Dharmadasa elected unopposed in SLC elections

Upali Dharmadasa has been elected unopposed as president of Sri Lanka Cricket, along with the rest of his team, in the board’s first elections in seven years

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Upali Dharmadasa was elected SLC president unopposed•AFP

Upali Dharmadasa has been elected unopposed as president of Sri Lanka Cricket, along with the rest of his team, in the board’s first election in seven years. The election, overseen by the sports ministry, was marked by the late withdrawal of all opposition candidates.Nishantha Ranatunga was voted in uncontested as secretary and Nuski Mohamed was elected treasurer. The only election to be contested was for the post of assistant treasurer, with Ajitha Pasqual defeating Susantha Fernando. All those elected will serve a one-year term.Mohan de Silva, one of the candidates for vice-president, told ESPNcricinfo that the entire opposition had decided not to contest the elections as a “symbolic gesture of protest” against what they saw as political interference in the election process. “Most of our member clubs and associations brought to our notice that there was undue pressure put on them to change the delegates [who would vote].”According to him, they brought the matter to the notice of the Director General of Sports, Ranjani Jayakody, who was overseeing the election, but she told them she was going to accommodate all changes until the morning of the elections even though the deadline to nominate the delegates had passed.In light of her decision, and to safeguard what de Silva called “the gentleman’s game”, he and his team decided to withdraw. “This is not an election held for a government institution. This is an independent institution,” he said. “So it becomes a farce. Therefore all of us decided this election is not conducted in a free and fair manner.”However Jayakody, denied that there had been any pressure and said the delegates represented the views of clubs and therefore their individual preferences were not of any consequence. “The concerned parties can take necessary legal action,” she told reporters. “I held a fair election.”Despite his views on the election, De Silva said they intended to support the new committee and work together for the progress of the game since Sri Lankan cricket is going through a difficult situation. “There is no animosity,” he said.The biggest challenge the new committee faces is that the board is about $70 million in debt, following stadium-related expenses for the 2011 World Cup, including the construction of two new stadia in Pallekele and Hambantota and the renovation of the Premadasa Stadium.Dharmadasa acknowledged the magnitude of the problem and said it “will be a struggle for about five years” for SLC to get back on its financial feet. He is hopeful that the government will come to the sport’s aid in the short term, and that SLC can raise significant revenues from India’s tour in July and the World Twenty20 tournament in September. He also intends to execute a cost-cutting plan that will reduce administrative overheads by as much as 60%.The high cost over-runs are being blamed on the interim DS de Silva administration, in which Ranatunga also served as SLC secretary. The stadia are now being maintained by the government, with the army, navy and air force each looking after one stadium. The players were not paid for eight months between the 2011 World Cup final and the Test series in South Africa, and are still owed over 50% of their salaries for that period.The press conference was held inside the Ministry of Sports, and both the Director General and Dharmadasa were subjected to extended questioning (in Sinhalese) by a number of reporters. In the absence of a moderator, each journalist was free to ask multiple follow-up questions. In one instance, a reporter asked the new president five or six consecutive questions, but Dharmadasa appeared happy to answer all of them. Most of the questions dealt with the circumstances surrounding the election and SLC’s financial situation.Dharmadasa was president of SLC from 1996 to 1998 and also headed the last interim board before it was dissolved. Since 2004, the SLC has been run by interim committees – nine in all – controlled by the government, and the election itself is a fallout of the ICC’s ruling that requires all member boards to be free of political interference from 2012.

التعادل السلبي يحسم مباراة موتيما وديابل نوار في الكونفدرالية

فرض التعادل السلبي كلمته على مباراة فريقي موتيما بيمبي وديابل نوار الكونغوليين، بمنافسات بطولة الكونفدرالية.

المباراة أقيمت على ملعب استاد 11 نوفمبر معقل فريق موتيما، في إطار الجولة الثانية لحساب المجموعة الثانية.

