Suresh Raina believes that India’s win in the second Twenty20, especially the fielding, has sent out a message that they are ready to turn the summer around
Sidharth Monga in Melbourne04-Feb-2012
Raina: “They (youngsters) showed real character and responsibility yesterday. Every youngster is looking forward to the one-day series”•Getty Images
Suresh Raina believes that India’s win in the second Twenty20, especially the fielding, has sent out a message that they are ready to turn the summer around.”All the boys that have come as one-day specialists are young,” Raina said on the eve of the opening match of the triangular series. “When the fielding is good, the intensity picks up, there is a positive vibe around, the whole atmosphere is different.”That’s what we saw yesterday. The fielding was very good, the throws were brilliant, everybody did well. The batting was also good. Gautam Gambhir saw us through. It’s a good sign. Hopefully we will continue that.”Raina said different results could be expected of the team in the ODIs. “It is a different ball game,” he said. “We have played really well as a unit. We bowled really well. When you take wickets with the new ball, it’s always good for the bowling unit. Vinay Kumar and Praveen Kumar bowled really well. If you look at the bench strength, we have Irfan [Pathan], Zak [Zaheer Khan], Umesh [Yadav] ready to go. We have a good team right now.”Raina said it was crucial to get one win on the board. “It was important for us,” he said. “The morale is very good. The atmosphere is very positive at the moment. They (youngsters) showed real character and responsibility yesterday. Every youngster is looking forward to the one-day series. We have Sachin [Tendulkar], we have Zak, and a lot of players who have been in the Test series. They have experience in these conditions.”Raina went on to emphasise the importance of good fielding, and how hard he, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja have been working with Trevor Penney, the fielding coach. There is a healthy competition among the four even during the fielding drills. Raina will know, though, that only fielding doesn’t win matches. He was dropped from the Test side after 15 games because the runs weren’t coming consistently enough.Raina said he had been working hard on his game to suit the bouncy surfaces. Before coming to Australia, he said he has worked at the NCA in Bangalore, in Mumbai with Praveen Amre, and has had sessions with wet balls and also on a hockey surface in Uttar Pradesh, his home state.”I have been working on my wrist position so that I can keep the pull down,” he said. “I am feeling confident at the moment, hitting the ball well, had six-seven good sessions here. This is an important tour with regards to comeback to the Test side.”
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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Ben Cutting, the Queensland fast bowler, has been ruled out of the Sheffield Shield final
Brydon Coverdale15-Mar-2012
Queensland will be without Ben Cutting•Getty Images
Ben Cutting, the Queensland fast bowler, has been ruled out of the Sheffield Shield final. Cutting missed Queensland’s last game due to a groin injury and was named in a 13-man squad for the final against Tasmania, which starts at the Gabba on Friday, but the Bulls confirmed on the eve of the match he would not play.Cutting bowled in the nets on Thursday and while he got through training, Queensland felt his lack of match bowling in the past fortnight was a concern, and that playing him in a five-day final could still be risky. The Bulls are expected to name Ryan Harris, Steve Magoffin, Alister McDermott and Cameron Boyce as their attack, although Luke Feldman is also in the squad and could be considered.Tasmania also have a decision to make regarding the make-up of their attack, with three men from their 14-man squad fighting for one spot. Jackson Bird, Luke Butterworth and James Faulkner will be included alongside the spinner Jason Krejza, but the assistant coach Ali de Winter