Salman Butt's lawyer withdraws from fixing case

Aftab Gul, Salman Butt’s lawyer, has withdrawn from the spot-fixing case against his client

ESPNcricinfo staff13-Nov-2010

Salman Butt will be without his lawyer Aftab Gul at the hearing into the spot-fixing allegations in January•Associated Press

Aftab Gul, Salman Butt’s lawyer, has withdrawn from the spot-fixing case against his client. “I don’t think the suspended players will get justice, so I have withdrawn,” Aftab said.The ICC had on Friday set up a three-man tribunal to hear the spot-fixing allegations against Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif from January 6 to 11 in Doha, Qatar. The panel is headed by Michael Beloff QC, the ICC code of conduct commissioner, who had earlier rejected the appeals of Butt and Amir against their provisional suspension following the allegations. This had led the players’ lawyers to raise objections on Beloff’s presence in the tribunal.”It is no use fighting this case because the ICC tribunal has already decided what to do. Having this hearing is all a drama,” Aftab said, according to the .Khalid Ranjha, another of Butt’s lawyers, told that Beloff had already showed his intention by rejecting the appeals. However, Shahid Karim, Amir`s lawyer, said he was ready to defend his client in the final hearing even if their objection against Beloff`s presence was not accepted.The three players were provisionally suspended by the ICC in September for their alleged involvement in the spot-fixing controversy during the Lord’s Test. In a sting, Mazhar Majeed, a player agent, claimed to have paid Amir and Asif to bowl no-balls to order with the collaboration of Butt. The players lodged appeals against their suspensions, though Asif eventually withdrew his, and they were heard in Dubai in October. Beloff, who chaired the hearing, rejected their appeals, following which the PCB proceeded to revoke their central contracts.The hearing of the appeals was only meant to establish whether or not the ICC followed the correct procedures in provisionally suspending the players, and not their innocence or guilt. The trio face the possibility of criminal charges in the UK, and evidence gathered by Scotland Yard has been passed on to the Crown Prosecution Service.

L! Espresso: 'Arena Corinthians chega à marca de 4 milhões de torcedores'

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O Corinthians vai atingir nesta quarta-feira, às 21h45, contra o Mirassol, pela 11ª rodada do Campeonato Paulista, a marca de 4 milhões de torcedores em jogos oficiais na Arena de Itaquera. Desde a inauguração do estádio, em 2014, o público acumulado nos 123 jogos do Timão é de 3.996.282 pagantes.

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ليكيب: فرنسا تفقد لوكاس هيرنانديز بعد تأكد إصابته في الرباط الصليبي

أكد الفحص الطبي الذي خضع له لاعب منتخب فرنسا، لوكاس هيرنانديز، منذ قليل إصابته بقطع في الرباط الصليبي.

وكانت فرنسا قد بدأت حملة الدفاع عن لقبها في كأس العالم، بمواجهة أستراليا مساء أمس في الجولة الأولى، حيث فازت بنتيجة 4-1.

ولكن ما عكر صفو ليلة الديوك هو إصابة لوكاس هيرنانديز واضطراره إلى الخروج في الدقيقة 9.

وأبدى ديدييه ديشامب، مدرب منتخب فرنسا، تشاؤمه في التصريحات التي تلت المباراة، حيث أشار إلى مدى قوة الإصابة.

ويبدو أن حدس ديشامب كان صحيحًا، حيث ذكرت صحيفة “ليكيب” الفرنسية في خبر عاجل منذ قليل أن لوكاس هيرنانديز لن يشارك في أي مباريات أخرى خلال المونديال الحالي.

وأوضحت أن هيرنانديز خضع بالفعل للفحص منذ قليل، والذي أثبت وجود قطع في الرباط الصليبي للركبة اليمنى، وسيغيب عن باقي مشوار منتخب بلاده في البطولة.

