Lopetegui threatens Cooper hijack as Palace manager talks take twist

Crystal Palace's hunt for a possible Roy Hodgson replacement has taken a twist, as one "strong" manager emerges as a real contender with Steve Cooper.

Hodgson nearing Palace sack

Following a serious nosedive in Premier League form recently, reports suggest that Palace could decide to sack Hodgson soon, just over seven months after reappointing the Englishman.

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Hodgson hasn't won a league game since the Eagles' 2-0 victory away to fellow strugglers Burnley in early November, with Palace losing five out of their last eight top-flight matches.

Only bottom-of-the-table Sheffield United and Burnley have scored fewer goals than the south Londoners so far this season, and Palace's recent form is a clear indication that they're candidates to be relegated.

Palace have survived in the Premier League since being promoted via the Championship play-offs in 2013, but the club's torrid form could result in them dropping back down to England's second tier just over 10 years after escaping it.

Hodgson is under increasing pressure at Selhurst Park, with the former England boss taking a stance of defiance in his latest press conference while insisting talk over his future will be natural.

“It’s a bit of a deja-vu situation for me at the moment, because after the games I find it hard to really accept too much criticism of the team’s performances, but on the other hand I’m talking to people whose judgement has to be from the result backwards, and the results have been poor," said Hodsgson on his precarious position of Brentford.

“So until such time as we can get some better results I would have to accept that (criticism), but I would be more concerned if the team was playing badly, and more concerned if we didn’t have the (Michael) Olises and the Eberechi Ezes to come back and help us out of this situation.”

There has been talk of former Nottingham Forest boss Cooper holding talks with Palace over the potentially vacant role, if Hodgson is indeed sacked.

Lopetegui contending to replace Hodgson at Palace

However, the Welshman is by no means their only candidate to succeed Hodgson, with ex-Wolves and Sevilla head coach Julen Lopetegui also in the frame.

Indeed, according to Football Insider, Lopetegui is a "strong contender" for the Palace job and is set to provide "growing competition" for Cooper.

The Spaniard has also been spotted at Selhurst as he looks to make a Premier League return, nearly five months after parting company with Wolves in August.

Julen Lopetegui.

A Europa League winner at Sevilla, Lopetegui would bring real credentials, and he's been praised as a "strong leader" by Wolves owner Jeff Shi.

"Julen has a strong personality and he’s a coach with clear leadership, not just with football players but with the clubs he has been at," said Shi to the Wolves official website.

"He has a lot of experience in elite football and his track record is proven. We know we are in a difficult moment as a team right now, so we especially need a strong leader, with a strong personality, more than any other time I have been here. It is because of this that Julen was always our preferred choice."

قائمة البرتغال لمباراتي كرواتيا واسكتلندا في دوري الأمم الأوروبية.. تواجد رونالدو واستبعاد كانسيلو

أعلن روبرتو مارتينيز المدير الفني لمنتخب البرتغال، قائمة الفريق ضد كرواتيا واسكتلندا في دوري الأمم الأوروبية.

ويلتقي منتخب البرتغال مع كرواتيا يوم الخميس الموافق 5 من شهر سبتمبر المقبل، ثم يلاقي اسكتلندا يوم الأحد الموافق 8 من الشهر ذاته.

وشهدت القائمة استبعاد جواو كانسيلو المنضم مؤخرًا إلى صفوف الهلال السعودي من مانشستر سيتي.

فيما يتواجد النجم كريستيانو رونالدو لاعب النصر السعودي وقائد الفريق على رأس قائمة المنتخب البرتغالي.

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حراسة المرمى: ديوجو كوستا (بورتو)، خوسيه سا (ولفرهامبتون)، روي سيلفا (ريال بيتيس).

خط الدفاع: روبن دياز (مانشستر سيتي)، أنطونيو سيلفا (بنفيكا)، ريناتو فيجا (تشيلسي)، جونزالو إيناسيو (سبورتنج لشبونة)، تياجو سانتوس (ليل)، ديوجو دالوت (مانشستر يونايتد)، نونو مينديز (باريس سان جيرمان)، نيلسون سيميدو (ولفرهامبتون).

خط الوسط: جواو بالينيا (بايرن ميونخ)، جواو نيفيز (باريس سان جيرمان)، فيتينيا (باريس سان جيرمان)، برونو فرنانديز (مانشستر يونايتد)، بيرناردو سيلفا (مانشستر سيتي)، روبن نيفيز (الهلال السعودي).

