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India offspinner R Ashwin has withdrawn from India’s Test side in Rajkot, effective immediately, because of a family medical emergency.”The BCCI extends its heartfelt support to the champion cricketer and his family,” the Indian board said in a media release. “The health and well-being of the players and their loved ones are of utmost importance. The Board requests respect for the privacy of Ashwin and his family as they navigate through this challenging time.”The Board and the team will continue to provide any necessary assistance to Ashwin and will keep the lines of communication open to offer support as needed. Team India appreciates the understanding and empathy of the fans and media during this sensitive period.”Related

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The BCCI’s announcement came at 11pm IST, hours after the second day’s play in Rajkot had ended, during which Ashwin had provided India their first wicket of the Test.Ashwin’s withdrawal could leave India with only ten players, with three days of play left in the Rajkot Test. Ordinarily, playing substitutes are only permitted for players ruled out by concussions or Covid-19. In the absence of Ashwin, India are left with Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav as frontline spin options for the rest of this Test.With his wicket on the second day, Ashwin had reached a significant milestone, becoming the ninth bowler to 500 Test wickets.

Al-Hilal are set to sign Lyon's Mathieu Patouillet in a deal that will see the Ligue 1 side pocket €350,000.

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The 21-year-old goalkeeper, who is looking for a new chapter in his career, has one year remaining on his contract with Lyon and is not interested in renewing it. The Lyon academy product is reportedly facing a stiff competition for playing time at the club and has already spent two seasons on loan at Sochaux. According to L'Equipe, Lyon have already accepted Al-Hilal's bid for their young talent.

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Al-Hilal want to sign Patouillet as a backup goalkeeper for Bounou and to cover for him when he leaves for Africa Cup of Nations this January. Lyon have accepted Al-Hilal's €350,000 proposal and have also included a 20% sell-on clause in Patouillet's contract. Personal agreements with the player are underway.  

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Patouillet joined Lyon in 2019 from Domtac. He was a central figure in Lyon's reserve team. The French youngster saved the decisive penalty in Lyon’s 2021-22 Coupe Gambardella final, helping Lyon win the shootout 5-4 after a 1-1 draw in regular time. Despite some incredible performances, Patouillet hasn't been able to break into the first team with competition from Dominik Greif and Remy Descamps.  

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Lyon’s large financial debt have forced them to sell many young players like Patouillet and Georges Mikautadze to Villarreal. The club continues to focus on reducing debt and stabilising finances through player sales and strict budget controls.

Leah Williamson is “never too far from north London” after meeting up with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry on her summer holidays.

• Captained Lionesses to Euro 2025 glory
• Headed off to the States with partner Smith
• Met up with fellow Gunners great Henry

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  Gunners defender Williamson, who helped the WSL outfit to Champions League glory last season, has been spending time in the United States. She has been in New York with model girlfriend Elle Smith.

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  Williamson has been relaxing in the U.S. after captaining England to a historic European Championship crown. The Lionesses defended their continental title in Switzerland, becoming the first England team to win an international trophy on foreign soil.

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  The 28-year-old has enjoyed a pampering session at an exclusive members club in the Big Apple, while also taking in WNBA action and experiencing a street party. Williamson has now linked up with Arsenal icon Henry.

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  World Cup winner Henry ended his career in New York with the Red Bulls in MLS. He spends plenty of time in the U.S. and helps to front Champions League coverage for CBS Sports.

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A Fifa anunciou neste sábado a arbitragem para o duelo entre Brasil e Coreia do Sul, na próxima segunda-feira, pelas oitavas de final da Copa do Mundo. O responsável pelo apito será o francêsClément Turpin, de 40 anos, um dos principais juízes da atualidade.

Turpin irá para sua terceira partida nesta Copa do Mundo, a segunda dos sul-coreanos. Antes, o árbitro comandou a estreia dos Tigres Asiáticos contra o Uruguai, que terminou empatada em 0 a 0, e também o duelo entre Equador e Senegal, com vitória dos africanos por 2 a 1.

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Na última temporada,Clément Turpin apitou a grande final da Champions League entre Real Madrid e Liverpool, que os espanhóis venceram por 1 a 0, com gol de Vini Jr. O francês ainda foi o responsável por outras seis partidas no torneio da Uefa.

