'SLPL franchises pulling out' – sports minister

The future of the Sri Lanka Premier League appears uncertain, with the country’s sports minister quoted by a local paper as saying the franchise owners were “pulling out” over losses incurred in the first edition

ESPNcricinfo staff03-Jun-2013The future of the Sri Lanka Premier League appears uncertain, with the country’s sports minister quoted by a local paper as saying the franchise owners were “pulling out” over losses incurred in the first edition. The inaugural season of the SLPL was held last year after much uncertainty with no Indian players taking part, a development that hurt the league’s commercial viability without significant viewership in the lucrative Indian market.”We have a problem this year. The franchise owners are pulling out,” Mahindananda Aluthgamage, Sri Lanka’s sports minister, told . “The tournament is in trouble.”Whether we like or not, we should understand how important India is to a cricketing economy like ours. Without India nothing will be successful. We (the sports ministry) are going to discuss this with Sri Lanka Cricket and see what is the best they could do.”When contacted by ESPNcricinfo, SLPL tournament director Ajit Jayasekara declined comment on the sports minister’s statements but said as far as he knew, there were no issues with the tournament’s second edition. Sandiip Bhammer of Somerset Entertainment Ventures, SLC’s promotion partners for the league, was more forthcoming.”I have no clue of any pull-outs,” Bhammer told ESPNcricinfo. “All the franchises are very much in and the tournament is very much on. The international players have signed letters of intent and we are looking ahead to the draft in the last week of this month.”The seven SLPL franchises were not sold outright but instead were leased for a seven-year period by SLC, something the minister said was one of the impediments to their continued involvement with the league. Jayasekara, however, said the request for the lease-extension was the only impediment.”The franchisees have asked for an extension of their lease, so that they can recover their costs – that’s the only issue,” he said. “We have sent that for approval to the ministry, as we do with all major decisions, and they may have consulted the attorney general about it.” Jayasekara did not give details on the length on the proposed extension, saying “there is no time period as such, at present”.Having been initially announced for 2011, the first edition of the SLPL was postponed when the BCCI refused to issue no objection certificates for the participation of Indian players, around whom much of the sponsorship had revolved. The BCCI also denied Indian players permission to play in the 2012 edition, citing a home series against New Zealand as an obstacle.The inaugural SLPL had been a minor financial boon for Sri Lanka Cricket, who remain in heavy debt after building two new stadia and renovating a third for the 2011 World Cup. The board had postponed three home Tests against South Africa this year, effectively to make room for the SLPL, but should the tournament fail to materialise, SLC may be left in worse financial shape than if the Tests had been retained.

Charlie Austin’s chances of leaving Southampton have increased

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Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has confirmed during his Crystal Palace pre-match press conference, via Sky Sports, that Charlie Austin could leave the club before the end of the January transfer window.

What’s the story?

Hasenhuttl told reporters on Monday, as quoted by Sky Sports:

“Sometimes you get to a point when you as a club can’t give a player what he expects us to give him so in this situation we are trying to find a win-win situation for both sides.

“I think he has played two times from the beginning since I have been here. He is a fantastic striker who can score for every team. He is 100 per cent professional, he shows the team that if we need him he is here.

“But like every player he wants to start from the beginning and if there is not the option here in Southampton then maybe he will be looking for another club where he has this option.

“Then we have to talk about these things. We don’t send any player away but if there is a different option for him it can be he is an option for another club.”

Austin joined Southampton from Queens Park Rangers in January 2016.

The centre-forward has managed 20 goals in 72 appearances in all competitions for the Saints, as per Transfermarkt, but has netted just two Premier League goals this season.

Hasenhuttl has admitted that he will be unable to give Austin the football that he wants in the second half of the season, which could lead to an exit.

The 29-year-old has actually only started two Premier League matches since Hasenhuttl replaced Mark Hughes as head coach at the start of December.

Should Southampton fight to keep him?

