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He scored four goals and provided three assists in 17 matches during the Clausura 2025Alvarado joined Chivas in 2022 from Cruz Azul has a release clause of 15 millionFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱Getty Images SportWHAT HAPPENED?

Reports from Mexico indicate that Cruz Azul are the most interested team in bringing Roberto Alvarado back to the club, after the midfielder left in 2022 to sign with Chivas. still own 50 percent of the player's rights, which could help negotiate his transfer from the for a lower price, since the attacker is still under contract with Guadalajara until 2029. The Mexico City club is reportedly trying to lower the 15 million release clause.

According to TUDN, the player “would not be opposed” to hearing offers from other clubs, as his future at Chivas remains uncertain. On the other hand, Cruz Azul – one of the strongest squads in Liga MX- has a real shot at the championship. As a result, Alvarado is expected to be one of the most sought-after players this summer. América is also reportedly interested in triggering his release clause, but signing Alvarado won't come cheap.

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It’s no secret that Alvarado is in the best form of his career. He is currently Chivas’ top player and, in every call-up from Javier Aguirre with the Mexican National Team, he's competing for a starting spot against Europe-basedplayers.

Alvarado is also being targeted by Tigres and Rayados, so it remains to be seen which club is most willing to pay his release clause. Both Monterrey-based teams have the financial resources to make a serious offer, so it will be interesting to see who becomes the highest bidder for or whether the player ultimately decides to stay with Chivas.

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Since joining Chivas in 2022, Alvarado has been unable to help his team win any championships.was part of the squad that dramatically lost the Clausura 2023 final against Tigres. In that match, thanks to goals from Alvarado and Víctor Guzmán, took a 2–0 lead in the second leg, but Tigres managed to equalize in the second half and snatched the title from Guadalajara in extra time.

All of Alvarado's trophies came from other teams.

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Both teams have secured their place in the Liguilla and are seen as title favorites. While already knows their opponent – León – Las Águilas must wait for the outcome of this Sunday’s match between Monterrey and Pachuca, which will determine their rival for the quarterfinals, scheduled for May 7 and 8.

Next week, La Máquina will also face Tigres in the second leg of the Champions Cup semifinals, making this a crucial part of the season for Vicente Sánchez’s squad.

He got there in 54 balls after Sean Williams cracked 91 off 58 deliveries, as Zimbabwe made it two in a row

Madushka Balasuriya20-Jun-2023Zimbabwe 319 for 4 (Raza 102*, Williams 91, Shariz 2-62) beat Netherlands 315 for 6 (Vikramjit 88, Edwards 83, Raza 4-55) by six wicketsYet another imperious hand from Sean Williams and an all-round masterclass from Sikandar Raza ensured that a potentially tricky chase was handled with relative ease, as Zimbabwe made it two wins from two with a six-wicket victory over Netherlands.Raza’s impact on the game was absolute, having started with a four-wicket haul to help keep the opposition down to what he deemed a “par” total of 315 – such was the nature of the track. That culminated with a truly belligerent display of power-hitting that climaxed incredibly in him reaching the fastest ever ODI century by a Zimbabwe batter, finishing unbeaten on 102 off 54 deliveries.But while Raza will rightly take all the headlines, Williams’ role cannot be understated. His was a knock that was an exhibition in game management. Having come in to bat in the 14th over, he took a few overs to get in before cutting loose and looting 48 runs from overs 17-21. And he kept plugging away at a steady rate before Raza joined him in the 25th over.At that point, Raza immediately made his intentions clear, as Williams took on a more reserved role. While Netherlands would no doubt rue some dropped chances over the course of the innings, once Williams – and then Raza – started going, there was no stopping the Zimbabwe juggernaut.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Raza would end the game having struck six fours and eight sixes – three of which came in three consecutive deliveries in a brutal assault on Shariz Ahmad in the 39th over – and such was his authority at Harare Sports Club that you wondered if any score Netherlands would have put up would have been enough. If it was any consolation, then 315 was their joint-highest score in ODIs.Having been put into bat on a belter of a batting track, Netherlands weathered some early movement, and proceeded to motor along in their innings. A 120-run opening stand between Max O’Dowd and Vikramjit Singh was followed by a 96-run partnership between Vikramjit and captain Scott Edwards, who hit 83.But despite their best efforts, they were never allowed to get out of hand, as Raza – utilising his vast experience and array of variations – consistently struck with the ball. Having broken the first-wicket union with a quicker one outside off that was chopped on by O’Dowd, Raza struck in his next over too, cleaning Wesley Barresi up with another one that was quicker and full.And just as Edwards and Vikramjit would have been eyeing a big finish, Raza returned in the 39th over to have the latter miscue a sweep when on 88, and thus broke a threatening stand. That wicket, of the set batter, potentially took the momentum out of Netherlands’ innings; they did go on to score 81 off the final ten overs, which was a good effort, yet not good enough in terms of what the surface offered.And so it would prove, as Raza returned with the bat to land the finishing blow on an otherwise respectable Netherlands performance.

