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All football across the UK has been postponed this weekend following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and many within the game have been impacted

All football matches in the UK were postponed this weekend as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Sporting authorities were given the option to make a decision whether to play on, and the Football Association, the Premier League and English Football League confirmed on Friday that all matches will be off.

While many questioned the wisdom of the decision, there is no doubt that it will have a knock-on effect for many clubs players and coaches.

Irrespective of the circumstances, there will be some who could gain an advantage from a weekend break, but for others it will be an unfortunate interruption.

GOAL takes a look at those that will have been most affected by the shutdown and why…

(C)Getty imagesGraham Potter

Officially confirmed as the new Chelsea boss on Thursday, Potter was surely eager to get up and running in his new job with a London derby against Fulham.

An extra few days on the training pitch, however, will likely help him settle into his new role, get to know his new squad and introduce some fresh ideas into a side that has lost three of their last five games.

Potter will now start his reign against Red Bull Salzburg in the Champions League, in a game that Chelsea need to win after surprisingly losing their opener to Dinamo Zagreb.

Depending on whether next weekend’s fixtures go ahead, his first Premier League match could also now be at Stamford Bridge and a huge clash with Liverpool, so extra preparations for a key double-header will be beneficial.

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While a pause could help reset Chelsea’s stuttering form, the opposite is the case for Arsenal, who have made a brilliant start to the season.

Last weekend’s defeat to Manchester United was a setback, but there were still plenty of positives in the way that Mikel Arteta’s side played at Old Trafford, and the early-season leaders will have been desperate to get back to Premier League action to put it right.

It would have been a good time to play Sunday's scheduled visitors Everton, too, with the Toffees not having won all season and were likely to have several key players missing, including goalkeeper Jordan Pickford and striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

And with closest rivals Manchester City and Tottenham facing-off at the Etihad Stadium, it would have been a good opportunity to extend their lead over one or both.

GettyJurgen Klopp

With an injury crisis and defensive issues, a weekend off might help Liverpool after a crazy start to the season.

Liverpool's injury list is one of the longest in the Premier League, but Klopp at least welcomed Thiago Alcantara and Diogo Jota back to his matchday squad in recent days and can give them extra time to be fully fit to start matches soon.

More pressing is a backline that shipped four goals against Napoli, with the reliable Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson and Joe Gomez in worrying form.

Klopp questioned his players’ “attitudes” on the opening day of the season and may use this unexpected time off to help spark a revival.

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Getty ImagesBrighton

With Potter's departure coming late in the week, it might come as a relief that Brighton have extra time to find a replacement.

An interim management team that included experienced midfielder Adam Lallana were set to take charge for the trip to Bournemouth, but after a remarkable start that has seen them move up to fourth in the Premier League, it would be a frustration to be undercooked for a game that they would hope to take three points from.

Next weekend's game against Crystal Palace has already been postponed because of a rail strike, meaning that the Seagulls have until after the international break to make an appointment before their next game.

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O Santos realizou o penúltimo treino na manhã desta quinta-feira, no CT Rei Pelé, antes de enfrentar o Cruzeiro, neste sábado, às 21h, na Vila Belmiro, pela 34ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. A grande novidade foi o retorno do atacante Derlis González.

O jogador estava disputando amistosos internacionais com o Paraguai. Nesta Data Fifa, a seleção paraguaia venceu a Bulgária, por 1 a 0, e empatou com a Árabia Saudita, em 0 a 0.

A atividade foi aberta por apenas 10 minutos, com a imprensa acompanhando somente o aquecimento. Quando os portões foram fechados, o técnico Jorge Sampaoli esboçou o time titular do Peixe.

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O atacante Soteldo era aguardado nesta quinta, mas ganhou um dia de folga após retornar da Ásia. O atleta também estava defendendo a seleção venezuelana na Data Fifa.

O único desfalque certo é o meia Cueva, afastado pela diretoria santista até o fim do ano. Gustavo Henrique e Marinho, possíveis titulares, entram em campo pendurados.

O Santos é o terceiro colocado do Brasileiro, com 65 pontos, e volta aos trabalhos na manhã desta sexta-feira, no CT Rei Pelé.

