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Neil Fairbrother has announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the end of this season

Lancashire CCC Press Release05-Sep-2002Neil Fairbrother has announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the end of this season. Fairbrother, 38 has been playing his county cricket with Lancashire since 1982 and has a career that included 4 B&H Cup wins, 3 NatWest Trophies and 3 National/Sunday League triumphs, in addition to this, he captained the side in 1992 and 1993.Fairbrother commented, "I have always said that I wanted to continue playing while I was enjoying my cricket and maintaining a standard which I found acceptable. Unfortunately, performances this season have fallen short of the standards I set myself, this obviously lessens the enjoyment of playing the game at this level."He continued, "However, I have had a long and successful career and I am proud of what I have achieved. I have played in some great teams, with some great players and perhaps most important of all, I have made some great friends."Club Chairman, Jack Simmons paid tribute, " He has had a wonderful career going back to 1982. I remember batting with him when he made 96 not out in his first game for Lancashire as a pro and he has provided lots of terrific memories since. He will be badly missed and I’m sure there will be a few tears when he goes."Cricket Manager Mike Watkinson added, Harvey and I made our Lancashire debuts in the same match and it is a tribute to his commitment, as well as his ability, that he is still playing at this level 20 years later. He has been a devoted club-man."Fairbrother’s new career will be with ISM, the sports management firm which is run by Andrew Chandler, his final home match is anticipated to be the Lancashire Lightning fixture against Northants Steelbacks on Sunday at Old Trafford, start is at 12pm.

أصدر مجلس إدارة الأهلي بياناً للإعلان عن تسلمه 2500 تذكرة من حصته في مباراة الغد أمام الوداد بنهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

واختتم الأهلي تدريباته مساء اليوم ضمن استعدادات مواجهة الوداد المغربي في نهائي المسابقة القارية والمحدد لها مساء غدٍ الإثنين على مركب محمد الخامس بالمغرب.

وكان الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم “كاف” قد أعلن أن حصة الأهلي هي 10 آلاف تذكرة لجماهيره من أجل حضور مباراة الوداد في نهائي البطولة القارية. طالع التفاصيل بيان الأهلي بشأن تسلم 2500 تذكرة لمباراة نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا

طلب محمود الخطيب، رئيس الأهلي الذي يترأس بعثة فريق الكرة بالمغرب من السفير ياسر عثمان، سفير مصر في المملكة المغربية، بتكثيف التواصل مع الجهات المعنية للعمل على تسهيل وتأمين دخول جماهير الأهلي في مباراة الغد مع الوداد في نهائي دوري الأبطال، والتي تقام على مركب محمد الخامس.

جاء ذلك في إطار التنسيق الكامل مع السفارة المصرية، ونظرًا لتدفق جماهير الأهلي من مختلف الأنحاء لحضور المباراة، في الوقت الذي لم تتسلم فيه البعثة سوى ٢٥٠٠ تذكرة فقط من العشرة آلاف تذكرة التي خصصها الـ«كاف» للنادي، وقد بذلت بعثة الأهلي جهدًا كبيرًا في التواصل مع مسئولي «كاف» واللجنة المنظمة للمباراة خلال الساعات الماضية للحصول على بقية التذاكر، لكن لم تتلقَّ أي استجابة.

وباتت هناك أعداد كبيرة من الجماهير المصرية في حاجة إلى تذاكر لدخول المباراة؛ لذا جاء تواصل رئيس الأهلي المبكر مع السفارة المصرية لتفادي أية أزمات عند دخول الجماهير غدًا، والعمل على تأمين سلامتها في نفس الوقت.

England batsman Graham Thorpe will miss the Ashes tour this winter after informing the team’s management that he is unavailable

