He had been appointed to the post in October 2016, and was on a two-year contract, but has now quit five months before the World T20 in the Caribbean
ESPNcricinfo staff14-Jun-2018Hemantha Devapriya has resigned as Sri Lanka women coach with immediate effect, citing personal reasons. Devapriya had been appointed to the post in October 2016, and was on a two-year contract, but has now quit five months before the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean.Under his tenure, Sri Lanka managed to win only seven out of 34 internationals. In the World Cup last year in England, Sri Lanka won just one match out of seven. More recently in the Asia Cup in Malaysia, they got only two wins in five matches and finished fourth on the points table – having suffered a shock loss to Thailand.Sri Lanka’s next assignment is a home series against India in September. “Whilst thanking Devapriya for his services, SLC will start the process of engaging a new coach to take the women’s team forward,” Ashley De Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, said.A coach for the past 17 years, Devapriya had roles with Colombo Cricket Club, Nondescripts and Fingara Cricket Academy, before working with Sri Lanka A and Sri Lanka women. Devapriya made his first-class debut against Australia in 1980 before the Sri Lankan team was given Test status. He also toured England in 1981 before his participation in the rebel tour to South Africa ended any chance he had to play for his country. He ended his first-class career with 1761 runs in 70 matches.
حقق فريق نادي الزمالك، الفوز على نظيره سيراميكا كليوباترا، في المباراة التي جمعت بينهما السبت، ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.
الزمالك واجه سيراميكا كليوباترا، في إطار منافسات الجولة الـ 28 من عمر بطولة الدوري المصري، على ملعب استاد القاهرة.
واستطاع أن يحقق فريق الزمالك الفوز على سيراميكا كليوباترا، بنتيجة 4-2.
وبذلك يحصد فريق الزمالك 3 نقاط مهمة خلال مشواره ببطولة الدوري المصري هذا الموسم، حيث رفع رصيده إلى 37 نقطة محتلًا المركز الثامن من 22 مباراة.
بينما فريق سيراميكا كليوباترا يتراجع إلى المركز التاسع برصيد 37 نقطة، من 27 لقاء.
طالع | ترتيب هدافي الدوري المصري بعد هدفي زيزو ومابولولو أمام سيراميكا كليوباترا والداخلية
وفي مباراتين أقيمتا أيضًا السبت، بين بلدية المحلة وإنبي والاتحاد السكندري ضد الداخلية، انتهت كلتا المواجهتان بالتعادل الأول سلبيًا والثانية بهدف لكل فريق.
وكان النادي الأهلي نجح مساء الجمعة في تحقيق فوز هام على نظيره فاركو، ضمن مواجهات نفس الجولة بهدفين لهدف، وحصد 3 نقاط جديدة في ظل منافسته على صدارة ترتيب جدول الدوري ولقب البطولة هذا الموسم مع بيراميدز.
وكانت مباراة بيراميدز أمام سموحة قد ألغيت أمس في الشوط الثاني، بسبب وجود حريق في ملعب استاد الإسكندرية، ومن المقرر أن تحدد لجنة المسابقات برابطة الأندية المحترفة موعدا جديدا للمباراة.
ويتصدر فريق بيراميدز ترتيب جدول الدوري المصري برصيد 62 نقطة من 25 مباراة. جدول ترتيب الدوري المصري
1- بيراميدز – 62 نقطة – 25 مباراة.
2- الأهلي – 48 نقطة – 20 مباراة.
3- المصري – 45 نقطة – 27 مباراة.
4- زد – 41 نقطة – 26 مباراة.
5- إنبي- 41 نقطة – 27 مباراة.
6- فيوتشر – 41 نقطة – 27 مباراة.
7- سموحة – 39 نقطة – 26 مباراة.
8- الزمالك – 37 نقطة – 22 مباراة.
9- سيراميكا كليوباترا – 37 نقطة – 27 مباراة.
