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With the Super Bowl upon us, we take a look at the top comparisons between franchises from American football and the top European powers

It's Super Bowl Sunday next week!

The NFL championship game this year sees the New England Patriots, looking to win thier third title in five years and sixth in the Tom Brady era, taking on the Los Angeles Rams.

With the biggest game on the American football schedule set to kickoff in a matter of days, we thought it would be entertaining to draw comparison between NFL teams and the top European football powers. 

There's plenty of room for debate and the similarities are more apples-to-orages than apples-to-apples, but you can draw plenty of comparisons between organizations across the two sports. 

Without further ado, we bring you Goal's list of the top 10 comparisons between NFL franchises and your favortie European football clubs. 

Getty Images1Paris Saint-Germain – Carolina Panthers

If such thing as the newly rich exists in the NFL, the Carolina Panthers are probably the best example. The Panthers began play in 1995, but made just four playoff appearances through their first 14 seasons. But, unlike PSG, it wasn't money from a new ownership group that lifted the team, it was the drafting of a superstar in 2011, when Carolina took Cam Newton with the first overall pick in the NFL draft. 

That same year Paris Saint-Germain was bought Oryx Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), and like the Panthers their fortunes turned quickly.

The Panthers with Newton have now made the playoffs four times in six years, with three division titles one Super Bowl appearance, while PSG has won five titles in Ligue 1. 

The big prize is still there to be chased for both teams, but in Neymar PSG may have found the global superstar they need to win the Champions League, and the Panthers look primed to stay in contention in the NFL for as long as Newton can stay healthy. 

AdvertisementGetty Images2Manchester United – Minnesota Vikings

We get it, this is the biggest reach of the group. 

You almost have to throw out the Alex Ferguson years to make this compute, because the sustained greatest of the Red Devils through that period simplay can't be matched, but hear us out. 

These two proud franchises fell on hard times in recent years, but have both had something of a resurgence based around conservative play and brilliant defensive play. The Vikings are loaded on the defensive side of the ball and, like Manchester United, have plenty of exciting young players who can put up points. 

The Vikes fell short in the NFL playoffs this season, but have all the building blocks to bring home a championship in the next few years, and while Manchester United isn't likely to win a trophy in 2018, anything seems possible under interim coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Getty Images3Leicester City – Baltimore Ravens

Two random champions with star players who could do no wrong in their charge to the title, Leicester City and the Baltimore Ravens fit as the two biggest Cinderella stories of the past decade and a half. 

Only once in the last 15 years has the AFC title been won by a quarterback not named Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Ben Roethlisberger, and just one team not named Chelsea, Manchester United or Manchester City has claimed the Premier League in the last 13 seasons.

Joe Flacco pulled off "the Mile High miracle" to top Manning and the Broncos before routing Brady's Patriots in the AFC title game during the Ravens march to the Super Bowl title following the 2012 season. Jaime Vardy's 24-goal haul for the Foxes during the 2015/16 Premier League season, including a record run of scoring in eleven consecutive Premier League games, sparked Leicester to one of the most improbable title wins in the history of team sports.

Neither player has managed to reach the same heights in subsequent years, and losses of other stars around them have limited their teams to being also-rans. 

It's not apples to apples here. Leicester City's title win came over clubs with much bigger budgets and the odds of it ever happening again are slim at best, while the Ravens play in a league where the rules promote parity and could easily become a contender again in the near future.

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Getty Images4Juventus – Denver Broncos

The comparisons between Juventus and the Denver Broncos stem largely from how both teams played in 2015.

Juventus' run to the Champions League final that year was built around a fierce commitment to defending as a team and a conservative but opportunistic attacking approach while the Denver Broncos leaned on a dominant defensive unit throughout the 2015 NFL season, winning Super Bowl 50 in February of 2016. 

Both teams also relied heavily on newly acquired star players who were on the downside of their careers. Carlos Tevez lead the line for the Serie A champions that season in what was his last run as a true force at the top of the global game. The Broncos had Peyton Manning, in the last year of his storied career, under center.

The biggest difference here, aside from playing completely different sports, is that the Broncos defense proved too much for Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers in the Super Bowl, while Juventus couldn't keep pace with Barcelona's attack in the Champions League final. 

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No Bento Freitas, Brasil de Pelotas e Oeste empataram por 2 a 2 em jogo emocionante e que foi decidido no último minuto. Com o resultado, o Xavante foi para 43 pontos, no 12º lugar. O Rubrão foi para 40 e fica na 15ª colocação.