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Nov-2015James Anderson, however, struck early having the returning Azhar Ali for a seven-ball duck•Getty ImagesMohammad Hafeez did not build on a start, holing out to Stuart Broad in the deep…•Getty Images…but Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan steadied their side on a pitch that offered turn right away•Getty ImagesBroad delivered five consecutive maidens after lunch, during which he had Younis caught behind•Getty ImagesMisbah-ul-Haq and Sarfraz Ahmed, however, kept the scorecard ticking with an 80-run partnership•Getty ImagesThat was ended by Moeen Ali and Pakistan lost their last five wickets for 38 runs, after which England played out two overs before stumps•Getty ImagesAnderson and Broad were the standout performers of the day, claiming combined figures of 6 for 30•Getty Images

One day after Gujarat Titans’ Yash Dayal conceded five sixes in the final over to Kolkata Knight Riders’ Rinku Singh, the fast bowler’s father has revealed that he was consoled in the dressing room by his team-mates, led by the captain Hardik Pandya.Dayal spoke to his father late on Sunday night after the bowler conceded the highest number of runs (31) in the final over of a chase to lose an IPL game. He said that he he struggled to grip the ball due to wet conditions.”It was a nightmare yesterday,” Chandrapal Dayal told on Monday. “They made him [Yash] sit in the centre [in the dressing room] and consoled him. Later, there was [dance, music] and they spent some light moments with him.”He told me that somehow the ball was slipping out and he was not having a proper grip on the night as he missed his yorkers. Even he tried a slower one from the back of his hand, that too was smashed.”Nothing Yash Dayal tried worked for him in that last over•BCCI

Dayal plays domestic cricket for Uttar Pradesh, the same team as Rinku – the batter’s familiarity with the bowler’s plans may have helped him chase down the improbable final-over target. Chandrapal said the episode would make his son come out stronger.”He [Rinku] just had to smash every ball and they know each other well. It may have come handy for Rinku and it was simply not his [Dayal’s] day. Many great cricketers have gone through this.”These are the moments sport is made up of. Even in life you come across failures, it’s important to stand up stronger.”Dayal missed his yorker lengths on three occasions and paid the price as Rinku hit his first three full-tosses for sixes. After that, his half-tracker was tonked over long-on while his final delivery was flat-batted down the ground for six more. While the broadcasters’ camera showed the Knight Riders celebrating deliriously after the match, they also showed Dayal on his knees, wiping his forehead and being patted on his back by his team-mates. His coach Amit Pal said that Sunday was simply not Dayal’s day.”He bowls the yorker so well but could not get one last night,” Pal told . “Maybe he was done in by pressure. Maybe it was because at the other end, there was Rinku who knows him well since their junior camp days.”Dayal was signed by the Titans before IPL 2022 and played his part in the side winning the title last season. This season, he has been expensive and wicketless, conceding 14 runs in one over in his first game, 12 runs in one over in his second game, and 69 in four overs on Sunday.

EXCLUSIVE: The American defender spoke to GOAL about an obsessive hobby, the USMNT center-back race, life in Glasgow

Cameron Carter-Vickers can't fully explain what keeps him so drawn to LEGO, but he can confirm one thing: he is, in fact, obsessed. There are worse things to be addicted to than construction with miniature bricks, for sure, but the USMNT and Celtic center-back does acknowledge that it's become something of a problem in his home life.