10- الاتحاد السكندري – 37 نقطة – 28 مباراة.
11- طلائع الجيش – 34 نقطة – 26 مباراة.
12- الإسماعيلي – 31 نقطة – 28 مباراة.
13- الجونة – 31 نقطة – 28 مباراة.
14- البنك الأهلي- 30 نقطة – 28 مباراة.
15- فاركو – 25 نقطة – 28 مباراة.
16- بلدية المحلة – 23 نقطة – 27 مباراة.
17- الداخلية – 19 نقطة – 28 مباراة.
18- المقاولون العرب – 19 نقطة – 26 مباراة.
يمكنكم متابعة ترتيب جدول الدوري المصري محدث باستمرار من هنا.
Leeds United battled to a second successive Championship victory with a hard-fought win at home to Bristol City this afternoon, with goals from Daniel James and Joel Piroe sealing all three points for Daniel Farke's men on the day.
Having seen off Queen's Park Rangers in midweek following an early strike from Crysencio Summerville at Elland Road, it was another Dutchman who struck the decisive blow again this time around, with that man Piroe netting his fifth goal of the season so far.
How did Joel Piroe perform against Bristol City?
It is fair to say that there were question marks surrounding the 24-year-old heading into today's game against Nigel Pearson's side, with the continued use of the former Swansea City man in an unorthodox number ten berth having sparked much debate among fans and pundits alike.
In midweek, the Leeds faithful were likely to have been 'left wondering again about this experiment with him behind a striker' – according to Leeds Live's Beren Cross – with it set to have been no surprise if Farke did tweak his thinking for the visit of the Robins.
Joel Piroe
The promotion expert stuck to his guns, however, and was rewarded handsomely, with Piroe netting just after the break with a delightful driven effort from range, expertly silencing the doubters in the process.
It was, however, the display of the one-time PSV Eindhoven man's strike partner that particularly caught the eye, with club-record signing Georginio Rutter having been "so impressive" when leading the line – in the words of The Athletic's Phil Hay.
How did Georginio Rutter play against Bristol City?
With the Whites having splashed out a hefty £35.5m in order to sign the young Frenchman back in January, that sizeable investment looked to have been something of a mistake following what was a muted end to last season for the 21-year-old, as he failed to score in 11 Premier League games.
Leeds forward Georginio Rutter.
Now handed the true faith of the man in the dugout, however, the former Hoffenheim starlet is beginning to sparkle in his number nine berth, scoring twice and contributing three assists in ten league games so far this term.
Although the fleet-footed dynamo was unable to add to that haul of goal contributions earlier today – inexplicably firing over with the goal at his mercy at one stage – the improving talent couldn't have done much more to get involved in the game, having been "so influential", according to journalist Joe Donnohue.
The 6 foot sensation notably racked up a stellar tally of six key passes as a marker of his relentless creative threat – more than any other player on the pitch – having also created three big chances from his 45 touches.
While that did see Rutter lose possession on 16 occasions as he attempted to make things happen for the hosts, he more than made up for that fact with his work ethic off the ball, winning three fouls for his side and winning seven ground duels.
With two big chances missed, there is undoubtedly still room for improvement from the one-time Rennes man, although if that outing is a sign of things to come for the remainder of the season, then those at Elland Road should be in for a treat.
A invencibilidade de oito jogos alcançada pelo Fluminense veio acompanhada por um novo olhar sobre a equipe. O técnico Odair Hellmann encerra o primeiro turno do Campeonato Brasileiro contando com um elenco mais confiante e capaz de adaptar a novas alternativas de jogo, como foi o caso de Yago Felipe.
Na vitória por 1 a 0 sobre o Fortaleza, na Arena Castelão, o meio-campista mostrou segurança mesmo atuando em uma faixa incomum, mais próximo a Hudson. O bom rendimento do camisa 20 foi crucial na Arena Castelão e rendeu reverências do comandante.