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Na próxima rodada, Brasil de Pelotas recebe o Coritiba, no Bento Freitas. O Oeste pega o Atlético-GO, na Arena Barueri. Ambas as partidas serão realizadas dia 12 de novembro.

A partida

O começo do jogo não foi lá dos mais movimentados. O Oeste ainda mostrou uma leve superioridade, mas nada muito relevante. O que ficou escancarado mesmo foi a enorme dificuldade das duas equipes em criar oportunidades.

As coisas só ficaram animadas após os 19 minutos, quando Juba recebeu lançamento na área, dominou e chutou, mas Matheus Cavichioli fez uma grande defesa e salvou o Oeste.

Após o gol, o Rubrão cresceu na partida, pressionou e não demorou muito para abrir o placar. Em cobrança de falta, Mazinho cobrou com perfeição e marcou um belo gol: 1 a 0 para o Oeste.

O Rubrão cresceu com o gol e por pouco não ampliou o placar. A zaga do Xavante cochilou e a bola sobrou livre para Fábio. Ele chutou, mas Carlos Eduardo defendeu.

O Brasil de Pelotas voltou para o tudo ou nada no segundo tempo. Em 15 minutos, o Xavante criou três grandes chances de gol, mas capricho na hora da finalização.

Foi quando o velho ditado “quem não faz toma” entrou em ação. Em cobrança de falta, a bola é levantada na área e Fábio desta vez conseguiu marcar: 2 a 0.

O Brasil de Pelotas não se abateu e foi para cima até achar o gol. Guilherme Queiroz tentou uma vez e a bola bateu na trave. No rebote, o goleiro escorregou e a bola sobrou de novo para Guilherme desta vez marcar: 1 a 2.

O Xavante cresceu com o gol e pressionou demais o Oeste nos minutos finais. O Rubrão segurou a pressão até o último minuto, mas aos 52 minutos o árbitro marcou um pênalti para o Brasil de Pelotas. Guilherme Queiroz bateu e empatou: 2 a 2 placar final.

Karun Nair has been a floater in the Rajasthan Royals batting line-up and had had a highest score of 25 prior coming into their home game against Delhi Daredevils in Mumbai. But pushed up to No. 3 for the first time in the season, he produced a rapid, match-winning half-century that he credited to taking the time to play himself in.”I told myself at the beginning of the innings I should just play run-a-ball and look for the odd boundary,” he told , “I gave myself time in the first ten to fifteen balls and from then on I decided to go for the big shots. I am not a powerful hitter, but I can hit the ball for a six. A six doesn’t necessarily need to go out of the ground, it has to just clear the fence and I think I can do it easily.”His 61 off 38 balls was part of a 113-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane at a run-rate of 9.82. Nair said the gameplan had been to take the game deep and set things up for their finishers.”We spoke about running hard between the wickets and then getting the odd boundary and play normal cricket shots,” Nair said. “We wanted to take the game as deep as possible because we have good hitters in our side. We did that really well. The plan was to get ten runs in every over after the time out and target 170 at the end of 20 overs. Anything more than that was always meant to be a bonus. One boundary an over was what was discussed in the meeting.”His team-mate James Faulkner also had a successful outing, picking up 2 for 22 in conditions that helped fast bowlers at Brabourne stadium, where Royals had had a camp prior to the start of the tournament.”There was a fair bit of assistance with the new ball and you had to bash it into the wicket. There was a fair bit of seam. But that is T20 cricket; you get flat tracks where you don’t get much swing or spin, but then you have tracks that turn a long way. This one had a bit of seam tonight and had good carry which was great. I think that is what everyone likes, different challenges every single time.”Faulkner was making a return to the XI after missing the game against Mumbai Indians last Friday and spoke about the demands on an foreign player in the IPL.”I missed out on the last game since we decided to give Rusty Theron a go,” Faulkner said. “Tonight I came back into the side. That is how the format works. There is always a lot of class sitting on the bench.”It doesn’t matter if you are there from the start or join halfway through, you are always expected to put up your best. You are an overseas player at the end of the day, and looked at to bring something unique to the table. Once you play international cricket, there is always going to be expectations from you in any Twenty20 league. Every overseas player is used to that.”

