Mumbai Indians are unchanged from their previous fixture against RCB
Shashank Kishore13-Apr-2025
Delhi Capitals are unbeaten so far this season•AFP/Getty Images
Axar Patel won the toss as Delhi Capitals (DC), the only unbeaten team at IPL 2025, elected to chase in their first home fixture at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi. Axar cited their impeccable chasing record, not conditions, as one of the reasons for their decision.Faf du Plessis, who returned from a groin strain for the game against RCB three days ago, misses out again. The rest of DC’s XI remains the same, with a new Impact Player likely to come in.Coming off a five-day break, Mumbai Indians (MI) are unchanged from their previous fixture against RCB. They’re currently ninth with one win in five games, but Hardik underlined the need to stay calm.He also wasn’t too fussed about having to bat; he felt they were “not far from having a good game” but admitted the margin for error is very minimal as they look to climb their way up the points table.”We’re trying not to hit the panic button, it’s about remaining calm and if we back each other, we’d be able to turn things around. IPL is a long tournament, if you don’t catch up it becomes difficult in the end. We don’t have much margin for error.”Delhi Capitals: 1 Jake Fraser-McGurk, 2 Abishek Porel, 3 KL Rahul (wk), 4 Axar Patel (capt.), 5 Tristan Stubbs, 6 Ashutosh Sharma, 7 Vipraj Nigam, 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Mukesh Kumar, 11 Mohit SharmaMumbai Indians: 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 3 Will Jacks, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Hardik Pandya (capt), 7 Naman Dhir, 8 Mitchell Santner, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Jasprit Bumrah
تلقى نادي بيراميدز إخطارًا رسميًا من الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم “كاف”، يفيد بمكان خوض الفريق السماوي مباراتي الذهاب والإياب أمام نظيره التأمين الإثيوبي بعد التنسيق الكامل بين الناديين.
وجاء القرار عقب رفض “كاف” اعتماد ملعب الفريق الإثيوبي في أديس أبابا لعدم استيفائه معايير السلامة والبنية التحتية المطلوبة لاستضافة المباريات القارية.
وبناءً على ذلك، تقرر إقامة المباراتين على استاد الدفاع الجوي بالقاهرة، لحسم بطاقة التأهل إلى دور المجموعات من بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا.
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ومن المنتظر أن تُقام مواجهة الذهاب في السابعة من مساء يوم الأحد 26 أكتوبر الجاري، على أن تُقام مباراة الإياب في السابعة من مساء الخميس 30 أكتوبر.
يذكر، أن بيراميدز هو حامل لقب دوري أبطال إفريقيا في النسخة الماضية بعد تغلبه على ماميلودي صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي بنتيجة 3-2 بمجموع مباراتي الذهاب والإياب، ليحصد أول لقب قاري في تاريخه، ثم فاز على نهضة بركان المغربي بهدف دون رد، ليتوج بكأس السوبر الإفريقي.
A Rangers player has dropped a pointed update regarding his Ibrox future during the international break, aiming a message at manager Russell Martin.
Martin says no issues with Rangers players
The Gers did at least manage to come away with a 0-0 draw away to Celtic in the Scottish Premiership before the international break, but it has still been a hugely disappointing start to the season.
One individual who played no part in proceedings at Parkhead was Nicolas Raskin, with former Rangers striker Kris Boyd left bemused by what he sees as chaos at the training ground.
Nicolas Raskin
That being said, Martin has played down any issues that may have arisen, saying the relationship he has with his players is healthy currently: “I’d describe my relationship with all the players, all the staff as honest and open.
“I don’t think you can have anything else apart from that. There’s not a breakdown in any relationships here. If it’s honest and open, there can’t be a breakdown in any relationships.”
Rangers ace gives key update on his future
Speaking to the media after representing Belgium on international duty, Rangers midfielder Nicolas Raskin provided a 12-word update on his Ibrox future, with a short but pointed message to Martin after the manager refuted rumours of a relationship breakdown.
“But it (my future) doesn’t just depend on me, it depends on the coach.”
It is disappointing to see Raskin up in the air about his Rangers future, and clearly not entirely happy at the club, considering what a talented player he is.
The 24-year-old possesses a great combination of quality and fight in the middle of the park, with former striker Rory Loy speaking of his admiration for him earlier this year.
