Tottenham Hotspur’s performance against Galatasaray in the Europa League last night might just have been their strangest of the season so far.

We say strange, as for moments here and there, especially once Dominic Solanke had been introduced in the second half, they looked quite dangerous, but for most of the game, the North Londoners were dismal.

There was a positive in the fact that Will Lankshear scored his first goal in Spurs colours but his red card ultimately meant it was a rather sour evening not just for the club but the young striker, in particular.

Ange Postecoglou’s side were wasteful in attack and utterly hopeless at the back, and while there were several genuinely dire performances on the night, two of the worst came at the back, between Radu Dragusin and Ben Davies.

Dragusin & Davies' performance in numbers

Playing Galatasaray away from home in European competition will always be exceedingly tricky.

The atmosphere will be fierce, and the fans will be on you from minute one, so visiting defenders must remain composed and do the basics right, which is the complete opposite of what Davies and Dragusin did.

The latter was crashing into the back of the attackers, constantly out of position, a constant source of problems his teammates had to deal with and was directly responsible for Victor Osimhen’s goal as he gifted the Nigerian the ball with a dreadful touch.

Davies was only marginally better than his Romanian teammate as he seemed less intent on getting himself sent off, but like the former Genoa ace, he too was easily bypassed by the Turkish giants with seemingly every attack, and was at least partially to blame for their second goal, as his pass to Bucharest-born defender was poorly timed.

This might all sound quite harsh, but it’s an opinion shared by the press, as the Express’ Sam Smith awarded Dragusin just a 3/10 on the night, writing that he ‘must just want this Europa League campaign to end’ and gave the Welshman a 4/10.

In short, it was a horror showing from the centre-back pairing, although they weren’t the only ones who seriously let down Postecoglou.

James Maddison's performance in numbers

Yes, it was Spurs’ co-vice-captain, James Maddison, who was one of the other starters who seriously let down the Australian last night, as he put in what might just be his worst performance of the season.

The former Leicester City star failed to make anything positive happen for his side from the middle of the park, and when he was shifted out wide in the second half, he was somehow even more ineffective.

In fact, the only impact the Englishman had on the encounter was consistently giving the ball away in dangerous areas and giving away the free-kick that led to the opening goal.

Minutes

66

Expected Assists

0.01

Crosses (Accurate)

1 (0)

Long Balls (Accurate)

1 (0)

Shots

0

Dribbles (Successful)

4 (1)

Ground Duels (Successful)

12 (6)

Lost Possession

11

Dribbled Past

1

Unsurprisingly, the Express’ Smith was equally unimpressed with the Coventry-born star and awarded him just 3/10 on the night, writing that he ‘was wholly anonymous in Turkey’ and that he ‘must step up more often when Spurs’ backs are against the wall.’

This scathing appraisal of the 27-year-old is backed up by his statistics, as in his 66 minutes of action, he produced an expected assists figure of 0.01, misplaced 100% of his crosses and long balls, failed to take a single shot, failed in 75% of his dribbles, lost 50% of his duels, lost the ball 11 times and was dribbled past once as well.

Ultimately, it was a terrible day at the office for Spurs last night, but it’s hard not to look at Dragusin, Davies and Maddison as three of the worst offenders.

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The home side earned a first ODI win in 10 matches with two debutant spinners playing their part

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Pooran: ‘We had to put things in place to learn how to win ODI games’

