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Jose Caballero began Thursday's game between the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees in the former team's dugout and ended up in the latter club's after the Yankees acquired him midway through the contest ahead of Thursday's trade deadline. And with his acquisition by the Yankees, Caballero quite literally snatched victory from the jaws of defeat, as the Yankees bested the Rays 7–4.

After the game, Caballero was asked what it was like switching his rooting interests during a game.

"I was winning today regardless," Caballero said. "We won the game—I guess. That's what I feel right now."

That's one way to get a win!

In all seriousness though, Caballero, who grew up a fan of the Bronx Bombers, should be able to do plenty to help the Yankees win. The 28-year-old has swiped 34 bases, tied for the most in the majors, while rating three Outs Above Average at shortstop, a particularly key metric considering incumbent Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe's defensive struggles.

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Os primeiros dias de Álvaro Pacheco com o elenco do Vasco foram intensos. Apesar do técnico não ter completado uma semana de trabalho com treinamentos, a impressão que o português tem deixado é a melhor possível.

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Segundo informações apuradas pelo Lance!, Álvaro Pacheco tem um trabalho diferenciado e diversificado. A organização e planejamento da comissão técnica são outros aspectos que também têm impressionado.

Além disso, Álvaro Pacheco tem pegado pesado e cobrado muita intensidade dos jogadores. Uma fonte ouvida pela reportagem do Lance! classificou os trabalhos iniciais como “muito proveitosos”.

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Vale lembrar que Álvaro Pacheco começou a trabalhar antes mesmo de comandar os primeiros treinamentos. Antes do elenco se reapresentar após a classificação na Copa do Brasil, o técnico do Vasco buscou entender os processos internos e conhecer parte da estrutura do clube. O treinador português também aproveitou para ver relatórios e dados sobre o desempenho e questões físicas de cada atleta.

Álvaro Pacheco vai estrear no comando do Vasco na próxima rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O primeiro desafio do técnico português será um clássico contra o Flamengo.

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O “Clássico dos Milhões” será no domingo (2), às 16h. A bola vai rolar no Maracanã.

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O relatório da “Good Game!”, empresa contratada por John Textor, para monitorar lances do clássico entre Botafogo e Flamengo em tempo real, indicou que o segundo gol da equipe na vitória por 2 a 0 foi ilegal.

A informação foi publicada pelo canal Sportv, do Grupo Globo. De acordo com o documento, houve falta de Diego Hernandez em Fabrício Bruno antes do gol marcado por Savarino (veja o lance abaixo).

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– Contato da perna direita do jogador do Botafogo na perna esquerda do jogador do Flamengo na origem do desequilíbrio e sem contato com a bola. Falta válida não apitada. Gol irregular aceito – diz o documento.

John Textor contratou a Good Game! para fazer uma cobertura em tempo real do jogo entre Botafogo e Flamengo. Em nota oficial, o Alvinegro afirmou que receberia “uma visão computadorizada das decisões para cada apito do jogo”.

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Já no fim da partida, Diego Hernandez disputou a bola com Fabrício Bruno, que caiu no chão reclamando de falta. O uruguaio deu sequência ao lance, tocando para Jeffinho, que deixou Savarino livre para balançar as redes. O árbitro Raphael Claus considerou que o zagueiro do Flamengo simulou o contato.

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– Para mim não foi nada. Cavou muito, Toski. Ele jogou a perna e se atira. Cavou muito – afirmou o juiz de campo em áudio divulgado pela CBF.

– Estou de acordo. Sem impacto. Gol confirmado, não teve impacto. Contato normal de jogo, lateralizado. Ele sente o contato e se atira – afirmou Rodolpho Toski Marques, árbitro de vídeo da partida.

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And has anyone gone in at every batting position in the IPL?

