Sakariya himself is working his way back from injury, having last played competitive cricket in February 2024
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Umran Malik’s last competitive game was in IPL 2024•PTI
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) have brought in left-arm seamer Chetan Sakariya as a replacement for Umran Malik, who has been sidelined from IPL 2025.Malik, 25, has not played a competitive match since IPL 2024, when he played just one game for Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH). Sakariya himself is working his way back from injury. He was last in action in a representative match during the Ranji Trophy in February 2024.An out-and-out quick who can hit 150kph, Malik burst on to the scene in 2021, but has been troubled by injuries and illness since. He was due to play the Duleep Trophy at the start of the 2024-25 domestic season, but had to be withdrawn after suffering a bout of dengue. He then suffered a hip fracture.Related
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Malik has played eight T20Is, picking up 11 wickets at an economy rate of 10.48. As for Sakariya, he has played two T20Is, taking one wicket at an economy rate of 9.27.Sakariya could potentially fill in for Spencer Johnson, who is KKR’s first-choice left-arm fast bowler. Malik’s injury-enforced absence now means that KKR don’t have a like-for-like Indian option for Anrich Nortje, who is also prone to injury.Sakariya was with the KKR squad as a reserve player last season and in this season, he was a net bowler with them before being picked as a replacement player.”I feel very happy. It feels like I never left the squad, and have just rejoined the team the next year with the same energy and in the same environment,” Sakariya told . “I am very grateful to the KKR management for trusting me. I am in a good state of mind and I have prepared well.”Sakariya is looking forward to working with the KKR coaching staff, including B Arun and Dwayne Bravo.”In our coaching staff, we can work on our technical aspect as well as tactical. We have the combination of both,” he said. “If we need any help with planning for a match, we can go to DJ Bravo, and if there’s an issue with our rhythm or something, Bharat Arun is renowned for that. So we fast bowlers will get both benefits here.”KKR are the defending champions, having beaten SRH in the IPL 2024 final.Click here for KKR’s full squad.
استقر كرونسلاف يورتشيتش المدير الفني لفريق بيراميدز، على تشكيل لاعبيه في مواجهة نهضة بركان اليوم في كأس السوبر الإفريقي.
ويلتقي بيراميدز مع نهضة بركان المغربي مساء السبت على استاد الدفاع الجوي في نهائي كأس السوبر الإفريقي.
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ويلعب بيراميدز السوبر الإفريقي للمرة الأولى في تاريخه بعد الفوز ببطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا، بينما نهضة بركان بصفته بطلًا للكونفدرالية الإفريقية.
ويبحث بيراميدز عن الفوز على نهضة بركان للتتويج ببطولة كأس السوبر الإفريقي، الفوز بالبطولة الرابعة بعد كأس مصر ودوري أبطال إفريقيا وكأس الثلاث قارات. تشكيل بيراميدز المتوقع أمام نهضة بركان اليوم
حراسة المرمى: أحمد الشناوي.
خط الدفاع: محمد الشيبي – علي جبر – أحمد سامي – محمد حمدي.
خط الوسط: محمود زلاكة – مهند لاشين – بلاتي توريه.
خط الهجوم: مصطفى زيكو – إيفرتون دا سيلفا – فيستون مايلي.
Novo reforço do Botafogo, Valentín Adamo está no Rio de Janeiro. O atacante desembarcou no Rio de Janeiro no fim da manhã deste domingo (6) e se apresentará ao Glorioso na segunda-feira (7).
O jovem só deve se encontrar com os novos colegas de clube na quinta-feira (10). Após o confronto com o Cruzeiro, a delegação botafoguense embarcará para o Paraguai, país no qual medirá forças com o Guaraní no jogo de volta das oitavas da Copa Sul-Americana.
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O jogador de 21 anos realizou exames em solo uruguaio e, posteriormente, assinou contrato com o Botafogo até o fim de 2026.
Valentín Adamo atua profissionalmente desde 2022, no River Plate, do Uruguai. Neste ano, ele foi cedido ao Progreso, clube da Segundona uruguaia. No clube, marcou nove gols em 19 jogos. Cinco deles foram na Liga Ascenso.
