da 888casino： O volante Paulinho anunciou sua saída do Corinthians. Aos 35 anos, o volante, importante nas conquistas da Libertadores e do Mundial em 2012, não chegou a um acordo para renovar seu contrato com o Timão. O último jogo do atleta pelo Alvinegro será nesta terça-feira (28), contra o Racing-URU, em Itaquera.
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– Ciclos chegam. Uns se encerram, outros se iniciam. Essa decisão foi pensada com a família e eu acho que a palavra mais correta é gratidão por tudo que o Corinthians me proporcionou – disse o camisa 8.
– Por tudo que o Corinthians me transformou em ser um jogador de seleção brasileira e ser um jogador que chegou em clubes europeus. Eu devo uma boa parte da minha vida ao Corinthians. É o clube que eu amo – acrescentou.
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Jogando pelo Timão, Paulinho atuou em 218 jogos e marcou 40 gols, além de conquistar os títulos do Brasileirão, em 2011, da Libertadores e do Mundial, em 2012, e do Paulistão, em 2013.
أعلن الدكتور مصطفى المنيري، رئيس الجهاز الطبي لنادي بيراميدز، عن إصابة ثنائي الفريق، مؤكداً أنهما سيحتاج لفترة علاج وتأهيل تتجاوز الأسبوع.
وأوضح المنيري في تصريحات للمركز الإعلامي لنادي بيراميدز، أن مهند لاشين لاعب وسط الفريق تعرض لإصابة خلال مباراة الزمالك في كأس السوبر، وأن الأشعة بالموجات الصوتية التي أُجريت اليوم في أبو ظبي أكدت وجود مزق في عضلة السمانة، ما يستدعي فترة علاج وتأهيل تمتد لعشرة أيام.
وأشار إلى أنه تم إرسال الآشعة إلى الجهاز الفني لمنتخب مصر، وذلك في ظل ضم مهند لاشين لمعسكر الفراعنة المقام في مدينة العين، بهدف توضيح موقفه من المشاركة في معسكر الدورة الودية.
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في نفس السياق أوضح المنيري أن محمود مرعي تعرض للإصابة أمام الزمالك في نصف نهائي كأس السوبر المصري.
وأشار أن اللاعب خضع لفحوصات طبية أثبتت إصابته في العضل الخلفية وحاجته للتأهيل لمدة أسبوع قبل العودة للمشاركة
وينطلق معسكر منتخب مصر من 10 إلى 18 نوفمبر، ضمن استعدادات الفريق لبطولة كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2025، ويشمل لقاءً وديًا أمام منتخب أوزبكستان يوم 14 نوفمبر على ملعب هزاع بن زايد.
ويستعد بيراميدز لخوض مباراة قوية بعد قليل أمام نظيره سيراميكا كليوباترا، للمنافسة على حسم المركز الثالث في بطولة السوبر المصري، بعد أن خسر السماوي أمام الزمالك في لقاء نصف النهائي بركلات الترجيح.