التعادل السلبي يحسم نتيجة مباراة أسيك ميموزا وموتيما بيمبي في الكونفدرالية

بهذا التعادل يرتفع رصيد فريق ديابل إلى 4 نقاط معتليًا صدارة ترتيب المجموعة بعد أن فاز في الجولة الأولى على ريفرز يونايتد النيجيري.

فيما يحصد موتيما النقطة الثانية محتلًا المركز الثالث بالمجموعة الثانية في الكونفدرالية بعد أن تعادل في الجولة الأولى أمام أسيك ميموزا الإيفواري.

Palmeiras deve ter ao menos três poupados na semifinal do Paulista

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O Palmeiras terá no fim de semana a primeira semifinal do Campeonato Paulista e na terça-feira enfrentará o San Lorenzo (ARG), na Argentina. Por conta da agenda apertada, Luiz Felipe Scolari já avisou que poupará pelo menos três jogadores no Estadual.

– Depende da condição física. Vocês podem ver que, quando o jogo estava decidido, o Felipe Melo saiu, depois saiu o Goulart e Deyverson. Vamos manobrando de acordo com as condições que esses jogadores apresentam. Se eu tiver que tirar três, quatro ou cinco da equipe, trocar esses jogadores, não me preocupa, porque tenho jogadores de qualidade e sei que eles vão dar a resposta. Mas ainda não sei – justificou o técnico.

– Temos que esperar para ver o que vai acontecer. Não posso garantir quantos vou substituir, mas, em princípio, uns três ou quatro são certos. Isso no sábado – acrescentou.

Ainda não foram divulgadas as datas das semis, já que serão disputados os dois últimos duelos das quartas nesta noite. Mas a tendência é de que o Verdão, dono da melhor campanha, jogue no sábado graças à partida pela Libertadores na terça-feira.

Para o fim de semana, Weverton e Gustavo Gómez voltam após convocações, enquanto Luan deve estar liberado depois de passar o último mês tratando uma lesão muscular.

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Chandila says he's 'falsely implicated'

Ajit Chandila, during his ongoing bail hearing in a Delhi court, has said he has been “falsely implicated” in the IPL spot-fixing case

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Ajit Chandila, through his counsel: “I am a successful cricketer. They are falsely implicating me.”•BCCI

Ajit Chandila has submitted, during his ongoing bail hearing in a Delhi court, that he has been “falsely implicated” in the IPL spot-fixing case. Chandila’s counsel also added that his client, currently in judicial custody, had no link with either Dawood Ibrahim or his aide Chhota Shakeel, among India’s most wanted criminals. The two are also charged in the case and are alleged by police to be controlling a cricket betting syndicate.”There is no link with the alleged perpetrators Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel… I am a sportsperson,” advocate Rakesh Kumar, appearing for Chandila, told additional sessions judge Dharmesh Sharma, according to . “Two of the other sportspersons [Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan] have been granted bail. I was playing for Rajasthan Royals. I am a successful cricketer. They are falsely implicating me. I was performing well. This is a false case just to implicate me.”During the arguments, Chandila’s counsel told the court that provisions of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) were “mischievously added” by Delhi Police against the accused so that they cannot get bail. Chandila’s lawyer argued that police had not been able to satisfy another trial court – which had granted bail on June 10 to Sreesanth and Chavan, along with 17 others – on this count.While granting bail then, the judge had said Delhi Police had not produced enough evidence to charge the players under MCOCA, a special law passed by the Maharashtra state government to tackle organised crime syndicates and terrorism, which contains far stricter provisions compared to the Indian Penal Code. However, after naming the three cricketers among 39 people in a 6000-page chargesheet at the end of July, Delhi Police had lodged a plea with a Delhi trial court to cancel Sreesanth’s and Chavan’s bail. The two were then issued bail notices by the court, and would have to respond, giving reasons as to why their bail should stand; it was understood then that the investigation had progressed to a point where the police believe the MCOCA law can be invoked.Delhi Police had charged the players along with the others under this law in their chargesheet, as well as under the Indian Penal Code, accusing them of criminal conspiracy, cheating and dishonesty. The police had told the trial court the accused were “part of a larger betting syndicate” controlled by Ibrahim and Shakeel, and “knowingly abetted the operation of this international organised crime syndicate”.Public prosecutor R Mohan will advance his arguments on the bail pleas of Chandila and other accused on August 30, the next date of hearing.

