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Mohammad Naim was the only player to fetch more than BDT 1 crore (USD 88,000 approx) at the BPL auction on Sunday, when Chittagong Royals signed him up for the upcoming season. Naim, the highest run-scorer in the BPL last season (511 runs at a strike-rate of 143.94), was incidentally the first player who went up for sale in the auction.Towhid Hridoy (USD 73,600) and Litton Das (USD 56,000) also went for big money, both signed up by Rangpur Riders.There were, however, no initial bids for veterans Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah, who were both in category B. Later in the day, after a request from BCB director and Rangpur chief executive Ishtiaque Sadeque, the auctioneer put up both players for sale again.Eventually, Rangpur took in Mahmudullah, while Rajshahi Warriors signed Mushfiqur, for their base price of BDT 35 lakh (USD 28,000 approx).Dasun Shanaka was the most expensive signing among the overseas players, going to Dhaka Capitals for USD 55,000. Angelo Mathews and Niroshan Dickwella were sold at their category A base price of USD 35,000, to Chittagong Royals and Sylhet Titans, respectively.Among the uncapped players, Habibur Rahman Sohan, who recently did well for Bangladesh A in the Asia Cup Rising Stars tournament, was taken by Noakhali Express for USD 40,000.This was the BPL’s first auction since the inaugural edition in 2012. The rest of the editions have been done through the drafting process.During the auction, there were also a few Bangladesh cricketers who sat in the bidding tables, including Nurul Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto and Mehidy Hasan Miraz.The BPL will be contested by six teams – Dhaka Capitals, Rangpur Riders, Rajshahi Warriors, Noakhali Express, Sylhet Titans and Chittagong Royals – with the tournament likely to start on December 26.

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Tite concedeu entrevista coletiva após a vitória do Flamengo sobre o Atlético-GO neste domingo (14), na estreia do Brasileirão, e comentou as polêmicas de arbitragem. O duelo teve duas expulsões – além do técnico Jair Ventura -, um gol anulado e um pênalti marcado, todos contra o Dragão. Na visão do treinador do Rubro-Negro Carioca, as decisões foram corretas.

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– Vi todos os lances agora. Foram corretas. Com exceção que eu não vi, que foi da ofensa (expulsão de Jair Ventura), um jogo acidentado muito difícil de apitar. Porém, das decisões das quais eu vi pegando as imagens elas foram corretas, a favor e contra – afirmou Tite.

– Eu falei que o árbitro tem que ter um pouco mais de sensibilidade de administrar algumas situações. Porém, eu também tenho que falar a verdade, que o árbitro falou que ele foi ofendido e aí é justificado. O Jair (Ventura) pode falar mais a respeito. Se fosse só por um momento de reclamação eu poderia externar para ter um pouco mais de calma e conduzir, mas aí teve um outro incidente – completou o técnico do Flamengo, que, no momento da expulsão, saiu em defesa do treinador adversário contra a arbitragem.

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O Rubro-Negro Carioca jogou em vantagem numérica durante todo o segundo tempo. Questionado sobre a equipe ter tentado controlar a partida – e não ter conseguido – depois do intervalo, Tite negou que o objetivo era administrar o resultado e criticou o gramado do Serra Dourada.

– Quando nós chegamos no intervalo a gente sabe que a necessidade é de continuar produzindo e empurrando o adversário para trás e buscar o segundo gol. Inclusive coloquei que administrar jogo nós já tínhamos aprendido que não era dessa forma que nós agiríamos. E nós buscamos o segundo gol. Porém, tem alguns detalhes na bola: no único lance que nós erramos, em cruzamento que teve de conclusão, o Atlético-GO foi efetivo. Então tem que olhar sob esse contexto. A partir daí ela traz cenários diferentes desde o primeiro jogo que foi acidentado. O gramado dá para ser melhor para ter um espetáculo melhor. Não dá para ter um Serra Dourada… faz tempo, mas eu joguei aqui. Serra Dourada era um prazer vir aqui. Agora a bola pipoca, e a qualidade do jogo ele te trava mais.

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Confira outras declarações de Tite e do auxiliar Cléber Xavier após Atlético-GO x Flamengo, pelo Brasileirão:

Não, absolutamente não (descanso é prioridade). A recuperação não tem aspecto descanso. Coração não engessa, né? Eu não posso pensar no quarto jogo, eu vou pensar no próximo. O jogo foi muito emocionante, e volto a dizer: os mesmos três pontos que disputamos aqui são os mesmos três pontos que vão dizer onde devemos estar no fim do campeonato. Briga por campeão, Libertadores… Era a primeira de 38 decisões, temos essa consciência – disse Tite.