He's built several LEGO stadiums: Old Trafford, the Bernabeu, Camp Nou. If a Celtic Park set ever comes out, he'll be the first one in line. Hogwarts Castle has been completed, as has the Roman Coliseum. Name a big set, and he probably has it sitting somewhere in his house. His recent passion has been Lego cars, particularly the F1 sets, one of which he finished just before jetting off to Los Angeles for the recent U.S. men's national team camp.

The building of them isn't the problem anymore, though. Now, the hardest part of all of this is figuring out where to put them once they're done.

"I've had to streamline it," he tells GOAL with a laugh. "I've probably built most of the big sets. There was a period where I was just buying everything but now they're in boxes back home just sitting there. Someday, when I have a place I'm going to be living for a while, I'll build a display board or something."

That's the situation as it stands. As for the "why" – well, there are multiple reasons. He started as a kid, maybe about six or seven, he says. His mom used to buy LEGO sets for Christmas, and it would never take him particularly long to get them built. It was his hobby away from the field, one of the things he could do to refocus even as the pressures on him ramped up. The sets have gotten grander, of course, as have those on-field pressures, but, in some ways, that's made this hobby all the more important.

"I'm a chill guy" he says. "I'm quite aware that I look quite stern or angry or annoyed at something, but most of the time. I'm pretty chill. I'm just trying to enjoy life. I just find it quite relaxing. I'll throw something on the iPad and just sit there and start building. I quite like that little sense of accomplishment you get when you finish it."

There's a metaphor here, for sure. Carter-Vickers isn't just building towards having the best LEGO collection of any footballer; he's building towards more on the pitch, too – especially with the 2026 World Cup looming.

In Scotland, he's emerged as a leader and stalwart for a trophy-winning Celtic team, one that recently stared down Bayern Munich in the Champions League and didn't blink before falling valiantly against one of the world's elite. At Celtic, though, falling valiantly is never really good enough. Winning is the expectation in Glasgow, and Carter-Vickers has done plenty of it during his time in green.

As for the USMNT, Carter-Vickers has his sights set on a second World Cup run. After missing the start of this new era with injury issues, he returned for his first camp since the Copa America, reuniting him with a familiar face in Mauricio Pochettino. It was the Argentine who gave the defender his professional debut many years ago at Tottenham. The recent Nations League run didn't go to plan for anyone on the USMNT side, Carter-Vickers included, but, again, there's something to be said about building from it.

Now, it's Pochettino who will be the one to determine whether Carter-Vickers is one of the lucky few who will represent the U.S. next summer in a home World Cup – and it's Carter-Vickers' job to keep putting together the pieces in a crowded center-back race.

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  Reuniting with Pochettino

  Ironically, Carter-Vickers doesn't even remember his professional debut. He can't recall the competition or the match. "Gillingham – Carabao Cup" Wikipedia confirms. An 18-year-old Carter-Vickers started in an one-sided 5-0 win.

  "I don't even remember much about that game," he says. "I do remember that – maybe it was the next one after that – was Liverpool away at Anfield, which was a big occasion for me to experience at such a young age."

  He does have fond memories of the man who gave him that debut and the subsequent trial by fire at Anfield: Pochettino. The Argentine was in charge of Tottenham back then, in year three of a five-year stretch that would see the club reach new heights. Carter-Vickers, ultimately, wouldn't be a big part of that era, spending the next several years at six different Championship clubs.

  Still, when he finally arrived in Los Angeles for the recent camp, jet-lagged from his flight across the Atlantic, Carter-Vickers was given a warm greeting from a crew of familiar faces. It had been a while since he'd seen Pochettino or his staff. Much has changed since that debut nearly a decade ago. Then again, though, Carter-Vickers said, so much hasn't.

  "He's still the guy that I remember from Tottenham," he says. "So is his coaching staff as well. All of them are really great people, great guys, great coaches, and that's all you can really ask for as a player."

  And like LEGO bricks, the coaching staff give players the pieces to develop their games.

  "Mauricio and his coaching staff, they were really big at the time on player development and how they could improve a player," he said. "They gave you all the tools, and those are tools that I still use now to do things. It's how I still try to develop my game now, how I train now, how I'm still trying to improve."

  Carter-Vickers has grown immensely in the past few years. If you have any doubts about that, just look at his performances in the Champions League.

