He has been given a two-year contract by the Odisha Cricket Association
PTI14-Jul-2021
Wasim Jaffer also coached the Uttarakhand side in the domestic circuit recently•PTI
Former Test opener and domestic veteran Wasim Jaffer was on Wednesday named chief coach of the Odisha senior side for the upcoming domestic season.”He [Jaffer] will be the head coach. He has been given a two-year contract,” Subrata Behera, Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) CEO told PTI.The decision was taken following a meeting of OCA’s Cricket Advisory Committee as Jaffer would replace former state captain Rashmi Parida, who was at the helm for two seasons.Related
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“Besides development of cricket across all age-groups, he [Jaffer] will also be a part of coaches development programme across the state,” OCA secretary Sanjay Behera said in a statement.This will be Jaffer’s second stint as the head coach of any state team. Following his retirement in March 2020, Jaffer, who is the leading run-scorer in Ranji Trophy, had coached Uttarakhand but he later resigned following a fall-out with the association.Jaffer, who played 31 Tests and two ODIs, is also the batting coach of the Punjab Kings in the IPL.The Mumbai stalwart later played for Vidarbha towards the end of his illustrious career winning back-to-back Ranji Trophy and the Irani Cup.Odisha had last reached the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals in the 2019-20 season when they lost out to Bengal after a draw.The camp for the senior team is slated to begin from July 25, subject to the state government’s approval keeping in mind the Covid-19 guidelines.The BCCI announced the return of the Ranji Trophy recently, to be played from November 16, 2021 to February 19, 2022.
O atacante Rafael Navarro deve ser confirmado como reforço do Palmeiras na próxima semana. O jogador, que se destacou na campanha campeã do Botafogo na Série B, deveria chegar a São Paulo próxima segunda-feira (20), mas houve uma mudança e ele aterrissará na capital paulista na terça-feira (21) para realizar exames médicos no Verdão. A informação é do jornalista Venê Casagrande.
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O atleta não aceitou renovar com a equipe carioca e, por isso, deve chegar “de graça” ao Maior Campeão Nacional, que terá de pagar apenas as lutas pela assinatura do contrato. O vínculo discutido tem a duração de cinco anos.
Navarro foi o craque do título do Botafogo na Série B. Ele marcou 15 gols e deu nove assistências na campanha. Ele marcou marcou seu primeiro gol como profissional justamente contra o Palmeiras, ainda pelo Brasileirão de 2020, em fevereiro de 2021, em empate por 1 a 1, no Allianz Parque.
يبدو أن سوء الحظ سيظل يلاحق اللاعب فيتور روكي، رغم رحيله عن جحيم دكة برشلونة وانضمامه إلى ريال بيتيس، في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الماضي.
وعانى فيتور روكي كثيرًا في صفوف برشلونة، حيث لم يحصل على فرص لعب منتظم تحت قيادة المدرب السابق تشافي، كما أنه لم يكن جزءًا من خطط هانز فليك، مما أدى إلى رحيله لصالح ريال بيتيس على سبيل الإعارة.
وحصل فيتور روكي على فرصة ذهبية من أجل العودة إلى موطنه، وتحديدًا نادي بالميراس الذي أبدى رغبته في ضم اللاعب البرازيلي، خاصة مع مشاركته في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية 2025.
ويشارك بالميراس في كأس العالم للأندية بنظامه الجديد الصيف المقبل، في أمريكا، حيث يتواجد في مجموعة تضم الأهلي المصري، إنتر ميامي الأمريكي وبورتو البرتغالي.
ولكن آمال بالميراس وفيتور روكي تحطمت بشكل مؤسف، حسبما ذكرت صحيفة “سبورت” الإسبانية مساء اليوم.
وأوضحت أن نادي بالميراس قطع اتصالاته مع برشلونة وريال بيتيس، فيما يخص مفاوضات صفقة فيتور روكي، رغم التوصل إلى اتفاق مع الأخير حول الراتب، خاصة وأن نافذة الانتقالات الشتوية مستمرة في البرازيل حتى الجمعة المقبل، أي نهاية شهر فبراير.
اقرأ أيضًا.. تيباس: أولمو لا يجب أن ينهي الدوري الإسباني.. وبرشلونة كان مهددًا بالهبوط
ولم يقتصر الأمر على توصل بالميراس إلى اتفاق مع روكي حول الراتب، بل لديه اتفاق كذلك مع برشلونة حول شراء اللاعب، حيث سيدفع 25 ملوين يورو مقابل 80 % من الحقوق الاقتصادية.
وأشارت إلى أنه وفقًا لتقارير برازيلية مختلفة، فإن الصفقة قد انهارت بسبب الأمور البيروقراطية.