رسميًا.. مانشستر يونايتد يعلن فسخ عقد كريستيانو رونالدو

أعلن نادي مانشستر يونايتد الإنجليزي، في بيان رسمي اليوم الثلاثاء، فسخ عقد النجم البرتغالي كريستيانو رونالدو.

وكان من المفترض أن ينتهي عقد اللاعب صاحب الـ37 عامًا مع الشياطين الحمر عام 2023.

ولكن رونالدو تسبب في ضجة كبرى في الفترة الأخيرة بعد تصريحاته الهجومية ضد مانشستر يونايتد وإدارة النادي والمسؤولين والمدرب إريك تين هاج.

اقرأ أيضًا | رغم الهجوم ضده.. روني يثير حفيظة رونالدو بتصريحات جديدة

وقال مانشستر يونايتد في بيانه الرسمي: “كريستيانو رونالدو سيغادر مانشستر يونايتد باتفاق متبادل، بأثر فوري”.

وأضاف: “يشكره النادي على مساهمته الهائلة في فترتين في أولد ترافورد، حيث سجل 145 هدفًا في 346 مباراة، ويتمنى له ولأسرته التوفيق في المستقبل”.

وواصل: “لا يزال الجميع في مانشستر يونايتد يركزون على مواصلة تقدم الفريق تحت قيادة إريك تين هاج والعمل معًا لتحقيق النجاح على أرض الملعب”.

Ariel Cabral prorroga contrato com Cruzeiro por mais dois anos

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O volante Ariel Cabral renovou o contrato com o Cruzeiro por mais dois anos. O vínculo do jogador venceria no final deste ano mas foi estendido por mais duas temporadas.O acordo entre o argentino e a Raposa prevê que, caso haja o interesse das partes, o contrato poderá ser prorrogado automaticamente até dezembro de 2021. O camisa 5, portanto, terá a oportunidade de completar sete temporadas ininterruptas a serviço da Raposa.

O argentino, de 30 anos, chegou ao Cruzeiro emem agosto de 2015. Desde então, o meio-campista disputou 111 partidas e marcou três gols. Com a camisa celeste, ele conquistou o título da Copa do Brasil de 2017.

Cabral também é um dos responsáveis por recepcionar os vários estrangeiros no clube, casos de Lucas Romero, Matías Pisano, Federico Gino, Sánchez Miño, Ramón Ábila, Federico Mancuello e outros.

غياب لاعب إنجلترا عن التدريبات يومين متتاليين.. وشكوك حول مشاركته ضد إيران

غاب نجم إنجلترا جيمس ماديسون عن التدريبات لليوم الثاني على التوالي في مجمع الوكرة الرياضي بقطر، لتحوم الشكوك حول مشاركته أمام إيران.

غاب لاعب خط وسط ليستر عن جلسة الخميس، حيث قالت إنجلترا إن إغفاله يرجع إلى إدارة حمله التدريبي، في ظل الإصابة التي تعرض لها مطلع الأسبوع الحالي.

لكن ماديسون تخطى التدريبات مرة أخرى يوم الجمعة لإثارة مزيد من الشكوك حول دوره في المباراة الافتتاحية يوم الإثنين ضد إيران في كأس العالم.

ظهر المهاجم للحظات مع بقية زملائه في الفريق، لكنه عاد على الفور إلى الداخل مع بدء الجلسة.

كما لوحظ أنه كان يرتدي حذاء رياضي بينما كان باقي أعضاء فريقه يرتدون أحذية كرة القدم.

عانى ماديسون من مشكلة في الركبة في النصف الأول من فوز ليستر سيتي على وست هام يوم السبت.

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لياقته هي مصدر قلق، بعد أن لعب نجم ليستر دوره مرة أخرى في فريق إنجلترا على خلفية مستواه المذهل حتى الآن هذا الموسم.

اتفق جاريث ساوثجيت مدرب إنجلترا مع دعوات من المعجبين والنقاد بأن ماديسون يستحق مكانًا على متن الطائرة المتجهة إلى قطر.

