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Lack of batting partnerships and accurate bowling for long periods brought New Zealand’s downfall in Sylhet, according to their captain Tim Southee, after the visitors went down by 150 runs for their first Test defeat in Bangladesh. The two sides went toe-to-toe at the end of their respective first innings, but the home side pulled ahead with a strong performance in the third innings, before bowling out New Zealand for 181 on the fifth morning.Southee said that Bangladesh were accurate for longer periods and praised his opposite number Najmul Hossain Shanto for striking an opportune century.Related

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“You look at the way that the Bangladesh bowlers were able to apply pressure for a long period of time. I think we did it in periods, but we probably didn’t do it for long enough,” Southee said.”You are always looking at partnerships as a batting unit. I think Shanto played a great innings. It was obviously a very timely one as well, given the situation of the game. There’s many things you can look back on and as a side, you’re just looking to improve and hopefully, learn from this and move forward in a few days.”I think the Bangladesh bowlers bowled well, and very accurate, and in the way they bowl and the style they bowl, we know that in this part of the world, it tends to get harder to bat as the Test moves on. It tends to take a little bit more turn and a little bit more variable bounce. You just need a couple of partnerships.”Southee insisted that New Zealand chose the best playing XI in Sylhet as the likes of Kyle Jamieson, Ajaz Patel and Ish Sodhi have been performing well recently, especially in the subcontinent.”You look at the conditions and you look at the squad you’ve got, and you pick your best XI. You look at the bowling group and KJ (Kyle Jamieson) has been a phenomenal performer for us.”Ish Sodhi was the Player of the Series in the last series that he played, and AJ (Ajaz Patel) has been a great bowler for us in this part of the world. I think you look at it at the start of the Test, and you pick your strongest side, which you think is going to win you the game.”New Zealand also batted at a slower pace than Bangladesh, which many felt bogged them down in pressure situations. Southee defended his batters’ style of play compared to Bangladesh’s attacking mantra.”I think it comes back to the nature of the play. I think Kane Williamson likes to absorb pressure in different ways to someone like Darryl Mitchell.”I think it’s about trusting your own style and the only way you go about it. If you look at Shanto’s method, it is different to someone like Mominul’s. So it’s about how you go about it and trusting your way,” he said.Southee, however, said that tiredness wasn’t a factor in New Zealand’s performance in Sylhet.”There’s been a number of fresh guys coming in. Three or four of them have been playing domestic cricket. We had a little bit of a break after the World Cup. I think as players, you know that it’s a busy schedule. You know what’s in front of you.”You’re trying to freshen up as well as you can. The guys were in good spirits before this. It’s been a long time on the road for some but that’s part and parcel of being an international cricketer.”

Aston Villa have shown interest in signing Sami Aghehowa from FC Porto this summer as they have identified the Spanish striker as a possible replacement for Ollie Watkins. Manchester United are keen on signing the English forward in the summer window and in case Watkins exits Villa Park, the club would go after Aghehowa who is valued at €80 million (£69m/$93.5m) by the Portuguese club.

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  Porto signed Aghehowa from Atletico Madrid in a rush last summer for €30m (£26m/$35m), although they could not pay the entire sum at that moment. They paid €15m (£13m/$17.5m) last year and kept the remaining 50 per cent of the amount as future transfer fees. The Portuguese club recently paid €12m (£10m/$14m) for the player's rights and it remains unclear whether they have cleared Atletico's dues in a full settlement.

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  now reports that Porto might consider parting ways with the striker after just one season, where he scored 27 goals in 45 matches, as clubs like Aston Villa have shown interest in the 21-year-old forward. The report adds that Porto value the player at €80m and the starting point of any negotiation will be at €70m.

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  United will hope to sign a striker this summer, though that may depend heavily on whether they can sell the likes of Marcus Rashford, Rasmus Hojlund and Alejandro Garnacho, among others.

نشر رينير خيسوس، رسالة وداعية لنادي ريال مدريد، وذلك عقب رحيله عن صفوف الفريق الملكي خلال الساعات الماضية وبشكل رسمي إلى نادي أتلتيكو مينيرو.

