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A fresh update regarding the future of Wolves boss Gary O’Neil has emerged ahead of his side’s clash with Crystal Palace.

Winless Wolves face relegation rat-race

Wolves bravely battled back from 2-0 down to rescue a point at the AMEX stadium in their most recent Premier League outing, with Matheus Cunha finding the net in stoppage time to complete the comeback after Brighton had squandered a glorious chance to make it 3-1.

After the game, O’Neil held up his hands, admitting that he had got it wrong in the first half.

“I’m a little bit disappointed, with myself really, that I started with five [at the back]. I know we did well with a five-back against Manchester City, and [I thought] the lads deserved another go at it.

“I didn’t think a five-back would fit very well against Brighton today, but at least we were quick enough to change it at half-time.

“At 85 minutes, when Brighton scored their second goal, I thought I was going to be stood here answering some more tough questions.”

However, beyond the short-term jubilation the reality of their situation once more set in for Wolves, who are one of three sides yet to win a game this season and sit 19th in the Premier League almost a quarter of the way into the season. They have just two points and have conceded a mammoth 25 goals, five more than any other side in the division.

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ByBrett Worthington Oct 30, 2024 Gary O'Neil given two games to save his job

Now, a fresh report has claimed that the Wolves boss is under increasing pressure to deliver results at Molineux. So far, there has been an acceptance that Wolves have faced one of the hardest starts to the season of any Premier League season, playing all of the current top five (Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Liverpool and Aston Villa) as well as Newcastle United.

Now though, there is set to be a change of tone, with Football Insider reporting that the next two games are crucial in O’Neil’s future in the Wolves technical area. The Old Gold face 18th placed Crystal Palace in their next game, before a mammoth clash with bottom of the table Southampton ahead of the November international break.

Wolves’ next five games

Crystal Palace (Home)

Southampton (Home)

Fulham (Away)

Bournemouth (Home)

Everton (Away)

And they claim that poor results in those games will “change the mood’” in the Midlands, with the upcoming games “critical” for O’Neil’s future, though it is added that the Wolves boss “still has the backing of the changing room”.

However, failure to pick up points against their direct relegation rivals may prove too much for both the Wolves fans and the board, with the prospect of a drop to the Championship likely to become an increasing reality.

Should Wolves part ways with O’Neil over the international break, any new manager would be the beneficiary of a favourable run of games, with the Old Gold not facing a member of the “top six” again until Boxing Day.

David Beckham’s son Brooklyn and Manchester City icon Sergio Aguero are among the 11 personalities preparing to take on a new adventure in Formula E.

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• Beckham & Aguero getting behind the wheel
• Have six weeks to prepare for race in Miami
• Documentary to be streamed later in 2025

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  The ‘Formula E Evo Sessions’ are giving prominent figures from the worlds of sport, technology and entertainment the “unprecedented opportunity to get behind the wheel of the world’s fastest electric race car – the GEN3 Evo – and understand what it takes to reach the pinnacle of motorsport”.

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  Beckham, Aguero and their fellow racing rookies will be “paired and embedded within Formula E’s elite race teams and drivers” as they spend six weeks getting to grips with life behind the wheel. All of those involved will receive “an intense training programme that includes simulator sessions, physical conditioning, driver coaching, hardware customisation and engineering briefings”.

• THE GOSSIP

  After discovering what it is like to perform at the very top of motorsport, their skills will be put to the test during a track event at the Miami International Autodrome (Hard Rock Stadium) on March 5-6 – as they race electric cars that are capable of doing 0-60mph/100kph in just 1.82 seconds, making them 30 per cent faster than Formula 1 cars.

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  WHAT BROOKLYN BECKHAM SAID

  Brooklyn Beckham, the oldest son of Manchester United legend and current Inter Miami co-owner David, has said of the Formula E experience: “I’ve loved motorsport all my life, so when the opportunity came to be a part of Evo Sessions with Formula E, I jumped at the chance. I love it as a sport, but it’s an incredible opportunity to actually get behind the wheel and experience what it takes to compete at the top level of motorsport. The performance of the cars is insane, so I’m pleased I’ll be learning from the best in how to get the most out of them.”