Steven Lynch15-Apr-2025Has anyone gone in at every batting position in the IPL? asked Mahesh Gupta from India

There’s only one man who fits the bill here: the West Indian spinner Sunil Narine started as a tailender with the bat – he had only two innings in 15 matches in his first IPL, in 2012. He batted in three innings at No. 11, then started to move up the order.Gradually Narine developed his left-hand pinch-hitting to the extent that he now usually goes in first, and he has scored more than 1300 IPL runs as an opener. In 2024 he clobbered his maiden century – 109 from 56 balls for Kolkata Knight Riders against Rajasthan Royals at Eden Gardens.Narine has also taken 185 wickets so far in the IPL – only three men have more as I write. He’s one of only five men to have done the double of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in the IPL, the others being Dwayne Bravo, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel and Andre Russell.Two Bangladesh bowlers took five wickets in a recent women’s one-day international. Has this ever happened before in an ODI? asked Ahmedul Kabir from Bangladesh

The match you’re talking about was a Women’s World Cup qualifier against Thailand in Lahore last week: Bangladesh’s legspinner Fahima Khatun took 5 for 21, while offspinner Jannatul Ferdus had the eye-catching figures of 5-3-7-5 as Thailand slid from 65 for 3 to 93 all out.This was the first case in a women’s ODI of two bowlers taking five wickets apiece. It’s also happened just once in men’s ODIs, back in 1977 when Greg Chappell took 5 for 20 and Gary Cosier 5 for 18 for Australia against England with their medium pace at Edgbaston. “It wasn’t a day for the regular bowlers,” wrote Chappell, Australia’s captain that day. “At our lower pace we made the ball bend in the air and seam off the pitch, and with the help of some undistinguished batting by the England batsmen, whose footwork often left a lot to be desired, we finished off the innings for 171.”Is MS Dhoni the oldest man to captain in the IPL? How about in all T20 matches? asked Ajit Venugopal from India

The Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is due to celebrate his 44th birthday on July 7. He’s actually been the oldest IPL captain for a couple of years already: the previous record was held by Adam Gilchrist, who was 41 when he captained Kings XI Punjab for the last time, in Dharamsala in 2013. Gilchrist celebrated his impending retirement by bowling the last over of the innings – he was fairly safe, as Mumbai Indians needed 51 to win with the last pair at the crease – and took a wicket with the only ball he ever bowled in a senior T20 game.The table of the oldest captains in all T20 matches is skewed by the weird and wonderful selection of teams who now play official T20 internationals: there was a recent change at the top when 56-year-old Alan Dawson skippered the Falkland Islands against Costa Rica in Guacima last month.In all T20s, Ajit Ekanayake (46), Imran Tahir (45), Pearson Best of the Cayman Islands (44) and Misbah-ul-Haq (43) have captained when older than Dhoni, although Misbah is about to be overtaken.Imran Tahir (centre), who leads Guyana Amazon Warriors in the CPL, is currently the oldest captain on the T20 circuit, at age 45•Getty ImagesWhat’s the connection between Garry Sobers and the 1991 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner? asked Trent Jackson from England

I smell a sports-quiz question here! The Cheltenham Gold Cup, one of Britain’s premier National Hunt (jumps) horse races, was won in 1991 by Garrison Savannah, trained by Jenny Pitman and ridden by her son Mark. The same year, the horse finished second in the Grand National at Aintree, just failing to pull off a double achieved only by Golden Miller in 1934.The horse got its name from the Garrison Savannah racecourse in Barbados, just outside Bridgetown. The track’s most famous race is the Barbados Gold Cup. Horse racing has taken place there since the area was an army garrison, hence the name. And the link with arguably the island’s most famous son is that the former West Indies captain Garry Sobers was knighted there by Queen Elizabeth II in 1975, becoming Sir Garfield Sobers in front of a crowd of around 50,000.You wrote in last week’s column about the players who played the most Test matches without ever appearing in a white-ball international. What’s the reverse – who has played the most white-ball internationals without ever winning a Test cap? Is it David Miller? asked Liam Binyon from Australia

