Former U.S. international Stuart Holden believes Matt Turner’s 2026 World Cup hopes could be in jeopardy after the goalkeeper was left out of Mauricio Pochettino’s USMNT roster for November 2025. Holden pointed to Turner’s lack of competitive minutes as a growing concern, warning it may be damaging his standing within the national team setup.

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  Turner's omission raises concern

  Holden pointed out that Turner, currently with the New England Revolution, faces a challenging situation as he is unlikely to feature in a competitive match until February or March if he remains with the club. The American is currently on loan with the MLS side from Olympique Lyon. 

  “More concerning, I think for Matt Turner is that there was a recent article in which said that he's training with Crystal Palace currently,” Holden said on the . “A team that he was under contract with before….And it said he was training to get fit and to stay sharp, to be a part of this November window.

  “And then the roster comes out and Matt Turner is not on that roster. If he's going to stay through the next season with the New England Revolution, which is part of the the deal, he's not going to play a competitive game now until late. February or March? That's a long. Time for a goalkeeper who, by the way, has not played a lot of minutes over the past two years.”

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  From Holden’s perspective, Turner is presently on the periphery of the USMNT, both in terms of securing the starting goalkeeper role and even earning a spot on the roster. 

  “So as far as I'm concerned, Matt Turner is not only on the outside looking in at a starting position, he's on the outside looking in at a roster position, which is cause for concern for him,” Holden said. “And I don't know what he can do other than play a great start of the season in the spring to put himself back in that position.”

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  Turner returned to the New England Revolution on loan from Olympique Lyonnais in August 2025, a move intended to secure him regular minutes. Since his arrival in August, Turner played 10 matches and allowed 16 goals. He kept two clean sheets for a struggling team that failed to make the playoffs. 

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  The current USMNT group

  Pochettino called up NYCFC's Matt Freese along with Roman Celentano (FC Cincinnati), Jonathan Klinsmann (Cesena), and Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew). 

ظهر كودي جاكبو، لاعب فريق ليفربول، في مؤتمر صحفي اليوم للحديث عن مباراة آيندهوفن المرتقبة في بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا، مساء يوم الأربعاء.

ويستضيف ملعب “الأنفيلد” مباراة فريقي ليفربول وآيندهوفن في إطار منافسات الجولة الخامسة من دوري أبطال أوروبا، مرحلة الدوري، موسم 2025/26.

وقال جاكبو في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “ليفربول إيكو” الإنجليزية: “اللعب ضد آيندهوفن؟ حسنًا، من الواضح أنه أمر مميز للغاية، لقد كنت هناك لفترة طويلة، لدي ذكريات كثيرة، إنه لأمر مميز، لقد تعلمت الكثير هنا كلاعب، ونضجت كشخص خارج الملعب أيضًا”.

وعن السبب وراء اختفاء المرونة في ليفربول مؤخرًا، قال: “لا أعرف أين ذهبت، لكن علينا أن نحاول استعادة ذلك، نعلم أننا في وضع صعب، علينا أن نتكاتف، وهذا ما نحاول فعله داخل الملعب وخارجه، ذهنيًا وأدائيًا”.

وأضاف: “لم تكن هذه أفضل فتراتنا وعلينا أن نكافح من أجل تجاوز ذلك، نعلم أننا قادرون على ذلك، فقد قدمنا ​​أداءً جيدًا مثل ذلك الذي قدمناه ضد ريال مدريد، لكن علينا مواصلة القتال، الأهم هو أن نبقى متحدين مهما حدث”.

اقرأ أيضًا.. سلوت: لم أتوقع التواجد بهذا الموقف.. نتائج ليفربول لا تليق به وتلقيت صفقة قوية

وواصل: “نطالب بعضنا البعض بالمزيد، إذ يجب أن نؤدي بشكل أفضل وهذا ما يستحقه النادي والجماهير، نحن صادقون مع بعضنا البعض، ونقول إن بعض الأمور يجب أن تتحسن للعودة إلى ذلك المستوى”.

واسترسل: “تجاهل الضجيج من الخارج؟ قد يكون الأمر صعبًا، إذا كنت لا ترغب في قراءة أي شيء أو استيعاب أي شيء، فمن شبه المستحيل القيام بذلك في الوقت الحاضر مع وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي والإنترنت، ولكن إذا كنا معًا في غرفة الملابس، يمكننا اكتساب الثقة من بعضنا البعض، يمكننا أن نتحسن إذا فعلنا ذلك”.