While more established cricket sides speak of fending away complacency against Associates, Afghanistan take nothing for granted. So rapid has been their advance up the cricketing defile, they might almost be expected to take a breather and enjoy the view at their first World Cup. Yet on their second day in New Zealand, there was palpable urgency.As next opponents Sri Lanka took a rest day on Friday, Afghanistan were focused and intense in the nets. Right-arm seamer Dawlat Zadran tore in off a long run up until the coach told him to ease up, and still, he was bounding in off a few paces, achieving good bounce from that velvet action. The batsmen didn’t hesitate to cut or pull short balls, but had a mandate to work on their defence. Edges and mis-hits were greeted with occasional chastisement from coach Andy Moles, but batsmen were often harsher on themselves.Afghanistan emphasise on their sport’s ravine not only because of the groundswell of support for this team at home, but also because there burns a desire to carve out a cricket identity, Moles said. “We want to look at this game against Sri Lanka as another opportunity to put Afghanistan cricket in the shop window,” he said. “I want to see the passion they have in the field. We’ve got a very simple game plan, but around that is enjoyment. The guys play with a smile on their faces. The knowledge of our quality is in our dressing room, and we want to bring that to the game.”Their first outing at the World Cup went worse than hoped. Afghanistan had beaten Bangladesh in the only ODI the two teams had played before the World Cup, but were outdone by 105 runs in Canberra, on Wednesday. After that match, Moles had said the world had “not seen Afghanistan play”, so poor an account of themselves did he feel they gave.”The team know that they are very, very well supported and that’s something that drives them,” Moles said. “After the Bangladesh match I keep mentioning this word ‘disappointment’ and they feel that they let their public at home down. A lot of messages of support have come through both the ACB, and through Facebook and stuff like that.”Perhaps Afghanistan’s greatest failure in that match was at the top of their innings, when they lost three wickets for three runs, effectively putting paid to the chase. Moles said his top order needed to “switch on” earlier in order for their batting strength to be showcased.”We are strokemakers, but it’s difficult for strokemakers to be playing when our No. 4 and No. 5 are coming in with a ball just more than one over old,” Moles said. “That’s hard work. The Bangladesh bowlers bowled particularly well, and that’s not illegal. When we play against Sri Lanka and the other top sides, bowlers are also going to bowl particularly well. The top three have got a job to do and that’s to get the side into the game, rotate the strike, put the bad ball away and transfer a bit of pressure.”Afghanistan are reputed for their free-spirited batting in the Associate circuit, but like Sri Lanka 30 years ago, they are finding raw aggression must be tempered. It’s a fine balance for Moles, who wishes to see their natural flair bloom, while beginning to compete against better attacks.”We’re playing on surfaces that we’re not used to,” he said. “The surfaces here bounce and the ball swings and seams, therefore you must have a look at the bowlers. And all that information – you feed it into your brain like you would into a computer, and it’ll tell you how to play.”I’ve said to these guys: ‘You must express yourself and play with openness. Play the Afghan way. The best players in the world – take your Brendon McCullums and David Warners – they look at the bowling for an over or two. They don’t go from ball one.’ A lot of these guys have played against Associate members lower than Scotland, Ireland and the UAE, and they can get away with it. As they step up and move forward, they need to be more selective. It’s about keeping to that identity, but improving at the same time.”For all the focus and grand ambition, there is no self-delusion here. Sri Lanka have been walloped by New Zealand over the past two months, but Moles said the next fixture remains a steep challenge for his said.”We know we have to play our best in all three disciplines to have a chance, and we’re just concentrating on that. Sri Lanka have had a tough couple of months over here, but New Zealand are an exceptional side at home and these Sri Lankans are a fine cricket team. They’ll be fully expecting the opportunity to get their train back on track in two days’ time against us. We know and respect them hugely.”We had a goal of getting to the quarter-finals, but it’s now that much harder, having lost to Bangladesh. That means that we probably have to beat two Full Member nations and Scotland. Scotland won’t be an easy game either. All I want to do is compete. In reality, the Full Member sides have to play par or below par, and we have to have good days to win. We understand that.”

Kumar Sangakkara said his Test future remained undecided, following the 203 at the Basin Reserve that brought him to within one-double hundred of equaling Donald Bradman’s 65-year record

