تعرف على معلق مباراة ليفربول ونيوكاسل يونايتد اليوم في الدوري الإنجليزي

يخوض فريق ليفربول ثالث مبارياته في الموسم الحالي من بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، 2023/24، مساء اليوم الأحد.

ويلتقي ليفربول مع خصمه نيوكاسل يونايتد، على ملعب الأخير “سانت جيمس بارك” في ختام الجولة الثالثة (لمطالعة التوقيت من هنا).

وحقق ليفربول التعادل في الجولة الأولى مع تشيلسي، بعد التعادل بدون أهداف، بينما فاز على بورنموث في الثانية بنتيجة 3-1.

في حين أن نيوكاسل يونايتد فاز في الجولة الأولى أمام أستون فيلا بنتيجة 5-1، قبل أن يسقط في الثانية أمام مانشستر سيتي بهدف نظيف.

ويحتل ليفربول في الوقت الحالي المركز الثامن برصيد 4 نقاط، ويتواجد نيوكاسل يونايتد في المركز الثاني عشر برصيد 3 نقاط.

مباشر بالفيديو | مباراة ليفربول ونيوكاسل في الدوري الإنجليزي.. إعلان التشكيلتين معلق مباراة ليفربول ونيوكاسل يونايتد اليوم في الدوري الإنجليزي

سيعلق عصام الشوالي على أحداث مباراة ليفربول ونيوكاسل اليوم.

يمكنكم مطالعة مواعيد ونتائج جميع المباريات لحظة بلحظة من مركز المباريات من هنا.

ساسي يتفوق على حمدي فتحي ويقود الغرافة للفوز على الوكرة وديًا

خسر نادي الوكرة بمشاركة اللاعب المصري حمدي فتحي وديًا مساء اليوم الأربعاء، أمام مواطنه الغرافة، في إطار تحضيرات الفريقين لبداية الدوري القطري موسم 2023-2024.

شارك حمدي فتحي في تشكيلة الوكرة بصفة أساسية، بينما لعب التونسي فرجاني ساسي مع فريق الغرافة.

اقرأ أيضًا..بمشاركة حمدي فتحي.. الوكرة يخسر أمام إسبانيول بهدف وديًا

وتمكن الجزائري الدولي ياسين براهيمي، من تسجيل هدف المباراة الوحيد لمصلحة الغرافة، في الدقيقة 26.

وينتظر أن يبدأ الوكرة مشواره في الدوري القطري بمواجهة معيذر يوم 16 أغسطس الجاري.

وكان حمدي فتحي انضم لصفوف الوكرة القطري قادمًا من الأهلي في فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية، مما دفع القلعة الحمراء لتعويضه بضم إمام عاشور من ميتلاند الدنماركي.

بوتشيتينو يعلن استمرار لاعب تشيلسي.. ويصدم ليفربول

وجه ماوريسية بوتشيتينو صدمة لـ ليفربول، بتصريحاته الأخيرة عن مدافع فريق كرة القدم الأول بـ تشيلسي، ليفي كولويل، بعد اهتمام الريدز بضمه خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الجارية.

ليفربول يسعى لضم صاحب الـ20 عامًا، في ظل إصابات جويل ماتيب وإبراهيما كوناتي المتكررة، ليدعم الخط الخلفي بجانب فان دايك وجو جوميز.

طالع أيضًا.. لاعب ليفربول يستكمل الفحص الطبي تمهيدًا لانتقاله إلى الدوري السعودي

كولويل كان معارًا في الموسم الماضي، وشارك في موسمه الأول بالدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز مع برايتون، وساهم في صعود طيور النورس إلى المشاركة أوروبيًا لأول مرة في تاريخهم.

وفي تصريحات للصحفيين صباح اليوم بعد مواجهة برايتون، قال ماوريسيو بوتشيتينو: “كولويل سيواصل معنا، لن ندعه يرحل لأنه سيكون له دور في الموسم المقبل”.

وأضاف مدرب تشيلسي الجديد: “أنا سعيد معه جدًا، قدم أداء جيد معنا، وأفضل مما كنت أتوقعه لأنها كانت مباراة أولى له بعد موسم كامل مع برايتون، لكنه ظهر بمستوى رائع”.