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da wazamba： O grande nome do Internacional no jogo que marcou a classificação para o mata-mata foi o volante Rodrigo Dourado, que anotou três gols.

– VEJA A TABELA DA SUL-AMERICANA

O meio-campista foi o artilheiro no triunfo por 5 a 1 e espera que possa voltar a emplacar uma boa sequência de partidas pelo Colorado.

‘Sabíamos que ia ser um jogo difícil. Precisávamos da vitória para a classificação. Muito difícil isso acontecer, ainda mais para um volante, anotar três gols’, celebrou.

‘Confio muito no meu futebol. Agora é seguir trabalhando. O mais importante hoje foi a classificação’, afirmou na entrevista coletiva.

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Christian Pulisic scored Milan's equalizing goal to spearhead the Rossoneri's comeback to win the Supercoppa Italiana with a 3-2 triumph over Inter

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• Pulisic scores equalizer in comeback
• 10 goals on season
• Milan win Supercoppa Italiana

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  U.S. international Christian Pulisic secured his first trophy with AC Milan, playing a significant part in his side's Supercoppa Italiana win over rivals Inter.

  With Milan down 2-0, the began their comeback with a 52nd-minute goal from Theo Hernandez. Pulisic's 80th-minute goal was the equalizer, though, as the U.S. men's national team star netted his 10th goal in all competitions this season. Receiving the ball on his left foot, Pulisic took a touch and then picked out a corner, making it 2-2 with his second goal in as many games, having scored in the win over Juventus in the semifinal on Friday.

  The American then played a part in Milan's stunning last-gasp winner, as Pulisic's hockey assist on Tammy Abraham's goal helped Milan secure the trophy win.

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  THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Monday's win gives Pulisic his first trophy in Milan colors, although the American has lifted plenty of trophies throughout his career so far.

  At Borussia Dortmund, he lifted one trophy, the DFB-Pokal, while Pulisic won the big one, the Champions League, at Chelsea alongside the UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup. With the USMNT, the winger is a three-time CONCACAF Nations League winner as he and his teammates look to make it four in a row in that competition this spring.

  Pulisic now has 10 goals in 22 matches for Milan in all competitions, having proven himself as one of Serie A's elite attackers.

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  WHAT NEXT FOR MILAN?

  Pulisic and Milan will be back in action on Saturday as they play host to Cagliari in Serie A. are currently eighth in Serie A and will hope that Monday's trophy lift can help carry them to a better second half of the season in Serie A.

The booing of Moeen Ali at Edgbaston revealed the ugly side of sporting rivalry and suggested intolerance remains in the UK. It should not be ignored