خط الهجوم: جواو فيليكس (تشيلسي)، ترينكاو (سبورتنج لشبونة)، بيدرو جونزاليس (سبورتنج لشبونة)، رافائيل لياو (ميلان)، كويندا (سبورتنج لشبونة)، بيدرو نيتو (تشيلسي)، كريستيانو رونالدو (النصر)، ديوجو جوتا (ليفربول).

Brasil de Pelotas encaminha acordo pelo atacante Bruno Paraíba

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O Brasil de Pelotas está próximo de oficializar o reforço do atacante Bruno Paraíba para os campeonatos Gaúcho e Brasileirão da Série B.

Clubes como Paraná e ABC chegaram a demonstrar interesse no atleta, que tem contrato com o Oeste até abril, mas na última temporada atuou por empréstimo pelo Confiança, do Sergipe, mas Paraíba preferiu acertar com o Brasil pelo maior tempo de duração do vínculo.

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Segundo informações obtidas com exclusividade pelo LANCE!, o time gaúcho apresentou uma proposta contratual até dezembro de 2021, que contempla não só a disputa do Estadual, que inicia em na última semana de fevereiro, como a Série B do Brasileirão.

Aos 26 anos, Bruno Paraíba é cria do Centro Sportivo Paraíbano. Após passagens por alguns clubes do seu estado, como o próprio CSP, Miramar, Paraíba Esporte Clube e São Paulo Crystal, em 2018 foi contratado pelo Barbalha, do Ceará, onde fez oito gols em 18 jogos, chamando a atenção do Oeste, clube que detém os seus direitos atualmente.

Na última temporada, emprestado pelo time paulista ao Confiança, o atacante atuou em 26 partidas e anotou dois tentos.

الزمالك يفوز على الشرطة العراقي في ختام معسكر برج العرب

نجح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، في تحقيق الفوز على نظيره الشرطة العراقي، في اللقاء الودي الذي جمعهما اليوم السبت.

وانتهت مباراة الزمالك والشرطة العراقي، بفوز الأبيض بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدفين في ختام معسكر الفريق في برج العرب.

بدأ الزمالك المباراة بتشكيل مكون من، محمد صبحي وعمر جابر وحسام عبد المجيد ومصطفى الزناري وأحمد محمود ونبيل عماد دونجا وعبد الله السعيد ومحمود عبد الرازق “شيكابالا” ومصطفى شلبي وناصر منسي ومحمد عاطف.

طالع..خاص.. جوميز يرفض إعارة لاعب الزمالك بعد تألقه في معسكر الإعداد

جاءت بداية المباراة سريعة من جانب الفريقين، وتمكن فريق الشرطة العراقي من تسجيل الهدف الأول في الدقيقة الخامسة عن طريق مهاجمه لوكاس من تسديدة من داخل منطقة الجزاء لتسكن الكرة على يسار الحارس.

ونشط لاعبو الزمالك لتعديل النتيجة، وفرض الأبيض سيطرته على مجريات الأمور نسبياً، وسدد عبد الله السعيد كرة قوية مرت بجوار القائم الأيسر لمرمى حارس الشرطة العراقي.

واعتمد لاعبو الفريق العراقي على الهجمات المرتدة وتصدى محمد صبحي لتسديدة قوية من مهاجم الشرطة في الدقيقة الثانية والعشرين، وبعدها أهدر ناصر منسي فرصة في الدقيقة 30 لتسجيل هدف التعادل من تسديدة من داخل منطقة الجزاء.

وتوالت محاولات الأبيض وسدد عبد الله السعيد كرة قوية من خارج المنطقة علت عارضة مرمى الشرطة العراقي، لينتهي الشوط الأول بتقدم الضيوف بهدف دون رد.

ومع بداية الشوط الثاني هاجم الزمالك لتعديل النتيجة، وأهدر محمد عاطف فرصة للأبيض من تسديدة من على حدود منطقة جزاء الشرطة العراقي علت العارضة.

وفي الدقيقة 54 سدد شيكابالا كرة قوية من خارج منطقة الجزاء تصدى لها الحارس، بعدها كاد مصطفى شلبي أن يحرز هدف التعادل للأبيض من هجمة منظمة مع شيكابالا لينفرد بالمرمى ولكن حارس الشرطة العراقي يبعد الكرة بصعوبة.

