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He could finally replace Onana: Everton lead the race for £10m "machine"

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Everton have improved since David Moyes replaced Sean Dyche at the helm, but recent results have underscored the need for new attacking quality.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin is expected to leave as a free agent at the end of the season, while Jack Harrison, Jesper Lindstrom and Armando Broja’s loan deals all conclude in two months.

However, while The Friedkin Group are going to sign forwards of various shapes and sizes, Moyes is also keen to strengthen his midfield, already focusing on a specific profile.

David Moyes

The target in question has plied under the Scotsman’s leadership for several years, and could prove an astute piece of business.

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Despite the transfer window not yet open for business, the Toffees have already started putting plans into motion with the likes of Monaco’s striking sensation, Mika Biereth, linked with a move to Goodison Park.

Also on their radar is Liverpool’s Ben Doak, yet on this occasion, it looks as though Moyes is targeting experience.

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Indeed, as per Football Insider, Moyes is targeting a reunion with West Ham United’s Tomas Soucek, having fielded the 30-year-old 207 times during his time at the Irons helm, more than any other player.

Tomas Soucek scores for West Ham

Though newly-promoted Leeds United are also chasing a deal for Soucek, who is valued at £10m, it’s understood that Everton have the lead in the race given the Czech international’s relationship with Moyes.

Why Tomas Soucek would be perfect for Everton

Soucek has been at West Ham for half a decade, signing on an initial loan from Slavia Prague in January 2020 before completing a £19m deal that summer.

West Ham's Tomas Soucek

The 6 foot 3 ace would bring physicality to the Everton midfield and might prove to be the perfect replacement for Amadou Onana, who was sold to Aston Villa for £50m last summer.

Described as a “midfield powerhouse” by journalist Antonio Mango, Onana’s presence has been missed on Merseyside, but Soucek could bring his own take on the role next year, working hard in the duel while making darting runs into the danger area to complement the frontline.

Matches (starts)

31 (26)

22 (17)

Goals

8

3

Assists

1

0

Touches*

37.6

40.2

Pass completion

75%

89%

Key passes*

0.5

0.3

Dribble success

55%

79%

Ball recoveries*

1.7

2.9

Tackles + interceptions*

1.9

3.2

Duels (won)*

5.2 (54%)

4.8 (60%)

As you can see, Onana might be more rounded than Soucek, but the latter man has a killer instinct in the final third, which scant few Toffees players have showcased with regularity this year.

West Ham have only created 50 big chances in the Premier League this season, with just the relegated trio making fewer. This actually shines a positive light on Soucek, whose skill at finding space and striking true has seen him score eight times.

It’s no surprise he’s been called a “machine” by former West Ham correspondent Tom Clark, adding intensity and initiative to his fold.

In fact, the £90k-per-week talent ranks among the top 2% of central midfielders across Europe’s top five leagues over the past year for non-penalty goals scored and the top 1% for aerial duels won per 90, as per FBref, further illustrating his combativeness and indeed goalscoring strength.

Everton fans have tasted first-hand the midfielder’s goalscoring ability and must now forge ahead to make a shrewd signing which might just pay dividends, adding an Onana-esque presence at Bramley Moore.

Soucek may not be the fluid ball player that Graham Potter wants at the heart of his West Ham system, but Moyes enforces a different type of brand, one which the veteran midfielder would dovetail right into if Everton make their move in the coming months.

He was worse than Harrison: 5/10 Everton dud proved that TFG need to spend

Everton have lost back-to-back matches in the Premier League.

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The Ashes gave Khawaja a 'fairy tale' but can he write another chapter?

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The opener enjoyed a glorious run from early 2022, but in recent times the runs have become much harder to come by

Alex Malcolm13-Nov-2025Usman Khawaja is intent on running his own race as far as talk about the end of his Test career goes.There are plenty who think that race has already been run and his career should have ended before this summer. But right now, that decision appears to be in his hands and he’s not giving any hints as to when he may finish.That can change quickly. Australia’s selectors have recently been accused, rightly or wrongly, of shirking the tough calls. They may face one of their toughest as a panel midway through the Ashes if Khawaja struggles early and Australia struggle more broadly.Related