Andrew Fidel Fernando in Wellington04-Jan-2015Kumar Sangakkara said his Test future remained undecided, following the 203 at the Basin Reserve that brought him to within one-double hundred of equaling Donald Bradman’s 65-year record. Sangakkara had originally planned to quit all formats following the World Cup, which would have made the ongoing match his final Test. However, he has reconsidered that decision after receiving requests to stay, from the selectors and Angelo Mathews, among others.”I would love to equal Bradman,” Sangakkara said. “It just depends on how everything pans out after this World Cup. It’s really hard to predict what will happen and what my thoughts will be about my future. I’ve promised the selectors that I’ll really have a chat and reconsider to see if there are a few more months of cricket in me, Test-wise.”I actually think the desire is always there. It’s never the lack of desire or the lack of pride you take in playing for your country that makes you take a decision to say: ‘That’s enough’. It’s just a case of sometimes just knowing it. You could be staying at home, you could be playing with your kids, you could be talking with your family or having dinner somewhere, and the thought could hit you: ‘Maybe this is the right time.’ It’s a really tough decision to make, but the important thing is that that window of opportunity to walk out on top is really small. If you miss it, you don’t know what will happen after that.”‘Sangakkara played a hell of a knock’ – Watling

New Zealand wicketkeeper BJ Watling said New Zealand lacked discipline with the ball on day two, but hailed Kumar Sangakkara’s double-ton, terming it a lesson for batsmen. New Zealand began the day 143 runs ahead, with only five first-innings wickets to take, but lost momentum during a 130-run stand between Dinesh Chandimal and Sangakkara.
“We were pretty disappointed with that first session to not break that partnership, but they both played pretty well,” Watling said. “We weren’t as disciplined as we should have been. With Kumar and Dinesh there were knew it wasn’t going to be easy and it wasn’t just going to happen.
“To be fair, Sangakkara played a hell of a knock. He gapped the ball well, waited for the loose balls. With the tail, he faced most of the balls. We couldn’t bowl enough to the tail-enders. It was a demonstration of how to play from a world-class player.”

Sangakkara said he valued this double-hundred more than most because it came away from home, and in a difficult match situation. Sri Lanka had been 78 for 5, still 143 runs adrift of New Zealand, at the start of the day, when Dinesh Chandimal joined Sangakkara at the crease. The pair put on 130 together, placing Sri Lanka within sight of a first-innings lead which had seemed unlikely on the first evening.”At 78 for 5 it was just a case of ensuring that we make sure to bat to score runs, rather than survive,” Sangakkara said. “It’s really easy to go into a shell at that moment and go into a mindset where you think about just seeing tough times out rather than waiting to capitalise on loose balls. The moment you try and score, the pressure is always on the bowling side to keep bowling good balls.”The Kiwi attack has been fantastic in both games, in the sense that they’re very disciplined. But the difference comes when they’re under pressure to keep bowling those good balls, and the moment they make a mistake, if that ball goes for a boundary, that changes momentum. That’s what we did pretty well in the morning, and we tried to keep doing that right throughout the innings.”Sangakkara said Chandimal’s 67 was vital to Sri Lanka’s recovery in the Test, and suggested that he should have a consistent place in the XI. Chandimal has been in and out of the Test side over the past 10 months, in part, due to his own lack of form. He did not play in Christchurch, but made immediate impact in Wellington.”Watching Chandimal bat at the other end – he kept it really solid and very simple, and that really helps,” Sangakkara said. “With Chandi it’s just a case of giving opportunities. If you take young Sri Lankan batting, you have Thirimanne and Chandimal to lead the pack. You have Dimuth Karunaratne and Kaushal Silva as a solid opening pair, and you build the rest of the batsmen around them. Then you have Angelo Mathews who’s been amazing in the last year, so you have five good quality batsmen that you need to continue playing and trusting.”That’s the key word for Sri Lankan cricket. It’s trust. They need to make mistakes, learn, and score runs. I wasn’t batting anywhere close to what Dinesh and Thiri have been batting when I was in my mid-20s. It was a daily struggle for me. Things come right and things come good as long as you get opportunities.”Sangakkara said that the pitch had not yet begun to take enough turn to make Rangana Herath a major force, but hoped the visiting attack would work together to strike in the third innings. “There was a bit of turn today, though there isn’t a huge amount of rough. Herath’s very, very good with flight and pace. It’s going to be a team effort. It’s not just going to be Herath or one fast bowler. We need to work in partnerships and really build pressure, and ensure that runs come at a price, and we land the ball in good enough areas to induce a nick or a mistake from a batsman.”