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Árbitro: Clement Turpin (FRA)
Assistentes: Nicolas Dano (FRA) e Cyril Gringore (FRA)
Quarto árbitro: Slavko Vincic (SLO)
VAR: Jérôme Brisard (FRA)
Auxiliar do VAR: Alejandro Hernández (ESP)
Impedimento do VAR: Roberto Díaz (ESP)
Assistente VAR: Benoît Millot (FRA)

+Brasil contra asiáticos: relembre os últimos 15 jogos em competições oficiais

Brasil e Coreia do Sul se enfrentam na segunda-feira, pelas oitavas de final da Copa do Mundo. O jogo acontecerá no Estádio 974, às 16h (de Brasília; 22h no horário local). Em caso de empate, o duelo irá para a prorrogação. Se necessário, a vaga será disputada nos pênaltis.

كشفت تقارير صحفية سعودية، أن نادي أهلي جدة نجح في ضم لاعب شتوتجارت الألماني، لتدعيم صفوفه في انتقالات الصيف الجاري.

وقالت صحيفة “الرياضية” السعودية، إن إدارة الأهلي، حسمت صفقة الفرنسي إنزو ميلوت، لاعب وسط شتوتجارت، رسميا لمدة 3 أعوام.

طالع| تقارير: الأهلي السعودي يخطر لاعبه المحترف بالرحيل

وأضافت أن إدارة أهلي جدة توصلت إلى اتفاق مع نظيرتها في شتوتجارت الألماني، من أجل شراء عقد الفرنسي بطلب من الألماني ماتياس يايسله، مدرب الفريق.

وتابعت: “قدم القطب الجداوي مبلغ 30 مليون يورو للنادي الألماني، من أجل انتقال اللاعب الفرنسي، ويصل صاحب الـ23 عامًا إلى جدة، الجمعة، للالتحاق بتدريبات فريقه قبل انطلاق منافسات الموسم الجديد”.

وشارك ميلوت مع شتوتجارت الموسم الماضي في 43 مباراة بجميع المسابقات، سجل خلالها 12 هدفًا، وساهم في صناعة ثمانية أهداف.

Hobart Hurricanes looked destined for a total under 100 before Naomi Stalenberg engineered a fightback

Tristan Lavalette25-Oct-2023Beth Mooney smashed a rapid half-century at a batting-friendly WACA ground as Perth Scorchers continued their stranglehold over Hobart Hurricanes with a crushing win.Openers Mooney and Lauren Winfield-Hill ate into the target of 159 with a 68-run partnership. But Winfield-Hill slowed down after seemingly being hobbled by a leg injury and fell in ungainly fashion when her reverse sweep lobbed to third short.Mooney raced to her half-century off 28 balls before being bowled by quick Shabnim Ismail after stepping away and exposing her stumps. Scorchers were never in danger as youngster Maddy Darke found form. She had only hit 38 runs in 10 previous WBBL innings, but calmly made 45 not not as Scorchers chased the target down in the 19th over and bounced back from a loss to Brisbane Heat.Related

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Hurricanes, however, failed to shrug their perception as an also-ran. After a big home defeat to Scorchers in their season-opener, they appeared set for more humiliation when they were reeling at 67 for 6 at the halfway mark of their innings.But they fought back with an 84-run partnership between Naomi Stalenberg and Hayley Silver-Holmes dominating the second half of the innings as Hurricanes finished with an unexpected flurry.It ultimately proved nowhere near enough with Scorchers’ batters dominating on a WACA pitch that for the first time this domestic season had trademark characteristics of bounce and pace.In searing late afternoon heat of 34 degrees Celsius, Hurricanes elected to bat on a green-tinged pitch that played notably differently to the bland surface used in last week’s Sheffield Shield match.On a faster surface and quick outfield, Hurricanes eyed a strong start in the powerplay and skipper Elyse Villani obliged with enterprising batting after missing the season-opener due to illness.She collared speedster Stella Campbell with scoop shots, but mistimed a flick to fine leg only for Piepa Cleary to drop a straightforward chance.She powered Hurricanes to 27 runs in the powerplay before Lizelle Lee holed out to offspinner Lilly Mills in the fifth over. Scorchers relied on their spinners to claw back into the contest with legspinner Alana King, who opened the bowling, dismissing Bryony Smith and Ruth Johnston.King’s most important contribution might have been running out Villani, whose 26-ball 39 ended disappointingly when she hesitated turning back for the second run.King and Mills frustrated Hurricanes by expertly utilising the pitch with quicker, darting deliveries that caused all sorts of problems for a succession of bewildered batters.Hurricanes were also in a rut against Scorchers’ seamers with 18-year-old quick Chloe Ainsworth clean bowling Heather Graham with a pearler of a delivery that knocked out middle stump.Celebrating with gusto, Ainsworth continued her impressive start to her WBBL career having also dismissed Graham in the previous match.When Cleary bowled Molly Strano, Hurricanes appeared headed for embarrassment and their second straight match of being unable to cross triple figures.But Stalenberg and Silver-Holmes stepped up under pressure and put the foot down with 22 runs in the two-over power surge.They capitalised on increasingly ragged Scorchers fielding before Stalenberg holed out in the 19th over.Hurricanes’ momentum was unable to spill over with the ball as Scorchers romped to a convincing victory to spark cheer from the smattering of fans on the WACA’s refurbished famous grass banks.