Shamarh Brooks scored 79 and shared a 75-run partnership with captain Nicholas Pooran which guided the West Indies to a five-wicket win over top-ranked New Zealand on Wednesday in the series-opening ODI in Barbados.Brooks reached his fourth ODI half century from 58 balls and had faced 91 deliveries when he was out in the 34th over with the West Indies closing on New Zealand’s inadequate total of 190.Jason Holder and Jermaine Blackwood were at the crease when the home team reached its target with 11 overs to spare.Earlier, Akeal Hosein took 3 for 28 and Alzarri Joseph returned 3 for 36 as West Indies bowled out New Zealand in 45.2 overs after choosing to field.It was the first time New Zealand has been dismissed in an ODI since March 2020.”Watching the Kiwis bat I realized it was a bit tough going early for them,” Brooks said in a television interview. “I guess credit must go to our bowlers for reducing them to a score of 190. I was just focused on going out there, getting some partnerships and getting that total off.”Rain breaks punctuated the West Indies innings but couldn’t disturb the steady momentum set by Brooks. The first came in the opening over of the innings and the second in the 29th when West Indies were only 42 runs from victory. At that point they were well ahead of a winning total under the DLS system.Pooran was out for 28 immediately after the second rain break but Brooks retained a strong guiding hand on the run chase.Hosein, Joseph and debuting spinners Kevin Sinclair and Yannic Cariah turned the tide of the New Zealand innings with accurate bowling in the middle overs on a pitch which rewarded spinners with bounce.Shamarh Brooks got off to a good start after West Indies lost early wickets•AFP/Getty Images

New Zealand made a solid start with a 41-run partnership between Martin Guptill and Finn Allen, who struck two sixes and a four from Holder’s bowling in the seventh over.A short rain break followed at the end of the eighth over and Allen was out for 25 four balls after the resumption. From then on New Zealand lost wickets regularly and struggled to build the partnerships that were necessary to reach a more challenging total.Allen was Hosein’s first wicket, caught by Pooran who had to run back and hold onto the ball as it came across his shoulder. Guptill fell in Hosein’s next over, caught by Kyle Mayers at slip for 24 when New Zealand were 53 for 2.Captain Kane Williamson attempted to lead a recovery with an innings of 34 from 50 balls. But he lacked support with Devon Conway and Tom Latham out cheaply as New Zealand slumped to 88 for 4.Williamson’s partnership with Daryl Mitchell held promise and the pair had added 28 for the fifth wicket before both were out to Joseph in the 30th over. Mitchell had made 20 from 32 balls when he was trapped lbw and Williamson followed when he edged behind.Allrounders Michael Bracewell and Mitchell Santner added 40 for the seventh wicket but weren’t able to tip the match back in New Zealand’s favour. Bracewell was trapped lbw to give Cariah for his first international wicket as the Trinidadian wristspinner finished with 1 for 49 from nine overs.The New Zealand lower order often comes to the rescue of the team but on this occasion there was no fightback. Santner was out for 25 with the total 189 for 8 and the last two wickets fell quickly.”Obviously it was challenging out there to get some rhythm and some momentum,” Williamson said. “Credit to the way the West Indies bowled. They got a lot out of that surface and executed their plans well and ultimately played a very good game of cricket.”The second game will be played Friday at the same venue.

Carlo Ancelotti has claimed Javier Tebas 'talks too much' after the La Liga president called Real Madrid 'a crying club.'

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Tebas called Real Madrid 'a crying club'Ancelotti claims he talks too much Comes amid Spanish refereeing rowFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

A series of rows over refereeing decisions have seen a disagreement between Real and La Liga become public, with Ancelotti unhappy about Tebas' jibe. Real believe they receive specific treatment from Spanish officials, something that the league refutes.

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Real made their complaints official earlier this month, sending a letter of complaint to the Spanish Federation after their 1-0 defeat to Espanyol, when goalscorer Carlos Romero avoided a red card for a foul on Kylian Mbappe. The La Liga champions believe the system is set up to disadvantage them.

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Tebas has given Real's complaints short shrift and Ancelotti responded to his 'crying team' taunt, saying: "Tebas talks too much about Real Madrid. Since I’ve been here…there’s a lack of respect for many Real Madrid fans by talking like that. There are more important issues in Spanish football [such as officiating] and he has to focus more on solving the problems of Spanish football."

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Despite their grievances, Real are second in La Liga and level on points with leaders Barcelona. They still have to play their biggest rivals in May, while Atletico Madrid are only one point behind them both.