* Sob supervisão de Vinícius Perazzini

كشفت صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الكتالونية تفاصيل موجة الغضب العارمة التي اجتاحت مدرب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي برشلونة، تشافي، أثناء مباراة ألميريا في الدوري الإسباني.

واستطاع برشلونة تحقيق الفوز بصعوبة أمام ألميريا في ملعب “منتجويك” مساء أمس، الأربعاء، بنتيجة 3-2 مع أداء غير جيد من اللاعبين.

ولكن بين الشوطين كان هناك حديث ساخن من قبل تشافي تجاه اللاعبين في غرفة الملابس بعد انتهاء الشوط الأول بالتعادل الإيجابي 1-1.

اقرأ أيضًا.. سيرجي روبيرتو: برشلونة كان يحتاج لـ 3 نقاط بأي طريقة.. ونعلم غضب الجمهور

وبحسب التقرير فإن تشافي كان غاضبًا للغاية، ومن خلال التسريبات من قبل أحد ضحاياه في غرفة الملابس أن المدرب لم يكن بهذه الوقاحة في انتقاد لاعبيه من قبل.

وتحدث تشافي مع اللاعبين وأن الأداء في الشوط الأول كان مخزيًا للغاية وطالبهم ببذل قصارى جهدهم وإلا فلن يفوزوا بأي شيء هذا الموسم.

كان هناك حديث موجه من قبل تشافي إلى المهاجم، روبرت ليفاندوفسكي، الذي كان هناك علامات استفهام كبيرة حول أدائه الفني في الشوط الأول.

Pat Howard has signed on for another two years as Australia’s executive general manager of team performance

ESPNcricinfo staff24-Apr-2015

Pat Howard has signed on for another two years as Australia’s executive general manager of team performance.Howard was appointed in 2011 to the newly created role recommended by the Argus review and although his contract was due to end in June, his reappointment will now take his tenure through until at least 2017.”This recognises the outstanding job Pat is doing leading the team performance function at Cricket Australia,” Cricket Australia’s chief executive James Sutherland said. “Our men’s and women’s teams continue to succeed on the world stage while strong foundations are being built to achieve sustained success in all forms of the game.”Howard’s time at Cricket Australia has been eventful and he was part of the decision to sack Mickey Arthur as coach on the eve of the 2013 Ashes series in England.However, the team has enjoyed significant on-field success in the past two years – Australia currently hold the Ashes, World Cup and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.The major challenge in the coming months, though, will be to sustain that performance away from home, with Test campaigns in West Indies, England and Bangladesh.

Carl Hooper, the former West Indies captain, has been appointed coach of Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2015 edition of the Caribbean Premier League

ESPNcricinfo staff19-Jan-2015Carl Hooper, the former West Indies captain, has been appointed coach of Guyana Amazon Warriors for the 2015 edition of the Caribbean Premier League.Hooper has previously been assistant coach for Antigua Hawksbills in 2014, and coach at the West Indies Cricket Board’s High Performance Centre in Barbados. Amazon Warriors went down in the final to Barbados Tridents last CPL season, while Hawksbills lost eight out of nine games to finish last.”I look forward to working with the immensely talented group of cricketers in this team and I also want to assist with the overall development of the young Guyana cricketers who will also be part of the squad,” the Guyana-born Hooper said.”Carl brings a wealth of experience and skills to our team and I am confident that he will be a great motivator and will use all of his expertise to bring the best out of all the players,” said Omar Khan, the Amazon Warriors team operations manager.

BCCI’s sidelined president N Srinivasan told the Supreme Court on Monday that all allegations against him with reference to his “conflict of interest” in the IPL corruption case were unfounded and false

