Former New Zealand coach Andy Moles is being touted as a candidate to become coach of Glamorgan following the high-profile departure of Matthew Maynard and ousted captain Jamie Dalrymple.According to the Daily Telegraph, Moles was interviewed by Glamorgan’s new managing director of cricket Colin Metson last week.Moles’ career in coaching has been chequered, and his time with Scotland and then New Zealand ended largely because of unrest among senior players.Other candidates linked with the vacancy include Australians Matthew Elliott and Matthew Mott.

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O presidente do Atlético-MG,Sérgio Sette Câmara, deu um pronunciamento criticando a postura do mandatário do América-MG. O dirigente do Coelho, Marcus Salum, reclamou da arbitragem mineira e da Federação Mineira de Futebol por causa do gol mal anulado de Aylon, na partida de ida da semifinal contra o Atlético-MG.

O presidente do Galo fez questão de enfatizar a superioridade da equipe alvinegra em relação ao América-MG. Sette Câmara também cobrou respeito de Macus Salum.

– Ficamos calados durante todos esses dias. Esperei, efetivamente, terminar esse jogo para dizer algumas coisas a respeito do que ocorreu nos últimos dias. Primeiro, falar da nossa terceira vitória seguida sobre o América-MG. Eu ouvi muitas reclamações. O primeiro jogo foi 3 a 0. O segundo foi 1 a 0, e o Atlético deu, na minha opinião, um baile no América na partida de ida (da semifinal), perdemos muitos gols. E hoje, mais uma vez, uma vitória incontestável, o que demonstra que o nosso time foi superior nas três partidas. Eu tinha uma questão importante a falar em relação às palavras proferidas durante a semana pelo presidente do América, Marcus Salum. Ele tem que entender que deve haver respeito às pessoas, aos dirigentes dos clubes e das federações. Ele não pode sair falando palavras ao vento, como ele fez na sexta-feira em uma rádio de Belo Horizonte. Pessoas não podem ter seu nome manchado. O Atlético-MG possui nos seus quadros pessoas honestas, trabalhadoras, cujo maior patrimônio é o seu nome. Eu entendo que a Federação também, eu conheço bem o Castellar (presidente da FMF). É um advogado brilhante, grande jurista. A gente não pode ter o nome jogado na lama e aventar que haveria algum tipo de conluio entre nós, Federação e arbitragem. Isso não pode acontecer – afirmou o dirigente.

O mandatário alvinegro disse quepretende processar Marcus Salum. Sette Câmara ainda mostrou grande expectativa para os clássicos da final do Campeonato Mineiro.

– Portanto, nesse aspecto, vamos interpelar o presidente do América, Marcus Salum, judicialmente. Que ele dê nome aos bois. E, se ele não fizer isso, terá que responder judicialmente. Vamos buscar a reparação desse dano que entendemos ser muito grave que ele fez durante a semana. E até acho que ele prejudicou o time dele. Ele pilhou demais e os jogadores ficaram muito preocupados com a arbitragem e se esqueceram de jogar bola. Resultado, mais uma vez o Atlético segue para a 12ª vez seguida na final do Campeonato Mineiro. Devagarzinho, o patinho feio vai chegando. Vamos ver como serão as finais. Eu tenho certeza que serão dois clássicos maravilhosos – disse o presidente do Galo.

O próximo desafio do Atlético-MG é contra o Cruzeiro, domingo, no Independência, às 16h. É o jogo de ida da decisão da competição.

Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini says life has been tough for him this season and has revealed a ‘radical change’ at the club since the arrival of Antonio Conte.

The Lowdown: Lloris competition

The 27-year-old arrived in north London in the summer on a season-long loan from Atalanta to add some serious competition for first-choice shot-stopper Hugo Lloris.

He has indeed made outings in the FA Cup, Conference League and Carabao Cup, but has failed to make an appearance in the Premier League, perhaps evidence that he is simply not good enough to really battle with Lloris.