واختتم: “سنواصل العمل سويًا، وسيكون له دور في الفريق الموسم المقبل، أنا سعيد للغاية بأننا نمتلكه، سيكون أحد أعظم المدافعين في إنجلترا مستقبلًأ”.

Essex wait on how Panesar gels

On Wednesday, Nigel Hilliard, the Essex chairman, said that the prospects of Monty Panesar remaining an Essex cricketer next year will be dependent on how well he fits into the dressing-room for the remainder of the season

Ivo Tennant at Colchester22-Aug-2013

Monty Panesar impressed James Foster during his first appearance for Essex•Getty Images

On Wednesday, Nigel Hilliard, the Essex chairman, said that the prospects of Monty Panesar remaining an Essex cricketer next year will be dependent on how well he fits into the dressing-room for the remainder of the season.Given that he has been in the middle for most of his first few days at Colchester, bowling no fewer than 54 overs, he has hardly had time to converse with his new colleagues. Yet, according to James Foster, his captain, the signs are highly auspicious.”I had been with him on an England Lions tour and I knew him to be a quality guy,” Foster said. “Monty has fitted in really well. He keeps himself to himself but he has shown great exuberance around the dressing-room and enjoys a bit of banter. It has helped that he has known other players from the past – he has played a lot of cricket with Ravi Bopara and against Gautam Gambhir.””I don’t know what has been agreed between Essex and Sussex and have no idea if he will be back next season – that is down to the powers-that-be – but there is no question he has gone down well. I thought his bowling was excellent on a good batting pitch which did not offer anything in the way of spin. His control was relentless. It does not look as if the pitch is going to break up, either.”The perception from the boundary was that Panesar was firing the ball in at the batsmen, striving for containment and maidens rather than enticing them into trying to hit against such turn as there was or over the top. Not so, felt Foster. “There was plenty of variation and he mixed his pace up nicely. The only way a spinner could get a lot out of this pitch was through control. He was bowling against good, in-form batters. That was what I, as a wicketkeeper, found to be exceptional.”Foster said the club had had to move smartly when they knew Panesar was being released by Sussex and was amused that Northamptonshire had arrived at Colchester at the start of this week anticipating that the England spinner would be turning out against Essex. “Monty could make the difference between us gaining promotion and remaining in the second division,” he said. “In theory, pitches take spin at this time of year and that is why we went for him. I am not sure whether he will play in our remaining one-dayers.”Panesar is staying in a Colchester hotel this week and will then move into the Chelmsford area. Foster said that as part of the agreement over his release from Sussex, he was not be permitted to join a Division One club – in other words, he would not be allowed to play against them for the remainder of the season. The Essex captain was unaware that Sussex had prevented him from speaking to the media during the Colchester festival.There was no play on the third day to test whether or not there would be anything in the pitch to encourage the spinners on both sides. The presence of Panesar has been well received by Essex members and supporters, but inevitably there has been the odd grumble over the wages that will be paid to him between now and the end of the season. He will remain on the same salary he was receiving from Sussex. After that, the club will be competing in a free market.

PCB election meets ICC requirements – Ashraf

The PCB has admitted that the endorsement of Zaka Ashraf for next four years as chairman was processed through a “representation process” and not purely a democratic process

Umar Farooq10-May-2013

Zaka Ashraf was endorsed by ten elected members of the PCB’s Board of Governors•Associated Press