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  Big games, big stages

  In just about every game they play in Scotland, Celtic are levels ahead of the opposition. That gives Carter-Vickers a certain part to play.

  "At Celtic, a lot of games, we do have a lot of the ball," he says. "As a center-back, you're asked to handle the ball as much as possible. When it does turnover, you're defending big space most of the time because you're all the way out on the halfway line and you've got half a pitch behind you. It's about protecting space but, if something does pop up in front of you, you have to be ready to squeeze and win it back. It's a different way of defending."

  When you're playing against Bayern, though, that isn't the case. Most teams hold on for dear life. Celtic didn't. They gave the German giants all they could handle.

  Bayern ultimately won 3-2 on aggregate due to a heartbreaking late Alphonso Davies goal. Carter-Vickers was right there at the end. He was a split second away from clearing, but couldn't sprint past roadrunner Davies. It was a tie defined by the tightest of margins. It was also a tie that proved that Carter-Vickers and Celtic could compete at that level.

  "Something I always say to myself before big games against big teams is that it's 11 human beings against 11 human beings on a pitch," he says. "You've played hundreds of times on goals that are the same size that they always are. No matter who you play against or what the competition is – I understand the importance of competitions and what they mean to fans and stuff like that – but, at the end of the day, it's just 11-vs-11 and you have to just go out there and try to do the best you can."

  Patience and persistence are both key.

  "We always have that belief that we can play big teams and get results," he said. "Over the last three or four years in the Champions League, we've been getting steady improvement and we've all grown in belief and confidence. Maturity, too. In previous years, we were maybe a bit too eager to get after games and we got picked off. I think now we're more patient. We know that, when we do get the ball back, we're good enough to play and keep it and hurt teams."

  Carter-Vickers, since he's arrived in Glasgow, has been a key figure in that steady improvement. Over the last few years, he's established himself as a critical cog in Scotland's most finely-tuned machine.

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  Life in Glasgow

  Now in his fourth season at Celtic Park, Carter-Vickers is often recognized when he ventures out around Glasgow. For those who understand Scottish soccer, you know what that means – he's either a hero or a villain, and it all depends on whether the person he's meeting is wearing blue or green.

  "It's something that's hard to explain unless you live there and experience it," Carter-Vickers. "The whole city lives and breathes football. It could be a 30-year-old male or a 70-year-old woman. They all know who you are and the results of the games. The city is crazy about football. It's hard to do anything without someone coming up and saying something but, to be fair, I haven't had too many negative experiences. Mostly, people are positive, which is nice to see!"

  The move to Glasgow, in many ways, has defined Carter-Vickers as a player. For the first several years of his career, he was stuck in the loan wilderness. Sheffield United, Ipswich Town, Swansea City, Stoke City, Luton Town, Bournemouth – all were home, at least for a while. He started regularly at each, he points out, so the experiences were mostly good. But, as the old saying goes, there's no place like home, and he's found one at Celtic.

  It was easy to see his skill set upon his arrival. The 27-year-old defender is built like a tank and, having survived the rough and tumble Championship, has never struggled with throwing his size around. At Celtic Park, though, he's had to round out his game.

  According to FBRef, compared to all other defenders in the Big Five leagues, Champions League and Europa League, Carter-Vickers is in the 99th percentile in passes attempted and pass completion. He's in the 82nd percentile in progressive passes and 91st in progressive carries. The defensive stats are good, too: he's in the 85th percentile of aerials won and 64th percentile in tackles.

  "It's a boring answer," he says with a smile, "but the only stat I truly care about is wins. How many wins can my team get? How many trophies do we have at the end of a season? Of course, there are other stats and they help you improve and see weaknesses in your game, but if we win a game, I'm happy. If we don't, I'm not happy. If I perform average and we win, I don't care. If I'm great and we lose, I'm not happy. That's how I've always been."

  Those stats, though, paint a picture of a fairly complete player, one that can do a job on both sides of the ball. Complete players don't often stay in Scotland. When you play outside of the Big Five leagues, you're judged almost exclusively on a handful of games. Most aren't watching you play day in and day out. Many form opinions without much justification.

  It's why you can go on social media and see Carter-Vickers described as "the best defender outside of the Big Five" and "totally overrated" in consecutive posts. It's why opinions shift so quickly depending on whether you see him on a good day or a bad one, having not witnessed any between.