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da betcris： Após a vitória do Athletico-PR, por 1 a 0, diante o Coritiba, Luiz Felipe Scolari pontuou alguns aspectos do clássico. O treinador destacou que o Furacão foi mais superior e ressaltou os pontos conquistados pela equipe como visitante.

Na partida, o Coritiba conseguiu finalizar 24 vezes. Dessas, Bento e a falta de pontaria foram as principais armas do Athletico, que finalizou em 11 oportunidades.

– O Coritiba teve mais possibilidade de vitória pelo que fez em campo. Sofremos pela qualidade deles. Sabemos valorizar. Pelo espírito, vontade, disciplina, conseguimos vencer – pontuou o comandante da equipe.

Além disso, Felipão valorizou a sua sequência de quatro jogos sem derrotas longe da Arena da Baixada. Ao todo, são três vitórias (Cuiabá, Juventude e Coritiba) é um empate (Corinthians).

Estamos contentes. Essa era a nossa meta. Fizemos o que queríamos. Tivemos a oportunidade no fim do jogo do que a gente devia ter feito antes. Esperamos continuar assim – finalizou.

Warne’s Order of Australia also reflected his charity and philanthropic work

ESPNcricinfo staff and AAP13-Jun-2022Australia captain Meg Lanning and the late Shane Warne have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.Lanning, who has led Australia to consecutive T20 World Cup titles and most recently the ODI World Cup, has been awarded Member (AM) in the General Division for significant service to women’s cricket at the elite level.Since taking on the Australian captaincy in 2014 when she was 21, Lanning has overall won three T20 World Cup titles as well as three Ashes victories in 2015, 2019 and 2021-22 (she missed 2017-18 due to injury) and been in charge of a record-breaking 26-match ODI winning streak. She is comfortably Australia’s leading run-scorer in T20Is and closing in on the same landmark in ODIs.Warne, who died aged 52 on March 4 when he suffered a heart attack in Thailand, has been posthumously appointed an Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to cricket as a player, role model and commentator, to the community through charitable initiatives, and for philanthropic contributions.Warne’s extraordinary feats on the field – which brought him 1,001 international wickets – put him among the greatest to have ever played the game, but this honour also reflects his broader impact on the game and wider society.In 2020, Warne auctioned his baggy green to raise money for bushfire victims and it fetched over AUD$1 million – a record price paid for an item of Australian sports memorabilia.There was also the Shane Warne Foundation, which raised AUD$7.8 million to support ill and underprivileged children in Australia for a dozen years before closing.But other organisations quietly benefited from Warne’s philanthropy. He was a benefactor for My Room Children’s Cancer Charity. And a long-time supporter of Challenge, which also helped kids with cancer.Warne donated memorabilia and made voluntary appearances at fundraising events for a range of charities including Elton John AIDS Foundation, Australian Red Cross, Scope and the Small Steps Project.And his reach extended beyond Australia, with support for the 2011 Christchurch earthquake recovery and contributions to the rebuilding of the town of Galle in Sri Lanka and its cricket stadium following the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.Warne also supported various UN development programs including the Lion’s Share wildlife fund. The UN announced the establishment of a conservation grant in his name after his death.Other cricketers to be honoured as Member (AM) in the General Division were Doug Walters, the former allrounder who played 74 Tests, and former Australia captain Muriel Picton who played seven Tests between 1961 and 1969.”We are enormously proud to see Australian women’s captain Meg Lanning recognised in today’s Honour List,” Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley said. “Her leadership and performances have been central to the outstanding success of our women’s team.”Shane Warne was one of the most talented and charismatic cricketers the world has ever seen and we are reminded today of the indelible legacy he created both on and off the field.”Muriel Picton and Doug Walters both hold a special place in Australian cricket and we are delighted that they have been recognised today as Members of the General Division.”

