Taskin, who suffered a side strain during the recent series against Zimbabwe, will receive treatment for the next few weeks

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Taskin Ahmed has been named in Bangladesh’s 15-member squad for the 2024 T20 World Cup despite his injury. Taskin, who has also been named vice-captain, suffered a side strain during the recent series against Zimbabwe and will receive treatment for the next few weeks to get fit before the tournament starts next month.Taskin suffered the injury before the fifth T20I against Zimbabwe on May 12 and missed the match as a result. He was named Player of the Series for his eight wickets in four games. Bangladesh chief selector Gazi Ashraf said the BCB’s medical team is confident of Taskin’s recovery before the start of the tournament.Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead the team that also includes Shakib Al Hasan, who has played every T20 World Cup since the inaugural edition in 2007. Litton Das has also found a place in the squad despite his poor form in white-ball cricket this year.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Bangladesh have also picked young right-arm pacer Tanzim Hasan over Mohammad Saifuddin, with Ashraf saying that the call was taken after assessing the duo’s performances in the Zimbabwe series. Saifuddin had taken 15 wickets in the BPL and eight against Zimbabwe, while Tanzim has 12 wickets in these two competitions. Ashraf said that Saifuddin’s lack of yorkers in the death overs against Zimbabwe was one of the reasons he was left out.”We kept Saifuddin in the squad that we submitted to the ICC on April 30,” Ashraf said. “We wanted to observe and analyse Saifuddin’s performance in the Zimbabwe series. But when we considered what the team needs at the moment, Tanzim was ahead of Saifuddin. It was a close call between the two.”We saw Tanzim against Sri Lanka. His dedication and hunger kept him ahead. He is also a good fielder. We didn’t see enough yorkers in the death overs from Saifuddin. He did it in domestic cricket but didn’t do it in against Zimbabwe. Some of his short-pitched balls went over the batters’ head. He was the only player who got changed from the squad we submitted to ICC on April 30.”Ashraf also backed Litton to return to form after he had scored just 79 runs in six T20Is against Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.”We needed a wicketkeeper-batter to replace Litton,” Ashraf said. “We need two wicketkeepers in the squad, also considering the concussion sub situation. We discussed Anamul Haque Bijoy in this equation. But despite his poor form, we put our trust in Litton. He has been working on his batting.”Bangladesh are set to tour USA for a three-match T20I series in May to prepare for the big tournament. Taskin will not be part of the series.Bangladesh open their T20 World Cup campaign against Sri Lanka on June 8 in Dallas.Bangladesh squad: Najmul Hossain Shanto (capt), Taskin Ahmed (vice-capt), Litton Das, Soumya Sarkar, Tanzid Hasan, Shakib Al Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Tanvir Islam, Mahedi Hasan, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan
Traveling reserves: Hasan Mahmud, Afif Hossain

Real Madrid signing Franco Mastantuono is currently the team's lowest-paid player, earning far less than stars like Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior.

• Mastantuono to join Madrid on August 14
• Will earn €3.5m per year in first season
• Mbappe earns over €30m gross annually

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  Mastantuono will officially join Madrid on August 14, when he turns 18, after the club paid €45 million (£39m/$52m) to sign him from River Plate. The attacking midfielder has been compared to Juan Roman Riquelme for his vision and technique, and he has already made 30 senior appearances for River, scoring five goals. Despite the huge transfer fee, he will earn €3.5m a year, making him the lowest-paid player in the first-team squad, according to .

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  His salary is in stark contrast to top earners like Mbappe, who is on a reported €30m (£25.5m/$33m), while Vinicius, David Alaba, and Jude Bellingham each earn around €20m (£17m/$22m). Even fellow young signings Endrick, on €4m, and Arda Guler, who is paid €5m, are on higher wages. 