  "Since I've gotten older, I'm someone that just doesn't listen to any of that stuff, whether it's positive or negative," he says. "If I'm getting feedback from somebody, it's a coach or someone that watches me regularly. Even the positive stuff doesn't affect me really emotionally at this point in my career. If someone has something to say, I'd like to have a conversation with them, asking why they say that to find out more. I don't read too much into anything, good or bad."

  The most important opinion now belongs to Pochettino, as Carter-Vickers is one of several central defenders fighting for a spot under the new coach.

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  The USMNT center-back race

  There's a competition brewing at the center-back position and, at the end of it all, someone is going to be left out. There are only so many spots in a World Cup squad and only so many center-backs that can be in a team. Carter-Vickers was fortunate enough to get his number called in 2022, but that doesn't guarantee anything for 2026.

  The competition, therefore, is ongoing – and intense.

  "You mentioning that competition is probably the first time I've thought about competing, like really competing like that, for spots on the roster," Carter-Vickers says. "For me, it's just about making sure you do the best you can. The decision, at the end of the day, is up to the coach. As a player, you have to respect a coach's decision. As long as I've put it all out there, I'll be happy with that."

  He was joined by Tim Ream, Chris Richards and Mark McKenzie for Nations League, with the former two starting the first match, a1-0 loss to Panama. Carter-Vickers and McKenzie, then, were given their chance against Canada and both had some tough moments in what ended as a 2-1 defeat.

  That'll open the door for others in the pool to reenter this competition as well. Players such as Miles Robinson and Walker Zimmerman have track records both with the USMNT and in MLS. Youngsters such as Noahkai Banks will look to take a late-cycle leap into the picture.

  And then there's Carter-Vickers' club teammate, Auston Trusty, who would have been in the team for the Nations League if not for injury. The two have formed a formidable partnership for Celtic, helping the Scottish giants remain at the top of their country's table.

  "As the season has gone on, I think we've gotten there with our partnership," Carter-Vickers. "It takes time to learn how each other move and what positions the other takes up. That's something we're still trying to improve upon now. Auston, for me, has done really well since he's come in. He's hit the ground running."

  His skill on the ball is extremely valuable, especially when you account for the fact that Ream's passing ability has kept him in the USMNT heading towards his 38th birthday. Under both Pochettino and prior coach Gregg Berhalter, there has been an emphasis on having center-backs be comfortable on the ball, which is something Carter-Vickers does regularly at Celtic.

  He also brings size and physicality to the field, although he'll have to clean up some of the mistakes that have prevented him from ever truly breaking through as a top-tier player for the USMNT.

  "I think he adds a little bit of a different dynamic to the rest of us," Ream said of Carter-Vickers. "He brings a bite. He's also good on the ball at the same time and he's played in some high-level matches over the past couple of years. He brings a lot of experience from a club standpoint, even if there's maybe not as much as some of us at the national team level. Again, he's a newish face with Mauricio here now and if he steps in, he knows his role."

  Carter-Vickers may not be thinking about the competition much, but he's in it and it'll all be decided over the next 12 months.

A teenage “superstar” is having a medical at Crystal Palace ahead of completing a £14.5 million move to Selhurst Park, according to a new report.

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Crystal Palace extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to four games on Wednesday night as they beat struggling Leicester City 2-0 at the King Power Stadium. Jean-Philippe Mateta opened the scoring just after the break with his ninth goal of the season, rounding Foxes keeper Jakub Stolarczyk and poking the ball home after being fed through on goal Ismaïla Sarr.

Marc Guehi, who has been widely linked with a return to his boyhood club Chelsea this month, then added Palace’s second late on with a superb volley from close range.

Speaking to Palace TV after the win, Eagles boss Oliver Glasner said that while he was delighted to leave the East Midlands with all three points, he wasn’t totally pleased with his side’s performance.

“The best thing today is the result, and we’re really pleased with the three points, with the clean sheet, with the goals we scored – but we can’t be satisfied with the performance today. Especially the first-half was not good,” he explained.

“Overall, again, it was important to win here, to come closer to the places in front of us and of course, to reduce the gap to the teams behind us – but also we have to be critical with us. We need a better performance than it was today.”

