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India and Pakistan have identical numbers and performances in the tournament so far as they prepare for a second consecutive U-19 World Cup semi-final meeting

Sreshth Shah in Potchefstroom03-Feb-2020Big pictureIndia’s highest score this World Cup is 297. Pakistan’s is 294. India have taken 40 wickets in four games. Pakistan have taken 39. And that might’ve been 40 too, had their group stage game not been abandoned with Bangladesh at 106 for 9.Pakistan captain Rohail Nazir has beaten an Indian team before. He did it as a teenager while captaining the U-23 side at the ACC Emerging Cup last year, where Pakistan knocked India out in the semi-final.Among the 11 Pakistan players who will take the field on Tuesday, Nazir is the only player to have featured in the 2018 World Cup semi-final defeat against India. Nazir said he dropped a catch early on in Shubman Gill’s innings that allowed him to score a hundred and take the game away from Pakistan. This time, he vows to not make that same mistake.As for India, “process” is the one word that rings through the camp. Despite being pushed into a corner against Australia’s bowlers, their allrounders dragged them out of a difficult situation by looking to bat through till the 50th over. The last time both sides faced, once again at an ACC Emerging Cup competition – although this was for U-19s – it was India who won by 60 runs last year. Barring that batting wobble, there’s nothing else that’s gone wrong for the side in the World Cup.There’s not much to separate both sides, so the flimsy ground on which India have an edge is evidence from past World Cups. Pakistan’s U-19s haven’t beaten India at a World Cup since 2010 and as a unit have come together far later than the current India U-19s.And then there’s the bowling departments. Like India, Pakistan have a left-arm seamer, a right-arm quick and a handy left-arm orthodox bowler within their ranks. But what they lack is a frontline wristspinner, which India’s Ravi Bishnoi is. On a used and tired Potchefstroom pitch, that may be the difference between the two sides.It’s expected to be the most-watched World Cup game so far. It will probably have higher a viewership than the final. In recent history, India-Pakistan games have not lived up to their hype. Here’s hoping 2020 is different.Form guideIndia WWWWW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
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In the spotlightIndia opener Yashasvi Jaiswal, is by far, their most successful batsman in this tournament, scoring three fifties at an average of 103.50. His wicket will be key for Pakistan, since India’s second-highest run-scorer in the tournament – Diyaansh Saxena – has made only 89 runs. If Jaiswal can anchor through, then the remainder of India’s batting order can play around him. If he fails, the pressure shifts to a relatively untested Indian batting order.Pakistan’s left-arm quick Tahir Hussain is an unknown quantity for India. He was a late replacement for Naseem Shah in the squad and was discovered just months before the tournament, after being spotted by coach Ijaz Ahmed while he was a net bowler to the U-19 national team. The left-arm seamer can move the ball to move both ways – both in the air and off the deck – and poses a danger both with the new and old ball.Team newsBoth sides are injury-free and are likely to go unchanged from their quarterfinal wins.India (likely): 1 Yashasvi Jaiswal, 2 Divyaansh Saxena, 3 Tilak Verma, 4 Priyam Garg (capt), 5 Dhruv Jurel (wk), 6 Siddhesh Veer, 7 Atharva Ankolekar, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Sushant Mishra, 10 Kartik Tyagi, 11 Akash SinghPakistan (likely) : 1 Haider Ali, 2 Mohammad Huraira, 3 Rohail Nazir (capt, wk), 4 Fahad Munir, 5 Qasim Akram, 6 Mohammad Haris 7 Irfan Khan, 8 Abbas Afridi, 9 Tahir Hussain, 10 Amir Ali, 11 Mohammad Amir KhanPitch and conditionsPotchefstroom receives showers nearly everyday, and tournament rules say India will go through – because of more group stage wins – in case the game is washed out, but the chances of rain are only 20%. The pitch is a tired one, and team totals have fallen as the tournament has progressed. Batting conditions are tricky with the new ball and spinners get considerable purchase with the older ball.Stats and trivia Pakistan last beat India at the U-19 World Cup in 2010 Among games between nations that have senior Test teams at the 2020 U-19 World Cup, the highest score at Senwes Park is 261. The average first-innings score in games between such at this ground during the tournament has been 193.5 (completed matches only) Jaiswal needs 52 more runs to become the tournament’s leading run-scorer

Real Madrid's highly-rated defender Joan Martinez will be out for half a year after tearing his ACL in training.