You’ve got it in one: the South African batter David Miller has so far appeared in 308 white-ball internationals (170 ODIs and 138 T20s) without ever playing in a Test match. Kieron Pollard, the West Indian, played 234 white-ball games (123 ODIs and 101 T20s), while Scotland’s Richie Berrington has so far appeared in 230 (123 ODIs and 97 T20s; Scotland haven’t yet played a Test). Another current player, the Australian legspinner Adam Zampa, comes next with 216 (111 ODIs and 95 T20s).Shiva Jayaraman of ESPNcricinfo’s stats team helped with some of the above answers.Use our feedback form, or the Ask Steven Facebook page to ask your stats and trivia questions

تلقى بايرن ميونخ، دفعة إيجابية بشأن لاعبه الكولومبي الدولي لويس دياز والذي تلقى بطاقة حمراء مباشرة خلال الفوز ضد باريس سان جيرمان بهدفين لهدف، في دوري أبطال أوروبا.

وكان لويس دياز قد تدخل بشكل قوي على أشرف حكيمي الدولي المغربي، ظهير باريس سان جيرمان، وتسبب بإصابته في الكاحل والتي سيغيب على إثرها لأربعة أشهر.

وقرر الاتحاد الأوروبي لكرة القدم في وقت سابق، معاقبة الكولومبي لويس دياز بالإيقاف ثلاث مباريات، لكن بايرن ميونخ أستأنف ضد القرار مرة أخرى.

وأفادت “ONE FOOTBALL” أنه تم تخفيض إيقاف لويس دياز في دوري أبطال أوروبا من ثلاث مباريات إلى مباراتين.

اقرا أيضًا.. مارك جويهي يحسم رغبته بشأن وجهته القادمة بين بايرن ميونخ وقطبي إسبانيا

وأكد الاتحاد الأوروبي لكرة القدم تخفيض عقوبة لويس دياز، ما يعني أن الدولي الكولومبي سيغيب عن مباراة الثلاثاء المقبل فقط ضد سبورتينج لشبونة، على ملعب أليانز أرينا، بعد أن غاب عن الخسارة ضد آرسنال بثلاثية لهدف واحد على ملعب الامارات يوم الأربعاء 26 نوفمبر.

وسيعود لويس دياز للمشاركة ضد يونيون سانت جيلواز في الجولة السابعة بمرحلة الدوري لدوري أبطال أوروبا، في قرار يمثل دفعة قوية لبايرن ميونخ، الذي يواجه جدولًا مزدحمًا بالمباريات.

The Seattle Mariners have gotten red hot at the perfect time, winning nine of their last 10 games heading into the final week of the MLB season. On Sunday night they finished off a three-game sweep of the Astros in Houston, taking the finale 7-3. They now own a three-game lead over the Astros in the AL West and are in position to get one of the top two seeds in the AL playoff race.

The Mariners scored all seven of their runs in the second inning on Sunday night, with a towering grand slam by J.P. Crawford opening the game wide open for the road team.

His blast was a moonshot to right field and it looked even cooler from ESPN's ump cam. The video of it below comes with an important warning: You may end up watching this over and over again while not getting much work done.

That has to be the coolest ump cam shot of all time.

The Mariners have a day off before hosting the lowly Rockies for three games and then they finish off the season by hosting the Dodgers for three games.

While the Mariners have jumped up the standings with their stellar play, the Astros are now tied with the Guardians for third and final wild-card spot in the AL.

The final week of the season should be an exciting one.

Legendary coach Arrigo Sacchi has slammed the Italy squad after their 4-1 loss to Norway in World Cup qualification, saying that manager Gennaro Gattuso may need to take them back to the basics to rebuild their confidence and overall structure. The Azzurri, having missed out on the last two World Cups, will have to navigate the play-offs to secure a place at the competition next year after finishing second in their qualifying group.