ESPNcricinfo staff01-Dec-2014BCCI’s sidelined president N Srinivasan told the Supreme Court on Monday that all allegations against him with reference to his “conflict of interest” in the IPL corruption case were unfounded and false. His counsel, Kapil Sibal, told the two-member bench of Justice TS Thakur and Justice FM Kalifullah that Srinivasan had acted “with speed” against his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan after allegations of illegal betting and had stepped aside from the affairs of the BCCI during the investigations into the corruption scandal.Once the litigant, Cricket Association of Bihar, made their final arguments, Srinivasan’s defence of his actions covered several aspects. These included the purchase of an IPL team, acting against Gurunath during IPL 2013, distancing himself from the BCCI probe as well as not being responsible for the composition of the BCCI’s own two-man probe committee.Sibal said that allegations against Srinivasan, concerning a cover-up of the investigation, were “false” as Srinivasan had acted with speed, lodging a complaint against both Gurunath and Raj Kundra when allegations of betting were made against them.The name of Arun Jaitley, a BCCI vice president and currently Union cabinet minister was taken several times by Sibal to emphasise that the BCCI had set up a commission to look into the corruption case in May 2013 on Jaitley’s recommendation. When Jaitley’s name was taken a third time, Justice Thakur asked Sibal, “Why are you taking his name?” and enquired whether Jaitley was being “represented” in the case in any manner as his name had not been mentioned in the entire set of Mudgal Commission report documents handed over to the court in February and November 2014. Thakur said it was “not permitted” that the name of “one individual is being dropped.”When Sibal argued that the conflict of interest issue had not been part of the terms of reference of the Mudgal committee investigation, Justice Thakur responded by saying: “Either there is a conflict of interest or there is no conflict of interest. There is no third truth.” He said the conflict of interest was, “the core issue” and Srinivasan’s counsel Sibal had to, “show” the court that there was “no conflict of interest from the facts before the Mudgal report.”Sibal told the court that there were, “several people” who held positions in the BCCI and were also involved with the IPL. He said there were “364 names” and cited those of Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri, Lalchand Rajput, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Sourav Ganguly, Brijesh Patel, Anil Kumble as well as Vijay Mallya who were part of the IPL in the last seven years. “The IPL may not even take place if the rule is to be interpreted in this manner,” Sibal said.The rule being referred to was rule 6.2.4 which that prohibits officials of the BCCI from having any direct or interest commercial interest in the events conducted by the Board, with the exception of the IPL and the Champions League T20. Sibal said the rule applied to, “administrator, official player or umpire.”With Sibal stressing that Srinivasan had kept away from the internal developments pertaining to Gurunath and the IPL case, Justice Kalifullah raised questions about the incomplete paper work made available to the court regarding the formation of the BCCI’s own probe panel set up in May last year. There were no dates mentioned on the documents made available to the court about the formation of the BCCI probe panel. Justice Kalifullah asked the counsel to inform the court about the time taken to form the BCCI’s disciplinary probe panel and the time taken by the panel to arrive at their final conclusions.On May 31, 2013, three days after the BCCI revealed its probe commission, one of the members, Sanjay Jagdale, resigned from his post as BCCI secretary and stated he had specifically asked to be kept away from the committee. On June 2, it was discovered that two members of the eight-man IPL governing council were unaware of when and how the BCCI’s inquiry commission was set up. Two other members of the council said their consent had been taken over the phone even though no meeting had been convened over the same. In July 2013, the board’s two-member panel found “no evidence of any wrongdoing” against Raj Kundra and India Cements.Sibal argued that Srinivasan’s purchase of Chennai Super Kings came about after former IPL chairman Lalit Modi asked him to do so because there were not enough buyers lined up for the city-based franchises. Srinivasan had, therefore, Sibal said, turned to the-then BCCI president Sharad Pawar. Sibal argued that Pawar had “cleared the legalities” for Srinivasan and informed him that as India Cements was a private company, Srinivasan could make a bid for a team.The Supreme Court has asked the BCCI to submit financial details with regards to the functioning of the IPL, the auction, ticket sales, broadcasting rights and purchase of players.When asked whether the IPL case had affected the image of Indian cricket, Srinivasan, who was speaking at an ICC event in Chennai, said: “I don’t agree that Indian cricket is taking a hit, I am not able to share your sentiments on that.”The next two hearings will be held on December 8 and 9, when Sibal is expected to conclude his arguments.