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Khawaja finds himself at a full-circle moment. He is already the oldest opener to play for Australia in over 70 years, at 38. He will be the oldest player to represent Australia in 40 years if he gets to the third Test in Adelaide, when he will turn 39 on day two.He might not have been given the opportunity to play Test cricket so deep into his 30s if not for an extraordinary sliding-doors scenario.In August of 2019 he had been dropped for the sixth, and what he thought was, the final time from the Test team, having played the previous 20 Tests as a permanent member of Australia’s top three.The summers of 2019-20, 2020-21, and early 2021-22 were spent batting at No. 4 for Queensland and dominating the Sheffield Shield. Then Travis Head tested positive for Covid on the eve of the 2022 New Year’s Test against England at the SCG. Khawaja was recalled at age 35 and scored twin hundreds in the match batting at No. 5.Usman Khawaja soaks in the SCG’s ovation during his stunning 2022 comeback•Getty Images”Looking back on it, it seems like a fairy tale,” Khawaja said. “It literally does. I wasn’t supposed to play.”The circumstances for me actually just to play were bizarre enough. But then to actually go out there and score a hundred in the first innings and then somehow to back it up in the next innings too. It’s such a rare feat to do, particularly in an Ashes.”It was the best individual cricketing moment of my life. So it’s very special, something I’ll never forget. I’m very grateful it happened.”Since that moment, Khawaja has not missed a Test match and has been statistically Australia’s best batter over the four-year period, scoring more runs at a higher average than any other.He was Player of the Series in Pakistan in 2022, made his highest Test score against South Africa in Sydney, made a century in India and was the leading run-scorer on either side in the 2023 Ashes. He was ICC Test player of the year in 2023 and a pivotal part of the 2023 World Test Championship title.

He has also become one of the team’s best-ever openers despite being recalled initially in the middle order. Only three Australian openers have scored more runs at a higher average than Khawaja. His success and versatility may partially explain the selectors’ belief that batting positions don’t matter.Khawaja credits his time away from the Test team as a major reason for his late-career renaissance.”I realised that my life didn’t have to be good just because I was playing cricket for Australia, which was nice to know,” he said. “I think the last four years, it’s allowed me to just play, just enjoy it, whether I’m playing well, whether I’m not, whether we’re winning, whether we’re losing.”Just have a bit of perspective that nothing lasts forever either. So it has helped coming back. I’ve really enjoyed my last four years probably more so than I enjoyed any time before then, because it was the feeling, the vibe, my mentality was probably a little bit different. So, very lucky that I got to experience the last four years and enjoy playing the game that I love.”When it comes to Khawaja trying to stretch his career beyond his 39th birthday, no one can begrudge him wanting to do so, having missed multiple years of Test cricket despite being one of Australia’s best six batters for most of that time.Usman Khawaja’s double-century against Sri Lanka this year is his only hundred in his last 43 Test innings•Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty ImagesBut there is a debate as to whether he still sits in that category.He bristles at such questions, often citing that he is Australia’s leading run-scorer over the last four years and that he was ICC Test player of the year. But there is a clear dividing line between his performances in 2022 and 2023 and his last two years.Since the end of the 2023 Ashes he has passed 50 just four times in 35 innings. Mitchell Marsh and Marnus Labuschagne have both made more 50-plus scores in the same period and both have been dropped.The pitches Australia have played on have not helped. Khawaja has been vocal about how difficult they are, and he’s not wrong. His average over the last 18 Tests is 32.78. Head, regarded by many as one of Australia’s best batters right now alongside Steven Smith, has only averaged 34.16 in the same period but has two more centuries.Khawaja also felt he had been Jasprit Bumrah-ed last summer, and Australia’s hierarchy believed that was his one and only problem.There’s evidence to support that argument. Facing the non-Bumrah division of pace bowlers over the last two years, Khawaja averages the same as Smith and Head, seven runs per dismissal more than Labuschagne and more than twice as many as Sam Konstas.

