Primeiro time de Messi, líder do grupo… Conheça o Newell's Old Boys, adversário do Santos na Sul-Americana

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da bet sport: Após uma vitória e um empate na Copa Sul-Americana, o Santos realizará o seu terceiro jogo pela Copa Sul-Americana. O adversário da vez será o Newell’s Old Boys, da Argentina. O confronto acontecerá na noite desta terça-feira (2), no estádio Marcelo Bielsa, a partir das 21h30 (de Brasília).

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BREVE HISTÓRIA

O clube começa dentro de um colégio, na Argentina, fundado pelo inglês Isaac Newell. Anos após a criação da instituição de ensino, em 1903, Claudio Newell, filho do fundador, decide montar um time de futebol com alunos e ex-alunos. Para marcar o acontecimento, aproveita e registra o clube com o sobrenome da família. Desse jeito, inicia a jornada do “Clube Atlético Newell’s Old Boys” (ou Meninos do Newell na tradução direta).

Apesar de não ter grandes conquistas internacionais, o time detém uma fama eterna por ser o primeiro clube da carreira de Lionel Messi.

ATUAL MOMENTO

Na disputa da Sul-Americana, o clube argentino registra um bom começo. Triunfou sobre o Audax Italiano, fora de casa, por 1 a 0, na primeira rodada. No segundo jogo, venceu com autoridade, por 3 a 0, o Blooming. Por conta dos resultados, o time é líder do Grupo E.

O desempenho no Campeonato Argentino não é o mesmo. Ainda na primeira fase do torneio, o clube está na 12ª colocação, uma posição mediana na tabela que possui 28 equipes. Nos últimos cinco jogos da competição, o time venceu uma vez, empatou em duas ocasiões e perdeu em outras duas oportunidades.

HISTÓRICO

Santos e Newell’s Old Boys se enfrentaram quatro vezes na história. Em 4 jogos disputados, o Peixe venceu três vezes e o duelo terminou empatado em uma ocasião. Contudo, vale ressaltar que os clubes não se encaram há anos. A última vez que jogaram uma partida juntos foi em 1977.

'Very proud' Jobe Bellingham promises it's 'just the beginning' after new Borussia Dortmund star makes debut in disappointing Club World Cup draw

Jobe Bellingham sent a message to the Borussia Dortmund fans after making his debut for his new team at the Club World Cup on Tuesday.

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Bellingham made his BVB debut on TuesdayCame on a substitute on the hour markFelt 'very proud' about the occasionFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Dortmund's latest signing Bellingham followed in the footsteps of his elder brother, Jude, and made his debut for the German giants in the side's opening game of the Club World Cup on Tuesday. While the game against Brazilian side Fluminense ended in a 0-0 draw, the ex-Sunderland starboy sent a message to his fans and expressed how proud he was to represent Dortmund.

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The 19-year-old completed his record-breaking move from Sunderland for a fee of €33 million (£28m/$38m) and joined his new team-mates for training in the United States to prepare for the ongoing Club World Cup. Bellingham, as expected, came on as a substitute in the 59th-minute, after head coach Niko Kovac had explained why the English midfielder will not be starting games right off the bat.

WHAT JOBE BELLINGHAM SAID

Taking to Instagram, Bellingham posted a number of photos from his Dortmund debut and wrote: "Very proud to have my debut in black & yellow. Big games coming up.. Just the beginning."

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Bellingham will be expected to play a similar role off the bench in Dortmund's next game, in which they take on South African heavyweights Mamelodi Sundowns on Saturday, June 21.

Molineux returns to Cricket Australia contract list after all-format comeback

The allrounder had an impressive tour of Bangladesh having returned from lengthy injury layoffs earlier in the year

ESPNcricinfo staff08-Apr-2024Sophie Molineux has returned to Cricket Australia’s central contract list following her successful comeback across formats.Molineux, who was dropped from the list two years ago, has played Tests, ODIs and T20Is over the last two months after an extended period on the sidelines due to a variety of injuries, most recently an ACL. Those appearances had been enough for her to earn an upgrade to a contract before confirmation of the 17 names in 2024-25 group.Related

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Molineux made her comeback in the Test against South Africa in Perth. She was named Player of the Series in the T20Is against Bangladesh which concluded last week having taken six wickets at 8.33. Earlier in the tour she took 3 for 10 on her return to the ODI side.She has recently forced the experienced Jess Jonassen out of the squad but Jonassen, who has not featured since the tour of India last December, has retained her contract.The retired Meg Lanning is the only player to drop off the list from last year. The MoU between CA and the Australia Cricketers’ Association allows for between 15 and 18 contracts.”We’re really pleased to be able to offer Soph a contract after her successful return to the side this summer,” national selector Shawn Flegler said. “She’s shown a great deal of resilience to get back to full fitness and she’ll play an important role next summer.”Players not awarded contracts as part of the initial squad can earn upgrades throughout the year by accruing 12 upgrade points. Players receive five points for a Test match, two for an ODI and two for a T20I.Australia face another busy season of action in 2024-25 including the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh and the multiformat Ashes next January. They will host New Zealand for T20Is before the World Cup followed by a return series in December while they also host India for three ODIs.