George Dobell at Edgbaston07-Sep-2014It should have been the perfect end to an absorbing summer of international cricket. We had beautiful weather. We had a sell-out crowd. We had a run-soaked T20 that contained outrageous skills and an exciting finish.We should have gone home talking about MS Dhoni’s decision to turn down singles in the final over. His self-confidence and his preparedness to take responsibility for the team. Or, perhaps, his lack of confidence in his team-mates.We should have gone home talking about Virat Kohli’s only half-century of the tour in international cricket – the same number as James Anderson – or Eoin Morgan’s brilliant innings. The England captain, so short of runs in international cricket this summer, helped England thrash 81 from the final five overs of their innings and scored 56 in the 15 balls before his dismissal. We might even have witnessed the birth of a new-look England side for both forms of the limited-overs game.Either way, this should have been a brilliant advert for cricket. But instead there was a sour end to the summer. An unsettling end. An end that suggested, for all the progress we think we have made in creating a multicultural society in the UK, we have a long way to go.Moeen Ali’s contributions were not universally appreciated at Edgbaston, the ground where he began his career•AFPBecause, in the middle of Birmingham on a bright afternoon in 2014, we saw at least one player subjected to abuse from a far from insubstantial section of the crowd on the basis of either his religion or his national or ethnic origin.Moeen Ali was booed when he came out to bat. He was booed when he came on to bowl. He was booed most times he touched the ball. And he was booed either because he is a player of Asian origin playing for England – Ravi Bopara also attracted some boos, though far fewer – because he is Muslim or, perhaps most pertinently, because he is of Pakistani origin and the vast majority of the crowd were India supporters.On the back of every ticket and inside every match programme it states: “Spectators shall not engage in any conduct, act towards or speak to any player, umpire, referee or other official or other spectators in a manner which offends, insults, humiliates, intimidates, threatens, disparages or vilifies that other person on the basis of that other person’s race, religion, colour, national or ethnic origin.”By such a definition, it is impossible to justify these boos. It is inappropriate to dismiss them as “banter” – an invidious description used to excuse sexism, homophobia, bullying and racism in many walks of life – and it is inappropriate to dismiss them as a symptom of any rivalry that exists between Pakistan and India.Nor should we link this with the booing experienced by Stuart Broad in Australia and James Anderson and Ravi Jadeja this summer. Those jeers, unappealing though they were, do not stem from a dislike of origin or religion. They reflected specific issues.Nor should we fool ourselves that these are pantomime boos. Just as the monkey chants that used to shame football grounds in the UK were unacceptable, so it must be unacceptable to hear a player derided for their religion or origin. It is not funny.And let us not mistake this issue with any pretence that this is simply a manifestation of support for India. Spectators are free to support whichever side they like and the passion for cricket from spectators of Asian origin in the UK is of huge benefit to the game. But there is a chasm between supporting one side and denigrating the players of the opposition. It would be irresponsible to link the two.What, it might be asked, would be the reaction if an all-white crowd booed a player of Asian origin? What would be the implications if a black player was booed each time he touched the ball? If such behaviours are deemed unacceptable – and, thankfully, in this day and age, they are – why should the booing of a man on the basis of his religion or origin be any different?Moeen was born in Birmingham and he graduated through Warwickshire’s youth system. He has a mixed-heritage family with a white grandmother from the Birmingham area. His religion or ethnicity should not be issues and he has previously said that such behaviour does not affect him.But there is an irony that Moeen has spoken of being a role model. He has spoken of showing that it is possible to be British, Muslim and proud of both. He has spoken of encouraging other Asian cricketers into mainstream league and club cricket in the UK. He has, despite his relative youth and inexperience, spoken only of inclusivity and unity. He makes an unlikely villain.The episode proved difficult for the ground authorities to handle. Had the stewards started to eject those involved, the situation could have deteriorated. Had Morgan, who denied any knowledge of the booing, led his team from the pitch, the situation could have deteriorated.But just because a situation is difficult, it does not mean it should be avoided. This sort of episode should not happen. It must not happen. And if we find it unacceptable – and we really should – we must not ignore it. Whatever the many mistakes of the past, 21st century Britain cannot be accepting of intolerance based around race, religion, colour, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or any other such issue.Cricket can unite. In Afghanistan and the Caribbean and LA and Ireland, it has been shown to bring people from differing backgrounds together. It does it in league teams around the country every week. Here it provided a peek behind the façade of multicultural Britain. It was an ugly, depressing sight. And it should not be ignored.

أعلن النادي الأهلي رسمياً اليوم الأحد، عن جهازه الفني الجديد الذي سيقود الفريق في الفترة القادمة، وذلك بعد إقالة السويسري مارسيل كولر.

وكان الأهلي قد أعلن مساء أمس السبت انتهاء رحلة كولر مع الفريق، عقب التعادل الإيجابي 1-1 أمام ماميلودي صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي، في إياب نصف نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا، ليودع البطولة القارية.

وقرر النادي تعيين محمد يوسف، مديرا رياضياً، وعماد النحاس، مدربًا عاما وقائما بأعمال المدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم، ومحمد شوقي مدربًا.

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كما تقرر استمرار ميشيل يانكون مدربًا لحراس المرمى، وذلك لحين التعاقد مع مدير فني أجنبي خلال الفترة القادمة.

ويواصل الأهلي استعداداته حاليًا لمواجهة بتروجيت مساء الأربعاء المقبل، ضمن مباريات الجولة الثالثة من المرحلة النهائية للدوري المصري الممتاز.