-São as variações que estamos fazendo desde o início do ano. Optamos por lateralizar Hudson e Yago. Quando as coisas encaixam, fazer essa mudança traz um desconforto. Mas vimos durante a semana que traria o mesmo padrão que teríamos com o tripé. É importante porque gera confiança…. – disse o comandante.
A alternância entre a marcação e a criação de jogadas ficou nítida nos seus números. De acordo com dados do SofaScore Brazil, Yago conseguiu seis desarmes, ganhou dez duelos em 15 disputados e acertou 44 dos 50 passes (média de 88%).
Números que comprovaram a maneira como o meia tentou se impor em todas as áreas no Tricolor das Laranjeiras no duelo do último sábado, diante do Fortaleza. O bom desempenho coroa uma semana que começou com muitos desafios para Yago Felipe.
-A gente no início da semana tinha dúvida quanto ao Yago, que estava voltando de lesão. Ele se estabeleceu nos treinamentos. Ficamos felizes porque independentemente da variação, a resposta tem sido positiva. É por isso que estamos aliando performance e resultado – declarou.
Ciente de que já tem mais uma “cartada” para a equipe, o técnico Odair Hellmann tenta assegurar que a performance de Yago Felipe prossiga com plenitude no elenco tricolor.
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Liam Livingstone was in commanding form with the bat but results elsewhere meant that Lancashire went out at the group stages
ECB Reporters Network03-Jun-2018
Liam Livingstone plays square on the off side•Getty Images
ScorecardLancashire’s hopes of qualifying for the knock-out phase of the Royal London One-Day Cup ended despite a 25 run victory at Derby that dented Derbyshire’s chances of emerging from the North Group.Liam Livingstone’s 86 from 73 balls and Jordan Clark’s 51 from 40 balls took the Lightning to 290 for 8 with Duanne Olivier taking 2 for 36 from nine overs.A century opening stand from Billy Godleman (73) and Ben Slater put Derbyshire on course before Lancashire’s spinners turned the game as the home side ended on 265 for 8 but results elsewhere put the Lightning out.Derbyshire backed up their decision to bowl first with some disciplined bowling that restricted Lancashire to 42 from the first Powerplay with Haseeb Hameed dropped at deep midwicket on two.Hardus Viljoen found some late movement to have Hameed caught behind for 26 in the 13th over but Livingstone picked up the tempo by pulling Matt Critchley for six and then lifting Alex Hughes high over wide long on.Hughes had Alex Davies lbw caught on the crease for 39 from 58 balls before Livingstone hit his third six when he pulled Critchley over the pavilion and into the car park.A ramp over the wicketkeeper took him to 50 from 35 balls and Dane Vilas improvised well after surviving a difficult running catch on nine until he scooped Ravi Rampaul to deep cover in the 31st over.Livingstone drove Viljoen straight into the stand and looked set for a hundred until he tried to ramp the fast bowler and was bowled in the 37th over.The Lightning were in danger of falling short when Rob Jones missed a sweep at Wayne Madsen in the 40th over but Clark responded impressively to ensure they posted a competitive total by reaching 50 from 39 balls before edging a big drive at Olivier in the 48th over.Godleman and Slater came into the game on the back of an opening stand of 182 at Northampton on Friday and they established another solid launching pad by taking 55 from the opening powerplay.Godleman reached 50 from 48 balls and Slater brought up the century stand by driving Matt Parkinson for six but was beaten by the next ball and lost his middle stump.Madsen survived a fierce return chance to Parkinson before he was run out after being sent back and when Jones brought off a stunning diving catch at mid on to remove Hughes, the momentum was shifting towards Lancashire.Derbyshire’s progress had stalled against the spinners and Critchley’s attempts to break free against Stephen Parry only ended in the hands of long off.Godleman also fell to Parry and although Viljoen smashed four sixes in 34 ball 50, it could not save Derbyshire from a defeat that leaves them in fourth place with one game to play.
