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Malcolm Speed, the former ICC chief executive, has slammed the boards that have blocked John Howard’s nomination as the next ICC vice-president.

Cricinfo staff30-Jun-2010

Malcolm Speed, the former ICC chief executive, has slammed the boards that have blocked John Howard’s nomination as the next ICC vice-president. During the ICC annual meeting in Singapore it was confirmed that Howard didn’t have enough support, while Australia and New Zealand have been asked to nominate another candidateSpeed, who was CEO from 2001 until 2008, was scathing in his assessment of what had taken place to undermine Howard’s nomination, which itself was the subject of a compromise between Australia and New Zealand. He said those who didn’t want Howard in the role are politically motivated.”Howard has been rejected because his appointment would provide ICC with strong leadership that would thwart the ambitions of several current administrators to downgrade and devalue the role of the ICC,” Speed wrote in the .”Howard would have stood in their path. The role requires strength of character – a leader, diplomat, statesman and politician. The ICC board is as political as any political party. The countries that voted him down want a compliant figurehead who will do their bidding.”Speed added that Australia and New Zealand have previously accepted nominations despite reservations. He said that they should decline to make another candidate available and instead pass the role onto Pakistan and Bangladesh, who are next in line on the rotation system, then refuse to vote themselves.”In the meantime, they should be banging the table and making their displeasure widely known,” wrote Speed.Speed also questioned whether ICC president-elect Sharad Pawar would have time for cricket in the midst of his political career. “Sharad Pawar, is the Minister for Agriculture in the Indian government – a serious full-time job, feeding 1.2 billion people. He is a good and fair man but he will be working part-time as ICC president and, take it from me, he knows little about cricket administration.”I was present at several ICC board meetings he attended. ICC meetings generally last two days. Pawar attended for one hour and was then replaced by one of the Board of Control for Cricket in India apparatchiks. They were concerned that he was too busy and would be too reasonable,” wrote Speed.Cricket Australia’s chairman Jack Clarke and his New Zealand Cricket counterpart Alan Isaac said in a joint statement they were “deeply disappointed” after supplying “the best possible candidate”. “We jointly nominated Mr Howard as he possesses significant leadership and administrative skills,” they said. “We believe cricket needs to continue to seek excellence and dispassionate independence in the game’s global governance.”We were delighted that the most senior world figure ever considered for this role agreed to accept the nomination. We remain convinced it is reasonable for his nomination to be supported by the ICC executive board and we are deeply disappointed by the position taken.”

A very intriguing claim has emerged behind the scenes at Tottenham Hotspur this week…

What’s the word?

According to reliable football.london reporter Alasdair Gold, chairman Daniel Levy has been delivered some home truths by manager Antonio Conte in recent weeks.

“Spurs maybe just took for granted a little bit of what they had in Poch [Mauricio Pochettino], rather than seeing that everything needed to continuously improve around him,” he revealed to his YouTube channel.

“And hopefully, this is what Conte’s kind of ramming down everyone’s throats, and it might not be the worst thing for Tottenham and a bit of a wake-up call.

“Because like I say, I think Daniel Levy, from my understanding from people within the club, has been hearing some things that maybe he’s just not used to hearing – and Conte’s a man you listen to, hopefully.”

Times changing?

This relationship could either be a recipe for disaster, with the Telegraph’s Matt Law recently describing it as a ‘ticking timebomb’, or a huge success, given the Italian’s trophy record.

That still very much remains to be seen as Conte will be hoping for substantial financial backing during the summer and even then, it may take another window or two to fully transform the playing squad into the sort of team he wants.

Some early measures have been taken, which saw the likes of club-record flop Tanguy Ndombele and Giovani Lo Celso depart on loan, both of whom have options to buy at their new clubs, whilst they did sign two new players, albeit both familiar from sporting director Fabio Paratici’s former club Juventus.

It’s thought that Conte asked for four new additions. Well, he only got half that in Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur – the latter being perhaps the only one he ‘truly’ needed.

There are still gaps to plug at right wing-back, left centre-back and up front.

In the past, Conte has shown that he isn’t afraid to walk away from a project if things don’t go his way. He left Inter Milan in the summer after clinching the Serie A title over differences with the board and there were some fears he may do the same at Spurs this winter, according to reports.