O Botafogo adquiriu 80% dos direitos econômicos de Valentín Adamo por R$ 1,5 milhão ao River Plate, do Uruguai. Após ter regularizado questões burocráticas, o clube aguarda o tempo de registrá-lo no BID da CBF para que o atacante fique à disposição do técnico Bruno Lage.
After a mixed start to their Premier League campaign, Leeds United and Daniel Farke have been handed a number of injury issues ahead of their all-important clash against relegation rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers.
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With one win and a draw in their first four games back in the Premier League, Leeds have shown plenty of promise when it comes to carving out narrow results.
But there’s still a long way to go before they break the trend of promoted clubs heading straight back down to the Championship. That didn’t stop Farke from praising his side’s defensive work ahead of their trip to Wolves, however.
Barring a 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Arsenal, Leeds have kept a clean sheet against Everton and Newcastle and conceded just the one goal in a last-gasp defeat against Fulham last time out. Defensively, the Whites have been impressively stubborn.
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It’s going forward that they’ve struggled. And recent injury news certainly won’t help in that regard. Farke confirmed that Dan James is a major doubt to face Wolves, whilst goalkeeper Lucas Perri is also sidelined alongside another key attacking talent.
Gnonto now facing late Leeds fitness test
As revealed by Farke, Wilfried Gnonto is also an injury doubt to face Wolves and could deal Leeds’ frontline another frustrating blow. So often the bright spark in what has been a blunt attack so far this season, Gnonto’s absence would hand Wolves a major boost and deal the Whites more trouble in front of goal.
It’s not just those at Elland Road who have been impressed by Gnonto over the years, either. The last time that Leeds were in the Premier League, it was Manchester United legend Gary Neville who was leading the praise for the winger.
The former defender said: “Sometimes you see potential and talent but watching him so closely, his understanding of where to be, his choice of pass, when to run with it, his awareness of teammates, really good honestly.”
Ex-Leeds star Jermaine Beckford also described Gnonto as “direct” in what is the trait that Leeds are likely to miss the most if he is sidelined against Wolves this weekend.
New painting of pathbreaking former England captain and current head coach installed in Long Room
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Charlotte Edwards poses in front of her portrait in the Long Room at Lord’s•MCC / Jed Leicester
When Charlotte Edwards first entered the Lord’s pavilion as a 17-year-old, to play South Africa in 1997, Marylebone Cricket Club was still a year away from its seminal vote on accepting female membership of the club, and as a consequence she and her fellow players were not permitted to enter the field of play via the Long Room at Lord’s.Almost 30 years later, Edwards has now been installed as a permanent fixture in that same iconic room, following the grand unveiling of her official MCC portrait at Lord’s on Thursday night. Depicted on the home dressing-room balcony, kitted out in her 2009 T20 World Cup-winning kit, and positioned by the northern-most window of the room with her gaze permanently fixed on the centre of the pitch, it is an evocative installation that epitomises the extent to which Edwards has become utterly synonymous with the self-styled Home of Cricket.”I’m obviously very proud, and obviously very pleased with the portrait as well,” Edwards said. “I knew that I wanted it to be on the balcony, because that was how I remember Lord’s and I even wore my 2009 kit, which I somehow got into after a few years. When I saw it, I was like, ‘wow, this is pretty special’, and to walk in there tonight and see where it’s been placed, I couldn’t be happier.”The honour caps a momentous month for Edwards, and the women’s game as a whole. On April 1, she was unveiled as the new head coach of the England Women’s team (and will be back at Lord’s in that capacity in July for the second ODI against India), while the start of the new tiered county competition this month marked another vital staging post in the sport’s accelerated development.Edwards’ new portrait was painted by Hero Johnson•MCC / Jed Leicester
