Celtic will be unable to make Jota’s loan move at Parkhead a permanent one this summer, according to former Hoops striker Frank McAvennie.

The Lowdown: Jota superb for Ange

The 23-year-old joined Ange Postecoglou’s side last summer, having sealed a season-long loan deal from Portuguese giants Benfica.

Jota has proven to be a superb signing for Celtic, scoring and assisting nine times apiece in the Scottish Premiership, as well as being hailed as ‘unbelievable’ by his manager, who is clearly a big fan having started the youngster whenever possible.

The hope is that the attacker stays at Parkhead beyond the end of this season, signing permanently for a fee believed to be around £6m, but that doesn’t look likely to be the case.

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The Latest: Summer exit backed

Speaking to Football Insider, McAvennie claimed that based on what he’s seen – namely the attacker not signing a deal already – Jota will return to Benfica in the summer:

“I don’t think so. I would love it to happen. Every time I see him he has been tremendous.

“He can be a bit hot and cold sometimes but he has been different class since he came back from injury. He’s a talented boy and I hope he likes what is happening at Celtic. It’s a great environment.

“He’s one hell of a player but I think if he was going to sign then he would have by now. Maybe I’m wrong, I hope I am wrong but maybe he has his eyes on a move somewhere else this summer.”

The Verdict: Hard to keep hold of him

Jota’s performances this season are exactly what Benfica would have hoped for, giving a young player valuable playing time before returning to the club.

Sadly, it is difficult to see them allowing the Portuguese starlet to leave permanently, meaning Postecoglou will be tasked with bringing in a similarly productive wide player.

The hope is that the situation changes, of course, and if Benfica suddenly gave the green light over a move to Celtic, they should jump at the chance to get it done, but the Eagles have likely realised they can get a much bigger fee than £6m or integrate him into their own squad.

In other news, Celtic are reportedly looking to sell one player this summer. Find out who it is here.

Wolves reportedly lead the race to sign Sporting CP midfielder Joao Palhinha this summer, having been linked with him in the recent past.

The Lowdown: Palhinha linked with move

Bruno Lage faces the potential blow of losing Ruben Neves at the end of the season, with the Portuguese maestro tipped to complete a move to Barcelona or another of Europe’s elite clubs.

One player who has been linked with arriving at Molineux instead is Palhinha, who has grown into an influential figure in Sporting’s midfield.

The 26-year-old has made 25 Primeira Liga appearances this season, as well as starting six Champions League matches before his side’s defeat to Manchester City.

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The Latest: Wolves in pole position

Now, a fresh update has emerged regarding Palhinha’s future, with Record [via Sport Witness] claiming that Wolves are the front-runners to sign him.

He is described as a ‘preferential target’ for Lage’s side and they are readying an offer for him, with Atletico Madrid also credited with showing interest.

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The Verdict: Strong midfield contender

Palhinha looks the ideal replacement for Neves in many ways, assuming the current Wolves hero moves onto pastures new at the end of the season.

At 26, he is at a good age to come in and provide immediate quality and experience, and he has enjoyed an 87.9% pass completion rate in the league this season, which is actually superior to Neves’ tally (83.8%).

Palhinha may feel he has outgrown the Primeira Liga and is ready to test himself in the Premier League and he and Wolves look a perfect fit, with their Portuguese core an added bonus.

In other news, one Wolves player has been linked with a summer exit. Find out who it is here.

قال المدرب الإسباني خوان كارلوس جاريدو إن موافقته على تدريب نادي الإسماعيلي كانت لرغبته في العودة إلى مصر لأنه يحبها.

وأضاف جاريدو في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر فضائية “أون تايم سبورتس 2”: “الإسماعيلي فريق جيد، وأعتقد أنهم يستطيعون تقديم موسم جيد، ولو كنت استمريت معهم لكنت حققت نتائج جيدة، ولكن كنا نعاني من سوء توفيق”.

