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Australia’s quartet of fast bowlers dismantled India for 161 in dishearteningly familiar scenes for the visitors on day one of the third Test at the WACA ground

The Report by Daniel Brettig13-Jan-2012
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsDavid Warner leaps in celebration after scoring the fourth quickest century in Test cricket•Getty Images

David Warner smote a magnificently brazen century to rush Australia to 0 for 149 after their quartet of fast bowlers dismantled India for 161 in dishearteningly familiar scenes for the visitors on day one of the third Test at the WACA ground.In what was the joint fourth-fastest century in Tests, Warner utterly demoralised India in the company of the relatively obdurate but still free-scoring Ed Cowan. Warner was momentarily stopped by a blow to the head from Umesh Yadav, but recovered to clout his next two deliveries to the fence and moved from 95 to 101 with a rasping club over wide long-on from the bowling of the debutant Vinay Kumar. Unbeaten at the close, he did not give a chance.The match is now streaking away from the tourists, who had placed themselves in a position of peril with another abject batting display. Sent in to bat by Michael Clarke on a pitch promising early movement in addition to its customary bounce and pace, India were 4 for 63 at lunch, and subsided not long after tea to undo the grafting of Virat Kohli and VVS Laxman, who added 68 in the afternoon to momentarily blunt the hosts.That partnership aside, India once again failed to cope with the swing, seam and disciplined line of the home attack, comprising Ryan Harris, Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle and Mitchell Starc. Upon his dismissal of Laxman, Siddle sank to his haunches, in a sign of how much a hot day in Perth had drained Australia’s bowlers despite their regular wickets, and he did not re-emerge after tea.Hilfenhaus removed Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir at either end of the morning session before helping to round up the tail, while Siddle accounted for Rahul Dravid, bowled for the fourth time in five innings. Harris was sturdy in his first Test appearance since November last year, and had the wicket of Sachin Tendulkar to show for it. Starc nabbed two of the last four wickets.Warner and Cowan began not long after tea, intent on building their most substantial opening stand together. There were a few nervy moments early as Zaheer Khan gained some early swing, and Cowan edged centimetres short of Tendulkar at first slip.However Warner was striking the ball crisply, and he was given added impetus when Ishant Sharma chanced a few jibes. Warner responded with fighting words and a flailing bat, in what soon became a rare exhibition of unbridled batting aggression.He drove Zaheer through mid off, pulled Yadav wide of mid on, and greeted Vinay’s entry to Test cricket with the most impudent straight six. Warner would save his most telling blow for Ishant, who delivered a length ball only to watch it sail back over his head and rows back into the crowd.Cowan was moving along quite swiftly himself, driving and pulling with good sense, and together he and Warner looked the most perfect of contrasts. In the space of 17 overs Warner had sprinted to 80, on what now looked the most friendly of pitches.Peter Siddle broke India’s innings by dismissing Virat Kohli and VVS Laxman just before tea•Getty Images

Warner’s eagerness to attack brought him one moment’s discomfort when he was too swiftly through a hook at Yadav and suffered a blow to the side of the head and helmet. After gathering himself and calling for new headgear, he spanked the next two balls to the boundary – there was toughness to go with the terrorising of India’s bowlers.His century duly and deservedly arrived before the close, and a sell-out crowd rose unanimously to salute two hours of awe-inspiring destruction.India’s openers fared very differently. They were confronted by a pitch that looked green but was already beginning to show evidence of cracking, which suggested it was not as moist as it appeared. Nonetheless there was still plenty of swing, seam and bounce on offer to Australia’s bowlers, requiring astute judgment of line and length.Sehwag had been at the centre of plenty of pre-match bluster surrounding his natural method, and the batsman looked tentative in his brief stay. Sehwag only faced four balls, the last of which was a beautifully pitched Hilfenhaus away swinger that flicked the edge and was well held by Ricky Ponting in the cordon.Dravid walked to the wicket having been bowled in three out of four innings, and played at more than he might otherwise have done to avoid a repeat. He struggled for timing, however, and was so intent on defence that when Siddle delivered a leg side ball of full length, Dravid’s unnecessarily conservative posture turned it into a yorker that clattered into middle stump via the pads.Tendulkar drew applause for a trio of straight drives from Siddle that recalled his sparkling 114 at the ground in 1992, but was not in total command. Harris was rewarded for two unstinting spells before lunch when he seamed one back to pin Tendulkar in front of the stumps.Next over Hilfenhaus ended Gambhir’s stony-faced occupation, whizzing an offcutter across the left-hand batsman to prompt a push away from the body and an edge through to Brad Haddin. Gambhir admonished himself for succumbing to a nick for the fifth time in as many innings, the victim of another intelligent display of full, fast bowling from Australia.Laxman and Kohli were more or less India’s last hope of a substantial total, and their batting in the first hour of the afternoon was suitably grave. Starc, Hilfenhaus, Harris and Siddle continued to bowl well, but neither batsman offered quite so much in the way of probing bats that their predecessors had done. The ball grew older, the pitch settled under the sun, and the batsmen grew a little more comfortable.The stand was gathering strength and tea was less than 10 minutes away when Siddle made a critical break. Bowling full and swinging wider, he tempted Kohli to press too eagerly forward, and the low chance was held by Warner at point. In Siddle’s next over Laxman pushed firmly at a length delivery and offered a catch to Clarke at first slip.Starc had been threatening to bowl the perfect inswinger for most of the day, and it was Vinay Kumar who received it to be palpably lbw. MS Dhoni played an ordinary stroke at Hilfenhaus to be caught in the slips, though Zaheer’s ugly smear at the same bowler was arguably worse. Ishant edged Starc behind to complete what had become a procession – the last six wickets falling for 30.

