One of Bruno Fernandes' former managers has revealed he wanted to sign the Manchester United captain when an Old Trafford exit was mooted.
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England’s decision to deploy him at No. 4 “a compliment” from team management, Bairstow says
ESPNcricinfo staff01-Jun-2024Jonny Bairstow has described England’s decision to deploy him at No. 4 for their T20 World Cup defence as “a compliment”, acknowledging his versatility. Bairstow missed England’s 2022 triumph in Australia after suffering a career-threatening ankle break and has only played six T20Is since, but it set to play a key role in England’s middle order.Bairstow had been earmarked to open the batting at the last T20 World Cup, before an injury sustained on the golf course ruled him out. He opened in four T20Is against New Zealand last summer, a role he also performs for his IPL franchise, Punjab Kings; but the irresistible rise of Phil Salt, who scored back-to-back hundreds as opener in the Caribbean over the winter and played a big role in Kolkata Knight Riders’ IPL 2024 title win, means Bairstow will slot in lower down.The 34-year-old has plenty of experience at No. 4, the spot where he has batted most frequently outside of opening, and scored a career-best 90 against South Africa two summers ago.Related
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“I’ve batted all over,” Bairstow said after England’s victory over Pakistan at The Oval on Thursday. “It doesn’t really matter to me where I bat. It’s actually a compliment that Jos [Buttler] and Motty [Matthew Mott] think I’ve got the skillset to bat at four. I’ve done it a lot. Whether it’s opening the batting or batting at four, to be able to recall your skills even in Test cricket is exactly what you have to do through the middle.”Bairstow made 21 off 18 at Edgbaston, in the first of two outings during the rain-affected series with Pakistan, before helping finish off England’s chase at The Oval with an unbroken stand of 46 off 27 balls alongside Harry Brook. How the two Yorkshiremen dovetail in the middle order could be key for England in the Caribbean.”It’s important to get into the rhythm of finishing games off,” Bairstow said. “Harry and I are batting four and five at the moment and we want to see games through till the end. It’s about carrying on with the style that we want to keep playing in. We took the right options and it worked out.”Bairstow heads into the T20 World Cup after a gruelling winter programme, during which he was the only England player to feature in the 50-over World Cup, the Test tour of India and the IPL. He achieved two significant milestones, playing both his 100th ODI and 100th Test in Dharamsala, but endured mixed form as England surrendered their ODI title and then went down 4-1 in the Tests.
“You’re under pressure all the time to perform and that’s how you want to play your cricket because when the pressure overs are on, you’re able to go back to those days when you might have got 20 off 15 but you got over the line”Jonny Bairstow on the IPL 2024 experience
However, after being dropped by Punjab Kings partway through the IPL, he roared back into form with a scintillating 108 not out from 48 balls, helping his side to pull off the highest successful chase in T20 history. He finished the tournament with 298 runs at a strike rate of 152.82.”I was happy with the IPL,” he said. “We were at a new ground. It was a good experience playing against world-class players all the time. You’re under pressure all the time to perform and that’s how you want to play your cricket because when the pressure overs are on, you’re able to go back to those days when you might have got 20 off 15 but you got over the line. Or you’re playing against Jasprit Bumrah or the guys that we’re going to come up against the World Cup. It’s then about going back on those experiences, which hopefully carry you over the line.”He also played down the significance of England’s failed World Cup campaign in India last year, where a side led by Buttler and featuring a number of the same players crashed out ignominiously during the round-robin group stage.”Completely different format. Different conditions. Different group. So yeah, we’re going to the T20 World Cup very hopeful of putting on a good performance”
Reece James has been told that he is "worth £150m" and "better than Trent Alexander-Arnold" as the Chelsea captain bids to overcome his persistent injury woes. James has endured a tumultuous three-year spell plagued by recurring muscle and knee problems, resulting in sporadic availability. His 19 Premier League appearances for Chelsea last season marked his highest total since the 2021–22 campaign.
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With time running out before the new La Liga season, Barcelona scramble to ensure key players are registered and eligible for competitive action.