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• Martinez tipped for bright future
• Suffered torn ACL in training
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• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Martinez, 16, received devastating news on Friday when it was confirmed that he has suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in a non-contact incident in training. According to , the Spanish teenager will undergo surgery and be out for around six months.

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  Martinez has made a big impact on Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti. He joined the first team for their pre-season tour of the United States, featuring in friendlies against AC Milan and Barcelona, and was training with the senior squad when he sustained the ACL injury. So this is an unfortunate setback for a player who was expected to play a role for the first team in 2024-25.

• WHAT MARTINEZ SAID

  Taking to Instagram after the injury, Martinez wrote: "I will come back stronger."

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  The Spain Under-17 international will be sidelined until 2025 but hopefully his rehabilitation goes well and he's able to appear for the first team in the second half of the season.

علق المدير الفني لفريق مانشستر سيتي، بيب جوارديولا، على تتويج لاعب فريقه، رودري، بجائزة الكرة الذهبية لعام 2024.

وخلال حفل توزيع الجوائز المقدمة بين الاتحاد الأوروبي لكرة القدم، يويفا، ومجلة “فرانس فوتبول”، حصل اللاعب الإسباني، رودري، على جائزة أفضل لاعب في العالم لعام 2024 متفوقاً على فينيسيوس جونيور وجود بيلينجهام.

ويعد رودري أول لاعب من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز يحقق جائزة الكرة الذهبية، منذ آخر تتويج لـ كريستيانو رونالدو مع مانشستر يونايتد في موسم 2008.

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وقال بيب جوارديولا خلال المؤتمر الصحفي استعداداً لمواجهة توتنهام في كأس رابطة الأندية الإنجليزية: “بداية أبارك لـ رودري ولجميع عائلته وأصدقائه الأعزاء. إنها أخبار لا تصدق بالنسبة له وبالطبع بالنسبة لنا جميعًا، ولمان سيتي وجماهيرنا، نحن فخورون جدًا به”.

وأضاف جوارديولا: “لم يكن من الممكن أن نتخيل منذ سنوات أن لاعبًا واحدًا سيحصل على هذه الجائزة المرموقة، ونحن سعداء جدًا بأن نكون جزءًا منها، وأن نشاركها معه. آمل أن تمنحه الطاقة للتعافي بشكل جيد للموسم المقبل ليكون معنا مرة أخرى”.

وتابع :”بالنسبة لنا، في الموسم الماضي على سبيل المثال، فاز هالاند بالثلاثية، وسجل أكثر من 50 هدفًا، وقلت له: “مجرد تواجدك في القائمة، عليك أن تكون سعيدًا جدًا! ، وأعتقد أن رودري ذهب إلى هناك وقلت طوال الوقت، إذا كنت في أول اثنين أو ثلاثة أو أربعة، فهذا أمر استثنائي. هذا يعني أنك قضيت عامًا رائعًا ويجب أن تكون راضيًا جدًا”.

وأكمل حديثه قائلاً :”رودري ألقى خطابًا رائعًا وكان اللاعبون الإسبان جيدين جدًا. تشافي وإنييستا لم يفوزا بسبب ميسي”.

وحول أحقية فوز فينيسيوس بالجائزة أكد جوارديولا :”​​ربما، ولكن هذا ما حدث. إنهم الصحفيون، وليست مجموعة من النخبة من الأشخاص الذين يقررون ما يجب عليهم فعله. إنه في جميع أنحاء العالم، وليس مجرد صوت دولة واحدة. إنها في جميع أنحاء العالم، وآراء مختلفة”.

وأوضح جوارديولا :”كرة القدم الإسبانية في العقد الماضي حققت شيئًا لا يصدق، مع مدربين وطنيين مختلفين، ومع لاعبين رائعين في الماضي، وفازت بكأس العالم، وبطولة أوروبا، ولم تتمكن أبدًا من الفوز بجائزة الكرة الذهبية”.

وحول مقاطعة ريال مدريد للحفل أشار جوارديولا: “لا يوجد شيء لأقوله. إنهم يريدون الرحيل، لا بأس، يريدون التهنئة، لا بأس، لم يفعلوا، لا بأس. بالتأكيد نحن كمان سيتي، لسنا هنا للحكم على ما تقرره الأندية الأخرى وما يجب عليها فعله”.