Pep Guardiola has seemingly confirmed Jack Grealish is set to leave Manchester City, as he insists the winger "has to play".

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• Has struggled for minutes
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  Grealish has struggled for minutes across the last year, being limited to just seven Premier League starts. Now, with several reports claiming he could move on this summer, Guardiola has opened the door for him to do just that, suggesting he must leave City for the good of his career.

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  Grealish, who has lost his place in the England team as a result of his lack of minutes, is not short on options, with Napoli among a clutch of suitors alongsideNewcastle and Everton. Guardiola has now suggested that the winger, who was signed for £100 million ($134.5m), must find a way to get the "butterflies in his stomach" back.

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  Guardiola told reporters at the Club World Cup, after leaving Grealish out of his squad, via ESPN: "He had a conversation between him and the club and they decided it was best [to stay behind. Jack is an exceptional player. The only reason why he didn't play last season is of course my decisions. We decide that he has to play. The club was honest, he was honest.

  "We decide the best is to stay [behind] and have a place that he can feel like he can come back to be the player like he was in the year of the treble or all his career in Aston Villa. The fact is in the last two seasons he didn't play much minutes. He has to come back to play and have the butterflies in his stomach that he can play every three days, every three days and show again the quality he has."

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ICC charges Thomas with seven counts for breaches that took place at the Lanka Premier League, the Abu Dhabi T10 and the Caribbean Premier League

ESPNcricinfo staff23-May-2023The ICC has suspended West Indies batter Devon Thomas, slapping seven charges under its anti-corruption code on him including “contriving to fix” matches. Thomas, who was named in the West Indies squad for the forthcoming three-ODI series against the UAE in Sharjah, has 14 days to respond.The charges against 33-year-old Thomas are with regard to his conduct while playing in three franchise-based tournaments: the Lanka Premier League (LPL), the Abu Dhabi T10 and the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).In a media statement on Tuesday, the ICC said Thomas had breached the anti-corruption codes at all three tournaments and its anti-corruption unit had been authorised by all three boards in question – Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket West Indies (CWI) – to conduct the investigation on their behalf. In a media statement, CWI said it would fully support the ACU investigation and that it was resolute about “denouncing corruption” in cricket.Related

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The most serious charge against Thomas – of attempting to fix a match – is from the 2021 edition of the LPL when he played for Kandy Warriors. Incidentally, Thomas played just one game in that edition of the LPL.Overall, Thomas faced four charges under the SLC anti-corruption code on his conduct in that tournament. The four charges are of “contriving or being party to an agreement to fix or attempt to fix, contrive or influence improperly the result, progress, conduct or other aspects of matches”, “failing to disclose […] full details of an approach” to the ACU, “failing or refusing, without compelling justification, to cooperate” in an ACU investigation, and “obstructing or delaying” the investigation by “concealing, tampering with or destroying any documentation or other information”.Thomas also faced a single charge under the ECB code for failing to disclose details of an approach made to indulge in corrupt conduct during the 2021 edition of Abu Dhabi T10, when he was a part of the Pune Devils team.The remaining two charges are from the last two editions of the CPL when he played for St Kitts & Nevis Patriots and Barbados Royals, respectively. One of the charges concerns, again, failing to disclose an approach. The second charge is about failing to report the “receipt of any gift, payment, hospitality or benefit (a) that he knew or should have known was made in order to procure a breach of the CPL Code, or (b) could have brought the player or the game of cricket into disrepute”.Thomas last played for West Indies in the day-night Adelaide Test against Australia in December 2022, his only appearance in the format. He has also turned out for West Indies in 21 ODIs and 12 T20Is since his international debut in 2009.