ريال مدريد أعلن توصله إلى اتفاق مع نادي أتلتيكو مينيرو أمس الجمعة يقضي بانتقال خيسوس إلى الفريق البرازيلي، وذلك في صفقة انتقال حر.

طالع.. “المنسي”.. ريال مدريد يعلن رحيل لاعبه في الميركاتو الصيفي

وقال خيسوس عبر حسابه الرسمي في “إنستجرام”: ”في الثامنة عشر من عمري، وصلت إلى إسبانيا لتحقيق حلم طفولتي، لعب كرة القدم في أوروبا، والنادي الذي جعل كل هذا ممكنًا هو ريال مدريد، أعظم نادي في العالم، وفريقي المفضل منذ صغري”.

وأضاف: ”خلال السنوات الخمس الأخيرة التي قضيتها في إسبانيا وألمانيا وإيطاليا، تعلمت في أندية ساعدتني على التطور كثيرًا كشخص وكلاعب محترف”.

وأوضح: ”أعلم أن كل هذا لم يكن ليتحقق لولا الفرصة الثمينة التي منحني إياها ريال مدريد، ولهذا السبب أنهي عقدي وقلبي مليء بالفخر والامتنان وراحة البال، شكرًا جزيلًا لكم وهلا مدريد”.

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خيسوس قد انضم إلى صفوف ريال مدريد خلال عام 2020 قادمًا من نادي فلامينجو مقابل 30 مليون يورو، حيث كان يبلغ من العمر وقتها 18 عامًا فقط.

لكن خيسوس فشل في إثبات نفسه مع ريال مدريد، ودخل في دوامة من الإعارات مع أندية بوروسيا دورتموند، وجيرونا، وفروزينوني، وأخيرًا مع غرناطة، قبل العودة لتشكيلة الفريق الملكي عقب نهاية الموسم الماضي.

وكان من المستحيل على خيسوس التواجد في تشكيل ريال مدريد الحالية نظرًا لكثرة الأسماء في هجوم الملكي، مما جعل اللاعب يغادر النادي الإسباني من الباب الضيق.

A round-up of the Abu Dhabi T10 matches on December 7, 2023

ESPNcricinfo staff07-Dec-2023Impactful cameos from Dasun Shanaka and Kusal Mendis boosted Bangla Tigers to a huge total of 126 paving the way for a 27-run win against Chennai Braves. The victory sealed a playoff spot for Tigers, who will face Deccan Gladiators in the eliminator on Friday.Charith Asalanka slammed a half-century in response, but only two batters reached double figures for Braves, with Asalanka smashing 55 out of their total of 99 during the run chase.At 61 for 5 in the eighth over, they had little chance of eclipsing Tigers, who were shown the way by Shanaka’s 34 off 15 balls, and Mendis’ 32 from 15. They combined to add 55 for the fourth wicket after Tigers were 44 for 3, but it was Benny Howell’s defining contribution that made a difference. He faced three balls, two of which went for sixes and the other for four, ending unbeaten on 16.Tigers’ win made them No. 4 on the points table, behind third-placed Deccan Gladiators only on net run rate.Team Abu Dhabi finally signed off the tournament with a win, as their last-ball victory also dashed Delhi Bulls’ hopes of making the playoffs.Chasing 98, Abu Dhabi got off to a flyer as Kyle Mayers and Tom Banton added 52 in just 4.2 overs, with Mayers doing the bulk of the scoring, including four sixes off an over from Richard Gleeson. Banton came off retired hurt, but such was Mayers’ carnage, that Abu Dhabi had the chase fully in control. With just six needed off the last over, the win seemed to be a formality, but UAE pacer Wasim Akram conceded just three runs off the first four deliveries, and most importantly, dismissed the red-hot Mayers for a 30-ball 61. The game went down to the final ball, with Abu Dhabi needing two runs to end their losing streak, and Colin Ingram would do the needful, flicking a low full-toss off the legs for four.Bulls, who needed a win to qualify for the playoffs, had earlier made 97 for 3, on the back of a 71-run stand for the third wicket between Adam Lyth and their captain Rovman Powell. While Powell was dismissed for a 20-ball 31, Lyth remained unbeaten on 39, smashing smashing two fours and three sixes, though it ultimately came in a losing cause.In a dress rehearsal for Friday’s qualifier featuring the top two teams, Samp Army eased to a six-wicket win against New York strikers and sealed the No.1 spot on the table.Strikers, batting first, failed to put together any meaningful partnerships, as Bas de Leede (3 for 13), Jake Lintott (2 for 16) and Qais Ahmad (2 for 12) struck at regular intervals to peg the team back. Niroshan Dickwella, with 18, was the team’s top scorer, as Strikers managed just four fours and two sixes in their entire innings, being bowled out for 70.Samp Army were rocked in the chase by the early dismissals of Ibrahim Zadran for a duck, and Monank Patel for 4, but Dewald Brevis wrested the advantage with an unbeaten 18-ball 31. Strikers kept chipping away, but Brevis and Moeen Ali eventually finished the chase at a canter by taking 24 runs off an over from Odean Smith, to win with 18 deliveries remaining.