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Chameera out of second ODI with quadriceps injury

Sri Lanka have called up Asitha Fernando as replacement

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Dushmantha Chameera hurt his quadriceps during the first ODI•AFP/Getty Images

Dushmantha Chameera will miss Sri Lanka’s second ODI against Afghanistan, with Asitha Fernando drafted into the squad as his replacement.Chameera had limped off midway through his eighth over during Sri Lanka’s 42-run victory in the first ODI. He had picked up two wickets at the time but could not continue after that. It has now been confirmed that he injured his left quadriceps.It is understood the injury is not related to any of his previous injuries; last year he had missed a chunk of Sri Lanka’s games with a torn pectoral muscle, and prior to that he had undergone surgery for an ankle injury.The extent of the current injury is unknown. The 32-year-old fast bowler underwent a scan following Friday’s game, the results of which have been sent to a specialist in the UK for consultation.”He’s feeling better now, but we won’t know for sure the exact nature of his injury until we hear back from the specialist,” Sri Lanka’s team manager Mahinda Halangoda told ESPNcricinfo.Fernando, his replacement in the squad, last played an ODI in November 2022, also against Afghanistan. He has played five ODIs in all, picking up the solitary wicket.However, he has impressed in Tests, most recently against Afghanistan when he picked up six wickets in the match to help Sri Lanka on their way to victory.

Shades of Sanchez: Arteta personally driving Arsenal move for £26m machine

Mikel Arteta will no doubt plead caution surrounding the signing of any new centre-forward this summer, with it not a guarantee that such a move will instantly propel Arsenal to long-awaited Premier League glory.

Indeed, it is not only through the middle where reinforcements are required, with an upgrade on the left flank also seemingly needed with Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossard scoring just ten top-flight goals between them this term.

That said, fans and pundits alike are craving a statement acquisition of a new striker after what looks set to be another second-place finish in the league, with the Gunners having also come up short in the previous two campaigns.

Not since the summer of 2022 have the club forked out for a new number nine, albeit with even Gabriel Jesus not exactly an out-and-out centre-forward, particularly considering much of his work came on the right flank during his prior stint at Manchester City.

With the Brazilian having since been ravaged by injury – with Kai Havertz also currently sidelined – there is a real dearth of reliable options at the Emirates, a fact epitomised by Mikel Merino’s recent shift into a makeshaft target man.

Whether it is the difference between winning the league or not, the Gunners simply must sign a striker. If recent reports are anything to go by, the search has already started.

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The leading target for the north London side remains that of Alexander Isak, although question marks remain over just how feasible a deal would be for the in-form Swede, considering Newcastle United’s £150m asking price.

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With that in mind, the Gunners appear to be looking elsewhere in their extensive search, with Football Transfers naming Bologna’s Santiago Castro as a potential summer option.

As per the report, it is Arteta who is said to be ‘personally pushing’ to seal the signing of the young Argentine, with the Arsenal boss believed to be a ‘huge admirer’ of the promising forward.

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While the piece does mainly focus in on Arsenal’s parallel interest in Atletico Madrid starlet, Adrian Nino, the Spaniard appears more of a project signing, considering he only made his first-team debut for the LaLiga side in January.

Castro, meanwhile, may only be 20 himself, although amid a promising campaign in Serie A, he has seemingly caught the attention of Arteta as someone who could come in and make an instant impact at the Emirates.

Perhaps, he could well follow in the footsteps of a certain Alexis Sanchez in an Arsenal shirt…

Why Castro would be a good signing for Arsenal

While the Gunners did actually pluck Sanchez from Barcelona back in 2014, the Chilean did mirror his fellow South American by initially plying his trade in his homeland with Cobreloa, before then making his name in Italy at Udinese.

The now veteran forward – who has ended up back at the Italian outfit in the twilight of his career – notably scored 12 goals and provided a further ten assists in the 2010/11 Serie A season, before being poached by Barca, having typically operated as a centre-forward or second striker.