طالع.. رسميًا | الإسماعيلي يعلن توجيه الشكر لـ جاريدو وتعيين مدرب مؤقت

وأردف: “أنا أحب تدريب الفرق التي يكون بها ضغط جماهيري، لأن كلما كان الجمهور خلف الفريق ويُطالبه بالنتائج الجيدة يتشجع اللاعبين، وهذا أمر إيجابي بالنسبة لي، بذلت أقصى جهدي في كل مباراة مع الإسماعيلي ولكن التوفيق ليس بيدي”.

وتابع: “انزعجت جدًا من قرار الإقالة، لأنني كنت أريد الاستمرار وكنت أعتقد أنني سأقدم نتائج جيدة، ولكن في اليوم التالي تقبلت الأمر وأنهينا العقد باحترام، وحتى الآن الاحترام متبادل بيننا”.

واستكمل: “الشروط التي وضعوها كانت جيدة ولم تكن هناك أي أزمة من ناحيتي والخروج كان بشكل محترم، وكنت على قدر كلامي، وأعتقد أنهم كانوا كذلك وسيتصرفون معي بشكل رجولي”.

اقرأ أيضًا | الإسماعيلي: سنتقدم بشكوى ضد حكم مباراة فيوتشر.. والأقرب لخلافة جاريدو مدرب مصري

وكشف جاريدو حقيقة ما تردد بشأن وقوع خلافات بينه وبين حسني عبد ربه: “عبد ربه شخص جيد ولم تكن هناك أي أزمة، وكان أمينًا معي ويُعاملني بشكل جيد، هو شخص يمتلك شخصية قوية وشريف، كنت دائمًا أحترم آرائه الفنية، وكان من المقربين لي، وأتمنى نعمل مع بعض سويًا مرة أخرى”.

وأتم معلقًا على حقيقة رفضه تعيين مديرًا للكرة بعد رحيل عبد ربه: “أنا مدرب الفريق ولست رئيس مجلس الإدارة، الإدارة هي التي تتخذ قرارها بشأن تعيين أحد أو رحيل آخر”.

Netherlands let themselves down with four run-outs and batsmen not converting starts into big scores. The regular fall of wickets meant Netherlands could never really use the batting Powerplay

Sidharth Monga in Chittagong14-Mar-2011There is an image that kept repeating itself, and summed up Netherlands’ game today. Their batsmen often found the length and width to cut, but kept hitting the ball in front of square, to cover-point. It resulted in a statistic that sums up their game: 185 dot balls out of the 278 they faced. In their first game of the tournament, when Netherlands scored 292 against England they faced 150 dot balls out of 305. Not only did they not last their full 50 overs, Netherlands scored off 35 balls fewer.It wasn’t easy for Netherlands. They were playing in Bangladesh for the first time, and no matter how much training you do on tailored pitches, batting on such slow tracks against pretty accurate and smart spinners is tough. More often than not, you don’t succeed in your first attempt, as Netherlands found out. They tried to manufacture shots against the seam bowlers when the ball was new and hard and the fields up. They even sent in a pinch hitter at the fall of the first wicket. It didn’t work.”Our ratio between runs and dot balls, and singles and boundaries was too low today,” Peter Borren, their captain, said. “We need to rotate the strike better. It is difficult here in these conditions, on this wicket, against the spinners, not as easy to rotate the strike as what we normally find. So this is something we have really tried hard to work on, and we came out short today.”It’s hard to practise for those conditions that we came out against today. Three left-arm spinners on a very, very slow wicket, trying to rotate the strike – I think the guys found it difficult, and if guys get in, they find it a little easier. It’s always difficult to start with. Once you are in, it’s easier. Today we got in a little bit, and then got out. Struggled to rotate the strike a bit.”The steady loss of wickets denied Ryan ten Doeschate the opportunity to take the batting Powerplay earlier than the 44th over•Getty ImagesNetherlands let themselves down with four run-outs and batsmen not converting starts into big scores. They would find it hard to blame themselves for two of those run-outs. One was a deflection off the bowler’s hand onto the non-striker’s stumps, and the other came out of confusion, with Ryan ten Doeschate trying to farm the strike with the No. 11.”What happens is it takes time to get in against the spinners on slow wickets,” Borren said. “It takes a little bit of getting used to. Today, every time we looked like getting a little bit used to it, we lost a wicket. Four run-outs, which was pretty crucial. It was hard work, the wicket was hard with their bowlers.”The regular fall of wickets meant Netherlands could never really use the batting Powerplay. On the face, it might have seemed ten Doeschate missed a trick by not calling for the Powerplay earlier than he eventually did, in the 44th over with nine wickets down, but to be fair to him there never were two batsmen set enough to utilise it. It could be argued that big batsmen take the risk and the responsibility alone in these situations, but perhaps the need to last the full 50 overs played on ten Doeschate’s mind. He stayed unbeaten on 53.”We kept losing wickets at crucial times,” Borren said. “You try and form a partnership between a couple of guys so they are both comfortable, and then you might take the Powerplay. We left the Powerplay till too late, we were nine down when we took it. The reason we didn’t take it earlier was, we were trying to build partnerships, and just kept failing to do that. Run-outs, a couple of poor dismissals – four run-outs, it’s pretty criminal at this level, and something we are really disappointed with.”