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  Madrid’s strategy with Mastantuono mirrors past approaches with young talent, paying big fees early but keeping wages modest. Vinícius and Rodrygo followed a similar path, arriving as teenagers from Brazil for over €40m (£34m/$44m) but starting on relatively low salaries before earning extensions. The club’s hierarchy see this as a way to keep dressing room harmony and avoid resentment among senior players, while ensuring that wage growth matches on-field contributions.

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  The 17-year-old will link up with the squad later this month, aiming to adapt quickly and earn his place. His performances will dictate whether he moves up both the pecking order and the wage scale in coming seasons. Los Blancos, meanwhile, will kick off their new La Liga campaign at the Santiago Bernabeu against Osasuna on August 19.

يستعد الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالنادي الأهلي، لخوض مواجهة قوية ومرتقبة ينتظرها عشاق المستديرة، وذلك أمام بيراميدز، ضمن مواجهات بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

ويلتقي الأهلي مع بيراميدز مساء غد السبت، على أرضية استاد السلام، في إطار لقاءات الجولة الخامسة من عمر بطولة الدوري المصري.

ويقود مباراة الأهلي وبيراميدز، طاقم تحكيم إسباني بقيادة خافيير روخارس، معه ألفريدو رودريجيز موريني وخورخي بونو مايتي مساعدين، اليخاندرو مونيز رويس حكم رابع وعلى تقنية الفيديو خورخي فيجروا باسكيس.

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ويحتل الأهلي المركز الثامن في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري الممتاز برصيد 5 نقاط، بينما يتواجد فريق بيراميدز بالمركز الثاني عشر، ولديه 5 نقاط أيضًا.

ومن المقرر أن يتولى التعليق على مباراة الأهلي وبيراميدز، أيمن الكاشف عبر قناة أون سبورت 1، في تمام الساعة التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت مصر والسعودية.

الأهلي كان قد خاض 3 مباريات في بطولة الدوري للموسم الحالي، حيث تعادل في الجولة الأولى أمام موردن سبورت 2-2، فاز على فاركو 4-1، تعادل في لقاء الجولة الرابعة مع غزل المحلة سلبيًا.

على الجانب الآخر، استهل بيراميدز مشواره في الدوري المصري بتعادل سلبي أمام وداي دجلة، ثم الفوز على الإسماعيلي بهدف دون رد، وفي الجولة الثالثة تعادل مع المصري إيجابياً بنتيجة 2-2، فيما خسر في الجولة الرابعة أمام مودرن سبورت بنتيجة 2-1.