Despite the win, Palace remain 15th in the league table, eight points clear of the relegation zone.

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Palace could very soon have a new player on their books to help ensure they beat the drop come the end of the season. According to a new report from The Standard, Millwall winger Romain Esse is having a medical at Palace on Friday ahead of completing a move to South London.

The 19-year-old, who has been a long-standing target for Palace, will join the Eagles for around £14.5 million if he passes all his medical tests.

The move will be the first of two Glasner has said his side will complete this month, with the Austrian manager keen to bolster his side heading into the second half of the season.

Esse came through the academy at Millwall and has been one of the Lions’ standout performers this season, scoring five goals in 26 appearances.

Last year, former Millwall boss Gary Rowett heaped praise on the teenager, describing him as a player who has “so much quality”.

“He has got so much ability. Honestly, when he first came into the team a couple of years ago, he was one of those kids you look at and you think, ‘Wow’,” said Rowett.

“I don’t think he’s put that into consistent performances on the pitch just yet, but if he does, he’s a superstar in the making. He has got absolutely everything.”

أعلن نادي الزمالك  عن التعاقد مع صفقة جديدة، بشكل رسمي، في إطار تدعيم صفوف الفريق الأول لكرة القدم قبل خوض منافسات الموسم الجديد. وكان الزمالك تعاقد خلال الفترة الأخيرة مع مهدي سليمان حارس مرمى فريق الاتحاد السكندري السابق لمدة موسمين في صفقة انتقال حر، والأنجولي شيكو بانزا لمدة أربعة مواسم قادماً من نادي إستريلا دا أمادورا البرتغالي، وعمرو ناصر لمدة خمسة مواسم قادماً من فاركو، وأحمد شريف لمدة خمسة مواسم قادماً من فاركو، بجانب تجديد التعاقد مع عبد الله السعيد لاعب الوسط لمدة موسمين.

طالع| خاص | الزمالك يحصل على توقيع صفقة جديدة من الدوري المصري

وكشف الحساب الرسمي لنادي الزمالك عن التعاقد مع الفلسطيني آدم كايد لاعب فريق بريدا الهولندي في صفقة مميزة لتدعيم صفوف الفريق، لمدة ثلاثة مواسم في صفقة انتقال حر، خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الحالية.

ووقع آدم كايد على عقود الانتقال لنادي الزمالك في جلسة مع جون إدوارد المدير الرياضي للنادي، بعد الاتفاق على كافة التفاصيل الخاصة بالتعاقد.

شارك كايد مع بريدا في 16 مباراة من أصل 31 مباراة في الدوري الهولندي خلال الموسم المنقضي، حيث بدأ في 5 مباريات فقط وتم استبداله خلالها، بينما شارك كبديل في 11 مواجهة.

وخلال هذه المشاركات، سجل كايد هدفًا واحدًا فقط، دون أن ينجح في صناعة أي أهداف، كما لم يُكمل أي مباراة حتى النهاية.

رغم تمثيله لمنتخبات السويد في فئات الناشئين، اختار آدم كايد مؤخرًا اللعب للمنتخب الفلسطيني الأول.

ويواصل نادي الزمالك استعداداته للموسم الجديد، حيث يخوض معسكرًا في العاصمة الإدارية، خلال الوقت الحالي.

ولعب الزمالك مباراتين وديتن أمام رع وفاز بهدف دون رد، كما انتصر في الودية الثانية أمام الشمس بنتيجة 5-4.