وأفاد: “في آيندهوفن واجهنا الكثير من المشاكل (عندما كان لاعبًا هناك) وواجهنا صعوبات، فهم من أكبر الأندية في هولندا، لذلك كان الأمر صعبًا، الأمر لا يختلف هنا، لكن على مستوى مختلف، وهذا يجلب معه الكثير من المزايا”.

وفيما يخص الثقة، قال: “إذا فزت بالعديد من المباريات وسارت الأمور كما تريد، ستشعر دائمًا بتحسن أكبر من خسارتك، نحن نعلم مدى جودتنا وقد أظهرنا ذلك أحيانًا هذا الموسم، وبالتأكيد الموسم الماضي، علينا فقط أن نتحسن”.

وأكد: “يتحمل المدرب مسؤولية ذلك، لكن اللاعبين يتحملون مسؤولية كبيرة تجاه أنفسهم وتجاه المدرب والجماهير، نحن نعرف ما يمكننا فعله، أنا أتحمل المسؤولية بالتأكيد”.

واستأنف: “ليس الأمر جيدًا، كانت هناك مباريات تعادلنا فيها، ثم خسرنا في الدقائق الأخيرة، كريستال بالاس وتشيلسي ومانشستر يونايتد، أظهرنا قدرتنا على العودة، لكننا لم نحافظ على ذلك، علينا ألا نتأخر ثم نسجل المزيد من الأهداف، لا أريد حقًا أن أقول إن هذا يؤثر فيك، ولكن عندما يحدث ذلك مرتين، فنعم، لهذا السبب نتدرب لتغيير ذلك”.

وعن اللاعبين الجدد، قال: “في كل مرة ينضم لاعب جديد، يتطلب الأمر بعض التأقلم مع المحيطين به، إنها عملية مستمرة وتسير على ما يرام، لكن عدم فوزنا بالمباريات لا يساعد، نحن نتحسن، لكن عدم فوزنا قد يصبح موضوعًا للنقاش.

وعما يدور في غرفة الملابس، قال: “شعرنا ببعض الإحراج بعد مباراة السبت، فقد خسرنا 3-0 على أرضنا أمام جماهيرنا، نعلم أنهم هنا لمساعدتنا في كل موقف صعب، ولكن علينا أن نرد لهم الجميل أيضًا، في الأيام التي تلت ذلك، لا أريد أن أقول إننا كنا غاضبين لكننا حاولنا التحدث معًا وأن نكون صادقين مع بعضنا حول ما يجب علينا فعله لتحسين أدائنا على أرض الملعب”.

وأصر: “نعلم أيضًا أنه يجب علينا التكاتف لتقديم أداء جيد وتحقيق الانتصارات، الجميع يدرك أهمية تحمل المسؤولية داخل الملعب وخارجه، كان هذا مجرد حديث مع زميل في الفريقولم يكن اجتماعًا فعليًا، لكننا ندرك أهمية تحمل المسؤولية، هذا ما تحدثنا عنه، نحن صادقون، وإلا فلا جدوى من الحديث”.

وما إذا كان يتحدث مع لاعبي آيندهوفن حتى الآن، قال: “أتحدث مع شخص ما من وقت لآخر، جميع اللاعبين الذين كانوا حاضرين معي، لا أتحدث عن المباراة، لا أتحدث عن هذا، بل أتحدث عن سير الأمور وحالهم”.

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O Grêmio visita o São Luiz nesta quarta-feira (28), pela Recopa Gaúcha. A bola rola a partir das 19h30 (de Brasília), no Estádio 19 de Outubro, em Ijuí, com transmissão do SporTV e do Premiere.