A questão de tomada de decisão no último terço hoje tiveram duas questões bem claras no jogo: a primeira é a condição do gramado e a segunda a forma com que o Atlético-GO se defende muito bem com sua primeira linha de quatro e seus dois volantes centrais. Não tinha muito espaço de criação – afirmou Cléber Xavier.

Reitero o que o Cleber colocou, da qualidade da marcação do Atlético-GO. Na linha defensiva, marcação baixa, são extremamente agressivos e pressionantes. Teve um lance no primeiro tempo em que nós ficamos trocando passes e os caras bloqueavam. Tocou no Arrasca, bloqueava. Tocou no Pedro, bloqueava. A qualidade do trabalho do Jair nessa fase e essa pressão no homem da bola nos dificultou muito – completou o técnico principal do Flamengo.

É uma opção entre o número de atletas que a gente tem. Como o Cleiton ficou de fora hoje, o Wesley que ainda não se recuperou… Grupo grande, a gente vai trabalhar todos eles dentro da competição que é grande, são 38 rodadas. Mas ele (Matheus Gonçalves) vem treinando muito bem – comentou Cléber Xavier.

Eu sei que vocês fazem, é a função jornalística projetar, mas a minha experiência me permite pensar jogo a jogo. A gente vai para uma segunda decisão agora. Eu não consigo pensar lá na frente. Há toda uma estrutura do Flamengo para projetar as equipes. Eu não consigo pensar, a não ser refletir nos acertos e erros que cometemos. A equipe se consolidar, crescer na competição, fazer um bom treinamento, voltar hoje, ficar com a família, retomar força, treinar, mesmo que não seja treinamento com intensidade menor, por isso falei do descanso. Há formas de treinar que a gente consegue fazer sem botar intensidade – afirmou Tite.

Uma realidade que a gente vive é: amanhã analisar o adversário, fazer as correções, as avaliações positivas aos atletas, recuperar os atletas que jogaram hoje, treinar quem não jogou, e um dia depois preparar a equipe para enfrentar o São Paulo. A gente só consegue pensar a partir de agora no São Paulo. Tem momentos que agente vai conseguir pensar dois, três jogos, mas esse momento agora é pensar no São Paulo – finalizou o auxiliar do Flamengo.

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The New York Yankees were able to power their way past the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night and one of their best moments didn't come from any of their players, but rather from one of their fans in stands.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, Cardinals third baseman Nolan Gorman hammered a home run that landed in the crowd behind the right field wall. A Yankees fan was able to come up with the ball, and then he was told by a fellow Yankees fan that a young Cardinals fan sitting a few rows in front of them was celebrating his 10th birthday.

The Yankees fan then immediately gave up the ball to the young fan, giving him a birthday that he'll never forget.

Here's that awesome moment:

You gotta love baseball. And you also have to love that Yankees fan who went out of his way to do something pretty sweet for a fan of the other team.

Middlesex promotion push takes a hit as Gloucestershire No. 3 notches maiden century

ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay01-Aug-2025Gloucestershire 404 for 9 dec (Phillips 136, Hammond 71, Bancroft 58) drew with Middlesex 445 (Williamson 153, Hollman 60, De Caires 58, Du Plooy 57)Gloucestershire’s Joe Phillips hit his maiden first class century as the rain-ruined Rothesay County Championship Division Two match with Middlesex ended in an inevitable draw.After the third day washout, a still wet outfield prevented any play until 1.25pm, with a minimum of 68 overs left in the game. Resuming their first innings on 54 for 1, a deficit of 391, Gloucestershire extended it to 400 for 9 by stumps, 21-year-old Cornishman Phillips making 136 from 182 balls, with 19 fours.Miles Hammond contributed an attractive 71 and Cameron Bancroft 58. But there had been too little time on a placid pitch for the teams to conjure a decisive outcome and both had to settle for 15 points.Following an early lunch at 12.45pm, Phillips and skipper Bancroft played confidently on a pitch still proving surprisingly straightforward to bat on considering it was shaved at both ends.Unbeaten on 11 at the start, Phillips had a scare on 34 when advancing down the pitch to offspinner Josh De Caires and edging between wicketkeeper and first slip for four. It was a rare moment of anxiety for Gloucestershire as Bancroft was first to his half-century, off 104 balls, with nine fours.The experienced Aussie was looking in prime form and it was a surprise when, with the total advanced to 126, he was bowled off a bottom edge aiming to pull a boundary off left-arm seamer Noah Cornwell.By then Phillips was treating the sparse crowd to a range of sweetly-timed strokes off front and back foot, a single to deep cover off Luke Hollman’s legspin taking him to fifty off 92 deliveries, with five fours. Two more boundaries followed from fierce pull shots in the same Cornwell over.Ollie Price was soon looking equally at home on the two-tone coloured surface. A glorious square drive for four off Ryan Higgins took Truro-born Phillips past his previous best first-class score of 80, made on the same ground against Worcestershire in 2023.By tea, he had moved to 96 and, with Price unbeaten on 33, Gloucestershire were 209 for 2, still trailing by 236. A looping full toss from Sam Robson gave Phillips the chance to strike the boundary that brought up his century off 145 balls. It was his 15th four and he raised a clenched fist in the air to celebrate.Price departed soon afterwards for 34, caught behind top-edging a sweep off Robson’s leg-breaks. The dismissal meant a first bowling point for Middlesex on a day their promotion hopes suffered a damaging blow with Glamorgan’s victory over Lancashire.Phillips and Hammond took Gloucestershire to 250 and a batting point. With more bonus points up for grabs, neither team wanted to shake hands on the draw.Using his feet well to attack the spinners, Phillips continued on his merry way, while Hammond also went on the attack at every opportunity. Their entertaining stand of 66 in 12.1 overs ended when Phillips holed out to long-on off Higgins.Cheltenham-born Hammond, who often flourishes at the Festival, advanced to smack a straight six off De Caires as Gloucestershire progressed to a second batting point, losing James Bracey cheaply, caught at mid-on off De Caires with the total on 299.Hollman earned Middlesex a second bowling point when having Graeme van Buuren caught at slip. But Hammond moved to a fluent half-century off 63 balls before Zaman Akhter was seventh man out, caught at backward square leg sweeping a ball from Hollman with eight overs remaining.A Hammond six off Hollman took Gloucestershire to a third batting point before he fell aiming to clear long-on off Higgins. With three overs remaining, Middlesex took the second new ball and Cornwell had Matt Taylor caught behind to give his side maximum bowling points.There was still time for a Josh Shaw six off Higgins as he and Todd Murphy helped the hosts reach 400 in the very last over. Both teams could feel happy at the end of a thoroughly entertaining final hour.

Ahmed Daniyal first defended six runs in the final over of the game before conceding just six runs in the Super Over to set up Pakistan Shaheens’ win

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In a dramatic low-scoring thriller that went into a Super Over, fast bowler Ahmed Daniyal kept his composure as Pakistan Shaheens defeated Bangladesh A to lift the Asia Cup Rising Stars title in Doha, Qatar.Daniyal, defending six runs in the 20th, bowled a nerveless over to take the game into a Super Over. He then removed Abdul Gaffar Saqlain with his second ball in the Super Over and then clean bowled Jishan Alam to restrict Bangladesh A to only 6. Saad Masood and Maaz Sadaqat took just four balls to chase down the target and spark celebrations in the Shaheens camp.This, however, was a game which ebbed and flowed all the way through. Sent into bat, Shaheens lost three wickets in the powerplay, and then continued to slip to eventually be bowled out for 125. Bangladesh A started the chase rapidly, but the spin quartet of Arafat Minhas, Saad Masood, Maaz Sadaqat and Sufiyan Muqeem spun a web around the batters to derail the chase.At 53 for 7 in the 13th over, the game looked as good as done, but Rakibul Hasan (24), Saqlain (16) and Ripon Mondol (11) – Bangladesh A’s last three – staged an unlikely comeback. Mondol, however, wasn’t able to repeat his semi-final Super Over heroics in the final as Bangladesh A went down.Bangladesh A couldn’t have hoped for a better start to the game with Shaheens losing Yasir Khan first ball of the match, courtesy a stunning under-arm direct hit from Saqlain running in from mid-on. Mohammad Faiq was cleaned up by SM Meherob, while wicketkeeper-batter Ghazi Ghori was bowled by Rakibul as Shaheens slipped to 25 for 3 in the fifth over.Maaz Sadaqat struck two fours and a six in his 23, but when he fell in the seventh over, Shaheens lost their way. Captain Irfan Khan scored a sedate 9 off 22 balls, with only Masood and Minhas providing anything of note on the Shaheens’ scorecard. Mondol bowled a terrific 19th over, picking up three wickets, and the innings ended with a run out as Shaheens were bowled out in 20 overs.In reply, Bangladesh A opener Habibur Rahman Sohan was quick off the blocks, tonking Ubaid Shah for a six over deep midwicket. While Alam was trapped in front of the stumps by Minhas, Habibur kept going as he smashed Masood for a six and two fours in the fourth over. But the bowler had the last laugh when Habibur pulled a long hop straight to square leg, and the Bangladesh A middle order caved in.Minhas trapped Mahidul Islam Ankon lbw before Muqeem’s left-arm wristpin bamboozled Bangladesh A. He got Akbar Ali to chop one back onto his stumps, and then struck twice in two balls, cleaning up Mahfuzur Rahman Rabby and Mrittunjoy Chowdhury with identical wrong’uns. Rakibul went after Masood but Bangladesh A kept losing wickets, with the required rate rising.Then came another twist with Bangladesh A requiring 27 off the last two overs and only Saqlain and Mondol, the last two batters at the crease. Shahid Aziz, bowling the 19th over, missed his yorker three times and the batters smashed him for three sixes to flip the script. Daniyal, however, bowled a terrific last over, mixing his lengths to rescue Shaheens.