تصاعد أزمة مبابي في باريس سان جيرمان.. وأمير قطر يتدخل بقرار حاسم

يتواصل مسلسل نجم فريق باريس سان جيرمان، كيليان مبابي، بعدما أثار غضب مسؤولي النادي الفرنسي بقراره الأخير حول عدم تمديد عقده.

وينتهي العقد الحالي للنجم الفرنسي مع باريس سان جيرمان، في صيف 2024.

ورفض مبابي تفعيل بند التمديد في عقده مع باريس سان جيرمان، رغم الاتفاق السابق بين الطرفين، مما يعني رحيله مجانًا الموسم المقبل إذا لم يوافق على التجديد.

وتسبب ذلك الأمر في غضب إدارة باريس سان جيرمان، حيث انتشرت تكهنات حول إمكانية اضطرارها إلى طرحه للبيع هذا الصيف، بدلًا من رحيله بدون أموال نهاية الموسم القادم.

ووفقًا لصحيفة “لو باريزيان” الفرنسية، فإن باريس سان جيرمان يصر على موقفه الغاضب تجاه مبابي، والمتعلق بضرورة التجديد وإلا سيضطر إلى بيعه هذا الصيف.

وأوضحت أن أمير قطر تميم بن حمد، المالك لنادي باريس سان جيرمان، غاضب بشدة من مبابي وإصراره على عدم التجديد، ويريد بيعه في الوقت الحالي، طالما أنه لا ينوي تغيير رأيه.

وأشارت إلى أن باريس سان جيرمان يبحث بكل قوة عن كافة وسائل الضغط الممكنة على مبابي، من أجل تسريع رحيله طالما لا يود البقاء لما بعد الموسم المقبل.

اقرأ أيضًا.. باريس سان جيرمان يحدد بديل مبابي

وأفادت بأن الأمر سيمتد كذلك حتى ألتراس باريس سان جيرمان حيث ينوون إطلاق صافرات الاستهجان والاستهزاء ضد مبابي، مثلما حدث سابقًا مع ليونيل ميسي ونيمار، خاصة وأن الألتراس لديه علاقة جيدة مع مجلس الإدارة.

وإذا لم يغير مبابي رأيه، فإنه سيكون جزءًا بالتأكيد من الجولة الآسيوية للفريق في اليابان، يوم 22 يوليو، حيث من غير المحتمل أن يتم بيعه في غضون تلك الأيام.

ونشرت الصحيفة نفسها بيانًا على لسان باريس سان جيرمان، جاء به: “لا يمكننا توفير الراتب الضخم لـ مبابي ودفعه إلا عن طريق بيعه هذا الصيف، أو الالتزام بنفس الاتفاق السابق الخاص بتجديد عقده لما بعد 2024”.

Penalty compounds Gloucs misery

Warwickshire kept their hopes of reaching the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals alive while inflicting further misery on Gloucestershire with a seven-wicket win at Edgbaston.

