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Shreyanka Patil, Phoebe Litchfield and Seshnie Naidu are just some of the rising stars set to shine in the UAE

ESPNcricinfo staff30-Sep-2024AustraliaPhoebe Litchfield
Litchfield will be playing in her first world event having only debuted for Australia in 2022. As recently as late September she was unsure if she would make Australia’s best XI but a stunning half-century in a nervy chase against New Zealand all but secured her place in Australia’s middle order. She is one of the most exciting and innovative young batters in the world and she will have an important role as one of the few left-handed batters in Australia’s line-up.BangladeshShorna AkterThe legspin allrounder doesn’t have the power game but can clear the gaps and keep the scorecard moving at pace. She was part of the Bangladesh side at the Under-19 World Cup last year and finished as the team’s top scorer, striking at 157.73. That earned Shorna a call-up to the senior team at 16 and she was straightaway added to the T20 World Cup squad. A 22-ball 31 against New Zealand at No. 5 made her presence felt on the international circuit. Later that year, she stunned South Africa with 5 for 28 to add a glorious chapter in Bangladesh Women’s cricket. Recently at the Asia Cup, she blazed a 14-ball 25 against Sri Lanka, at No. 8. Though she can be a bit expensive with the ball, Shorna’s batting approach is a refreshing change in a line-up that struggles to score quickly.IndiaShreyanka Patil
She may be only 12 T20Is old, but Patil, 22, has quickly established herself as one of the key cogs of India’s spin attack despite making her international debut only last December. It is no secret that she thrives under pressure and is adept at bowling across phases. Her ability to bat lower down the order only adds to her value. She hasn’t got enough chances to bat for India yet but has shown glimpses of what she can do with the bat in the WPL. She could be just the bowler batters would not want to come up against in conditions in the UAE.New ZealandFran Jonas
The 20-year-old left-arm spinner already has an ODI and T20 World Cup under her belt having featured in the 2022 and 2023 events. She was also part of the Commonwealth Games so has considerable experience for someone so young. The results have been promising, too, with her career-best 4 for 22 coming against England at Lord’s earlier this year. There is every chance she forms a frontline spin trio with Amelia Kerr and Eden Carson. “I’ve been really impressed with a lot of the work our spinners have done,” captain Sophie Devine said ahead of the Australia series. “They are going to have a big role moving ahead…in the UAE so for us Fran Jonas, Eden Carson will play critical roles for us.”PakistanSyeda Aroob ShahAroob offers hope for Pakistan’s future. The legspinner was only 16 when she made her international debut across formats, in 2019. She soon lost her place in the senior side the following year after playing just five T20Is, which included a stint at the 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia. However, she proved her worth in domestic tournaments and was part of Pakistan’s emerging team last year. She was then made the Pakistan captain at the 2023 Under-19 World Cup and a few months later, was also brought back into the senior team after three years. Despite limited success with the senior side, Aroob’s conventional legbreak and a good flipper can trouble batters.South AfricaSeshnie Naidu
Good legspinners are among the most valuable players in the game and South Africa have found a specialist in Naidu, who is 18 years old, completing her final year of high-school and already has significant big-tournament experience. Naidu played at the under-19 World Cup last year and for the South African Emerging Side at the Africa Games, where took five wickets at 11.00. She was uncapped when she was selected in the T20 World Cup squad and made her debut in Pakistan, where her first act of note was to take a blinder of a catch at short fine leg before she got a wicket off her second ball in international cricket. The early signs are that she backs her variations, even if she gets hit, and as part of a dynamic attack, she could be the missing piece.Seshnie Naidu made her T20I debut in Multan•Pakistan Cricket BoardSri LankaKavisha Dilhari
It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that Dilhari is among the most improved allrounders in the women’s game this past year. There was no doubt over her utility as a bowler; she has been constantly among the wickets with her offspin. She picked up wickets in each of the T20Is in England last year, and in each of Sri Lanka’s T20I wins in South Africa this year. But by stepping up with the bat she has given the middle order a boost. She helped see off the chase against India in the Asia Cup final, hitting her first two sixes in T20Is. Against Ireland, she brought up her maiden half-century in the format and has begun to show the mettle which made her one of ESPNcricinfo’s 20 picks for women cricketers expected to dominate the 2020s.West IndiesZaida James
The teenage allrounder from St Lucia has always done things long before she was expected to. She was 14 when she was called up to the Windward Islands senior team and the youngest woman to do so, and 16 when she was part of a West Indies training camp in Antigua in 2021. Now, 19, she already has major accomplishments to her name. James was the standout performer for West Indies at last year’s under-19 World Cup; their highest run-scorer and only player to score more than 100 runs and also their highest wicket-taker. She made her senior debut in the same month and, although she didn’t make the World Cup squad then, fast-forward 18 months and she has played 12 ODIs and 14 T20Is and seems to have a bright future ahead of her.Zaida James has shown a skill for exceeding expectations•ICC/Getty ImagesEnglandFreya Kemp
Talented allrounder Kemp made a splash in 2022 against India when she became the youngest England player, female or male, to score fifty in a T20I, aged 17 years and 145 days. But a back stress fracture later that year ruled her out of the 2023 T20 World Cup. A flare up of the injury at the end of last year further delayed her return to bowling her left-arm seam until New Zealand’s visit in July. A quiet Hundred led England to select her for the recent tour of Ireland while the majority of the World Cup squad trained in Abu Dhabi and there she found some good form in three ODIs with a 47-ball 65 and taking 2 for 7 from three overs in the second game. To complete her comeback with a strong World Cup debut would no doubt mean a lot to Kemp, and England’s prospects.ScotlandRachel Slater
The leading wicket-taker from the Qualifiers, 22-year-old left-arm seamer Slater was crucial to Scotland’s maiden appearance at a Women’s T20 World Cup, taking 11 wickets at 13.81 and with an economy rate of 7.60. That included a career-best of 5 for 17 against Uganda. Slater took 12 wickets for Northern Diamonds in the Charlotte Edwards Cup and five wickets at an economy of 6.51, including bowling England star Nat Sciver-Brunt, during her nine appearances for Oval Invincibles in the Women’s Hundred. Having played top-level cricket in England should stand her – and her team – in good stead on the big stage in the UAE.