وأوضحت أن رابطة الدوري الإسباني أبلغت بالميراس بعدم إمكانية تعاقده مع فيتور روكي، بسبب القواعد المُتبعة في البطولة.
وأفادت أنه حسب البروتوكول الذي يحكم الدوري الإسباني، سيتعين على فيتور روكي فسخ إعارته الحالية مع ريال بيتيس، وإعادة تسجيله من قِبل برشلونة.
وبالنظر إلى كون سوق الانتقالات مغلق الآن في إسبانيا، فإنه ريال بيتيس لن يستطع إعادة روكي إلى برشلونة، ولا يمكن إتمام الخطوة المطلوبة من أجل انتقاله إلى بالميراس، وهو ما يعني انهيار كل شيء.
Leeds United head into the second international break of the 2024/25 campaign with only one defeat in nine matches in the Championship so far.
Despite their impressive record, there may be some disappointment in the fact that they have only won two of their last five outings in the division.
After their 1-0 loss to Burnley at Elland Road, Daniel Farke’s side secured successive victories over Cardiff and Coventry, scoring five goals without reply in those games.
However, they have failed to win their last two matches in the Championship. They battled from 1-0 down to draw 1-1 with Norwich City at Carrow Road before they conceded in the 97th minute to draw 2-2 with Sunderland at the Stadium of Light in their most recent game.
Leeds head into the break off the back of that late blow on Wearside, which cost them two points, and will have to stew over that for the next two weeks.
Illan Meslier, who allowed the ball to bounce and watched it spin back into his net, will have to move on from that error quickly and train hard to ensure that there are no more major mistakes in the games to come.
Illan Meslier's Championship form for Leeds
The Frenchman has not found the Championship an easy place to perform since the Whites were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 2023/24 campaign.
Farke arrived at Elland Road in the summer of 2023 and has ensured that his Leeds team have been dominant and defensively sound at this level over the past 14 months, for the most part.
They have the second-best xGA per 90 (0.95) in the second tier so far this season, and had the best xGA per 90 (1.01) in the league during the 2023/24 term.
This means that Meslier has been the most well protected goalkeeper in the Championship since the start of last term, as his defence has not allowed many high-quality chances for opposition players to fire at his goal.
Despite that, the 24-year-old dud has still managed to underperform as a shot-stopper and has been a liability at times for Farke with his weak goalkeeping.
Last term, the left-footed giant let in 4.49 more goals than expected, based on the xG of the shots against him, and made two errors that directly led to shots or goals for the opposition in his 44 matches during the regular season.
Meslier’s shot-stopping does not appear to have improved during the off-season as the French flop has already let in 1.47 more than expected in nine matches in the current campaign.
He has also already matched his tally for errors that directly led to a goal (one) from last season, with his huge mistake for the late equaliser at the Stadium of Light.
Leeds are vying to earn promotion back to the Premier League at the second time of asking and will not want their goalkeeper’s errors and underperformance as a shot-stopper to prevent them from doing so, which is why they could dip into the market in January to revisit one of their former targets.
Leeds once wanted Championship colossus
In the summer of 2023, after the club moved to appoint Farke as the new head coach, the West Yorkshire outfit were reportedly interested in signing Norwich City star Angus Gunn to compete for a place between the sticks.
The Athletic’s Phil Hay revealed, on The Square Ball podcast, during that summer transfer window that the Whites had drawn up a shortlist of goalkeeping options to challenge Meslier for his starting place, and named the Scotland international as one of their targets.
Norwich goalkeeper Angus Gunn.
Karl Darlow was also mentioned as a player the club appreciated and the Newcastle United outcast ended up being the one to come in on a permanent deal, but he has failed to dislodge the Frenchman so far.
That was not the first time that Leeds had been interested in Gunn. It was reported that Marcelo Bielsa wanted to bring him to Elland Road from Southampton in the summer of 2021, but Farke – managing Norwich at the time – beat the Argentine boss to his services for a fee of £5m.
The German head coach must now revisit his interest from 2023 and sign the Scottish colossus for the third time in his career, having snapped him up on loan from Manchester City in 2017 and on a permanent deal from the Saints in 2021, in order to finally ditch Meslier.
Why Leeds should sign Angus Gunn
Firstly, the 28-year-old star is out of contract at the end of the season and this means that he could be available in January if the Canaries are unable to pin him down to an extension, as he would be free to leave for nothing at the end of the season if they do not cash in then.
Gunn, who was hailed as “exceptional” for Scotland by Joe Hart earlier this year, is a proven Championship performer who has been in terrific form for the Canaries at that level over the past two-and-a-bit seasons between the sticks.