لقد مر بعض الوقت منذ أن تم استدعاؤه لتشكيلة إنجلترا، آخر مرة لعب فيها مع منتخب الأسود الثلاثة في عام 2019.

حتى أن ساوثجيت قال في مؤتمره الصحفي يوم الأربعاء إن هناك فرصة أن يلعب ماديسون في المباراة الافتتاحية ضد إيران يوم الإثنين، ولكن ليس من المعلوم ما إذا كان الأمر سيتغير بناءً على التطورات الأخيرة أم لا.

In-form Trescothick makes Durham suffer

Marcus Trescothick took his run tally in his last five County Championship innings to 551 with a superb 128 on a rain-delayed opening day against Durham at Taunton

24-Aug-2010
ScorecardMarcus Trescothick’s hundred gave Somerset a solid base against Durham•Bipin Patel

Marcus Trescothick took his run tally in his last five County Championship innings to 551 with a superb 128 on a rain-delayed opening day against Durham at Taunton. The former England opener followed up scored of 188 not out against Kent and 228 not out against Essex with another powerful exhibition as Somerset ran up 287 for 4. Arul Suppiah made 54 and Nick Compton 45.Play did not start until 1.10pm because of rain, but only 15 overs were lost. Durham’s bowlers faced a tough task maintaining line and length in a strong gusty wind, but stuck to their task well, Dale Benkenstein removing Compton and Trescothick for figures of 2 for 17 from three overs.Trescothick won the toss and elected to take first use of a green looking pitch, which as is so often the case at Taunton, did not offer as much assistance to the seamer as its appearance suggested. Suppiah helped his captain put on 119 for the first wicket and had reached a half-century off 85 balls with 10 fours before being trapped lbw by a delivery from former team-mate Ian Blackwell that looked to turn.Trescothick blasted 11 fours in reaching fifty off 71 deliveries and was unbeaten on 78 when tea was taken at 154 for 1 after 40 overs. The final session also featured 40 overs and saw Trescothick and Compton extend their second wicket stand to 113 before the latter aimed to clip Benkenstein away on the leg side and Scott Borthwick took a sharp catch at short mid-wicket.Trescothick had reached his hundred off 149 balls, with 17 fours, and celebrated with his only six, pulled over a short mid-wicket boundary off Benkenstein. The bowler got his revenge soon afterwards as the Somerset captain, eager to press the accelerator, drove in the air to extra cover where Mark Stoneman took a comfortable catch.From 232 for 1 Somerset were suddenly 249 for 4 when James Hildreth, one of only two batsmen with more runs than Trescothick in the Championship First Division, failed for once and was yorked by Matthew Claydon for 7.It will not have escaped Somerset’s notice that Blackwell got several balls to turn in the closing overs, a sight which may well have had Murali Kartik rubbing his hands at the prospect of bowling left-arm spin at the Durham batsmen later in the game.

Hat-trick hero Croft seals Glamorgan win

Glamorgan’s County Championship promotion charge gathered momentum as theybeat neighbours and arch-rivals Gloucestershire by 176 runs inside three days atCheltenham