The PCB has admitted that the endorsement of Zaka Ashraf for next four years as chairman was processed through a “representation process” and not purely a democratic process, but said it complied with the ICC’s recommendations. According to the amended constitution, the chairman is still a nominated candidate, though one who is “endorsed” by ten elected members in the Board of Governors.In 2011, the ICC stipulated that its member boards become autonomous and free of interference from governments by June 2013. Removal of government interference had also been one of the Woolf report recommendations approved by the ICC.The PCB’s 2007 constitution was then amended to change the method of appointing the board’s chairman and alter the structure of its governing board. However, the process is still complicated, and the president of Pakistan, who is the patron of the PCB, retains a central role in appointing the chairman. Ashraf defended the transition as “fair and transparent to prevent a malicious candidate to step up to take the office”.”The new constitution complies with the recommendations made by the ICC and has been accepted, appreciated and welcomed by the ICC,” Ashraf told a press conference at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. “It has been a much-needed transition and a necessary step in ensuring the development and better administration of the game of cricket. The key features of the constitution were also discussed individually with the ICC president and CEO and it fulfills the requirements of parameters laid down by them. The PCB is fully compliant.”The PCB has been criticised in the past because its constitution allowed the chairman almost dictatorial powers. The amended constitution hasn’t changed that. The chairman can control and oversee income and expenditure in accordance with the budget approved by the board of governors. The major shortcoming in the new constitution is that the chairman has ultimate power with no recourse to remove him from the post in any circumstances. Also, the incumbent can be nominated for more than one term.”The new constitution entrusts the board of governors [BoG] with greater responsibility and the power to make regulations for the better governance of the PCB. Previously, most rules had to be approved by the federal government,” said Ashraf who insisted that “the constitution has been followed in letter and spirit and the PCB chairman has been appointed through the process defined in the constitution.”The restructured 14-member body includes five elected regional representatives picked on a rotation basis and five elected representatives of service organisations and departments who have the power of endorsement to the nominated chairman. The regions whose representatives accepted Ashraf’s nomination were: Peshawar, Islamabad, Larkana and Dera Murad Jamali while the fifth spot is yet to be filled. Punjab – which has 60% of Pakistan’s population – doesn’t have a representative in the BoG as Ashraf said the regions within Punjab hadn’t completed their own elections yet.The transition, however, was surprising and conducted secretly with the PCB revealing the appointment through a press release, citing it as an internal matter and not a public one. “This is a representative process, that’s why the word nominated as per process has been used (in the constitution),” explained the PCB solicitor, Taffazul Rizvi. “There are certain criteria which are defined in the constitution and the word democracy has a wide range. The PCB election is different from the way general elections are conducted.”It is understood that with the general election due on Saturday, a new government could bring in a change in PCB hierarchy. With his future as chairman uncertain, Ashraf implemented the new constitution and was eventually elected for a new term.”We had to implement the new constitution to meet the deadline given by ICC,” said Ashraf, to justify the abrupt move 72 hours before the general election in the country. “It was expected and we were already working on it from last many months. We didn’t want to delay it, we have to have the new constitution in place before June to satisfy the ICC requirement.”

رسميًا.. الفرق الصاعدة إلى الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز 2023/24

اكتمل عقد المتأهلين إلى منافسات بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، الموسم المقبل، بعدما حصل فريق لوتون تاون على ثالث البطاقات.

وجاء تأهل لوتون تاون إلى منافسات الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، موسم 2023/24، بعدما فاز بركلات الترجيح على فريق كوفنتري سيتي.

ويُعد لوتون تاون ثالث الحاصلين على بطاقات التأهل إلى الدوري الإنجليزي، النسخة القادمة. الصاعدون إلى الدوري الإنجليزي موسم 2023-2024

بيرنلي

شيفيلد يونايتد

لوتون تاون

 

فيديو.. اتحاد جدة يبتعد بصدارة الدوري السعودي برباعية في شباك أبها

نجح فريق الكرة الأول بنادي اتحاد جدة السعودي الذي يضم بين صفوفه الثنائي المصري أحمد حجازي وطارق حامد، في تحقيق فوز كبير على نظيره أبها برباعية دون رد.

المباراة التي أقيمت على ملعب استاد مدينة الملك عبدالله الرياضية (الجوهرة المشعة)، في خضم منافسات الجولة السادسة والعشرين من عمر الدوري السعودي للمحترفين (دوري روشن).

طالع | فيديو | النصر يتعادل مع الخليج في الدوري السعودي

وشارك الثنائي أحمد حجازي وطارق حامد كالعادة في التشكيل الأساسي للمباراة، التي اقترب بها العميد من حسم لقب الدوري السعودي. 

وسجل فريق الاتحاد أهدافه عن طريق النجم البرازيلي رومارينيو (بواقع هدفين) وعبد الرازق حمد الله ومحمد الصعيري.