وواصل الزمالك محاولاته الهجومية وأهدر ناصر منسي فرصة محققة من تسديدة من داخل منطقة الجزاء لكن الكرة مرت بجوار القائم، بعدها سدد مصطفى شلبي كرة قوية اصطدمت بعارضة مرمى الفريق العراقي.

وفي الدقيقة 61 نجح ناصر منسي في تسجيل هدف التعادل للزمالك من رأسية سكنت يسار الحارس.

ودفع الجهاز الفني للأبيض بعمر عبد العزيز بدلاً من محمد صبحي، وتمكن نبيل عماد دونجا من تسجيل الهدف الثاني للزمالك في الدقيقة 72 من تسديدة من داخل منطقة الجزاء سكنت على يمين الحارس.

وحاول لاعبو الشرطة تعديل النتيجة في حين سعى الأبيض لتعزيز التقدم، وفي الدقيقة 80 تمكن الضيوف من تعديل النتيجة من رأسية بانجا سكنت على يمين الحارس، ودفع الجهاز الفني للزمالك بزياد كمال بدلاً من نبيل عماد دونجا، وسامسون أكينيولا بدلاً من مصطفى شلبي.

وكثف لاعبو الزمالك محاولاتهم الهجومية للتسجيل حتى نجح عبد الله السعيد في تسجيل الهدف الثالث للأبيض قبل نهاية المباراة لينتهي اللقاء بفوز الزمالك بثلاثية مقابل هدفين.

Tottenham could move for midfield starlet as report shares Ange requirement

Tottenham could also look to "make a move" for one big club's midfield starlet, amid reports they're finally closing in on a deal for Genoa star Radu Dragusin.

Spurs moving quickly for January signings

Just nine days into the window, Spurs have moved quickly in an attempt to secure early January signings for manager Ange Postecoglou.

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RB Leipzig forward Timo Werner is joining Tottenham on a six-month loan until the end of the season, as widely reported, and they're now also close to a full agreement for Dragusin as well.

Overnight reports suggested that Bayern Munich were presenting a real threat in regard to securing the Romanian centre-back, but now reliable sources like Sky Sports Germany journalist Florian Plettenberg are reporting that Dragusin is closing in on a move to Spurs.

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Trevoh Chalobah

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Postecoglou will be thrilled by these developments in the last week, as he pleaded for Tottenham to make early winter signings just before the window opened.

"If you leave it towards the end of January… it's potentially not until mid to end of February when they get up to speed, depending where they're coming from, the league they're coming from," said Postecoglou on Spurs' January transfers.

"So there's a whole lot of moving parts. So yes, I'd love to do something early in the window but even me saying that puts a challenge on us – because other clubs know we want to do something early."

With both Werner and Dragusin, the Lilywhites potentially have a versatile new attacking option and a fresh, young centre-half who's coming off the back of an excellent year under Alberto Gilardino at Genoa.

Radu Dragusin celebrating for Genoa.

However, they may not be done there, with previous reports suggesting that Postecoglou could be keen on signing a new midfielder for Tottenham as well.

Tottenham could "make a move" for Misehouy

As per Tottenham News, it is believed Spurs could make a move for young Ajax midfielder Gabriel Misehouy as his contract is currently set to expire in the summer.

The 18-year-old, who's seriously impressed at academy level for the Dutch giants, could leave for nothing this year as Ajax and the player's representatives fail to agree on new terms thus far.

Postecoglou's side could look to take advantage of this situation and swoop for Misehouy, who scouts apparently think is "better suited" to Tottenham than Stanis Idumbo – a fellow target from Ajax.

The latter is thought to be joining Sevilla with a medical pencilled in tomorrow, according to Fabrizio Romano, so Misehouy could come as a fine alternative to the Belgian.

This comes amid a "requirement" of Postecoglou's, with the Australian desiring a midfielder who can bring both attacking flair and ability to play further up field – two attributes which Misehouy is said to possess. The teenager has also been called an "interesting name" by Ajax podcaster Lars Jesse.