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Barcelona now have a fifth player who needs to be registered to Hansi Flick's side ahead of their La Liga opener on August 16. As well as Marcus Rashford, Joan Garcia, Roony Bardghji and Wojciech Szczesny, Gerard Martin is also unregistered. The left-back recently renewed his contract and moved from the reserve team to the first team, meaning he requires registration under La Liga rules. The club’s squad is nearly set aside from finalising the departures of Inaki Pena and Oriol Romeu. Barcelona are under pressure to complete all registrations ahead of the season start, according to a report from .
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Barcelona’s registration issues reflect ongoing financial and administrative constraints. The club waits on new revenue streams including a sponsorship deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo and the approval of VIP seating to ease financial fair play pressures. Using Marc-Andre ter Stegen’s long-term injury as a registration relief method remains an option but is deemed undesirable by club president Joan Laporta, as it would create a future liability. Bardghji's registration is less problematic due to his reserve team status but he would require a first-team contract if he features regularly for the senior side. Hansi Flick’s preference to have Martin as Alejandro Balde’s backup for the start of the season makes completing these registrations urgent. Moreover, Rashford is confident about his registration.
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Barcelona's La Liga season kicks off on August 16 against Mallorca, a fixture that now carries additional pressure as the club works to finalise player registrations. Players moving from reserve to first team mid-cycle, like Martin, trigger mandatory registration requirements, complicating squad management.
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Barcelona must expedite the sale or departure of unregistered players and leverage financial solutions to comply with La Liga rules. Before they kick off the league campaign, they will take on Como in the Joan Gamper Trophy this week.
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O Flamengo bateu Fluminense e é atualmente bicampeão estadual. Você sabe quem são os maiores campeões da história do Campeonato Carioca? O Lance! te conta logo abaixo.
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LISTA DE MAIORES CAMPEÕES DO CAMPEONATO CARIOCA
Flamengo – 39 títulos
(1914, 1915, 1920, 1921, 1925, 1927, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1979*, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024 e 2025)
Fluminense – 33 títulos
(1906, 1907*, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1924*, 1936*, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1951, 1959, 1964, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1995, 2002, 2005, 2012, 2022 e 2023)
Vasco – 24 títulos
(1923, 1924*, 1929, 1934*, 1936*, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1970, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2015 e 2016)
Botafogo – 21 títulos
(1907*, 1910, 1912*, 1930, 1932, 1933*, 1934*, 1935*, 1948, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2006, 2010, 2013 e 2018)
América-RJ – 7títulos
(1913, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1931, 1935* e 1960)
Bangu – 2títulos
(1933* e 1966)
São Cristóvão – 1título
(1926)
Paissandu – 1título
(1912*)
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*1907: Botafogo e Fluminense terminaram empatados e foram, posteriormente, declarados campeões.
*1912, 1924, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936 e 1979: foram disputadas duas competições.
continua após a publicidadeQUAL É O CLUBE COM MAIS VICES DO CAMPEONATO CARIOCA?
– Flamengo. O Rubro-Negro, que é o maior campeão, é também o clube que mais vezes foi vice-campeão do Campeonato Carioca.
QUANTOS TÍTULOS DO CAMPEONATO CARIOCA O FLAMENGO TEM?
– 39 títulos
QUANTOS TÍTULOS DO CAMPEONATO CARIOCA O FLUMINENSE TEM?
– 33 títulos
QUANTOS TÍTULOS DO CAMPEONATO CARIOCA O VASCO TEM?
– 24 títulos
QUANTOS TÍTULOS DO CAMPEONATO CARIOCA O BOTAFOGO TEM?