At the start of May earlier this year, Leeds United made the decision to part ways with Victor Orta and relieve him of his duties as the club's sporting director.
It came with the Whites struggling at the bottom of the Premier League table and they were eventually relegated down to the Championship, despite Sam Allardyce being appointed in a late attempt to secure survival after the Spanish director was sacked.
Orta, who has joined the Yorkshire-based side in 2017, had a mixed spell in charge of the footballing operations at Elland Road and supporters could pick out many examples of both good and bad pieces of transfer business from his tenure.
One move that the sporting director may look back on with immense regret was his decision to cash in on young goalkeeper Elia Caprile, who has gone on to forge a very promising career for himself since his exit last year.
How many appearances did Caprile make for Leeds?
The youngster was signed from Chievo's academy set-up at the start of 2020 and he was not given a single opportunity to play a first-team match for the club during his time at Elland Road.
He was 18 at the time of his move to England and put pen to paper on a three-year contract with the Whites, that would have expired at the end of last season.
Caprile had played 40 matches and kept seven clean sheets for Chievo's reserve team but had not made his senior bow for the Italian side.
The teenage titan also kept seven shutouts in 25 U17 outings for his former club and this form convinced Leeds and Orta to swoop for his services ahead of the second half of the 2019/20 campaign.
His only appearance for the Whites that term came in the EFL Trophy and the 18-year-old ace caught the eye with eight saves and a Sofascore rating of 8.2, which was boosted by a penalty shootout save.
Caprile was then promoted to the U21 team for the following season and kept five clean sheets in 18 Premier League 2 games throughout the 2020/21 term.
He was also an unused substitute in five Premier League matches for Marcelo Bielsa that season, which suggests that the talented youngster had impressed the Argentine coach enough to be trusted to be there as a back-up.
How much was Caprile worth at Leeds?
The impressive young ace left Elland Road prior to the start of the 2022/23 campaign and was valued at just €275k (£238k) by Transfermarkt at the end of his spell in England.
This valuation came after Orta and Bielsa had allowed the Italian prospect to spend the previous season on loan with Pro Patria in the third division of football in his home country.
Former Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa.
He made 39 appearances for the club in all competitions throughout the 2021/22 term and conceded 46 goals to go along with 13 clean sheets. This included 13 shutouts in 36 Serie C games during his first consistent run of first-team matches in his career at that point.
His form attracted interest from Serie B side Bari and they swooped to sign him on a permanent basis in the summer of 2022, as Orta and then-boss Jesse Marsch seemingly decided that he did not have a long-term future at Leeds.
How did Caprile perform last season?
That decision turned out to be a blunder by the former Whites sporting director as he had a mare with the shot-stopper, who went on to enjoy a fantastic 2022/23 campaign with his new club.
Caprile played a crucial role in Bari's season with a string of outstanding performances between the sticks after his move from the English side.
The 22-year-old ace, who was described as a "superstar" by talent scout Jacek Kulig, averaged an excellent Sofascore rating of 7.08 across 37 Serie B outings as he saved 77% of the shots against his goal throughout the season.
Per the aforementioned Kulig, Caprile had prevented 2.93 more goals than the xG of the strikes against him suggested that he should have by March, which shows that the former Leeds man was an above-average performer as a shot-stopper.
How much is Caprile worth now?
At the time of writing (10/10/2023), Transfermarkt have his market value at €4m (£3.5m) and this means that his price has soared over the last 15 months.
His value has rocketed up by a staggering 1,355% from the initial €275k that Transfermarkt placed it at when Leeds opted to sell him to Bari last year.
Since then, Caprile has proved himself to be an outstanding performer in the Serie B for his new club and earned himself a big move to Serie A champions Napoli this year.
The league winners swooped to sign him on a permanent basis from Bari and immediately loaned him out to fellow top-flight side Empoli, where he has made two appearances so far.