But there’s also evidence to suggest there are other issues against high-calibre pace bowling. While Bumrah dismissed him six times at an average of 5.66, Matt Henry, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammed Siraj have all knocked him over three times in the last two years. He averaged 31 against Siraj and under 24 against the rest, including 13 against Henry. Kagiso Rabada also bowled 28 deliveries at Khawaja in the WTC final and dismissed him twice while conceding just one run.There is a very clear plan of attack to Khawaja now. In the last two years, fast bowlers have dismissed him 19 times from around the wicket, at a cost of just 19.47, including his last eight dismissals in a row, compared to eight dismissals at 40.87 from over the wicket.That is a huge shift from the first 12 years of his career, where he averaged 48.08 against pace bowlers from around the wicket, and 42.30 from over.It is those numbers, combined with the threat of Mark Wood and Jofra Archer in particular, given the latter’s exceptional record against left-handers, that has led to concerns about Khawaja’s position in the upcoming series. But chair of selectors George Bailey rebuked those concerns last week.”If you look at when he goes back and plays Shield cricket, he still stacks up very well,” Bailey said.”There’s a very clear method, he’s an experienced player, it’s a big series in terms of the intensity of spotlight, I think his experience at the crease and the other players around him can be complementary to the rest of the team.Usman Khawaja started the 2025-26 season with solid returns for Queensland•Getty Images”We’ve spoken a lot about the challenges of some of the wickets that the guys have played on. And I think when he goes back and he gets on the good batting surfaces, I think we’ve seen some good performances.”Khawaja has been the only Sheffield Shield opener over the past two years to average above 50. Campbell Kellaway (46.38) and Khawaja’s potential new Test opening partner Jake Weatherald (45.11) have been the only others to average above 38.There are parallels with the end of Ricky Ponting’s career. Ponting struggled at Test level in his final summer of 2012-13 but he finished that same season as the Shield’s leading run-scorer, with 911 at 75.91.The enduring image of Ponting’s final days in the Test arena was that of him, Australia’s all-time leading run-scorer, on all fours in the middle of Adelaide Oval having slipped while being clean bowled by a 129kph outswinger.As was the case with Ponting, nothing lasts forever. The end can come quickly, even when there’s evidence to the contrary at the level below.Khawaja’s faith in himself, and the selectors’ faith in him, has been unshakeable over the past four years. Something that cannot be said for his first ten in Test cricket.How long that faith lasts is up to Khawaja if he wishes to end the race on his own terms.

Young stars Noor and Ibrahim light the way on famous night for Afghanistan

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Teenage spinner befuddles Pakistan before opener lays base for another slice of Chennai history

Deivarayan Muthu23-Oct-20231:50

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When Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi swats Shaheen Shah Afridi to the square-leg boundary and lets out a primal roar, Chepauk roars with him. Around the same time, fireworks go off in Kabul and fans throng the streets to celebrate Afghanistan’s first-ever ODI victory over rivals Pakistan.Cut to Chennai: Rashid Khan, wearing an Afghanistan flag around his neck, is tearing in to hug his captain. Mohammad Nabi, too, storms onto the field and just can’t hide his emotions. Gulbadin Naib, who captained Afghanistan in the last World Cup, is being lifted by Riaz Hassan. Chants of “Rashid! Rashid! Rashid” ring around Chepauk when he breaks into a jig with Irfan Pathan.Rashid puts his dancing shoes on once again during the post-match celebrations in the dressing room, but this landmark win was fashioned by the less-starry names: Noor Ahmad and Ibrahim Zadran.Related

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Okay, Noor is already a T20 globetrotter at 18, but before Monday had played just three ODIs and 11 List A games. After Afghanistan’s defeat to New Zealand on Wednesday – Noor wasn’t picked for that game – he looked understandably clueless when he was sent for a post-match media interaction. Five days later, he made it to the XI and made the Pakistan batters look clueless.Firstly, it’s fiendishly difficult to break into a spin attack that already includes Rashid, Nabi and Mujeeb ur Rahman. Secondly, Noor was on World Cup debut. But the teenager outshone his seniors, taking out three of Pakistan’s top four, including Babar Azam.Noor is more or less a left-arm version of Rashid. The mystery comes from the different grips he uses and he can gather pace off the pitch. His whippy action makes it tougher for batters to pick him. Abdullah Shafique didn’t pick his slider and fell lbw after missing the sweep for 58.Mohammad Rizwan is among the best sweepers in the world since the end of the last World Cup. So, he tried to put Noor off with the shot; but Noor went wide of the crease and hid the ball away from Rizwan’s reach. The batter could only splice a top edge to short fine leg.