Mumbai overtook defending champions Rajasthan’s mighty first innings’ score to take lead and thereby pocketed three critical points

The Report by Nagraj Gollapudi in Mumbai13-Nov-2011 625 (Nayar 243, Rohit 100, Pankaj 5-111)
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Relief was writ large on Abhishek Nayar’s face when he helped Mumbai overtake Rajasthan’s first-innings score•Fotocorp

The picture of the match was a moment of pure synchronicity. Abhishek Nayar, the best batsman, caressed a square drive between point and cover off Pankaj Singh, the best bowler. Nayar and his partner Iqbal Abdulla completed a single as the ball raced past the square boundary. Then, unbeknownst to the other, Nayar and Abdulla raised their gloved left hands, swiftly whipped it down in an arc, before letting out a cry of relief. Mumbai had overtaken defending champions Rajasthan’s mighty first-innings score to take the lead and pocketed three critical points.By the end of their innings, Mumbai led by 95 runs, courtesy Nayar’s first double-century in the Ranji Trophy and some sturdy partnerships from the lower order involving Abdulla, Dhawal Kulkarni, Nayar and Murtuza Hussain. The match entered the second session and a dead zone. Rajasthan played for an hour, lost their openers before the teams decided to call off the game.Though Nayar deserved to be present to savour the moment, it was the 106-run partnership between the overnight unbeaten pair of Abdulla and Dhawal Kulkarni that had paved the way for Mumbai to overtake Rajasthan. They walked out together immediately after tea on Saturday when severe body cramps had forced Nayar to the physio’s table. Mumbai were 146 runs behind, and Rajasthan sensed an opportunity to wrest control. However, Abdulla and Kulkarni, no strangers to such anxious situations, stayed calm to battle out the next two hours as Mumbai finished 92 runs adrift.The first hour on the final morning held the key to the contest. Pankaj Singh and Deepak Chahar, Rajasthan’s new-ball pair, bowled attacking lines but the Mumbai pair remained steady. Aakash Chopra, leading the side after Hrishikesh Kanitkar’s injury on Saturday, employed the spin pair of Gajendra Singh and Vivek Yadav early. The moved tempted Kulkarni, who stepped out twice against each spinner and was lucky to survive having dragged his back foot in in the nick of time. Otherwise he timed his cuts and pulls well to collect five fours while Abdulla had three boundaries in the morning session.Half an hour before lunch, Kulkarni swished at a straight, seaming delivery from Pankaj, and the thin edge was pouched easily by Rohit Jhalani behind the stumps. Mumbai were just ten runs away from Rajasthan’s score. Abdulla ran towards Kulkarni, patted him on the back and ruffled his hair in appreciation. That was the story of Mumbai this match: through collective efforts – two centuries, three fifties – the hosts bounced back in a match in which they were bystanders on the first two days.To say Mumbai managed to escape easily against an opposition that lacked a killer instinct wouldn’t be wrong. Barring Pankaj, Rajasthan have an inexperienced bowling attack. Chahar overcompensated trying to go for speed and, like any rookie, struggled with his mind, lines and lengths. The inability of the spin pair of Yadav and Gajendra to break through only added to Rajasthan’s woes. In three straight games this domestic season, Rajasthan have conceded 600-plus scores. In the Irani Cup, Shikar Dhawan, Abhinav Mukund and Ajinkya Rahane pummeled the hosts’ bowlers in Jaipur, setting up massive totals in both innings. Last week, Karnataka batted only once to put pressure on the Rajasthan bowlers.Rajasthan, though, are playing in the Elite league for the first time. As their captain Hrishikesh Kanitkar said, they improved with every game last season and to maintain the consistency in the higher grade against quality and seasoned opponents will be difficult.Mumbai have their own issues to deal with. The most significant among them could be the difference of opinions between the selectors and the team management. On the second evening after the day’s play, Mumbai coach Sulakshan Kulkarni laughed at the suggestion from a media person that his team had home advantage playing at Brabourne. According to Kulkarni, the Brabourne pitch was flat and put pressure on his bowlers who toiled on the first two days in vain. Reportedly, his remarks did not sit well with his own selectors, who felt Kulkarni should look at his bowlers who failed miserably in their lengths and lines.”Why was there no third man for most part of the Rajasthan first innings. About 75 runs were leaked there,” said an aggrieved Mumbai selector. “And what about bowling part-time bowlers in Nayar and Kaustubh Pawar after tea on the second day. Why was Ramesh Powar only bowled for a handful of overs (six) on Friday. The field was also not attacking when all the specialist batsmen were out,” were questions that the selector rolled out.Mumbai have plenty to think about in order to avoid any hiccups when they meet a tougher opponent in Karnataka in four days’ time at the same venue.