– 21 títulos
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The tournament, to played early in the season, will now feature the eight WBBL sides plus a team from ACT
ESPNcricinfo staff21-May-2024
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The new women’s domestic T20 competition in Australia will now be aligned to the eight WBBL clubs, alongside an ACT side, rather than state teams after pressure from Victoria and New South Wales over the proposed structure.The tournament, designed to make up for the reduced WBBL which has been trimmed to a 40-game regular season, was initially going to be state-based but Victoria and New South Wales, who both provide two teams in the WBBL, were unhappy with that model and feared some of their fringe players could potentially lose out on playing opportunities.Under the solution thrashed out by the states and CA, there will now be eight teams under their WBBL banners plus a side from ACT who play in the WNCL one-day tournament. The competition will take place before the WBBL season with each side playing four matches and the top four teams moving to the semi-finals.The timing of the tournament means it will run alongside the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh so the Australia players won’t be involved which naturally opens up spots in teams while overseas stars are not expected to feature prominently.A complicating factor will be around ACT who have a number of players contracted to WBBL clubs including key batter Katie Mack who plays for Adelaide Strikers.With the WBBL being trimmed to match the BBL in an attempt to manage the increasing workloads of the game’s leading players, ensure overseas names still want to join, encouraging growth in crowds and to cut out non-primetime matches, there was a strong push to ensure that there was not an overall reduction in matches for state cricketers.The restructuring of the women’s domestic programme was announced at the launch of CA’s Women’s and Girls Action Plan last month but since then the stance of Victoria and New South Wales has required reworking of the original plans.”Cricket NSW has always been committed to the success of the Sydney Sixers and Sydney Thunder and the tournament announced today will help both of our clubs in their quest for WBBL success and to produce players for Australia,” New South Wales chief executive Lee Germon said.”That enhanced player pathway is in the best interests of Australian Cricket and provides further opportunity for the continued success of our national women’s teams.”The delay in confirming the structure of the competition also meant that state contracts, which would normally have been confirmed by the end of April, were put on hold amid the uncertainty.The new T20 competition will raise the average female domestic player salary for 2024-25 to AU$163,322 while the current WBBL salary cap has been maintained meaning no reduction in player payments.
تمكن فريق برشلونة من تسجيل هدفين في شباك نظيره ليفانتي، في مباراتهما الجارية حاليًا، في بطولة الدوري الإسباني لكرة القدم.
ويستضيف ملعب “سيوتات دي فالنسيا” مباراة فريقي برشلونة وليفانتي، في الجولة الثانية من الدوري الإسباني، موسم 2025/26.
وتمكن برشلونة من تسجيل هدف أول في شباك نظيره فريق ليفانتي، في الدقيقة 49 من عمر المباراة.
جاء الهدف عن طريق النجم بيدري، الذي سدد كرة صاروخية من خارج المنطقة، ليهز شباك أصحاب الأرض بطريقة مثالية، معلنًا عن تقليص الفارق. هدف صاروخي لـ بيدري في مباراة برشلونة وليفانتي
وفي الدقيقة 52، تمكن فيران توريس من تسجيل هدف ثاني لصالح برشلونة، بعد تمريرة من رافينها، حيث وصلت الكرة إلى زميله الإسباني الذي استغلها وسددها في الشباك. هدف فيران توريس في مباراة برشلونة وليفانتي
وتشير النتيجة في الوقت الحالي إلى التعادل بين الفريقين بهدفين لمثليهما، حيث تقدم أصحاب الأرض بهدفين في الشوط الأول.
West Indian fast bowler in formidable form as Derbyshire lose in three days
ECB Reporters Network05-May-2024Sussex 479 (Pujara 113, Coles 72, Alsop 64, Haines 58) beat Derbyshire 246 (Tickner 47) and 109 (Seales 5-29) by an innings and 124 runsAn electric spell of reverse swing bowling from Jayden Seales inspired Sussex to a crushing victory over Derbyshire inside three days in the Vitality County Championship match at Derby.The 22-year old West Indian fast bowler took a career-best 5 for 29 and was twice on a hat-trick as Derbyshire crumbled to 109 for 9, with Blair Tickner absent hurt, to lose by an innings and 124 runs.Danny Lamb opened the way for Seales’s devastating burst by taking 2 for 10 after he scored 37 in the morning before the visitors were bowled out for 479, a lead of 233.Any chance Derbyshire had of avoiding an innings defeat vanished when they collapsed from 71 for 2 and the match ended with Derbyshire’s New Zealand fast bowler Tickner unable to bat after he revealed on social media that his wife has been diagnosed with a serious illness.Sussex already had a healthy lead of 111 going into what became the last day and