“You’ve seen a side of him, and I’m not saying he never showed it under Philippe Clement, but the consistency he’s shown with it since Ferguson has come in has been quite something. So I do think he deserves credit in terms of the mental side of the game and then we already know he’s got ability. He’s shown that in abundance over the last three months.”
Hopefully, Raskin’s relationship with Martin improves enough for him to remain at Ibrox for the foreseeable future, but the situation doesn’t exactly feel too encouraging currently.
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To leave an international player out of the squad entirely in a huge game against Celtic shows that all is not well, and if things don’t improve, it is hard to see both Raskin and Martin being at Rangers come the end of the season, if not by the time the January transfer window arrives.
During Arsene Wenger’s celebrated reign as Arsenal manager, he was the pioneer for a whole host of things, not least diet and nutrition, but his approach in the transfer market has inspired many.
Wenger was one of the first to aggressively scout overlooked regions like France and Africa. In doing so, he signed young up-and-coming players on the cheap and developed them into legends of the English game.
Think Freddie Ljungberg, who Wenger revealed that he signed from Swedish side Halmstad, having watched him playing for his country on television just twice.
“It was one of my great moments of madness”, the French boss later admitted.
A certain Kolo Toure was signed from Ivorian side ASEC Mimosas for just £150,000, eventually becoming a stalwart of the club’s backline over many a year.
Yet, two of Wenger’s biggest success stories remain all-time club record goalscorer Thierry Henry and former captain, Patrick Vieira.
Henry was signed from Juventus for just £11m. Initially arriving as a left winger, Arsenal’s great manager transformed him into one of the best strikers the game has ever seen.
Vieira, meanwhile, was signed for just £3.5m. Adjusted for inflation, Totally Money’s Transfer Index reckons Henry’s move in 2025 would be worth around £50m while Vieira’s move from Milan would be worth around £35m.
The biggest bargains of the Mikel Arteta era at Arsenal
While the Gunners spent a colossal amount of money this summer, ending the window as the second-highest spenders of all Premier League clubs, they have secured some notable bargains since Mikel Arteta arrived as Arsenal manager.
One of the biggest was undoubtedly Martin Odegaard. The Norwegian penned terms in 2021 on an initial loan deal before signing for just £30m in the summer of that year.
Arsenal's MartinOdegaardcelebrates after the match
While the playmaker hasn’t hit top form over the last year, scoring just three times in the Premier League throughout 2024/25, his rise to stardom in English football has been immense.
In 2022/23, no midfielder scored more than Odegaard’s haul of 15 goals in the league. He’s also now the club captain and while he may not be as vocal as someone like Declan Rice, his actions speak volumes.
He’s always the first to lead the press and he really does coach some of his teammates through a match.
Speaking of leaders, William Saliba and Gabriel, arguably the finest centre-half partnership in English football, are perhaps the biggest bargains of the Arteta era.
Arsenal'sGabrielMagalhaes and WilliamSaliba
Gabriel arrived from Lille in a deal worth just £23m and since then he has become a colossus at the back.
Since 2019/20, no defender has scored more than the Brazilian’s haul of 17. He’s a goalscorer but he’s also a rock of a defender. As Jamie Carragher once said, “I think Saliba is the better player but Gabriel is the better leader.”
For large parts of their partnership, the French defender has indeed been seen as the better player. Whether or not you agree with that is up for debate, but he cost just £27m and is on track to become “the best defender in the world” in the words of Rio Ferdinand.
But, speaking of Saliba, here lies what looks like Arsenal’s biggest bargain since the Wenger era.
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Arsenal have struck gold on £13m arrival
The Gunners spent lavishly this summer on bolstering their squad.
The arrival of a shiny new centre-forward in the form of Viktor Gyokeres has raised the levels at the Emirates. His signing was a necessity rather than a luxury. Arsenal needed a goalscoring striker and they have found one. The big Swede already has three goals in his first four matches.
Alongside him, Eberechi Eze and Noni Madueke serve as upgrades in attack. Madueke may not be an upgrade on Saka but as far as back-up is concerned, the Englishman certainly is.
As for Eze’s late £60m arrival last month, there was much fanfare, understandably so too. Eze has been lighting up the Premier League for a number of years now and their performances in the 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest was electrifying, earning comparisons to Saka and Smith Rowe.