Ralph Dellor24-Sep-2002

Graham Thorpe
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England batsman Graham Thorpe will miss the Ashes tour this winter after informing the team’s management that he is unavailable. So ends an unfortunate chapter, or perhaps even the whole international book, in the career of a supremely talented player who has denied himself the chance of ultimate fulfilment.Chairman of selectors David Graveney confirmed that Thorpe had made the decision because he did not want to be away from his family. “When I spoke to Graham he told me that he didn’t want to let anyone down. Obviously he has been in goodform recently with a couple of hundreds so there was no doubt about his ability to play, but he felt at the end of the day that he couldn’t commit himself to being away from home for that period of time.”There was no pressure brought to bear on him by the selectors. We respectGraham’s views at this time and fully understand the difficulties he has hadover the last six months.”Thorpe himself issued a statement through Surrey. “I have informed the selectors that I wish to withdraw from the tour to Australia.”During the six weeks away from the game my personal situation did improve and I felt that I was able to make myself available for the tour.”Since returning to the game I have found it difficult to consistently concentrate on cricket and I must be totally focused for the tour.”I therefore feel it is better to be honest with the England cricket team, the management, and myself now, rather than during the Ashes tour.”It would be wrong for me to go to Australia purely for the financial gain that it would bring me whilst I am finding it difficult to fully focus on the job in hand 100% of the time.”This has been the hardest decision of my cricket career. I ask that I may be given the respect and privacy required so that I may recover to play cricket at highest level next season.”Thorpe withdrew, first from one-day international cricket and then from all cricket as he attempted to rebuild his life after the distressing break-up of his marriage. However, in late August he contacted the selectors saying he was in the right frame of mind to make himself available for the tour. To demonstrate his commitment, he returned to the Surrey side with considerable success, scoring 143 against Hampshire in the Championship and, only last weekend, 114 against Gloucestershire in his first Norwich Union League match for two years.The England management accepted that he was mentally fit for the Ashes tour after he had convinced them of the fact at a series of meetings, but his absence now is a considerable blow to selection plans leaving a significant hole in the batting order. Thorpe’s record against Australia is impressive, with three hundreds in his 16 Tests contributing to the 1,235 runs scored at an average of 45.The announcement of a replacement player and the England one-day squad for the series in Australia this winter will be made by next Monday at the latest.The selectors may look no further than The Oval in that Thorpe’s Surrey colleague Mark Ramprakash must be near the top of their list, as could be opening batsman Ian Ward who has been scoring phenomenally for the champions. Robert Key of Kent played two matches at the end of the summer without either cementing a place or looking totally out of place, while Nick Knight of Warwickshire has been in prolific form. Owais Shah of Middlesex should not be discounted, either.Whoever is chosen, it will not be possible to compensate for Thorpe’s experience or the fact that, at his best, he has been one of the few English batsmen to be talked of in terms of world class. The simple fact is, however, that he has not been at his best because of his mental turmoil. Even when being interviewed immediately after his selection for the Ashes tour party, he sounded a tormented soul and it was evident that, whatever his protestations to the contrary, all his demons had not been exorcised.It might well be that the English international game has seen the end of Thorpe the cricketer. One can only hope that the eminently likeable Thorpe the man can get his affairs in order to lead the rest of his life outside cricket as he would himself wish.

Nottingham Forest have been dealt a blow in their bid to keep Brennan Johnson at the City Ground this summer.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to Alan Nixon’s report for The Sun on Sunday (via The 72), with the journalist claiming that Brentford are set to make a fresh bid of £6m for the versatile Forest winger.

The Bees were reported to have already seen an offer of £3.5m turned down for the 20-year-old this summer, with Dane Murphy’s side believed to be demanding a fee between £8m and £10m in order to part with the Wales international.

It is also claimed that the new Forest CEO is planning to offer the forward a new deal at the City Ground in an attempt to dampen the interest in his services, although no progress in these contract talks has been reported as yet.

Forest fans will be gutted

While Brentford’s potential offer for Johnson still falls a little short of Nottingham Forest’s reported asking price, the fact that the Premier League side are getting closer to lodging an acceptable bid for the 20-year-old could have left Forest fans gutted.

With there now being just £2m of a difference between the Bees’ bid and the £8m figure at which Forest are reportedly willing to begin negotiations, this is a gap which would appear to be relatively easy to close for Thomas Frank’s side.

Considering just how much raw talent Johnson quite clearly possesses, should Murphy indeed go on to sanction his sale this summer, it would not bode well for Nottingham Forest’s Championship aspirations this season.

Indeed, over his 43 League One appearances while on loan with Lincoln City last term, the £360k-rated man bagged 11 goals, registered 12 assists and created four big chances for his teammates, taking 2.3 shots and making 0.7 key passes per game.

These metrics saw the man Sabri Lamouchi dubbed an “unbelievable” player earn an average SofaScore match rating of 6.98, ranking the £2.5k-per-week winger as Michael Appleton’s sixth-best performer in the third tier last season.

As such, the addition of the 20-year-old to Chris Hughton’s first team squad ahead of 2021/22 would very much look to provide the Reds with an injection of both goals and assists, something they were desperately lacking last time out.

However, with Brentford’s interest in Johnson not likely to go away any time soon, whether or not Forest benefit from the youngster’s ability in their upcoming Championship campaign is very much up in the air at present, something which is sure to leave the City Ground faithful on edge.

In other news: Get him gone: Murphy must be ruthless with Forest’s “important” £18k-p/w Lamouchi flop

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Primeira novidade do elenco do Corinthians após os Estaduais, o meia-atacante Léo Artur iniciou a rotina de treinamentos no CT Joaquim Grava nesta sexta-feira. De volta de empréstimo ao Osasco Audax a pedido do técnico Fabio Carille, o jogador de 22 anos participou de um treino específico de passes e depois de um trabalho individualizado ao lado de Danilo e Carlinhos, que ainda fazem transição do departamento médico. A ideia é que Léo se integre aos poucos aos trabalhos e fique à disposição para o Campeonato Brasileiro, além de possíveis fases mais avançadas da Copa do Brasil e da Copa Sul-americana.