The fast bowler is keen to keep himself in action ahead of facing England and will likely combine white and red-ball cricket
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Josh Hazlewood will likely have a mixture of white and red-ball cricket ahead of the Ashes•Getty Images
Josh Hazlewood is expecting to play a Sheffield Shield match in the lead-up to the Ashes in November as he prepares to counter an “unbelievable” England batting line-up, which he believes will be strongest they will have brought to Australia during his career.Hazlewood recently played five out of the six white-ball matches against South Africa having sat out the T20I series against West Indies following the Tests while Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc have not featured in the last few weeks. Hazlewood won’t be in action on the field in September but wants to keep getting miles in the legs ahead of the first Test in Perth rather than having extended downtime.”It felt like over the last 12 months, the best way for me to go about it is just keep on ticking over, keep playing, not having too long off bowling,” Hazlewood said at an event to promote Play Cricket week. “I find…getting back to that intensity and volume is quite tough for me. So if I can just keep staying up there, match intensity as long as I can, then that’s sort of the best way for me to go about it.”Related
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Hazlewood, who played four Tests during the 2023 Ashes, is expecting a tough challenge from the England batting line-up. At times in the recent India series they showed a more nuanced approach rather an all-out attack, before falling to six-run defeat at The Oval. A 7 for 66 collapse triggered by a stroke from Harry Brook promoted significant debate after a spectacular hundred.Brook, currently the No. 2-ranked Test batter behind Joe Root, will be on his first Test tour of Australia and in nine T20Is in the country in 2022 had a top score of 20. His first-class experience is limited to one England Lions outing in 2021 and how he adjusts to conditions will be key to the team’s prospects. So, too, the performance of Root who has yet to score a Test century in Australia where he averages 35.68 from 14 matches.Josh Hazlewood expects Harry Brook to play without any baggage in Australia•AFP/Getty Images
“England has obviously been quite flat wickets recently, the last few years, and it’s been a really dry summer as well, so they are probably starting to get tired and spin now,” Hazlewood said. “I think [Brook] will adapt. He’s a good player. He’s at the top of the rankings for a reason, and he’ll be a tough challenge.”When [Root] first came out, it was a little bit of a different attack. It was probably [Mitchell] Johnson and [Ryan] Harris and [Peter] Siddle. Gaz [Nathan Lyon] has been around a long time now, so he was probably there, but we sort of just jumped on the back of that”I think a fresh face like Harry Brook might find it easier. There’s no baggage behind him and he can just come out and play with freedom as he does. Joe’s probably in the form of his life as well. So they’re an unbelievable batting line, to be honest. The top seven have done really well…so it’s a challenge.”Asked whether it will be strongest batting up England have sent to Australia in recent times, Hazlewood said: “Yeah, definitely.”Australia have a three-match T20I series against New Zealand in early October then India visit for ODIs and T20Is ahead of the Ashes. It remains to be seen how Hazlewood’s schedule will be juggled to allow him a red-ball outing – the fourth round of Sheffield Shield matches starting on November 10, when New South Wales play Victoria at the SCG, may be too close to the start of the series – but he is keen to have the opportunity to replicate long-form intensity.Last season Hazlewood played one game for New South Wales ahead of the India Test series, and though he went wicketless across 24 overs against Queensland he was Australia’s best bowler early in the opening Test in Perth before his series was disrupted by injury. This winter, however, he was able to play all four Tests against South Africa and West Indies, albeit the workload on bowler-friendly Caribbean surfaces was not extreme.”The Test [only] guys will play more than one [Shield game]. They’ll probably play two or three, but everyone’s on different programs,” he said. “I used it last year and I’ve sort of found that it’s very beneficial. Time on the field, multiple spells in a day, it’s sort of hard to replicate it at training. So, to get that before a Test series is pretty pivotal, I think.”
da bwin： As Ruben Amorim will attest to, it’s not a great time to be the current Manchester United manager, with the Portuguese staring down the barrel after collecting just 31 points from 31 Premier League games in charge.
da realbet： Whether it is comfort to him or not, it is also worth noting that it isn’t exactly ideal to be a former United boss either, with the past few weeks having seen numerous high-profile names depart their posts.
Indeed, Jose Mourinho’s failure to steer Fenerbahce into the Champions League saw him replaced last month, with the enigmatic coach now looking set to return to his homeland amid the chance to replace Bruno Lage at Benfica.
Elsewhere in Turkey, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s own European misfortunes ensured he was relieved of his role at Besiktas that same week, with the Norwegian’s first coaching position since leaving Old Trafford having lasted just over six months.
Perhaps the most brutal of the lot, however, was Erik ten Hag’s dismissal at Bayer Leverkusen, abruptly ending a tenure that lasted – checks notes – just two games in charge of the Bundesliga outfit. Ouch.
All of those men tried, and ultimately failed, to take the Red Devils back to the top of the European and English game, with Amorim, unfortunately, in danger of following suit.
