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Opening batter Saim Ayub and fast bowler Khurram Shahzad are in line for Test debuts after being included in Pakistan’s squad for their upcoming tour of Australia.Pakistan, under newly-appointed red-ball captain Shan Masood, will play three Tests on the tour, in Perth (December 14-18), Melbourne (December 26-30) and Sydney (January 3-7).The 21-year-old Ayub has already played eight T20Is for Pakistan, and comes into the Test team with 1069 first-class runs at an average of 46.47, including scores of 203 and 109 in his most recent game in October, the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final. Shahzad has also been picked on form, having ended the 2023-24 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy as its top wicket-taker with 36 at an average 20.30.Left-arm quick Mir Hamza was the second-highest wicket-taker in the tournament (32 at 20.87), and this has earned him a recall. The last of his three Tests was against New Zealand in January. Also back in the squad is the seam-bowling allrounder Faheem Ashraf, the last of whose 16 Tests was in December 2022.Pakistan Test squad for the tour of Australia•ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Apart from Naseem Shah, who continues his recovery from the shoulder injury that kept him out of the recently concluded World Cup in India, Pakistan’s pace attack will also be without Haris Rauf, who has made himself unavailable for selection. Newly appointed chief selector Wahab Riaz made his disappointment clear while announcing the squad: “Haris pulled out at the last moment, and I feel this will hurt Pakistan cricket.”Both wicketkeepers Sarfaraz Ahmed and Mohammad Rizwan were part of the squad, with Sarfaraz understood to be first choice. He replaced Rizwan in the Test side last year, and has retained his place in the last four Tests across two series.Abrar Ahmed’s selection further cements his place as Pakistan’s premier red-ball spinner, with Noman Ali chosen as his back-up option. Spin options across formats have been a matter of intense scrutiny in Pakistan, with legspinners Shadab Khan and Usama Mir turning in disappointing performances through the World Cup. Abrar went to the World Cup as a reserve player, but was not called up to the main squad.Pakistan have an unenviable record in Australia, having lost their last 14 Test matches on the bounce there.Pakistan squad for Australia Test series: Shan Masood (capt), Aamer Jamal, Abdullah Shafique, Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Hasan Ali, Imam-ul-Haq, Khurram Shahzad, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim Jnr, Noman Ali, Saim Ayub, Agha Salman, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Saud Shakeel, Shaheen Afridi
Newcastle have confirmed that striker Callum Wilson has decided to leave the club after the expiration of his contract.
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Newcastle have confirmed that Wilson has left the club upon the expiration of his contract. The striker joined the club from Bournemouth in 2020 in a £20 million ($27m) deal and went on to make 130 appearances, scoring 49 goals and registering 11 assists. He failed to score a single league goal last season, however, and is now searching for a new club.
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Wilson, who has won nine England caps, has already been linked with both Leeds and Burnley, as the two promoted clubs seek more firepower ahead of a return to the Premier League. The Magpies have released a statement confirming the forward's exit, and they have claimed the decision was Wilson's.
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Newcastle posted on X: "Callum Wilson has confirmed he will depart Newcastle United after five seasons at the club. From scoring on his debut against West Ham in 2020 to wearing the iconic number 9 shirt, Callum has played a huge part in our success in recent years and we thank him for all his contributions. Good luck for the future, CW9!"
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Wilson will hope to find a new club swiftly as pre-season training begins up and down the country. Newcastle, meanwhile, play Celtic in a friendly on July 19.
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Com a temporada dentro de campo já encaminhada, o elenco do Flamengo folga nesta quinta, mas o trabalho no Ninho não para. Visando 2023, o departamento de futebol terá um dia de reuniões no CT, seguindo a movimentação do clube da Gávea no mercado. O técnico Dorival Júnior, inclusive, está participando do planejamento.
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O vice-presidente de futebol Marcos Braz e o diretor Bruno Spindel – que estiveram no Maracanã nesta quarta – estarão no CT e farão reuniões com o departamento de scout e, com as prioridades definidas para 2023, começarão a busca por nomes e negociações.
Apesar de ainda não terem assinado a renovação de Dorival Júnior, as partes já têm encaminhada o acerto e o técnico tem participado ativamente das reuniões com o departamento de futebol do clube.