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Convocado pelo técnico Tite para integrar os treinos com a Seleção Brasileira em Teresópolis, no Rio de Janeiro, e depois em Londres, na Inglaterra, o garoto Brenner, de apenas 18 anos, está de volta ao São Paulo. O jogador foi relacionado para o duelo contra o Vitória, no último jogo do Tricolor antes da parada para a Copa do Mundo.

Depois de trabalhar duas semanas ao lado de nomes como Neymar, Marcelo e Philippe Coutinho, o são-paulino agradeceu a comissão técnica da Seleção oportunidade e falou um pouco sobre a experiência que viveu com os jogadores que buscarão o hexacampeonato mundial, na Rússia, a partir do próximo dia 17 – data da estreia do Brasil contra a Suíça.

-Vivi uma experiência única que contribuirá para o meu crescimento profissional. Agradeço ao Tite e a toda comissão técnica pela oportunidade de ter passado dias incríveis na Granja Comary e em Londres. Procurei ajudar da melhor forma possível na preparação e também aproveitei para aprender muitas coisas. O trabalho vem sendo muito bem feito, nossa seleção conta com os melhores jogadores do mundo, então, estou confiante e na torcida para que eles voltem da Rússia com o hexa – disse o camisa 30 do Tricolor.

O atacante deve ficar no banco de reservas no jogo contra o Vitória, nesta terça, às 21h30, pela 12ª rodada do Brasileirão. Mesmo assim, o jogador deixou claro que a experiência com o grupo de Tite está no passado e, agora, o foco está completamente no clube do Morumbi.

-Muito bom estar aqui novamente. Cheguei e já mudei a chave. Matei a saudade do pessoal, brincaram comigo, falamos um pouco da Seleção e foi só. Coisa rápida, depois teremos tempo para conversar melhor. Quando o treino começou, o foco total foi a preparação para esta difícil partida, que pode nos deixar em boa situação no campeonato – concluiu Brenner, totalmente focado em ajudar o São Paulo no Brasileirão.

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The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has written to Chris Gayle, stating it remains available to meet and resolve the latest impasse over his non-selection in the national team