Further back, however, Cristhian Mosquera deserves every ounce of praise for his performances since moving to the Emirates.
During the summer months, Berta worked hard to secure the 21-year-old’s signature. He had entered the last year of his deal at Valencia and as such, the Gunners were able to agree a cut-price fee of just £13m.
Well, the Spanish side must feel as though they’ve been robbed. When he first signed, Berta was delighted. Revealing his admiration for the young centre-back, the Italian stated: “We identified Cristhian as one of the strongest young defenders in European football, and he is an important signing for our future.”
Well, he’s certainly living up to that tag. That £13m spent is a bargain, an even bigger one than the likes of Odegaard, Saliba and Gabriel. You perhaps have to go back to the days of Vieira, Henry and Toure to find a better bargain.
While Mosquera was well known to LaLiga audiences, he wasn’t known at all in England. Berta really did take a leaf out of the Wenger playbook here and what a signing he already looks to be.
Club insider Hand of Arsenal described the youngster as a “monster” after his display against Forest, while Gunners writer Dan Critchlow noted that “it’s unbelievable we [Arsenal] didn’t face huge competition for him and pay a lot more”, suggesting he is an “incredible signing”.
So, why all the hype? Well, think of Gabriel and Saliba and in Mosquera, you have elements of both. Like Gabriel, he’s aggressive and front-footed. Like Saliba, his recovery pace is tremendous and his composure is remarkable for someone so young.
His introduction has been seamless and swift, swifter than anyone thought too. That has been born out of Saliba’s injury.
Mosquera vs Liverpool & Forest
Stat
Liverpool
Forest
Mins played
85
90
Touches
62
92
Accurate passes
47/51
75/82
Clearances
3
4
Interceptions
0
2
Tackles
4
2
Ground duels won
4/5
2/2
Aerial duels won
0/0
1/2
Stats via Sofascore.
The French centre-half limped off in the opening minutes of the defeat to Liverpool but Mosquera came on and looked unfazed. Arsenal may well have lost but the summer arrival didn’t put a foot wrong, winning four of his five duels and completing 92% of his passes.
Against Forest, his first clean sheet as an Arsenal player, he was equally as dominant, completing 91% of his passes and winning three of his four defensive duels.
To sign the defender for just £13m was remarkable; he really does look as though he boasts the potential to become one of the finest players in his position in the Premier League.
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“We’ll have to wait or find an opportunity for someone else to step up – that’s how I see it,” Jayawardene says
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Not having Jasprit Bumrah for the initial few games of IPL 2025 “is a challenge” and “hopefully he can join the team soon”, Mahela Jayawardene, the Mumbai Indians (MI) head coach, said at a press interaction in Mumbai on Wednesday. Jayawardene further said that the fast bowler “is in good spirits” as he recovers at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (formerly the National Cricket Academy) in Bengaluru.”[Bumrah] has just started his progress. We have to wait and see what their [BCCI medical team] feedback is on him,” Jayawardene said. “At the moment, everything is going well. But, obviously, it is on a day-to-day basis. He is in good spirits. Not having him is a challenge. He is one of the best bowlers in the world and he has been a fantastic pro for us for many years.”We’ll have to wait or find an opportunity for someone else to step up. That’s how I see it. It gives us an element of trying a few things and see how things work. The early part of the season allows us to do that.”Related
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Bumrah has played all his IPL cricket for MI, starting in 2013 and picking up 165 wickets in 133 matches over the years. The only IPL season he missed since he started playing was in 2023, when he had a back injury.The MI squad has Trent Boult, Deepak Chahar, Reece Topley and Corbin Bosch (replacement for Lizaad Williams) as the other frontline quicks, along with captain Hardik Pandya, the allrounder, and the uncapped Ashwani Kumar, Satyanarayana Raju, Arjun Tendulkar and Raj Angad Bawa. Bumrah’s absence could force a rethink of MI’s bowling plans, since Boult and Chahar are predominantly powerplay bowlers, leaving them short of proven T20 experience in the death.As ESPNcricinfo reported last week, Bumrah hasn’t recovered from the stress-related back injury that has kept him out of action since January, and he could join the MI squad in early April.1:54
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He suffered the injury on the second day of the final Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test in Sydney on January 4. Bumrah was subsequently ruled out of the Champions Trophy, which India won earlier this month. This is the first time Bumrah has gone down with a back injury since his surgery in March 2023.While announcing the Champions Trophy squad in January, Ajit Agarkar, India’s chief selector, had said that Bumrah had been asked by the BCCI medical team to offload for at least five weeks (from the SCG Test). Since the Champions Trophy only started on February 19, Bumrah had been included in India’s provisional squad. He travelled to Bengaluru for fresh scans in early February, but continued to feel discomfort and was not named in the final squad.MI’s first two IPL 2025 fixtures are away. They start their campaign in Chennai against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on March 23 and then play Gujarat Titans (GT) in Ahmedabad on March 29. MI’s first home match is two days later, when they host Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on March 31. They then play two matches in first week of April: Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) in Lucknow on April 4 and at home against Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on April 7.