His career may have been in the balance but, just as he did alongside AB de Villiers six years ago, JP Duminy produced an important innings when it mattered

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Cullinan: Parnell could be the difference

JP Duminy probably should not have played this Test match. Before it, he was holding down his place in the side as a part-time bowler. If that sounds too harsh, consider that his previous seven innings yielded just 77 runs.This story should probably not be about JP Duminy. AB de Villiers was the man that took over the South Africa recovery and stood it up. He was the one whose carefree calm made batting look smooth on a pitch where the ball appeared stuck to the surface at times. He was the one who cheekily beat the four short midwicket fielders Michael Clarke had planted to wait for the mistimed pull by going over the quartet when he smacked Peter Siddle for six.De Villiers’ is probably the century you will remember from this innings, Duminy’s is the one you should not forget. It was only the third of his career but it could turn out to be the one that saves it.There could not have been a clearer sign that it needed resuscitating when, after Dean Elgar was dismissed on the first afternoon, it was not Duminy but the debutant Quinton de Kock who strode in at No. 6. Duminy occupied that position in his last three Tests. Even though Duminy has batted at No. 7, with Jacques Kallis’ retirement sending South Africa back to a more regular six specialist batsmen structure, it was thought the No. 6 spot was Duminy’s to keep.

‘There were a few butterfies’ – Duminy

JP Duminy admitted some nerves when he walked out to the crease, knowing he was under pressure to keep his place in the Test XI. Duminy and AB de Villiers put on 149 runs for the sixth wicket and both scored centuries, Duminy ending a lean run of 13 innings without a Test hundred.
“There were a few butterflies around. It was a big day for the team and a big day for me personally. The most important thing was that we built a partnership,” he said. “When the band is screaming ‘JP jou lekker ding’, it raises a few goosebumps.”
But after all that, Duminy’s day hit a downer when he dropped Nathan Lyon in the last over of the day. “It probably does take the shine of my innings,” he said. “Especially coming off such a high after the way the day unfolded. Hopefully we will catch them tomorrow.
“We knew that the bounce was only going to be with the new ball and we would have to capitalise. Tomorrow, for the first 10 overs there may be a bit of carry but after that we have to box smartly.”
Duminy spent enough time on the surface to have worked out the best way to succeed on it. “The key was to stay patient and stick to your gameplans. Against Lyon, my gameplan was to try and sweep him and that worked really well,” he said.