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Data e horário: quarta-feira, 28 de fevereiro de 2024, às 19h30 (de Brasília)
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The pair has won the Plunket Shield with Wellington and were training together at Chennai’s Super Kings Academy recently to “learn different parts of our game”

Deivarayan Muthu18-Oct-2024Nick Greenwood and Jesse Tashkoff have traversed contrasting paths to the Wellington team.Greenwood, a batting allrounder, was born in Jersey before his family emigrated to New Zealand when he was two years old. Now 24, he has already had a taste of international cricket with Jersey, his birth island, and aspires to become a Black Cap in the future.Tashkoff, a year younger than Greenwood, is a left-arm fingerspinner who was born and brought up in Lower Hutt in Wellington. Tashkoff’s leadership skills were recognised early when he was appointed New Zealand Under-19s’ captain for the World Cup in South Africa in 2020. Having grown up idolising Daniel Vettori and admiring Mitchell Santner, Tashkoff also dreams of playing for New Zealand.In March earlier this year, Greenwood and Tashkoff won the 2023-24 Plunket Shield with Wellington. Four months later, their paths crossed again in Chennai, where the pair spent the New Zealand winter at the Super Kings Academy (SKA), preparing for the new domestic season, which will kick off with the Ford Trophy on October 20.”Obviously coming from New Zealand, the conditions are a lot different to what they’re like over here,” Tashkoff says. “So it’s nice to come over here and learn different parts of our game that we might not be able to experience back home just with the different pitch conditions and weather. So there are a lot of takeaways that we can grab from our training over here and implement it into our games back home. That’s our main goal coming into such trips here.”

“The change of pace is the biggest and easiest way to adjust but I’ve been also working on the carrom ball, the slider and the arm ball as well. Just need to get more confidence in the nets practicing it before I can bring the carrom ball into a game this season”Jesse Tashkoff

For Greenwood and Tashkoff, it was also an opportunity to reconnect with Sriram Krishnamurthy, their former Wellington Under-19s coach, who is now the head coach at the SKA in Chennai. “We might not get these exact wickets back in New Zealand, but like Sri has been telling us, the basics of playing spin, it’s still the basics he’s trying to instil in, no matter the wicket,” Greenwood says. “There’s a lot of things you can take out of here like your height at the crease – stay nice and low – and keeping side-on and picking the ball out of the hand. All these things you try to pick up and take it into your game in Wellington even though it might not spin as much there.”During the winter, Greenwood had also helped Jersey win the T20 World Cup Sub-Regional Europe Qualifier in Krefeld before picking up his maiden five-wicket haul in List A cricket in the 50-over challenge league for Jersey in Nairobi.It was actually a chance conversation during a club game in Lancashire in 2019 that put Greenwood on the radar of the Jersey cricket team.”Wellington had set me up to play some cricket in the UK and I was playing for a club over there,” Greenwood recalls. “One of the people there [at the club] went to university there with one of Jersey’s players – Ben Stevens – and I got a contact with the coach [Neil MacRae] and a couple of days later had a net session and then, a month later, I was in Abu Dhabi and Dubai playing T20 qualifiers. So it was a pretty cool experience and I’m grateful that they gave me the opportunity [to play international cricket]. We have played some good cricket over the years, but we have kind of slid back to the regional qualifier now. Hopefully, we can keep up with the likes of Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands and stay in touch with that qualifying group.”With Devon Conway knocking back a central contract to become a freelancer and Rachin Ravindra set to be away on international duty for most of the domestic season, Greenwood is likely to open the batting with Tim Robinson – who is fresh off his maiden Caribbean Premier League stint with Guyana Amazon Warriors – in the upcoming domestic season. But having been exposed to different conditions around the world, he is open to batting at any position for Wellington.Nick Greenwood has scored three hundreds and nine fifties in List A cricket•Getty Images”I haven’t done heaps of it [batting in the middle order] last season when Dev and Rach didn’t play much,” Greenwood says. “When guys come back, it’s also an opportunity to learn from them but I like to believe my game hasn’t changed too much. Yes, batting in the powerplay is a bit different, but I’m comfortable playing against spin in that role as well. It’s a thing to my game as well – keep developing it and there’s nothing to stop me saying I can’t bat there [middle order] or bat at the top. Ready to bat anywhere.”Inspired by Liam Livingstone, Greenwood is also working on adding legspin to his regular offspin in his quest to counter right-handers who try to line him up.As for Tashkoff, who is Wellington’s second spinner behind Peter Younghusband, he has also been working behind the scenes to expand his repertoire.”The change of pace is the biggest and easiest way to adjust but I’ve been also working on the carrom ball, the slider and the arm ball as well,” Tashkoff says. “Just need to get more confidence in the nets practicing it before I can bring the carrom ball into a game this season. It’s something I’ve been working on for a while but still not at a stage where I can confidently bring it into a game yet. I’ve watched a lot of footage and seen how bowlers release it, talking to coaches and getting ideas on what’s the best technique. It’s pretty much trial and error for me to find out what works the best for me.”The common goal for both Greenwood and Tashkoff now is to help Wellington win more titles this domestic season.”Last season, we had some team success and winning the Plunket Shield was awesome to experience,” Greenwood says. “There were some new players in the team that hadn’t won before, which was awesome again. We’ll continue to strive for team success, which is a good way to promote yourself to become a better player as well. So we will definitely look to compete for more trophies with Wellington.”