Ranking every post-Ferguson manager at Man Utd
Only three managers in United’s entire history – Ernest Mangnall, Sir Matt Busby, and Sir Alex Ferguson – have won a league title while in charge of the club, with the latter of such esteemed figures leaving a legacy that continues to burden those in his wake.
David Moyes – or ‘The Chosen One’ – was first up in attempting to fill that void, although nine months into his six-year contract, the struggling Scotsman was sacked, even with United narrowly defeated by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarter-final.
In 51 games in all at Old Trafford, the current Everton boss won 27 games, as per Transfermarkt. For context, Amorim has won only 18 games from 47 games at the helm to date.
That pairing unsurprisingly rank lowly on this list, but bottom of the pile is the interim Ralf Rangnick. The German won 11 of 29 games in charge, but this short-term fit was ill-suited right from the off.
While his honesty in press conferences may have charmed some, the veteran coach did little to lift the toxic mood, arguably holding more focus on improving his own standing than actually improving matters on and off the pitch.
Louis van Gaal, meanwhile, endured his own turbulent, chaotic stint. A dismal recruitment record saw the likes of Angel Di Maria, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Morgan Schneiderlin – to name just a few – underwhelm, although the unique Dutchman did oversee the rise of a young Marcus Rashford, while claiming an FA Cup triumph to boot.
Sticking with the Netherlands, Ten Hag’s own success can be seen in his Carabao Cup and FA Cup heroics, as well as the nurturing of Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho, although few United managers have sunk to such lows – losing 7-0 at Anfield the obvious case in point.
Under Mourinho, the ‘poor man’s treble’ was claimed in 2016/17, while his 81-point tally the following season remains the best return post-Fergie. A winner undeniably, but Mourinho’s football was forgettable, with hardly a week passing without some kind of feud with Paul Pogba, Anthony Martial, Luke Shaw and the like.
The Portuguese coach had left a dark cloud over Manchester upon his exit in December 2018, but Solskjaer – perhaps the best of the bunch – swiftly lifted it, winning 14 of his first 17 games in charge while famously seeing off Paris Saint-Germain at the Parc des Princes.
Man Utd (3) vs (1) PSG – March 2019
Position
Players
GK
David De Gea
RB
Eric Bailly
CB
Chris Smalling
CB
Victor Lindelof
LB
Luke Shaw
RM
Ashley Young
CM
Scott McTominay
CM
Fred
LM
Andreas Pereira
ST
Marcus Rashford
ST
Romelu Lukaku
Subs (used): Chong, Dalot, Greenwood
A trophy may have alluded him, but second and third-place finishes marked signs of progress, with the return of Cristiano Ronaldo likely to remain a ‘what if’ moment amid the eventual collapse of his reign.
The treble winner wasn’t without fault, and nor was his football, but he was a steady pair of hands who revived the atmosphere at the club. Could a change this summer do the same?
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The final days of ‘Ole at the wheel’ were dour, with defeats at home to Liverpool and Manchester City suggesting that time was up for the beloved coach in the Old Trafford dugout.
Departing without silverware, having agonisingly lost the 2021 Europa League final, Solskjaer’s stint may be looked back upon as a failure to some, yet as already noted, the progress pre-Ronaldo was clear to see.
Perhaps the Covid-era of football, and the lack of supporters, played a factor in United’s rise in those years, but the feel-good factor had undoubtedly returned, after the dark days of Jose. Even Solskjaer’s biggest critic would have been hard-pressed not to get teary-eyed at his emotional exit interview from the club.
At another time of crisis, there is a sense that United are again in need of someone to steady the ship. Someone to cultivate a positive environment again behind the scenes.
If recent suggestions are to be believed, one man who could be in line to do that job, should Amorim depart, is Sir Gareth Southgate, with the ex-England boss yet to return to the dugout after leaving the Three Lions last summer.
Of course, while Solskjaer’s return was met with glee among adoring supporters six years ago, there would be undeniable “scepticism” surrounding Southgate, as noted by Gary Neville last year, with the 55-year-old having been unable to get his country over the line in two European Championship finals.
