético-GO, fora de casa. A bola rola no Estádio Serra Dourada às 16h de domingo (14), e o confronto terá torcida mista; os rubro-negros cariocas já esgotaram sua parte dos ingressos.

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