'How can people be this cruel?' – Bangladesh squad in shock after Christchurch horror

Back at the team hotel, Bangladesh’s shocked players tried to make sense of the awful events in Christchurch

Mohammad Isam in Christchurch15-Mar-20197:16

‘We would have been inside the mosque had we reached 3-4 mins earlier’ – Khaled Mashud

“If we had arrived there even five minutes earlier, we would all be killed.”Almost every Bangladesh player who had been on the fateful bus to the Christchurch mosque had these words on their lips, from the moment they got out on Deans Avenue to escape from the scene of the shooting, and then back at the team hotel later that evening.The seventeen Bangladesh team members had been planning to perform their Friday prayers and then return to training at the Hagley Oval when all hell broke loose. The wild swing from their calm surroundings at Hagley Park to a near-death experience was too much to take for all the players.Some cried, and were inconsolable. One player said that he saw a dead body lying on the street.”He was just in front of me. How can people be this cruel?” he said.ALSO READ: ‘We were really lucky’ – Khaled MashudIn the 20 minutes it took for them to walk, as briskly but calmly as possible, from the location of the mosque to Hagley Oval, many of them had tears in their eyes. You couldn’t tell them to be calm. It was unfair on them.Hours afterwards, back at the team hotel in central Christchurch, everyone was still shaken to their core. The TV was constantly showing live coverage of the attack, and with the death toll rising and new details emerging, the Bangladesh team room and the surrounding areas, normally bustling with activities, became sombre.Tamim Iqbal, the player who had phoned this reporter when it first became apparent what was unfolding, tried to lighten the mood.ALSO READ: ‘There’s shooting here, please save us'”What were you telling me on the phone?” he said. “I was telling you from a bus, while being near such an attack, and you thought I was pranking you? Come on!”Soumya Sarkar tried to pull the leg of his manager, Khaled Mashud, by asking him what he had been thinking while sitting in the front of the bus. Mashud, always ready with his wit, had said that he was trying to decide whether he should video it, or see it with his own eyes.But the jokes died quickly. The topic changed back to what had happened earlier in the day, and how incredibly close they had come to the shooter in the mosque. The players ate in silence mostly, none of them really talking a lot.Mohammad Sohel, the team masseur, had been sitting on the right side of the bus, and saw almost everything unfold in those 20 minutes, including the sight of two passers-by trying to stop the bus from proceeding any further.”When the first lady stopped us, we all thought she didn’t know what she was doing. When the second lady stopped us, we knew something had happened because apparently her car was shot at. That’s when we were panicking,” he said.Mashud, the manager, recalled how he had been sitting in the front of the bus, trying to make sense of what was going on. A usually bubbly character, he looked at his grimmest when he was heading back to Hagley Oval. Later though, he was back to joking around, making sure the mood wasn’t too bad around the team.By late evening, with confirmation that the tour had been cancelled in the wake of the attack, the focus had shifted to the team’s flight back home, and the players were anxious to know about it.There were calls from all over the world on Tamim’s phone. He was talking to his son and wife, but after that, he also didn’t want to go to his room alone, so he was planning to be with Mahmudullah for a while. It wasn’t a night to be alone.

Tratado como promessa na Ponte Preta, Pedrinho vive expectativa por início do Paulistão

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Prestes a iniciar sua segunda temporada pela equipe principal da Ponte Preta, o atacante Pedrinho vive a expectativa em disputar o Campeonato Paulista pela primeira vez na carreira. Aos 19 anos, o jovem já acumula 14 partidas com a camisa da Macaca, todas na temporada passada, sendo seis pela Série B do Brasileiro, e mais oito pelo Copa Paulista, onde inclusive marcou um gol logo em sua estreia como profissional.

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Feliz com a chance de jogar o principal estadual do país, o jogador espera corresponder em campo a expectativa criada.

‘Estou muito feliz e motivado por ter a oportunidade de disputar um dos maiores campeonatos do Brasil, que é o Campeonato Paulista. Vou trabalhar duro para retribuir a confiança que o clube e os torcedores estão depositando no meu trabalho. Não vai faltar empenho e dedicação’, afirma Pedrinho.

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Semifinalista e quarto colocado no Paulistão 2020, o clube campineiro espera repetir a boa campanha na competição deste ano, e para isso, Pedrinho confia na força do plantel alvinegro e na metodologia de trabalho imposta pelo técnico Fábio Moreno.

‘Acredito que temos tudo para fazer um bom papel novamente este ano. Perdemos algumas peças, mas também chegaram reforços de qualidade, o que eleva ainda mais o nível do nosso elenco. Além disso, os treinamentos estão sendo muito produtivos e todos têm assimilado bem as ótimas propostas do treinador’, comenta o atacante.