A nearly man to some – having been described as like “Solskjaer in an international guise” by talkSPORT’s Simon Jordan – Southgate’s failure to claim silverware was ultimately his undoing. At international level, it can be seen as win or bust.
That summary of his time at the helm doesn’t tell the full story, however. Like Solskjaer, the ex-England international revived the spirit and atmosphere at a time when the national team was broken, following the Iceland debacle and Sam Allardyce’s brief tenure.
Described by Jude Bellingham as “one of the best coaches in the history of the national team but also an unbelievable human being”, Southgate is credited for England’s recent revival and for raising the level – a point notably made by Marcus Rashford:
A stoic figure and a leader on the touchline, it’s difficult to see Southgate shrinking in the United dugout. As Neville has claimed, “one thing Gareth would do is weed out the nonsense in that dressing room”.
Like Solskjaer’s time at United, the out-of-work coach had players wanting to play for him at international level. The football may not have been thrilling, but it was effective and efficient.
INEOS have gambled on Amorim, but so far that risk hasn’t paid off. A man to steady the ship – like Solskjaer not too long ago – could be just what is needed.
Who knows, in a similar vein to the Norwegian, Southgate could well surprise a few.
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India were 0 for 2 after England piled on 669, but KL Rahul and Shubman Gill batted out two sessions to give India hope of survival
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Ben Stokes made 141 to take England to 669•PA Images via Getty Images
Stumps Music echoed around Old Trafford this morning. The trumpeter had chosen well. The things Ben Stokes was doing out there was beyond the realms of normal men. So they picked up their instrument, put it against their lips, and belted out the Superman theme. Paaaa-pa-pa-pa-paaaaaa…England ended day four with 137 runs and two Indian wickets in the bank and it’s largely because of their captain’s exertions. A century and a five-for in the same Test match. Leading his team to their fifth-highest total in the format ever. Gatecrashing a club of only two. The big two. The ultimate two. Before Saturday, only Garry Sobers and Jacques Kallis could puff their chests out and say they had 7000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests. Now they have to scooch over. Cricket’s rosy old past and its complicated present have clashed a lot over the past 48 hours thanks to Joe Root and his successor.Related
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A lead of 311 looked match-winning-well-ahead-of-time, particularly with Chris Woakes daring to be on a hat-trick in the very first over he bowled. India had spent 943 deliveries on the field. The fatigue that sets in as a result undid two of their top order in five. Shubman Gill and KL Rahul came together with the score 0 for 2 and strung up back-to-back wicketless sessions (which suggests the pitch has flattened out) to make sure their team could push the fight to the final day, when there’s rain expected in the morning. The forecast says it will clear up by the afternoon.So England remain in command, although there might be worry about how Stokes did not bring himself on to bowl any of the 63 overs in the day. He’d done a fair bit of leg work earlier, meeting even the slightest sign of the balance shifting with extreme prejudice. Mohammed Siraj thought India had run Stokes out in the first over of the day. Stokes punished his optimism by charging at him the next over. The four runs were incidental. The disdain was the point. Stokes spent a few nervy moments in the 90s, but as soon as he got one on his hips, he was able to deflect it off to the boundary behind him – which was the cue for the trumpeter in the crowd to make their mark on this game – and celebrate it with a look up to the heavens and a sign of tribute to his father, Ged.England’s ninth-wicket stand racked up 95 runs in 97 balls with Brydon Carse almost scoring back-to-back fifties. Their highest total at Old Trafford fell. Then highest total at Old Trafford fell. Eventually England finished with 669, their fifth-highest in Tests and their best since, oh, scoring 823 against Pakistan in October 2024. Stokes made the last 41 of his 141 runs in 34 balls including all three of his sixes. He hit one of them so hard – the deterrent at long-off be damned – his follow through had him spinning around and almost facing the wrong way on the pitch. He seemed emotional getting to his first hundred in 35 innings, and vengeful after it.Chris Woakes struck twice in the first over of the third innings•AFP via Getty Images