His demotion was a not-so-subtle hint that if runs did not come soon, he could go the same way as Robin Peterson. And his replacement, de Kock, was being teed up ahead of him.What would have been more immediate in Duminy’s mind was that, as he walked out to bat, South Africa had lost two wickets in the space of half an hour. A difficult day in which scoring had been laboured could have been handed to Australia had another wicket fallen at that point. Duminy’s defence had to be almost as strong as it was when he faced Australia on debut in Perth six years ago.Then, South Africa were chasing history. Kallis had been dismissed and the match was in the balance. Duminy was up against Mitchell Johnson and Siddle. He faced 24 balls that evening for just six runs. Now, South Africa are trying to build on the history they have already created. Duminy was up against Australia’s slower bowlers in fading light. He faced 15 fairly innocuous deliveries for 2 and he may have resumed even more nervous than he was at the WACA.In both situations, Duminy had de Villiers on the other end. That year, 2008, de Villiers was in one of the best streaks of his career. It was the calendar year in which he scored the most runs, 1061. This time, de Villiers has just played a 12th consecutive Test in which he has scored at least a fifty, surpassing a record held by Viv Richards, Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag. An in-form de Villiers is worth more to South Africa than just the runs he produces because, as he showed with Duminy then and now, he can usher another player to do the same.With de Villiers well settled, Duminy had the time to play himself in without the pressure to do it quickly. He didn’t even need too much of it. After looking in good touch before throwing it away against Australia last week, Duminy picked up from that this morning. He played Johnson with absolute assurance, even though Johnson had the new ball in hand, and sent his third over for 12 runs, which included a delicate touch on the leg side and the pull shot.Australia did not use the second new ball as well as they did the first and could not suffocate South Africa in the same way. Although the surface continued to offer almost nothing at all, their disciplines were looser and they allowed de Villiers and Duminy to score at 4.5 runs an over for the first half hour, after they had battled to get the run rate above three throughout the first day.The seamers were getting tired, understandably so. When they went to lunch wicketless, it was the first time since the Old Trafford Test last August that their bowlers had not struck in a session. After the break, that stretched to the longest they’d been in the field since March last year, against India in Hyderabad, longer than in two Ashes series and more than double the time they spent on the park in either innings in Centurion. It was starting to take its toll on them and work to Duminy’s benefit.JP Duminy made only his third Test century in a career spanning more than five years•Getty ImagesTo preserve his quicks, Clarke brought himself on, as well as using David Warner and Steven Smith. Sometimes using the lesser bowlers can cause a lapse in concentration but Duminy, being one himself, did not allow that to happen. He showed the same care against every bowler he was up against and showed his capability against the slower bowlers, with the sweep shot one of his best.It was only fitting that was the stroke he played to bring up his century. It was powerfully played in front of square and greeted with a smile that told a story of relief. Duminy was still on one knee when the ball crossed the boundary. He looked down at his bat as if to thank it for serving him well in his hour of need and gave it a reaffirming shake, like he was taking someone by the hand.Wayne Parnell was standing mid-pitch, applauding. Clarke, at first slip, was doing the same. The band were in full cry with “JP, jou lekker ding” ringing around St George’s Park. Duminy stayed in that position until he realised he would have to get up. When he did it wasn’t with a leap or an air punch. It was simply without the burden of being stuck in a rut.He acknowledged everyone there was to recognise and then continued with the same seriousness, knowing the job was not done. His irritation when Parnell flashed at one the ball before tea and was caught behind illustrated that Duminy was still focused on batting South Africa into a position where they had a safety net.He didn’t do it for much longer. In the second over after tea, he was out reverse-sweeping off Lyon. But he did do it to the point where South Africa would have felt comfortable, to within three runs of their eventual total of 423. Earlier this week, Russell Domingo called Duminy a “class act”, who South Africa will persist with because “he has done it before against Australia”. Now he has done it again and at time when it mattered just as much as it did in 2008.

Opener Ali Orr made a career-best 141 as Sussex pulled off a remarkable run-chase against Derbyshire to claim their first win since April 2021 in the LV=County Championship.Orr was superbly supported by Tom Alsop and Mohammad Rizwan, who made 55 and 76 not out respectively, as Sussex chased down a target of 342 in 76 overs to win by five wickets with 17 balls to spare at Hove.Orr was caught on the mid-wicket boundary when Sussex still needed 68, but Rizwan – making his last appearance for the county before returning to international duty with Pakistan – saw them home in relative comfort.Having had a first-innings lead of 214 just before tea on the third day Derbyshire will wonder how they lost the game.But after electing not to enforce the follow-on they surrendered seven wickets in adding 127 to their lead on the third day and they were unable to bat Sussex out of the game by adding quick runs in the morning session today after 14 overs were lost to rain and the start was delayed until 12.15pm.But that should not take away from Sussex’s achievement, and in particular the performance of left-hander Orr, who hit 15 fours and six sixes as he punished the bowlers every time they erred in line or length. It was an outstanding innings by the 21-year-old.After skipper Tom Haines was lbw to the fourth ball from off-spinner Alex Thomson, having put on 47 for the first wicket, Orr and Alsop ticked along comfortably through the afternoon session and were always up with the asking rate of 4.5 runs an over.They crucially picked up the tempo in some style in the four overs before tea by plundering 45 runs with Orr taking 17 off an over from Sam Conners before Alsop hit two sixes and two fours in striking Thomson for 20.They added 140 in 36 overs with Alsop contributing 55, including six fours and two sixes, before he miscued a drive to mid-off off Anuj Dal shortly after tea.But Rizwan immediately got into one-day mode as he picked up the tempo and the Derbyshire attack struggled to defend the short boundary on the scoreboard side. They weren’t helped, either, by no fewer than six ball-changes.Although Rizwan was hampered by what looked like a hamstring injury shortly after reaching his fifty, he always had the chase under control, even when Orr departed to a standing ovation after he was caught on the mid-wicket boundary off Luis Reece, having faced 203 balls and batted for a shade under four hours.Cameos from Delray Rawlins and Ollie Carter made sure Sussex didn’t lose their way and Rizwan was unbeaten on 76 from 80 balls, with a six and nine fours, when Dan Ibrahim hit the winning boundary and Sussex could celebrate their first Championship victory since August 2020 and first in front of their supporters since August 2019.