although Cheteshwar Pujara added only nine runs to his overnight 104, the lower order ensured they secured maximum batting points.Derbyshire at least had the incentive of a new ball that was only three overs old and Daryn Dupavillon made full use of it by removing the overnight pair.Jack Carson was tempted into cutting at a wide ball and was caught behind before Pujara was lured into an indecisive shot by a ball that moved away enough to take the edge.But Finn Hudson Prentice and Lamb added 49 to stretch the lead towards 200 before Lamb gave Morley the charge and was stumped.After Ollie Robinson drove Morley for six, he chipped the spinner to short midwicket and when Hudson-Prentice holed out to long on, Derbyshire had five overs to negotiate before lunch.David Lloyd and Luis Reece survived with few alarms but it was a different story after the interval once Seales made the first breakthrough.Lloyd tried to pull a ball which struck him on the thigh pad and was lbw before Reece aimed a big drive at Hudson- Prentice and played on.The collapse gathered momentum with Wayne Madsen lbw to Lamb aiming to work through midwicket and Brooke Guest edging a drive into his stumps.Seales then returned at the City End to make the ball reverse at pace and keep low which was too much for a team already sliding towards defeat.His first ball bowled Aneurin Donald and the next pinned Anuj Dal in front. Zak Chappell survived the hat-trick ball but more mayhem followed in his next over.Matt Lamb was beaten by rapid swing and Jack Morley yorked although Seales was denied another chance of a hat-trick when Sussex turned to spin to improve their over rate.Chappell struck a few defiant blows before he was caught at wide long on and with Tickner, who chose to play in the game, absent the match was over.It was Sussex’s second win of the season but they were deducted a point from their haul of 24 for a slow over rate while Derbyshire finished with three bowling points.
England past Georgia Elwiss and future Freya Kemp recorded their highest Charlotte Edwards Cup scores as holders Southern Vipers comfortably beat Sunrisers by 19 runs.Elwiss and Kemp put on an unbroken 110-run stand – a Vipers record for any wicket – with 73 and 55 respectively to set Sunrisers an imposing target of 172. Mady Villiers and Jo Gardner – who bagged her maiden CEC half-century – put on 75 to give Sunrisers hope but Vipers’ attack squeezed and secured them their first victory of the campaign – as they aim for a three-peat.Charli Knott got Vipers off to a flier after they were stuck in, with three boundaries in the first over as she took the aggressor role in the early stages. It proved her downfall as with the penultimate ball of the powerplay she was sublimely caught by Cordelia Griffith at cover, with Vipers ending the first six overs on 47 for 1.Spin duo Jodi Grewcock and Mady Villiers stemmed the tide with their first four overs only conceding 17 runs. But it was Nicola Hancock who reaped the rewards of the pressure, as her reintroduction found Georgia Adams splicing to mid-off.Throughout the spells of profligacy and struggle, Elwiss had kept the scoreboard ticking along and was compensated with a 43-ball half-century – her first in the Charlotte Edwards Cup.With a platform of 105 for 2 and wickets in the shed, Elwiss and Kemp went ballistic to get Vipers above par – with 66 runs coming from the last five overs.Kemp scored all but two of her runs either on the leg side or straight, as she prioritised power – summed up by hitting all three sixes of the innings – to strike her second Vipers fifty, and first in T20s. She ended up with 55 off 35 balls, placing a full stop with a last-ball maximum, while the experienced Elwiss returned with a 57-ball 73, having gone at a run-a-ball for much of the innings.Their 110 beat Danni Wyatt and Maia Bouchier’s 108 in last year’s Eliminator as Vipers’ best alliance and slots in as the CEC’s all-time seventh-highest.In reply, it took just two balls for Freya Davies to breakthrough as Knott stuck out her right hand to catch high above her head at cover to dismiss Amara Carr. Griffith was bowled through the gate by Linsey Smith in the following over, but Gardner and Villiers countered against Adams and Smith to reach 46 for 2 by the end of the powerplay.Gardner play the role of anchor – albeit with a life on 25 – which allowed Villiers to free her arms, stride past her previous CEC best of 36 but fall six short of fifty as she was stumped off Knott.It ended a 75-run stand and swung the momentum to the visitors and while Gardner reached her first CEC fifty, in 47 deliveries, the run-rate was always slightly out of reach.Lissy Macleod and Hancock holed out in successive Mary Taylor balls before Davies and Adams saw out the last two overs, despite some late Gardner power-hitting after the game had gone.
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