-Ele é um jogador que foi emprestado algumas vezes e teve participação muito boa. Não contamos com ele nesse momento, mesmo porque não está inscrito nas competições. Mas ele tem muita qualidade, fez parte do grupo profissional no passado e saiu porque achamos importante que saísse para jogar. Isso aconteceu e agora ele está reintegrado – explica Fabio Carille, que era auxiliar do Timão nos oito jogos de Léo Artur entre 2013 e 2014 como profissional.

Léo Artur apareceu no Corinthians como campeão da Copa São Paulo de Juniores de 2012 e foi logo promovido ao elenco profissional, pelo qual realizou oito partidas, mas não conseguiu superar a concorrência de nomes mais badalados, como Emerson Sheik, Romarinho, Jorge Henrique e até Alexandre Pato. Nos últimos três anos, o jogador foi emprestado seis vezes a clubes de menor expressão, e só se destacou no Osasco Audax, no Paulistão.

Em entrevista ao LANCE! publicada nesta sexta-feira, o jogador explicou que um drama pessoal, que foi a perda de seu filho há pouco mais de um ano, e a evolução profissional jogando em outras posições e clubes menores, foi decisiva para que ele aparecesse com boa projeção ao Timão, clube em que tem contrato até 2018.

-Pensei muitas vezes em dar um tempo na carreira, mas minha família, meus empresários e os psicólogos deram todo suporte que eu precisava. Fez um ano agora no dia 7 de abril, e eu só consigo pensar que isso não aconteceu à toa. Se aconteceu foi porque Deus quis, para me mostrar coisas novas e me fortalecer. Acho que a volta ao Corinthians é prova disso, porque através do ocorrido triste eu tive forças para lutar mais pelos meus objetivos – disse o jogador.

Léo Artur deve ser opção nas linhas ofensivas do Timão, jogando centralizado e, principalmente, aberto no ataque. Hoje, a equipe joga no 4-2-3-1 e os titulares da linha de três são Jadson, Rodriguinho e Romero.

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South Australia’s hunt for a big-name signing has finally come off with Younis Khan agreeing to a short-term deal for 2008-09

Cricinfo staff02-Jun-2008
Younis Khan is headed for Adelaide for part of the 2008-09 season © AFP
South Australia’s hunt for a big-name signing has finally come off with Younis Khan, the Pakistan batsman, agreeing to a short-term deal with the state for the 2008-09 season. The Redbacks made their plans known last week after failing to convince any major Australian players to move to Adelaide and the coach Mark Sorell was pleased to have his man.”Securing a batsman of Younis’ calibre will provide our young South Australian batsmen with unprecedented experience,” he said. “Our top order is really excited by the news. We expect Younis will play a key role in making sure the Redbacks are competitive this season and ensuring our bowlers have good targets to work with.”Sorell said there were specific details of the deal that still needed to be arranged but he expected Younis to arrive before the start of the domestic season in October. Younis will only be available until shortly before Christmas due to Pakistan’s Test and one-day commitments with India. If South Australia make the finals of either the Pura or FR Cups he may be free to return.

The Athletic’s Crystal Palace reporter Matt Woosnam believes it’s a great decision that Joel Ward has signed a new contract with the club.

Ward has signed a two-year contract extension which will take him up to the summer of 2023 at Selhurst Park and told Palace TV: “I’m delighted. I think it’s great to have committed the future to the club.”

Palace are under new leadership with Patrick Vieira appointed as the club’s new manager this summer, and he has looked to assemble his side already. This is because along with the new contract for Ward, Palace have made four summer signings with Michael Olise, Jacob Montes, Marc Guehi and Joachim Andersen all joining Crystal Palace.

On the new contract for Ward, Woosnam told Football FanCast: “Joel Ward has obviously signed and that’s been announced by Palace and I think that’s a great decision in the end.”

Ward has been a terrific servant for Crystal Palace as he has been with the club nine years and played 273 times for the club, scoring five goals and creating eleven more.

Whilst operating as a right-back mostly, Ward has also played on the side of defence at left-back, as well as appearing as a centre-back on a couple of occasions in the past.

Under new management and with new faces arriving at the football club, Crystal Palace will be hoping that they can improve on last season’s 14th place this upcoming campaign.

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O lateral Matheus Ribeiro treinou como titular do Santos no treino desta segunda-feira e deve entrar em campo no confronto com o Paysandu, nesta quarta-feira, às 19h30, na Vila Belmiro, pela partida de ida das oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil.