“There’s been a lot happening in the last few weeks for me, it’s been quite a whirlwind,” she said. “So this feels like a nice end to a really manic last three weeks for me, really.”I was lucky enough to be at Trent Bridge this week,” she added, where Lancashire landed an eight-wicket victory against Nottingham-based The Blaze. “I just loved watching it, because it was just so pure. It’s so genuine. I was sitting on my own at about half past nine, watching both teams warming up, and I was just so excited and proud of where women’s cricket is at. I was proper chuffed when I went to bed last night thinking, ‘this is the future of the game now’.”I’m going to go to Hove this weekend to watch Yorkshire and Sussex in Tier 2, and it’s so important for the game, to think that some of these young players have got that real goal now of playing Tier 1 cricket. It feels like it’s given women’s cricket a massive lift, and it’s obviously a good time for me to take over and be involved in all of this.”Related
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Clearly, the substance of women’s cricket is what matters most at this juncture, yet the symbolism of Edwards’ honour should not be underestimated either. There are some 3000 paintings in the MCC’s vast collection, including 287 official portraits. Hers is just the third of a woman to have been commissioned, following those of Rachael Heyhoe Flint and Claire Taylor.Painted by Hero Johnson, whose previous commissions include Lord Puttnam and Michael Bond, the creator of Paddington Bear, the process required patience and focus – traits for which Edwards was clearly renowned. “I got the email [confirming the commission] around two-and-a-half years ago,” she said, “and then I came in at the end of September 2023 for about three or four sittings, and it went from there.”According to Charlotte Goodhew, MCC Collections and Programmes Manager, the artist’s brief was to capture Edwards’ “personality, her energy, her focus, as well as a true likeness of her”. To that end, the process involved numerous different settings, including a sitting at her second home at Hampshire’s Utilita Bowl, and three separate portraits – which it is hoped will be put on public display when they are completed.However, it was ultimately decided that Lord’s and Edwards was the only composition that made sense, which is both ironic and fitting, when you consider the journey to recognition that she epitomises.”Lord’s is the only ground I ever wanted to play at growing up,” she said. “I watched the 1993 [Women’s] World Cup on the BBC, just dreaming that one day that I’d get to play there, and to captain a World Cup-winning team here has to be the pinnacle of anyone’s career, really. Now to think there’s a portrait of me now is amazing. I’ve never, ever taken it for granted, because I know how special this place is.”And, as Goodhew adds, the positioning of the painting in the Long Room caused a chain reaction of rearrangement, with Glenn McGrath, the previous incumbent in that spot, sent across to the opposite corner of the room, and the Earl of Winchilsea – in his powdered wig and 18th-century finery – cut from the squad for the time being.”It’s huge for the women’s game, like having the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Gates,” Edwards said, of the Eastern entrance to the ground that was renamed in her honour in 2022. “It’s recognition of some of the wonderful players that have played and done so much for the game as well. But I never could have expected a portrait at Lord’s. When you look at the other names around the outside, I’ve never, ever seen myself in that light. But it’s a proud day for my family, knowing they’re all here, proper smiling, and coming down to witness a special occasion.”
يعتقد جيرمان جيناس لاعب خط وسط توتنهام السابق أن رحيل أحد لاعبي ليفربول السابقين قد أثر على أداء محمد صلاح هذا الموسم.
وكان ترينت ألكسندر أرنولد ظهير ليفربول السابق قد أنتقل إلى ريال مدريد في الصيف الماضي، وغالباً ما كان يمد محمد صلاح بالتمريرات الحاسمة والتي تساعده على التسجيل.
وعلى الرغم من أن جماهير ليفربول كانت سعيدة برحيل ترينت ألكسندر أرنولد بسبب رغبته في ذلك، إلا أنه أصبح من الواضح أن الفريق يفتقد إبداعاته.
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ويبدو أن ليفربول قد قام بسوق انتقالات تعاقدية للاعبين بمستويات أعلى بعد مغادرة أكثر من لاعب، ومع ذلك فقد بدأت بعض العيوب في الظهور ويبدو أن الكثير قد تغير في فترة زمنية قصيرة.
وظهرت إحدى أكبر مشاكل محمد صلاح هذا الموسم مع ليفربول وهي افتقاره للثقة أمام المرمى، مما جعله يقدم مستوى أقل من مستواه في الموسم الماضي.
وقال جيناس في تصريحات نشرتها “rousingthekop”: “أعتقد أن هذا النوع من الانسجام الذي كان بين الثنائي في الجانب الأيمن كان له تأثيره على صلاح لأنه عندما تنظر إليه لا يبدو أنه غير لائق بدنياً ولا يبدو أنه أصبح أبطأ”.