The Namibia seamer walked away from a game that seemed to actively exclude black players like him, but now he finds himself in the T20 World Cup squad

Cameron Ponsonby17-Oct-2022″Find what you love and let it kill you.”A quote that is widely attributed to American poet Charles Bukowski, this line has more recently found itself a home in 30-year-old Namibian seamer Tangeni Lungameni’s WhatsApp status.It is an exhortation that summarises Lungameni’s relationship with a sport that has taken him to breaking point multiple times – and now to a World Cup, finally.Starting in the sport at the age of six, Lungameni rose through the Namibia ranks until he was dropped on the eve of the Under-19 World Cup and quit. What followed was a decade-long journey that took him from being a community coach to playing 4th XI club cricket to being the head groundsman for Cricket Namibia, until finally, over ten years after deciding to walk away from the sport, he has the chance to pull on his country’s shirt at a World Cup.Namibia are a miraculous but uncomfortable cricketing nation. The game is a white man’s sport in a black country. In a nation where only 6% are white, just four members of their World Cup squad are players of colour.It is a hangover from a time when the country, then known as South West Africa, operated under South Africa’s apartheid rule. Independence was gained in 1990, but the effects of the divided past are still felt. Racial tensions exist and inequality between whites and blacks is widespread. As recently as 2017, the government proposed that white business owners, who dominate the economy, sell 25% of their stake to blacks in a plan that was later scrapped. In the same year, the selection of Lungameni and black team-mate Pikky Ya France for the Namibian squad, but not playing XI, was described as “smokescreen inclusion” and the omitting of a young black hockey player from the Namibian U-16 girls’ team made national news.Cricket in Namibia is white-focused and concentrated in Windhoek, the capital city, where four of the nation’s five top-level clubs are based. Furthermore, Namibia’s landscape means building additional infrastructure is as difficult as it could be anywhere in the world. The nation has the second-lowest population density on the planet, behind only Mongolia. By square mile, it is roughly the same size as Pakistan, except that there are 242 million people in Pakistan, whereas Namibia has 2.5 million.Related