Além da renovação com Dorival, o Flamengo ainda negocia e deseja a permanência de outros três atletas que têm contrato até dezembro: Filipe Luís e David Luiz, por mais um ano, e Ayrton Lucas, por quem o Flamengo terá que comprar em definitivo do Spartak Moscou (RUS).
Australia are as formidable a unit as they come, but India, in familiar conditions and fresh off the win over England, will be tough to best
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India-Australia Test is ‘huge’ for women’s cricket
Big picture – A tough challenge for India It’s been almost 40 years. Australia Women played a four-Test series in India in 1984, all of which ended in draws, with the last at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium. On Thursday, India and Australia will start a one-off Test match, again at Wankhede, to kick off their multi-format series.Tests are rare for women. Which is why this Test possesses a tough challenge for India, who will step out in whites only four days after a historic win over England in Navi Mumbai.India were helped by an extra day off – they wrapped up the win against England in just over two days – in recovering and setting sights on Australia. “When you are playing back-to-back Tests, it is important to recover and feel fresh,” Harmanpreet Kaur said on the eve of the Test. “The more we feel fresh, the better it will be for us because there is hardly time to prepare. If there was a 10-12 day [gap], you can take two-three days off and again prepare yourself. We were lucky we had fourth day off and then just one day off [after that].”Related
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For Australia, it’s a fresh start, too. Meg Lanning, under whose captaincy they reached unimaginable heights, is not around anymore. She retired from international cricket just days before the squads for India were announced. Alyssa Healy was handed the reins, and this is the first tour for her and Tahlia McGrath as full-time captain and vice-captain, although they were in-charge on an interim basis at the Ashes, too.”Unbelievably huge shoes to fill in replacing Meg Lanning,” Healy said. “The success she had as not only a player but as a leader of the Australian cricket team is fairly unmatched right around the men’s and women’s game. Big shoes to fill on my part but one that’s really exciting to me. Bring it on, India is a big challenge!”Healy is returning after a finger injury – she was accidentally bitten by her dog after just one game at the WBBL and required surgery. She said “the finger is all good”. “I didn’t realise how much I’d missed it watching WBBL at home and coming here and getting the opportunity to keep and have a bat.” She also confirmed that she will keep wickets in the Test.In the spotlight – Smriti Mandhana and Jess JonassenSmriti Mandhana was one of the busiest players in India’s training sessions on the two days leading up to the Test. Against England, she looked comfortable and was the more aggressive of the two openers, but she couldn’t convert her fluent starts to anything substantial. The last time India played Australia in a Test match – the pink-ball match in Carrara in 2021 – Mandhana scored her only century in the format. Her form is good, and she would want to score big this time too.4:26
Harmanpreet: ‘Our approach hasn’t changed, we will look to attack and win the game’
Jess Jonassen, who led Brisbane Heat to a runners-up finish at the WBBL, idolised Daniel Vettori growing up, but has been studying Ravindra Jadeja to prepare herself to bowl in Mumbai. She became the first to get to 150 WBBL wickets this season with her season haul of 24 to warm-up for the India tour, and on Wednesday, she began by bowling to Ellyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardner and focussed on landing the ball on or just outside off. She varied her pace but attempted to bowl in the fuller-than-good-length region even when Phoebe Litchfield and some others faced her. She is one of the best in the business, and if conditions are favourable, she is certain to be a handful for the India batters.Team newsHarmanpreet gave little away about the combination, saying, “I have 13 players in my mind, and will take a final call in the evening.” Shubha Satheesh, who fractured a finger