The mood – and the tempo – of the match changed when Babar pumped Noor over his head for six in the 42nd over. The Chennai crowd got right behind the Pakistan captain. However, after pushing one into the swinging arc, Noor dragged his length back and got some fizz off the track to silence both Babar and Chepauk. Afghanistan head coach Jonathan Trott can even feel that “fizz” during training.”You know, you take the mitt to him, you’re standing up when he’s practising, you hear that ball fizzing,” Trott said at his post-match press conference. “So, it’s a real talent for such a young lad to be able to get that many revs on the ball and spin it the amount he does. That’s all I say to him, just keep spinning it as much as you can. So, they’re really happy for him.”On an average, Noor drew one false shot every four balls against Pakistan. Afghanistan’s team management also deserves credit for picking him over left-arm seamer Fazalhaq Farooqi on a black-soil Chennai surface.”I think whenever Afghanistan plays, the way the spinners bowl is going to be important,” Trott said. “I think it’s a case of just having a look at the conditions. I thought we got it right with Noor today coming in and the way that he bowled, certainly for a youngster as well. The way that he bowled and started really well and then got a few wickets and a bit of momentum.”Again, there’s always things we can work on but you know that’s what the likes of the IPL does for countries like Afghanistan. Exposes players from a young age to playing in front of big crowds and under pressure situations. I think he played in the IPL final, you know, and for a youngster of his age, it’s an amazing experience for him. So, he can bring that experience to here and put in performances like he did. So really pleasing and the more players you can get playing around the world, the better.”Noor Ahmad trapped Abdullah Shafique for the first of his three wickets•Associated PressIbrahim is three years older than Noor, and his game is more suited to ODIs than T20 cricket. He doesn’t bash the ball like his opening partner Rahmanullah Gurbaz, he doesn’t play the snake shot like Rashid does, or launch big sixes like Nabi does. But he offers the line-up stickability, something that Afghanistan have lacked for a while.On Monday, he batted till the 34th over, effectively killing off Pakistan’s defence. His back-foot drives in the powerplay and assured footwork against Pakistan’s legspinners might not be part of the highlights package, but he got the job done for his side.After 24 ODI innings, Ibrahim has 1084 runs at an average of almost 50, with four centuries. In terms of average, he is already among the best in the world.Trott believes that greater T20 exposure – Ibrahim has played in the BPL for Fortune Barishal – can help the opener expand his range in other formats as well.”You know he’s scored four hundreds already for such a young age and unfortunately didn’t get another one tonight,” Trott said. “But I think if he did get a little bit more exposure in franchise cricket, he would develop that side of his game as well. He plays in our T20 side and is a fantastic player. So, the more exposure he can get in franchises, I’m not saying he has to play IPL, any league around the world develops his T20 skills. I think it will have a good knock-on effect in his 50 over cricket and Test cricket as well.”But it’s not just the format, it’s more the playing under pressure, big crowds, different conditions, learning to play. And that’s the test of the modern player nowadays is to be able to play in all different conditions you know you go to Australian bouncy wickets and spinning wickets here in the subcontinent. It’s good for young players.”In 1999, Pakistan toppled India in Chennai and lap of honour became a part of history. Twenty-four years on, Afghanistan toppled Pakistan at the same venue and did a lap of honour that could become as historic.

A chance for Pakistan cricket to make the most powerful off-field statement

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For too long it’s appeared as if touring Pakistan is the last thing a Western cricketing nation wants to do; this series has the power to change all that

Danyal Rasool03-Mar-2022Take a stroll through the streets of Lahore, Islamabad or Karachi, and the eye test bears out what the numbers tell you. Young people throng the streets, choke roads, shops and public spaces in their thousands. There’s a vibrancy, but, inevitably, also a kind of chaos that can oscillate between uplifting and panic-inducing. Pakistan is, after all, one of the faster-growing countries of the world, the population rapidly approaching a quarter of a billion. It is also among the youngest, with the average age under 23.That may carry all sorts of demographic implications, but for cricket at this present moment, one of them is startling: most Pakistanis weren’t alive the last time an Australian cricket team arrived on these shores to play international cricket.Related