But ultimately, Spurs have long needed a figure like this – someone who is going to tell it like it is – so that should provide supporters with plenty of encouragement. Whether Levy decides to listen and act is another story but time will soon tell if Conte is going to be a success in N17.

AND in other news, Imagine him and Cristian Romero: Conte could secure dream Spurs duo with £54m-rated “Rolls-Royce”…

George Dockrell’s meteoric rise reached a new height as he was offered a two-year contract by Somerset.

Cricinfo staff18-Jul-2010

George Dockrell’s meteoric rise has reached a new height as he was offered a two-year contract by Somerset. Dockrell, the Ireland left-arm spinner who turns 18 this week, impressed at the World Twenty20 with flight, control and a nerveless temperament when he took 3 for 16 against West Indies and followed it up with another bright showing against England.His talents were noticed by Somerset, who invited him to train with the team and he is now looking forward to joining the club, though the details of the contract are not yet final.”Everyone has been very friendly and it looks like a great place to play cricket,” Dockrell told the Somerset website. “I’m looking forward to playing my first game for a Somerset XI at Bath tomorrow and hopefully the contract will be sorted out very soon.”He could yet follow in the footsteps of Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan and switch allegiances to England with a view to playing Test cricket but at the moment his sights are firmly set on Somerset.”My ambitions are to keep making progress with Ireland, but also to get into a county first team by developing all aspects of my game. I’ve been aware of Somerset’s interest since I was 15, but this is the first game I have watched at Taunton. I’m really impressed by the support and the players have been great to me.”Having become such a crucial part of Ireland’s team, Dockrell’s availability for Somerset this season is restricted with Ireland playing an Intercontinental Cup fixture and two ODIs against Netherlands in August before facing Canada at the beginning of September. Dockrell, however, is still keen to get a game in for Somerset before the season ends.”There are a lot of Ireland games coming up, but hopefully I will be able to get in at least one second XI match for Somerset before the end of the season.While spinners have a reputation for maturing late as cricketers, Dockrell’s exploits at the World Twenty20 showed how strong his game already is and he feels the tournament gave him plenty of belief.”Taking three wickets against West Indies gave me a huge boost in confidence,” he said. “I was very nervous before that game, but by the time we came to play England I was a lot calmer. I was really happy with how the tournament went for me overall. I was one of the youngest players there, but I tried not to think about that too much.”In the past Dockrell has spoken about his admiration for Australia’s Michael Clarke but a closer comparison is New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori, who had barely played a first-class game before making his Test debut against England aged 18. Vettori has become one of the most skilful bowlers in the world and Dockrell sees him as the standard to follow.”We played against him in West Indies and he was incredibly skilful with his control of the ball so I look towards him as an example.”

There will be no rousing speech or chest-thumping patriotism from Paul Collingwood when England take the field for their semi-final against Sri Lanka because he doesn’t think his team needs it

Andrew McGlashan in St Lucia12-May-2010

There will be no rousing speech or chest-thumping patriotism from Paul Collingwood when England take the field for their semi-final against Sri Lanka because he doesn’t think his team needs it. The prospect of securing a place in their first major final since 2004 is motivation enough.”The guys are ready; they are excited,” he said. “If there was a feeling around the camp that the guys are nervous or anything like that then maybe something would have to be said. But the guys are so focused in the jobs they’ve got to do, roles they’ve got to play. We’ll have a team meeting tonight, but let me tell you I’m not going to come out with any rip-roaring speech.”England have been the surprise package at this tournament (Australia were always going to get the hang of Twenty20 eventually) and there has been a supreme confidence about their play since a nerve-wracking evening in Guyana when they feared a short run chase would give Ireland a chance of piping them. That would have been a cruel exit and since then they have shown how far they have developed as a Twenty20 unit.From the power-packed top order led by the selfless styles of Michael Lumb and Craig Kieswetter to the in-form middle order of Kevin Pietersen (who is due back in the Carribbean on Wednesday afternoon after being at the birth of his first child) and Eoin Morgan right down to the allrounders in Luke Wright and Tim Bresnan who have contributed important innings England have their batting bases covered. With the ball the seamers have held their own while the spin duo of Graeme Swann and Michael Yardy have excelled. In the field they have been as sharp as anyone, barring perhaps the Australians.Pietersen raring to go

