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Matt Prior said he was not worried about fellow wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow’s inclusion in the England squad to face West Indies

Alan Gardner15-May-2012

Matt Prior is currently regarded as one of the finest wicketkeeper-batsmen in Test cricket, so you wouldn’t expect him to be ruffled by the prospect of a little competition. With England set to give a debut to Jonny Bairstow in the first Test against West Indies at Lord’s, Prior said he is actually enjoying the presence of a fellow gloveman in the dressing room – though if his 22-year-old team-mate enjoys a similar Test debut to the one Prior made five years ago, he may scratch his beard and mull the question a little more deeply next time he’s asked.Prior made an unbeaten 126 in his first Test in 2007, against the same opponents on the same ground, and despite a brief period when he lost the gloves to Tim Ambrose at the start of 2008 has carved an unassailable niche for himself as England’s wicketkeeper in the long format. Bairstow, who keeps wicket for Yorkshire and was behind the stumps for the Lions’ ten-wicket win over the West Indians last week, is expected to play as a specialist batsman, coming in at No.6, but Prior is not worried about welcoming a man who could become a rival for his spot into the side. At least not yet, anyway.”If he smashes a double hundred and I get nought he’ll probably become a rival pretty quickly,” Prior said, with a laugh. “He’s a team-mate, obviously he’s a wicketkeeper as well, but there are a number of wicketkeepers around the country and there always has been. Whether they’re in the team or playing county cricket I know that I have to perform well to keep my place.”It’s always exciting when a player like Jonny comes through into the squad, he’s settled in very well. It’s nice to form a relationship with another keeper because ultimately he’s the only other bloke in the room that knows what it’s like to be a keeper. It’s hugely exciting for Jonny this week and if he does get selected to make his debut it will be a great feeling I’m sure.”Prior, who has made three of his six Test tons at Lord’s, including two in his last two Test matches at the ground, is the sort of player who would not begrudge Bairstow success, even if his place were less secure. He may have received a ticking off from the ICC for breaking a window in the pavilion and discombobulating a few MCC members during the Sri Lanka Test last year but it is team achievement, rather than individual accolades, that gets Prior worked up, a trait that is common to Andy Flower’s hard-working England side.”I’ve never been a big stat watcher. I’ve always tried to play the role that’s needed to win the game, or save the game, or whatever it may be, so that’s for me more important than the individual score,” Prior said. “I’ve always played like that and I think I would struggle to play any differently. I find it more exciting to play for the team and to win a Test match.”I believe it is one of our strengths. The team goal and team performance comes ahead of any one person’s own goals and ego and I think it’s vital in any successful team to have that.”Similarly, he will happily resume his place at No. 7 in the order, having been promoted to No. 6 on England’s tour of Sri Lanka, as they supplemented their four-man attack with Samit Patel as the spin-bowling allrounder. In English conditions, on green pitches and against green opponents, a return to four bowlers and six batsmen is almost certain.”I really don’t mind. It doesn’t make any difference, really, batting six or seven, that one spot,” Prior said. “Batting at six you potentially have more opportunity to get a bigger score but then batting a seven has its challenges as well and that’s something I enjoy doing. I genuinely believe the most important thing is getting the balance of the team right to win the Test match and if I bat at six or seven, I’m easy with either one.”While West Indies are depleted by the absence of key players at IPL, Prior was unequivocal about what his priorities are. “Personally for me no, because Test cricket is my life, all my goals are based around Test cricket at this moment in time,” he said, when asked whether he would put an IPL contract above playing for England. “But it’s an individual choice and it’s up to those people to make their decisions. For me, I love playing Test cricket and it’s something I want to do for a few more years to come.”It is perhaps easier to be enthusiastic when you are ranked No. 1 in the format, as England are. West Indies are currently rated the world’s No. 7 Test side, a position they have not been higher than since the summer of 2000, when England beat them in a Test series for the first time in 31 years. But while Prior was not taking victory for granted, he denied that England needed to reassert their credentials after losing four Tests out of five over the winter and with their closest challengers for the No. 1 spot, South Africa, arriving later in the summer.”I don’t think we need to prove anything, as such, I think we’ve played pretty good cricket over a number of years now so I don’t know about that. But certainly we want to get off to a good start this summer, after a few little glitches in the winter I know that everyone’s very keen and pumped up to perform well from the off. There are two big series coming up, we want to play well, we want to win those series.”