Veteran all-rounder Ravi Bopara hit an unbeaten 56 from 42 deliveries as Northamptonshire Steelbacks made a winning start to their Vitality Blast campaign in a final-ball thriller against Derbyshire Falcons.Former England all-rounder Bopara, 39, shared a partnership of 67 from 52 balls with 38-year-old Zimbabwe international Sikandar Raza – both making their experience count on their Blast debuts for the Steelbacks.Although Raza (38 from 27) fell to Zak Chappell with 25 still needed, Bopara – a Blast winner with Essex in 2019 – kept his head to steer Northamptonshire over the line along with Lewis McManus, who levelled the scores with a boundary off Luis Reece and struck the final ball for a single.Earlier, David Lloyd had top-scored for the Falcons with 41 from 22 as they posted 162 for 7 at Wantage Road, with Steelbacks skipper David Willey taking 1 for 17 from four overs.Teenage seamer Raphy Weatherall, one of three other T20 debutants for the Steelbacks, made the initial breakthrough after Derbyshire had been inserted, with Harry Came chipping his second ball tamely to midwicket.It was a tougher start for another of that quintet, former Falcons seamer George Scrimshaw, whose first over disappeared for 17 as Lloyd gave the visitors’ innings some impetus during the powerplay.Lloyd and Reece added 55 from 32 before the medium pace of Bopara (1 for 21) stifled the scoring rate along with left-arm spinner Freddie Heldreich, who claimed the key wicket of Lloyd as he mistimed a reverse sweep to point.But Willey looked unplayable at times, bowling tightly throughout his four overs and capturing wickets from successive deliveries as he ripped out Brooke Guest’s leg stump before having Ross Whiteley caught behind.Wayne Madsen (37 from 33) was bowled by Scrimshaw’s slower ball to reduce Derbyshire to 123 for seven, but they were lifted again by Chappell, who promptly belted his first two deliveries over the fence.With Northamptonshire’s laborious over rate forcing them to bring in an extra fielder for the final 15 balls, Chappell (18 not out from nine) and Alex Thomson (22*) gave their side something to defend.Northamptonshire stuttered at the start of their reply, with Pat Brown having South Africa international Matthew Breetzke caught at midwicket by the diving Reece and Willey skying Chappell into the hands of backward point.Ricardo Vasconcelos – whose unbeaten hundred had saved his side from defeat in their last Championship game – seemed to have transferred that form to the Blast with a knock of 42 from 31, punching two boundaries from Blair Tickner and slog-sweeping Thomson out of the ground.But the wily Brown tempted him to hole out to deep extra cover and it was left to Bopara and Raza to rebuild the innings, whittling the target down until the latter suddenly upped the ante, blazing Brown for enormous sixes in successive balls.Although Chappell had Raza caught at mid-off, Bopara bludgeoned Tickner for a straight maximum before Brown (three for 33) gave away just four in the penultimate over to leave the Steelbacks needing 14 from the last.But Bopara slammed the first of those six balls over the midwicket fence to bring up his fifty before McManus applied the finishing touch.

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O jornal ‘Correio do Povo’, em informação que foi confirmada pelo Futebol Latino/LANCE, publicou que Douglas Costa terá uma reunião com o presidente do Grêmio, Alberto Guerra, por conta do seu interesse em retornar ao Imortal.

Não há mais informações de qual seria a profundidade do contato presencial entre atleta e o mandatário gremista marcado para a próxima quinta-feira (28), em Porto Alegre. Entretanto, sabe-se que a iniciativa partiu do jogador que esteve, na última temporada, defendendo o Los Angeles Galaxy-EUA.

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Segundo o que foi apurado recentemente, a postura de Douglas seria de trazer o maior número de elementos favoráveis à concretização do acordo. Estando disposto, inclusive, a perdoar dívida equivalente a R$ 7,8 milhões por conta de sua frustrante passagem recente pelo Grêmio, em 2021.

Apesar do cenário favorável, para as tratativas avançarem, alguns fatores precisarão ser combinados. Por exemplo, uma readequação salarial diante do momento do clube, em que contratações só puderam ser viabilizadas com apoio de investidores.

Além disso, existe certa resistência por parte do departamento de futebol clube por conta do passado recente turbulento de Douglas Costa no Grêmio. A contratação precisaria ser “bancada” tanto por Alberto Guerra como pelo treinador da equipe, Renato Portaluppi.