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That might explain the unique atmosphere the arrival of a side led by Pat Cummins in Islamabad appears to have generated. It was in 1998 that a Mark Taylor-led side last came to Pakistan to play a three-Test series, one that’s taken on a larger-than-life form in the imaginations of those old fogies – by Pakistan standards – who still recall that somewhat drab affair. By the end of that series, it felt like Pakistani spirits had been all but broken, even if Sir Donald Bradman’s record somehow wasn’t.The world has changed dramatically in the intervening 23 years, and Pakistan even more drastically so. The country’s population has grown by nearly 100 million people. A new format of cricket has been invented, and subsequently, become dominant. It is so long ago, for heavens sake, that Shoaib Malik hadn’t even made his debut then, and Shahid Afridi made his Test debut in the third of that series. It’s practically ancient.Cummins himself alluded to the notion that his side’s presence here was about a little more than just cricket. “The whole previous generation of Australian teams didn’t get to experience Pakistan so we feel really lucky and fortunate that we are the first team to be back playing in Pakistan,” he said in a candid, self-aware reflection to the media. “It’s great that we are playing over here. I think this will be a tour at the end of our career we’ll look back on and think that was really special. As much as anything the way we’ve been looked after with the security presence, we’ll probably never experience anything like that in our lives. Great life experience, really proud and happy to be experiencing Test cricket over here. Hopefully there’s plenty more of it in the future.”It is perhaps tedious to rehash the off-field significance of a touring side visiting Pakistan, but it remains pertinent because, frankly put, it’s appeared for too long as if that’s the last thing a Western cricketing nation wants to do. Less than six months earlier, New Zealand were here in this very same city to play a landmark tour of their own, only to pull out citing security concerns on the day of the first game. Australian cricketer Ashton Agar’s partner received a threat, ultimately dismissed as a hoax, in the last few days, and the security presence around the Australian team hotel is extensive.But all that only establishes the dazzling opportunity this is for Pakistan cricket to make the most powerful off-field statement since 2009. Australia were the only side to reject a tour to Pakistan even before the terror attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team.Mark Taylor scored 334 in the drawn Test in Peshawar in 1998•AFPIn 2002, war was raging in neighbouring Afghanistan and drawing ever closer in Iraq when Australia decided they didn’t want to tour Pakistan. It was Australia then who set the template for what would be Pakistan’s home post-2009, when they dragged Pakistan out to the UAE. For those young enough to remember the UAE as something of a Test fortress for Pakistan, that 2002-03 tour was a different world. The nadir of that truly dismal two-Test series was a two-day Test, its brevity failing to compensate for its horror as far as Pakistan were concerned. It would be immortalised in two numbers for a generation of Pakistani fans: 59 and 53.If the current incarnation of that Australian side now sits in the heart of Islamabad – replete with first-choice superstars – gearing up for a full, three-format series, Pakistan may genuinely begin to believe the low of 2009 and the war on terror may, at least, be consigned to the past as far as this nation’s cricket is concerned. This visit of Australia kickstarts what should be a bumper home year for cricket in Pakistan, with New Zealand and England, two sides who pulled out last year to much criticism, set to visit in the autumn. Pakistan has not seen a home year like this since the 1990s.The relatively unfamiliar Pakistani conditions for the visiting side add an extra layer of intrigue to a series Pakistan has been clamouring for since as long as they can remember. At a time when Test cricket repeatedly wrestles with existential crises every time there’s a dull session in England or a wicket turns too much on the first day in India, Rawalpindi is officially sold out for all five days. There’s a panoply of angles that should make this series particularly delicious viewing, and cricket afficionados may rightly point out the quality of the cricket should, stripped of all context, be enough to justify these levels of excitement.But, with the vague, unreliable memories of the five-year-old that I was in 1998, I can recall the stifling drudgery with which Mark Taylor plodded along towards his triple-century, and Australia racked up 599 for 4 in 174 overs sitting on a 1-0 lead in a series they would go on to win by that very margin (until that point, only Pakistan’s third home series loss since 1980). 1-0 scorelines can be just as dreary in cricket as they are in football sometimes, so I’d insist I have it on good authority that a visit of Australia doesn’t magically make for exciting cricket.But a lot of growing up can happen in 23 years, especially if you happen to spend them in Pakistan. That’s why, as the newly minted Benaud-Qadir trophy shimmers on the eve of the series, Pindi, in unison with Pakistan, pulses with cautious excitement. Who knows if the cricket will really be good, but Pakistan knows that the fact there’s any cricket at all is very good indeed.

Sutton demands Celtic appoint title winning manager who "hates losing"

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Following Brendan Rodgers’ shock exit, former player Chris Sutton has told Celtic to go and get a title-winning manager to replace the 52-year-old at Parkhead.

Desmond slams "self-serving" Rodgers

This all feels eight months too early, but Rodgers simply couldn’t wait until his contract expired and has pulled the plug on his time at Celtic. With the Bhoys eight points behind Hearts in the Scottish Premiership off the back of their 3-1 defeat against the unexpected league leaders, the manager has made the decision to resign.

To say that not everyone is happy about Rodgers’ exit would be quite the understatement. Majority shareholder Dermot Desmond pulled no punches in his statement following the news, slamming the manager as “self-serving”.

In a scathing review, he said, in part: “When his comments were made publicly, I sought to address them directly. Brendan and I met for over three hours at his home in Scotland to discuss the issue.

