كشف الإعلامي خالد الغندور، تفاصيل جديدة بشأن المدير الفني المنتظر للنادي الأهلي، وكواليس اتفاق محمود الخطيب رئيس القلعة الحمراء مع سيد عبد الحفيظ بعد الاستقرار على عودة الأخير للعمل بالنادي.

وقال خالد الغندور في تصريحات عبر برنامج “الحريفة” على إذاعة “أون سبورت إف إم”: “أريد أن أتحدث عن ملف المدير الفني الجديد للنادي الأهلي، النادي بدأ إعلاميًا يطرح اسم مدرب دنماركي سبق له تدريب فريق ميتلاند، ويمتلك خبرة تصل إلى 20 عامًا، حقق بطولة الدوري الدنماركي مع ميتلاند، كما درب إمام عاشور في تلك الفترة، ثم حصل على بطولة الكأس، لكن طوال مسيرته لم يحقق العديد من البطولات، باستثناء بطولة دوري الدرجة الثانية في الدنمارك”.

وتابع: “فجأة وجدنا أن هذا المدرب انتقل إلى تدريب فريق بولندي، ثم قيل إنه ليس المقصود، ومع ذلك، ما زال هناك حديث عن أن المدير الفني القادم دنماركي، خاصة في ظل وجود أسامة هلال، مدير التعاقدات، في الدنمارك حاليًا”.

وأضاف: “المدير الفني الذي يُتوقع الإعلان عنه بعد مباراة القمة، يوم الأربعاء المُقبل، هو جيس ثوروب، وُلد في 21 فبراير 1970، ويبلغ من العمر 55 عامًا، بدأ مسيرته التدريبية مع منتخب الدنمارك تحت 21 عامًا، ثم تولى تدريب نادي إيسبيرغ من 2013 حتى 2014، قبل أن ينتقل لتدريب ميتلاند ويحقق معهم لقب الدوري موسم 2014-2015”.

وأردف: “بعدها تولى تدريب جينت البلجيكي من 2018 حتى 2020، ثم درب جينك لفترة قصيرة جدًا في 2020، بعدها أصبح مدربًا لفريق كوبنهاجن من 2020 حتى 2022، كما درب لفترة وجيزة فريق هيرتا برلين الألماني، ومنذ ذلك الوقت لم يتولَّ تدريب أي فريق آخر”.

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وواصل: “في مسيرته التدريبية، خاض 512 مباراة، فاز في 265 منها، وتعادل في 113، وخسر 134، بنسبة فوز تبلغ حوالي 52%. هذا هو المدرب الذي سيُعلن عن توليه تدريب الأهلي، وسيأتي برفقة خمسة مساعدين”.

وأشار: “المدرب سيحصل مع جهازه المعاون على راتب يصل إلى 230 ألف دولار، أي ما يعادل تقريبًا 11 مليون جنيه مصري، هو ليس صاحب سيرة ذاتية كبيرة للغاية، لكنه أيضًا ليس ضعيفًا، مدرب عادي، وليس كما توقع البعض أن يأتي اسم مثل برونو لاج”.

وأضاف الغندور: “في الجهاز المعاون سيكون الكابتن عادل مصطفى موجودًا، بينما سيتولى وليد صلاح الدين منصب مدير الكرة، أما عماد النحاس فيتم الآن البحث عن دور مناسب له داخل النادي بعد مباراة القمة”.

واستطرد: “معلوماتي أن الكابتن سيد عبد الحفيظ جلس مع الكابتن محمود الخطيب، وتم الاتفاق على أن يكون عبد الحفيظ هو المشرف العام على فريق الكرة، الخطيب سيبتعد عن هذا الملف تمامًا، خصوصًا إذا قرر خوض الانتخابات المقبلة”.

واختتم: “قد يفكر سيد عبد الحفيظ في إلغاء لجنة التخطيط التي يترأسها الكابتن مختار مختار، على أن تكون له صلاحيات كاملة في إدارة قطاع الكرة بالنادي الأهلي، إلى جانب وجود وليد صلاح الدين كمدير للكرة، والكابتن محمد يوسف أيضًا في المنظومة”.

Tottenham Hotspur are now ready to meet a rival Premier League club’s demands and sign an “outrageous” attacker, according to journalist Sebastien Vidal.

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With the new Premier League season set to get underway this weekend, Tottenham fans are justified in feeling a little disappointed by their activity in the transfer window, having made very few major additions to the squad this summer.

Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso have completed permanent moves to north London after initial loan spells, but otherwise Spurs have been quiet, with Mohammed Kudus the only other high-profile addition.

Having secured Champions League qualification, it is frustrating that Daniel Levy & co haven’t been able to strike while the iron is hot and bring in some top players, missing out on Nottingham Forest’s Morgan Gibbs-White last month.

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Not only that, but the Lilywhites have now lost Son Heung-min and James Maddison, with the former joining LAFC and the latter set for a significant spell on the treatment table after suffering an ACL injury.

Consequently, there is an even more pressing need to bring in a new attacking midfielder, and Tottenham are now ramping up their interest in multiple players, with Leicester City’s Bilal El Khannouss and Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze named as potential options.