Pankaj Singh has been appointed captain of Rajasthan XI for the Central Zone one-day league, which will be played in Noida from November 7

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Pankaj Singh has been appointed captain of Rajasthan XI for the Central Zone one-day league, which will be played in Noida from November 7.The pace bowler, who made his Test debut in England in July, will lead his domestic side for the first time in his career. Veteran opening batsman Vineet Saxena was excluded from the squad as the selectors preferred to give youngsters a go in the one-dayers.The court-appointed selectors finalised the 15-member squad after watching the Challengers Trophy, a selection tournament in Jaipur. The probables were divided into four teams which played against each other from October 18 to 20.Amit Asawa, who was the Rajasthan coach during the team’s maiden Ranji Trophy triumph in 2010-11, will be the coach. He will take charge during the their week-long camp in Jaipur after Diwali.Rajasthan XI squad Pankaj Singh (captain), Ashok Menaria (vice-captain), Robin Bist, Puneet Yadav, Rajesh Bishnoi (sr), Arjit Gupta, Dishant Yagnik, Deepak Chahar, Shailendra Gehlot, Manjeet Choudhary, Rajesh Bishnoi (jr), Madhur Khatri, Surya Prakash Suvalka, Ankit Lamba, Pranay Sharma

Ishant Sharma, bowling short and aggressively with the old ball, produced one of the most memorable spells in the history of Indian fast bowling to destroy England’s resistance in the second Investec Test at Lord’s.

The Report by David Hopps21-Jul-2014
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsIshant Sharma celebrates one of his greatest days•Getty ImagesIshant Sharma, bowling short and aggressively with the old ball, produced one of the most memorable spells in the history of Indian fast bowling to destroy England’s resistance in the second Investec Test at Lord’s.As India completed a 95-run victory 50 minutes before tea on the final day, it ended a run of more than three years without an overseas Test victory and left England befuddled and bereft as they contemplated a winless streak of 10 Tests and the continued failures of their senior players to contribute to a rapidly-changing landscape.England’s defeat, and the muddle-headed cricket they regularly played en route, will increase criticism of Alastair Cook’s captaincy despite repeated protestations from England’s hierarchy that he remained the man to lead them during a period of rapid change. As their innings ended to a farcical run-out, Cook and his coach Peter Moores, their dejection only half-hidden behind reflective sunglasses, were deep in conversation on the balcony.But India, who won at Lord’s for only the second time in 82 years, will have eyes only for the performance of Ishant, who returned career-best figures of 7 for 74 and invited comparisons with the brilliant spell in Perth in 2008 when he roughed up no less a player of fast bowling than Ricky Ponting and encouraged India’s hopes that they had a great fast bowler to reckon with.Ishant’s career has never quite turned out like that, but one could imagine that the intervening years had not existed as he pounded life from the Lord’s pitch with the old ball, reviving India’s spirits with the last ball before lunch by removing Moeen Ali, and adding Matt Prior, Ben Stokes and Joe Root to hook shots in a burst of 3 for 2 in eight balls as England descended into a self-destructive display of machismo.Stuart Broad, caught down the leg side, was his final victim, in a spell of 5 for 41 in eight overs, broken by lunch. His use of the short ball was encouraged by his captain, MS Dhoni, and began as a last throw of the dice 10 minutes before lunch, a response to a draining morning in which India had failed to disturb the equanimity of Root and Moeen. From that moment, India never looked back as, bowling from a great height, he exploited occasional indifferent bounce. This was the Ishant of India’s dreams – but for those who cared to look deeply enough, it was England assisted.The ending, in India’s eyes, was pure Bollywood. Ravindra Jadeja ran out his adversary, James Anderson. Then he offered a handshake which Anderson felt obliged to accept. Tomorrow, they are pitted against each other again in an ICC enquiry into the off-field brouhaha between them in the Trent Bridge Test.Ishant’s bohemian side was captured by the occasional appearance of non-cricket coloured purple pants as he tore in to bowl, East Perth replaced six years on by St John’s Wood. England’s innings ended in the 89th over, but the new ball was never even taken.That these are two middle-ranking teams with problems is undeniable, but their inadequacies as much as their promise had contributed to an engrossing spectacle on a Lord’s pitch of uplifting quality. India can celebrate in London before heading to the Ageas Bowl for a third Test beginning on Sunday; England face recriminations, with the Test future of their wicketkeeper, Matt Prior, also bound to be under scrutiny.India went unrewarded until the final ball of a morning session in which Root and Moeen played with skill and fortitude. Then Ishant summoned a wicked bouncer to have Moeen caught at short leg. One wicket, but potentially a huge psychological shift. There was no skill and fortitude after that, not from England anyway.Without that wicket, England could have taken enormous satisfaction from a morning which had chipped away 68 of the 214 runs they still needed. India’s dressing room morale would have been shaken. But the ball reared aggressively enough for Moeen to tilt his head away in self-protection and a simple catch flew off the glove to Cheteshwar Pujara at short leg. India, it turned out, had found a way to succeed.Ravindra Jadeja and James Anderson shake hands after Jadeja completed India’s win by running him out•Associated PressRoot seemed to have ensured that England went to lunch as buoyant as possible. Ishant had been brought back to hunt a wicket that India were desperately in need of but 14 came off the over. Root struck three boundaries in that first over back, passing his half-century on the way. He moved through the offside arc – straight, covers, backward point. With England 170 for 4, an unlikely victory 149 runs away, it was India’s lowest point.From 72 for 4, Root and Moeen had assembled a fifth-wicket stand of 101 in 44 overs, Root relishing the tension, Moeen composed alongside him, vulnerable occasionally against Ravindra Jadeja’s left-arm spin as a couple of nudges dropped safely away from the leg trap.There had only been one successful chase at Lord’s beyond 319 and only 27 successful chases of 300 or above in Test history. But sides bat deeper these days and, although a wonderful Lord’s pitch was now offering substantial turn, India only had one (fairly) specialist spinner in Jadeja. The choice of Stuart Binny’s medium pace above the spin of R Ashwin was hard to justify.Such debates were silenced by Ishant. With the new ball only four overs away as he began his innings after lunch, Prior might have been expected to try to hang around with Root, so protecting a young talent like Stokes from the new ball. Instead, he chose aggression, eager to make progress against the short stuff. With the new ball theoretically only two balls away, Prior hooked Ishant to deep midwicket with three men laid out for the trap.Stokes, out in Ishant’s next over, collected a pair, failing to pull him up the slope and skying to Pujara at midwicket. His run of England failures is so long it is now a phone number in the UAE according to fans there. At least Root’s swivel pull later in the over had an element of control, but he picked out deep square all the same. Root had imagined he might plot a route to victory. Instead Root 66 turned out to be a road to oblivion.India’s only other win at Lord’s came in 1986. David Gower, a captain under pressure, had just followed up a home Ashes victory with a heavy defeat the following winter. He was replaced by Mike Gatting as captain after India won at Lord’s. It was easy to advance a theory, perhaps fanciful given England’s protestations of loyalty, that Cook might go the same way. But at his post-match press conference he insisted that he had no intention of resigning.