Yuvraj Singh is confident that he will return to playing cricket for India but says he is neither in a hurry nor anxious to do so, and that cancer has changed his approach to both life and the sport

Sharda Ugra in Delhi11-Apr-2012

Yuvraj Singh is confident he will return to playing cricket for India but says he is neither in a hurry nor anxious to do so, and that cancer changed his approach to both life and the sport.In his first media conference on returning to India after receiving treatment in the USA for a rare germ-cell cancer called mediastinal seminoma, Yuvraj said his chemotherapy cycles often left him “depressed” and in tears, but having cancer had taught him a lot. “Cancer may be the best thing to have happened to me and maybe I will realise this in the future,” he said. “There were more bad days than good. I haven’t played cricket for one year, and it has been the toughest battle of my life.”Yuvraj was speaking at his academy, the Yuvraj Singh Centre of Excellence, at a Pathways School outside Delhi, turning up bald following his hair loss due to chemotherapy. He was accompanied by his doctor, Nitesh Rohatgi, a senior medical oncologist. Yuvraj wore sunglasses indoors, not as a style statement, but to handle the extreme glare from camera lights. Over the course of what was nearly an hour-long conference, he spoke openly of his two months in the USA, when he avoided watching cricket on TV (“there was a little bit of frustration when I watched the team play”) and found himself inspired by the practical approach of fellow chemotherapy patients. He discovered he now belonged to another larger group of people, a group he called “the cancer family”.When asked about his return to competitive cricket, Yuvraj said, “I don’t know what I will come back and be able to do. Getting back on the field will be a big achievement for me. My body needs to recuperate, and to deal with all that pressure, and to play for India again will be a very big achievement for me. What happens after that, I don’t know. As a sportsman you can only say, I’m going to work hard – one thing I always think about is that I want to put the cap with the India logo back on my head. I can’t say what I will do when I come back, but I am sure I will come back to cricket.”He made it clear that he had no targets or ambitions related to cricket. “At the moment it is very important that I look after my health, eat the best diet, have the best surroundings. The focus will be on my health, and what the priorities are with regards to my health. Rather than being emotional and saying ‘oh people want me back quickly’. I’ve gone through a very tough time, when I come back on the field I want it to be when I am absolutely fit, not to rush, even if it takes me an extra month. But I’m sure that I will return.”Yuvraj’s treatment in the USA had involved working with Dr Lawrence Einhorn, the doctor who helped Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong recover from a form of cancer that had been considered terminal. A few years ago, Yuvraj had left Armstrong’s book half-finished. “Maybe I had to come back to it this way and finish the book,” he said. “He also had a young mother who helped him through the illness, he also had close friends who helped him survive … To me, Lance is a real life hero; he is a great sportsman but his achievements in life are much greater.”The disease, Yuvraj said, had made him appreciate friends, family, health and happiness over fame, popularity, success or money. “My thoughts have changed … Ever since I have played for India, I would get up thinking, will I score runs today or won’t I, will I field properly, will I take catches, what will X or Y say about me, what will the press say about me. For ten years, I got into the pressure getting up every day thinking that I wanted to prove them wrong. But now that is gone, it doesn’t matter and I am content. I have my friends around; I have my family. Definitely, I want to play cricket but I am sure I will play it with less stress on my mind … Playing cricket after , looks a lot easier.”The disease may have left his body, Yuvraj said, “but the scar has not gone,” and he wanted to be involved in working with cancer patients. “I don’t have any specific plans now, but in the coming time, I will definitely do something for people with cancer… now patients struggling with cancer are like a family to me. I can understand their pain and I feel more connected to anyone who is going through it.”Cancer “hit him very bad” and at the start Yuvraj had found it hard to believe he had it. “This illness, it was hard to believe that a person like me can go through this. First of all, I am an athlete, I run six hours a day and I am playing from morning to evening. How can I have any illness?”Yuvraj’s problems had begun with difficulties in breathing during India’s successful run through the 2011 World Cup, during which he emerged as the player of the tournament. During the World Cup he found he could not breathe comfortably on his left side, had bouts of nausea and had coughed blood on a few occasions. Yuvraj said the delay in undergoing chemotherapy had risen due to the difficulty in diagnosing the cancer he was suffering from. Mediastinal seminoma is a rare tumour which forms less than 1% of cancers on the whole.”For six months we had wondered is this cancer or is it not. It was tough to diagnose. Maybe I responded late by two months. It was hard to accept you have cancer. I was in denial most of the time, I was afraid. But once I knew what I need to do, what was the right thing to do about it, I went to the US straightaway for my treatment.”Yuvraj also had a message for others who have difficulty accepting their affliction. “Awareness is very important. I wanted to portray to everyone who had the same illness, that don’t be afraid. I was also in denial, I was also afraid, if you have any issue, get it checked. I ignored the coughing which was not the right thing to do. The World Cup was coming, there was a lot of pressure on us to do well, so there were other issues … but get yourself checked. Fight it out, be strong. It’s not easy, but if I can do it, they can do it.”In Indianapolis, Yuvraj said he had watched joggers go past his apartment window and wondered whether he would ever be able to run around again or return to his family and friends in India. He was home now, he said, “with a lot of happiness inside me, that I can now live like any normal man, that I am breathing normally, there is no stress.”