Sriram Veera23-Jun-2011The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has written to Chris Gayle, stating it remains available to meet and resolve the latest impasse over his exclusion from the national team. Gayle wasn’t picked for the series against India owing to differences with the board, including over a widely-publicised radio interview with where he strongly criticised the WICB. The rift appeared to intensify after a heated meeting – which also involved West Indies Players’ Association president Dinanath Ramnarine – on June 14 with the board, but both parties have since expressed a willingness to reconcile.In his letter to Gayle – a copy of which is with ESPNcricinfo – the WICB chief executive Ernest Hilaire wrote that the June 14 meeting failed as “the discussions were repeatedly diverted to peripheral issues instead of being focussed on finding a constructive solution to the matter before us”.Hilaire offered to meet with Gayle again. “However, the Board does recognise your contributions to West Indies cricket and the value which you bring to a West Indies team; and remains available to meet with you, should you be willing to do so, so that we can bring some resolution to this matter. We await your response to discuss a mutually acceptable way forward.”This follows a conciliatory approach taken by the WIPA, as expressed by its vice-president Wavell Hinds to ESPNcricinfo. “He [Gayle] is prepared to answer the charges as honestly as he can and if there is a need to say sorry, I think he will say sorry,” Hinds had told ESPNcricinfo. “Where he feels firm and has strong substance to back up his claims he will stand by them. If there are claims he has made where he has been a little excessive he is prepared to put his hand up and say sorry.”However, the board still sought an apology from Ramnarine for his alleged misbehaviour during the meeting on June 14. It also suggested the WIPA, in the event that an apology wasn’t forthcoming, put forward another representative to engage with the board. “WIPA should either facilitate an apology to the CEO from Ramnarine, together with an “assurance/undertaking that he will not engage in any physical or verbal threats during meetings with representatives of the West Indies Cricket Board or identify alternative WIPA representatives to engage in meetings with the WICB,” the board said in a press release.The board has already made it clear its differences with Gayle extend beyond his interview. “The WICB team has outlined to Gayle that the board has had issues historically in communicating with him and establishing a productive working relationship,” the board said. “The issues include his social media announcements that he was taking a break from the game, that the Sri Lanka tour had been cancelled, among others. He demonstrated an unwillingness to engage the Board. This pattern of behaviour culminated with his widely-publicised interview on KLAS radio in Jamaica.”

Anthony Stuart reckons Australian cricket must develop a greater appetite for hard work if major success is to follow.

Daniel Brettig16-May-2011Anthony Stuart, the recently appointed New South Wales coach, reckons Australian cricket must develop a greater appetite for hard work if major success is to follow.Named as the man to replace Matthew Mott after spending five trophy-less years as the provincial coach of Wellington in New Zealand, Stuart’s reputation is one of meticulous preparation and stern advice. He has every intention of keeping that up with the Blues, who have tended to yo-yo between successful seasons and dire ones over the past decade.Stuart’s attitude is reflected in his thoughts about the national team, in which he enjoyed a brief but bright stint in 1997 that culminated in a hat-trick at the MCG against Pakistan. At the time Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne were developing the partnership that would dominate world cricket for more than a decade. Stuart cannot see anyone of their ilk on the horizon.”I think the guys have got a lot of hard work in front of them,” he said. “I think the days are gone where we’ve got guys who could take wickets at will. When Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath retired we lost 1400 Test wickets. The guys understand there are greater challenges for them out there now and the guys have to be prepared for that. If they want to get back to the top of the pile then they’ve got to expect to do a lot of hard work.”The NSW chief executive, David Gilbert, has spoken admiringly of Stuart’s passion for the Blue cap and willingness to make hard decisions – the sort of advance billing that can make established players nervous but younger ones ambitious. Stuart is sure he will need to be tough in charge, expecting professionalism from his squad.”I think the guys are fully aware that they are full-time professional athletes,” he said. “They’ve got to expect that when they come they come to work and they come to work hard. I don’t think I’m going to be telling them anything different that they don’t already know. With a different voice and maybe a different philosophy on things that might be the key to make a difference.”I’m not here to reinvent the wheel, the boys have had some short-term success in the last few years and my job is to just challenge them that little bit further and make sure guys are continually wanting to improve and that’s why I’m here.”I’ll be tough when I need to be but the players have to be tough when they need to be as well. My job is to make sure that we don’t get comfortable, we make sure we turn up with the right attitude at every training session, let alone every game. That’s important for guys that they’re not always going to be feeling great every day, every training and gym session but it’s important that when you are feeling tough that you come with the right attitude.”Because that’s when good players and good sides get through in tough situations, when they find that extra bit when they’re not feeling great but they find a way to win.”One player welcoming Stuart to the fold is the sometime Test off spinner Nathan Hauritz, who is presently trying to prove his fitness in time to be considered for the tour of Sri Lanka in August. “I think it’s a very positive step forward for NSW,” he said. “There’s a very young group, a medium to young group, and it’s time for those guys to mould their own dynasty, like back when it was the Waughs and [Stuart] MacGills.”At NSW now it’s probably time for Moises Henriques, young Nic Maddinson, Pat Cummins, all those kids coming through, to be able to do that. I think Anthony Stuart will allow them to do that.”