افتتح نادي الزمالك اليوم الإثنين باب تلقي طلبات الترشح لانتخابات مجلس إدارة القلعة البيضاء، وذلك وفقًا للموعد المحد سلفًا من قبل لجنة تسيير الأعمال.

وأعلنت اللجنة المختصة بتلقي طلبات الترشح عن غلق الباب لليوم الأول، بتلقي طلبات أربعة مرشحين.

عماد البناني: الزمالك يحتاج لكل يد عاقلة.. ولا أملك عصا سحرية

وأوضحت اللجنة أنه قد تقدم كريم عادل عبيد عضو الجمعية العمومية على منصب أمين الصندوق، كما تقدم كل من أحمد عفيفي ورجب رواش وأحمد فودة نصير بأوراق ترشحهم على منصب العضوية فوق السن.

وفتح في العاشرة صباح اليوم 4 سبتمبر باب الترشح لتلقي الطلبات لانتخابات الزمالك المقبلة، ويستمر لمدة سبعة أيام متتالية ولمدة ثماني ساعات يوميًا من الساعة العاشرة صباحًا وحتى السادسة مساءً.

عمرو الحديدي: الأهلي لا يخشى أي منافس في إفريقيا.. ويجب مساندة الزمالك

وتتكون لجنة تلقي طلبات الترشيح من، عماد البناني المدير التنفيذي رئيسًا للجنة، وأيمن عبد الخالق مدير المتابعة وعلاء حنفي مدير السكرتارية العامة ومحمد عبد الفتاح مدير المشتريات ومحمد خالد القائم بأعمال مدير الاشتراكات وعصام عباس نائب مدير الاشتراكات ومصطفى سعيد مدير الخزينة وصلاح صبحي قسم الخزينة، وممثلي مديرية الشباب والرياضة بالجيزة.

وكان مجلس إدارة نادي الزمالك قد تقدم باستقالة جماعية قبل أيام، وذلك بعد قرار عزل مرتضى منصور رئيس القلعة البيضاء.