José Caballero leads Major League Baseball with 41 stolen bases and after seeing how easy his latest theft was, you'll understand why.

Caballero was on first based after earning a two-out walk from Nationals reliever Clayton Beeter in the bottom of the seventh on Tuesday night. After watching Beeter throw three pitches to Trent Grisham he took off.

He got such an incredible jump that he actually made it all the way to second before Beeter even threw the pitch. Video of the play barely looks real. What must have been going through first baseman Josh Bell's mind as he pointed at Caballero running to second?

The only way we can tell for certain that the footage wasn't doctored is the combination of the box score and the laughter of the announcers as they watched it happen.

After the game, manager Aaron Boone called his jump on this play, "elite" and joked about his pace maker.

Caballero was aquired by the Yankees at the trade deadline. He has now appeared in 17 games for the team.

Well, the New York Yankees aren't done yet, and they've actually shot up in the latest odds to win the World Series after a thrilling Game 3 win in the ALDS on Tuesday night.

The Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays have played an offense-heavy series so far in the ALDS, with New York putting up nine runs in Game 3, rallying from a 6-1 deficit to extend the series in Game 4 on Wednesday night.

As a result, the Yankees have seen their World Series odds skyrocket, going from +1600 to +950 at DraftKings Sportsbook.

New York isn't the only team that made a major move in the odds on Tuesday night, as the Seattle Mariners (+390) stole Game 3 of the ALDS on the road against the Detroit Tigers. After those teams were +600 (Seattle) and +850 (Detroit) entering Game 3, Seattle has jumped up to second in the odds to win it all while Detroit has fallen back to +1700.

The Los Angeles Dodgers, who have a chance to sweep the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday night, remain the clear favorite at +160 to win the World Series this season, but the American League matchups have a ton of intrigue ahead of Wednesday's Game 4 matchups.

Here's a look at the latest odds and some storylines to watch on Wednesday.

World Series Odds for Every Team in MLB Playoffs

• Los Angeles Dodgers: +160
• Seattle Mariners: +390
• Milwaukee Brewers: +450
• Toronto Blue Jays: +600
• New York Yankees: +950
• Detroit Tigers: +1700
• Philadelphia Phillies: +2500
• Chicago Cubs: +3500

Both the Dodgers and Brewers are up 2-0 and looking to close out their respective matchups on Wednesday night, so it makes sense that they're both shorter than 5/1 to win the World Series this season.

However, the American League seems to be totally up for grabs after New York and Seattle won on Tuesday. The Yankees have done this before — they came back from an 0-2 deficit in the ALDS in 2017 against the Cleveland Guardians — and things are setting up well for the Yanks in Game 4.

Not only did New York finally get something going on offense against the Toronto pitching staff, but it is favored (-186 on the moneyline) at DraftKings to win Game 4. The Yankeesh have wild card hero Cam Schlittler on the mound for his second postseason start while the Jays are expected to go with a bullpen game.

That's a major concern for Toronto since the team had to deploy several bullpen arms in a marathon game on Wednesday. Could the Yankees force a winner-take-all Game 5? Based on the latest odds, it seems like it.

Toronto fell from +475 to +600 to win the World Series after Game 3, a sign that oddsmakers expect this series to head back to Toronto for a decisive Game 5 on Friday night.

Meanwhile, Seattle is a sight underdogs in Game 4 against the Tigers with Casey Mize on the hill for Detroit against Seattle's Bryce Miller. While oddsmakers clearly expect Seattle to win this series (Detroit is now +1700 to win the World Series), a win by the Tigers on Wednesday could change things drastically if Detroit tries to come back with Cy Young favorite Tarik Skubal in Game 5 on Friday.

There's no doubt that these World Series odds will shift on Wednesday night, so bettors may want to get a bet in on their team — especially if they're at a favorable price — before first pitch.