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Depois de 11 horas viajando, o São Paulo está em Rosário. A delegação do Tricolor chegou na noite desta terça-feira à cidade onde estreia pela Copa Sul-Americana, nesta quinta-feira, contra o Rosario Central, no estádio Gigante de Arroyito. A delegação desembarcou no hotel demonstrando cansaço, mas evitando reclamações para o último treino, nesta quarta-feira.

– É cansativo passar o dia fora. É muito ruim, mas é a logística e tem que respeitar. Não é como a gente quer, é o tempo que dá. É sempre ruim viajar para lugares muito distantes, mas vamos dormir bastante porque amanhã tem que treinar. Dá para descansar bem para estar 100% para a partida – disse Valdívia.

A viagem tricolor começou às 7h30, horário em que a delegação deixou o CT da Barra Funda. O elenco embarcou para Buenos Aires, a cerca de 300 km de Rosario, e iniciou um trajeto de cerca de três horas. Ainda no Aeroporto Internacional de Guarulhos, a delegação encontrou o técnico de vôlei José Roberto Guimarães, são-paulino e tricampeão olímpico, e o elencodo Bahia, que seguia para a Bolívia – o goleiro Jean, ex-jogador do time nordestino, falou com amigos, e o lateral-esquerdo Mena e o meia Régis, com passagem pelo time do Morumbi, também se confraternizou com o Tricolor paulista.

Já em terras argentinas, o São Paulo almoçou em uma churrascaria na capital argentina e, na sequência, viajou para a cidade que abrigará a partida desta quinta-feira. A segunda parte durou cerca de 40 minutos e, às 18h30, os atletas já estavam no hotel que abrigará o elenco. O hotel deixou uma mensagem dando boas-vindas ao Tricolor em seu painel.

Por conta da viagem, o São Paulo não treinou nesta terça-feira. A última atividade ocorrerá às 16h desta quarta-feira, no centro de treinamento do Newell’s Old Boys, arquirrival do Rosario Central. A imprensa terá acesso somente ao aquecimento, e o técnico Diego Aguirre definirá a equipe em treinamento sem a presença dos jornalistas.

Aguirre deve escalar três zagueiros, mas a escalação ainda não está definida. A escalação mais provável tem: Sidão; Militão, Rodrigo Caio e Arboleda; Régis, Jucilei, Petros (Valdívia), Liziero e Reinaldo; Nenê e Tréllez. A partida está marcada para as 21h30 e é válida pela primeira fase da Copa Sul-Americana.

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Everton will make the short trip across the city to play their most fierce rivals at Anfield in the Merseyside derby tomorrow afternoon, and Frank Lampard’s side finds themselves in an extremely vulnerable position.

When the game kicks off, Burnley will have already played their fixture against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Turf Moor, and should they take all three points, Everton will drop into the relegation zone if they do not beat their title-challenging rivals.

Liverpool have lost just once in their last 22 Premier League meetings with Everton – winning 11 and drawing nine – and with the Kopites battling with Manchester City for the league title, it will be a hugely difficult challenge for Lampard and his team.

With that in mind, the Toffees boss must select a team that has proven to be reliable, can offer a threat and perform to the highest quality to ensure they can take something from the game.

As a result, Abdoulaye Doucoure should be selected to start the clash.

The 29-year-old has been a consistent threat in the league this season, with four assists and two goals scored, creating two big chances and being successful in the majority of his dribbles (55%).

The £22.5m-rated man has also been impressive in a defensive capacity, making an average of 2.3 tackles, 0.8 interceptions and 1.1 clearances per league game this term, proving he is a complete player in the centre of the pitch who can cause problems at both ends.

Indeed, the £75k-per-week Doucoure was hailed a “complete” midfielder by former Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti, with the Italian stating: “Abdoulaye is a fantastic midfielder, a complete midfielder. He can defend well. He is a box-to-box midfielder. He can bring energy to the club and a different quality.”

The Frenchman was initially a favoured player under Lampard, playing the full 90 minutes over six games, but has recently not seen as much game time – playing just six minutes in the victory over Man United and being on the bench against Leicester City.