Italy collapse in 4-1 loss to Norway

Italy entered the match needing an improbable 9-0 victory to secure automatic qualification for the World Cup, but their hopes quickly faded despite a positive start. Pio Esposito opened the scoring early, and Italy defended well to hold a 1-0 lead at half-time. However, the second half saw a complete shift in momentum. Antonio Nusa equalised in the 60th minute, sparking Norway’s comeback. Erling Haaland then delivered a swift and decisive brace, effectively taking the game out of Italy’s reach. Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen added a late goal to complete the rout. The heavy defeat ended Italy’s hopes of automatic qualification, leaving them to face the pressure of the play-offs once again.

Gattuso apologised to the fans after the heavy defeat, saying: “We must apologise to our fans because 4-1 is a heavy defeat. It's a shame because we had a very good first half, where we played as a real team.”

AdvertisementGetty Images SportSacchi suggests Italy to go back to basics

In an interview to , ex-Azzurri coach Sacchi criticised the Italian players for committing errors that cannot be made at the highest level. 

"We need to acknowledge our limitations," he said. To do so, however, requires a generous dose of humility. Here, we need to behave like a teacher teaching the alphabet to first-grade children, and mind you, I'm not exaggerating. I hear talk of formations, playbooks, attacking tactics, but do we really understand that we need to work in depth on the basic concepts? In my opinion, a training camp at Coverciano would be useful before the March match. But I'm sure the clubs would oppose such a request from the coach. I remember well the battles I had to fight when I was on the national team bench. In Italy, individual interests and selfishness always prevail, and people don't want to understand that building a team—and the national team is a team—takes time, patience, and training, lots of training. But mine, I already know, are just empty words.

"I saw individual and team errors that, at a certain level, just can't be made. I'm looking for an explanation in the psychological attitude, perhaps in the second half. The Azzurri got a bit scared, they lost heart and were afraid to win, I don't know… The fact remains that in all four goals we conceded on Sunday night there were glaring errors that a Serie A player cannot make. The defenders made all sorts of mistakes, some turned their backs on the opponent who was crossing, some left Haaland free to shoot in the middle of our area, some botched the pass while building up, some got fooled by counterattack feints. No, we really won't get far like this."

Sacchi believes Italy have no need to feel the pressure

Italy have not featured at a World Cup since 2014. Their last two attempts ended in play-off heartbreak – first against Sweden in 2018, then in a stunning defeat to North Macedonia in 2022. With that history looming in the background, the upcoming play-offs carry enormous weight. Sacchi believes that after the damaging loss to Norway, Gattuso should look to rebuild the team's morale before the play offs.

"No fear [for the play-offs], ever. But I see a lot of unknowns. After taking four slaps like that, I don't think the atmosphere is calm and relaxed," he  said. "Therefore, we need to rebuild the morale of the entire group. I'm worried, and not a little, about the pressure the national team will be under before the decisive matches. This is not a team that, in my opinion, can handle such a heavy burden. I think it would be wise, after analysing the mistakes made and looking for suitable solutions, to put an end to the controversy, eliminate the doubts and focus everyone on the objective. Right now, everything is needed except tension."

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Getty Images SportGattus's preparations for the play offs

Gattuso will seek to build on Sacchi’s suggestions as he guides Italy toward the play-offs. He plans to study the 4-1 loss to Norway in detail, identifying both strengths and weaknesses within the squad. His focus now is on assembling the best possible team, refining tactics, and ensuring Italy are fully prepared to win the play-offs and secure World Cup qualification.

Dustin Silgardo, Sidharth Monga and Karthik Krishnaswamy get together to discuss India’s Test series against West Indies, Gambhir’s time so far as the India head coach, and more

ESPNcricinfo staff17-Oct-2025Why was India’s decision to follow on in the Delhi Test puzzling? Did India underestimate West Indies’ batting? Why didn’t Nitish Kumar Reddy bowl in the Test? Dustin Silgardo, Sidharth Monga and Karthik Krishnaswamy get together on the Rock and Roll It podcast to discuss India’s Test series against West Indies, Gautam Gambhir’s time so far as the India head coach and whether he needs to manage his bowlers’ workload better.