Manchester City’s James McAtee and Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott are also of interest, and Spurs are now “ready” to meet the Reds’ demands for the young Englishman, according to an update from Vidal on X.

The journalist states that Thomas Frank’s side are looking to “boost their attacking creativity”, and a move for Elliott could be on the cards, with the 22-year-old in line to receive regular game time if he moves to north London.

There is a feeling that Liverpool will sanction the England U21 international’s departure this summer, and a £40m fee has been touted.

"Outrageous" Elliott could be ideal Eze alternative

There is certainly no shortage of exciting options on Tottenham’s shortlist, with Eze perhaps chief amongst them, having outperformed the other targets in terms of attacking contributions in the Premier League last season.

Target	PL appearances	Goals	Assists
Eberechi Eze	34	8	8
Harvey Elliott	18	1	2
Bilal El Khannouss	32	2	3
James McAtee	15	3	0

However, the Crystal Palace star is also the most senior player at 27-years-old, meaning he received more game time, and it could be difficult for Spurs to win the race, given that Arsenal are thought to be closing in on a deal, having agreed a £55m fee.

Elliott could be the best option out of the remaining targets, given that he has been lauded as “outrageous” by scout Jacek Kulig in the past, while the Liverpool ace also has experience in the Champions League.

As such, it is exciting news that Tottenham are ready to meet Liverpool’s demands, and a fee of around £40m seems reasonable.

Tom Moffat says ICC and national governing bodies can “exercise leverage” without boycotts

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Tom Moffat, World Cricketers Association CEO•Photo courtesy Tom Moffat

Global cricket needs to move away from “random and inconsistent,” outbursts of support for Afghanistan’s exiled women’s cricketers and towards a “systematic global approach.” That’s the view of the global player body, the World Cricketers Association (WCA) whose CEO Tom Moffat has called the exclusion of women’s players in any country “unacceptable.”In the same week that an Afghan Women’s XI will come together for the first time to play against a Cricket Without Borders team at the Junction Oval in Australia, Moffat spoke to ESPNcricinfo about possible collective action which he says “doesn’t necessarily mean boycotts,” but should include both the ICC and individual boards.”The ICC and national governing bodies run and regulate the game and their tournaments, and have a responsibility to exercise leverage to ensure that the rights of players in our sport, including Afghanistan women’s players, are protected and respected,” Moffat said. “That doesn’t necessarily mean boycotts, there are a number of ways to exercise leverage, but to date the random and inconsistent manner of dealing with it, and of even having the conversation around the world, highlights the need for cricket’s governing bodies to implement a more systematic global approach to protecting basic player rights, along with just about every other aspect of the sport.”Related

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Afghanistan, who have been a Full Member since 2017, does not have a women’s team but was developing one before the Taliban takeover in 2021. In 2020, the ACB contracted 25 women’s players but they never played an international. Under the Taliban regime, women have been banned from participating in sport and there have been increasing restrictions on them in all aspects of public life including education and access to healthcare.The crackdown on women’s rights has drawn criticism from several international organisations including Amnesty International and the United Nations, and though there are asset freezes on some Taliban officials, there are no sporting bans in place. Afghanistan remain members of FIFA and the ICC, to name two global bodies and sent a team of three men and three women, who were living in exile and were not recognised by the Taliban government, to last year’s Paris Olympics.Currently, Australia are the only country who have cancelled bilateral engagements against Afghanistan while England have said they will do the same. Both countries continue to play Afghanistan in ICC events, even as calls to boycott those games grow.In England, a cross-party parliamentary group >wrote to the ECB strongly urging the men’s team and officials to, “speak out against the horrific treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan,” and to consider not playing Afghanistan in their Champions Trophy fixture on February 26. In response, the ECB CEO Richard Gould called for “a coordinated, ICC-wide approach,” which is similar to Moffat’s stance.Similarly, South Africa, who are also grouped with Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy, have received backlash from their sports minister Gayton McKenzie, who compared the Taliban’s treatment of women to Apartheid.Cricket South Africa have actively sought out fixtures against Afghanistan and played them in an ODI series in Sharjah last September and maintain that shunning the men’s team will not have a material impact on the situation facing women in Afghanistan. South Africa’s stance is important because they have first-hand experience of being banned from the 1970s to 1990s and sporting isolation (along with economic sanctions) was a significant contributor to the fall of Apartheid. However, CSA is of the opinion that it will take more than a cricket boycott to force the Taliban to recognise women’s rights.

Celtic will be playing Europa League football this season after they were beaten 3-2 on penalties by Kairat Almaty in the Champions League play-off clash on Tuesday night.

The Hoops had drawn 0-0 at Parkhead last week, failing to make the most of home advantage, and then failed to get the job done in normal time or extra-time away from home, which led to a loss on penalties.

Adam Idah, Luke McCowan, and Daizen Maeda all missed from the spot for Brendan Rodgers, and it will not have done Idah’s confidence any good after a disappointing start to the season.

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The Ireland international is yet to get off the mark with a goal this term. In four games in all competitions, the former Norwich City marksman has missed three ‘big chances’ and failed to register a goal or an assist for the team.