This season, the Scottish ace has saved 71% of the shots against his goal and made 0.9 successful run-outs per match, to earn a Sofascore rating of 6.94.
23/24 Championship
Illan Meslier
Angus Gunn
Appearances
44
40
Save success rate
68%
69%
Successful run-outs per game
0.4
0.7
Goals prevented
-4.49
+4.55
Error led to shot/goal
2
0
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, Gunn significantly outperformed Meslier in the 2023/24 Championship campaign with his superb performances for Norwich.
Their respective statistics suggest that Leeds would have conceded around nine fewer goals than they did with the Scottish ace in goal, as he prevented 4.55 goals for the Canaries with his shot-stopping, whilst Meslier let in 4.49 more than expected.
Gunn is also more proactive in coming off his line to sweep up behind his defence, as shown by his 0.3 more successful run-outs last term, and that could help to alleviate some pressure off the likes of Pascal Struijk and Joe Rodon when balls go down the channels and in behind.
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Therefore, Farke must swoop to sign the Norwich star, who also saved 72% of shots against him in the 2022/23 season, in January to finally ditch Meslier from the starting XI.
William Porterfield has recovered from a finger injury sustained during the South Africa series in July and is back in the ODI squad
ESPNcricinfo staff19-Aug-2021
Curtis Campher finds a place in both of Ireland’s ODI and T20I squads to face Zimbabwe later this month•Getty Images
Ireland’s 22-year-old allrounder Curtis Campher has received his first T20I call-up for the five-match series against Zimbabwe due to begin on August 27.Campher underwent ankle surgery in May and returned to action only last month during the ODIs against South Africa. He is also part of Ireland’s ODI squad to take on Zimbabwe soon after the T20Is. In addition to Campher, wicketkeeper Neil Rock returns to the squad after successfully recovering from Covid-19.”While we have kept faith with the squad that played in the recent South Africa series, we have additionally brought Curtis Campher in for his first call-up for Ireland in the T20 format,” Ireland’s chief of selectors Andrew White said in a press release. “Curtis is back bowling following his injury, and will add a dynamic batting and bowling presence to the squad. His inclusion will provide Graham Ford and Andrew Balbirnie with increased flexibility as they look to finalise their plans ahead of the World Cup.”William Porterfield recovered from a finger injury sustained during the South Africa series and was back in the ODI squad. There was room for an uncapped player as well with left-arm spinning allrounder Graham Kennedy getting an opportunity.These will be the last home T20Is before Ireland head to the UAE for the T20 World Cup, and the three ODIs will be part of the World Cup Super League in which Ireland are placed seventh.The selectors also named a Wolves squad of 11 to be led by Porterfield for the warm-up between the two limited-overs series. Two more players will be added to it after the first two T20Is.T20I squad: Andrew Balbirnie (capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Shane Getkate, Josh Little, Barry McCarthy, William McClintock, Kevin O’Brien, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Ben White, Craig Young.ODI squad: Andrew Balbirnie (capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Graham Kennedy, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, William Porterfield, Neil Rock, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young.Wolves squad: William Porterfield (capt), Murray Commins, Stephen Doheny, Matt Ford, Mike Frost, Graham Hume, Graham Kennedy, Jeremy Lawlor, Josh Manley, Neil Rock, Lorcan Tucker (plus two players to be added).
Ipswich Town were given a humbling reminder of the task that remains in front of them this Premier League season at the weekend, with survival the main aim for the Tractor Boys when the campaign is over and done with.
Kieran McKenna’s men can’t afford to pick up many more defeats like the 4-1 loss they suffered at the hands of West Ham United last match if they are to keep their heads above water, as Jarrod Bowen and Co cruised to a straightforward victory to give the Suffolk outfit an almighty wake-up call.
The despondent Ipswich boss will just be glad he has Liam Delap at his disposal up top, who scored another top-flight goal against the Hammers for his new employers, after leaving Manchester City behind this summer.
Liam Delap's form this season
Delap is already on four goals from seven Premier League appearances for his new employers, with his recent brace against Aston Villa, in particular, standing out, as the electric 21-year-old terrorised Unai Emery’s men at the back just before their famous 1-0 win over Bayern Munich in the Champions League.
There would have been a worry that Delap wouldn’t instantly hit the ground running when first making the switch, specifically when you glance at his previous mixed form in the EFL away from Pep Guardiola’s men on loan.
However, the 21-year-old looks to be every bit the prolific striker he was at youth level in Manchester in the senior game in Suffolk.