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ScorecardLaurie Evans saw Warwickshire perfectly-paced chase over the line•Getty Images

Warwickshire kept their hopes of reaching the Friends Life t20 quarter-finals alive while inflicting further misery on Gloucestershire with a seven-wicket win at Edgbaston.The Bears paced their chase of a 126-run target to perfection with Varun Chopra and William Porterfield leading the way with an opening stand of 68 and Rikki Clarke clobbering 40 from 21 balls.Gloucestershire’s defeat, which ended their own slim hopes of making the knockout stages, followed the decision by an England and Wales Cricket Board pitch panel to deduct them two points from next year’s competition for the substandard surface they prepared for their home group match against Warwickshire at Cheltenham on July 14.The Gladiators, who were shot out for 96 at Cheltenham, were more competitive this time and made 145 for seven after they were put in thanks to captain Michael Klinger’s 68 from 52 balls. It took Klinger time to assess the pace of a pitch that Warwickshire used for last Saturday’s win over Northamptonshire and the Australia A right-hander managed only 21 runs in the first 10 overs.But Klinger found his range by pulling Steffan Piolet over the short-midwicket boundary before reverse sweeping Ateeq Javid for a second six. Klinger’s third six, swept off Piolet, took him to a 40-ball half century but he perished in the penultimate over of the innings when he was bowled whileaiming Jeetan Patel through the off-side.Apart from Klinger only Ian Cockbain, who also launched Piolet for a six in his 25, really got to grips with Warwickshire’s miserly offspinners.Javid followed up his four wickets at Cheltenham with 3 for 26 and Patel, who bowled Ed Young with his last ball, finished with a season’s best 2 for 13.Chopra and Porterfield’s partnership ensured there was no chance of a repeat of Warwickshire collapse against Somerset on Sunday when they were shot out for 73, their lowest Twenty20 total.Porterfield eased to 34 from 30 balls, comfortably his highest score in this season’s competition, but then carved Alex Gidman to Cockbain at point and Chopra also perished when well set, falling lbw while trying to sweep slow left-armer Tom Smith.Clarke then struck three sixes off Young in what proved to be the decisive over before he picked out deep midwicket, and Darren Maddy guided Warwickshire home with 14 balls to spare.

Arsenal would be wise to sell Ramsey now with tight budget crippling Emery

Aaron Ramsey’s time as an Arsenal player is almost over with the 28-year-old only an official announcement away from becoming Juventus’ latest signing with outlets such as Sky Sports (via Sky Italy) reporting a pre-contract has been signed.

Ramsey’s current deal is set to expire at the end of the season, prompting Juventus into approaching the Welsh midfielder to bring him in on a free transfer for the summer.

The Italian giants, however, may not have to wait that long to get their man.

The Breakdown

According to the Independent, Arsenal will allow Ramsey to join up with the Old Lady now for a £10m fee if they can get loan deals for Barcelona’s Denis Suarez and Bayern Munich’s James Rodriguez over the line.

Given Juventus have probably offered £36m-rated (Transfermarkt) Ramsey humongous wages with the Wales international initially meant to arrive at the Allianz Stadium on a free, the idea of splashing out £10m just for a few extra months of service may not be something the Serie A champions are willing to entertain.

From an Arsenal perspective, however, the north London club should without a doubt be putting all of their efforts into agreeing a deal with Juventus now for the former Cardiff City player.

They are in need of funds and with Ramsey being far from a key figure in Unai Emery’s squad, they can afford to let him go this window.

Camilo e Jonatan Álvez são inscritos pelo Internacional no Gauchão

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Se no início do ano o futuro do meia Camilo e do atacante uruguaio Jonatan Álvez parecia ser longe do Beira-Rio, nesse momento a situação de ambos está em situação de espera. Sem a saída de ambos acertada, o clube de Porto Alegre exerceu o direito de inscrever ambos na lista do Campeonato Gaúcho.

O Colorado ainda tinha direito a pelo menos uma vaga de inscrição e decidiu utilizar esse espaço para a inclusão de Alvez enquanto, no caso de Camilo, a oportunidade veio com o empréstimo do jovem Juan Alano para o Coritiba.

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O Botafogo, no início de 2019, foi a equipe que mais se aproximou de contar com os serviços do meia de 32 anos de idade. Time esse justamente que negociou os direitos do atleta com o Inter em 2017, mas Camilo não conseguiu desenvolver o mesmo futebol apresentado tanto no clube carioca como na Chapecoense.