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O torcedor do Botafogo que quiser ir ao Maracanã para adquirir o Setor Norte para domingo terá que alterar seus planos. Nesta quarta-feira, o clube informou que os bilhetes do setor mais popular (R$ 40 inteira) só estarão à disposição no Nilton Santos e em General Severiano, cujas filas foram consideráveis ao longo do dia. O esquema se dará até sábado.

De acordo com informação de um funcionário responsável pela segurança das bilheterias do Maracanã, a baixa procura da torcida do Botafogo e a chegada de vascaínos ao Norte, destinado aos botafoguenses, fizeram com que a organização interrompesse a venda no local para evitar tumultos.

Os torcedores do Vasco, aliás, já esgotaram o específico Setor Sul, que tem os mesmos valores do Norte. No Maracanã, cabe destacar, seguem as vendas para Leste e Oeste, mistos – o primeiro custa R$ 60 (inteira) e o segundo, R$ 200 (inteira).

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Na ida, no Niltão, houve vendas online para as duas torcidas

SEM INGRESSOS ONLINE

A quatro dias do segundo jogo da final do Campeonato Carioca, os torcedores do Botafogo também ficaram cientes que não há venda de bilhetes pela internet. Apenas sócios cruz-maltinos, mandantes da partida, têm essa opção.

No domingo, dia do confronto, agendado para as 16h (de Brasília), apenasGeneral Severiano e São Januário terão ingressos disponíveis, isso até às 13h. O fato tem causado a revolta de diversos botafoguenses, sobretudo os que residem fora do Rio de Janeiro.

Ou seja, o torcedor de fora da cidade do Rio, simplesmente não pode ir na partida.
Não vende ingresso no dia e não vende pela internet.

Está de parabéns @VascodaGama

— Botafogo News ★ (@BotafogoNews) 4 de abril de 2018

Vale lembrar que, o Botafogo fez tudo certo na partida de ida no Nilton Santos. Deu benefícios iguais para a sua torcida e do Vasco, vendeu ingresso pela internet para ambas.