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Lungameni is black and from Gobabis, about 210km east of Windhoek. He has broken in from outside the system, both literally and figuratively.He went to an overwhelmingly white primary school, where he was, by his own estimate, one of the first ten black students to attend. “We had a principal whose name was Wimpy Silver, and he was the coach for all age groups,” he explains.”It was a white, white, white school when I started there… and it was compulsory to do all sports at the school, so the teacher could see what you were good at. So that’s how the principal saw me and said, ‘Okay, cool. Let’s try cricket then’. And it never went backwards after that!”When he moved from primary school to secondary, there was no cricket at his new school, so Lungameni ended up attending his local state school and playing matches for a nearby private school.Nevertheless, while still based in Gobabis, he was chosen to represent Namibia at the U-15 and U-17 level, before a school from Windhoek offered him a scholarship and he moved to the capital full time for cricket and schooling. He was in the system, and he was playing. But then, on the eve of the announcement of the 2012 U-19 World Cup, after featuring in the qualifiers the previous year, he found out he had been dropped.”They told me I wasn’t good enough for the country at the U-19 World Cup level,” he says. “Mentally, I was in a very dark place and decided, well, to give up and go back home.”Lungameni wouldn’t play for over a year, until a “turning point” arrived in the form of a phone call from Francois Erasmus, former Cricket Namibia president and father of current captain Gerhard, with an invitation to fill in for his club’s 4th XI.”We need a seamer,” Erasmus told him on the phone. “And I know you’re not 40 but you’re not playing cricket and it may give you something to do on the weekend.”And so Lungameni’s return to international cricket began to take shape. Travelling up from Gobabis, he’d play on Saturday, then head home on Sunday. His love of the game returned as he played with team-mates old enough to be his dad.”I managed to do well in that team,” Lungameni says, in one of the least surprising admissions you’re ever likely to hear from an international cricketer.

“Sixty per cent of my friends think I’m crazy. [They ask] why would you put yourself through it? The other 40% encourage me and understand”