01-Aug-2010
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Glamorgan’s County Championship promotion charge gathered momentum as theybeat neighbours and arch-rivals Gloucestershire by 176 runs inside three days atCheltenham.Set a notional 345 to win, the home side were shot out for 168 in their secondinnings, undone by an inspired spell of swing bowling from England A star JamesHarris and a first-ever hat-trick from veteran spinner Robert Croft.The youngest player to be capped by the Welsh county, 20-year-old Harris rippedthrough Gloucestershire’s top order in a burst of 3 for 5 in 25 balls asGlamorgan accrued 20 points to move above Northamptonshire and into second placein Division Two behind Sussex.Gloucestershire must be sick of the sight of the Moriston-born bowler, whoclaimed 12 wickets in only his second first-class match to send the Englishneighbours tumbling to defeat in a match at Bristol in 2007. Croft erased the tail in one fell swoop, in the process becoming the first Glamorgan spinner to claim a hat-trick since Don Sheppard achieved the feat against Hampshire at Swansea in 1964. He finished with impressive figures of 4 for 20 in 6.3 overs.This defeat leaves Gloucestershire trailing behind in fourth place in the tableand still searching for their first Championship win at the Cheltenham Festivalsince Sussex were defeated at the College Ground in 2001. Upwardly-mobile Glamorgan were always in the ascendancy once wicketkeeper Mark Wallace had registered his ninth first-class century to propel the visitors to 371 in their second innings.Gloucestershire’s top-order batting has been their Achilles heel throughout theseason and so it proved on this occasion, a solid start evaporating in the spaceof 50 balls after lunch, during which time the home side lurched from 51 withoutloss to 60 for 5.Just as he did in the first innings, Will Porterfield played himself in,scoring a breezy 41, only to fall to a loose shot, the Irishman wafting outsideoff-stump and being caught at first slip via a thick edge to gift Harris abreakthrough.Having offered stubborn resistance in scratching 10 runs from 51 balls, JonBatty was put out of his misery by a Harris inswinger that clattered into hisstumps via an inside edge. Hamish Marshall departed in the next over, caught atthe wicket as Huw Waters got in on the act.Harris then trapped Gloucestershire captain Alex Gidman in his crease, whileWaters, breathing fire from the College Lawn end, swung one into James Franklin,who became the game’s 16th lbw victim. Glamorgan captain Jamie Dalrymple then turned to his spinners to press home his team’s advantage and England Under-19 left-hander Chris Dent succumbed to temptation, giving Croft the charge and being comprehensively stumped asGloucestershire slipped to 94 for 6.Waters returned after tea to have Jon Lewis held at second slip for 24 andCroft engineered a premature end to proceedings, removing Vikram Banerjee,Gemaal Hussain and Steve Kirby with consecutive deliveries from the College Lawnend.Earlier in the day Glamorgan had added a further 88 in 21 overs during themorning session to establish a lead of match-winning proportions. Having contributed an innings-reviving 72 on the first day, Wallace again proved a thorn in Gloucestershire sides, realising three figures from 116 balls, with 13 fours and a six. He eventually fell to the second new ball for 113 -to give the impressive Hussain figures of 3 for 60.

Newcastle transfer news on Dybala

Newcastle United have reportedly now ‘moved’ to try and sign Paulo Dybala in the summer.

The Lowdown: Out of contract

Dybala is out of contract in the summer, and so he is expected to leave Juventus at the end of the season as a free agent.

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Currently rated at £36m by Transfermarkt, whoever is able to sign him will be getting a real bargain on their hands – the Argentina star has scored eight times in 20 Serie A starts this season, racking up a huge 3.7 shots, 1.5 key passes and 1.7 dribbles per game (Whoscored).

The Latest: Newcastle move

As per Corriere dello Sport (via Sport Witness), both the St. James’ Park faithful and Arsenal have now ‘moved’ for Dybala, with his preference to move abroad from Italy.

However, they have not ‘gone beyond the show of interest’, but would have a chance of signing him from a financial perspective.

The Verdict: No-brainer

To get a player of Dybala’s quality for free is surely a no-brainer, perhaps regardless of whatever his potentially remarkable wage demands are.

Hailed as ‘world-class’ by former Premier League goalkeeper Paul Robinson, the Argentina international has won as many as five Serie A titles with the Old Lady, as well as many other accolades (Transfermarkt).

He has over 200 combined goals and assists for club and country over the course of his career so far, and at 28 years of age, is still at the peak of his powers.

Nonetheless, bringing him in through the door on Tyneside would certainly send out a big message to the rest of the world that the Magpies mean business.

In other news, find out what three other strikers are on PIF’s shortlist here!

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