About six dozen balls will be supplied by SG to BCCI considering both India and Bangladesh would want to start training with the ball

Nagraj Gollapudi30-Oct-2019The SG pink ball is set to debut when India and Bangladesh play their maiden day-night Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata in November. Immediately after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had accepted the BCCI’s request on Tuesday to play the second Test of the Bangladesh series under lights, BCCI president Sourav Ganguly said that the SG pink ball would be used for the match, as the first Test of the series would be played with the SG red ball, in Indore.”Hopefully SG because the first match will be with SG so the second Test will also have to be with SG,” Ganguly told on Tuesday.Although majority of players from both India and Bangladesh have not played with the pink ball, both boards have said the Eden Test was a positive development, with Ganguly calling it the beginning of “something special” and a “huge step forward” for Indian cricket.Despite using the SG red ball in first-class cricket, the BCCI stuck to Kookaburra when it came to pink-ball cricket in the domestic circuit in the last few years. The first experiment with the pink ball was tried out by Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) when Ganguly was the president. In 2016 the Duleep Trophy was played with the Kookaburra pink ball too.Asked why the BCCI did not want to use the Kookaburra pink ball for the Test, Ganguly said two different makes in one series was not permitted. “No, it can’t be because the series has to be played with same ball. It can’t be two different balls in the same series.”ESPNcricinfo understands the BCCI has placed an order with SG for the pink balls to be sent over by November 6, with the Test set to begin on November 22. About six dozen balls will be supplied by SG to BCCI considering both India and Bangladesh would want to start training with the ball at the earliest opportunity.Paras Anand, marketing director at SG, confirmed the BCCI order. “We have to send the balls by November 6,” Anand told ESPNcricinfo. “They asked us if we were prepared to supply the pink balls on time. And whether we could get the pink ball as close to the red ball used in Test matches in India.”Anand admitted about being anxious, but he was confident about the SG pink ball withstanding the weather and ground conditions, after having tested it in-house extensively. “We have been working on the pink ball for almost three years now. And we have tested the ball for the longer format, if it can last 80 overs,” he said. “The ball has been put under a tremendous amount of stress and the results have been pretty good. We tried to simulate the match conditions to check on the colour, the shape, the seam, the core of the ball.”Suresh Raina tosses the pink ball to Ashok Dinda during the 2016-17 Duleep Trophy•AFPMost of the Indian domestic players had given a thumbs down to the Kookaburra pink, which they said mostly favoured batsmen as the seam softened too quickly, with fast bowlers barely managing to impart swing – conventional or reverse.Even the SG ball drew flak last year during the home series against West Indies, when India captain Virat Kohli said the red ball gets scuffed up too early, barely after five overs. However, Anand said SG has since worked extensively on the ball after receiving first-hand feedback from Indian players.ALSO READ: Questions facing the first day-night Test in India Anand and his team has met the likes of R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Ishant Sharma, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Cheteshwar Pujara to understand the challenges they faced with the ball. “In the last 12 months, we have really worked hard on the seam of the ball. The players told us how the SG seam was a lot more prominent in the past. So our focus again for the pink ball has been on the seam. We are trying to ensure the seam is good enough even if it is, say, 75 overs old both spinners and seamers can grip.”One reason why Anand is confident the pink ball will swing is because the seam on the SG red ball in India’s home series against South Africa remained firm, aiding the fast bowlers, especially Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav. “You saw how good they were. It had to do with both the seam of the ball being good and how good they were at preparing at the ball. We are confident they will be able to extract more swing from SG pink.”The biggest challenge for the ball manufacturers in Indian conditions is the lacquer on the pink ball, which is lost swiftly. Jaydev Unadkat, the Saurashtra and India fast bowler who has played in the Duleep Trophy under lights for two years, said the pink Kookaburra lost its sheen quickly and the ball became greyish.Anand conceded that, in fact, was the challenge, but said the key for the ball to retain its polish is to have favourable ground conditions. By that, he meant a good grass cover – not just the pitch, but the outfield, too. “The processes have changed drastically. Previously the ball would get dark quickly. But now we are confident that the ball will keep its shine for a long time. But we need support from the ground conditions. If the conditions are good the top surface of the ball – the area which has the lacquer – will not be damaged.”Anand said that he would be present at Eden Gardens for the Test and will keep his fingers crossed over the dew factor, which he said remained the biggest challenge for a ball regardless of its colour. Although the match timings for the day-night Test in Kolkata are yet to be announced, it is likely the BCCI will advance it by at least an hour. Generally day-night matches have started in India at 1.30pm, but to counter the dew, the match might start earlier.Ganguly was confident the dew would be dealt with, while Anand was hopeful it would have the least impact. “We will make sure there’s no dew. After all, day-night one-dayers are played here. There’s this dew treatment spray and all. Nothing will happen,” Ganguly told .”The colour, the seam, the hardness of the ball as compared to the red ball is pretty much manageable,” Anand said. “It is just the dew because it will have an impact on the (pink ball’s) performance.”