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A cena é tão grotesca quanto constrangedora. Uma torcedora do Grêmio, acompanhada de uma criança, provoca torcedores do Internacional após o empate no clássico de sábado. Surge uma outra mulher, que tenta arrancar à força a camisa tricolor, dando seguidos empurrões na vítima. Tudo isso sob o olhar e choro do menino, que aparenta ter 5, 6 anos. A Polícia Civil identificou todos os envolvidos e abriu investigação sobre o triste episódio. O Grêmio deve abraçar mãe e filho e presenteá-los com artigos do clube e encontro com os jogadores do Imortal. O Colorado, por sua vez, anunciou que ajudará na investigação, que pode provocar até a expulsão da agressora do Beira-Rio. O mais provável é que cenas como essas voltem a acontecer em um futuro próximo, em um ambiente totalmente contaminado pela intolerância. Dirigentes ofendendo árbitros, torcedores perseguindo atletas em hotéis e aeroportos, jogadores aumentando o clima hostil no gramado com sucessivas reclamações e simulações. Ainda que as perspectivas não sejam boas, o que se deve sempre perseguir é a conclusão óbvia em situações como esta. Hoje e sempre, a provocação da gremista não justiça a agressão sofrida. Qualquer visão contrária a isso é normatizar o absurdo.

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A round-up of IPL news on May 17, 2014

ESPNcricinfo staff17-May-2014

I’ve got no time for Pollard – Starc
The hatchet has not been buried between Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler Mitchell Starc and Mumbai Indians allrounder Kieron Pollard, who were fined for their ugly on-field spat at the Wankhede Stadium. Speaking to the , Starc said he had not talked to Pollard at all after the incident. “Kieron’s done that a lot in the past and I don’t think it’s worth talking about,” he said. “No, I’ve got no time for Pollard and I haven’t talked to him at all.””That sort of situation would probably warrant yellow and red cards if it ever does come to that. But I’m definitely staying out of that sort of thing anyway. It’s not in my nature to get involved in that sort of stuff. It was a heat-of-the-moment thing.”Hussey hopes to fill in for McCullum
Australia batsman David Hussey was a late signing by Chennai Super Kings as a replacement for West Indies allrounder Dwayne Bravo, but he is likely to get a chance to play when New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum returns home for the birth of his child, which could rule him out of games on May 22 and 24. “The talk started a while ago, actually, with Dwayne Bravo having a sore shoulder,” Hussey told . “So, Stephen Fleming rang me and asked if I would be interested in playing. I was lucky enough to be here commentating, and now, I can’t wait to play. I have sort of spoken to Fleming and he said that I will be a middle-order player, and with Brendon McCullum due to go home for the birth of his baby, I’ll definitely get an opportunity to play.”CSK team official Russell Radhakrishnan told : “We have booked tickets for Brendon to fly out of India on May 21 and return on the 25th. His wife is expecting around that time, and if he leaves for home, he will miss two matches.”You don’t have to have magic in T20s – Murali
Former Sri Lankan offspinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who is playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, says even ordinary Test spinners can be successful in T20 cricket because they don’t need to “buy wickets” in the shortest format. “You will get wickets if you bowl tight.” Murali told . “You don’t have to be a big spinner, you don’t have to have magic in T20s but you have to have magic in Test cricket to take wickets, to some extent even in one-day cricket.”Your mindset has to change. In Test cricket you have to buy wickets. You can’t keep on bowling maiden overs and waiting, because you won’t be successful. You have to have some tricks; you have to flight the ball, have variations. Test cricket teaches you so many things.”

Shakib Al Hasan has urged Bangladesh’s fans to be reasonable about their team’s chances in the World T20

Mohammad Isam 10-Mar-20140:00

‘We have to rely on our natural skills’ – Shakib

Shakib Al Hasan has urged Bangladesh’s fans to be reasonable about their team’s chances in the World T20. Similarly, he wants to be remain sensible and calm on the field, and expects the same from his team-mates.”As the tournament is at home, we will have the support but there shouldn’t be too much expectation,” Shakib said. “I have heard people say, ‘Let the cup stay at home.’ But I think we have to tone that down a bit.”Please support us, the team will do better. But everyone has to take the result sportingly. Too much expectation does put undue pressure on us.”Shakid Al Hasan: “I have heard people say, ‘Let the cup stay at home.’ But I think we have to tone that down a bit”•Getty Images