Isso tudo é medo da gente? Três rebaixamentos foi pouco pra você @VascodaGama

— Meu Botafogo (@MeuBotafogo) 4 de abril de 2018

Como Não? Me explica como algum cidadão comum que trabalha 8hr por dia vai poder comprar o ingresso p ir p jogo sem ser na hora ou online? Isso dificulta pra crlh a ida ao jogo. Botafogo nunca teve essa postura, de não vender online e tb negar a venda no dia da partida

— beiço #nadaprafazer (@_vnsantos) 4 de abril de 2018

ScorecardMatthew Wade’s half-century was in vain for Victoria•Getty Images

South Australia Redbacks spun their way to victory over the Victoria Bushrangers at the MCG – guaranteeing them the top spot and a home final on February 5. The Redbacks spinners Adil Rashid, Nathan Lyon and Aaron O’Brien restricted the hosts to a seemingly below-par score of 4 for 144, on a somewhat slow deck, and their batsmen knocked off the runs with five wickets to spare.It could have been much worse for the Bushrangers, but big-hitting wicketkeeper Matthew Wade (52 off 31 balls) saved their blushes, smashing 41 of the 43 runs scored in the final three overs.Michael Klinger started positively for the Redbacks but was run out thanks to some brilliant outfielding from Evan Gulbis. Aiden Blizzard looked sharp in the time he was at the crease, but was dismissed by a Brad Hodge full toss – caught at deep midwicket when he would have normally put it into the stands.Callum Ferguson fell cheaply before Daniel Harris and Cameron Borgas steadied the innings, leaving room for a cameo from Daniel Christian (28 off 17) to seal the match. Young spinner Jon Holland was the pick of the bowlers for the hosts, finishing with 2 for 23.The reigning champions have now been condemned to a bottom-place finish while the Redbacks have eight days off before they play the final at home on February 5. New South Wales play Queensland on Saturday night to decide where the Preliminary Final will be played against Tasmania.

Matthew Bell, the former New Zealand opening batsman, has announced his retirement from all forms of the game, after struggling with injuries over the past two seasons

ESPNcricinfo staff26-Jan-2011

Matthew Bell, the former New Zealand opening batsman, has announced his retirement from all forms of the game, after struggling with injuries over the past two seasons.”It’s a decision that’s been coming for a while now,” Bell said. “But it’s time for me to get on with the next phase of my life and to let some of the younger guys have the same chances that I’ve had. Retirement is a bit of an emotional thing but it was important to me to call time on it at the right time for the right reasons.”Bell, who made his Test debut against India in 1998 in Wellington, played 18 Tests for New Zealand scoring 729 runs at an average of 24.30. Following a poor Test series against Australia in 2001, he was dropped from the Test side only to be recalled seven years later in 2008 for the series against Bangladesh at home.He scored a century against Bangladesh in the first Test at Dunedin but played only four Tests after that, with his last Test against England in Napier in March 2008. Bell also played seven ODIs for New Zealand between 1998 and 2001.Bell represented Wellington at the first-class level in New Zealand for 14 seasons from 1997-98 and captained them for eight seasons. He scored 20 first-class centuries and is the only New Zealand batsman to twice score 1000 first-class runs in a domestic season and is the leading run-scorer for Wellington with 6565 runs.

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O Corinthians voltou aos trabalhos na manhã desta segunda-feira. Após bater o Fluminense na estreia no Campeonato Brasileiro por 2 a 1 no último domingo, o elenco fez um treino no CT Joaquim Grava. A principal novidade, no entanto, rolou fora dos gramados. Perto de ser anunciado como reforço, o atacante Roger esteve no local para passar por exames médicos. Mesmo de longe, o jogador pôde ser visto nas dependências do CT.

Roger depende apenas da aprovação dos exames para assinar contrato provavelmente válido por duas temporadas. É a aposta corintiana para solucionar o problema da ausência de um camisa 9. Ele vem do Internacional, que acertou com Lucca por empréstimo até junho do ano que vem.

No treino, os titulares fizeram um regenerativo na academia, enquanto os reservas foram a campo para uma atividade técnica. Jadson se destacou e mostrou em boas condições após ser preservado do jogo deste domingo. Tem chances de iniciar contra o Independiente (ARG) na próxima quarta-feira, pela terceira rodada da fase de grupos da Libertadores.