Juventus are being considered favourites to sign Manchester United target Jean-Clair Todibo this summer.

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• Juventus could sign Todibo
• Man Utd won't be able to sign the French player
• Defender could reunite with Thuram in Turin

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  Per , the French defender is keen on a move to Juventus this summer as he wants to reunite with Khephren Thuram who is set to undergo a medical with the Serie A side this week. After missing out on signing Arsenal-bound Riccardo Calafiori, the Bianconeri now want to seal a transfer for Todibo.

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  Manchester United were considered the favourites to land the Nice star at one point in time, however, their move for the player got halted due to the two clubs' shared ownership of the INEOS group headed by Sir Jim Ratcliffe. Both teams are set to take part in the Europa League in the 2024/25 season and under such circumstances, the UEFA does not permit player transfers.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  The 24-year-old former Barcelona player featured in 30 Ligue 1 games for Nice last season where he provided two assists. He played an important role in the club finishing fifth in the league and securing a slot in the Europa League.

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  WHAT NEXT FOR JUVENTUS?

  Other than Todibo, Thiago Motta's side are also planning to rope in Arsenal outcast Jakub Kiwior on an initial loan deal with an obligation to buy next summer.

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Vindo de uma dura sequência de cinco partidas sem saber o que era vencer (tendo a primeira delas custado o cargo do técnico João Brigatti), o Santa Cruz conseguiu um aliviante triunfo na última quarta-feira (28) ao bater o Retrô por 3 a 2 no Campeonato Pernambucano. Seja para a melhoria do clima em meio a chegada do novo técnico, Bolívar, como também no panorama para o mata-mata do estadual.

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Agora, o time Coral tem 12 pontos conquistados e está na quarta colocação, já sem possibilidade matemática de alcançar ao menos a segunda posição que lhe daria a vaga direta na semifinal. Nesse momento, quem ocupa esse posto é o Sport que já tem 17 unidades.

Porém, a distância do Santa para o próprio Retrô, último adversário, chegou também ao caráter inalcançável de cinco pontos restando somente três a serem disputados.

Como a equipe não disputa mais a Copa do Nordeste e a Copa do Brasil, o novo comandante do time do Arruda terá maior tempo de treinos visando tanto a reta final do Pernambucano como também já projetando a campanha na principal competição dentro dos planos do Santa: o Brasileirão da Série C.
Ainda sem data específica para ocorrer, o clube já sabe que jogará a primeira rodada como visitante frente ao Manaus.

Alan Shearer has urged Gareth Southgate to switch Jude Bellingham's position and make Phil Foden England's number 10.

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Shearer wants Bellingham's position switchedWants to see Foden as number 10England next face Denmark in EurosWHAT HAPPENED?

Foden garnered criticism for his underwhelming performance on the left side of the attack in England's win over Serbia in their Euro 2024 opener. Bellingham, on the other hand, scored the all-important goal while playing as a number 10.

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Now, Three Lions legend Alan Shearer has urged manager Southgate to switch the Real Madrid star's position, which would allow the Manchester City attacker to play in his familiar number 10 role. The ex-Newcastle forward wants Bellingham to be fielded alongside Declan Rice in central midfield and bring in either Eberechi Eze or Anthony Gordon on the left side.

WHAT ALAN SHEARER SAID

Speaking to , Shearer said: "I would play Bellingham alongside Rice and Foden as the 10, which is where he wants to play. I don't think that would be a problem at all, you're playing Bellingham with Rice so you free up that left side for someone who can run in behind, whether that would be Eze or Gordon. That's what I would have done and that's what I'd do against Denmark."

Further speaking about Foden's change in role, the legendary forward added: "He wants to have the freedom and I think England have given him that, even after five minutes into the game he was on the right, he has got the freedom to move and go wherever he wants but when Bellingham is playing in a 10 role then it's difficult for him to go over there and go into a crowded space.