However, there is no doubt that Lampard must unleash Doucoure – who was dubbed a “bundle of energy” by Joe Parkinson – against Liverpool tomorrow afternoon, as he would certainly improve the Toffees’ chances of causing an upset at Anfield.

AND in other news: Huge blow: Everton dealt fresh injury setback ahead of Liverpool, Lamps will be gutted

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Sem jogar desde o dia 1º de fevereiro do ano passado, o zagueiro Vilson foi a surpresa em campo no treino do Corinthians na tarde desta sexta-feira. O defensor correu em volta do gramado e fez um trabalho à parte, rebatendo as bolas de cabeça. Ele está em fase final de recuperação de cirurgia no joelho esquerdo.

O treino teve apenas os reservas em campo, além do goleiro Cássio. Os titulares contra o Millonarios realizaram trabalhos regenerativos na parte interna do CT Joaquim Grava. A delegação chegou ao Brasil no início da madrugada desta sexta.

Com isso, o técnico Fábio Carille deve esboçar na manhã deste sábado a escalação do Corinthians para o clássico contra o Santos, domingo, às 17h, no Pacaembu. Em relação ao empate com o Millonarios, o Timão terá a volta do meia Rodriguinho, que cumpriu suspensão.

A provável escalação tem: Cássio, Fagner, Balbuena, Henrique e Maycon; Renê Júnior e Gabriel; Romero, Jadson, Rodriguinho e Clayson.

Nesta sexta, os reservas trabalharam sob forte chuva durante quase todo o treino. Na primeira parte, Carille separou defesa e ataque. Depois, com todos juntos, os jogadores fizeram uma atividade em campo reduzido.

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Celtic are reportedly in advanced talks with Cameron Carter-Vickers over a permanent move to Parkhead this summer, in what would be a big piece of business.

The Lowdown: Carter-Vickers excelling on loan

The American joined the Hoops on a temporary basis last summer, coming in on loan from Tottenham in order to enjoy more regular playing time.

Carter-Vickers’ switch north of the border has been a match made in heaven, with the 24-year-old becoming a key part of Ange Postecoglou’s defence in the Scottish Premiership.

The centre-back’s future remains up in the air – a number of other clubs want to sign him this summer – but a promising update is now doing the rounds.

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The Latest: Permanent move close?

According to SBI Soccer, an American source has revealed Celtic are now in ‘advanced talks’ to sign Carter-Vickers permanently at the end of the season, with Spurs still valuing him at £6million.

The report states that Wolves, Leicester City and Watford have all shown an interest, too, but the Hoops appear to be in pole position for his signature.

The Verdict: Huge news for Celtic

Carter-Vickers may already be part of Celtic’s squad but clinching a permanent move for him this summer really would feel like a big signing, given his influence.

The USA international has been an increasingly colossal performer at the heart of the defence, averaging 3.2 aerial duel wins and an 89.8% pass completion rate in the Europa League this season, showing he is more than capable playing at a higher level.

At 24, he is primed to improve in the coming years, becoming an even more formidable player, and he could play a big part in Celtic’s future, potentially then being sold for a hefty profit after some years of sustained success.

In other news, a pundit has bemoaned something that will affect Celtic next season. Read more here.

عبرت ثريا محمد، لاعبة الفريق الأول لـ”سيدات سلة الأهلي” عن سعادتها بلقب دوري المرتبط، الذي حققه المارد الأحمر، بعدما تغلب على سبورتنج في إياب نهائي البطولة مساء اليوم.

وأضافت في تصريحات رسمية، أن الفريق خاض مواجهة صعبة أمام فريق سبورتنج، وكانت خسارة فريق 16 مرتبط أكبر حافز لتحقيق الفوز اليوم، لحسم اللقب عن جدارة واستحقاق.

طالع .. سيدات سلة الأهلي يتوجن بلقب دوري المرتبط بعد الفوز على سبورتنج

وأكدت ثريا أن الفريق قدم أداءً مشرفًا بفضل تعليمات المدير الفني طارق خيري، مؤكدة أن الروح التي تمتع بها الفريق أكبر مكسب، حيث لا يوجد فرق بين لاعبة أساسية وأخرى تجلس على مقاعد البدلاء.

واختتمت ثريا حديثها بأن فوز اليوم أكبر دافع للفريق لمواصلة حصد الألقاب في كل المنافسات المقبلة.