Castro, meanwhile, has followed a similar path after starting out in his native Argentina with Velez Sarsfield – for whom he scored nine goals in 64 games – prior to making the switch to Bologna last year, going on to score eight times and register four assists in Italy’s top flight in 2024/25.

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Now valued at around €30m (£26m), according to reports in January, Castro is well on course to emulating Sanchez’s final season at Udinese, with now perhaps the chance for Arsenal to pounce – rather than signing him later down the line, like they did with Sanchez.

Having been described as the “complete forward” by analyst Ben Mattinson, the 6 foot machine does mirror the ex-Arsenal man in also being able to feature on the flanks, ensuring he could also rival the likes of Martinelli and Trossard in that left-wing berth.

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Not just an “instinctive finisher”, in the words of Mattinson, the Buenos Aires native may also prove a valuable addition due to his innate link-up play, as shown by the fact that he ranks in the top 10% of strikers in Europe’s top five leagues for pass completion.

A composed presence both in possession and in front of goal, Castro could certainly be worth taking a punt on. With Arsenal having seen the success of signing Sanchez, amid his return of 124 goals and assists in just 166 games for the club, the capture of a potential successor will hopefully prove just as fruitful.

With 20 goals and assists in 46 games for Bologna since signing back in January 2024, the 20-year-old could well be a wildcard solution.

Arsenal hold early talks to sign £50m striker likened to Neymar and Mbappe

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'Absolutely awful' – Everton fans slam new stadium name and insist 'nobody will be calling it that' ahead of departure from Goodison Park

Fans have criticised Everton's new stadium name, with one claiming "nobody will be calling it that".

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    It was announced on Friday that the Toffees had agreed naming rights for their new ground with Hill Dickinson, a legal firm in Liverpool. Social media reacted to the unexpected news.

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    WHAT THE FANS ARE SAYING

    Social media users were bemused, with @kaapie20 saying: "Absolutely awful. I’m in the legal world and I cannot see that HD would be able to compete on any level with Qatar Airways and like. What are the numbers? Astonished."

    @xstex wrote: "Nobody is calling it that."

    @austinrathe agreed, posting: "Is this a joke?"

    Another user, @xAlexTHFC said: "Might be the worst stadium name in the world"

    @Krypto_Kenji said: "That is probably the worst name for a stadium in all of the English football tiers"

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    Everton will move into their new ground at the beginning of next season. They are set to play their last ever men's match at Goodison Park against Southampton on Sunday, before the women's team moves in next season.

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    WHAT NEXT FOR EVERTON?

    After Sunday's emotional farewell to Goodison, David Moyes' side will finish their 2024/25 campaign at Newcastle next weekend.

Pakistan vs New Zealand World Cup warm-up game to be played behind closed doors

The ODI World Cup warm-up match between Pakistan and New Zealand, on September 29 in Hyderabad, will be played behind closed doors (without spectators in attendance) after the local police failed to provide assurance about arranging adequate security for the game. ESPNcricinfo has learned that the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has updated the BCCI about the development.The news, first reported by the on Monday, will impact the fans who bought tickets for the match. On Monday, September 25, four days after decision was made to play behind closed doors, the BCCI announced* that spectators who purchased tickets for the game will receive a refund.”ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 warm-up match between New Zealand and Pakistan scheduled to take place in Hyderabad on 29th September will now take place behind closed doors as per the advice of the local security agencies,” the BCCI statement said. “The match in Hyderabad coincides with festivals on the day and large gatherings are expected around the city. The spectators who bought tickets for the game will receive a full refund.”There has been a question mark over the Pakistan vs New Zealand warm-up game, a day-night fixture, since the HCA was told by local police that it would struggle to meet the security demands put in place by the ICC, for World Cup matches including the warm-ups. This is because of two major religious festivals, which take place around the same date as the match and involve large crowd gatherings.Related