Appearances
168
Goals conceded
212
Clean sheets
48
His fantastic development since Orta sold him in 2022 suggests that the former Leeds sporting director had a big mare, particularly when you consider that the club's current number one has underperformed in that time.
How has Illan Meslier performed for Leeds?
The French shot-stopper has had a disappointing start to the current Championship season as the 23-year-old dud has conceded 1.73 more goals than expected across the first 11 matches, as per Sofascore.
This comes after the Leeds lightweight let in a whopping 13.14 more goals than expected and had a save success rate of just 58% across 34 Premier League outings during the 2022/23 campaign.
Leeds United goalkeeper Illan Meslier.
These statistics show that Daniel Farke's current first-choice has underperformed as a shot-stopper since the start of last season, as he has allowed far too many shots that the average goalkeeper would be expected to save to go into the back of his net.
Meanwhile, Caprile has outperformed expectations in Italy and earned himself a transfer to the winner of one of Europe's five major leagues, and is only one year younger than the Frenchman.
Therefore, Orta had a howler with the sale of the Italian colossus due to the potential upgrade that he could have been for Leeds over Meslier as well as his soaring market value.
Com três gols marcados em cinco minutos, o Palmeiras derrotou o Ceará por 3 a 0, nesta quarta-feira, no Allianz Parque, e deu importante passo por vaga nas semifinais da Copa do Brasil. Gustavo Scarpa,Raphael Veiga e Gabriel Veron fizeram os gols da partida. Assista ao gols do jogo no vídeo acima!
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Derby County have been handed a boost after learning that one of their first-team stars is set to return to action for tomorrow night’s game vs Blackpool in League One.
How have Derby started the season?
At Pride Park, Paul Warne’s side have had a mixed start to the new campaign having secured four wins, two draws and suffered three defeats from their opening nine matches, so having taken 14 points from a possible 27, they find themselves 12th in the table, as displayed by Sky Sports.
The Rams manager currently has Liam Thompson, Joe Ward and Elliot Embleton all on the sidelines through injury, with the latter having returned to his parent club Sunderland to undergo his recovery, and he’s also since confirmed that Callum Elder will be out for two to three weeks having had keyhole surgery on his hernia.
The Midlands outfit have additionally been without the services of Conor Hourihane in recent weeks having sustained a hamstring problem during the 1-1 encounter against Portsmouth last month, but the boss has now delivered a positive update on the fitness of the central midfielder from the Republic of Ireland.
Is Conor Hourihane injured?
Speaking after Saturday’s 0-0 draw against Cambridge United, Warne confirmed that Hourihane should be available vs Blackpool having stepped up his training. As quoted by The Derby Telegraph, he said:
“He should be fit. He's trained today (Saturday) and Friday. He's ticked all of the boxes and I am told he is going to train with the group on Monday. But as it is with Birdy and everybody else who has had an injury, they have to try to get back into the team.
"It will be nice to have him back and his set-piece delivery as well. We go into two away games that we have got to go and try to grab points in.”
Republic of Ireland midfielder Conor Hourihane.
How old is Conor Hourihane?
Despite Hourihane being 32 years of age, he’s firmly established himself as Warne’s overall best-performing player so far this season with a WhoScored match rating of 7.31, therefore, it will be a huge boost that he is available once again for Derby.
The Bandon native, who pockets £12k-per-week, has posted four involvements (two goals and the same number of assists) in seven third-tier outings this term, and his prolific form in the final third isn’t the only positive attribute that he brings to the starting line-up.
The Momentum Sports Management client is a versatile operator having been deployed in seven different positions since the start of his career, including everywhere across the midfield, at left-back and even out wide on the left wing, which allows the manager to be a lot more flexible in his formation and team selection.
According to journalist Josh Bunting, Hourihane is a “quality” veteran, and of course being the club’s captain, the excellent leadership that he brings to the centre of the field is another reason why his return to the pitch will be a major lift at Pride Park.
