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David Alaba says he's ready for a full 90 minutes of football as he awaits a chance to prove himself to new boss Xabi Alonso at Real Madrid.
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The 32-year-old defender put to rest recent rumours that linked him with a departure from Madrid. Alaba laughed off the claims and has his mind fully on his return from injury instead of a fresh start elsewhere. The ex-Bayern Munich player has been out of action for much of his time at Madrid due to a string of serious injuries, but hopes to make his first appearance under the new coach soon.
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Alaba's situation at Madrid is complex and has been heavily defined by his injury struggles. Since joining the club in mid-2021, he has played shockingly few matches due to a series of significant and recurring injuries. His most severe setback was a major ACL rupture in December 2023, which sidelined him for over a year. Since then, he has faced a frustrating succession of muscle and knee issues, including a meniscus tear that forced him to miss the Club World Cup.
Alonso, who played with Alaba at Bayern, is reportedly exploring a new role for him, potentially in central midfield, a position the Austria star has excelled at for both Bayern and his national team. This tactical shift could be a way for Alaba to reignite his career at the club, where he currently is considered a fifth-choice centre-back, having spent the first three La Liga games of the season on the bench.
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In an interview with , Alaba spoke about his return from injury as he said: "I feel very good and have made good progress in the last few months. I think I'd be able to play 90 minutes for the national team right now. don't know if it would make sense. The next few games will show how it is."
He further added: "In the last few weeks, I had to go through a certain process to be fit to play again. The process isn't over yet; the next steps will come with the games. My goal is to play games, to be on the pitch."
Asked about reports of a summer move, he said: "I've been in the business long enough. Rumors like that are part of it. Thankfully, they're things I don't dwell on for too long."
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The next step for Alaba is to earn playing time. His goal is to re-establish his position at Madrid, whether it is in his traditional defensive role or a new one in midfield as experimented with by Alonso. He is also focused on his national team duties, hoping to help Austria qualify for next summer's World Cup.
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Dono de vasta experiência na gestão de equipes, Ítalo Rodrigues está de volta ao Brasil em um novo desafio. Após passagem pelo Tacuary, do Paraguai, o dirigente assumiu recentemente o posto de diretor de futebol do Vitória.
Oportunidade que pretende aproveitar da melhor forma possível para conduzir a equipe baiana ao caminho dos resultados positivos.
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– Muito feliz em estar em um grande clube como é o Vitória, com camisa pesada e grande estrutura. Ter a oportunidade de trabalhar em um grande clube me deixa muito feliz. Teremos muito trabalho pela frente neste início, pois passar por uma reformulação é sempre difícil, por mais que a gente não esteja tendo tantos jogos – disse antes de completar:
– O momento é de diagnosticar aquilo que existe de bom e ruim, tentar potencializar as coisas boas e minimizar os pontos ruins. Se Deus quiser é entrar na Série B com o pé direito e, passo a passo, buscar o acesso – completou.
Com trabalhos realizados no Náutico, Paysandu e CSA, o dirigente também ressaltou a oportunidade de lidar com um cenário que conhece muito bem ao ter iniciado a carreira no Timbu.
– É minha escola (futebol nordestino). Onde comecei e tive a maioria das minhas oportunidades. Significa que eu acredito muito na minha capacidade profissional. Vamos nos organizar para fazer uma grande Série B. O principal desafio da gestão é continuar com a evolução que o Vitória está tendo com aquilo que está dentro da realidade do clube e, assim, melhorar cada vez mais os processos. Como potencializar mais as categorias de base para que tudo isso se reflita dentro de campo – explicou.
A equipe de Salvador disputará novamente a segunda principal divisão do futebol brasileiro neste ano, após conquista do acesso na Série C em 2022.