He has not proven that he has what it takes to be the main number nine for Celtic as a regular starter, and this latest performance against Kairat will not have helped his confidence.

In his defence, though, his performance after coming off the bench before the penalty shoot-out was not horrendous. He created two chances for his teammates and won two of his three aerial battles to provide an outlet for the team, per Sofascore, but then the striker missed from the spot in the shoot-out.

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Despite his penalty miss, though, Idah was not the worst performer for the Hoops on the night. One other player who should be dropped from the team because of their showing is Hyun-jun Yang.

Why Rodgers must drop Yang for Celtic

Rodgers must ruthlessly ditch the South Korea international from the starting XI for the clash with Rangers on Sunday because he put in a poor display on Tuesday evening.

The 23-year-old winger was selected to play off the left flank for the Scottish Premiership giants, with Maeda through the middle and James Forrest on the right, and failed to do enough on or off the ball to impress.

Yang played the opening 70 minutes of the match and did not register a single shot or goal, nor did he create a single chance for his teammates at the top end of the pitch. Whereas, as aforementioned, Idah created two chances for the side after he came off the bench.

Minutes

70

50

Dribbles completed

1/3

0/0

Pass accuracy

61%

77%

Key passes

0

2

Duels won

3/15

2/6

Duel success rate

20%

33%

Possession lost

20x

7x

As you can see in the table above, the South Korean flop performance was even worse than Idah’s in general play before the penalty shoot-out miss from the striker, as he performed worse in duels, gave the ball away way more, and was less creative.

The Hoops winger did not offer anywhere near enough in any phase of the game to justify his continued inclusion in the starting XI, particularly with a clash against Rangers away from home in their next match in the Premiership.

Michel-Ange Balikwisha is reportedly closing in on a move to Celtic from Royal Antwerp to bolster Rodgers’ options on the flanks, and this means that the manager may have another player to pick from on Sunday.

With this in mind, the Northern Irish boss should ruthlessly drop Yang from the line-up after his dismal showing on Tuesday, to potentially throw Balikwisha in at the deep end this weekend.

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Jamie Vardy is embracing a new challenge in Serie A, with it revealed that the ex-England international is living in a £2 million villa on Lake Garda while Italian lessons are teaching him “colourful swear words”. The veteran frontman has stepped out of his comfort zone after reaching the end of his contract at Leicester City and becoming a free agent.

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At 38 years of age, and with no plans to retire any time soon, Vardy has signed an initial one-year contract with Cremonese – with that deal including the option for a further 12-month extension, which would take him into his 40s.

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Vardy snubbed interest from a number of teams in British football, having reportedly registered on the recruitment radar of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney at Wrexham, and is loving his new life in picturesque surroundings.

Vardy already knows Italian swear words

He is said to be undertaking “intensive” language lessons, alongside wife Rebekah, with a source telling : “Jamie and Becky are already loving Italian life, and doing all they can to blend in seamlessly. The whole family is having Italian lessons, and Jamie is already au fait with some of the more colourful swear words. ‘Vaffanculo’ is his current fave; he actually knows most swear words in most languages – he is quite the polymath.

“People close to them thought Jamie would base himself out there for the season and Becky and the kids would stay as they are – but in the end they’ve decided to throw themselves in at the deep end as a family.

“Actually she really fell in love with the place a year or so ago when they went there on holiday, and it's early days but they are super happy – it's all going really well, and they've made some great new pals.”

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Rebekah and her five children are yet to join Jamie in Italy on a full-time basis, with Vardy having told reporters of an elongated moving process: “They're not here yet at this moment. You have to go through all the procedures to get visas and things like that. But they're really looking forward to it. A real buzz and excitement, especially with getting to learn a new language as well. So, as a whole, we can't wait.”

The allrounder, who played three ODIs and one T20I in 2016, led Himachal to their maiden Vijay Hazare Trophy title in 2021-22

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Jan-2025India and Himachal Pradesh fast-bowling allrounder Rishi Dhawan has announced his retirement from Indian limited-overs cricket. The 34-year-old ends his international career with four caps, three in ODIs and one in T20Is, all earned in 2016. The announcement has come after the conclusion of the group stage of the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy.Dhawan’s retirement announcement specified limited-overs cricket, which suggests he will carry on playing first-class cricket at least for the remainder of the ongoing Ranji Trophy season. Himachal are currently second in Group B of the competition, and are in the running for a quarter-finals spot. Dhawan has played all five of Himachal’s matches so far this season, and is their second-highest run-getter with 397 at 79.40, and has picked up 11 wickets at 28.45.”It’s with a heavy heart, even though I have no regrets, that I’d like to announce my retirement from Indian cricket (Limited over). It’s a sport that has defined my life for the past 20 years. This game has given me immeasurable joy and countless memories that would always stay very close to my heart,” Dhawan wrote on a social media post.”I want to take a moment to show my gratitude towards the opportunities that were given to me by Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI), Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA), Punjab Kings, Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders.”From humble beginnings to representing my nation on the grandest stages, it has been a privilege beyond measure. Cricket has been my passion, and my reason for waking up every morning.

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