India had 15 minutes to see off before lunch. England clearly wanted to make the most of them. Woakes went around the wicket straight away and that decision yielded great results. Yashasvi Jaiswal couldn’t leave the ball alone. Not with the angle coming into him. He played for it, closing the face, and a peach of a delivery, nipping away off the seam, took the edge through to Root at first slip. He fumbled the first time but not the second. In walked B Sai Sudharsan to become an advert for what happens to a team when they spend 157.1 overs in the middle. He was undecided against a short and wide delivery and in the end got caught trying to leave it.Gill looked troubled at the start. His front pad was a big target. Thirty-seven per cent of his dismissals in Test cricket are lbw and bowled and England went after one more. Jofra Archer produced an inswinging yorker that nearly took Gill out only for DRS to reveal that the ball hit both the inside edge of his bat and the outside of his front pad almost at the same time. In the middle of this examination, Gill played a shot away from his body and immediately looked like he hated himself. Eventually, he looked up and realised it had raced away towards the cover boundary. And from there, he just decided to trust his game and play his shots. Not in the same way as throwing the bat around and hitting himself out of trouble, just backing himself to play to his strengths.Out came the drives, and when Gill went down the ground, he evoked the history of the bat he was holding. A couple of guys with MRF-sponsored equipment were good with that particular stroke. He cut the ball well, gaining a little payback over Archer, who had hit his hand, which had been bandaged up. There were also several drop-and-runs to rotate strike and share the pressure with his partner, Rahul. It was a good innings, which could easily have been cut short at 46 when Carse had him playing away from his body again only for Liam Dawson to drop a tough catch at gully.Shubman Gill and KL Rahul revived India from 0 for 2•AFP/Getty Images
Gill made the most of that generosity to continue his run-spree. He went past Virat Kohli’s 655 runs against England in 2016 and is chasing down Sunil Gavaskar’s record of most runs as an India captain in a Test series (732). Crucially, he became confident of his defence, too. From being 46 off 52 with eight fours, he went to stumps scoring a further 32 off 111 with two fours.Rahul was old-school, too, right from the start. He backed his technique even when the new ball drew plenty of life out of the pitch. This was a thrill for him. He shared smiles with Archer when an absolute seed snaked past his outside edge.Rahul’s judgment on what to play and what to leave was all the more impressive considering the time India were stuck in the field and how they were trailing the game. He was 20 off 71. Perfectly content, then bit by bit he accepted the rewards of his patience, scoring 67 off the next 139 balls and going past 500 runs in a series for the first time in his career. Rahul, too, had a little luck break his way when on 36, as an inside edge off Dawson skirted just wide of his leg stump.A day five with immense possibility awaits.
da casino： Diz o ditado que ’em time que está ganhando, não se mexe’ e é nessa filosofia que Abel Ferreira deve manter os onze titulares do Palmeiras para a primeira grande final do Paulistão 2024.
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Sem perder há 20 partidas, o Verdão treinou nesta manhã na Academia de Futebol pela primeira vez após a importante vitória por 1 a 0 sobre o Novorizontino e já finalizou a sua preparação para encarar o Santos na Vila Belmiro neste domingo (31).
Maior nome do Palmeiras hoje, o garoto Endrick participou de apenas uma parte da atividade no gramado e seguiu um cronograma especial na parte interna do CT. O camisa 9 sentiu um trauma na coxa direita diante do Novorizontino, mas deve ser titular na final do Paulista.
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Gustavo Gómez e Richard Rios treinaram mais uma vez sem restrições e surgem como potenciais dúvidas na cabeça do técnico para estarem entre os 11 titulares na grande decisão.
Ao que tudo indica que Abel deve manter o time do Palmeiras que avançou nas quartas e na semi do Estadual com duas vitórias.
Sendo assim, o provável Palmeiras para encarar o Peixe é: Weverton, Mayke, Marcos Rocha, Luan, Murilo e Piquerez; Aníbal Moreno, Zé Rafael e Raphael Veiga; Endrick e Flaco López.