Pakistan made up for a lacklustre performance in the first ODI with a near perfect one in the second, crushing Zimbabwe by ten wickets to level the series. Opener Saim Ayub scored the fastest ODI hundred by any Pakistani other than Shahid Afridi, bringing up three figures in 53 balls as Pakistan coasted to the target of 146 with 32 overs to spare. It finished off an all-round performance after Pakistan’s spinners put Zimbabwe on the back foot after being asked to bowl first, debutant Abrar Ahmed’s 4 for 33 the pick of the bunch as Zimbabwe were bowled out in 32.3 overs.It was obvious Zimbabwe had fallen well below par in the first innings, but Pakistan had slumped to 60 for 6 in the first ODI, and knew there was a job to be done when they were set a target, however modest. This time, though, there was no drama as the openers started brightly, and continued in the same vein. Ayub led the way, his natural aggression neutering the early threat of Blessing Muzarabani, and giving Abdullah Shafique the space to work his way into form.There were a couple of early jitters. Richard Ngarava drew a thick outside edge from Ayub that flew into the vacant second slip region, while an errant drive from Shafique found Sean Williams at backward point, only for the fielder to shell it.By now, Ayub had begun to purr. Trevor Gwandu, the first change, was greeted with two cracking shots on the off side, followed up with a four and a six in his second over. That six brought up a 32-ball half-century for Ayub, and he was still only in third gear.There was little the spinners could do in the absence of scoreboard pressure. Legspinner Brandon Mavuta was dispatched for three successive boundaries at the start of the 14th over, and leaked 47 in the four overs he bowled.Tadiwanashe Marumani was run out to end the opening partnership for Zimbabwe•Associated Press
Sikandar Raza, too, wasn’t able to be the handbrake he often is, Ayub picking him off at will. It was off him that Ayub got the boundary that took him to three figures. His understated celebration – a whipping-off of the helmet and a flash of a smile to the dressing room – did not quite portray the brilliance of the innings, but his applauding team-mates in the pavilion knew he had done his job.In the first innings, Pakistan’s spinners turned in a dominant performance with the ball, skittling Zimbabwe for 145. After winning the toss and batting first, Zimbabwe made a bright start thanks to Dion Myers’ entertaining 30-ball 33, but a lack of meaningful contributions combined with discipline from Pakistan’s spinners meant Zimbabwe couldn’t get substantial partnerships going.Tadiwanashe Marumani and Joylord Gumbie were involved in the second run-out in as many matches to break the opening stand. Abrar Ahmed, opening the bowling alongside Aamer Jamal, got sharp turn to get rid of Gumbie for his first ODI wicket before Myers and Craig Ervine began to rebuild.Ervine was quite content to let Myers be the aggressor, and the 38 the two put together managed to get Zimbabwe back on something resembling level terms. But Salman Agha, perhaps the pick of Pakistan’s spinners on the day, trapped Myers in front and drew a nick from Ervine to peg Zimbabwe back, and from thereon, wickets fell at regular intervals.Another rebuild, this time from Williams and Raza, was thwarted after Salman had Raza hole out into the off side to reduce Zimbabwe to 97 for 5. The lower-order collapse came when an attempted Williams reverse sweep off Ayub saw him trapped in front, and the remainder went down in a heap.Zimbabwe lost the last five wickets for 24 runs as Abrar returned to snare his fourth, while Faisal Akram cleaned up Muzarabani to finish the innings off. It looked well under par then, and by the time Ayub was done, that couldn’t have been clearer.