Kent batters add 318 for second wicket to pile on the advantage at Wantage Road

ECB Reporters Network26-Jun-2023Tawanda Muyeye and Daniel-Bell Drummond set batting milestones as Kent dominated on day two of their LV= Insurance County Championship match with hosts Northamptonshire at Wantage Road.Zimbabwean Muyeye cracked a stylish maiden first-class hundred complete with four huge sixes on his way to 179 while the more experienced Bell-Drummond inked in a new career-best of 271 not out, eclipsing his 206 not out against Loughborough University at Canterbury seven years ago. Bell-Drummond’s individual tally set a record for a Kent batsman at Wantage Road, beating Frank Wooley’s 217 back in 1926.The pair added 318 for the second wicket as the visitors piled up 550 for 5 by stumps, a lead of 313.On what was a tough day for a weary-looking Northamptonshire attack, Alex Russell and Ben Sanderson emerged from the onslaught with two wickets apiece.Bell-Drummond set the tone, on-driving the first ball of the day back past the stumps for four, but it wasn’t long before Muyeye took centre-stage.The 22-year-old, who originally arrived on these shores with his mother as an asylum seeker, showed his promise as a schoolboy at Eastbourne where he set records for the number of runs scored (1112) and sixes hit (56) in his first season.Initially with Sussex, he signed for Kent in 2021, scoring 89 against Middlesex at the end of that season as the hosts chased down a target of 375 in the fourth innings.Nevertheless, with England man Zak Crawley at the top of the order, his opportunities have been limited, so this was only his 13th first-class appearance, but there would be nothing unlucky about it.Tawanda Muyeye plays into the off side•Getty ImagesMuyeye picked up where he’d left off on day one, using the long levers of his tall slender frame to showcase an elegant technique mixed with power, dismissing a short one from Sanderson to the mid-wicket boundary before despatching long hops from Jack White and Alex Russell to the square leg fence.A single to deep cover took him beyond that previous career-best against Middlesex and there were no nervous 90s either, a huge six over mid-on taking him to the brink of that maiden hundred which duly came minutes later courtesy of another half-tracker pulled to the fence.Off came the helmet amid a joyous celebration from a talented young player who’d played with the exuberance of someone enjoying a Sunday afternoon game in the park with his mates. He celebrated the milestone with a glorious straight six off White which raised the 200-stand.Bell-Drummond was less exuberant, but continued his rich vein of form in June, a 12th four carrying him to three figures in a wicketless first session for the hosts.The pair forged on after the interval, Muyeye plundering a third six, he’d only hit one in first-class cricket before today. The stand moved beyond 300 and the 2nd wicket record against Northamptonshire of 382 set by Sean Dickson and Joe Denly looked in sight before the youngster mishit Russell into the hands of Sanderson at cover.Such was the charm with which he’d played, that his departure took some of the sunshine out of the cricket, Denly and Jack Leaning falling cheaply either side of the second new ball, the latter to a sharply spinning delivery from Rob Keogh which bowled him through the gate.Bell-Drummond though picked up the mantle, a glorious straight drive taking him past his previous Championship-best of 166. His first Championship double hundred complete with 20 fours came soon after tea, and four through mid-wicket off White enabled him to chalk up the new career-best landmark.Jordan Cox kept him company either side of tea with an ebullient 41 in a stand of 106 before being castled by the persevering Sanderson.Bell-Drummond however batted through to stump and a triple century beckons on day three.

Leicester could be hit with a points deduction next season for alleged breaches of Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR).

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The club have been referred to an independent commission to review alleged breaches of financial rules in the 2023-24 campaign, when the Foxes were playing in the Championship. It was thought the Foxes would avoid punishment from the Premier League because they were not in the top-flight at the time of the offences, but an Arbitration Tribunal ruled that they could be investigated after "the EFL validly transferred responsibility for its investigation to the Premier League in June 2024, when the club was promoted from the Championship".

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The prospect of further punishment from the authorities will cause some concern at the King Power Stadium after they were relegated back to the Championship after one season in the Premier League.

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Leicester could be hit with a points deduction if they are found guilty of the allegations, which would deal a blow to their hopes of winning the Championship title again. However, they could be given a fine instead.

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It is not yet known when Leicester can expect to discover their fate as the confidential case begins ahead of the 2025-26 campaign.