لا يستبعد واين روني، نجم مانشستر يونايتد وإنجلترا السابق، رحيل المصري محمد صلاح عن ليفربول في انتقالات الشتاء بيناير المقبل.
وشارك محمد صلاح في مباراة ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد والتي شهدت هزيمة فريقه بهدفين مقابل هدف، ضمن منافسات بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.
وقال روني في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “ديلي ميل” البريطانية: “أعتقد أن محمد صلاح خاض عددًا كبيرًا من المباريات خلال السنوات الأخيرة، وكان النجم الأول للفريق، وتحمل ضغوطًا هائلة”.
وأضاف: “وبرأيي، هو من بين أفضل خمسة إلى سبعة لاعبين في تاريخ الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، لكن يبدو أن الإرهاق بدأ يلحق به قليلًا”.
وأستطرد: “لن يُفاجئني إذا رحل عن النادي في يناير أو ربما في الصيف المقبل، لقد استمتعت بمشاهدته، إنه لاعب مذهل حقًا، لكن أعتقد أن الضغط والإرهاق أخذا منه ما يكفي، وهذا يحدث دائمًا، أحيانًا لا ترغب في الاعتراف بذلك، ولكنك تدرك فجأة أنك رحلت”.
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وأشار روني إلى أن هناك عبئًا كبيرًا على صلاح وفيرجيل فان دايك، خاصةً مع حاجة التعاقدات الجديدة إلى بعض الوقت للتأقلم.
وأوضح: “أعتقد أن هناك نوعًا من التراخي داخل الفريق، لأن الاعتماد أصبح كبيرًا جدًا على صلاح وفان دايك وترينت ألكسندر أرنولد، هذا الأمر استنزف الكثير من طاقة لاعبي ليفربول، وأرى أنهم يفتقدون ترينت بشدة في الوقت الحالي (بعد انتقاله لريال مدريد)”.
وأتم: “وأعتقد أن اللاعبين الجدد الذين انضموا إلى ليفربول في رأيي، لا يمتلكون نفس المكانة أو التأثير كما هو الحال في مانشستر يونايتد، ورغم أن ليفربول نادٍ ضخم عالميًا، فإن الصفقات الجديدة التي تعاقد معها الفريق تعاني بالفعل في التأقلم وتقديم المستوى المطلوب”.
De férias do Real Madrid, o atacante Rodrygo, revelado nas categorias de base do Santos, aproveitou para realizar um treino no Centro de Treinamento Rei Pelé nesta última quinta-feira (6).
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Em manutenção da forma física para conseguir aguentar a temporada europeia, a jovem estrela da Seleção Brasileira postou nas suas redes sociais um vídeo que expressa o carinho pelo clube da Vila Belmiro.
Nosso #MeninoDaVila @RodrygoGoes esteve no CT Rei Pelé para cuidar da parte física. As portas da sua casa estão sempre abertas! ⚡️⚪️⚫️ pic.twitter.com/gJkV4k1KQB
— Santos FC (@SantosFC) July 6, 2023
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– Chegando aqui em um lugar muito especial para treinar. Olha onde eu estou, vim matar um pouco das saudades, depois eu posto um pouquinho do meu treino para vocês – disse o Menino da Vila.