بهذا الفوز يرتفع رصيد اتحاد جدة إلى 62 نقطة، متربعًا على عرش صدارة ترتيب الدوري بفارق 5 نقاط عن النصر أقرب ملاحقيه.

فيما يتجمد رصيد أبها عند 30 نقطة محتلًا بهم المركز العاشر قبل انتهاء البطولة بـ4 جولات. أهداف مباراة اتحاد جدة وأبها في الدوري السعودي

وإليكم تفاصيل المباراة

حكم اللقاء نيكولا دابانوفيتش يطلق صافرة بداية المباراة بداية مباراة الاتحاد وأبها

د5.. بداية قوية من أبها ومحاولات متكررة لاختراق دفاع الاتحاد من الجهة اليسرى

د10.. الاتحاد يكشر عن أنيابه ويحاول هد دفاع أبها بكرات طولية وتسديدات من خارج منطقة الجزاء جوووووووووووووووووووووووول.. رومارينو يسجل هدف رائع لفريق اتحاد جدة بشباك أبها في الدقيقة 13، مستغلًا تمريرة متقنة داخل منطقة الجزاء، ليستلم بدوران ويسدد كرة هوائية تسكن شباك أبهاهدف اتحاد جدة الأول أمام أبها

جوووووووووووووووووووووووووول.. حمدالله يسجل الهدف الثاني للاتحاد في شباك أبها بالدفيقة 28 برأسية رائعة من خارج منطقة الجزاء، مستغلًا خروج حارس مرمى أبها هدف اتحاد جدة الثاني أمام أبها

جوووووووووووووووووووووووووووووووول.. رومارينيو يسجل هدف اتحاد جدة الثالث بعد تلقيه تمريرة طولية متقنة تضرب خط دفاع أبها لينفرد بحارس المرمى ويسدد في الشباك باتقان بالدقيقة 30 هدف اتحاد جدة الثالث أمام أبها

نهاية الشوط الأول بتقدم العميد بثلاثية

بداية الشوط الثاني

د47.. فرصتين متتاليتين تضيعان من الاتحاد في الثواني الأولى عن طريق عبد الرزاق حمدالله، بعد اختراقه منطقة جزاء أبها ولكن الدفاع بالمرصاد

بطاقة صفراء أولى لزكريا سامي لاعب أبها بعد تدخل قوي على طارق حامد في وسط الملعب بالدقيقة 55.

مرور ساعة كاملة وتقدم اتحاد جدة مستمر مع محاولات تسجيل الهدف الرابع

د65.. سقوط حمدالله في منطقة الجزاء ويطالب بركلة جزاء وحكم اللقاء يأمر باستكمال اللعب في ظل مطالبات اللاعب باللجوؤ لتقنية الفار

د72.. 3 تغييرات لفريق أبها بنزول محمد الكنيدري وعبد الفتاح أدم وسعد السلولي وخروج زكريا السامي وعبد الله الزوري ونواف الصعدي

د78.. سقوط عمر هوساوي لاعب الاتحاد بسبب الإصابة ونزول الطاقم الطبي لعلاجه قبل اصطحابه خارج المستطيل الأخضر

د80.. تغيير جديد لـ أبها بنزول فيلبي كايسيدو وخروج سعد بقير

د81.. تغيير اضطراري للاتحاد بخروج هوساوي ونزول عبد الرحمن العبود

د88.. تغييرين للاتحاد بخروج عبد الرزاق حمدالله وايجور كورنادو ونزول محمد الصيعري وعوض الناشري

د90.. بطاقة صفراء لمد الله لاعب الاتحاد بسبب ادعاء السقوط داخل منطقة الجزاء

د91.. حكم اللقاء يعود لـ VAR لمراجعة ركلة جزاء مد الله، ويلغي البطاقة الصفراء ويحتسب ركلة الجزاء

جووووووووووووووووووووووووول.. اتحاد جدة يسجل الهدف الرابع بأقدام البديل محمد الصيعري عن طريق ركلة جزاء نجح في تنفيذهاب بالدقيقة 92 هدف اتحاد جدة الرابع أمام أبها

تغيير جديد للاتحاد في الدقيقة 94، بخروج هنريكي ونزول مروان الصحفي

حكم اللقاء يطلق صافرة نهاية المباراة

São Paulo se prepara para Majestoso decisivo na Copa RS Sub-20

MatériaMais Notícias

A equipe sub-20 do São Paulo tem um clássico decisivo pela frente: contra o Corinthians, às 19h15 desta terça-feira, no campo do SESC Porto Alegre, valendo vaga na semifinal da Copa RS – o Tricolor é o atual tricampeão do torneio. Haverá transmissão do Sportv.