English Football League pundit Don Goodman has shared his stance on rumours linking Haji Wright with Leeds United.

Coventry City have enjoyed a blistering start to the season, losing just one of their 14 opening games in the Championship. Under the guidance of Frank Lampard, Coventry are a well-drilled, intense side, one who have scored a staggering 39 goals in the second division already.

Wright, a striker who also plays for the American national team, has been integral to Coventry’s success. The forward has scored nine goals in all competitions, eight of which have come in 13 Championship appearances. Unsurprisingly, rumours over Wright’s future have started to circulate.

Premier League side Leeds United have been linked with a move for Wright, with Football Insider noting that the Whites would be ‘eager’ to complete a deal for the 27-year-old.

Goodman offers thoughts on Leeds interest in Wright

Speaking to Football League World, Goodman has played down suggestions Wright would turn down the advances of a Premier League side.

Leeds have picked up 11 points from their opening 10 matches in what is their first Premier League season since 2023. The Whites have, generally, looked like a solid, structured side in defence, though there are some question marks over their attack. Only Nottingham Forest and Wolves, who occupy two spots in the bottom three of the table, have scored fewer goals in the league (seven) than the Whites (nine).

Noah Okafor has enjoyed a promising start at Elland Road, whilst Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Lukas Nmecha’s physicality allows the Whites to play a brand of football incorporating long balls forward. It could be argued, though, that none of their attacking options are as reliable a goalscorer as Wright currently is.

Given Coventry’s own ongoing promotion push, it remains to be seen whether Wright, who has been dubbed a “dangerous” player by boss Frank Lampard, will depart the Sky Blues mid-season. As Goodman said, however, the allure of the English top flight may prove too enticing to ignore.

Leeds have new Okafor waiting in the wings

أضاف النادي المصري، الهدف الثالث في مباراته أمام زيسكو الزامبي، والمقامة بينهما الآن، ضمن منافسات بطولة كأس الكونفدرالية، لتصبح النتيجة 3-1 للفريق البورسعيدي.

ويلعب المصري ضد زيسكو على ملعب الأخير بزامبيا، ضمن منافسات الجولة الثانية من عمر مواجهات المجموعة الرابعة لبطولة الكونفدرالية.

وسجل هدف المصري الثالث أمام زيسكو، لاعبه الجزائري عبد الرحيم دغموم، في الدقيقة 68 بعد “وان تو” رائع مع زميله منذر طمين داخل منطقة الجزاء، ليسدد دغموم في المرمى بنجاح. هدف المصري الثالث أمام زيسكو في الكونفدرالية

طالع.. فيديو | في دقيقتين.. المصري يتقدم وزيسكو يسجل التعادل

وكان المصري قد تقدم عن طريق مدافعه محمد هاشم برأسية في الدقيقة 4 وتعادل فريق زيسكو في الدقيقة 5 بواسطة لاعبه فريدي مايكل، وتقدم النادي المصري من جديد بالهدف الثاني عن طريق اللاعب منذر طمين في الدقائق الأخيرة من نهاية الشوط الأول.

المصري يتواجد في المجموعة الرابعة من بطولة كأس الكونفدرالية، بجانب أندية الزمالك وكايزر تشيفز وزيسكو.

وكان النادي المصري فاز في مباراة الجولة الأولى على كايزر تشيفز الجنوب إفريقي بهدفين مقابل هدف، بينما زيسكو كان قد خسر أمام الزمالك بهدف دون رد في الجولة الأولى أيضًا.

West Ham winger Jarrod Bowen has been subject to serious reported interest from London rivals Tottenham, and his exit stance has now come to light.

Nuno Espírito Santo’s side are currently in deep, deep trouble — sitting second bottom in the Premier League table after conceding more goals than any other club in the division.

Sunderland 3-0 West Ham

West Ham 1-5 Chelsea

Nottingham Forest 0-3 West Ham

West Ham 0-3 Tottenham

West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace

Everton 1-1 West Ham

Arsenal 2-0 West Ham

West Ham 0-2 Brentford

Leeds 2-1 West Ham

Beyond the stats, West Ham’s disjointed and uninspiring performances this term have stretched beyond Graham Potter’s dismissal, with Nuno still searching for his first win since taking charge.