da supremo： The Premier League season is nine games old now, and while Ipswich Town are still without their first win, they have every chance of staying up.

da bet7k： Despite already facing Manchester City, Liverpool, Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion, the Tractor Boys remain above the relegation zone on four points, and while there have been a few suspect performances at the back, they’ve looked reasonably threatening in attack.

However, survival is an extraordinarily tough objective for the Suffolk side as, even though they signed several talented players over the summer, Kieran McKenna still has a number of players in his squad who were there when he took charge of the club in League One.

However, they are without one of the team’s top goal-scorers in the league that season, as his career has taken on a very different trajectory from that of Ipswich over the last couple of years.

Ipswich's rapid rise

This season is Ipswich’s first back in the Premier League for 22 years, and just a few years ago it looked like they wouldn’t be back in the top-flight for some time.

However, following the sacking of Paul Cook in December 2021, the club appointed the inexperienced McKenna as his replacement in what was the Northern Irishman’s first managerial role, and to say it was a masterstroke would be an understatement.

He would stabilise the club in that first campaign, leading them to an 11th-placed finish before mounting a promotion charge the following campaign that saw the Tractor Boys finish second with a mammoth points total of 98 and a frankly ridiculous goal difference of plus 66, which was unsurprisingly the best in the league.

Now, the team would have been forgiven for just looking to establish themselves in the Championship the following season and build from there, but they didn’t do that. Instead, as he had the previous year, McKenna led his side on an incredible promotion charge that once again saw them finish in second place and secure Ipswich’s place in the Premier League for the first time in many fans’ lives.

Amazingly, there are still many players from League One in the current squad, such as, Sam Morsy, Wes Burns and Conor Chaplin, but someone who is no longer in the team is Macauley Bonne.

Macauley Bonne's post Ipswich career

It might be a name some Ipswich fans have forgotten in the blur that’s been the last few years, but during McKenna’s first season at Portman Road, Bonne ended the campaign as the club’s joint top goalscorer in League One alongside Burns, with 12 a piece.

However, the Ipswich-born poacher was only at the club on a season-long loan from Queens Park Rangers, so he returned to West London in the summer.

His contract was terminated by mutual consent the following January as he struggled to make an impact at Loftus Road, and the subsequent years would see the Zimbabwean international play for Charlton Athletic, Gillingham and Cambridge United as he struggled to find form.

Bonne’s senior career

Club

Appearances

Goals

Assists

Leyton Orient

91

45

9

Colchester United

84

15

1

Charlton

56

14

2

Ipswich Town

46

12

4

QPR

44

3

1

Gillingham

31

5

2

Cambridge

16

1

0

Southend United

10

0

2

Lincoln City

8

1

0

Woking

7

0

0

All Stats via Transfermarkt

Things got worse for the 29-year-old in July of this year as he was released by The Gills, and for a few months, he was a free agent until he dropped down another division to join non-league side Southend United on a one-year deal.

Unfortunately, the former Ipswich ace has seriously struggled for form at the former Football League giants so far this season and, as things stand, has just two assists to his name in ten appearances, which isn’t the sort of form that will see him retained next year.

Ultimately, while he was great for Ipswich and McKenna in the Northern Irishman’s first season at Portman Road, the last few years haven’t been kind to Bonne, and if his form doesn’t improve, he might not make it back to the Football League.