Paul Collingwood is confident Kevin Pietersen can shake off the effects of an 8000-mile round trip back home to attend the birth of his child and be a major force in the semi-final against Sri Lanka. The biggest concern over his return to the Caribbean was the ash cloud that continues to linger over the Atlantic.
Pietersen left Barbados after England beat South Africa and missed the final Super Eight match against New Zealand and arrives back on Wednesday afternoon. He will slot back into the team at No. 3 with Ravi Bopara making way.
“Thankfully the ashes [from the volcano] stayed away, he is due in this afternoon so I am sure he’ll be a happy man and raring to go,” Collingwood said. “I don’t think with it being five hours ahead it should be an issue with tiredness and fatigue or anything like that, he’ll be a very happy man and as soon as he touches down, until then there will be doubts around, but he’s pretty much 100 percent playing tomorrow.”

They have also shown an adaptability and quickness-of-thinking that hasn’t always been an attribute of England’s one-day cricket. When the batting suffered mini wobbles against West Indies and New Zealand there was calm consolidation before the accelerator was pushed again – on both occasions by Morgan. With the ball there has been no one-dimensional game plan and the only aspect we have yet to see is how flexible the batting line-up can be and how the bowlers react of a sustained onslaught.”This is certainly the most powerful England side that I’ve played in, definitely,” Collingwood said. “When you look at all the guys going down to probably number ten, everyone can hit sixes, so also what the guys are doing with the ball, a lot of credit has to go to them as well because they are thinking for themselves a lot.”Whereas maybe in the past they were always kind of guided by the captains or whatever but they really are going out there and thinking for themselves and thinking what the oppositions strengths and weaknesses are and adjusting the fields accordingly, that’s been one of the crucial things in our development.”Collingwood has admitted he feared for England’s future in the tournament as Duckworth-Lewis played a major part in Guyana and all he wanted was a chance for his team to show their full potential.”It hasn’t surprised me at all, but we’ve got to take all that talent we’ve got on the team sheet out into the middle,” he said. “Thankfully, we’ve done that [so far]. There were times against Ireland, where we were close to going out of the tournament.”You were thinking ‘all this potential we’ve got, and we were nearly going out’. We had that little bit of an early scare, which wasn’t probably a bad thing – because it kickstarted us into something special.”This is England’s second semi-final in a row after they reached the same stage at the Champions Trophy in September. On that occasion they were hammered by nine wickets against Australia, but there is now a far more confident air about the side.”I think the belief is the key thing,” Collingwood said. “We have done a few different things in training, there have been a couple of different selections that have proved crucial as well and overall that has given the side a lot of belief in areas that we were probably a little bit weaker. Once you see these guys on the team sheet its kind of, oh, we can take the opposition on now.”

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Assim como aconteceu com o treinador Jair Ventura, o Botafogo deve investir em um nome com origens nas categorias de base para comandar o time em 2018. E dois nomes já ganham força nos bastidores: Felipe Conceição, favorito, e Eduardo Barroca, conforme apuração do LANCE!. O anúncio oficial deve sair nas próximas horas.

O primeiro é auxiliar técnico do Botafogo e nada têm a ver com o Jair, embora fosse um homem de confiança de Ventura. Felipe Conceição talvez seja mais conhecido do torcedor como Felipe Tigrão, nome que adotou quando foi jogador de futebol. E sim, ele defendeu o Botafogo, clube que o projetou para o futebol, em duas ocasiões. A última foi em 2004.Quem se despede junto com o agora ex treinador é o auxiliar Emílio Faro, além do preparador físico, Ednilson Sena.

O segundo já é mais conhecido do torcedor e talvez seja o número 1 na preferência dos botafoguenses. Ele tem bons trabalhos nas categorias de base do clube, quando chegou em meados de 2016. Disputou 12 títulos, chegou a seis finais e ganhou quatro títulos: OPG em 2017; Taça Guanabara de 2016, Carioca de 2016 e Brasileirão do ano passado.

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Aston Villa saw a £25million bid for Yves Bissouma rejected by Brighton and Hove Albion, according to The Telegraph’s John Percy. 