On the eve of Holi, the Hindu festival that will be celebrated throughout Nepal, the country’s cricket team provided another reason rejoice. Not that they need much excuse

Alan Gardner in Chittagong16-Mar-2014On the eve of Holi, the Hindu festival that will be celebrated throughout Nepal, the country’s cricket team provided another reason rejoice. Not that they need much excuse. Nepal’s cricket following is perhaps more widely known than many of the players, although the captain, Paras Khadka, is making quite a mark at the World T20, where he led his team to an exhilarating victory over Hong Kong on their tournament debut.Cheered on by a strong contingent of Chittagong-based Nepalis, mostly made up university students, and in front of a global TV audience, Nepal showed their nerve as well as their skill. Khadka described victory as “gift to our people”, thousands of whom had turned out to watch the game on big screens in town squares around the country. Holi, known as the festival of colour, will be all the more vibrant because of it.”That’s what we play for, as cricketers, the fan following and the amount of love and support that everybody gives us,” he said, “I think it is one of the biggest motivational factors for us to do well. Everywhere we go, all over the world, we get massive support and we want to do it for our people. It’s the colour festival back home, so it’s one of our gifts to our people. We’re pretty happy with what we did today.”Nepal’s story has been one for the romantics but the ardour has been known to overtake the players. Attacking strokes abounded, particularly from the openers in a rapid partnership but Nepal were indebted to a cool-headed stand between Khadka and Gyanendra Malla, two of the team’s most experienced players. The innings fell away again after Khadka’s departure, with 33 scored off the last 22 balls as Nepal just failed to pass 150.”That’s something we are used to, both of us have been doing it for a very long time so it was nothing new for us,” Khadka said of his stand with Malla. “Thankfully we had a very good start, building up the momentum. I still feel we should have got at least 10-15 runs more than we did but in a tournament like this you need to execute everything right.”Fortunately today Hong Kong didn’t have a very good day with the bat but then, if you want to do well in the tournament, I’d say we were short. As batsmen we try to build it up for the latter stages, the finishing wasn’t as good as we wanted but as long as we win we’ll take it every day.”With the hosts, Bangladesh, next up, Khadka was already eyeing areas for improvement. Nepal’s fanbase will be swamped by an equally passionate home crowd on Tuesday – although Khadka said his players would be “only hearing the Nepali supporters” – with the winner taking a significant step towards the second round, after Bangladesh’s emphatic victory over Afghanistan.”We have done most things right today but there are still a lot of things we need to do, especially against Bangladesh,” Khadka said. “They had a very good day as well so it’s a matter of starting all over again.”Jamie Atkinson, Hong Kong’s captain, cut a contrasting figure after the game, the disappointment plain to see on his face. He said that the performance “wasn’t really a true reflection of Hong Kong cricket”, which is probably fair after impressive performances against more-established sides during the warm-ups. Both Hong Kong and Nepal were playing their first T20 internationals, as well as being introduced to the pressure of performing in front of TV audience running into the millions. “In the end it was probably the big stage that got to us,” Atkinson said.”We had a good build up to the match, there was a relaxed feeling in the dressing-room. It was a big game for Hong Kong cricket, as it was for Nepal. In the end they’ve handled that better than us. There was quite a big crowd for a Hong Kong game and we haven’t really experienced that in the past. That contributed a bit. There was always going to be nerves among all the players, being a first T20I for every single player in the team.”

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Sete derrotas e três empates. Esse é o retrospecto do São Paulo na Arena Corinthians, onde o título do Campeonato Paulista será decidido a partir das 16h do próximo domingo, após empate sem gols no Morumbi. O desafio é grande, não o suficiente para deixar Cuca assustado. Ele está acostumado às causas “impossíveis”.

– É, sem dúvida nenhuma, um desafio muito grande. Mas são esses desafios que marcam a gente no futebol. Nós temos um time jovem, temos que preparar bem todos eles para esse desafio. É o grande desafio. Falta um jogo para o São Paulo ser campeão. Por que ele não pode ser campeão? Ele tinha uma vantagem de ter o torcedor do lado no jogo de ida. O torcedor foi fantástico e não foi suficiente. Pode ser que lá a vantagem de ter o torcedor também não seja suficiente para o Corinthians. Então nós vamos preparar bem durante toda a semana para fazer um grande jogo domingo – disse o treinador, após o jogo do fim de semana.

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Abaixo, relembre algumas façanhas da carreira de Cuca, inclusive pelo Tricolor.

NO SÃO PAULO EM 2019

Cuca conseguiu uma façanha logo em sua primeira partida nesta passagem pelo São Paulo: depois de sete derrotas em sete jogos no Allianz Parque, o Tricolor arrancou um empate sem gols na semifinal do Paulistão e eliminou o rival nos pênaltis.