That’s been a huge change for the man between the sticks, having played 32 games across all competitions for the Serie A outfit last campaign, and Gollini has admitted that the transition into English football hasn’t at all been easy for him, telling the Italian press: “It’s not easy to go from the Champions League to playing on the bench.”

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The Latest: Big fan of Conte

During that interview with Gazzetta Dello Sport’s SportWeek (via Sport Witness), the £9m-rated star revealed that he is a huge fan of his manager despite only playing three times since his compatriot arrived: “Everything has changed since Conte arrived.

“He brought everything that was missing, both to the club and to the group. Since his arrival, there has been a radical change from the point of view of mentality and work.

“Conte is also very human: he understands the players very well and knows how to adapt his work to the team he has at his disposal.”

The Verdict: Conte’s squad rebuild

Spurs do have the option to turn Gollini’s loan move into a permanent one in the summer, but whether his stay in the capital is extended or not will come down to Conte and sporting director Fabio Paratici.

The boss is said to be looking to reshape his squad during the upcoming transfer window, with a reported six new signings on the horizon, and so his future at the club will have to be contemplated ahead of the start of the 2022/23 campaign.

The Italian, who has been praised for being a “fantastic” player by former Tottenham defender Graham Roberts, has bags of potential to give, but it yet remains to be seen whether the hierarchy will offer him a real chance to prove it come the end of May.

In other news… a journalist has been reacting to Tottenham’s interest in one of their ‘spectacular’ transfer targets.

In the immediate aftermath of the opening Twenty20 international Chris Woakes had been calm enough to suggest the chase was always “under control” at the Adelaide Oval

Andrew McGlashan in Melbourne13-Jan-2011In the immediate aftermath of the opening Twenty20 international Chris Woakes, the England debutant who hit an unbeaten 19 to secure a one-wicket victory, had been calm enough to suggest the chase was always “under control” at the Adelaide Oval.After having a day to reflect on his achievement, which included pulling Shaun Tait for six, he admitted he was still trying to digest the game but didn’t seem overawed by the new attention and said he had more nerves with the ball than the bat.”It was a matter of trying to stay calm,” he said. “I knew we batted all the way to No. 11. It hasn’t really sunk in yet. I was just happy to make my debut, it was a huge honour for me. It was a great achievement for myself and the team to win the game.”I was a bit nervous before my first ball but I think it would be wrong not to have a few nerves on your debut. I thought I did okay, I could have gone a bit better, but overall I was pretty pleased.”Woakes was even laid back about his strong blow off Tait which reignited England’s chase after the loss of Eoin Morgan and Michael Yardy in consecutive deliveries from Shane Watson. “He’s one of the quickest bowlers in the world so I was just trying to watch the ball out of his hand,” he said. “There wasn’t much going through my mind except to get bat on ball.”Although one Twenty20 performance doesn’t make a career, it was an impressive beginning for a player who wouldn’t have been selected if Stuart Broad was fit and was a surprise selection ahead of Chris Tremlett for the opening match against Australia. But not for the first time in recent months England’s selectors made the right call.Woakes joined the tour in the wake of England’s Ashes success and the afterglow of that victory has helped make life easier for the 21-year-old. “The lads have been really welcoming,” he said. “Winning the Ashes was a great achievement so the lads are full of confidence and it’s a great changing room to be in at the moment.”Although unlikely, there remains a chance that Woakes could push himself into contention for a World Cup berth. The squad has to be named by January 19, three days after the opening one-day international in Melbourne. Most of England’s final 15 are secure, especially if Broad regains fitness, but one spot could be up for grabs and, even if Woakes doesn’t make the cut, he’s will be one of the first reserves.”I don’t think too far ahead,” he said. “Before Christmas I was with the academy here in Australia so was just focussing on that. Anything else that came was just an added bonus. There are guys out injured who will come back into the side so I can’t think about that [World Cup] right now.”