said there was competition for one more place.”We think we’ve got an attack that can exploit the conditions up here whether it’s flat or has a bit of grass on it,” de Winter told ESPNcricinfo. “We’ve got good diversity. We’ve got a left-armer in Faulkner, we’ve got Krejza who’s bowling very well in the last couple of weeks, and then we’ve got an issue with who we pick for our fourth seaming spot, whether it’s Jeremy Smith or Brendan Drew or Matt Johnston.”The Gabba pitch has spent plenty of time under cover over the past few days due to rain in Brisbane and showers have been forecast for all five days of the match. However, given the likelihood that the pitch will favour the bowlers, de Winter does not expect a draw, which would deliver the title to Queensland after they finished on top of the table.”Given we get at least three or four days of cricket here one team or another will win,” he said. “There will certainly be a result in the game. Both teams are in good form and playing an attacking brand of cricket. It will be an exciting game if nothing else.”Tasmania are the defending champions and are aiming to win their third Shield title in six years, while the Bulls will be desperate to improve their conversion rate having won the title only once in the past nine years despite making the final six times. Chris Hartley and James Hopes are the only Queensland players to have played in a title-winning side, in 2005-06.It will also be an opportunity for Ricky Ponting to win a domestic title for the first time in a state career spanning 20 seasons. Ponting, the acting captain for Tasmania while George Bailey is with the ODI squad in the Caribbean, has not played in a Shield final since 1993-94, and enters this match in fine form, having scored 75 not out, 130 and 111 in his three domestic innings since being axed from Australia’s one-day international side.Queensland squad Wade Townsend, Alex Kemp, Andrew Robinson, Joe Burns, Chris Lynn, James Hopes (capt), Chris Hartley (wk), Ryan Harris, Steve Magoffin, Luke Feldman, Cameron Boyce, Alister McDermott.Tasmania squad Ed Cowan, Steve Cazzulino, Ricky Ponting (capt), Alex Doolan, Mark Cosgrove, Nick Kruger, Tom Triffitt (wk), Luke Butterworth, James Faulkner, Matt Johnston, Jason Krejza, Brendan Drew, Jackson Bird, Jeremy Smith.
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: “My body needs to recuperate, to deal with all that pressure, and to play for India again will be a very big achievement for me.”•AFP
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.”
علق كريستوفر جاليتيه، المدير الفني لفريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي باريس سان جيرمان الفرنسي، على غياب الدولي البرازيلي نيمار دا سيلفا حتى نهاية الموسم الجاري.
نيمار دا سيلفا تعرض لإصابة في فبراير الماضي بالكاحل، وتأكد غيابه حتى نهاية الموسم حسب ما أكد نادي باري سان جيرمان أمس الإثنين في بيان رسمي.
وقال جاليتيه في المؤتمر الصحفي لمواجهة بايرن ميونخ في دوري أبطال أوروبا: “أرفض الحديث بأن موسمنا يعتمد على ما سيحدث غدًا”.
وأضاف: “فزنا أو خسرنا، نحن جميعًا ننتمي إلى باريس سان جيرمان، فرصنا ليست مستحيلة للتأهل، حتى وان كانت صعبة، لكننا سنقاتل من أجل الفوز على بايرن ميونخ”.
طالع أيضًا | فيراتي: نحن محظوظون بامتلاك مبابي.. ومباراة بايرن ميونخ بمثابة نهائي
وتابع: “بايرن ميونخ من كبار أوروبا، معتاد على التواجد في الأدوار المتقدمة، لديهم ملعب كبير وسيكون ممتلئًا عن آخره، نتمنى أن نمتص حماسهم ونسجل مبكرًا”.
وأكمل جاليتيه: “علينا أن نقاتل من أجل لعب مباراة أفضل من مباراة الذهاب، خاصة أن مبابي جاهز وسيشارك من بداية المباراة، لقد افتقدنا تواجده هو وحكيمي في مباراة الذهاب”.
وتحدث عن غياب نيمار: “لقد سجل نيمار 17 هدفًا وصنع 11، لذلك غيابه صعب علينا للغاية، لقد تلقى انتقادات كبيرة، لكن الإصابة ليست بيده، على الجميع مراعاة ما عانى منه بعد المونديال”.
وأردف: “ركات الترجيح قد تكون حاسمة غدًا، لم نتدرب عليها منذ فترة طويلة، ولكننا إذا وصلنا لركلات الجزاء، الأفضل سيسدد أولًا، ولن نتركه حتى النهاية، لأنه ربما لن يكون هناك وقت لكي يسدد”.
واختتم: “ماركينيوس جاهز، وحكيمي كذلك، ودوناروما عالج الأخطاء أمام نانت ومستعد بكل قوة لمواجهة بايرن ميونخ، سنرى كل شيء غدًا، وأتوقع مباراة كبيرة وهامة للجميع”.