"When you're playing against a packed defence, like England were against Serbia then it's really important to keep your width, with Saka one side and Foden the other, almost getting the chalk on their boots from the touchlines. That's how you make it difficult for the opposition, but of course, Foden doesn't want to do that, Saka doesn't mind but that's not Foden's game, he wants to roam and he wants to come inside, I'd feel better if he was in the 10 role and I don't think that would crowd it up, Bellingham would sit alongside Rice and he would then have the freedom to go forward if he wanted to do that."

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Southgate's men will be back in action on Thursday against Denmark as they look to seal a round of 16 berth by registering back-to-back wins in the Euro 2024 group stage.

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O novo reforço do São Paulo, William, foi apresentado pelo clube nesta quinta-feira (1). O jogador está de volta ao Brasil após sete anos no México. O meia falou, durante sua coletiva, sobre os possíveis obstáculos em sua readaptação ao futebol brasileiro.

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Naturalizado mexicano, William afirmou que seguiu acompanhando o futebol brasileiro nos anos em que esteve no exterior.

– Acompanhei muito o futebol brasileiro pelas amizades que eu tenho com os jogadores – comentou o meio-campista.

Perguntado sobre a sua readaptação ao futebol brasileiro, William falou sobre um possível obstáculo que ele pode enfrentar na sua volta: os técnicos estrangeiros.

– Em relação a minha adaptação aqui, um dos obstáculos que eu possa encontrar são os treinadores estrangeiros que temos aqui. Nos últimos dois Brasileiros, ganharam Flamengo com treinador estrangeiro, o Palmeiras venceu a Libertadores com treinador estrangeiro. Isso pode atrapalhar. Temos que ter superação para somar no dia a dia, com os companheiros – afirmou.

No México, William soma 153 atuações, com 28 gols. Jogou pelo Querétaro, onde foi companheiro de Tiago Volpi, atual goleiro do Tricolor, e Ronaldinho Gaúcho. Por lá, também jogou no América e, antes de ir para o São Paulo, no Toluca.

No Tricolor, o atleta poderá contribuir para o esquema de Crespo, podendo jogar como primeiro ou segundo volante e, até mesmo, como um ‘terceiro homem’ no meio de campo, como ele mesmo definiu.

أعرب لاعب فريق ليفربول، أندي روبرتسون، عن سعادته عقب الفوز على بورنموث في منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وفاز ليفربول بنتيجة 3/0 أمام نظيره بورنموث، في إطار منافسات الجولة الخامسة من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز على ملعب “أنفيلد”.

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وقال أندي روبرتسون في تصريحات لـ شبكة “BBC SPORTS”: “أنا سعيد حقًا بهذ الفوز، من الواضح أن الأسبوع الماضي كان مخيبا للآمال، لكن نجحنا في العودة يوم الثلاثاء ضد ميلان، كان الأمر يتعلق بالعودة إلى المسار الصحيح في الدوري”.

وأضاف روبرتسون: “كان على داروين نونيز أن يتحلى بالصبر، لقد عمل بجد في التدريب، محاولاً التحسن مثلنا جميعًا”.

وتابع: “لقد انتظر نونيز فرصته واليوم كان ممتازا اليوم وانتهز فرصته”.

وأشار: “لقد بدأ لويس دياز الموسم بشكل جيد للغاية، وأنا سعيد من أجل هذين اللاعبين”.

Aston Villa power couple Douglas Luiz and Alisha Lehmann were all smiles after taking a trip to see a personal shopper and stylist.

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• Lehmann and Luiz dating
• Villa duo go shopping together
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  With the Women's Super League and men's Premier League season drawing to a close, many would be forgiven for treating themselves with the finish line in sight. And that is what Lehmann and Luiz appeared to do after going clothes shopping on Thursday with a stylist who has worked with Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham in the past.

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  The duo met with Instagram user, sunny_kg, who labels herself as a personal shopper and stylist. She then posted an Instagram story with the three of them posing in front of a mirror, with the captions: "Good vibes only," and "Thanks for stopping by @dgoficial & @alishalehmann7."

• THE GOSSIP

  Lehmann and Luiz were together at the time when the Villa midfielder found out he was selected for Brazil's Copa America squad this week. Shortly after his team qualified for the Champions League, the 25-year-old has this tournament to look forward to. Following the announcement, Lehmann said she "couldn't be more proud" of him.

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  Lehmann's Villa side round off their WSL season on Saturday at home to title hopefuls Manchester City, whereas Luiz's Villans are away to in-form Crystal Palace on Sunday on the last day of the Premier League campaign.