Everton reporter Tony Scott has been left in ‘disbelief’ by a video of the club’s travelling supporters at the weekend. 

The lowdown

Everton beat Leicester City 2-1 on Sunday to further boost their Premier League survival hopes.

Since a 3-2 defeat to relegation rivals Burnley on 6 April, The Toffees have picked up 10 points from a possible 15. The run includes unlikely victories against two top-six sides in Manchester United and Chelsea.

Frank Lampard’s side have now lifted themselves out of the relegation zone and up to 16th, a point ahead of Leeds United and Burnley. They travel to Watford on Wednesday night with the opportunity to extend that gap to four by winning what is a game in hand.

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The Liverpool Echo’s Scott reacted to footage of the Blues faithful celebrating their win at The King Power Stadium. The fans can be heard chanting in unison in an otherwise empty ground after the final whistle.

“I’ve watched this video on repeat and shook my head in disbelief at the support we get,” he tweeted. “It’s staggering!

“The fans have dragged this team up off the floor. Seeing parents with their kids in the away end belting out ‘Spirit of the Blues’ is absolutely priceless.”

The verdict

The atmosphere at Everton could be very different right now. They shouldn’t be battling to stay in the division, having finished in 10th place last season.

In these circumstances, the fanbase could easily have turned against the players and the manager, but instead, they’ve rallied behind them and proven to be the driving force behind this potentially season-saving run of form.

Take the win against Chelsea: Lampard called their contribution ‘massive’, The Echo’s Joe Thomas marvelled at the ‘incredible show of unity and passion’ as thousands lined the streets to welcome the team coach and BBC Sport commentator Guy Mowbray said the atmosphere inside the stadium was unparalleled.

There’s no doubt that this has made a difference.

In other news, a Spanish source names a potential defensive target.

With Virender Sehwag gone, Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel gave India a South African welcome – one that involved tenderizing gloves, bruising bodies and the smell of lacquer and leather