وأضاف: “من الواضح أنه فقد ثقته بنفسه، هذا أمر سيحدث لجميع اللاعبين سواء كانوا رائعين أو غير رائعين لكني أعتقد أن قضية أرنولد قد غابت عن الأنظار قليلاً وعلى الأرجح الآن يجلسون في ليفربول ويفكرون، ربما كان علينا الحصول على المال”.
O Palmeiras quer reforçar o elenco no apagar das luzes das inscrições para esta temporada. O alvo é o argentino Roberto Pereyra, que está livre no mercado desde que deixou a Udinese-ITA, em julho. Por enquanto as conversas não estão em estágio avançado, mas os representantes do jogador já sabem quais os valores que o Verdão está disposto a pagar pela contratação, mas com a condição de que se respeite o prazo para resposta.
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Pereyra era alvo do Santos, mas o clube da Baixada descartou completamente a chegada do atleta após várias tentativas. Alexandre Gallo, dirigente santista, chegou a ir para a Itália negociar pessoalmente, mas não chegou a um acordo. Segundo fontes do Peixe, Palmeiras e Botafogo já haviam aparecido como concorrentes nessa reta final de negociação fracassada.
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A reportagem apurou que o meio-campista nutria esperanças de acertar com algum time ‘de ponta’ no futebol italiano, que jogasse a primeira divisão, mas a janela do país fechou no dia 1º de setembro.
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Sem grandes ofertas europeias e com outras janelas fechando, como a da Arábia Saudita (7 de setembro), o mercado brasileiro pode se tornar interessante novamente. Daí surge um potencial interessado, que é o Alviverde, que apresentou quanto gostaria de pagar para essa contratação sem custos. Os representantes do jogador ficaram de dar uma resposta se prosseguirão na conversa ou não, mas o Palmeiras deu um prazo (não revelado pela reportagem) para que esse parecer fosse dado.
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Com passagem pela seleção argentina, o meia de 32 anos atuou em quatro times na carreira: River Plate-ARG, Udinese-ITA, Juventus-ITA e Watford-ING. Na última temporada, com a camisa da Udinese, ele disputou 36 partidas, marcou cinco gols e distribuiu sete assistências.
Following the success of Nick Woltemade, Newcastle United are reportedly preparing to spend big once again to sign an impressive midfield star in 2026.
Newcastle's 2026 transfer plans
The Magpies have unfinished business in the transfer market. The majority of their summer window was spent searching for much-needed strikers before Yoane Wissa and Woltemade both arrived to replace the firepower of Alexander Isak. Now, with that problem solved, the Magpies have the chance to think about improvements elsewhere.
Just what that could entail is the big question. The transfer rumours are already coming thick and fast, with ambitious moves for the likes of Julian Brandt and Arda Guler mooted. The latter would be a particularly impressive signing, but given how he’s burst into life under Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid, there’s no doubt that it would be a difficult one to get over the line.
Whoever arrives should be keen to follow the Woltemade path. The towering striker has scored three goals in six games and has already earned the praise of manager Eddie Howe more than once.
The Newcastle boss told reporters in the build-up to Newcastle’s 4-0 thrashing of Union Saint-Gilloise in the Champions League: “We’re very pleased to have Nick with us. I think he’s started very strongly in what has been a difficult period for him because he’s been thrust straight into action with no training time of note with us.”
Adding further creators around the German should now be among Newcastle’s top priorities when 2026 arrives and that could yet see a big-money midfielder arrive.
Newcastle preparing £60m+ Sancet offer
According to reports in Spain, Newcastle are now preparing a €70m (£61m) offer to sign Oihan Sancet from Athletic Club in 2026. The midfielder reportedly has a release clause of €80m (£70m) in his current deal and the Magpies plan to get close to that with their first offer.
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Those at St James’ Park reportedly see Sancet as the perfect player to partner Sandro Tonali and Bruno Guimaraes at the heart of Howe’s midfield, but it remains to be seen whether they’ll match his release clause to skip any negotiations with Bilbao in 2026. Looking at the numbers, it’s clear to see the talent that they would be signing.