For the USA’s cricket converts, the weekend in Florida was one to remember

Aishwarya Kumar in Florida 28-Aug-2016They are sporting their India jerseys. Their faces are painted with the tricolour flag. They carry posters of Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni.You would assume they are Indians supporting their team.Wrong. They are Americans, who’ve come to love and support the Indian cricket team.Why?Their best friend is from India and so they ended up learning the sport and rooting for Virat Kohli along with their friend. Their boyfriend is from India, and they ended up watching the Australia v India 2015 World Cup match. Or their boss is a hardcore India fan and they have the TV tuned to ESPN whenever the team is playing, and so have no other choice but to learn the game.These were some of the stories of Americans in Central Broward Regional Park in Florida during the India v West Indies T20 series this weekend. It is one thing for a fan of Indian origin to fly down from the west or north to catch India’s first official series in the USA. But it is a totally different thing for an American to fly down from states like Texas, Massachusetts and North Carolina for it.And these particular fans were glad they did.”It is such a good experience. I mean we get excited when we watch it on TV, but there is nothing like watching a cricket match in person,” Gabi Garza, an international studies student at the University of North Texas, said.For most American fans, the closest sport to cricket is baseball. Some of them at Sunday’s T20 made the connection. Some went as far as to say they did not think baseball was as engaging as cricket.”Cricket is baseball on steroids,” Rachel B, a cricket fan from Boston who started following the sport recently with her Indian-American boss, said.Watching the sport with a large group of Indian immigrants, expats and second generation Indian-Americans made it even better for these American fans. Many of them said the atmosphere felt more electric than that at NFL and baseball games.”I have been to a football game. But it’s nothing like it is here. The drums, the dressed-up people, the face-paintings…” said Molly Ruble, an autism researcher from North Carolina, who flew down for the series with her boyfriend Swapnil Gupta.While some of these Americans were just starting to understand the sport, others had a deep knowledge of the technical part of it. Cricketing terms like googly and chase peppered their speech.And they all wanted two things: for India to win, and for there to be more international cricket series in the USA.Stephanie Reiland, a lawyer from Alabama who was in Florida with her Indian friends, echoed the sentiments of many when she said: “I’m glad that cricket is coming to the United States.”

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da bet7k： A manhã de domingo foi de rodada dupla para a base do Palmeiras no Campeonato Paulista. Primeiro, foi a vez do Sub-15, que derrotou o Corinthians nos pênaltis. Depois, o Sub-17 não fez feio e goleou o Santos por 3 a 0. As Crias da Academia carimbaram as vagas nas finais das categorias.

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O adversário do Verdão na decisão do Sub-15 será o São Paulo, que eliminou o Santos na semifinal. O time alviverde jogará a partida de volta em casa, já que somou mais pontos que o rival. Desde o início do torneio, a equipe comandada por Léo Mendes já disputou 24 jogos, com 21 vitórias, dois empates e uma derrota, além de 88 gols marcados e 12 sofridos.

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Já o Sub-17 irá disputar a final contra o SKA Brasil, que eliminou o Tricolor do Morumbi. A segunda partida também será na casa palestrina por conta da somatória de pontos gerais. Em 24 jogos, foram 22 vitórias e duas derrotas, somando 87 tentos a favor e 14 contrários.

Vale lembrar que, paralelamente ao Paulista, o time Sub-17 do Palmeiras ainda disputa o Campeonato Brasileiro da categoria. Depois de eliminar o Atlético-MG nas quartas, com um triunfo no placar agregado por 6 a 5, o Alviverde encara o Athletico-PR na semifinal da competição, em duas partidas com datas ainda não definidas pela CBF.

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Izharulhaq Naveed gets a call-up while Naveen, Naib named among backup reserves

ESPNcricinfo staff18-Jun-2023

Rashid Khan, who was rested for the one-off Test in Mirpur, has been named in Afghanistan’s squad for the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh, which starts July 5.There was no place, however, for Noor Ahmad, who was a part of Afghanistan’s squad in their last 50-over assignment, against Sri Lanka.Izharulhaq Naveed, the legspinner who impressed in the last Big Bash, has been given a maiden ODI call-up. Shahidullah, Zia-ur-Rehman, Wafadar Momand, Mohammad Saleem and Sayed Shirzad are the other new names to be added to the squad that recently toured Sri Lanka.Apart from the squad to face Bangladesh, the Afghanistan Cricket Board also named 10 players who will form the reserves for their future ODIs and the World Cup.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

The list of reserves includes the likes of Karim Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Naveen-ul-Haq and Darwish Rasooli.Afghanistan squad for Bangladesh ODIs: Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhil, Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Abdul Rahman, Izharulhaq Naveed Shahidullah, Zia-ur-Rehman, Wafadar Momand, Mohammad Saleem, Sayed ShirzadAfghanistan backup reserve: Karim Janat, Zubaid Akbari, Qais Ahmad, Ihsanullah Janat, Gulbadin Naib, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Naveen-ul-Haq, Farid Malik, Darwish Rasooli, Ishaq Rahimi