Por parte de Jonatan Álvez, as informações ficaram mais no campo da especulação do que propriamente alguma proposta concreta. Nesse meio tempo, o Barcelona de Guayaquil-EQU foi ligado ao atacante que foi um dos destaques na campanha equatoriana na Libertadores de 2017.

Com Luan lesionado, Antonio Carlos avisa Felipão: 'Por mim, jogaria todas'

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O estiramento na coxa esquerda de Luan, que não o deixará jogar ao menos até o fim do mês, abre espaço para Antonio Carlos jogar mais no Palmeiras. Parceiro de Edu Dracena nas duplas montadas pelo técnico Luiz Felipe Scolari, o zagueiro foi escolhido para atuar ao lado de Gustavo Gómez tanto quando Luan se machucou, contra o Santos, quanto na quarta-feira, contra o Junior Barranquilla. E se coloca à disposição para enfrentar o Mirassol neste sábado.

-Por mim, eu jogaria todas as partidas possíveis, mas claro que nem sempre é assim, até porque não podemos esquecer da questão física, não dá para sobrecarregar e depois lá na frente sentir alguma lesão mais séria – disse o defensor, admitindo o peso de partidas tão próximas.

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-Infelizmente é normal, já estamos acostumados com esse calendário apertado de jogos no Brasil. De qualquer forma, independente de quem for jogar, estamos bem servidos, nosso elenco é muito forte – disse o camisa 25, que deve ser utilizado na terça-feira, contra o Melgar, do Peru, no Allianz Parque, pela segunda rodada da fase de grupos da Libertadores.

Além da vitória por 2 a 0 na estreia do time na competição continental, Antonio Carlos comemora uma semana especial. O zagueiro completou 26 anos de idade nessa quinta-feira e chegou a uma estatística particular em Libertadores positivo: em dez partidas, sete vitórias, dois empates e somente uma derrota, resultando em umaproveitamento de76,67%.

– Estou muito feliz por completar mais um ano de vida, com saúde, ao lado da família e fazendo o que mais gosto, que é jogar futebol. Além disso, ainda pude comemorar uma importante vitória na nossa estreia na Libertadores. Sem dúvidas, um ótimo presente, e que siga assim. Sabemos o que representa uma competição como essa e vamos em busca do título. É o grande objetivo de todos aqui – apontou.

Antonio Carlos ainda tem mais um dado positivo a comemorar: não perdeu nas últimas 16 vezes em que entrou em campo. A última derrota do zagueiro foi na vitória por 1 a 0 do Cruzeiro, em 12 de setembro, no Allianz Parque, na ida das semifinais da Copa do Brasil – na volta, ficou 1 a 1 e o Palmeiras foi eliminado.

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تقارير: تغير موقف بروزوفيتش تجاه عرض النصر السعودي

يضغط نادي النصر السعودي للتوصل إلى اتفاق لضم مارسيلو بروزوفيتش لاعب إنتر ميلان الإيطالي.

ويرتبط بروزفيتش باهتمام برشلونة الإسباني، حيث يبحث النادي عن لاعب لتدعيم مركز المحور بعد رحيل سيرجيو بوسكيتس.

وأفادت تقارير في وقت سابق أن بروزوفيتش قد يؤجل مفاوضاته مع النصر في انتظار تحرك جاد من برشلونة.

وأوضح الصحفي الإيطالي فابريزو رومانو، أن بروزوفيتش الآن منفتح على المحادثات مع النصر.

وأشار أيضًا إلى أن هناك مفاوضات مستمرة ومناقشات حول التفاصيل، لكن لا يوجد اتفاق كامل حتى الآن بين النصر وبروزوفيتش.

وسبق وتعاقد النصر مع النجم البرتغالي كريستيانو رونالدو، بعدما فسخ عقده مع مانشستر يونايتد في ديسمبر الماضي.

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