New Zealand lost 7 for 53 in a stunning middle- and lower-order collapse, but eventually scraped home by one wicket in their chase of 221 in the second ODI against Pakistan. The victory gave New Zealand an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series, after they had won the first in Queenstown by a comprehensive margin of 131 runs.Today, placed rather comfortably at 155 for 2 in the 32nd over, they required just 66 more off the remaining 110 deliveries; but Ghulam Fatima removed Suzie Bates for 74 from 91 balls to kickstart a dramatic twist.That broke a stand of 142 between Bates and Maddy Green, who hit 83 off 96 deliveries. Green also fell to Fatima four overs later. Both set batters were gone, but New Zealand still had six wickets in hand to get the required 49 runs from almost 15 overs. But Fatima struck in each of her next two overs as well, thus opening up New Zealand’s tail.Fatima got support from the other end, with each of Sadia Iqbal, Umm-e-Hani and Nashra Sandhu landing a late blow. Regular wickets piled on the pressure, but New Zealand’s last-wicket pair soaked it all up and added 13 to take them home, with No. 9 Lea Tahuhu contributing an unbeaten 21.Earlier, captain Fatima Sana led Pakistan from the front by hitting an undefeated 90 in their total of 220. They were 35 for 4 at one stage, before Sana resurrected their innings with back-to-back partnerships of 90 with Natalia Pervaiz, and 65 with Najiha Alvi. But almost all of New Zealand’s bowlers chipped in with regular wickets, with Sophie Devine leading the way with 3 for 25.Starting with Alvi’s departure in the 47th over, Pakistan themselves lost 5 for 30, with Fran Jonas getting two of those wickets. Eventually, Pakistan’s total of 220 would prove to be nearly enough but not quite.

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Vencer o Vila Nova, em Goiânia e tirar uma desvantagem em saldo de gols que atualmente é de sete tentos combinada a derrota do Bahia frente ao CRB, na cidade de Maceió. Essa é a matemática do Sport para saltar da atual quinta posição na Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro e conseguir o acesso rumo à elite nacional em 2023.

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Por isso, em palavras que foram veiculadas pelo portal ‘ge’, o meio-campista Fabinho reconheceu o caráter de dificuldade esperado pelo time pernambucano deve ter para conseguir um acesso que, nesse momento, soa como possível somente no aspecto matemático.

Todavia, o jogador de 35 anos que teve como última equipe o Botafogo fez questão de mencionar a postura de todo o elenco em seguir acreditando nas probabilidades, por menor que elas sejam:

-Realmente será um jogo muito difícil. Não é normal um placar tão elástico assim, mas acontece. Eu, assim como todo o grupo, continuo acreditando. Temos que fazer o nosso dever. Enquanto tivermos 1% de chance temos que seguir acreditando. Não podemos deixar de sonhar.