Justin Verlander is one of the oldest players in MLB, but it doesn't seem as if he's ready to call it a career just yet. Now in the midst of his 20th season, Verlander notched his 3,500th strikeout on Sunday, and is on the verge of moving into the ninth all-time in the category. And despite not picking up a win until his 17th start of the year, he's expecting to be back on the mound in 2026.

Speaking with , Verlander acknowledged his desire to continue pitching in 2026.

"I mean, I'd like to," he said. "At this point in my career, if something goes really wrong, I'm not going to rehab a surgery or anything. I always understand that it could be it, but I think physically, I've shown some good health this season. As I've been on the mound, things have started to get better and better. To me, that's a good sign with all the work I put in after my nerve injury last year, which notoriously takes a long time. The ball's rolling in the right direction, and I would like to continue pitching. You never know. It's a fickle game too, but I think the stuff is still there."

It's not something he's shied away from in the past, and 20 starts into his age-42 season, it's clear Verlander believes he has another year left in him, if not more. Of course, he was ready to admit that a significant injury could change those plans, but if he's blessed with a clean bill of health, he sees no reason why he can't contribute so long as he still has the stuff on the mound.

In 2025, Verlander owns a 4.53 ERA with 87 strikeouts in 99 1/3 innings. He signed a one-year, $15 million deal with the Giants in the offseason, so he'll be back in free agency again in the winter, where he'll be hoping at least one team has interest in adding him to the back end of their rotation for what would be his age-43 season.

كشف الإعلامي أحمد شوبير حقيقة ما تردد خلال الساعات الماضية بشأن اقتراب رحيل لاعب الأهلي محمد مجدي أفشة.

وقال شوبير في تصريحاته الإذاعية صباح اليوم الأربعاء: “الحديث عن أن محمد مجدي أفشة تلقّى عرضًا غير صحيح إطلاقًا؛ فاللاعب ما زال موجودًا داخل النادي، ولم يطلب الجهاز الفني رحيله، ولم يحدث أي شيء من هذا الكلام”.

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وأضاف: “على العكس، فإن ييس توروب يحتاج وجود أفشة معه، وما زال يراقب اللاعبين ويقيّمهم، صحيح أنه لم يشارك في الفترة الماضية، لكنه دائمًا يؤكد أن لأفشة دورًا مهمًا مع الأهلي”.

واختتم شوبير حديثه قائلًا: “لا توجد أي عروض وصلت لأفشة، ولا أفشة نفسه طلب الرحيل، ولا النادي الأهلي يفكر في رحيله”.

ومن المقرر أن يلعب الأهلي مباراته القادمة في بطولة كأس الرابطة المصرية ضد إنبي في الجولة الأولي من مرحلة المجموعات، وذلك يوم الخميس الموافق 11 ديسمبر المُقبل.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot has made some candid remarks about his side’s plight in recent weeks. He understands the issues in front of him, and yet the Dutchman is struggling to find a route out of this rut.