during the England Test, was not at training, while the work Harleen Deol and Richa Ghosh were put through suggests it could be a toss-up between the two.India (possible): 1 Smriti Mandhana, 2 Shafali Verma, 3 Jemimah Rodrigues, 4 Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), 5 Harleen Deol/Richa Ghosh, 6 Yastika Bhatia (wk), 7 Deepti Sharma, 8 Sneh Rana, 9 Pooja Vastrakar, 10 Renuka Singh, 11 Rajeshwari GayakwadThe allrounders in Australia’s squad give them great depth, both with the bat and with the ball. Expect them to stick with the XI they played at the Ashes, with a likely toss-up between Kim Garth and Lauren Cheatle for the second seamer’s slot being the only point of contention.Australia (possible): 1 Beth Mooney, 2 Phoebe Litchfield, 3 Ellyse Perry, 4 Tahlia McGrath, 5 Alyssa Healy (capt & wk), 6 Ashleigh Gardner, 7 Jess Jonassen, 8 Annabel Sutherland, 9 Alana King/Georgia Wareham, 10 Lauren Cheatle/Kim Garth, 11 Darcie BrownPitch and conditionsUnlike at the DY Patil Stadium, the pitch at the Wankhede had a green look to it around the middle the day before the game. But it was brown and bare towards each end. Healy reckoned it was dry, and the green grass “which is very unusual to you guys looks very bare to us”. She added, “If you get an opportunity to bat first, you need to bat long and bat well and bat the opposition out.”The temperature in Mumbai this week has been in the late 20s and early 30s. The mornings have been cool, and that might help the seamers in the first hour. And, as Healy pointed out, the SG ball used for the Test match “swings a little bit when it’s shiny but if you can keep it in some sort of condition, it swings the whole day”.Quotes”When you bat and bowl for three days – the likes of Deepti and Pooja, who didn’t get enough rest [after the England Test] – we try to take care of their loads. They need to feel ready for the game and we made them train accordingly. The ones who had lesser loads, we pushed them hard in the nets to feel more confident.”
“We have been part of a few multi-format series with points system coming into play, and giving the Test match, in particular, a greater context. Being a bit cheeky, I would have thought India would have backed themselves in their home conditions and got off to a 4-0 start. It does surprise me a little bit.”
Galatasaray have fulfilled Napoli's demands for bank guarantees as they await the Serie A side's final decision on their offer to sign Victor Osimhen.
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According to a report from , Galatasaray have formally submitted the required bank guarantees to Napoli in a bid to secure the €75 million (£63m/$82m) transfer of Osimhen. Talks between the two clubs resumed over the weekend, with the Turkish champions offering a package that includes €40m (£34m/$44m) upfront and the rest via instalments and add-ons. Napoli are currently reviewing the proposal and are expected to respond within hours.
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Napoli had previously rejected Galatasaray’s earlier offers due to concerns over the payment structure. However, the Serie A side appears more receptive now that bank guarantees have been delivered. Osimhen has already agreed to the move, with Galatasaray pushing to complete what would be a record-breaking deal for Turkish football. Napoli, for their part, are looking to reinvest the proceeds into a major squad overhaul this summer.
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If completed, the move would become the most expensive transfer in Turkish football history by a massive margin – Orkun Kokcu became the most expensive Super Lig signing on Sunday when he joined Besiktas from Benfica for a reported €25m. Galatasaray have made Osimhen their top priority for the window after he scored 37 goals in 41 games for the club in the 2024-25 season during his loan spell.
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Galatasaray are awaiting Napoli’s final response and are preparing documentation to complete the transfer. Further meetings are scheduled this week to align on payment schedules and legal terms. The club is aiming to finalise the deal before their pre-season tour begins, with Osimhen expected to join immediately upon completion.