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It lasted three deliveries. After weeks of anticipation, and a four-and-a-half-hour rain delay, the duel between Dale Steyn and Virender Sehwag ended the moment the batsman touched the ball at SuperSport Park. Anti-climatic it may have been, but the South Africans were in raptures. With Sehwag gone, Steyn and Morne Morkel gave India a hostile welcome – one that involved tenderising gloves, bruising bodies and the smell of lacquer and leather. India were hustled and hurried by bouncers, but it was the fuller follow-up delivery that brought South Africa the wickets.The Indians had spent a week at Gary Kirsten’s academy in Cape Town customising their preparation for today but no simulation could match the reality of Steyn and Morkel. The batsmen were unable to score – even if only to get off strike, to deny the bowler consecutive deliveries at a particular player and the time to execute plans. Of 122 deliveries bowled in the first session, 101 were dots and India’s accomplished line-up continued to underperform in their bogey country.Overnight and early-morning downpours had dampened conditions, prompting Graeme Smith, with an attack far classier than India’s previous opponents New Zealand, to put India in. The first delivery set the tone: Steyn hit Gautam Gambhir’s back pad and a close lbw appeal was denied. Sehwag shouldered arms twice in Steyn’s opening over, and in the bowler’s second, he attempted to flay the ball through cover point. It moved away a fraction and flew off the edge to Hashim Amla, placed at third man for precisely that. Steyn 1, Sehwag 0, India 1 for 1 and stunned.Gambhir was perhaps lucky on 1, when a ripsnorter from Morkel rose from a length and sped towards his face. Gambhir began to sway and then fended helplessly. The ball appeared to kiss the glove and was pouched by Mark Boucher, but umpire Steve Davis shook his head. Morkel had touched speeds of 150kph during his first spell and was perhaps just too quick.The reprieve cost South Africa only four runs, perhaps the hardest runs Gambhir has made. Morkel pounded in from round the wicket, pitched the ball short of a length, angled it into the left-hander, targeting the body and sometimes the head. Pinned to the crease without room outside off, Gambhir ducked and defended in discomfort.There was no respite against Steyn either. Following a brief exchange of words, Steyn let rip. Gambhir took his eyes off the bouncer and took the ball on his back. The next ball was fuller, moved away from the left-hander, and beat the tentative poke outside off stump. Gambhir was soon put out of his misery, though, and it was the follow-up ball to the bouncer that got him. Having been cornered by the short-pitched attack from Morkel, he drove at a fuller one with poor footwork, and edged to first slip.Dravid had appeared the most comfortable, relatively speaking, taking his bottom hand off the bat to fend off rising deliveries, careful to leave anything outside off, and compact while playing deliveries aimed at his body. Morkel then got one to jag sharply into him from outside off. Dravid was caught on the crease, hit on the pad and Morkel was celebrating his 100th Test wicket, having reduced India to 27 for 3.The smattering of rain-resistant spectators gave Sachin Tendulkar a warm reception and he responded to adversity by taking on the less-threatening Lonwabo Tsotsobe. Tendulkar pulled him twice for fours from outside off stump, drove fluently through cover and guided to third man. Neither Tendulkar nor VVS Laxman was tested much by South Africa’s support act, but their respite was fleeting and ended soon after the break for tea.Tendulkar continued to attack Steyn, edging past his stumps before driving through extra cover and cutting past point – all for boundaries. Steyn responded with two similar deliveries, on a good length, straight and fast. The first beat Laxman’s flick from the crease and uprooted middle stump. The second beat Tendulkar’s flick from the crease and hit the pad, otherwise it too would have uprooted middle stump. Between those dismissals Suresh Raina, who appeared brittle as a leaf in a thunderstorm, had edged Jacques Kallis to third slip. India, at 71 for 6, were being cooked on a .Harbhajan Singh fought, as he usually does, but a trigger movement towards leg as the fast bowlers attacked him betrayed nervousness. He hit the day’s first six, clouting Tsotsobe over long-on, before losing his grip on the bat while attempting a third to be run out. The tailenders had no chance against the barrage, and only Dhoni, with his awkward movements, threw a few counterpunches.Rain had threatened to ruin the opening day of the series, the terrific efforts of the groundstaff had ensured it wasn’t washed out, and similar efforts from South Africa’s fearsome new-ball attack ensured that lost time was made up.

Harbhajan Singh, the India offspinner, said he enjoyed the bounce that he got out of the Kingsmead pitch but it also took precise bowling in fast-scoring conditions to succeed as a bowler. He returned 4 for 10 in 7.2 overs, his seventh-best figures outside India.”There is extra bounce, but you still need to be very sure of your length,” Harbhajan said. “Anything slightly short or slightly full can go for runs, at least for a spinner. Fast bowlers need to make the batsmen come forward. That really brings them into the game. But spinners can go for runs because the boundaries are small, and with the good bounce batsmen can connect well.”The major contribution from Harbhajan was Hashim Amla’s wicket. Along with VVS Laxman, Amla has looked the most comfortable batsman in this low-scoring game, and Harbhajan said, even though eventually 18 wickets fell on the second day, things were looking hard for the bowlers when Amla was at the wicket. “There’s nothing wrong with the wicket, it’s still a good one. If you bowl in the right areas, there is a little bit of extra bounce but no lateral movement. The bowlers have a chance to get wickets, but the way Hashim was going, batting was looking simple. It’s the kind of wicket where if a batsman gets in, he needs to make full use of it. I don’t know how 18 wickets fell in a day on this wicket.”Harbhajan’s second wicket was special for a couple of reasons: it got Rahul Dravid his 200th Test catch, and his 50th off Harbhajan’s bowling. “He took a brilliant catch but it would have been nice to see him still batting at stumps, but unfortunately he’s not there.”India did have a disappointing spell where they lost four quick wickets after bowling South Africa out for 131, one of whom was Dravid, but to their relief VVS Laxman and Cheteshwar Pujara batted out close to the last one-and-a-half hours, and Harbhajan said those two would be crucial in setting South Africa a competitive target. “There’s still a lot of cricket left. We don’t want to be complacent. We want to bat well tomorrow. Hopefully Laxman and Pujara can bat a long time and get a lot of runs on the board, and then we’ll take it from there. We need to make sure we score more than 300 to give ourselves a good chance.”Harbhajan was pleased with how Pujara batted, playing only his second Test. “He showed great character to stick it out and let us know he wants to be a player who can be counted on. He practises very hard, and is a gutsy player; he’s not worried about the bounce or the pace or anything. I hope he can convert all the domestic runs he’s scored into international success.”