Atingindo uma marca expressiva de jogos que não conseguia desde a temporada 2020, nos tempos de Ceará, Fabinho pontuou que o seu processo de adaptação foi rápido no Leão, especialmente, por sua vivência prévia do futebol e da cultura nordestina:

-Já tinha sete anos no Nordeste. Joguei três anos no América-RN e quatro no Ceará. A minha esposa e filha são nordestinas. Eu tenho carinho e uma identificação muito grande com a região. E eu sinto um carinho muito grande pelo Sport. Quando você fica três, quatro temporadas em um clube é mais fácil criar esse vínculo. No Sport eu tenho seis meses e já criei esse vínculo.

He was charged by the ICC in 2021 and was found guilty in August 2023 following a hearing by an independent tribunal

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Former West Indies batter Marlon Samuels has been banned from all cricket for six years by the ICC after he was found guilty of corrupt behaviour during the Abu Dhabi T10 in 2019, where he was part of the Karnataka Tuskers but did not play.An independent tribunal found Samuels guilty on four counts, including accepting favours that brought himself and the game into disrepute and concealing information from the investigating authorities. He had been punished for a similar offence 15 years ago.”Samuels played international cricket for close to two decades, during which he participated in numerous anti-corruption sessions and knew exactly what his obligations were under the Anti-Corruption Codes,” Alex Marshall, the head of ICC’s HR and Integrity Unit, said. “Though he is retired now, Mr Samuels was a participant when the offences were committed. The ban of six years will act as a strong deterrent to any participant who intends to break the rules.”Related

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The Abu Dhabi T10 is an Emirates Cricket Board run tournament as such it is their anti-corruption code that is in operation. By their rules, the ICC conducts all investigations into breaches made and they found Samuels had made four of them. Article 2.4.2 (by a majority decision) – Failing to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official, the receipt of any gift, payment, hospitality or other benefit that was made or given in circumstances that could bring the Participant or the sport of cricket into disrepute. Article 2.4.3 (unanimous decision)- Failing to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official receipt of hospitality with a value of US $750 or more. Article 2.4.6 (unanimous decision) – Failing to cooperate with the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s investigation. Article 2.4.7 (unanimous decision) – Obstructing or delaying the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s investigation by concealing information that may have been relevant to the investigation.Samuels’ ban takes effect from November 11, 2023. He was initially charged by the ICC in September 2021 before he was found guilty of the offences in August this year.Samuels, who top-scored for West Indies in the final of both the 2012 and 2016 T20 World Cup, last played international cricket in 2018 and announced his retirement in November 2020 with over 11,000 international runs across formats. He was no stranger to controversy during his career, the lowest point of which was his two-year ban after being found guilty, in May 2008, of “receiving money, or benefit or other reward that could bring him or the game of cricket into disrepute”.

The U.S international could be the latest American to move to the Championship ahead of a push for a 2026 World Cup roster spot

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George Campbell linked with West Brom transferCenter back has one cap with USMNTDefender has made 116 senior appearances in MLSGet the MLS Season Pass today!Stream games nowWHAT HAPPENED?

CF Montreal defender George Campbell is reportedly on the verge of signing for English Championship side West Bromwich Albion, according to

Campbell, 24, has one cap with the U.S. men's national team and has been a key player for both CF Montreal and Atlanta United in recent years.

Signed as a Homegrown by Atlanta in 2020, he played in 36 matches for the before being traded to CF MTL in 2023. For the Canadian side, he made 70 appearances in MLS action and was recently held off the Matchday squad in a 1-1 draw with Orlando City ahead of his reported move.

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Campbell will join fellow American Daryl Dike at West Brom if the deal gets over the line, while the Championship itself will feature many high-profile Americans next season, including both Damion Downs and Haji Wright.

Campbell's lone international appearance with the U.S. came this past January, when Mauricio Pochettino called him up for the January camp. He started and played 88 minutes in a 3-1 victory over Venezuela. He is a player to watch in the race for a roster spot in the 2026 FIFA World Cup team.

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Campbell was reportedly gauging interest from Championship side Bristol City earlier on in the window as well, but Albion have won the race for his signature per the report.