“Despite ample opportunity, he was unable to identify a single instance where the club had obstructed or failed to support him. The facts did not match his public narrative. Regrettably, his words and actions since then have been divisive, misleading, and self-serving.

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BySean Markus Clifford Oct 26, 2025

“They have contributed to a toxic atmosphere around the club and fuelled hostility towards members of the executive team and the Board. Some of the abuse directed at them, and at their families, has been entirely unwarranted and unacceptable.”

Rodgers will likely have his own say on that statement, but for now the focus around Glasgow will be set on finding his replacement. And Sutton has already told Celtic to go and get a title winner.

Sutton tells Celtic to bring back Postecoglou

Instantly reacting to Rodgers’ exit, Sutton told Celtic to “bring back” Ange Postecoglou, who was recently sacked by Nottingham Forest after just 39 days in charge. At this stage, the Australian arguably needs the Bhoys just as much as they need him in what would be yet another managerial reunion at the club.

As things stand, Martin O’Neill is in charge on an interim basis, but Celtic will be hoping to end that spell and appoint a permanent manager as soon as possible.

It must be said that, despite his recent failings, Postecoglou wouldn’t be a bad option. He’s been there and done it in the Scottish Premiership, winning the title twice in two seasons, and drew plenty of praise from top managers like Pep Guardiola and Arne Slot during his time in England.

In fact, responding to comments from Slot that the Liverpool managed hoped Tottenham won a trophy, Ange joked: “I’m not an evangelist. To quote Monty Python, I’m just a naughty little boy!

“[Slot’s opinion] is what I love about football. There’s got to be differences, people who are prepared to do things a little bit differently.

Nottingham Forest managerAngePostecoglouarrives inside the stadium before the match

“There’s that variety, that opinion and that allows emotion to come into it. I hate to think people think I’m just some kind of showman or something. I want to win.

“That’s still the core of my being, I hate losing, I want to win and I want to be successful.”

The 60-year-old desperately needs redemption in the dugout after his spells at Tottenham and Forest, whilst Celtic need to get their next appointment right if they are to bridge the gap on Hearts. As of right now, it’s arguably the perfect match.

Renshaw keeps name in Test frame with third century

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Matt Renshaw’s golden summer continued with a magnificent 112 in front of Australia selector Tony Dodemaide at the Gabba.His innings drove Queensland to 352 for 7 at stumps on day two of the top-of-the-table Sheffield Shield clash after Victoria had declared late on the opening day.Renshaw had made scores of 128, 29, 101 and 51 in the Shield before Sunday’s knock. He also had a consistent ODI series against India which included an accomplished 56 in Sydney.Related

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Runs are runs and Renshaw has filled his cup with them. The 29-year-old doesn’t have to do anything more to convince Australia selectors that he is ready for a return to the Test arena. All he needs is an opportunity.”I’m just keeping it really simple and having a lot of fun out there and having good intent,” Renshaw told AAP. “It’s been a good start and hopefully it amounts to something at the end of March. I will keep trying to put in performances to help win games for Queensland. I’m just concentrating on what I can control and that is trying to do my job for the team.”There is doubt over who will open in the second Test of the Ashes series at the Gabba, which starts on Thursday-week.Usman Khawaja’s back spasms in the first Test have put him in some doubt while Travis Head’s blistering century as opener has also put him in the frame to stay at the top of the order alongside Perth debutant Jake Weatherald.Renshaw now has 421 Shield runs for the summer, putting him on top of the aggregate list with 19 runs more than Marnus Labuschagne.He was patient early in his innings against Victoria before finding a more aggressive tempo and his drives down the ground were exquisite. Once Renshaw reached his half-century the runs started to flow all around the ground.He brought up his century with a controlled cut for three off spinner Todd Murphy. A healthy contingent at the Vulture St end of the ground gave him a rapturous reception, realising what a vital innings it was in the context of the summer.His stay ended when he nicked a delivery that just moved away from Fergus O’Neill, who toiled manfully all day with his tight lines.Renshaw received solid support from Angus Lovell in an 88-run opening stand and Hugh Weibgen.Former Australia Under-19 captain Weibgen, playing his second Shield match, looks a promising prospect with his classy strokeplay and composure. The tall 21-year-old will play for the Prime Minister’s XI against an England XI in a two-day, pink-ball match that starts on November 29 in Canberra.He was caught in a juggling effort by Mitchell Perry trying to loft Murphy over the long-on boundary.Lachie Hearne (47) continued the momentum until he was brilliantly caught on the deep midwicket boundary by Campbell Kellaway.