The Hammers’ 3-0 win away to Nottingham Forest, which turned out to be Nuno’s final game in charge of his former club, seems like a very distant memory.

After a lot of tinkering with his first-team in the last two matches, with Lucas Paqueta used as a false nine to combat the absence of Niclas Füllkrug, Nuno is still yet to discover the winning West Ham formula.

It doesn’t get any easier for West Ham either, with high-flying Newcastle, who’ve won five out of their last six matches in all competitions, awaiting them next at the London Stadium.

January is set to be a lifeline for West Ham, and Nuno has reportedly urged the club’s hierarchy to make three signings in the form of a new defender, midfielder and forward (GiveMeSport).

Nuno has also been told that funds will be available for West Ham to spend (Sky Sports), but a more pressing issue could be convincing their current star players to remain at Rush Green.

The Times reported this week that Paqueta is keen to leave West Ham in January.

That being said, the player himself quickly put a cryptic post on social media following the rumours, which looked like an attempt to quash this noise in its tracks.

After Paqueta, some murmurs over a potential exit for Bowen are beginning to intensify.

The Irons captain is absolutely vital to Nuno and their superstar player by some distance, and West Ham rewarded the ex-Hull City winger with a long-term deal running until 2030 over two years ago.

However, the threat of relegation is prompting reports of rival clubs looking to tempt Bowen away.

Tottenham are apparently prepared to pay £53 million for Bowen’s services, but a lot will depend on the player’s own stance on leaving a club he clearly adores.

Jarrod Bowen's stance on West Ham exit amid Tottenham interest

According to TEAMtalk and journalist Dean Jones, the 28-year-old’s feelings about a departure are pretty cut and dry.

Jones reports that while the east Londoners have zero interest in selling him, Bowen could be open to leaving West Ham if they’re relegated at the end of the season.

Losing the England international right after dropping to the Championship would be a very bitter pill to swallow for West Ham supporters, and it makes January all the more imperative.

Right now, Nuno’s side quite simply do not have the quality or depth in each position to wrangle their way out of the bottom three, with the Portuguese seemingly aiming to keep them afloat long enough to strengthen his ranks.

West Ham have looked outgunned in every department, particularly in defence, with Lille star and Brazil international Alexsandro apparently Nuno’s top centre-back target for January.

Further forward, West Ham have internally talked about signing Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos as Nuno scours for a box-to-box midfielder, while many strikers are being considered already.

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Arun will also be responsible for scouting and the development of young fast bowlers

Shashank Kishore30-Jul-2025Bharat Arun is the new bowling coach of Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) ahead of IPL 2026, the franchise confirmed on Wednesday. Arun’s new role brings an end to his four-year tenure as a bowling consultant with Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR).Arun is likely to have an expanded role within the LSG set-up – responsible for scouting and overseeing the year-round development of their young quicks.”It’s an honour to join the Lucknow Super Giants, a franchise that reflects professionalism, ambition, and vision at every level,” Arun said in a statement. “My conversations with Dr. Sanjiv Goenka and the management were incredibly energizing – there is a clear intent to invest in young Indian talent and build a long-term legacy.”What excites me most is the vision for long-term development. LSG has invested in a young, talented, and dynamic group of Indian fast bowlers – Akash deep, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav, Mohsin Khan, and Akash Singh – and I see immense potential in each of them. My mission is to help shape them into a cohesive, fearless, and tactically sharp pace unit that can challenge the best batting line-ups in the world.”LSG are also set to bring in Carl Crowe as spin consultant. Crowe is credited to have helped Varun Chakravarthy and Sunil Narine in their bowling reinvention during his time at KKR. LSG are likely to make a formal announcement soon.Arun’s role was previously managed by former India pacer Zaheer Khan, their team mentor in IPL 2025. LSG failed to make the playoffs and finished seventh.Related

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At KKR, Arun was originally contracted for three years, before he was offered an extension for another season that took him up to the end of IPL 2025, where KKR finished eighth.Arun’s exit is part of a wider support-staff overhaul at KKR. On Tuesday, the franchise had announced that head coach Chandrakant Pandit had chosen to part ways with the team. At the time, there was no formal announcement of Arun’s exit.Arun comes with a solid body of work, having had two fruitful stints with the Indian team, first from 2014-2015 and, more recently, from 2017 to 2021. In between, he was also part of the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) backroom between 2015 and 2017.