Pakistan team director Mohammad Hafeez has criticised the pitch and conditions laid out for Pakistan’s warm-up game in Canberra, saying he was “really surprised and disappointed by the arrangements.”Speaking to reporters at the WACA ground following Pakistan’s morning training session, Hafeez said Pakistan were excited by the challenge, but appeared particularly irked by the tour arrangements for game against the PM XI in Canberra, at one point implying it might have been tactical.”That was the slowest pitch a visiting team could ever play on in Australia,” he said. “As a team we are really happy with our preparations because we ticked most of the boxes.”Everyone knew [the pitch wasn’t what we wanted], so there was no point of saying it again and again and raising the issue with Cricket Australia. The disappointment was really high because we weren’t expecting these kinds of arrangements. Maybe it’s tactical but we’re ready for it. We’re not using it as an excuse, we’re absolutely ready for the challenges coming up.”The PM XI game has traditionally been a limited-overs game in the Australian capital city, but has been played as a four-day contest over the past two years. Only three days of play were possible, with a freak storm bringing an early conclusion to the game. Pakistan batted 116.2 overs and scored 391 for 9 before declaring. But on a noticeably slow surface, they toiled for 141 overs, managing just four wickets.Related
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The game being a proper first-class game meant they could only use eleven players, and were further reduced to ten when Abrar Ahmed went off with an injury that has now ruled him out of the first Test.While Hafeez – and Pakistan – were clearly upset by the variance between the conditions they wanted and the ones they got, the weather may have had a bigger say in it than any tactical considerations. There was significant rain in the lead-up to the game, to the extent the ground was underwater at one stage, so preparing a pitch to any particular specifications was always going to be a challenge. In addition, the Manuka Oval has historically tended to offer flat decks, with limited pace on offer. Recently, the outfield was relaid, and was also quite slow.But there were positives to take from the contest for Hafeez, most notably in the form of the new Pakistan captain Shan Masood’s innings. Masood scored an unbeaten 201 in an innings where none of his team-mates managed a half-century. Hafeez was particularly effusive about him and his abilities as a leader.”For me, seeing Shan become captain is no surprise” Hafeez said. “He was always ready for this role, and when you get this sort of opportunity, it shines. He’s a superb player, and as a leader, he’s got a great rapport with the players and a great relationship with the whole team. His experience as a captain and what he’s learned over the years – especially the couple of years he’s played county cricket – have all seen his management skills have come to the fore even more. What’s important is this is a confident unit that’s here and Shan is playing his role very well.Hafeez also insisted he wasn’t pointing out his disappointment with the Canberra surface as an excuse, saying he was confident this team had the ability to walk away with a series win. Pakistan have traditionally found playing in Australia harder than anywhere else, having lost their last 14 Tests on the bounce in the country, spanning five whitewashes.”This Test team is very settled. They’ve all done a great job for Pakistan cricket. Everyone is excited to take the challenge. Performing in Australia would be great for them. We are here to beat Australia, not just to compete.”As a team, we believe we have great talent within the team who can win in Australia. The guys are really hungry to perform in Australia. They wanted to take that excitement and challenge in the right spirit. The message the team conveyed is they want to beat Australia this time.”
Sixteen year-old legspin-bowling allrounder triggers SA collapse in their chase of 150
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Shorna Akter receives her Player-of-the-Match award•Lee Warren/Gallo Images
Sixteen-year-old Shorna Akther added a glorious chapter in Bangladesh Women’s cricket as they stunned South Africa in the first T20I in Benoni. Defending 149, the legspin-bowling allrounder picked up her maiden five-for to trigger a middle-order collapse in the last five overs as South Africa slipped from 123 for 3 to 136 for 8. This is only the second instance of Bangladesh outplaying South Africa in the 12 T20Is they have faced each other in. South Africa had won the last 10 in a row.South Africa were in the game for the most part of the chase, thanks to Anneke Bosch. She usually comes in at No. 3, but was promoted to open with Tazmin Brits in the absence of regular opener and newly-appointed captain Laura Wolvaardt, who had to miss the opening game because of the WBBL final on Saturday. Bosch struck a quick 67 off 49 balls and shared a brisk 69-run stand with Brits, who scored 30 off 26 balls.South Africa needed 41 off the last 24 balls with Bosch still batting and seven wickets in hand but the pendulum swung Bangladesh’s way in the 18th over when Shorna struck twice; she first dismissed Bosch and then had Nondumiso Shangase stumped by Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana in a two-run over. South Africa now needed 26 off the last 12 balls.In the following over, Nahida Akter got rid of debutant Eliz-mari Marx and also gave away just two runs. An equation of 24 in six balls was always going to be a tall ask for the lower order and it turned out to be so as Shorna added two more wickets in the final over to finish with 5 for 28.Earlier, Murshida Khatun’s unbeaten 62 and Nigar’s quickfire 34 off 21 not out lifted Bangladesh to a competitive total after they opted to bat. The duo scored 45 runs in the final four overs which eventually proved a lot for South Africa.With Shamima Sultana getting dismissed for a run-a-ball 24 and Sobhana Mostary for a 17-ball 16, Bangladesh needed someone to up the ante and Nigar stepped up to the challenge. Her knock consisted of six fours while Murshida, who played an anchor’s role, hit six fours and a six in her 59-ball innings.The inexperience in South Africa’s bowling unit – Marizanne Kapp was rested, fast bowler Ayabonga Khaka and allrounders Chloe Tryon and Nadine de Klerk were injured – was exposed by Bangladesh as only Marx impressed with 4-0-25-1 and no bowled leaked at under six runs an over.The final two T20Is will be played in Kimberley on December 6 and 8 before the three-match ODI series begins on December 16 in East London.