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Sancet
Joelinton
Minutes
1,620
2,393
Goals
15
4
Key Passes
21
23
Ball Recoveries
77
149
Whilst Sancet isn’t as combative as Joelinton, he would offer Newcastle a fresh goalscoring outlet from midfield. It’s the one trait that the Magpies occasionally lack in the middle of the park, but something that the Bilbao star would provide after netting 15 goals in La Liga last season.
Dubbed “underrated” by analyst Ben Mattinson, Newcastle should do everything to sign Sancet if the opportunity arrives in 2026. The Spaniard would take Howe’s midfield to yet another level.
RCB’s captain batted in the nets for close to 30 minutes without visible discomfort, and is “going well”, according to their team director
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Bobat: Break was disruptive but afforded rest for players
With Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) enjoying one of their best seasons in recent times before IPL 2025’s week-long suspension, their overseas players were “adamant” to “come back and finish the job”, according to their team director Mo Bobat.RCB are currently second on the points table with eight wins and three losses. They have 16 points, the same as table-toppers Gujarat Titans, and one more win will guarantee a playoffs spot.Related
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“We spoke quite a lot with our overseas guys even before they went and most of them were pretty adamant that they were keen to come back and finish the job,” Bobat said ahead of Saturday’s match against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). “We’ve had a good season so far, they want to come back and do that.”Like every other team, RCB have been scrambling to reassemble their squad ahead of the tournament’s resumption on Saturday, but they have managed to get all their overseas players back barring Josh Hazlewood, who is nursing a shoulder injury.Bobat did not divulge too many details about the availability of Hazlewood, who missed RCB’s last game before the suspension of the league. He confirmed that Rajat Patidar was recovering well from a finger injury in his right hand. Patidar, the RCB captain, batted in the nets for close to 30 minutes without any visible discomfort ahead of the KKR clash.3:14
Which overseas players are returning, and for how long?
“With Josh, as you’ll probably be aware, he’s our only player not here at the minute. He’s recovering from his shoulder niggle that he had,” Bobat said. “He’s doing that with Cricket Australia. Obviously, our medical team and their medical team have been liaising on what that detail looks like. He’s just taking that day by day and he’s trying to improve.”Patidar had an injury to his hand. He’s been building up ever so slowly. For him personally, probably the disruption gave him a few more days just to get through some of that early healing, for the swelling to go down and to get used to picking up [the bat] again. He’s practiced the last few days and he’s going well.”While RCB are likely to have a near full-strength squad for their first two league matches, they might need to bring in reinforcements once the playoffs arrive, should RCB make it. Jacob Bethell has been named in England’s squad for the West Indies ODIs and will fly back before RCB’s final group match in Lucknow. Lungi Ngidi is also only available until the end of the league stage, having been named in South Africa’s World Test Championship (WTC) final squad.”Obviously, we’ll lose Jacob Bethell and lose Lungi after a couple of games. So, there’s an obvious impact there,” Bobat said. “We’ve obviously got [Nuwan] Thushara in the squad, an international bowler chomping at the bit. Also, Rasikh Dar, a good bowler. So, we’ve got options in the squad, so certainly no concerns.”Over the next few days, we’ll think about potential replacements. There’s a bit of clamour for that at the minute and lots of teams are doing that. I prefer not to push these things, so we’ll just take our time and have a think about it.”
يخوض فريق الكرة بـ نادي بيراميدز مواجهة حاسمة أمام التأمين الإثيوبي، في اللقاء الذي يجمع بينهما اليوم ضمن منافسات دوري أبطال إفريقيا.
وتقام المباراة بين بيراميدز والتأمين الإثيوبي، على استاد الدفاع الجوي، ضمن منافسات إياب دور الـ32 من دوري أبطال إفريقيا.
ويدخل بيراميدز المباراة بطموح كبير لمواصلة مشواره القاري بقوة، بعدما انتهى لقاء الذهاب بالتعادل الإيجابي 1-1، ما يجعل الفريق المصري بحاجة إلى الفوز وحسم بطاقة التأهل إلى دور المجموعات.
ويخوض بيراميدز اللقاء بثقة عالية، بعد سلسلة من النتائج الإيجابية على الصعيدين المحلي والقاري، وسعيه لتأكيد مكانته كأحد أبرز الأندية الإفريقية في الوقت الحالي.
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