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K Durga Prasad, who assists in running the HCA, confirmed that security was a factor behind the decision. “The BCCI is expected to take call whether the warm-up game, between Pakistan and New Zealand on September 29 in Hyderabad, will be a closed affair or not in view of the concerns expressed by the authorities to provide security as it clashed with the lord Ganesh idols immersion,” he said.The HCA had updated the BCCI recently about the issue, but was confident that it would conduct the match on schedule by coming up with a back-up plan in case the match date wasn’t changed. With the tickets sold and the broadcast plans set in stone, it was not possible to shift the match date.Earlier in August, Hyderabad police had expressed concerns over security arrangements following a tweak in the original schedule, which led to the city hosting back-to-back matches on October 9 and 10. It was a fallout of as many as nine fixtures from the original schedule being juggled once the India vs Pakistan match had to be brought forward by a day – October 15 to October 14 – as it coincided with the first day of the festival of Navratri.The HCA aside, the Cricket association of Bengal (CAB) too had requested the BCCI to reschedule a fixture in November as it clashed with the festival of Kali Pujo. In a letter to the board, the CAB had requested for the game – England vs Pakistan on November 12 – to be played a day earlier. In it’s response, the BCCI accommodated the request as part of its rescheduling of nine matches.Hyderabad is one of three venues, along with Thiruvananthapuram and Guwahati, that will host the warm-up segment of the tournament, to be played between September 29 and October 3, before the tournament proper starts on October 5.September 25, GMT 1430 The story was updated after the BCCI announced it would refund spectators who had purchased tickets for the match.

Mooney smashes ton as Scorchers topple ladder-leading Thunder

The prolific left hander took four boundaries off the final over to reach a brilliant hundred

AAP12-Nov-2023Perth Scorchers usurped Sydney Thunder at the top of the table after Beth Mooney’s third WBBL century powered her side to a 42-run win.After losing her superstar opening partner Sophie Devine early, Mooney almost single-handedly steered Scorchers to a competitive 159 for 4 at the Junction Oval.In reply, the resurgent Thunder fell to 18 for 3 by the end of the powerplay, having not dropped any wickets there in their previous seven games.Related

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Young quick Chloe Ainsworth (2 for 8) set the carnage in motion with back-to-back wickets and things only spiralled further out of control from there.The loss was only Thunder’s second of the tournament and relegated them to second spot on the ladder behind Scorchers.It was only in the twilight of the Scorchers’ innings that Mooney enjoyed a steady partnership as in-form Hannah Darlington spearheaded the Thunder attack to keep her team-mates quiet.Chloe Piparo did well to help Mooney steady the ship following the loss of Amy Jones just as Scorchers looked primed to take the power surge.Mooney had played a patient innings but smacked Sammy-Jo Johnson for four fours from five deliveries in the final over to snatch the ascendancy for Scorchers.On 97, Mooney pulled stand-in Thunder captain Johnson past deep midwicket for four to bring up an unbeaten ton on the last ball of the innings and the 61st delivery she faced.Mooney is now the only player to have passed 400 total runs in all nine iterations of the WBBL and is the current edition’s second-highest run-scorer, only one run behind Devine.Thunder were in trouble by the end of the power play after Ainsworth snared star imports Chamari Athapaththu and Marizanne Kapp in consecutive balls.Scorchers successfully reviewed an lbw shout on in-form Athapaththu before Piparo at point caught out-of-sorts Kapp for a golden duck.Rested with hamstring soreness, captain Heather Knight watched on helplessly as the Thunder batting order fell to 33 for 5 when Devine caught and bowled Claire Moore.Only Australian representative Phoebe Litchfield offered resistance at first drop so when she was caught in the deep from Amy Edgar’s bowling, Scorchers were home.

Head suffers fracture in his left hand with World Cup availability to be determined

He was struck when attempting a pull off Gerald Coetzee and after attempting to continue had to retire hurt

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Australia opener Travis Head has a confirmed fracture in his left hand which puts his availability for the early part of the World Cup in jeopardy after he was struck by a Gerald Coetzee short delivery in the fourth ODI against South Africa at SuperSport Park on Friday.Head was on 9, facing his eighth delivery, when he was struck on the left glove attempting a pull off Coetzee. He received treatment onfield from the Australian medical staff before continuing to bat but only faced three more deliveries before retiring hurt in clear discomfort. He was sent to hospital for an x-ray and Australia coach Andrew McDonald confirmed after the match that it had shown a fracture.He will have further scans on Saturday with more information on the severity of his injury and a timeline for his recovery to be determined. Head did return to the ground at the end of the match but had his left hand in a splint.”At this stage, it’s a confirmed fracture and how long that timeframe is, we’re yet to determine that so fingers crossed clearly with the World Cup fast approaching,” McDonald said post-match.”I’m not a medical person, but I think it’s a little bit higher up than the actual [index] finger itself. But I don’t know the actual terminology. It’s in a joint somewhere so I won’t go into the medical specifics. But, yeah, a confirmed fracture and to be assessed again tomorrow with another scan.”Australia’s chase of 417 suffered early dents when they were reduced to 22 for 2, but Head made a strong start. After he was struck he whipped Marco Jansen over deep backward square for six but then toe-ended the next ball just short of Kagiso Rabada at mid-off, taking the injured hand off the bat while playing the stroke. He immediately removed his glove at the non-striker’s end.The next ball he faced he made room to cut but Coetzee followed him and cramped him as he tried to flay it through the offside. He immediately winced in severe pain after playing the stroke and walked straight to the dressing room, informing stand-in South Africa captain Aiden Markram and the umpires that he could not continue as he walked off. Australia were 53 for 2 in the ninth over at the time and ended up being bowled out for 252 with Head not returning to bat when the ninth wicket fell.Travis Head walked back retired hurt after copping a blow to his left hand•AFP/Getty Images