Com a ausência de Zeca e Caju, lesionados, e com a suspensão de Jean Mota na Libertadores, o camisa 13 deve ganhar uma oportunidade para ser testado. Ambidestro, o lateral atuou apenas quatro vezes neste ano.

O goleiro Vladimir chegou a treinar entre os titulares, mas voltou a dar lugar a Vanderlei. No fim, o camisa 1 esteve na roda de titulares que tiveram uma conversa por pouco mais de cinco minutos com o técnico Dorival Júnior.

O treinador ainda reuniu o grupo nas dependências do CT Rei Pelé após a atividade para passar vídeos sobre o Paysandu.

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تحدث نيلو فينجادا المدير الفني لاتحاد الكرة المصري السابق عن أسباب رحيله عن منصبه، مؤكدًا أنه سلم مسؤولي الجبلاية خطة المنتخبات الوطنية حتى عام 2028.

وقال فينجادا في تصريحات تلفزيونية لفضائية “الحياة” عبر برنامج “كورة كل يوم”: “فترة عملي في اتحاد الكرة كانت صعبة نظرًا لانتشار فيروس كورونا، وعندما غادرت أعطيتهم تفسيرًا لكل شيء، هو عمل لا بد ان يتم بشكل مستدام ولا ينقطع”.

جمال علام يوضح لـ بطولات حقيقة تولي عظيمة منصب المدير الفني لـ اتحاد الكرة

وأضاف: “على ثقة أن الاتحاد المصري سيجد من يعمل بشكل جيد، كنت أود أن أستمر وأعطي أكثر، ومصر على الطريق الصحيح، وكنت أحاول إدخال فلسفة معينة مع الفرق الوطنية، والآن هناك رؤية مستقبلية لكرة القدم حتى عام 2028، المديرون الفنيون الذي كانوا يعملون معي رائعين جدًا”.

وواصل: “مصر تملك أجيال جيدة جدًا، جيل 2003 رائع للغاية، وما قدمته للكرة المصرية ستظهر ثمارة خلال الخمس سنوات المقبلة، علاقتي بـ أحمد مجاهد طيبة وسهل لي كل شيء من أجل أداء عملي، أما المجلس الجديد كانت له رؤية مختلفة، ويمكن أن تتوقع أي شيء، وهناك متخصصون  في كرة القدم، حازم إمام ومحمد بركات وهما لهما صلة بكرة القدم ونقلت لهما كل المعلومات عن عملي”.

وأردف: “رحيل كارلوس كيروش لم يكن سببًا في رحيلي، الجميع يعرف مدى صلتي به، ولكن الأمر مختلف تمامًا، كنت أتمنى أن أستمر في منصبي، وللأسف هو من واجه حظًا عثرًا، لأنه خسر من السنغال في مباراتين وهذا كان أمرًا صعبًا”.

وواصل: “عقدت جلسة مع اتحاد الكرة قبل أن أغادر، وتركت الظروف مهيئة لمن سيأتي بعدي، وكيروش واتحاد الكرة اتفقا على التجديد، ولكنهما اضطرا لإنهاء الاتفاق بعد ذلك”.

واستكمل: “كيروش حجز تذاكر للعودة إلى القاهرة في 29 الماضي لكنه لم يعد لسبب مجهول، وحان الوقت لمساندة المدير الفني لمنتخب مصر إيهاب جلال، وهو من الشخصيات المحترفة، يلقي التعليمات بشكل جيد جدًا، ويقدم كرة قدم راقية، وكان اختيارا جيدا”.

واختتم: “أتمنى حظًا طيبًا لـ مصر أمام غينيا وسأكون مشجعًا للفراعنة وسأشاهد المباراة”.

Aston Villa were hoping to see striker Keinan Davis score some goals on loan before making a decision on his long-term future at the club, journalist Luke Hatfield has told Football FanCast.

The plan this season was to send Davis out on loan, with The Telegraph’s John Percy previously reporting that Stoke City were hopeful of bringing the 23-year-old to the bet365 Stadium.

However, those plans have been disrupted after Davis picked up an injury that has ruled him out of action for the next two months.

It is a frustrating development for both the club and player, with the former believing this campaign was an opportunity for their centre-forward to really prove himself.

Asked by FFC what Villa’s long-term plans for Davis are, Hatfield of the Express & Star replied:

“I think for them, they’re waiting to be convinced by him in terms of his goalscoring abilities. He’s come up with the odd goal here and there, but we’ve never really seen him go on a run of starts. That’s the issue for him.

“I think they want to be convinced by his performances in regular first-team football, which is why a loan move was so important for him.”

It is certainly a disappointing situation for Davis, who is likely to see very little action at Villa once he recovers from his injury following the surprise arrival of Danny Ings from Southampton.