Zagueiro do Atlético-MG é operado após terminar temporada no 'sacrifício'

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MatériaMais NotíciasVer Resumo da matéria por IANesta quinta-feira (11), o zagueiro do Atlético, Ivan Roman, passou por uma cirurgia para corrigir uma fratura na mão direita. O defensor havia se lesionado no início de outubro, mas o procedimento foi adiado até o fim da temporada.Resumo supervisionado pelo jornalista!

Nesta quinta-feira (11), o zagueiro do Atlético, Ivan Roman, passou por uma cirurgia para corrigir uma fratura na mão direita. O defensor havia se lesionado no início de outubro, mas o procedimento foi adiado até o fim da temporada.

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Román se lesionou durante a data Fifa de outubro, enquanto defendia a seleção chilena. O jovem zagueiro sentiu dores persistentes na mão esquerda e foi submetido a exames de imagem, que identificaram uma fratura no escafoide, osso localizado no punho, entre o polegar e o antebraço, cuja correção exigia intervenção cirúrgica.

Diante da avaliação do departamento médico do Galo e da falta de opções na posição, decidiu-se que o atleta seguiria atuando com uma proteção na mão, deixando a cirurgia para o término da temporada.

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Após a cirurgia, o zagueiro se manifestou nas redes sociais: ” Graças a deus saiu tudo bem”.

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Caso Ivan Roman e Kaio Jorge

O clássico entre Atlético e Cruzeiro, disputado em 15 de outubro, ficou marcado por uma polêmica. Atuando com a proteção na mão lesionada, o zagueiro do Galo sofreu um apertão de Kaio Jorge, atacante do Cruzeiro. Román afirmou que o rival agiu de propósito e tentou usar sua lesão para desestabilizá-lo durante a partida.

Román no Atlético

Contratado em fevereiro, após acordo com o Palestino, do Chile, Ivan Román chegou ao Galo com status de promessa, mas encontrou pouca sequência nos primeiros meses. No entanto, ao longo da segunda metade da temporada, o zagueiro chileno conquistou espaço, evoluiu seu desempenho e passou a ser utilizado com mais frequência.

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Ao final do ano, acumulou 16 partidas pelo Atlético, encerrando a temporada como alternativa no banco da equipe.

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Australia U-19 star Harjas Singh smashes triple century in 50-over grade game

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The left hander, who doesn’t hold a state contract, hit 35 sixes in a remarkable display in Sydney on Saturday

Andrew McGlashan04-Oct-2025

Harjas Singh top-scored for Australia in the 2024 U-19 World Cup final•ICC/Getty Images

Former Australia Under-19 batter Harjas Singh, who was part of the side that won the World Cup in South Africa last year, produced an extraordinary display in Sydney grade cricket on Saturday with 314 off 141 balls, including 35 sixes, for Western Suburbs.The phenomenal display from the left hander, who top-scored with 55 in the World Cup final against India, came against Sydney Cricket Club at Pratten Park. The next highest score in the innings was 37.For a little while there was a discrepancy with the online scoring available – perhaps Singh’s onslaught had created a meltdown – but his final tally was confirmed as placing him third on the all-time list in New South Wales Premier first grade history, behind Victor Trumper’s 335 in 1903 and Phil Jaques’ 321 in 2007.It is also comfortably the highest limited-overs score in first grade premier cricket anywhere in Australia.The match was available to follow on YouTube via a single-camera stream (it’s worth noting the current India A vs Australia A series isn’t available to watch) and there was a roar of delight from Singh when he brought up his triple century with a six off left-arm spinner Tom Mullen.

“Definitely that’s the cleanest ball-striking I’ve ever witnessed from myself, for sure,” Singh told after the match. “It’s something I’m quite proud of because I’ve worked in the off-season quite a bit on my power-hitting, and for it to come off today was quite special.”Singh had reached his century in the 35th over, from 74 balls, before making 214 from his next 67.In 2023, Singh made a century in a Test against England U-19s in Northampton. Many of Singh’s U-19 team-mates have gone into state cricket, including captain Hugh Weibgen who made his first-class debut for Queensland on Saturday, but Singh was overlooked for a NSW rookie contract.”I’ve missed out the last season or two, worrying about stuff outside my own game,” he said. “But I feel like I’ve brought myself to just worrying about what’s going on with my own game.”

Like Palmer: Chelsea "machine" is going to be one of the world's best

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It’s been a confusing month or so for Chelsea fans.