Zimbabwe coach Lalchand Rajput will miss at least the first two games of Zimbabwe’s series against Sri Lanka after testing positive for Covid-19. Rajput, 60, is understood to be asymptomatic, though he was placed under observation at a hospital briefly, before being taken to a hotel for isolation.Rajput, who has been Zimbabwe head coach since 2018, did not travel with the squad, instead linking up with the team in Sri Lanka. The rest of the squad, which arrived from Zimbabwe, all tested negative.Zimbabwe’s squad left for Sri Lanka on Saturday to play three ODIs and were tested upon arrival. Rajput’s positive test will see him isolated for a minimum of ten days.”We are doing some routine tests and he will be able to go back to a hotel,” Arjuna de Silva, a Sri Lankan sports doctor, told . “There will be a 10-day quarantine period which means he will miss the first two matches.” The ODIs are scheduled for January 16, 18 and 21.Rajput’s isn’t the only Covid-related absence on this tour. Sri Lankan batter Avishka Fernando did not join the home side’s team bubble after testing positive for Covid-19 earlier this week. However, with three previously banned Sri Lankan players – Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwellaand Danushka Gunathilaka – seeing their bans overturned, Sri Lanka have the personnel to make up for that absence. They are yet to announce their squad for the series.All three games are day-night contests and will be played at the Pallekelle Stadium in Kandy.

Former England spinner to work as Inner London Borough Lead in return to the sport

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Nov-2021Monty Panesar has been handed the chance to help identify a new generation of young players within London’s inner city, after being appointed as a Borough Lead for Middlesex.Panesar, who has been forging a career in the media since his final season of professional cricket for Northamptonshire in 2016, is one of three new scouting appointments by Middlesex, alongside Ayzaz Hussain (Ealing) and Jim Clarke (Enfield/Barnet).”We are delighted to announce the three new Borough Leads, all who will add a huge amount to our youth programme,” Mark Lane, Assistant Head of Youth Cricket for Middlesex, said.”To be able to attract someone of Monty Panesar’s calibre and experience to the role speaks for itself, and the fact that two of the appointments have previously been involved for a number of years and therefore have a real understanding of the standard of player Middlesex Cricket is looking for at this level of our Player Pathway is hugely important.”We are hugely excited with the three appointments we have made and are looking forward to them making a real impact in their new roles.”The appointments come amid a mass restructuring of Middlesex’s coaching set-ups, following the recent departure of head coach, Stuart Law, in the wake of a disappointing 2021 season.Last week, the club’s interim coach, Alan Coleman, was named as head of Men’s Performance Cricket, with a new First XI coach and a club coach to be appointed in due course.Panesar takes over his inner city role from James Fielding, who has stepped down after two years due to personal reasons.According to a Middlesex press release, the Borough Leads will focus on identifying talent at under-10, under-12 and under-14 levels across eight London Boroughs, and building a winter training programme to develop youngsters in advance of the borough fixture programme in 2022.

“I also want to share my experience with the guys from a batting and captaincy point of view”

Mohammad Isam21-Jan-2022

Faf du Plessis, who reached Bangladesh three days before the start of the 2022 Bangladesh Premier League to start training with his Comilla Victorians team-mates, said it was the team’s stellar record in the competition – they are two-time winners – that made it an attractive prospect for him.”You want to go to franchises that are successful,” du Plessis said of Comilla, who face Sylhet Sunrisers in their opening game on Saturday after having missed the 2018-19 season. “Winning trophies is a big part of why we play the sport. But I also want to share my experience with the guys from a batting and captaincy point of view. I want to play a role in assisting there as much as I can.Related