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Borja chegou neste domingo a 18 gols na temporada. Artilheiro do Palmeiras em 2018, o colombiano dividiu os méritos após a vitória sobre a Chapecoense e diz que o elenco continuará brigando para chegar longe nas três competições – Brasileiro, Libertadores e Copa do Brasil.

– Vamos tentar estar sempre brigando nas três competições. É muito difícil ganhar as três, mas o profe (Luiz Felipe Scolari) está fazendo as trocas e vem dando certo – afirmou o atacante, ao Premiere.

Após bater a Chape pela primeira vez na Arena Condá, o Verdão chegou a 40 pontos no Campeonato Brasileiro e está na quinta posição, a seis pontos do São Paulo, o líder. Na Libertadores, o time está classificado às quartas de final e vai enfrentar o Colo-Colo (CHI), enquanto na Copa do Brasil é o semifinalista e pega o Cruzeiro.

Por conta desta sequência, Felipão tem rodado o elenco. Em relação ao jogo contra o Cerro Porteño (PAR), na quinta-feira, foram seis mudanças nesta noite. A entrega do modificado time fez com que Borja exaltasse os companheiros na saída de campo.

– Primeiro glória a Deus para ganharmos. O time brigou sempre e vamos embora felizes, porque não é só Borja e Hyoran que fizeram gols, mas o time todo correu muito e está de parabéns – encerrou.

O próximo jogo do Verdão será na quarta-feira, contra o Atlético-PR, às 21h, no Allianz Parque, pela 23ª rodada do Brasileiro.

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A atuação do São Paulo contra a Chapecoense passou longe de ser sua melhor na temporada. O time comandado pelo técnico Diego Aguirre ficou boa parte do confronto em seu campo de defesa e deu bastante espaços para os catarinenses chegarem ao gol. Apesar disto, o Tricolor demonstrou controle emocional e força necessária para conseguir a vitória e se isolar ainda mais na liderança do Brasileirão.

Escalado com um time misto e enfrentando uma equipe que briga contra o rebaixamento, o São Paulo encontrou imensa dificuldade para manter o bom nível técnico apresentado neste Brasileirão. Embora tenha saído na frente do marcador ainda no início do duelo, os comandados de Diego Aguirre sofreram para ter a bola nos pés e, quando a teve, não souberam o que fazer.

Prova do desempenho fraco do São Paulo são as estatísticas da partida. Ao todo, o Tricolor teve apenas 46% de posse de bola e trocou 285 passes, contra 482 da equipe visitante.

Contudo, apesar de não ter enchido os olhos dos mais de 40 mil torcedores que estiveram o Morumbi, a equipe soube aproveitar as poucas chances que criou e, mais uma vez, saiu vitoriosa de seu estádio, onde ainda não foi derrotada nesta edição do Campeonato Brasileiro.

– Acredito que já tenhamos feito jogos melhores, sobretudo no Morumbi, mas a Chapecoense dificultou muito para nós. Não conquistamos nada ainda. Faltam 19 rodadas e precisamos pensar em se manter lá em cima para chegar no fim com possibilidades de ser campeão. O São Paulo é muito forte – afirmou o volante Hudson ao fim da partida.

Embora seja importante ressaltar que Aguirre escalou uma equipe mista, isto não isenta o São Paulo de uma de suas piores apresentações no Morumbi neste Brasileirão. Mesmo assim, o time demonstrou força: soube se defender da pressão da Chapecoense e fez os gols quando lhe apareceram as oportunidades. Para um time que se candidata ao título ao fim da temporada, nada vale tanto quanto os três pontos, mesmo jogando mal.