The injury will doubtless increase speculation that Marnus Labuschagne, who was not part of Australia’s initial World Cup squad, could force his way into the final playing group. Labuschagne came on as a concussion substitute in the first ODI and scored an unbeaten 80 in a match-winning cause, and followed that up with 124 in the second game.Head’s injury adds to Australia’s long list of concerns heading to the World Cup. Pat Cummins (wrist fracture), Steven Smith (wrist tendon), Mitchell Starc (groin), Glenn Maxwell (leg) are all coming off lay-offs and hoping to be fit for the three-match ODI series against India that starts on September 22 in the lead-up to the World Cup.Ashton Agar also only played one game in South Africa coming off a calf strain before heading home to Perth for the birth of his first child. He was supposed to play at least two but he was unavailable due to soreness before flying home and he is unlikely to return to the squad until after the India ODI series.Cameron Green is coming off a concussion in the opening match of the South Africa series but McDonald was hopeful he would be available for final game of the series on Sunday after serving his mandatory eight-day rest period.”He’s been cleared by the medical team,” McDonald said. “So he’s just working away getting prepared. Hopefully, he’s available for game five. That’s the plan at this stage. We’ll be able to have some training tomorrow, assess that and there will be some forced changes and we’ll have some guys potentially a little bit sore. We’ll have to manage those guys as well.”Spencer Johnson is still unavailable due to a hamstring injury and Mitchell Marsh won’t bowl in Sunday’s final ODI with McDonald confirming he would return to bowling in India after some ankle soreness flared up during the Ashes series following an unexpected heavy workload.But with Head set to miss Sunday’s game and potentially the start of the World Cup, Marsh looks set to move up to open given the form he showed in India earlier in the year.

Rising Celtic star now on verge of sealing zero-profit Premier League move

da winzada777: The transfer window may be closed but that hasn’t stood in the way of more frustrating exit news for Celtic, who are now reportedly set to lose one of their rising stars to the Premier League.

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da wazamba: The Bhoys ended the January transfer window in a fairly positive mood despite losing Kyogo Furuhashi to Ligue 1 side Rennes, having welcomed the return of Jota before also signing Jeffrey Schlupp on loan from Crystal Palace.

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They’ve also since proved that even without Kyogo, they’re still more than capable of maintaining their dominance in Scotland and even handed Bayern Munich quite the test in the first leg of their Champions League play-off tie. Ultimately falling to a 2-1 defeat, Celtic at least gave themselves a late lifeline courtesy of Daizen Maeda’s effort to halve Bayern’s lead.

Whilst they continue to perform on the pitch though, the Scottish Premiership champions look destined to suffer yet another exit blow away from the action.

According to ExWHUEmployee, West Ham United are now on the verge of signing Daniel Cummings in a pre-contract deal which will, of course, see Celtic fail to make any profit on their talented youngster.

Just 18 years old, the young Scot has been stealing the headlines at youth level this season – scoring 18 goals in 19 games – but has still not done enough to break into Brendan Rodgers’ first team.

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Simply put, there’s not a lot more that Cummings could be doing. The teenager hasn’t just been knocking on the door of first-team football, he’s been threatening to destroy it altogether. With that opportunity not coming at Celtic Park, an exit always seemed on the cards.

Celtic will regret losing "impressive" Cummings

Although every young player must remain patient, the first-team chance that Cummings has been craving has never quite looked on the cards at Celtic. And the Scottish giants will regret that from both a football and business standpoint.

Had Rodgers given Cummings the opportunity that he has earned throughout the current campaign, then a contract agreement would have been far simpler to execute, as would then a profitable exit. After choosing to leave the forward out of contention, however, the Bhoys are set to lose a rising star for free this summer.

Among those described as “impressive” by analyst Ben Mattinson, Celtic could live to regret how they’ve handled their young striker, especially if he translates his goals at youth level into moments to remember in the Premier League.

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