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CF Montreal takes on the Philadelphia Union in MLS action Wednesday evening. West Brom, meanwhile, are in preseason mode with their 2025-26 campaign beginning on Saturday, Aug. 9 against Blackburn Rovers.

Former Premier League star Jason McAteer has raised concerns over the mental well-being of England internationals Jude Bellingham and Jack Grealish, warning that the current level of scrutiny placed on elite footballers is unsustainable without adequate psychological support. With growing public expectations and underwhelming outings in an England shirt, both players have faced a storm of negative attention in recent months.

• Bellingham & Grealish are mostly under media spotlight
• Every move is being followed closely
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  Grealish has also endured a turbulent spell at Manchester City, especially after slipping down the pecking order following the rise of Belgian winger Jeremy Doku. The 28-year-old had previously opened up about how challenging it was to cope with the shift in his playing time under Pep Guardiola, admitting it took a toll on him mentally.

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  Speaking about the current state of the game, McAteer empathised with the burden placed on modern footballers and emphasised the urgent need for mental health support to be embedded in their daily lives, not just something addressed after their playing days are over.

  “I feel sorry for some of the professional footballers now, they are under so much scrutiny. The amount of criticism they receive is ridiculous – they are burdened with an incredible amount of expectation and stress," he told

  The former Liverpool midfielder, who has long championed mental health awareness, stressed the importance of proactive care.

  "I’m a big mental health advocate, and if you are not cared for properly and given enough support, it can leave you scarred," he said. "As a professional footballer, you cannot wait until the end of your career to address your mental health, you have to deal with it while you are playing.

  "For top professionals, internationals like Jude Bellingham and Jack Grealish, they need help now and I’m not so sure they are getting enough, if any. In the 1990s when I was playing, there were no mobile phones, and no social media, so there was nowhere near as much scrutiny.”

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  McAteer, who featured regularly in the Premier League throughout the 1990s, believes today’s footballing environment is far more demanding mentally than the era he played in. Drawing a stark contrast between the past and present, he described how the absence of constant online scrutiny made for a more forgiving atmosphere back then.

  “The 1990s saw the biggest change in football because of the money that came with the start of the Premier League," he said. "There was huge investment, commercial growth, and increase in broadcasting revenue. Then there was the cultural side of things – everyone was interested in the lifestyle of Premier League footballers – and you had all the noise around the Spice Girls, Oasis, everything was happening around that time!

  "All of a sudden, footballers were mixing it with film stars and pop stars. We were getting featured in national magazines – not just football magazines, even GQ! David James was doing a photoshoot with Armani! There were massive changes in British culture – it was crazy. But would I change it for the world? Absolutely not!”

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  As Grealish continues to navigate his future at Manchester City, new speculation has emerged regarding a potential move to Serie A. According to Italian giants Napoli have initiated contact with the player's representatives to explore the possibility of bringing him to Naples. However, financial constraints could hinder any deal, as Grealish’s current wages are reportedly too steep for Napoli to afford outright.

Manchester United's new signing Matheus Cunha announced the birth of his second child with wife Gabi just hours before the Red Devils leave travel to the U.S. for their pre-season tour. United are heading to America on Tuesday and are scheduled to play three friendly matches against West Ham, Bournemouth and Everton. They were held to a goalless draw by Leeds in their first pre-season game in Sweden. 

Cunha announces birth of his second childShared photos of baby girl Liz on social mediaMan Utd to travel to the U.S. on TuesdayFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

On Monday, Cunha announced the birth of his second child, Liz, along with his wife Gabriela. The United forward shared heartwarming photographs of baby Liz from the hospital, as the couple was also accompanied by their son Levi.

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The Instagram post from the Brazilian read: "Hello world I’m Liz. And we are 4 now. I am very blessed to have you. Thanks God for everything."

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Cunha, who made his debut for the Red Devils in a friendly match against Leeds United last week in Stockholm, will travel to the U.S. for the club's pre-season tour, but it is not clear when he will join the rest of the squad after the birth of his daughter.

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Ruben Amorim's side will kick off the highly anticipated U.S. pre-season tour at MetLife Stadium on July 26, as they take on West Ham.