As the Bangladesh captain during the 2011 World Cup, Shakib has first-hand experience of how expectations could have a major impact on the team. In that tournament, Bangladesh were routed for 58 against West Indies, but bounced back to win against England a week later. Soon enough, however, the pressure seemed to catch up again and they folded against South Africa.Bangladesh’s current form should not boost expectations, but there is still tremendous interest in the World T20, particularly as Bangladesh will open the tournament against Afghanistan on March 16.Shakib wants the team to show better understanding of the situation out in the middle, and his team-mates to remain cool when under pressure. “What we have to do in T20s is to keep a calm head and give our best. We become too excited in T20s. I think everyone is responsible enough to understand these things and do the right thing for the team.”Shakib said that there is no taking any team lightly in T20 cricket, irrespective of where they are ranked. “Nepal is a big team to us. We are a big team to Pakistan, India and Australia. An over or a ball can change a T20 game. On paper there can be a favorite but on the day, I don’t think there is any favorite.”We should fear everyone because we don’t know much about Nepal and Hong Kong. Say we score 160 but someone from the other side scores a hundred. Scotland have done that to us in the past. We have to be careful in all the games. It is hard to recover from a mistake in a T20.”

A round-up of the second day’s play of the eighth-round Group C games of the Ranji Trophy 2013-14

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Dec-2013
ScorecardFile photo: Dwaraka Ravi Teja struck 17 fours and two sixes during his unbeaten 153•ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Centuries from Hanuma Vihari and Dwaraka Ravi Teja powered Hyderabad to 341 for 4 against Jammu & Kashmir at the Gandhi Memorial Science College Ground.Rain had deemed play impossible on day one, but once the game started on Monday, the visitors immediately made inroads, rallying to 109 for 1 thanks to a partnership of 87 for the second wicket between Akshath Reddy and Ravi Teja. Akshath fell for 49, but Ravi Teja and Vihari punished the bowling in a 203-run stand for the third wicket. Vihari was eventually dismissed for 109, having struck 18 fours, but Ravi Teja remained unbeaten on 153 with 17 fours and two sixes.
ScorecardFourteen wickets fell in Agartala on day two, as the match between Tripura and Andhra remained finely balanced.Tripura, who began the day 165 for 9, added 14 to their score in five overs before Paidikalwa Vijaykumar trapped Tushar Saha lbw in the 68th over. Andhra, in their reply, lost three quick wickets to stumble to 42 for 3. Bodapati Sumanth led the recovery with 55, but from 116 for 3, the visitors collapsed and were bundled out for 163. Seamer Rana Dutta finished with 5 for 51 – his best figures in first-class cricket – while Manisankar Murasingh grabbed three wickets.Tripura had secured a crucial 16-run first-innings lead, but Andhra clawed their way back into the game with three early wickets, leaving the hosts 20 for 3 heading into the penultimate day.
ScorecardHalf-centuries from Harshad Khadiwale and Ankit Bawne helped Maharashtra secure a first-innings lead of 91 against Himachal Pradesh in Pune. Having bowled Himachal out for 228 on the first day, Maharashtra began the second brightly with a 91-run opening stand between Khadiwale and Rohit Motwani. Rishi Dhawan dismissed Motwani in the 27th over to extend his tally in this season’s Ranji Trophy to 49 wickets, but Maharashtra carried on with a partnership of 70 between Khadiwale and Sangram Atitkar, who made 49.Himachal fought back with two quick wickets, but Bawne put on stands of 68 and an unbroken 82 with Khadiwale and Chirag Khurana respectively to lift the team to 319 for 4. Khadiwale struck 11 fours during his 92, while Bawne’s 76 not out included eight fours.
ScorecardMedium-pacer Nizar Niyas finished with a first-class personal-best of 6 for 82 to help Kerala secure a vital 31-run lead against Goa in Porvorim.Goa were a comfortable 132 for 1, thanks to a second-wicket stand of 117 between Amogh Sunil Desai and Sagun Kamat, who made 49 and 96 respectively. However, both batsmen were dismissed in quick succession, and Goa failed to make the most of their start. None of their other batsmen made more than 20, as Niyas and Rohan Prem ran through Goa’s batting order to dismiss them for 242.Kerala’s openers Nikhilesh Surendran and VA Jagadeesh batted out one over of their second innings without losing a wicket.