Lord MacLaurin, the former chairman of the ECB, has laid into the “crazy” schedule that England’s cricketers have been subjected to in Australia this winter, but believes it will have little bearing on their performance in the World Cup

Andrew Miller07-Feb-2011Lord MacLaurin, the former chairman of the ECB, has laid into the “crazy” schedule that England’s cricketers have been subjected to in Australia this winter, but believes that their 6-1 thrashing in the one-day leg of a four-month tour will have little bearing on their performance in the forthcoming World Cup.The England team arrives back in the UK on Tuesday afternoon, almost exactly a month after retaining the Ashes in style with an innings-and-83-run victory in the fifth and final Test at Sydney.At the time, the achievement was rightly hailed as one of the most meticulously planned successes in the history of English cricket, with the ECB’s planners and the team’s back-room staff earning as much credit for their efforts as the players themselves. However, in the wake of their one-day drubbing, the team’s welcoming committee is unlikely to be as rapturous as might have been the case in the immediate aftermath of the Test series.What is more, the players themselves are unlikely to be particularly high-spirited either, seeing as they will be reconvening at the airport on Saturday after just three days with their families, ahead of their departure for Dhaka and a further seven-week stint at the World Cup. England’s coach, Andy Flower, voiced his own frustration at the end of the Australia tour, and called for a greater say in the team’s future plans.”I think it’s a crazy itinerary,” Lord MacLaurin told ESPNcricinfo. “You are asking a load of guys to go out to Australia for 100 days, and concentrate on a Test series in which they did extraordinarily well, so I’m sure they would say that the one-day series is after the Lord Mayor’s show. Do you really want to go into seven ODIs when you’ve been at high-pitch Test cricket for a number of weeks, especially when they did supremely well?”During his tenure as the first chairman of ECB from 1997 to 2003, MacLaurin was credited with a number of initiatives that transformed the standing of English cricket, including the standardisation of the team’s uniform and a better presentation of the players when at home and on tour. In many ways, the 2010-11 Ashes was the ultimate statement of the team’s new-found professionalism – however, no-one has been able to legislate for an itinerary that has been designed to exhaust.On the morning after the series win in Sydney, the players were sent on a long-distance coach trip to Canberra to prepare for the ODI series, and amid an itinerary that included a further eight internal flights, they have succumbed to a host of injuries – the most recent of which is the broken finger that now jeopardises Eoin Morgan’s participation in the World Cup.”I think we’d all agree that the past seven matches have been a bit futile, and I don’t think anybody’s learnt too much about each other from that,” said MacLaurin. “The Ashes campaign was a magnificent effort from all concerned – it was very, very well planned and all credit to them – but I wouldn’t worry about the one-day defeat, to be quite honest with you. I think the team needs a bit of a break, and I think they will do reasonably well at the World Cup.”The situation mirrors that which England encountered in the winter of 1995-96, shortly before the start of MacLaurin’s tenure as ECB chairman, in which they went to an Asian World Cup on the back of a tiring Test series in South Africa and a subsequent 6-1 ODI defeat, and were humbled by Sri Lanka in a seminal quarter-final in Faisalabad.While MacLaurin maintained that, ultimately, the volume of international cricket was an ICC concern, he believed that the professionalism of the current squad was such that they would be more than capable of rising to their next challenge.”I think the whole thing is better managed these days,” said MacLaurin. “I don’t think anyone particularly wanted these seven matches, but I’m sure there’s a lot of steel in this side, a lot of determination, and a lot of very good leadership, and we probably didn’t have that all those years ago – in fact I’m sure we didn’t have it.”Mike Atherton, England’s captain during that 1996 campaign, reiterated MacLaurin’s faith in the current set-up. “This squad is better able to cope with the itinerary, because they have been very successful over the last two years,” he told ESPNcricinfo. “Beating Australia in the Tests, actually hammering them, will give them a deep well of confidence going into the World Cup.”A pounding in the ODIs is not ideal, but they are better able to come back from that, for a number of reasons,” Atherton added. “They are far more experienced in the subcontinent than our squad was, and these days, they are playing a style of game all year round, in England and abroad, in which they go out and try to whack it from ball one. You just feel it’s not going to affect them as much as it would have done ten or so years ago.””I have huge confidence in the abilities of Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower, and all those associated with the ECB,” added MacLaurin. “I’ve been vocal about one of two things about the ECB since I left office, but you have to give credit where credit is due, and the set-up there now is good, and to win the Ashes is a huge, huge achievement. I still think we might surprise a few people in the World Cup, and I wouldn’t take too much notice of this last 6-1.”