O treino foi mais rápido do que de costume porque a delegação embarca para Buenos Aires no início desta tarde. Após um susto no duelo contra o Fluminense, no qual caiu de mau jeito, o zagueiro Henrique fez exames, que nada detectaram. Portanto, ele viaja com o grupo.

O Timão encara o Independiente na quarta às 21h45, no estádio Libertadores de América. Lidera o grupo 7 com quatro pontos, um a mais do que Independiente e Deportivo Lara (VEN).

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On paper, this is a match between two lowly ranked sides in the ODI hierarchy, but it will have huge implications in terms of progress to the next round

The Preview by Sidharth Monga24-Feb-2011Match FactsFebruary 25, Mirpur
Start time 14:30 local time (08:30 GMT)
Ed Joyce is back in the Ireland set-up after playing the 2007 World Cup for England•Associated Press

Big PictureFor the last week, it has been somewhat quiet in Dhaka, but come Friday it won’t be so. On paper, this is a match between two lowly ranked sides in the ODI hierarchy, but it will have huge implications in terms of progress to the next round. Bangladesh know it will be near impossible to make the quarter-finals, something the passionate fans and the team want desperately, if they fail to beat Ireland. Ireland also harbour ambitions of making the next round, and they know this is their best chance of beating a Test side. They also know they will need to beat at least two of them if they are to extend their stay in the event.The implications of this game, however, are deeper than that. On one side is a team many believe got Test status too early and too easily, and is still struggling to justify it 11 years on. On the other side is a team many believe has done enough to at least merit a full-time ODI status: Ireland have beaten Bangladesh in the two major events the teams have played each other in. With Ireland also rests the flag of the beleaguered Associate nations, because they have been the best Associate side over the last four years or so.Bangladesh might have lost to Ireland in the world events, but they will take heart from having beaten them 3-0 the only time they have met each other in Bangladesh. A similar trap – a low and slow pitch – is likely to be laid. Given the conditions will obviously suit the Bangladesh spin army, and the kind of crowd that this match will attract – something Ireland will never have encountered before – the hosts will start favourites. That said, it will be tough to keep a spirited side down, a side that gets one chance in four years to show the world what it is capable of. That is motivation enough.Form guide (Most recent first)
Bangladesh: LWWWL
Ireland: WLLWLPitch and conditionsExpect a surface that will assist the Bangladesh spinners. It might be difficult to prepare a square turner in Mirpur, but it is likely to stay low. The expected dew played a role in Shakib Al Hasan’s decision to put India in last week – a tactic that backfired – and Shakib says he isn’t expecting much dew now. He said there hasn’t been much dew around. William Porterfield, the Ireland captain, though, said there was a little bit of dew when the team practised under lights two nights before the match.Watch out for…Tamim Iqbal struggled against India while the other two left-hand batsmen in the top order got off to good starts. Tamim decided to fight, and didn’t hit out. One school of thought suggests that is just the kind of defeatist mentality Bangladesh need to get rid of – the tendency of batsmen going for batting practice when the target is big. The other school of thought, Bangladesh’s, suggests Tamim started hitting the ball well by the end of the innings. Tamim said he was feeling better about his form after that scratchy knock, and we can expect the real Tamim in the next game.Ed Joyce is back in green. After playing a crucial role in Ireland’s qualification for the 2007 World Cup, Joyce chose to play for England and pursue a Test career, which is not possible with Ireland. He didn’t savour the journey his home team embarked on in the Caribbean, nor has he managed to represent England in Tests. Now he is back, and is welcomed with open arms. “If I can bring something in terms of calmness in the middle of the innings where, perhaps, it wasn’t there before, that would be nice to offer,” he told last week.Team newsBangladesh have had injury scares coming into the match, but Imrul Kayes is fit despite getting hit in the forearm in the nets on Wednesday. He batted in the nets on match eve, and will open with Tamim. However, Shafiul Islam, who took a bad fall during fielding practice on Wednesday, is not a sure starter. That could prompt Bangladesh to think more of their traditional strength, and perhaps go with four spinners. There has also been talk that Mohammad Ashraful might be back, but at No. 7, as a Powerplay specialist.Bangladesh (probable): 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Junaid Siddique, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 6 Raqibul Hasan, 7 Mohammad Ashraful, 8 Mahmudullah, 9 Naeem Islam/Suhrawadi Shuvo, 10 Abdur Razzak, 11 Rubel Hossain.Ireland will be happy to welcome back Boyd Rankin (coming back from injury) and Joyce (coming back from England). That gives them real decisions to make when they sit to pick the XI, but expect two spinners in it.Ireland (probable): 1 William Porterfield (capt), 2 Paul Stirling, 3 Andre Botha, 4 Ed Joyce, 5 Niall O’Brien (wk), 6 Kevin O’Brien, 7 Andrew White, 8 John Mooney, 9 Trent Johnston, 10 Boyd Rankin, 11 George Dockrell/Albert van der Merwe..Stats and triviaBangladesh lead the head-to-head against Ireland 4-2.In the 2007 World Cup, Ireland had only two professional cricketers; this time they have only two who don’t play cricket full time.Since August 2009, Tamim has averaged 37 as opposed to a career average of 30, and has gone at a strike-rate of 94, which is also a huge improvement over his career strike-rate of 79. Two of his three centuries have come in this period.Quotes”[Ireland might have beaten us at world events], but when they played at Mirpur in 2008, we beat them three games in a row. So we have the home advantage. I don’t think they like to play in these conditions.”
.”Obviously 2007 was quite a while ago. We won on that occasion, but it’s going to be different in these conditions as opposed to what it was in the West Indies. Bangladesh are playing at home, they have got the home support, they have got the home conditions, so it is a completely different occasion.”