Austin’s Premier League record is 34 goals in 97 appearances, suggesting that the striker certainly knows how to find the back of the net at the top level.

Southampton recorded a 2-1 win over Everton in the Premier League last time out, but the Saints are far from safe in the top flight.

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Austin – valued at £9m by Transfermarkt – will only have 12 months left on his Southampton contract this summer and a move at the end of the 2018-19 campaign makes sense for all involved.

For now, the Saints, who face Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Wednesday night, must fight to keep hold of a player who is certainly capable of coming off the bench and scoring some vital goals before the end of the season.

That said, Austin is understandably desperate to secure regular football at this stage of his career and a move away this month is looking increasingly likely.

Botafogo x Vasco: prováveis times, desfalques, onde ver e palpites

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Neste sábado, às 19h30 (de Brasília), o Botafogo recebe o Vasco no Clássico da Amizade, válido pela primeira rodada da Taça Rio. As equipes vêm de classificações em competições mata-matas – Sul-Americana e Copa do Brasil, respectivamente – e em momentos positivos. Enquanto o Cruz-Maltino começa o returno do Estadual mais “leve”, por ter conquistado a Taça Guanabara, o Alvinegro busca se recuperar da péssima campanha no turno.

A favor do Botafogo pesa a sequência de quatro vitórias consecutivas e sem sofrer gols. Já do outro lado, Alberto Valentim reencontra os ex-comandados a fim de calar o Niltão, onde foi campeão carioca em 2018.

FICHA TÉCNICA
Estádio: Estádio Nilton Santos, no Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Data-hora: 23/2/2019, às 19h30 (de Brasília)
Árbitro: Grazianni Maciel Rocha (RJ)
Assistentes:Jackson L. M. dos Santos eWagner Almeida Santos (ambos de RJ)
Onde ver:Premiere e Tempo Real do LANCE!
Parcial de vendas: Não divulgada.

BOTAFOGO
Gatito; Marcinho, Marcelo Benevenuto, Gabriel e Jonathan; Jean, Alex Santana e Luiz Fernando; Erik, Rodrigo Pimpão e Kieza – Técnico: Zé Ricardo.

Lesionados: Carli e Marcos Vinícius
Suspensos:-
Pendurado: –

VASCO
Fernando Miguel;Raúl Cáceres, Werley, Leandro Castan eDanilo Barcelos; Raul, Lucas Mineiro e Bruno César; Yago Pikachu, Yan Sasse e Maxi López- Técnico: Alberto Valentim.

Lesionados:Marrony,Breno, Ramon, Bruno Silva e Marcelo Mattos.
Suspensos: –
Pendurados: –

PALPITES: Na redação do LANCE!, 45% acreditam em vitória do Botafogo, enquanto 35% apostam em triunfo do Vasco. O restante, 20%, indica empate.

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رسميًا | أياكس يعلن فسخ عقد تاديتش.. ويوضح السبب

أعلن نادي أياكس، في بيان رسمي منذ قليل، فسخ عقد نجم الفريق دوشان تاديتش، بناءً على طلب اللاعب.

ووفقًا لما جاء في بيان أياكس، فإن تاديتش سيرحل عن الفريق الهولندي على الفور بعدما استجاب النادي لطلب اللاعب بإنهاء عقده.

وكان من المفترض أن ينتهي العقد الحالي للاعب الصربي مع أياكس في 30 يونيو 2024، ولكنه طلب الرحيل هذا الصيف.

وانضم تاديتش إلى أياكس قادمًا من ساوثهامبتون في عام 2018، حيث خاض 241 مباراة وسجل 105 هدف.

اقرأ أيضًا | أياكس يوضح حالة فان دير سار بعد إصابته بنزيف في المخ

وقال تاديتش في تصريحات للموقع الرسمي للنادي: “كان قرار مغادرة النادي صعبًا للغاية، ولكن أعتقد أن تلك هي اللحظة المناسبة، كان الأمر مناسبًا، ليس فقط لي، ولكن أيضًا للنادي، لكي نبدأ بداية جديدة”.