Profissionalizado pelo Peixe em 2017, Rodrygo chegou com status de grande promessa e conseguiu conquistar o torcedor santista. O atacante realizou 79 partidas pelo Peixe e marcou 17 gols. Vendido para o Real Madrid em 2019, o jovem foi negociado por 45 milhões de euros (R$ 193 milhões na época) e, dessa forma, garante lugar como uma das maiores transações da história do Santos.
Ravi Bishnoi was left out of LSG’s starting XI, while PBKS brought Marcus Stoinis back
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Rishabh Pant opted to bowl first, and Shreyas Iyer said he would have done that too•BCCI
Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) won the toss and chose to bowl against Punjab Kings (PBKS) because that “gives them the advantage of seeing how the game unfolds”.If that suggests a tinge of uncertainty, it’s likely to do with the conditions in Dharamsala. This is its first match of IPL 2025, and there has been rain in the two days leading into this game. Shreyas Iyer, the PBKS captain, noted that there was moisture in the pitch to start with, and that he too would’ve preferred to bowl.PBKS have a chance to go up to second place with a win on Sunday night, and in service of that, they brought Marcus Stoinis back into the XI. LSG were sitting outside the top four heading into the game, and could go up to fifth place with a win. They included Rajasthan’s Akash Singh, a left-arm seam bowler with 16 wickets in 20 matches. Ravi Bishnoi has been left out, which suggests they feel the pitch won’t offer a lot to the spinners.Punjab Kings: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer (capt), Josh Inglis (wk), Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep SinghPBKS bench: Vijaykumar Vyshak, Harpreet Brar, Pravin Dubey, Suryansh Shedge, Xavier BartlettLucknow Super Giants: Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), Nicholas Pooran, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Ayush Badoni, Abdul Samad, Akash Singh, Avesh Khan, Mayank Yadav, Prince Yadav, Digvesh RathiLSG bench: Ravi Bishnoi, Mitchell Marsh, Himmat Singh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Matthew Breetzke
O Botafogo tem outro nome em pauta para o setor defensivo. De acordo com o “ge”, o clube está interessado no angolano Bastos.
O jogador de 31 anos está sem contrato desde sua saída do Al Ahli, da Arábia Saudita. A diretoria alvinegra conversa com Bastos e seus agentes, mas ainda não foi sinalizada uma proposta oficial.
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Como Bastos está sem contrato, o Glorioso não precisa ter a mesma pressa para selar acordo com o jogador. Por mais que a janela de transferências encerre quarta-feira (2), as equipes podem contratar atletas que encerraram o vínculo com seu time anterior quando as transferências nacionais e internacionais estavam liberadas até o dia 24 de agosto.
Bastos também teve passagens por Petro Atlético, da Angola, FC Rostov, da Rússia, Al Ain, da Arábia Saudita, e Lazio, da Itália. Para esta janela, o Botafogo fechou com o atacante Diego Hernández, do Montevideo Wanderers, e com o lateral-direito Mateo Ponte, do Danubio.
يبدو أن رونالد أراوخو مدافع برشلونة سيصبح لاعباً أساسياً في تشكيل هانز فليك في الكلاسيكو أمام ريال مدريد يوم الأحد المقبل، ويمتلك الأوروجوياني من الخبرة حيث لعب في مباريات القمة في وقت سابق.
وسيحدد هانز فليك مدرب برشلونة إذا كان سيبدأ به في مركز قلب الدفاع أو الظهير إذا غاب كوندي، وهذا الخيار يعد أقل ترجيحاً ونظراً لأن الأوروجوياني لم يلعب في هذا المركز بعد.
وقال أراوخو في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “سبورت” الإسبانية :”ستكون مباراة صعبة، هي مباراة جميلة ومهمة ولهذا السبب نشعر دائماً بالقلق”.
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وواصل :”إنها دائماً مباراة تلهمنا، لكني أعتقد أن مباريات الكلاسيكو التي استمتعنا بها سارت على ما يرام وهذا ما يجب أن نفعله، لدينا الظروف والكفاءة للفوز بها”.
وعلق حول مواجهته مع فينيسيوس جونيور: “إنه يخرج دائماً أفضل ما لدي، ما أراه هو ما يفعله في الملعب، هو مذهل، اللاعبون العظماء يفعلون ذلك، أنا شخصياً أحب لاعبين مثله وأستمتع بمواجهتهم، إنهم منافسون وجريئون، لا أهتم بما يقال في الخارج”.