NO SÃO PAULO EM 2004

Cuca estava à frente do São Paulo em uma jornada épica na Libertadores de 2004. O time perdeu o jogo de ida das oitavas de final para o Rosario Central por 1 a 0, na Argentina, e saiu atrás logo no começo do jogo no Morumbi. Para piorar, Luis Fabiano teve a chance de empatar de pênalti e perdeu. Grafite, que saiu do banco ainda no primeiro tempo, fez 1 a 1 no último lance antes do intervalo. Com a torcida em polvorosa, Cuca manteve os jogadores no gramado e, no segundo tempo, Grafite marcou mais um. Nos pênaltis, Rogério Ceni defendeu duas cobranças e classificou o Tricolor, que cairia nas semifinais daquela competição para o Once Caldas.

NO GOIÁS EM 2003

O treinador assumiu o Goiás na reta final do primeiro turno do Brasileirão de 2003, com o time atolado na zona do rebaixamento. Com ele, o Esmeraldino chegou a ficar 16 partidas sem perder e ganhou até do campeão Cruzeiro, terminando em nono lugar e garantindo uma vaga na Sul-Americana. Foi esse trabalho que colocou Cuca no radar dos grandes clubes brasileiros, tanto que o São Paulo o contratou para 2004.

NO FLAMENGO EM 2009

Cuca foi vice-campeão carioca duas vezes seguidas, ambas dirigindo o Botafogo em finais contra o Flamengo, em 2007 e 2008. Em 2009, os mesmos clubes chegaram à decisão mais uma vez, mas dessa vez o treinador estava do lado rubro-negro e teve de ouvir a torcida alvinegra gritar que “vice é o Cuca”. Após empate por 2 a 2 no primeiro jogo, o Fla abriu 2 a 0 na partida de volta e colocou uma mão na taça. Mas o Botafogo empatou no segundo tempo e despertou os fantasmas de Cuca. Os vices seriam mesmo culpa dele? Nos pênaltis, o Flamengo venceu. Foi o primeiro grande título da carreira do treinador.

NO FLUMINENSE EM 2009

Livrar o Fluminense do rebaixamento foi um dos maiores desafios da carreira de Cuca, se não o maior. Ele assumiu a equipe com o campeonato em andamento, substituindo Renato Gaúcho, e chegou a ver os matemáticos dizerem que a chance de queda era de 99%. Mas uma arrancada fulminante, com 19 pontos ganhos nas sete rodadas finais, livrou o Tricolor Carioca da queda. Paralelamente, a equipe ainda chegou à final da Copa Sul-Americana – perdeu a ida para a LDU por 5 a 1 e por pouco não se recuperou na volta, quando venceu por 3 a 0. Nascia ali o time de “guerreiros”, como o Flu campeão nacional em 2010 e 2012, já sem Cuca, foi chamado.

NO CRUZEIRO EM 2011

O Cruzeiro de Cuca chegou ao segundo jogo da final mineira de 2011 em situação pior que a do São Paulo na decisão paulista de 2019: foi derrotado por 2 a 1 pelo Atlético-MG no jogo de ida. Na volta, porém, ganhou por 2 a 0 e foi campeão.

NO ATLÉTICO-MG EM 2013

Cuca conquistou o maior título da história do Galo em uma epopeia que teve Ronaldinho Gaúcho – indicação sua ao presidente Alexandre Kalil – como grande estrela. As quartas de final, a semifinal e a final foram decididas nos pênaltis. Contra o Tijuana (MEX), Victor defendeu um pênalti que classificaria os mexicanos no último minuto do segundo jogo. Contra o Newell’s Old Boys (ARG), Guilherme marcou o gol que levou a disputa para as penalidades no fim do segundo tempo da partida de volta. Contra o Olimpia (PAR), na final, o Galo devolveu o placar de 2 a 0 da ida com muito sofrimento no Mineirão. A cada vez que as coisas pareciam ficar impossíveis, o Galo crescia ao som do “eu acredito” gritado pela galera.

NO PALMEIRAS EM 2016

Com Cuca, o Palmeiras conquistou em 2016 um título que já não vinha desde 1994. Como se não bastasse, o técnico ainda quebrou tabus importantes em sua primeira passagem pelo clube: o Verdão voltou a vencer o Corinthians no Pacaembu após 20 anos (no Paulista), bateu o Sport em Pernambuco depois de sete anos, superou o Atlético-PR em Curitiba depois de oito anos e venceu o Internacional no Beira-Rio depois de 19 anos.