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ICC are hoping to announce the venue at their Annual General Meeting next month

Osman Samiuddin03-Jun-2022The World Test Championship (WTC) could get the showpiece final it has wanted in the summer of 2023, as the ICC works to have it staged at Lord’s.Lord’s had been informally earmarked as the venue for the first WTC final last summer but because of Covid-19 the game was instead played in Southampton at the Ageas Bowl. At the time, the UK was still moving out of restrictions put in place because of the pandemic. Southampton – which had hosted international cricket in the summer of 2020 at the start of the pandemic – was seen as the ideal venue logistically to keep players in a bio-secure bubble because of its on-site hotel. New Zealand beat India in the final to become the inaugural Test world champions.But as restrictions have ended in the UK and bio-secure bubbles have been eased out, the ICC are hoping once again to stage the final at Lord’s.”I think it is scheduled for Lord’s, that was always the intention,” ICC chairperson Greg Barclay said on at tea on the second day of the first Test between England and New Zealand, at Lord’s.”It’s June so that rules out a number of other venues and we’ve got to get certainty around where it’s hosted. We’re out of Covid now so subject to arrangements being made and being able to be hosted out of Lord’s I think that’s the intention.”England are likely to host a one-off Test against a yet-to-be finalised opponent next summer before then hosting the Ashes. That would seem to increase the chances of Lord’s hosting the world final.There is still some work to be done before that is finalised, however the ICC are hoping to announce the venue at their Annual General Meeting next month.Barclay also said that though the WTC had brought some relevancy back to Test cricket, outside of India, England and Australia, other full members may have to accept that they will play less Test cricket than they would like to.”Men’s Test cricket is something that represents the history and legacy of the game, it is what makes the game unique,” Barclay said when asked where he saw the long format 10-15 years from now.”We are fortunate that we have other formats that can help us sustain Test cricket financially because other than one or two series it is effectively loss-making for boards – players will tell you it is ultimate test of cricket and they want to play it.”The Test Championship has driven some relevancy into it so in 10-15 years’ time I still see Test cricket being an integral part. It may be that there is less Test cricket. Some countries may have to make room and play less Test cricket – some of them might have totally different long and short form squads but also some of the smaller Full Members will have to accept from a resourcing point of view that they can’t play the amount of Test cricket that they wanted to. So we may see a lessening of that, maybe they play four or five Tests a year whereas England, Australia and India I think will be playing Test cricket as they are now.”

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da betsson： O Porto, de Portugal, avançou nas tratativas para contratar o jovem zagueiro João Victor, do Corinthians.

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O estafe do atleta está no país lusitano e conversou com representantes da equipe portuguesa, que manifestaram o interesse no jogador.

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Arquirrival dos Dragões, o Benfica também chegou a consultar a situação do defensor corintiano, mas recuou nos últimos dias. O Sevilla, da Espanha, é outro clube que aparece como interessado, mas nesse momento está atrás do Porto.

Os representantes de João Victor têm buscado escutar todas as sondagens pelo jogador, já que a janela de transferências na Europa abrirá apenas no dia 1º de julho, na maioria dos países do continente.

Há a expectativa de que haja a consulta de mais clubes, entre eles um inglês, nos próximos dias.

A direção corintiana espera lucrar 15 milhões de euros (R$ 81,7 mi, na cotação atual) com João Victor, mas as tratativas com o Porto no momento giram em torno de 10 milhões (R$ 54,5 mi, na cotação atual). Com a situação evoluindo ainda mais, as partes conversarão sobre o valor, com o Timão tentando ganhar um pouco mais com o atleta.

Porém, a quantia que os portugueses estão dispostos a pagar nesse momento atraiu os corintianos.

João é visto como o principal ativo do Corinthians para o mercado deste meio do ano, em que o clube alvinegro deseja atingir a meta de vendas de R$ 91,5 milhões na temporada.

Até o momento, o clube do Parque São Jorge arrecadou R$ 46,8 milhões com as vendas do meia Ederson, que estava emprestado ao Fortaleza, ao Salernitana, da Itália, e o meia-atacante Gabriel Pereira, ao New York City, dos Estados Unidos.

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