A summer of sweeping change was always going to run the risk of taking from Slot’s finely-wrought tactical set-up from last season, when the Premier League was conquered so dominantly in his first year.

Hugo Ekitike aside, it is concerning nonetheless that practically all of the Anfield side’s summer signings have flattered to deceive this far. But it’s more concerning still that so many mainstays are just as far down from the wayside.

The struggling Liverpool mainstays

Liverpool are so open defensively, it is shocking. There is a staggering absence of balance from head to toe, and Slot’s comments, alluding that he is currently unsure how to overcome this issue, have been disquieting for anxious fans.

Even during last week’s resounding Champions League victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, the five-star Reds conceded first and looked wobbly until the hosts’ own defensive fragilities shattered open.

Virgil van Dijk has cut a forlorn figure during post-match interviews, with his side’s four-game skid in the Premier League weighing heavily on his armband.

The 34-year-old has not been at the races of late, needlessly giving away a penalty during the recent league loss to Brentford and altogether failing to marshal his troops, shipping so many goals each game.

Mohamed Salah, too, is toiling, with last season’s leading man reduced in strength and significance this year.

But Salah has still had his moments this season, while Van Dijk remains dominant in the duel and leads the side in an almost understated way: without the Dutchman, this struggling defence would unspool chaotically.

However, another of Slot’s most trusted lieutenants has been in woeful form all year, and he’s beginning to show shades of one Thiago Alcantara, who was immensely talented but frustrating under Jurgen Klopp’s wing all too often.

Liverpool's new version of Thiago

Liverpool signed Thiago from Bayern Munich for over £20m in 2020. Jurgen Klopp and his side had just won the Premier League, and the glittering Spaniard was identified as the perfect technician to open up new dimensions in the centre of the park.

How a fully-fit Thiago would have done for the Merseysiders across a prolonged period, we will never know. Thiago retired after four seasons with Liverpool, making only 97 appearances, all told. His final year, 2023/24, yielded just one off-the-bench display against Arsenal.

It ended up being a disappointment, such was Thiago’s quality, and now, in different circumstances, Alexis Mac Allister threatens to become the club’s new version.

Mac Allister’s current struggles are not of his presence on the sidelines, but rather, the 26-year-old’s inability to impress in Slot’s system thus far.

He was largely immense across his first two terms in red, but the tough-tackling, slick-passing Mac Allister seems to have lost his physicality and athletic robustness. He is a shadow of himself.

For a player whose completeness and control in the engine room has paid such big dividends for Liverpool in the past, this is a concern, and offers shades of Thiago in that he is arguably the most technically gifted midfielder at the club and yet is proving to be a “huge disappointment” in this regard, according to one Premier League analyst, who drew attention to him being the “Thiago-type” in Slot’s team and yet struggling to muster the requisite technical levels.

Thankfully, Mac Allister has been among Liverpool’s most impressive performers since signing, and there is as much an expectation as an anticipation that he will swiftly return to form and spearhead this new chapter.

During the early phase of the 2023/24 campaign, TNT Sports pundit Joe Cole hailed Mac Allister as a “superstar” of a midfielder whose dynamism and sharp-mindedness allowed him to “play anywhere” across the field.

Applying that theory should see the Argentina international thrive as the perfect cog in the middle of the Slot machine, easing Liverpool away from their current bother. Mac Allister has been anything but the solution, with his output on the decline across most every metric in the top flight.

Right in the thick of things in midfield, Mac Allister cannot be expected to emerge on top across every duel he contests. But he’s proving far less willing to engage in combative situations, with mismanagement, residual issues from an affected early-season setback and the absence of confidence that comes from

The good part is that Mac Allister has proven his quality across a number of campaigns in the Premier League, and he’s a world champions with his nation besides.

But we can’t hide from the fact that he hasn’t been pulling his weight, and what’s more concerning is that Liverpool lack an alternative who can provide Slot’s system with the full package in the way he can.

With this in mind, it’s paramount that Mac Allister revives his quality in the middle of the park and lifts the champions back to the standard they were playing at before. Otherwise, this new Thiago-esque reputation will only harden across the looming wintry months.

Move over Salah: Slot's 5/10 Liverpool star is the new Jordan Henderson

Liverpool’s crisis deepened as they were condemned to a fourth successive Premier League defeat at Brentford.

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Angus Sinclair

Oct 26, 2025