The journalist tweeted that Villa are now prioritising a deal for Juventus’ Rodrigo Bentancur after Brighton batted away their offer for the 25-year-old.

Steven Gerrard seems intent on signing another midfielder before the January transfer window closes in a week’s time.

Villa bid was only half of Brighton’s valuation

The Athletic’s Brighton correspondent Andy Naylor wrote earlier in January that it would take a bid of £50m for the Seagulls to consider parting with Bissouma this month. They don’t see any need to sell, even though the Mali international is into the final 18 months of his contract and has apparently given no indication that he will sign an extension at the Amex Stadium.

Bissouma has previously been ‘linked’ with the likes of Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal, who all may now hope to beat Villa to his signature.

The Midlands outfit have spent £27m so far in Gerrard’s first transfer window, signing Lucas Digne permanently from Everton and loaning in Philippe Coutinho and Robin Olsen.

Here’s what Villa fans made of Percy’s revelation about the rejected bid for Bissouma, with many believing that sporting director Johan Lange has foolishly low-balled on the midfielder’s true value.

Villa supporters baffled by Bissouma bid

“25 mil? That’s embarrassing”

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“Villa’s ‘bids’ for JWP, Smith-Rowe and Bissouma have been laughable. Significantly undervalued talent with bids that were never in a million years going to be accepted”

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“Bidding 25m for Bissouma was kind of wild tbh”

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“Lange are you ok? 25m you know”

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“£25m, they were never gonna accept that”

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“£25m is embarrassing”

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In other news, another midfield target has emerged for Villa

Anthony Joseph has dropped a teasing update regarding Celtic’s business on transfer deadline day.

What’s the talk?

In a recent post on Twitter, the Sky Sports journalist revealed that, while a host of incoming signings aren’t expected on the final day of the January transfer window, Ange Postecoglou will be keeping a very close eye on the market in case a player becomes available who is too good for the Bhoys to pass up.

In his tweet, Joseph said: “In terms of Celtic, I’ve been told not to expect incomings, unless someone becomes available who’s too good to miss out on. Could see some fringe/younger players heading out – more likely on loan.”

Fans will be excited

While Celtic have already been one of the busier clubs in the January window, having already sealed the arrivals of Matt O’Riley, Reo Hatate, Yosuke Ideguchi, Daizen Maeda and Johnny Kenny, the news that the Hoops could still be active on deadline day is sure to have left the Parkhead faithful excited.

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Indeed, there are a number of areas within Postecoglou’s first-team squad which could still do with greater strength in depth, particularly at left-back, attacking midfield and on the wings.

The Bhoys have been linked with the likes of Lee Buchanan, Callum Styles, Danny Mandriou and Albert Gudmundsson this month. Should any of those become available during the closing stages of the January market, it would indeed seem advisable for the Celtic manager to sanction a late swoop in the window, as each player would very much appear to improve the club’s chances of reclaiming their Premiership crown this season.

In other news: Ange must seal Celtic deal for £4m gem dubbed “one of the best”, he’s a big upgrade

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Clayton passou longe de ter uma temporada perfeita. Tendo que se dividir entre o Atlético-MG, onde atuou no início e no final do ano, e o Corinthians, clube que defendeu entre abril e agosto, o atacante não conseguiu se destacar em nenhuma das duas equipes e ainda piorou sua situação ao sofrer uma grave lesão no ligamento do joelho esquerdo durante o penúltimo treino da temporada. Quando volta aos gramados? De acordo com o departamento médico do clube, o atleta ficará fora de campo por cerca de seis meses até se recuperar totalmente.

Apesar dos problemas que teve nesta temporada, Clayton mostra otimismo na expectativa de se recuperar rapidamente para voltar a vestir a camisa alvinegra em 2018 e dar ao torcedor atleticano bons motivos para sorrir. O jogador deve ser submetido a um processo cirúrgico para a correção do problema ainda esta semana.

– Infelizmente tive esse problema no joelho, onde terei que passar por uma cirurgia, mas a expectativa é ótima para 2018. Me sinto preparado para fazer o meu melhor pelo Atlético-MG e sei que posso ser uma peça importante à equipe junto com os companheiros. Estou com a cabeça boa para ter uma ótima recuperação e, quando voltar, voltar ainda mais forte e dar o meu melhor para buscarmos os títulos na temporada.