The 22-year old big-hitting batsman talks about growing up in a small town – the same one that Abdul Razzaq calls home – and his hopes for the future
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.Cricket. I picked it up because my father and his brothers run a sports shop, Ravi Cricket Club, in Shahdara in Lahore. But the focus was my elder brother; they wanted him to go big and represent Pakistan at highest level but later they realised that I was also into cricket and had the potential so the focus then shifted to me.The streets are where I started playing, but I had no real ambition, I was just playing because it was what all kids my age did. Because cricket is very close to our heart. It’s part of our curriculum. Abdul Razzaq, the famous allrounder, was from my area and that was a source of pride for me. He later left the town and moved to Lahore and his success was something that tempted me. He used to live some two streets away from us and thinking about that always made me feel good.Also when I was around 10, international cricket was regularly being played here at home. Things were normal back then. We used to have proper cricketing activates going around. I remember in 2006, I watched the Pakistan-India Test in Karachi at home, covered up in a blanket on a cold morning. I also remember I had a final exam but Kamran Akmal was batting that day and I was desperately praying for him to score a hundred. So growing up in a home like that, with my childhood filled with cricket, it pushed me to play.New Lion Sports, that’s the name of the shop I managed as a 15-year-old. We have two shops and my father handed that one over to me. I left regular studies when I was in 7th standard; joined Muslim Model School because they let us appear for final exams and spend the rest of our time playing cricket. So there was a set routine, getting up early, taking my kit bag, putting it in front of my motorbike, and heading for Minto Park to practice.Practice finished around 11.30 am and then I would drive back to open my sports shop which was situated in front of the Abdul Razzaq stadium in our town. Later in the day, I would pick up my kitbag again and go to Minto Park for some more practice with Victorious Cricket Club, and after finishing around sunset return to my shop and sit there until 11pm. So that was how I spent my teens. Minto Park, the shop, and Minto park again.Everyone has a history behind them. I used to sell bangles and firecrackers on Eid in front of my shop and also sold threads for flying kites just to keep my livelihood. I was on my own with a shop in the lower-middle-class part of town. So life hasn’t been so good to me, but I did what I had to do to earn money and never let my passion for cricket go down. You see, we have all struggled in life to achieve something and I am thankful that it’s paying off well. I am the now the most loved person in my house. My mother had reservations about allowing me to play cricket, but now she is so happy when she sees me walking out into the field.I grew up playing on cement tracks in Shahdara. Teams there used to score 500-plus in 35 overs and it would be chased down easily. So there was no concept of blocking or getting out. It was just all about power-hitting. The grounds here are not really big either, so scoring 300-400 runs is a very normal thing. Our town was the scariest one for visiting teams. I was bit conservative with my batting approach earlier but playing more frequently on those cement tracks made me open my arms a bit more. So that is how I learnt big hitting.My first-class average – 27.35 – isn’t really something I am proud of but I am evolving and I understand I have to tone myself down in four-day cricket. But at the same time, our four-day cricket in Pakistan is more difficult with a lot of changes in the ball we use, the pitches, even the format of the tournament. So it’s not just about ability, but adapting to all those changes. I know I can do it, though, because the basics of the game are the same.PSLI don’t want to be known as a short-form specialist. At this stage of my career, I don’t want to streamline myself and play only one-day and T20 cricket. I did struggle in the longer format at the start of my career and I do enjoy shorter format. But my issues are just a perception thing. My seniors have told me that I should view first-class cricket as just another form of the game and start enjoying it. In 2016-17, I made four fifties with a top score of 82. So it was all about state of mind and enjoying any time you go out and play. But right now, I haven’t played enough first-class cricket to be judged.Pakistan Super League is the best thing that’s happened to me. It has not only helped me overcome my financial struggle but played a significant part in my development as a batsman. The exposure I’ve got is exceptional, people suddenly started to know who I was and it gave me a sense of identity. When I go back to domestic cricket, they know I am from Islamabad United. When you perform well, it just sends out positive vibes all around. With just one performance last year in the second edition, I got a call-up to a national camp for 30 players and then went on to play the Asia Cup for the Emerging Players.The biggest thing, though, is that some four or five years ago, we used to follow players from South Africa, England and Australia and wonder how they can play the way they do, and why we couldn’t play like them. We