Sussex hit back after being bundled out for 150 on lively surface

ECB Reporters Network17-May-2024Seventeen wickets fell on the first day at Hove as second division leaders Sussex hit back after they were bowled out for 150 by Yorkshire in the Vitality County Championship.Joe Root showed his class with 67 but no one else made more than Sussex’s top scorer James Coles (38). Yorkshire were 176 for 7 at stumps and how much they can add to their lead of 26 will be crucial to their efforts of securing a first victory of the season.Root enjoyed an absorbing battle with England team-mate Ollie Robinson, who bowled two quality spells and was unlucky not to pick up more than one wicket.Root shared stands of 42 for the fifth wicket with James Wharton and 58 for the sixth wicket with Jonathan Tattersall, as he passed 50 for the fourth time in seven Championship innings which have now brought him 432 runs in his preparations for the international summer. But having moved to 67 off 88 balls a misjudgement saw him struck on the back leg by Tom Haines working into the on side.For the other batters it was hard work. On a well-grassed pitch the ball moved lavishly off the seam at times, but there were some loose shots too and 12 of the wickets fell to slip catches.Sussex weren’t surprised to be put in, but Haines and Tom Clark serenely added 42 in 6.5 overs. It proved a false dawn, though, and apart from a fifth-wicket stand of 30 between Cheteshwar Pujara and Coles, Yorkshire’s disciplined all-seam attack held sway.George Hill led the way with 4 for 22 including two in five balls in his opening spell as Haines was taken at second slip and Alsop at third playing at deliveries which nipped off the seam. He returned after lunch to pick up Danny Lamb with his first ball back and then removed Jack Carson in the same over.Hill got good support, notably from Ben Coad (3 for 47). Coad had angled one in which seamed away to make the breakthrough when he removed Clark. Sussex skipper John Simpson made his fourth successive single-figure score before he was lbw shuffling forward and Tattersall dived in front of slip to remove Fynn Hudson-Prentice.Arguably the crucial wicket was claimed by the highly-regarded Dom Leech with the ninth ball of his first appearance of the season when Pujara was superbly caught by Tattersall, again diving in front of first slip. Coles then watched as four wickets fell for 18 runs in 8.1 overs before he was last out, holing out to mid-on.Sussex had been dismissed in 44.1 overs but their bowlers soon hit back. Robinson beat the bat on numerous occasions with the new ball, but it was left-armer Sean Hunt who made the breakthrough with his fifth delivery which Finlay Bean edged to second slip. Adam Lyth was taken at third slip before Robinson was rewarded in his sixth over with the crucial wicket of skipper Shan Masood, fencing to third slipHill played a loose drive at Hudson-Prentice to the last ball before tea but by then Root had begun to get the measure of the conditions. Wharton gave him good support until hitting across the line to a yorker-length ball which gave Hudson-Prentice his second wicket and Hunt returned to have Tattersall caught at third slip just before the close.

The South Korean left Tottenham to sign with Los Angeles in a $26.5 million deal, a record MLS transfer fee

Carlos Vela made history with LAFCSurpasses $22 million Atlanta fee for Emmanuel LatteSon played 454 matches with TottenhamFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱Getty Images SportWHAT HAPPENED?

Son Heung-Min’s move to Los Angeles FC is making headlines not only for shattering MLS transfer records, but also for the respect he’s shown toward those who built the club’s legacy. The former Tottenham star spoke warmly about Carlos Vela, calling the Mexican forward an inspiration and setting his own sights on leaving a similar mark in Los Angeles.

The South Korean recalled facing Vela in the past and praised his impact: “Honestly, I’m not at his level yet. Carlos is incredible – a fantastic player. What he did for this team makes him a true legend. When my time here ends, I want people to remember me as someone who gave everything for this club. That’s why I’m here – to earn a place among those names.”

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Vela left LAFC having played 189 matches, scoring 93 goals and delivering 59 assists. His honors include two Supporters’ Shields, an MLS Cup, and the 2019 MVP award.

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LAFC paid a fee of nearly $26.5 million to sign Son, breaking the $22 million record Atlanta United set last winter for Emmanuel Latte Lath. The 32-year-old’s deal – which runs through 2027 with an option through 2029 – comes in the role of a Designated Player in MLS.

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Son could make his debut on Saturday when LAFC visits Chicago Fire.

Comparisons between Real Madrid's new signing Franco Mastantuono and Barcelona's Lamine Yamal have already started, but one man says they shouldn't.

Madrid set to sign Mastantuono next week River Plate youth director dismisses comparisonsYoungster likened to James Rodriguez Follow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Gabriel Orlando Rodríguez, River Plate's youth director, has dismissed comparisons between Mastantuono and the Spanish winger as, despite their closeness in age, he considers the Argentine to be a different profile of player. Rodriguez suggested that the young attacking midfielder is closer in style to playmakers James Rodriguez and Marcelo Gallardo – Mastantuono's boss at River Plate – and lacks the explosiveness of Yamal. 