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A atividade deste sábado contou com a presença do meia Rômulo, que foi para o campo e treinou pela primeira vez com seus novos companheiros. A expectativa da torcida é de que o destaque do Novorizontino neste Paulista possa estrear com a camisa alviverde já na próxima quarta-feira (3), quando o Palmeiras encara o San Lorenzo, em Buenos Aires, na estreia da Libertadores 2024.
A bola rola para Santos x Palmeiras neste domingo (31), na Vila Belmiro, a partir das 18h (horário de Brasília), e o jogo terá transmissão da Rede Record, Cazé TV, TNT/HBO Max e Paulistão Play.
عاد مستقبل نجم فريق ليفربول، محمد صلاح، إلى دائرة الضوء مرة أخرى رغم أنه وقع على عقد جديد مع بطل الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، في شهر أبريل الماضي.
ووقع محمد صلاح عقدًا مع ليفربول لمدة عامين، أي حتى يونيو 2027، ورغم ذلك، فإن التكهنات حول مستقبله عادت من جديد مؤخرًا.
وتحدث المستشار المالي السابق لنادي مانشستر سيتي، ستيفان بورسون، عن مستقبل النجم المصري محمد صلاح مع ليفربول، وإمكانية رحيله نهاية الموسم الحالي إلى الدوري السعودي.
وليس سرًا وجود اهتمام كبير من جانب الدوري السعودي لاستقطاب محمد صلاح، وذكرت تقارير صحفية مؤخرًا إمكانية تلقي صاحب الـ33 عامًا عرضًا ضخمًا من أحد الأندية، دون الكشف عن هويتها، مقابل 150 مليون جنيه إسترليني سنويًا.
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وقال ستيفان بورسون، في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “فوتبول إنسايدر” الإنجليزية: “أشك في أن المبلغ يصل إلى 150 مليون جنيه إسترليني، لكنه قد يكون مبلغًا ضخمًا”.
وأضاف:”أعني، كلاعب ربما يُعد الأشهر في الشرق الأوسط، قد تعتقد أنه سيكون الصفقة الأهم للسعودية، لذا يمكنك توقع حدوث ذلك بالتأكيد، لا أفهم سبب حاجتهم لدفع 150 مليون جنيه إسترليني له، يبدو لي أنه يمكن إتمام الصفقة بقيمة أقل بكثير”.
وواصل: “يبدو لي أنه إذا لم يقدم محمد صلاح موسمًا جيدًا، فسيكون ليفربول على استعداد لتركه يرحل مقابل مبلغ أقل بكثير من أجل توفير راتبه إن لم يكن لأي سبب آخر، وهو يرغب في الرحيل لذلك يمكن إتمام الصفقة”.
واستكمل: “لأكون صريحًا، يمكن إتمام تلك الصفقة في الصيف حتى لو استعاد محمد صلاح مستواه، لأنني أعتقد أنه عندما ترى ما يبدو عليه الأمر عندما لا يقدم أداءً جيدًا، قد يكون ذلك هو الدافع الذي يجعل ليفربول يفكر في مسألة رحيله في الصيف وسيقوم بذلك، يمكنني رؤية ذلك يحدث”.
da bet esporte： Leeds United had a disappointing end to the summer transfer window because they failed to bring in the attacking reinforcements that Daniel Farke wanted for his squad.
da luck： The Whites reportedly had a deal agreed to sign Harry Wilson from Fulham on a permanent deal before their Premier League rivals backed out of a move at the last-minute.
Farke did not get any new attackers through the door on deadline day, partly because of the Cottagers pulling the plug late in the day, and will now have to work with what he has at his disposal.
The Championship champions did add attackers in other positions earlier in the summer transfer window, signing Noah Okafor, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and Lukas Nmecha.
Leeds won their opening game of the season, against Everton, thanks to a penalty from Nmecha on his debut, but they have failed to score in their two Premier League outings since then.
The centre-forward position is an intriguing one for the Whites because they do not appear to have a clear, standout, starter at this moment in time.