used to wonder what was different between us and them. Now, I realise there is no difference at all. We are not lesser to anyone. It’s all about exposure. In fact, I was talking to Samit Patel and JP Duminy about this. Mixing with them in the PSL, I realised all cricketers are the same.Insecurity and fear. That might be the only difference between a Pakistani player and a foreign player. They are brimming with confidence – more than any of our players – and that comes as a product of the system. They have a steady state of mind which is why they are more consistent. We unfortunately came from a broken system and the only mantra at domestic level is deliberately pushing a player to face hardships. They want us to toil unnecessarily in this cruel system. Whoever comes out well is considered a player. It’s totally wrong.We need to develop a player properly through a system like every other country. We shouldn’t have to fight to earn a place – let us develop through a proper system rather than throwing us out in the desert all alone and asking us to crawl up to the top. The PSL gave us an opportunity to develop properly. It’s nearly a month long, it allows us to gauge ourselves about where we stand and makes us compete against the best in the world. We have trained coaches, we have professional people around us, and this is really going well.I am 22 and ready for the national call. All I want to is to play for long enough that I become a prominent name in the history of Pakistan cricket. If you have noticed recently, players come and go after one or two series but my goal is to serve for a long time. There are always complaints about lack of opportunity and lack of chances to make the playing XI but I won’t talk like that. I just want to make the best out of any chance I get. I don’t want to carry the regret that I didn’t perform, so I am always mentally ready because I know I have done good enough work to reach here. So I will make sure I keep on contributing and become a team member who is an automatic pick.
Australia A will face New Zealand A in two four-day matches over the next couple of weeks
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Alongside those appearing at the IPL and preparing for spells in county cricket, there is a group of Australian players across the Tasman looking to make an impression on the national selectors.The Australia A squad that faces their New Zealand counterparts over two four-day games in Lincoln – using the Dukes ball to replicate Ashes conditions in the UK – is a combination of players close or recently in the Test team, some with a realistic chance of pushing for a place in the near future, a few reasonably experienced domestic cricketers and those at the younger end of their careers.It is not what an Australia A squad would look like if everyone was available – anyone with a county deal was not considered because they will already be playing in UK conditions – but Matt Renshaw and Mitchell Swepson are included from those recently in India. Peter Handscomb was in the original group but withdrew after getting his deal with Leicestershire.Related
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It will be an important couple of weeks for Renshaw who is viewed as a serious candidate to open again for Australia in the long term when a vacancy arises. However, India was a difficult tour for him where he missed out twice in the first Test in the middle order, having been preferred to Travis Head, then fell cheaply again in Delhi after being called in as David Warner’s concussion sub.He is likely competing with Handscomb, Cameron Bancroft and Marcus Harris for a spare batting spot in the Ashes. One thing in Renshaw’s favour is his versatility of being able to cover any position in the top six.Swepson, meanwhile, faces an interesting time in his career having been overlooked for the three Tests in India where he was available (he missed the Delhi Test to fly home for the birth of his child). With Australia’s next subcontinent Test tour not until visiting Sri Lanka in early 2025, it is difficult to see where Swepson’s chance to add to his four caps will come.Outside Renshaw and Swepson, the only other member of the squad previously capped by Australia is pace bowler Wes Agar who played two ODIs on the 2021 tour of West Indies when a number of first-choice players were not available.Matt Renshaw will still hope to be in Ashes contention•Getty Images
The name closest to breaking through to international level is Western Australia allrounder Aaron Hardie. He made an important 45 in last week’s Sheffield Shield final, and claimed four wickets, but his overall batting returns for the season with an average of 29.07 were probably a little below expectation.Hardie was touted as a possible replacement for Cameron Green when he was injured during the Australian season and is the closest like-for-like available, although Mitchell Marsh could yet come back into the frame if he is able to bowl substantially after his ankle surgery. Hardie and Nathan McSweeney will share the captaincy in New Zealand.With an eye on the Ashes, the selectors will need to consider how to provide wicketkeeping cover for Alex Carey. They could use Handscomb as was the case in India, but if they wanted a full-time keeper as back-up, Queensland’s Jimmy Peirson has a strong case to be considered although Josh Inglis likely remains in pole position. Over the last three seasons, Peirson