A Ponte Preta está no Grupo B do Campeonato Paulista, ao lado de São Paulo, São Bento e Ferroviária. A estreia da Macaca está marcada para este sábado, diante do Novorizontino, às 19h (Horário de Brasília), no estádio Jorge Ismael de Biasi, em Novo Horizonte.

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Botafogo anuncia Marcinho, a quinta contratação de 2021

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O Botafogo segue reforçando o elenco. Neste sábado, o clube de General Severiano anunciou a chegada de Marcinho, que atuou no Cuiabá na última temporada. O atacante é o quinto reforço confirmado para o Alvinegro visando 2021.

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Marcinho rescindiu com o Goiás, clube que pertencia com o Goiás, para assinar com o Botafogo. Consequentemente, o jogador chega de forma definitiva ao clube de General Severiano.

O atacante vem de dois acessos à primeira divisão consecutivos na carreira: em 2019 com o Sport e no ano passado com o Cuiabá, onde trabalhou com Marcelo Chamusca, atual treinador do Botafogo, que deu aval para a contratação.

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رسميًا | رفض دعوى فيتوريا ضد اتحاد الكرة

أصدرت لجنة أوضاع اللاعبين بالاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم فيفا، قرارها بشأن الدعوى المقامة من البرتغالي روي فيتوريا، المدير الفني السابق لمنتخب مصر، ضد اتحاد الكرة.

وتقدم فيتوريا، بدعوى ضد اتحاد الكرة المصري، يطالب خلالها بالحصول على قيمة عقده مع الجبلاية.

طالع..اتحاد الكرة يوضح موقف ميكالي من تدريب منتخب 2005.. وموعد محتمل لـ انتخاب مجلس جديد

ورفضت لجنة أوضاع اللاعبين رسميًا دعوى فيتوريا بالحصول على 4 ملايين يورو قيمة تعاقده مع اتحاد الكرة المصري.

وترافع من الجانب المصري المستشار محمد الماشطة المستشار القانوني لاتحاد الكرة أمام قاض إسباني.

ورحل فيتوريا، عن تدريب منتخب مصر بعد بطولة كأس الأمم الإفريقية الأخيرة بعد الخروج من دور الـ 16.

وقرر مسئولو الجبلاية وقتها إنهاء التعاقد مع المدرب البرتغالي، وتعيين حسام حسن بدلًا منه.

Former Sri Lanka allrounder Dilhara Lokuhettige faces fresh corruption charges

The ACU’s allegations are generally in line with the charges Lokuhettige had already received from the Emirates Cricket Board in November

Andrew Fidel Fernando04-Apr-2019

Dilhara Lokuhettige delivers the ball•BCCI

Former Sri Lanka allrounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has been slapped with three fresh corruption charges – these by the ICC’s own Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) – five months after the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) had also charged him.The ACU’s allegations are generally in line with the charges Lokuhettige had already received from the ECB. The ACU has charged him with: Fixing, contriving or otherwise influencing improperly, or being a party to any agreement or effort to fix or contrive or otherwise influence improperly, the result, progress, conduct or any other aspect of any International Match Directly or indirectly soliciting, inducing, enticing, instructing, persuading, encouraging or intentionally facilitating any Participant to breach the Anti-Corruption Code Failing to disclose to the ACU full details of any approaches or invitations received by him to engage in corrupt conduct under the CodeLokuhettige was provisionally suspended by the ICC in November when the ECB laid its charges. The November allegations relate to the 2017 T10 tournament, to which Sri Lanka had sent a team. The ACU has not indicated whether their own charges relate to the same tournament.However, the “provisional suspension [from November] remains in full force and effect and he has additionally been provisionally suspended under the ICC Code pending the determination of these new charges,” an ICC release said. Lokuhettige has 14 days to respond to the new charges.Although not in the direct employ of SLC, and currently lives in Australia, Lokuhettige is understood to have strong contacts with coaches within the Sri Lanka system, having played at a high level in Sri Lanka between 2000 and 2016. Lokuhettige’s reputation had also been in question since the May 2018 Al Jazeera documentary on corruption on cricket, in which he was seen to be allegedly talking about a fix.Lokuhettige is one of three Sri Lanka players to be charged under the Anti-Corruption Code, alongside former fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa and former allrounder Sanath Jayasuriya. In February, Jayasuriya was banned for two years over the charges.

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