Gareth Rees and Michael Powell both struck half-centuries as Glamorgan batted out for a draw on the final day of their County Championship clash against Surrey at Cardiff

23-Apr-2011
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Gareth Rees and Michael Powell both struck half-centuries as Glamorgan batted out for a draw on the final day of their County Championship clash against Surrey at Cardiff.At the start of play Surrey still had hopes of registering a win and were able to enforce the follow-on, but Rees and Powell frustrated them for nearly two and a half hours in a third-wicket stand of 129 in 42 overs.Surrey had to make do with nine points to Glamorgan’s eight.Glamorgan went into the final day looking to knock off the 49 runs required to save the follow-on, but survived just 6.1 overs. After resuming on 377 for 9, the home side scored 18 runs until Dean Cosker was bowled by Stuart Meaker, who claimed figures of 5 for 86.James Harris was left stranded on 43 to end a last-wicket stand of 38, leaving Glamorgan 31 runs short of the follow-on target of 426.Forced to bat again, they needed 181 to avoid an innings defeat and had to bat 87 overs to survive and secure a draw.They did not make the best of starts when captain Alviro Petersen fell tospinner Gareth Batty in the 15th over, edging to Zander de Bruyn at leg slip to leave Glamorgan 40 for 1. And that became 44 for 2 when Will Bragg fell for two from Chris Schofield’s first ball.Rees and Powell survived until lunch with the home side still 136 runs adrift, and continued their resilient stand for the whole of the afternoon session. Rees brought up his fifty in 109 balls with six fours, while Powell, who was in desperate need of runs after a barren start to the season, showed positive intent typified by a superb straight six over long-on from Gareth Batty before reaching his 50 in 79 balls.Surrey effectively gave up the pursuit for victory with captain RoryHamilton-Brown bringing himself and then Tom Maynard into the attack beforetea.After the interval Powell suffered cramp in his forearm and shortly afterwards chipped Batty to Rory Burns, the substitute fielder, at mid-wicket. It ended a stand of 129 in 42 overs with Rees, who in the final over skied a catch to Hamilton-Brown at slip off Batty. Shortly afterwards the players shook hands on a draw.