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حصل فريق نانت على بطاقة التأهل إلى نصف نهائي كأس فرنسا، بعد فوزه على فريق لينس مساء اليوم الأربعاء.

وتلاقى الفريقان في إطار منافسات ربع نهائي بطولة كأس فرنسا، مساء اليوم، حيث فاز نانت بهدفين مقابل هدف. أهداف مباراة نانت ولينس

كان سيكو فوفانا قد تقدم بهدف لصالح لينس، في الدقيقة 28 من عمر الشوط الأول.

ونجح نانت في العودة سريعًا بتسجيله هدف التعادل في الدقيقة 31 من ركلة جزاء، عن طريق اللاعب أندي ديلور.

وفي الدقيقة 59 حصل نانت على ضربة جزاء ثانية في المباراة، ونجح أندي ديلور في تنفيذها بنجاح، ليسجل الهدف الثاني له ولأصحاب الأرض.

ودخل المحترف المصري مصطفى محمد كبديل رفقة نانت، وذلك في الدقيقة 75 من عمر اللقاء. ملخص لمسات مصطفى محمد أمام لينس

A round-up of matches from the Caribbean T20 on January 19

ESPNcricinfo staff20-Jan-2012

Windward Islands sealed their fourth straight win in the Caribbean T20, edging past Guyana in a closely-fought, rain-affected game at the Kensington Oval in Barbados. Choosing to field, Guyana, relying on important contributions from opener Sewnarine Chattergoon (27) and captain Christopher Barnwell (32) and a late surge from Veerasammy Permaul, reached 140 for 8 in 20 overs. Darren Sammy picked up 3 for 11, excellent figures in a four-over spell. All of his wickets came in one over.Rain intervened after Windwards had reached 5 without loss in the chase, and the target was revised to 119 in 16 overs and Windwards just about managed that. Opener Johnson Charles led the way with 65, off 43 balls, striking three fours and three sixes. Charles was the third wicket to fall with the score on 88, and Windwards needed 31 off 21 balls at the time.Though Devendra Bishoo bowled economically, picking three for 15 in four overs, Devon Smith saw Windwards through, making an unbeaten 25 off 19 balls with two fours and a six. In the final over, at the fall of Shane Shillingford’s wicket, Windwards needed 3 off 3 balls and the win was sealed off the last ball of the match. Windwards are among the two decided semi-finalists.In another rain-affected match at the same venue, Trinidad and Tobago brushed aside Canada, winning by eight wickets and sealing their place in the semi-finals. Canada, after opting to bat, began in encouraging fashion, their openers Hiral Patel and Ruvindu Gunasekera adding 43 for the first wicket. But the innings fell apart after that, nine wickets falling for 56 runs. No one else, apart from the extras column, reached double-figures and Canada were kept to 99 for 9. Ravi Rampaul was the wrecker-in-chief, taking 4 for 26, and Dwayne Bravo helped him out with 3 for 20 in four overs.T&T lost Lendl Simmons early and Adrian Barath was given out obstructing the field upon deviating the wicketkeeper’s throw. Darren Bravo and Denesh Ramdin, however, ensured there were no further hiccups. Rain halted play in the 12th over and the target was revised to 91 in 18 overs. Darren Bravo top-scored with an unbeaten 42 off 41 balls and Ramdin chipped in with 30 off 27 in a 59-run stand. The win was achieved in the 16th over.

قام الحكم الهولندي بول فان بويكيل، بمبادرة غير تقليدية في مباراة أياكس وسبارتا روتردام مساء اليوم الأحد، بسبب اللاعب الراحل كريستيان أتسو.

أياكس فاز برباعية دون رد، وسجل محمد قدوس الهدف الرابع لفريقه في الدقيقة 84 وقام بخلع قميصه وأظهر قميصًا آخر كُتب عليه “ارقد في سلام أتسو”.

ويُخلد قدوس ذكرى اللاعب الغاني كريستيان أتسو الذي عثر على جثمانه تحت الأنقاض، بعد 13 يومًا من الزلزال المدمر الذي ضرب تركيا، حيث لقى مصرعه.

الحكم بول فان بويكيل لم يمنح قدوس البطاقة الصفراء بعدما قام اللاعب بخلع قميصه.

بعد المباراة قال قدوس لـESPN ، “هذا كان لكريستيان أتسو الكل يعرف ما حدث في تركيا، اخترت هذا لأنه عزيز علي، ولكن من الطبيعي أن تتأثر كل تلك العائلات”.