has made 1337 Shield runs at 37.13 with five centuries (Inglis has averaged 51.56 in his 14 matches for WA in the same period) and he also impressed on the Australia A tour of Sri Lanka last year.However, the most intriguing name in the squad is left-arm quick Spencer Johnson whose remarkable rise continues after a season that brought BBL and Shield success for Brisbane Heat and South Australia respectively, including six and seven-wicket hauls for the latter.With Joel Paris, the WA quick, having withdrawn through injury, Johnson is now the one left-arm fast bowler in the squad and while it remains unlikely he will get an immediate international call-up, he could well be back-up to Mitchell Starc across formats.Elsewhere in the squad, there is a collection of top-order batters in the 18-25 age group with an eye on the future. The most exciting of them is 18-year Teague Wyllie, another from the WA production line, who made a maiden Shield century this season and was unbeaten in the chase to secure the title.Mitch Perry, a talented allrounder from Victoria, Xavier Bartlett and Jordan Buckingham (who replaced Parris) are pace bowlers who should enjoy the chance to operate with the Dukes ball.New Zealand’s resources are also stretched due to the ongoing series against Sri Lanka, but the side features a number of players with international experience, including Doug Bracewell and Scott Kuggeleijn who have played Tests this season and left-arm spinner Ajaz Patel. They will be captained by Tom Bruce who has 17 T20I caps.New Zealand A squad: Tom Bruce (capt), Adithya Ashok, Doug Bracewell, Henry Cooper, Jacob Duffy (game 1 only), Dean Foxcroft, Cam Fletcher, Mitch Hay, Scott Kuggeleijn (game 2 only), Cole McConchie, Robbie O’Donnell, Will O’Rourke, Ajaz Patel, Brett Randell, Sean SoliaAustralia A squad: Wes Agar, Xavier Bartlett, Jordan Buckingham, Aaron Hardie, Caleb Jewell, Spencer Johnson, Campbell Kellaway, Nathan McSweeney, Mitch Perry, Jimmy Peirson, Matthew Renshaw, Mitchell Swepson, Tim Ward, Teague Wyllie
Sandeep Lamichhane could be included in Nepal’s squad for their Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series at home in Kirtipur against Namibia and Scotland, in what would constitute his first appearance since his arrest last year. Lamichhane is currently out on bail, facing charges of alleged sexual coercion of another person. Nepal’s squad for the series is likely to be announced by February 10. His name is in a 14-man squad sent to the ICC for registration purposes – as the event is an ICC tournament – but that could still change when the squad is officially announced.His potential selection had been signposted after the Cricket Association of Nepal revoked his suspension last week. Lamichhane has been training with the team at a pre-series camp.The lifting of the suspension led to protests over the weekend in Nepal, calling for a boycott of the upcoming games against Namibia and Scotland. Cricket Scotland and Cricket Namibia issued statements, to say that Lamichhane’s availability was a matter for CAN and the ICC to consider.Related
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“Cricket Scotland is aware of the reports regarding the legal status of Nepal’s Sandeep Lamichhane, ahead of the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 Qualifiers.”As a governing body, and as a squad, Cricket Scotland stands firmly against all forms of abuse, which have no place in modern society.”The player’s availability for these games is a matter for the Cricket Association of Nepal and the ICC to consider.””Cricket Namibia strongly opposes all forms of gender-based violence, discrimination and abuse,” the Namibia board statement said.On Monday, the Pakistan wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan met with Lamichhane in Nepal, as part of a visit with the team and board to discuss the growth of the game in the country. The visit drew criticism of Rizwan on social media.Sandeep Lamichhane is escorted by police following his release on bail•AFP/Getty Images
Britant Khanal, the CAN general manager, had earlier told ESPNcricinfo that the decision to remove the suspension and allow Lamichhane to play in the tri-series was with the condition that he would “respect the limitation prescribed” by the court that granted him bail in January this year. And if Nepal were to go on tour, Lamichhane’s participation would depend on whether the court gave him permission for it or not.The suspension came into effect in September last year after an arrest warrant was issued against Lamichhane in Kathmandu. He was granted bail for the equivalent of around US$ 15,300 but was barred from leaving the country until the final verdict.Lamichhane, 22, is Nepal’s most high-profile cricketer, and the only one to have played in T20 leagues in most parts of the world, including in the IPL, the BBL, the PSL, the BPL, and the CPL. When the news of the arrest warrant came out, Lamichhane was in the West Indies with Jamaica Tallawahs, his CPL team. He returned to Nepal after that, and was taken into custody on October 6.He is also the world’s second-fastest bowler to 50 ODI wickets and third-fastest to 50 T20I wickets, and last played international cricket in August 2022, in the T20I series against Kenya. He was also Nepal’s captain at the time of the arrest warrant, a position he lost following his suspension. Rohit Paudel will lead Nepal in the series against Namibia and Scotland.