Why Leeds have a striker problem
Farke has a problem with his number nine position because Calvert-Lewin, Nmecha, and Joel Piroe are all fairly unconvincing options on current evidence.
It does not seem realistic to expect any of them to score goals on a regular basis in the Premier League when you consider their form this season and in recent seasons.
Calvert-Lewin, for example, scored three goals in 26 Premier League games for Everton last season, and has failed to score more than seven goals in a league season in each of the last four campaigns, per Sofascore.
The former England international has also missed four ‘big chances’ and missed in a penalty shoot-out against Sheffield Wednesday in the League Cup in his first two appearances for Leeds, per Sofascore.
These statistics do not suggest that Calvert-Lewin is likely to establish himself as a regular scorer for the Whites, but his physicality could still give him the edge over Piroe.
Piroe (25/26 Premier League)
Vs Everton
Vs Arsenal
Minutes
78
58
Goals
0
0
Key passes
0
0
Assists
0
0
Ground duels won
0/3
0/0
Aerial duels won
1/5
0/3
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, the Dutch striker struggled badly in the first two games of the season, particularly in physical battles, and was then an unused substitute against Newcastle United.
This has not come as a surprise, though, because Piroe lost a whopping 73% of his duels in the Championship last term, but was able to score 19 goals, per Sofascore, because of how dominant his team were in possession.
Calvert-Lewin, meanwhile, won 45% of his duels and 51% of his aerial contests in the Premier League with the Toffees in the 2024/25 campaign, which suggests that he can provide significantly more to the team as a physical presence up front.
However, the English forward’s lacklustre goal return in recent seasons suggest that there could still be a chance for Piroe to get game time if the former Everton man fails to deliver in front of goal.
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Whilst Calvert-Lewin, despite his physicality, may not put an end to Piroe’s career at Elland Road, there is a player in the academy who could make the step up to make the Dutchman reconsider his future in West Yorkshire.
We have seen Rio Nguhoma, 16, and Max Dowman, 15, make their Premier League bows for Liverpool and Arsenal this season, and Leeds could follow suit by unleashing Harry Gray in the top-flight.
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Supporters already know his brother’s story and how Farke trusted him to play week-in, week-out in the Championship as a 17 and 18-year-old, which led to him moving to Tottenham Hotspur and winning the Europa League.
Farke handed Harry Gray his debut at the age of 16 against Stoke City in the Championship in April, which shows that the youngster is a player who is in the manager’s mind for the first-team.
The England youth international, who turns 17 next month, has enjoyed a sensational start to the current campaign at U21 level and the manager could end Piroe’s career by taking inspiration from Dowman, Nguhoma, even Lamine Yamal, to unleash Gray in the Premier League.
Analyst Ben Mattinson, as shown in the post above, described the teenage forward as a ‘powerful’ and ‘pacy’ player, two attributes that could make him more effective as a physical presence than Piroe, who would not typically be described as either of those things.
Gray, who has also been described as “the real deal” by Mattinson, also has an impressive goalscoring record to back up his physical attributes in the number nine position.
Harry Gray (Leeds)
U18
U21
Appearances
11
11
Minutes
819
848
Goals
8
6
Minutes per goal
102
141
Assists
0
2
Stats via Transfermarkt
As you can see in the table above, the 16-year-old marksman has scored 14 goals in 22 games for the club at U18 and U21 level to date, which speaks to his ability to find the back of the net on a regular basis.
That haul includes three goals and two assists in four matches for the U21s in all competitions during the 2025/26 campaign, showing that he is currently in form and flying in front of goal.
This plays into why now could be the perfect time for Farke to make the bold call to unleash him at Premier League level, because Gray is full of confidence and on fire for the U21s, which could provide him with a fearless and confident attitude to take into the first-team.
If the England U17 international can make that step up, whether it comes now or in the coming months or seasons, then it could spell the end of Piroe’s time at Elland Road.
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The Dutchman was an unused substitute behind Nmecha and Calvert-Lewin last time out and Gray’s emergence in the senior side could leave him struggling to make the bench, and forcing him to consider his future.