Delap’s goal record across his career
Club played for
Games
Goals
Ipswich
8
4
Hull City
32
8
Stoke City
23
3
Preston North End
15
1
Man City
6
1
Man City U21s
36
35
Man City U18s
17
11
Sourced by Transfermarkt
He would only need 20 touches of the ball last time at the London Stadium to fire home a strike, and that killer instinct could prove to be crucial for McKenna’s men, as they strive to pick up some huge results that could see them stay up in the Premier League.
That is a massive ask, with Ipswich well aware of how huge the gulf in quality between the Championship and the top flight is, but Delap will want to play a leading role in his side’s survival story if he can.
In an alternate reality, however, McKenna could have called upon a different face altogether to lead the line against Julen Lopetegui’s hosts, who Ipswich were incessantly linked with all transfer window.
One that got away
The transfers that nearly happened but never did. This article is part of Football FanCast's One That Got Away series.
Who Ipswich nearly signed over Delap
Whilst the Ipswich number 19 has taken to his new surroundings in Suffolk like a duck to water, a certain Armando Broja hasn’t graced the pitch whatsoever for the Toffees to date, owing to an injury problem keeping him sidelined.
Although Ipswich’s interest in this player would go on right up until transfer deadline day, according to reports, Broja was a target regularly linked with a switch to Portman Road before this nail-biting occasion, even before Delap made his move official in July.
All the way back in May of this year, it was reported that that the Tractor Boys were keen on the Albanian’s services, but nothing would come of these rumours, despite talk in the window suggesting that a £30m deal was even done at one point.
Armando Broja celebrating a goal for Chelsea.
This would have been a risky transfer to get over the line, not just when taking into account the excessive fee involved, but also when you consider Broja’s previous ineffectiveness in front of goal in the top flight, with just eight strikes in the division managed from 66 games.
Broja was hyped up by Mauricio Pochettino as a talent with “amazing potential” when he nurtured the 23-year-old at Stamford Bridge, but the Tractor Boys will be relieved they didn’t win his signature in the end, as Everton eventually snapped him up.
Ipswich, instead, won ex-Man City starlet Delap for £20m, which is looking to be an excellent bit of business already, based on his ever-growing goal tally for his relegation-threatened side in the league.
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O Maracanã passa por um replantio no campo – que desta vez será de gramado híbrido com uma porcentagem de grama sintética. A obra tem previsão de duração de 90 dias e o impacto visual já pôde ser visto na manhã desta quarta-feira quando a TV Globo mostrou imagens aéreas do estádio durante o jornal ‘Bom Dia, Rio’.
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O investimento desta obra será todo custeado pelo próprio Maracanã, sem aporte dos clubes, e o valor estimado é de R$ 4 milhões. A decisão pela utilização da grama híbrida aconteceu após todos os esforços feitos para manter o gramado em boas condições o maior tempo possível ao longo da temporada e depois de avaliações, sobre as características climáticas do estado do Rio de Janeiro e o número de jogos realizados por ano no local.
He will continue to play domestic cricket, and will be available for franchise tournaments
Andrew Fidel Fernando31-Jul-2021
“I believe the time has come for me to make way for the next generation of players”•LPL
Allrounder Isuru Udana has announced his retirement from international cricket, conveying his decision to Sri Lanka Cricket through a letter on Friday.Udana, 33, will continue to play domestic cricket, and will be available for franchise tournaments, starting with the CPL, starting in late August. A desire to spend more time with family is understood to be a factor in his decision.”Cricket was, is and always will be my greatest love and I have always given my 100% both on and off the field, respecting and upholding the spirit of cricket and national pride always,” he said in a statement. “However, I believe the time has come, for me to retire from international cricket in order to make way for the next generation of players.”
The news came as something of a surprise, as Udana had not only been largely free of injury over the past three years, but also had a place in both Sri Lanka’s limited-overs squads. He played one ODI and two T20Is in the just-concluded series against India, and had also played in all three T20Is against England in June.Having debuted during Sri Lanka’s run to the final in the 2009 T20 World Cup, it was only since 2017 that Udana had a regular place in Sri Lanka’s white-ball squads.His bowling – which typically features a lot of slower balls – was especially valued in T20s, though he was also an excellent fielder, and was capable of clean striking from the lower order. He hit one half-century in each of the white-ball formats for Sri Lanka, including a stunning 84 not out off 48 balls in a T20I against South Africa in 2019.Udana has now become the second Sri Lanka allrounder to retire from international cricket in the past three months – in May, Thisara Perera had stepped away from the game, partly due to lack of opportunities with the national side.