مضيفًا: “لقد تعلمت الكثير من مشاهدته، كما أنه يقدم لي النصيحة بانتظام، كل ما قدمته اليوم كان من أجله، إذا لم أسجل، كنت سأظهر القميص بعد المباراة”.

تحدث الحكم إلى قدوس بعد خلعه قميصه لكنه لم يشهر له البطاقة الصفراء، وأفاد اللاعب: “هذا أكبر من قواعد كرة القدم، إنه يتعلق بالحياة والموت، قال الحكم إنه غير مسموح به، لكنه فهم الموقف، أنا ممتن له على ذلك وأحترمه كثيرًا”.

Pol van Boekel gaf Kudus geen geel nadat hij zijn shirt omhoog deed 🙏

"Ik heb veel respect voor de scheidsrechter, dat hij de situatie begrijpt"

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تزايدت حدة معاناة فريق نيوكاسل يونايتد في مباراته الجارية حاليًا أمام ليفربول، في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، بطرد حارس مرماه نيك بوب.

ويستضيف ملعب “سانت جيمس بارك” مباراة الفريقين، في إطار منافسات الجولة الرابعة والعشرين من الدوري الإنجليزي.

وحصل حارس مرمى نيوكسل، نيك بوب، على بطاقة حمراء في الدقيقة 22 من عمر الشوط الأول.

الطرد جاء بعد تمريرة طويلة من أليسون بيكر تجاه محمد صلاح، حيث كان يسابق عليها الأخير، قبل خروج نيك بوب من منطقته محاولًا أن يبعدها، ولكنه أخطأ وأمسك بها بيده خارج المنطقة المسموح بها.

ونتيجة لذلك، حصل نيك بوب على بطاقة حمراء، ليضطر نيوكاسل لللعب بـ10 لاعبين فقط، وقرر المدرب الدفع بالحارس مارتن دوبرافكا بدلًا من اللاعب إليوت أندرسون. طرد حارس نيوكاسل بسبب محمد صلاح

هذا الطرد يعني غياب نيك بوب عن حراسة مرمى نيوكاسل في نهائي كأس رابطة الأندية الإنجليزية ضد مانشستر يونايتد، يوم الأحد 26 فبراير.

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O atacante Hyuri, que estava defendendo o Ceará, chegou ao Majestoso para passar por exames clínicos e físicos e, em aprovado, irá se integrar ao elenco da Ponte Preta para o Campeonato Brasileiro da série B.

O atleta é o segundo reforço da equipe na semana. O primeiro foi o lateral-esquerdo Nicolas, cedido pelo Atlético-PR. Após pedido públicos de João Brigatti por novos jogadores, a tendência é que outros nomes sejam contratados nos próximos dias.

O jogador, que pertence ao Atlético Mineiro, tem 26 anos e iniciou a carreira pelo Audax no Rio de Janeiro, além de ter passagens por equipes chinesas como o Beijing Guizhou Renhe e o Chongqing Lifan.

Confira a ficha do jogador

Nome: Hyuri Henrique de Oliveira Costa
Data de Nascimento: 26/09/1991
Local: Rio de Janeiro – RJ
Altura: 1m86
Peso: 85 quilos
Principais times que defendeu: Audax-RJ, Botafogo-RJ, Beijing, Guizhou Renhe, Atlético Mineiro, Chongqing Lifan e Ceará.

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أعلن البرتغالي جوسفالدو فيريرا المدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك ، عن تشكيل اللاعبين المقرر لهم خوض مواجهة اليوم أمام سموحة في بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

ويلتقي الزمالك مع سموحة على أرضية ملعب استاد الجيش ببرج العرب، ضمن منافسات الجولة الثامنة عشر من عمر المسابقة المحلية.

ويدخل الفارس الأبيض المباراة مُحتلًا للمركز السادس في جدول ترتيب الدوري برصيد 29 نقط، بينما يأتي سموحة بالمرتبة الثانية عشر بـ 20 نقطة. تشكيل الزمالك أمام سموحة في الدوري

في حراسة المرمى: محمد صبحي.

في الدفاع: محمد عبد الشافي – حسام عبد المجيد – محمد عبد الغني – محمد طارق.

الوسط: نبيل عماد دونجا – سيف جعفر  – سيد نيمار.

أمامهم:  أحمد سيد زيزو – شيكابالا.

وفي الهجوم: سيف الدين الجزيري.