The PCB had acted promptly in issuing a notice of charge and provisionally suspending a different player in a case last year
Umar Farooq 09-Jul-2018Over two months on from the dope test, and three weeks since the results of that test became public, the Pakistan player who tested positive for a prohibited substance is yet to face any action.The player in question underwent a test in Faisalabad during the 50-over Pakistan Cup in the last week of April. News of a positive test only emerged through media reports, even though the adverse analytical finding from the WADA-accredited lab in India had reached the PCB in early June.The PCB was forced to tweet out a confirmation that a player had tested positive, but also said that under the ICC’s rules, it could not name the player until the chemical report was confirmed by their own government’s anti-doping agency. “We should have an answer in a day or two,” the board said in the tweet.That was on June 20, since when there has been no answer. The details of why there has been such a delay in getting the reports confirmed is unusual – one PCB official told ESPNcricinfo that the review board of the government’s anti-doping agency was doing a very thorough check of the lab results, which was causing the delay.A PCB official said that “the review board report will be out within the next two-three days”.The government’s anti-doping agency is regulated by the Pakistan Sports Board, but an official from PSB confirmed to ESPNcricinfo that, as of July 8, the body hadn’t received any request for a review from PCB.The timeline of this particular case stands in stark contrast to the last doping case the PCB handled. On October 5, 2017, Imran Butt tested positive during the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. A positive finding was confirmed by November 6, a review panel was set up the same day, he was provisionally suspended the following day and by November 15, a notice of charge had been issued.In this case, the PCB is yet to confirm the name of the drug or the prohibited substance found in the player’s urine sample. But if the review board confirms that a prohibited substance was indeed present in the sample, then the player will be ineligible to take part in the game for four years, given it’s his first offence. That sanction can be reduced only if the player manages to establish that he had no significant fault, or negligence, about the doping violation.
انتقد طارق يحيى، مدرب الزمالك الأسبق الأداء الذي قدمه الفريق أمام فاركو بالمواجهة التي جمعت بينهما مساء أمس ضمن منافسات الدوري المصري.
وانتهت مباراة الزمالك أمام فاركو بالتعادل الإيجابي بهدف لكل فريق في إطار لقاءات الجولة 29 من المسابقة المحلية.
وقال طارق يحيى في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة “إم بي سي مصر”: “لاعب الكرة يستمد قوته وجديته من قيادته الفنية، وأنا أرى أن جوميز لا يقدم كرة ولا يقدم الجديد للزمالك، الجماهير هي الحزينة في هذا الأمر”.
وتابع: “الزمالك فريق لا حول له ولا قوة، تصل للمرمى وتهدر الكثير، طريقة لعب غريبة جدًا، حالة من العشوائية غير طبيعية في الفريق”.
طالع | تامر عبد الحميد: مجلس الزمالك أصاب الجماهير بالخيبة.. وجوميز ليس مسؤولًا عن خلق الدوافع
وأكمل: “ما الوحي الذي أتى لجوميز لكي يٌشرك اثنين لاعبين صغار أمام فاركو وأنت متعادل بهدف، وأنت في أشد احتياج للاعب خبرة مثل عبد الله السعيد أو ناصر ماهر وبعد ذلك قام بتبديل أوباما”.
وأردف: “لو أنا مكان رئيس نادي الزمالك أوفر الدولارات واستقدم أحد من أولاد نادي الزمالك لكي يدرب الفريق، يوجد طارق مصطفى ومؤمن سليمان، الدوري راح، أمامك كأس السوبر وهذه البطولة حصدها مدربين مصريين من الأهلي، القصة لن تقف على أحد”.
واستطرد: “لا يجوز أن يكون هذا ترتيب نادي الزمالك في المركز التاسع بينه وبين الفريق المتواجد في المركز 11 أو 12 أربعة نقاط”.
واختتم: “مثل ما اللاعبين (رمت الفوطة) المدير الفني كذلك (رمى الفوطة)”.