“You have to take a bit of responsibility in these conditions and make sure you do something for your team”
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Ajaz Patel returned his career-best T20I – as well as T20 – figures•AFP via Getty Images
Ajaz Patel is possibly New Zealand’s fourth-choice T20I spinner, behind Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, and Todd Astle. But, as the side’s only specialist spinner on tour in Bangladesh, he is relishing the responsibility in friendly conditions. With the series on the line in Dhaka, Patel scythed through Bangladesh in their chase of 129, returning 4 for 16 – his best T20 figures – as a second-string New Zealand pulled off a memorable 52-run win.”I guess, as a spinner, you thrive on conditions like this and you have to take a bit of responsibility in these conditions to try and make sure you can do something for your team,” Patel told the broadcaster at the post-match presentation. “It was nice to get a few [wickets] up top and I thought all our bowlers bowled brilliantly. I thought we bowled really well as a collective and our spinners [Cole McConchie (3-15) and Rachin Ravindra (1-13) were the others] did a great job.”Related
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Patel went too short and wide with his first ball, which was laced through the covers by Liton Das, but soon eased into his rhythm and outwitted the batters with his variations, including a yorker that cannoned into Afif Hossain’s off stump.”You know, for me, it was trying to get a read for the player. I knew Mahedi (Hasan) was going to try and take me on, so I tried to tighten him up, bowl a little bit quicker and flatter and try to squeeze one through him,” Patel said after the match. “Obviously, Shakib (Al Hasan) – we know how dangerous a player he is, so it was about trying to make sure I take some pace away from him.”I was fortunate there; he kind of mistimed it, and Afif, I bowled him a couple of slower ones, so it was really about the next one, trying to make sure I can fire a quicker, flatter one in.”Patel explained that darting the ball into the Dhaka pitch on an in-between length posed the biggest threat to the batters. “Obviously, over here, we’ve realised it differs quite considerably from day to day. It’s about figuring out what the pace for the surface is and what’s the most dangerous ball,” Patel said. “So, for me, it was really about trying to get over the top of the ball today, make sure I bowl the ball into the wicket and make sure I spin the ball hard.”So, that was my main focus today, and from thereon it was about changes of pace, line and variation, using the crease. As a fingerspinner, you know that you are limited in terms of how many ways you can turn the ball, but you can definitely use the crease and changes in pace and variations that way to kind of make a difference.”Cole McConchie also earned his career -best bowling numbers•AFP via Getty Images
McConchie also netted his best T20 figures to give Patel good support from the other end. Das had picked off the offspinner for back-to-back leg-side fours and when he went for another sweep two balls later, McConchie found just enough turn from a good length to trap him for 15 off 11 balls. As for Ravindra, he got the wicket of Mohammad Naim, the other opener, and didn’t concede a single boundary in his four overs.Patel credited McConchie and Ravindra for ramping up the pressure on Bangladesh. Even Mushfiqur Rahim couldn’t put them away as he laboured to an unbeaten 20 off 37 balls. “It’s always great to have other spinners alongside you and both of them bowled brilliantly tonight,” Patel said. “And it could’ve easily been them with three or five wickets. Oh, Cole did get three wickets, but Rachin could’ve easily got three or four as well.”So, it’s great in that sense that we can communicate and have a chat about what’s working and what’s not working. I guess, for me, I’ve played a little bit more cricket; it’s a small responsibility that I take on myself to kind of make sure that I can give them some feedback on what the surface is doing and what we can look to do.”Patel acknowledged that the 66-run sixth-wicket stand between Henry Nicholls and Tom Blundell was central to New Zealand keeping the series alive. Nicholls and Blundell came together at 62 for 5 in the 11th over and after bedding in, they took 46 off the last five overs. Nicholls belted Mustafizur Rahman’s whippy cutters down the ground and over extra cover for fours while Blundell pulled off eye-catching scoops despite the lack of pace from Rahman.”I thought they both batted brilliantly. Obviously, it’s not easy on that surface to kind of go out there and bat and feel comfortable,” Patel said. “But they scrapped hard and played some great cricketing shots and put some pressure on the Bangladesh bowlers. We were fortunate that they got us close to 130 [128 for 5] and we thought that was a reasonable score but we were in with a chance if we bowl well. I guess we started off quite well, which allowed us to put a bit more pressure on the Bangladesh batsmen. Batting, obviously, is the tough part out here and I thought our batters did a great job today.”Patel believed that New Zealand could yet snatch the series if they keep digging deep. “It’s great that the series is still alive,” he said. “We really feel like if we fight and scrap well, we’ve got a good chance. So, it’s just making sure we turn up next game and put our best foot forward again and make sure we’re ready for a fight.”