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Speaking to , Rodriguez said: “They are the same age, but I see a style much more similar to James Rodríguez or Marcelo Gallardo, although the current River coach was right-footed. 

"He is not as explosive as Lamine Yamal. He is a footballer who thinks, observes the field, his teammates and analyses the options that the game offers him. He is very intelligent and has the ability to make the team improve. He is the ideal place to take advantage of his dribbling, his passing, his vision of the game and his magnificent left foot.”

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There is a lot of excitement surrounding the young Mastantuono, who sealed his move to Los Blancos before the Club World Cup. The 17-year-old is widely regarded as one of the best talents to develop in South America in recent years and his talent was always going to draw comparisons with similarly talented teenagers. Despite this fanfare of hype, Mastantuono will take some time adapting to a new team, league and continent and might not make an immediate impact for Los Blancos. Even if it takes a bit of time for the wonderkid to adapt, Xabi Alonso has big plans for him and was key to convincing Mastantuono to join the club.  

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Mastantuono will join his Real Madrid teammates next week when he turns 18. The youngster will join as the lowest-paid player at the club, but will no doubt have his eyes set on making a huge impact at another massive club. 

Former Premier League player Ronnie Stam has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his part in a €41.5m (£49m/$66m) drug-smuggling operation.

• Spent three years on the books at Wigan
• Retired at NAC Breda in 2016
• Became caught up in criminal activity

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  The 41-year-old has been charged with plotting to smuggle more than two tons of cocaine into the Netherlands. The Dutch Public Prosecution Service claims that Stam is a major player in that multi-million-pound operation.

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  There were calls for Stam to be jailed for 13 years, but the judge at Breda courthouse acquitted him of two more serious charges. He has been convicted of trafficking 724 kilos of cocaine, as well as large quantities of MDMA and nitrous oxide.

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  Stam and his accomplices stand accused of smuggling drugs from South America, with a money-laundering racket valued at £2.2m. Stam admits to being involved in a plot to bring 20 kilos of cocaine into the German city of Frankfurt from Brazil. He claimed that his payment for that was “an amount worth one kilo” and that he regrets his involvement with any criminal ringleaders.

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  Stam is said to have become involved with serious crime following his retirement from professional football in 2016. He was on the books at NAC Breda at that point, having returned to his roots following spells with Wigan and Standard Liege.

حسم مسؤولو النادي الأهلي، برئاسة محمود الخطيب، مستقبل الإسباني خوسيه ريبيرو، المدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالقلعة الحمراء، بعد الخسارة أمام بيراميدز.

وقررت إدارة الأهلي، رحيل ريبيرو بعد الخسارة أمام بيراميدز بهدفين مقابل لا شيء، في المباراة التي جمعتهما أمس السبت، ضمن منافسات الجولة الخامسة من مسابقة الدوري المصري.

وكان الأهلي قد تعاقد مع ريبيرو في بداية الموسم الحالي، خلفًا للسويسري مارسيل كولر، وقاد الفريق في 7 مباريات حتى الآن، ما بين بطولة كأس العالم للأندية والدوري المصري، فاز في مباراة واحدة وخسر في مباراتين وتعادل في 4 مواجهات.

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وعلم موقع بطولات، أن مسؤولي النادي الأهلي أبلغوا خوسيه ريبيرو بشكل رسمي، برحيله عن الفريق خلال جلسه جمعته مع محمود الخطيب رئيس القلعة الحمراء.

وبات الأقرب حتى الآن تعيين عماد النحاس، المدرب العام في منصب المدير الفني المؤقت لحين التعاقد مع مدرب جديد.

ويتواجد الأهلي بالمركز الثاني عشر في جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري، ولديه 5 نقاط، من 4 مباريات، حقق الفوز في مباراة، وتعادل في 2، وتلقى هزيمة.