Primeiro colocado do Grupo B com oito pontos (venceu o Nacional-URU e o Flamengo, perdeu para o Cruzeiro e empatou com o Independiente-ARG), os meninos de Cotia ainda sentem os efeitos da dura batalha contra os argentinos, no domingo. Por isso, o técnico Orlando Ribeiro não os levou a campo nesta segunda.

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– Tinha projetado um treino em campo, mas preferimos ir pela linha de recuperar o emocional e o físico dos jogadores. Tivemos a lesão do Rafael, que será reavaliado pelos médicos após exames. Vamos nos encontrar para a primeira palestra sobre o jogo às 21h30, e vamos para o jogo com o que tivermos de melhor – disse o comandante.

-Estamos com 24 atletas, sendo três goleiros. Com a possível saída do Rafael, ficaremos com 20 de linha. Os 23 que estarão à disposição aqui sabem que não vieram passear e serão utilizados a qualquer momento. Eles têm que estar preparados para esses momentos decisivos. Somos um grupo – emendou.

Reinaldo mantém São Paulo na briga após revés no clássico: 'Nada acabou'

MatériaMais Notícias

O São Paulo sofreu um duro golpe neste sábado no Morumbi ao perder de 2 a 0 para o Palmeiras. Além de deixar escapar um tabu de 16 anos sem perder em casa para o rival, viu o adversário abrir quatro pontos na liderança do Campeonato Brasileiro. Para o lateral-esquerdo Reinaldo, no entanto, o Tricolor ainda está na briga pelo título.

-Não é porque perdemos o jogo aqui, que vamos jogar a toalha. Estamos na briga. Levantar a cabeça, trabalhar, porque nada acabou aqui. Trabalhar com humildade, como a gente vem desde o início. Vê o que está errado para não errar mais – afirmou Reinaldo.

O Tricolor agora tem outra parada dura na sequência do Campeonato Brasileiro. No próximo domingo, encara o Internacional, vice-líder, no Beira-Rio.

Sobre a derrota, Reinaldo disse que o São Paulo abusou dos erros.

-Tomamos o gol na bola parada ali, que a gente tanto fala, depois de contra-ataque. Agora é levantar a cabeça, trabalhar e pensar na próxima partida – declarou.

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Sammy heroics in vain as Australia draw series


Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsBrett Lee’s early strikes set Australia on the winning path•Associated Press

Somehow, a 2-2 draw seemed a fitting result for a series that was so closely fought. That was the outcome after Australia’s best all-round performance of the tour so far finished in a 30-run win, although the West Indies captain Darren Sammy did his best to carry the hosts home on his shoulders with a powerful 84 that gave his team unexpected hope. But in the end, Australia had more performers: half-centuries to David Warner, Shane Watson and Peter Forrest set up a big total of 281 for 9 and Brett Lee led a disciplined bowling display to wrap up the victory.It left the series with a sense of symmetry: it began with an Australian win, then a West Indian victory, then a tie, then a West Indies win and ended as it started, with an Australian victory. It must also have left both teams unsatisfied, Australia at their inability to gel through the middle of the series and beat the No.8-ranked ODI side, and West Indies at missing a rare opportunity to secure a series win over Australia.Sammy nearly got them there, though. He and Andre Russell came together at 118 for 7 but they didn’t give up, and Sammy blasted sixes here, there and everywhere on his way to a 20-ball half-century, equalling his own West Indian record. Even after the departure of Russell, who was lbw on review to Xavier Doherty for 41, Sammy kept the West Indian dream alive until he was the last man out, caught at deep midwicket with 31 still needed from 17 balls.Perhaps Sammy made a tactical error by sending Australia in, considering the strong West Indian victory batting first at the same venue two days ago. His bowlers were unable to pick up cheap top-order wickets and the hosts were always on the back foot, right from the first few boundaries struck by Warner and Watson in their 118-run partnership, their first century opening stand together.The West Indies bowlers did what they could and prevented Australia from the 300-plus score that at one stage looked inevitable, but it was eight years since West Indies had chased down such a high target in an ODI and their task looked as tall as the Pitons that dominate St Lucia’s landscape. When Lee struck in each of his first two overs, local shoulders slumped even more.