وأضاف: “ما حققته مع أياكس والنجاحات التي حظينا بها، منحتني شعورًا لا يمكن وصفه، لم أشهده في مسيرتي من قبل”.

واختتم: “أود أن أشكر جميع المشجعين على الوقت الرائع الذي قضيته هنا، إذا كان الأمر متروكًا لي، فهذا هو ليس وداعًا نهائيًا، سأبقى إلى الأبد لاعبًا في أياكس وآمل أن أعود إلى أمستردام قريبًا في دور مختلف كمدرب”.

Cloud over Faisalabad's CLT20 foray

Political tensions between India and Pakistan have put a cloud over Faisalabad Wolves’ participation in next month’s Champions League Twenty20

Amol Karhadkar13-Aug-2013

A Pakistan team featured in the Champions League T20 for the first time in 2012•AFP

Political tensions between India and Pakistan have put a cloud over Faisalabad Wolves’ participation in next month’s Champions League Twenty20. An incident on the border has inflamed emotions in India and left administrators wary of the public response to a Pakistan team’s presence for a sporting occasion.The BCCI has, as in the past, thrown the ball in the government’s court. “When it comes to any team from Pakistan featuring in a tournament in India, the final decision rests completely in the foreign ministry’s hands. And we will follow the ministry’s advice,” a senior BCCI official told ESPNcricinfo.The Ministry of External Affairs – the foreign ministry – has been non-committal. “We have been approached by a cricket team from Pakistan to participate in the Champions League Twenty20 event,” a spokesperson in the MEA was quoted as saying by . “It does not start for a month. We will carefully examine (the situation) before we take a decision in this regard.”The CLT20 governing council is likely to arrive at a final decision regarding the Wolves’ participation before the month end; the tournament itself starts on September 17. Rajiv Shukla, a BCCI representative on the CLT20 governing council and a junior minister in the federal government, didn’t respond to ESPNcricinfo’s query.The PCB, on the other hand, has said it “remained concerned” about the security of Faisalabad Wolves’ cricketers. Despite processing the visa applications of the Wolves’ squad members on Monday, the PCB is monitoring the situation closely.

فيديو | كهربا يسجل هدف مصر الثاني أمام جنوب السودان

تقدم منتخب مصر بالهدف الثاني على حساب نظيره جنوب السودان، في اللقاء الودي الذي يجمع بينهما مساء اليوم الأحد.

منتخب مصر يواجه نظيره جنوب السودان، على أرضية استاد القاهرة الدولي، في إطار المواجهة الودية المقرر لها في معسكر شهر يونيو الجاري.

وسجل محمود كهربا الهدف الثاني في الدقيقة 45 من عمر المباراة، بعد تمريرة من محمود تريزيجيه لداخل منطقة الجزاء، استقبلها مهاجم الأهلي بتسديدة قوية ومتقنة داخل الشباك.

طالع| مباشر بالفيديو | مباراة مصر وجنوب السودان الودية

وضمن منتخب مصر التأهل إلى نهائيات كأس الأمم الإفريقية، بعدما وصل إلى النقطة 12 في صدارة ترتيب المجموعة الرابعة بالتصفيات. هدف منتخب مصر الثاني أمام جنوب السودان

جريزمان يعترف: لم أتقبل اختيار مبابي قائدًا لمنتخب فرنسا بسهولة

اعترف مهاجم منتخب فرنسا، أنطوان جريزمان، بصعوبة تقبل اختيار كيليان مبابي كقائد للديوك بعد نهائيات كأس العالم قطر 2022 من قبل المدرب، ديديه ديشامب.

وأعلن ديشامب بعد مونديال قطر عقب اعتزال القائد والحارس، هوجو لوريس، دوليًا، اختيار مبابي ليكون القائد رغم أقدمية جريزمان مع منتخب فرنسا وهو ما أغضب لاعب أتلتيكو مدريد.