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“This team has done very well, winning trophies. That’s why it was a nice fit for me. It is a very relaxed group with a very relaxed coach [Mohammad Salahuddin]. Things look very good. Playing the IPL, PSL and BPL is about becoming a more experienced and mature player all around the world.”The former South Africa captain, one of the biggest names in this edition of the BPL, has set his priorities for the tournament, including trying to finish among the top-scorers in the competition. “The first goal will be to win the tournament. The second goal is to contribute in every game as a batter. Towards the end of the competition, be up there with the leading run-scorers.”The BPL is taking place in tough times, with the Covid-19 pandemic on a surge in Bangladesh. There has been a 29-fold increase in positive cases since January 1, as well as a positivity rate that shot to 26% on January 20.”I think the most important thing is that we are here, and the tournament is starting,” du Plessiss said. “It is obviously a challenge during the Covid pandemic to get a tournament up and running. Well done to everyone to make sure it is happening.”A tournament like this, it is important how you start because some guys are coming in without playing much cricket. Confidence in a short tournament is very important.”There was a note of caution for his team-mates, though. “Cricket is not played on paper. I have played enough teams to know that,” du Plessis said. “There’s a lot of strong players and teams in the tournament. We have to make sure we play well and to our potential. We do that, we will be there and thereabouts by the end of the tournament.”You try to find your balance at the beginning of the competition, what’s the right team to pick. As the tournament progresses, we will get to our best team.”Having retired from Tests in February 2021, du Plessis is now a T20 freelancer despite being available for selection in South Africa’s short-format teams.”It is nice to play T20s. You don’t have to wake up at seven o’clock in the morning to play a Test match,” he said. “The other day though, we had to leave the hotel at seven o’clock to practice. I said to the guys, ‘I retired not to do this anymore, and now you are taking me to practice early in the morning’.”T20 is great, you play a lot of games. Tournaments are short – four weeks, in and out. You get to do what you love.”

da bwin： There has been a suggestion this week that Arsenal would be prepared to pay up to £60 million for a very highly-rated striker, as manager Mikel Arteta scours the market for another attacking option.

Arteta wants striking partner for Havertz at Arsenal

da fezbet： The Gunners have been linked with a new striker ever since the beginning of this summer window.

Related Club reply as Arsenal make opening bid to sign "creative" player this week

It’s been tabled in the last two days.

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Arsenal did attempt to sign Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig earlier this summer, as did Man United and Chelsea, but the Slovenia international starlet rejected all three proposals to remain at his current club and sign a contract extension.

Arteta apparently wants a striking partner for Havertz, despite the German finishing his debut campaign at the Emirates Stadium very strongly with 14 goals and seven assists in 51 appearances across all competitions.

A prolific new marksman has long been viewed as the final missing piece of Arteta's jigsaw, with former Arsenal star Bacary Sagna explaining that they need a target man in the mould of ex-star Olivier Giroud.

"Arsenal need to be stronger and be more attacking going forward," the former full-back told Paddy Power (via The Metro).

"This season, scoring goals was a problem for them. They could add a proper striker – a number nine. Arsenal are playing well but they can improve on crossing the ball – they hold the ball well generally, but occasionally they’ll need to cross it more.

Arsenal's opening fixtures of the new Premier League season

Team

Date

Wolves (home)

August 17

Aston Villa (away)

August 24

Brighton (home)

August 31

Tottenham (away)

September 15

Man City (away)

September 22

‌"I’m happy with Gabriel Jesus, as long as he stays fit, but they still have to have cover. I would go for someone like Olivier Giroud, someone physical who can hold the ball quite well and support the team if they’re struggling.

"They need someone who can wait in the box and help out offensively and defensively."

Arsenal reportedly maintain a loose interest in Ivan Toney of Brentford for the role, while Sporting Lisbon star Viktor Gyokeres has also attracted their attention this summer.

Suggestion Arsenal would pay up to £60m for Gyokeres

Journalist Steve Kay, speaking on KS1TV (via The Boot Room), suggests Arsenal would pay up to £60 million to sign Gyokeres from Sporting – and he made the claim when discussing their interest in Newcastle midfielder Bruno Guimaraes.

"If he (Guimaraes) became available, similarly to Gyokeres, at about £50-60m, I’m sure he’d be someone we’d be looking at, but at the price they want, I think they more or less immediately said no," said Kay.

The Sweden international's contract includes an £86 million release clause, with the "unplayable" striker scoring 43 goals in just 50 appearances across all competitions last season.