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Ahead of France's Nations League semi-final with Euro 2024 champions Spain, Les Bleus manager Deschamps has spoken about how it is nigh on impossible to stop Barcelona star Yamal. He admits that his French team will need to contain the 17-year-old as much as possible if they are to win this match.
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He said, via Relevo: "I haven't seen a team that has truly found a solution to stop Yamal. Spain is the best team in Europe and perhaps the best in the world."
Deschamps added that the idea was to "limit the influence" of the teenager.
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Not only is Yamal the best young player in the world, he may be the best footballer on the planet – even before he turns 18. If France are to progress to the Nations League final next month, they will need to keep the Barca ace in check.
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Yamal is likely to line up for Spain against France in this Nations League semi-final on June 5, with the final against either Germany or Portugal taking place three days later.
Imran Butt will captain the Pakistan A side, known as the Pakistan Shaheens, for an upcoming tour of Zimbabwe to play Zimbabwe A. Shahnawaz Dahani, who missed the PSL with a finger injury, has also been included in the 16-man squad. Hussain Talat will serve as the vice-captain, while wicketkeeper Rohail Nazir also returns to the national setup on this tour.Former Under-19 captain Qasim Akram is part of the travelling contingent. Mir Hamza, who recently played three Test matches against England and New Zealand, also travels with the squad, as does 20-year old batter Haseebullah Khan, who played for Zalmi in the PSL this season. The tour, which comprises two four-day matches and six 50-over games, will start on May 3.Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Under-19 squad will travel to Bangladesh at the end of April to play a four-day game, five 50-over matches and a T20. Saad Baig, who captained the side against Bangladesh A in Multan, will reprise that role. The squad also includes fast bowler Aimal Khan, who featured prominently for Quetta Gladiators in the recently concluded Pakistan Super League. Slow left arm bowler Ali Asfand, who played for Central Punjab’s 2nd XI side in 2022, will serve as vice captain.The Under-19 tour kicks off with a four-day match on 30 April in Chattogram, with the sole T20 capping off the tour on 17 May in Rajshahi.Pakistan Shaheens: Imran Butt (captain), Hussain Talat (vice-captain), Aamir Jamal, Abdul Wahid Bangalzai, Haseebullah, Kamran Ghulam, Mehran Mumtaz, Mir Hamza, Mohammad Huraira, Mubasir Khan, Muhammad Umar, Omair Bin Yousuf, Qasim Akram, Rohail Nazir (wk), Sahibzada Farhan, Shahnawaz DahaniPakistan U19: Saad Baig (captain), Ali Asfand (vice-captain), Ahmed Hussain, Aimal Khan, Amir Hussain, Arafat Minhas, Azan Awais, Hamza Nawaz, Mohammad Ibtisam, Mohammad Ismail, Mohammad Tahir, Mohammad Tayyab Arif, Obaid Shahid, Sajjad Ali, Shahzaib Khan, Shamyl Hussain Wahaj Riaz