حصل مبابي على شارة القيادة رغم سنه الصغير ولكن الفرنسي له دور وأهمية كبرى مع منتخب بلده في السنوات الأخيرة منحته هذا الشرف.

اقرأ أيضًا.. فيديو | بيريز يوجه صدمة لأحلام جماهير ريال مدريد بشأن مبابي

وتحدث جريزمان عن مشاعره في حواره مع شبكة “Telefoot” الفرنسية، وقال: “كان من الصعب تحمل الأمر، كان صعبًا”.

وتابع: “أبلغ من العمر 32 عامًا، وعلى الرغم من أنني ما زلت ألعب، إلا أنني أعلم باقتراب مسيرتي من النهاية”.

وأتم تصريحاته: “لقد واجهت صعوبة في تقبل هذا القرار لمدة يوم أو يومين”.

India was lowest point of my career – Watson

Shane Watson is eager to move forward from the debacles that Australia had to negotiate in India with the first ever back-to-back Ashes series due to begin

ESPNcricinfo staff02-Jun-2013

Shane Watson is keen to move on from what happened in India•Getty Images

Shane Watson is eager to move forward from the debacles Australia faced in India, with back-to-back Ashes series due to begin later this summer. During the series, which ended in a 0-4 series defeat, the team management axed four players, including Watson, who was vice-captain at the time, after the second Test for failing to complete a task set by coach Mickey Arthur.”Whatever happened throughout India, certainly for me personally, was the lowest point in my cricket career, there’s no doubt about that.” he said. “The decisions that were made were made for a reason and we certainly have to move forward as a team because we’ve got two series back-to-back of the biggest cricket we’ll ever play.”Australia are chasing the urn after England steamrolled Australia in their own backyard with a 3-1 scoreline, all three wins coming without England needing to bat a second time. They now face England in England.”We’ve got a lot of big cricket coming up so we’ve got to put all the things that happened to us in India behind us.” he said. “We’ve got to find ways to get the best out of ourselves as individuals and as a team. If we don’t, then it could be a long 10 months but if we’re able to bring it together then we could have a lot of fun.”Watson was clear in stating the controversial episode ahead of Australia’s last chance to save the series in India could have been avoided.”If I had handed in my homework then I would have avoided it, that’s probably as simple as it was. I look back and I certainly would have done that and I wouldn’t have been in the situation that I was.” he said. “There were certainly periods of time that things had been building up unbeknown to me, things that were really affecting certain people in the group but we’ve had to move because we’ve got so much big cricket coming up and it’s a dream to be part of back-to-back Ashes series.”Whatever’s happened is certainly in the past. For me to be a part of hopefully this next little while of cricket continues to fuel my dream and also continue to realise the privilege I do have to play cricket for my country.”Watson also ruled out any interest in captaining Australia in the Ashes. “At this point in time, absolutely not.” he said “I stepped down as vice-captain for a number of different reasons but at this point in time, it was certainly the best thing for the team. I’m just here to get the best out of myself and help as much as I always do anyway.”

De volta da Seleção, Walce, Toró e Igor Gomes treinam no Tricolor

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Walce, Toró e Igor Gomes se juntaram ao elenco do São Paulo no treino desta terça-feira. Os três participaram do Sul-Americano Sub-20 com a Seleção Brasileira, em janeiro, no Chile, e tiveram alguns dias de folga após retornarem ao Brasil.

Igor Gomes, de 19 anos, é o único do trio que já faz parte definitivamente do elenco profissional. Ele foi promovido no fim de 2018 e foi utilizado em duas partes.

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Walce, zagueiro de 20 anos, e Toró, atacante de 19, ainda estão em intercâmbio entre profissional e base. De qualquer forma, os dois foram adicionados à lista de inscritos pelo clube no Paulistão e estão à disposição de Vagner Mancini. Eles estão na chamada lista B, com atletas da base, da qual Igor Gomes já fazia parte.

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