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تحدث ميكيل أرتيتا مدرب آرسنال بعد هزيمة فريقه ضد فياريال بثلاث أهداف لهدفين في مباراة ودية استعداداً لمنافسات الموسم الجديد.
وقال أرتيتا في تصريحات خلال مؤتمر صحفي بعد اللقاء حول إذا كان يحتاج فيكتور جيوكيريس بعض الوقت للتأقلم: “لقد تجاوزنا هذا الحاجز اليوم، كان من المهم له أن يبدأ اللقاء ويشعر بالانتماء للفريق، لقد انضم لنا من أسبوع تقريباً لكننا رأينا حماسه الكبير وأسلوبه في الهجوم في بعض المساحات، هناك لاعبين عدة سيكونون جاهزين لمباراة السبت في حالة أفضل بكثير”.
أقرأ أيضاً.. في ظهور جيوكيريس.. آرسنال يخسر أمام فياريال استعدادًا للموسم الجديد
وحول تأقلم اللاعبين مع جيوكيريس أكد أرتيتا: “آمل أن يمر كل يوم في التدريبات وهو يتواصل مع اللاعبين ويساعدونه على التأقلم، لقد شارك في ست أو خمس جلسات تدريبية بعد فترات متقطعة وسيكون في حالة بدنية أفضل يوم السبت، أعتقد أنه سيكون جاهزًا بنسبة 100 % للمباراة الأولى من الموسم، هو واثق من قدرته على تقديم أداء إيجابي”.
وأضاف عن غياب كاي هافيرتز: “لقد شعر بشيء ما أثناء التدريبات أمس وهذا الصباح لم يكن على ما يرام، لذلك قررنا إراحته، الأمر سيستغرق يومين ونأمل أن يكون لائقاً”.
وحول ريكاردو كالافيوري ولياندرو تروسارد: “لقد افتقدناهما مع جابرييل في هذه الجولة ولكن لديهما فرصة يوم السبت إذا تحسنت حالتهما في الأيام القادمة”.
وبشأت لاعبه الشاب ماكس دومان فقد أشاد أرتيتا به: “هو يواصل تألقه، مؤثر ولديه كفاءة في كل هجمة وحركة، يستحق الحصول على فرصة ولنرى ما سيحدث”.
وعن قطع نوني مادويكي إجازته للانضمام للفريق: “لقد أبدى رغبة كبيرة للانضمام لنا منذ اليوم الأول، لديه رغبة كبيرة ومستعد لبذل الكثير، حظى باستقبال رائع، يمكنه اللعب على الجانبين ويمنحنا حلول، لديه سرعة وجودة وخيار ممتاز”.
وحول استعداد الفريق للمنافسة على البريميرليج: “هذه هي الخطوة القادمة ونعرف المطلوب وسنكون أفضل، نسعى لتقديم الأفضل ونستعد للمنافسة على اللقب”.
واختتم عن الدروس والتعديلات التي سيجريها في بداية الموسم: “كل موسم مختلف بعض الشيء، الجاهزية أثبتت أنها عامل أساسي للغاية ولها تأثير كبير على فرص الفوز بالدوري والأبطال، واجهنا صعوبة كبيرة آخر شهرين أو ثلاث أشهر الموسم الماضي، اتخذنا قرارات حكيمة لحل هذه المشكلة المحتملة خاصة مع لاعبين يمتلكون القدرة على اللعب في مراكز مختلفة وقد أصبحنا أقوى”.