بعث الأرجنتيني رودريجو دي بول برسالة طمأنينة بعد أنباء إصابته، وذلك قبل مباراة منتخب بلاده أمام هولندا في مونديال قطر 2022.

وأفادت تقارير أن دي بول يعاني من انزعاج عضلي في أوتار الركبة، وهو ما حدث أمس في التدريبات، وقد تدرب بشكل منفرد.

وعبر حسابه على “إنستجرام” نشر دي بول صورة له من تدريبات منتخب بلاده وكتب: “كل شيء بخير.. نستمر في العمل ونجهز آخر التفاصيل لنهائي جديد، هيا منتخبنا، الكل معًا”.

لم يكن هناك تقرير طبي رسمي حتى الآن من منتخب الأرجنتين حول حالة دي بول، على الرغم من حقيقة أن اللاعب قد خضع بالفعل لفحوصات لمعرفة ما إذا كانت هناك إصابة في العضلات بحسب ما أفادت “ESPN”

ويوضح التقرير أنه من حيث المبدأ، لن يشارك اللاعب في مباراة الجمعة ضد هولندا، ومع ذلك، فإن الجهاز الفني للمنتخب الأرجنتيني لم يستبعد ذلك بعد وسوف يدرسون حالته مرة أخرى يوم الخميس.

ويلتقي منتخب الأرجنتين مع هولندا يوم الجمعة في تمام التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، في ربع نهائي مونديال قطر 2022.

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Os meio-campistas Adilson Goiano e Murilo são esperados no Majestoso para exames médicos e clínicos e, uma vez aprovados, deverão reforçar a Ponte Preta para a temporada 2018. O primeiro jogador, que já vestiu a camisa da Ponte Preta em 2014, joga mais como volante, mas também pode atuar como meia. O segundo disputou o Paulistão pelo Novorizontino e é esperado no Moisés Lucarelli nesta tarde de quinta.

Já o meia-atacante Murilo chega nesta sexta-feira – no qual o elenco treina durante a tarde, de olho no segundo jogo do troféu do Interior – e durante o paulista defendeu o Linense. O atleta de 24 anos também já defendeu as cores do Goiás, time de formação do atleta.

Adilson Goiano tem passagens porFutebol Clube de Arouca, de Portugal, Novorizontino, Bragantino, Vila Nova, XV de Piracicaba, além da Ponte Preta. Murilo, por ser mais jovem já atuou no Goiás, Linense e Aparecidense.