Com um início de carreira promissor no Figueirense, Clayton, de apenas 22 anos, quer agregar ainda mais experiência e destaque dentro de campo. Mesmo sem grandes feitos nesta temporada, o atacante acredita que o ano foi produtivo.

– Com certeza 2017 foi um ano de muito aprendizado, sei que cresci muito. Tanto no Atlético-MG, quanto no Corinthians, foram momentos importantes para a minha carreira, com títulos, gols, experiência. Então sinto que foi um ano de muito aprendizado profissionalmente.

Após a cirurgia, o atacante deve realizar fisioterapia durante pelo menos três meses e seguir para exercícios de reforço muscular antes de voltar aos treinos. Caso consiga se recuperar neste período de tempo, Clayton poderá voltar a defender o Atlético já no Campeonato Brasileiro de 2018.

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اتخذ الاتحاد السعودي لكرة القدم قرارًا رسميًا اليوم برفض الاستئناف المقدم من نادي الرائد على قرار لجنة الانضباط بشأن عدم أحقية مشاركة اللاعب عبد الرزاق حمد الله في مواجهة الرائد والاتحاد في الدوري السعودي هذا الموسم.

وكان حمد الله عاد من الإيقاف وشارك في فوز فريقه الاتحاد بهدف نظيف من توقيع المصري أحمد حجازي.

وطالب الرائد احتساب اللقاء لصالحه، لكن الاتحاد السعودي أكد قانونية مشاركة حمد الله، كما صادرت رسوم الاحتجاج المقدمة من الرائد.

وأكد الاتحاد السعودي أن قراره بشكل تلك الأزمة نهائي ولا يمكن الطعن فيه.

اقرأ أيضًا..اتحاد جدة يخوض 3 وديات في معسكر دبي أثناء التوقف الدولي

يذكر أن مشاركة حمدالله في المواجهة أمام الرائد جاءت بعدما قرر مركز التحكيم الرياضي تعليق عقوبة اللاعب الخاص بالشكوى المقدمة ضده من قبل نادي النصر بسبب التفاوض مع الاتحاد أثناء سريان تعاقده مع العالمي.

ويتواجد اتحاد جدة بالمركز الثالث في جدول ترتيب دوري روشن السعودي برصيد 18 نقطة بفارق 4 نقاط عن الشباب المتصدر ونقطة وحيدة عن النصر الوصيف بينما الرائد في المركز الحادي عشر برصيد 9 نقاط.

Speaking to Give Me Sport, journalist and ‘transfer insider’ Dean Jones of Eurosport has backed some big transfer news out of West Ham involving Flamengo striker Gabriel Barbosa.

The Lowdown: Barbosa set to force move…

As explained by Sky Sports reporter Dharmesh Sheth, West Ham could still sign the 25-year-old in this transfer window as he explains their proposal is still on the table.

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In another development, potentially boosting manager David Moyes and recruitment chief Rob Newman in their bid to sign Barbosa, the Brazil international has his heart set on a move to England and the Premier League.

Sheth even lifted the lid on a sit down between Barbosa, his representatives and Flamengo over the matter as he eyes a transfer (Sky).

The Latest: Jones backs development…

Speaking to GMS, insider Jones has backed this development, claiming it is ‘true’, whilst also saying that West Ham were ‘offered’ Barbosa recently.

“West Ham were offered him weeks ago as they know the player has his mind set in the Premier League,” he explained.

“At the moment there has been no breakthrough but it’s true that Gabigol intends to force a move.

“He’s not happy with how things at Flamengo are changing.”

The Verdict: Right move?

Barbosa has racked up a head-turning 93 goals and 29 assists for the Brazilian Serie A giants, putting him back into contention for the national team ahead of Qatar’s 2022 World Cup this year.

Taking into account the South American’s goalscoring efficiency and the fact he has resurrected his career since a torrid spell at Inter Milan, we believe there are few forwards out there with his quality who could cost as little as £30 million (90min).

Still in his mid-20s and flying, Moyes could bring in a striker with plenty of sell-on value and a seeming determination to succeed in Europe.

In other news: West Ham source: Newman makes move to sign ‘devastating’ forward after price plummets by £32m, find out more here.