Smart stats

  • West Indies drew their first bilateral series against Australia in 13 years. In 1999, they had tied the home series 3-3. However, their last series win was in 1995, when they went on to take the series 4-1.

  • The top three Australian batsmen scored half-centuries. It is the seventh time overall and the first time against West Indies that the top three Australian batsmen have made fifty-plus scores.

  • The 118-run stand between David Warner and Shane Watson is the fifth-highest opening stand for Australia against West Indies. It is also Australia’s second-highest opening stand in ODIs played in West Indies.

  • The 101-run stand between Darren Sammy and Andre Russell is the highest eighth-wicket stand for West Indies in ODIs. The run-rate during the partnership (10.27) is the fourth-highest ever for a century stand for West Indies. It is also the highest ever run-rate for a century stand in ODIs against Australia.

  • Sammy’s strike rate of 168.00 during his 84 off 50 balls is the highest for a fifty-plus score by a West Indian batsman in ODIs against Australia.

The St Lucian opener Johnson Charles fell for a fifth-ball duck when he top-edged an attempted pull and was caught and bowled by Lee, and West Indies were 5 for 2 when Marlon Samuels gloved behind in Lee’s next over. The run-rate became almost non-existent as Adrian Barath and Darren Bravo tried to steady, but on 3 from 21 balls, Bravo edged behind off Clint McKay.The wickets kept falling. Dwayne Bravo drove Watson to cover for 19 and Barath top-edged an attempted slog-sweep off Doherty for 42. That left a mountain of work for Kieron Pollard, who after a while lost his partner Carlton Baugh (13) to a catch at fine-leg that almost cost Australia their wicketkeeper, as Matthew Wade ran back and collided heavily with the catcher Ben Hilfenhaus.Wade appeared to be in severe pain but slowly righted himself and resumed his place behind the stumps. Pollard gave the fans something to cheer with a couple of huge sixes before he was caught in the deep for 33, which brought Sammy and Russell together.In the end, Australia just had too many runs. Their score was set up by Warner and Watson, who gave Australia comfortably their best start of the series and left Sammy wondering about the wisdom of his decision at the toss.Warner’s 61-ball innings of 69 was easily his most fluent of the tour and the highlight was a long, flat six that he had pulled off Dwayne Bravo, and he was also strong through the off side when the bowlers dropped short. He was the quicker scorer in the partnership but Australia’s tempo slowed when he tried to slog sweep Sunil Narine but misjudged the flight and saw a toe-edge lob to backward point.Watson showed his intent early by cutting Kemar Roach for six and he was also strong through the leg side. He had an lbw decision against him on 27 overturned on review and went on to bring up his half-century from 65 balls. On 66, Watson steered a catch to third man off Russell but he had given Australia a very solid platform.Either side of a rain delay, Forrest was steady and brought up his first half-century of the tour. His highlight was a cracking cover-drive perfectly placed to find the boundary off Marlon Samuels, who bowled as much medium-pace as offspin, his numerous quicker balls clocking almost 120kph.Despite Forrest’s runs he never looked like demolishing the West Indies attack and on 53 from 68 balls, he pulled Russell to midwicket. Russell was outstanding in the field and collected 4 for 61, and even found himself on a hat-trick after David Hussey gloved behind the ball after Forrest fell. The hat-trick didn’t eventuate, but he at least halted Australia’s progress.Wade and Michael Hussey chipped in with some late boundaries but Roach (3 for 53) grabbed two wickets in the last over to prevent Australia getting any closer to 300. In the end, it didn’t matter. They had enough. And a tightly-contested series got the most appropriate result.