One week, the Blues are beating Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspur, and then the next, they’re losing to Sunderland or dropping points against Qarabağ.

However, while Enzo Maresca’s side are far from consistent at the moment, it is full of sensational talent.

In fact, there is at least one player who feels destined to become one of the best in the world, alongside Cole Palmer.

Chelsea's world-class stars

While it doesn’t feel like it at the moment, Chelsea are blessed with several players who could become some of the very best in the world in their position, if they aren’t already there.

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For example, while Moises Caicedo had a slow start to life in West London, he is now one of, if not the best six, in the Premier League.

The Ecuadorian is a monster when it comes to winning the ball back, has an underrated range of passing and can score his fair share of bangers.

Another star who is arguably the best in his position in the league is Reece James.

The Cobham gem is no longer suffering from injury after injury and, as a result, has been able to show the full extent of his exceptional ability on a consistent basis.

For example, in addition to being rock solid at the back, he is a genuine attacking threat due to both his impressive passing range and ball-striking ability.

Finally, while he’s out injured at the moment, Palmer is without doubt on his way to becoming one of the best players in the world.

He is the one who makes the Blues’ attack click, and in just 101 appearances for the club has already racked up a tally of 45 goals and 29 assists.

With all that said, there is another young Chelsea star who looks like he could be following in Palmer’s footsteps.

The Chelsea star on track to be one of the best in the world

While there are several exciting youngsters at Chelsea, like Jorrel Hato, Jamie Gittens, and even Alejandro Garnacho, the one who seems destined for the very top is, of course, Estevao.

The highly promising Brazilian gem was signed by Chelsea last year, but due to regulations surrounding players under 18, he was unable to join the club until this season.

However, it looks like that extra year in his homeland has done him the world of good, as so far this season, he has looked every bit the “future Ballon d’Or winner” respected analyst Ben Mattinson described him as.

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For example, he was arguably the Blues’ most exciting player in pre-season and injected some real life into the side when he came on in the season opener against Crystal Palace.

Then, when Palmer picked up an injury ahead of the West Ham game, Maresaca handed the youngster his first competitive start, and he looked incredible.

The Franca-born gem was running rings around the East Londoners and even picked up his first assist after a mazy run.

Amazingly, his first goal for the club came in that incredible 2-1 win over Liverpool last month.

He then quickly followed that up with a goal against Ajax in the Champions League and another against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the League Cup.

As if he hadn’t already made his mark on the team, he then scored his second UCL goal against Qarabağ.

In doing so, he became the first South American 18 or under to score in consecutive Champions League matches.

Ultimately, while it is still so early in his career, it certainly feels like Estevao is on the same trajectory as Palmer and will soon join him as one of the best players in the world.

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WATCH: Cavan Sullivan's penalty heroics lead USMNT U17 team to comeback victory over Tajikistan

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The U.S. booked their place in the knockout stage of the 2025 FIFA U17 World Cup after Cavan Sullivan’s calmly taken second-half penalty secured a 2-1 win over Tajikistan on Saturday in Qatar. The Union prodigy showed composure beyond his years with the spot kick, scoring with a panenka, capping a resilient display as the Americans overturned an early deficit to claim their second straight victory.

Incredible composure

Sullivan, widely regarded as one of American soccer's brightest young talents, showed remarkable confidence in the 61st minute when he stepped up to take a crucial penalty with the match hanging in the balance. After Charlotte FC's Nimfasha Berchimas was fouled in the box by Tajikistan's Ramazon Bakhtaliev, Sullivan approached the spot and executed a perfectly weighted panenka down the middle as goalkeeper Rahim Rahmonov dove helplessly.

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The Americans found themselves in early trouble when Muhammad Nazriev gave Tajikistan a 1-0 lead in just the third minute, intercepting a pass in the U.S. half before finishing powerfully past goalkeeper Aidan Stokes. For the next 25 minutes, the U.S. struggled to break through Tajikistan's compact defensive setup before Sullivan provided the equalizing assist in the 30th minute.

The Philadelphia Union midfielder delivered a precise in-swinging corner to the back post, where Berchimas rose highest to head home – becoming the only U.S. player to score in two different editions of the FIFA U17 World Cup.

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Sullivan’s penalty marked his second goal in as many matches at the tournament, having also scored the winner in the Americans' opening 1-0 victory over Burkina Faso. The win gives the U.S. six points from their first two matches, guaranteeing their place in the Round of 32 with a game to spare.

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