Stand-in captain Maharaj suffered a left groin strain while batting in the second innings of the first Test, Muthusamy will replace him in the team
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Keshav Maharaj led South Africa in Tests for the first time•AFP/Getty Images
Stand-in South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj has been ruled out of the second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo because of a left groin strain. Allrounder Wiaan Mulder will lead the side in the second Test starting July 6.Maharaj captained South Africa in Test cricket for the first time after Temba Bavuma did not recover from the hamstring strain he suffered in the World Test Championship final. Maharaj returned a match-haul of four wickets with his left-arm spin apart from scoring a half-century in the second innings. He sustained the injury while batting on the third day of the first Test, which South Africa won by a whopping 328 runs.This will be Mulder’s first time of leading a team in first-class cricket. He has made 87 red-ball appearances, 20 of them in Tests. His only experience of captaining the team came for Leicestershire in the quarter-final of the One Day Cup 2022 against Kent. Mulder is coming off a productive match, scoring his Test best of 147 in the second innings to follow his four-wicket haul in the first innings.Fellow left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy has been named Maharaj’s replacement for the next Test while Lungi Ngidi, originally set to join the squad ahead of the game, has been released. Maharaj was not part of the T20I tri-series to follow, with New Zealand being the third team.
da betsson： Punido pela Justiça Desportiva Antidopagem (TJD-AD), Gabigol, atacante do Flamengo, ficará afastado dos gramados até abril de 2025, a princípio. A suspensão definida cabe recurso à Corte Arbitral do Esporte (CAS), na Suíça. Portanto, o jogador tem a possibilidade de reverter o caso, mas também pode sofrer com o aumento da pena.
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Após a apresentação do recurso pela defesa do acusado, que terá auxílio do clube carioca no caso, o CAS fará um novo julgamento. Com isso, novas evidências podem aparecer, e o TJD-AD tem a possibilidade de solicitar um aumento da pena. Porém, o tribunal não pode aumentá-la se apenas Gabigol recorrer da decisão inicial.
– O julgamento na Corte Arbitral do Esporte, que é a próxima fase do processo, será uma questão totalmente submetida à uma nova apreciação da Corte Suíça. Outras linhas de defesa, acusações e evidências podem ser produzidas. Se houver o recurso só do atleta… Quando você recorre, não pode obter uma decisão pior do que tinha. Se só o atleta recorrer, ele fica com a mesma decisão ou uma decisão melhor – explicou Marcelo Franklin, advogado especialista em processos de doping e direito desportivo, em contato com o Lance!.
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Higor Maffei Bellini, especialista em direito esportivo, reforça que a possibilidade existe, mas a Justiça Desportiva Antidopagem também precisaria recorrer para que a pena seja aumentada.
– Não existe a chance (de aumentar a suspensão) se apenas o Gabigol recorrer. A Procuradoria Antidopagem teria que fazer este recurso, visando aumentar a pena. Não é possível aumentar a pena daquele que faz o recurso – afirmou o advogado.
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OUTRO LADO
De acordo com Renata Mansur, mestre em direito desportivo e presidente do Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva do Rio de Janeiro, ainda não é possível prever o desfecho do caso. Apesar de existir a chance do aumento da punição, Gabigol ainda pode solicitar efeito suspensivo (suspensão dos efeitos da decisão de um juiz ou tribunal, até que a decisão final sobre um recurso seja tomada).
– Não há como afirmar a probabilidade de reversão do julgamento. Porém, o atleta ainda poderá recorrer à Corte Arbitral do Esporte, localizada na Suíça. No recurso, o atleta poderá pedir o efeito suspensivo, para que a decisão não produza efeitos de imediato – disse.
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A Justiça Desportiva Antidopagem julgou Gabigol por tentativa de fraude em exame antidoping, que acontece sem aviso prévio nos clubes, como no Flamengo. Ele foi acusado de infringir o artigo 122 do Código Brasileiro Antidopagem, que prevê suspensão de dois a quatro anos. Em nota oficial, o jogador afirmou acredita que será inocentado.