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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Um dos principais pilares do elenco do Flamengo, o zagueiro Juan sofreu uma ruptura do tendão de Aquiles do tornozelo direito no treino desta sexta-feira e vai ter que passar por uma cirurgia. O experiente jogador foi encaminhado para o hospital onde ficou definido a necessidade da intervenção cirúrgica.
A data da cirurgia ainda não foi confirmada pelo Flamengo. Porém, a tendência é que seja realizada na próxima semana. Titular no segundo semestre de 2017, Juan perdeu espaço entre os titulares nesta temporada. Ele conviveu com a reserva e disputou apenas 14 partidas em 2018. Ao todo, foram 1170 minutos em campo.
Aos 39 anos, Juan tem contrato com o Flamengo até dezembro. Com a lesão, ele deve perder o restante da temporada. Sem a presença do zagueiro, o Flamengo recebe a Chapecoense neste sábado, às 21h, no Maracanã.
Berrío é relacionado para o duelo O Rubro-Negro divulgou na noite desta sexta-feira os jogadores relacionados para enfrentar a Chapecoense. A principal novidade é a presença de Orlando Berrío.O colombiano sofreu uma ruptura do tendão patelar do joelho esquerdo, no jogo contra o São Paulo, no mês de outubro de 2017.
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Gautam Gambhir, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain, has sought to downplay the huge hype that surrounds their Saturday game against Pune Warriors India
Sidharth Monga in Kolkata04-May-2012
Sourav Ganguly will be at home but as opposition. Gautam Gambhir is not too bothered•Associated Press
Gautam Gambhir, the Kolkata Knight Riders captain, has sought to downplay the huge hype that surrounds their Saturday game against Pune Warriors India. This is the first time Sourav Ganguly, now Warriors’ captain, will be part of the opposition in front of the passionate Kolkata fans. Eden Gardens is sold out, black marketers are having a field day, and given Ganguly’s popularity in Kolkata, the home side could possibly be in for an “away game”.”Sourav is an individual,” Gambhir said. “We are playing against Pune Warriors, and not against Sourav Ganguly.” Gambhir then went on to say he couldn’t control how the crowd behaved, except for trying his best to win the game.”Whoever Kolkata wants to support they are free to support. I have always maintained KKR belongs to Kolkata. There is no other team that belongs to Kolkata. We always play for the pride of Kolkata. We will always do that, whether we get the support or not. We go out there to make people happy, and bring joy to them. Our job will be the same whether we would be the away or home team tomorrow. We will keep playing for Kolkata be it tomorrow or near future.”However much Gambhir might want to downplay the presence of Ganguly, it is impossible to run away from. They have been talking about this game in Kolkata ever since the schedule was finalised. An emotional back-story is how Knight Riders had first taken away Ganguly’s captaincy, and later let him go. The Kolkata fans are known to be an emotional lot, which makes divided loyalties a distinct possibility. Knight Riders’ bowling coach, Wasim Akram, is reported to have even compared this to an India-Pakistan match. When asked about that, Gambhir didn’t seem impressed.”That’s his perspective of tomorrow’s game,” he said. “For me, it’s another game of cricket. There is nothing so-called India vs Pakistan. We are playing against Pune Warriors, and there is no such rivalry as Pakistan. India and Pakistan is a completely different ball game. It’s just the media that is creating the hype. It’s Wasim’s way of looking at the game tomorrow. For me, it’s just another game of cricket.”Nor did Gambhir seem interested in any mind games. Asked if he drew any comfort from Ganguly’s struggles with the bat and their coinciding with Warriors’ downward spiral, Gambhir went back to his mantra of not speaking about individuals. “We are not playing against individuals. We are playing against a team. If individuals are struggling that does not make them a lesser force. Any one of them can fire with the ball or bat, and can win the game. If one or two are struggling, it’s not going to make any difference.”Gambhir stayed away from any captaincy debate as well. “Captains are only as good as their team,” he said. “Captain does not win games. It’s just the planning that they do. It’s the 11 men on the field that contribute. Captain can only be successful if you have the people to execute those plans. It can be a failure as well if you don’t have the people to execute them.”However, given the mad rush for tickets, the huge crowds to watch training sessions, the history between Ganguly and Kolkata, and Ganguly and Knight Riders, Gambhir did seem to be in a small minority of people who believed this was just another game.