The 4s turned into the 3s, which turned into the 2s, which turned into the 1s. The club is called Windhoek High School Old Boys Cricket Club, and Lungameni still plays for them now.As he progressed through the XIs, the next stage of Lungameni’s return to the top took shape. A cousin of his, who also played at the same club, was working as a groundsman at Cricket Namibia, and whenever he needed an extra pair of hands, would give Lungameni a call.Over the course of the following year, Lungameni would learn the job through a combination of strict instruction and osmosis. Until eventually, when his cousin moved on elsewhere, he found himself next in line for the job of Cricket Namibia’s head groundsman.When he got the role, it was one that scratched an itch but nothing more. “The only thing I actually wanted was to play, and that was the closest I could sort of get to being involved.”That would change though, thanks to a man named Dee Thakur, an inspirational figure within Namibian cricket before he died at the age of 54 last year. When Lungameni was the groundsman, Thakur was head coach of the national side, and after seeing Lungameni in action, he asked if he’d stay on after hours to bowl at the Namibia squad.Lungameni didn’t need a second invitation and soon he was spending his days working nine-to-five preparing the wickets, boundaries and outfields, then trading his working boots for bowling ones so he could run in at the Namibia squad.”That’s how I kept my fitness up and just kept up with the game and everyone in the squad,” Lungameni says.It was a role he would keep until 2016, when he was awarded his first national professional contract and selected for Namibia’s first-class fixture against Gauteng. Playing against a team that included New Zealand’s Devon Conway, Lungameni walked out at the Wanderers Cricket Ground in Windhoek no longer as the groundsman, but representing his nation.”At that stage, first-class cricket was like playing international cricket to me,” he says with a smile. “I mean, two years ago, I wasn’t playing anything. And now I’m here representing the country. So, for me, it was big.”Lungameni is one of five left-arm seamers in the World Cup squad and after a joke that what they have now is the last of it, Lungameni manages to count five other left-armers of various ages who could still come through in the future.It has, naturally, made selection very competitive. And in the six years that have followed his debut in 2016, his stats page reads like one of a player who has never been far from the XI but has also never fully locked down a spot of his own. He played in three of the five T20Is during Namibia’s historic win over Zimbabwe (their first series victory against a Full-Member side), but bowled only five expensive overs across the matches. He also played only one List A game for Namibia between 2018 and his ODI debut in 2022. But in the eight ODIs he has played in since, he has done well, taking ten wickets at 23.90. In total, in six years he has represented Namibia on 74 occasions, so the chances haven’t been few, but they have occasionally been far between.Lungameni was overlooked for the 2012 Under-19 World Cup and wasn’t picked for last year’s T20 World Cup due to injury. “The fact that two World Cups pass you, you think, maybe this cricket thing isn’t for me”•Kelly Defina/ICC/Getty ImagesA chance was lost last year when Lungameni missed out on the World Cup squad. A repeat of the pain from a decade earlier, but this time due to a finger injury sustained in the weeks leading up the competition. The squad had yet to be named, and due to the number of left-armers in it, and the desire for an extra spinner to be picked, since the tournament was played in the UAE, Lungameni understood his spot was at risk anyway, but now he knew he was done.”I guess that sort of made things easy for the selectors,” he says with a grimace.With Lungameni still at home, and having to fend off questions from club mates about why he wasn’t at the World Cup – “that was not easy at all” – Namibia would qualify for the Super 12s and experience arguably the greatest year of cricket they have ever had. “The fact that it’s two World Cups that pass you, you sort of think, well, maybe this cricket thing isn’t for me,” he says.He speaks of receiving strong support from parents, his girlfriend, and then team psychiatrist Iani de Kock, which helped him to get through the disappointment. He also mentions team-mate Stephan Baard as a good friend from within the squad.In particular, de Kock and he worked together every day, sometimes chatting cricket, sometimes not, in a process that Lungameni says helped him feel human again. “She told me, ‘I’ll book you in every day to come see me and we can just sit and look at each other, or talk about whatever you want to talk about,'” Lungameni says. “I kept it from my parents because where I come from, if you see someone like that, you’re weak… [but] it’s a decision I had to make, and I think it was the best decision.”It is the second rapid turnaround of Lungameni’s life. From not playing cricket at all in 2014 to making his national debut in 2016, and now to overcoming a repeat World Cup disappointment in 2021 and making the squad for the first time in 2022.”There is a lot of pride, because it’s my first World Cup. And that’s the only thing I’m focusing on, you know, I don’t want to think of anything else.”You’ve done your hard work and you’re here now. Just make sure you’re ready when you’re called upon… to be a part of the team that’s in the World Cup is amazing.”But while Namibia’s success on the pitch last year was celebrated, attention was also drawn to a squad that did not look like the country it represented. This was addressed by Erasmus, the captain, following the tournament, when he spoke of the importance of Namibia celebrating their players of colour in order to inspire further generations, citing the likes of Ya France, Ben Shikongo and Mauritius Ngupita as “the guys who are heroes for the people back home”.In 2016, the CEO then, Donovan Zealand, said that Namibian cricket had “definitely” been institutionally racist, with the “short-sightedness” of administrators and coaches to blame for focusing the sport on a small crop of elite players rather than on expansion. The result is a sport that, culturally, many black people see as not only not for them but actively against them.”Sixty per cent of my friends think I’m crazy,” Lungameni says, “[They ask] why? You literally know what to expect going into a game, or if someone says something silly, that’s a trigger. Why would you put yourself through it?”The other 40% encourage me and understand. And there’s a voice in my head that just says push through, do what you have to do, represent your country, and [my friends say] ‘We’re happy when you walk onto the field and we see you on TV.’ It brings a sense of pride to them also.”A wise man once told me, you’ve got to be in the system to change it.”Lungameni’s experience shows it takes persistence to break into the system and persistence to stay in. And finally, half his life after first representing his nation as an U-15, he has a World Cup to show for it.

Nothing gets the heart pumping like an an evocative celebration. Of all the iconic ones currently on show in cricket, which is your favourite?

Dustin Silgardo and Ishita Mazumder07-May-2020Nothing gets the heart pumping like an an evocative celebration. Of all the iconic ones currently on show in cricket, which is your favourite?Illustrations by Ishita Mazumder

علق مهدي تاج، رئيس الاتحاد الإيراني لكرة القدم على أزمة مباراة بلاده أمام منتخب مصر خلال نهائيات كأس العالم 2026 المقبل.

ومن المقرر أن يلتقي منتخب مصر مع إيران في كأس العالم العام المقبل والتي تستضيفها كندا، المكسيك والولايات المتحدة الأمريكية.

ووقع منتخب مصر بقيادة حسام حسن ضمن منافسات المجموعة السابعة بجانب إيران وبلجيكا ونيوزيلندا.

ويسعى منتخب مصر إلى تقديم كأس عالم قوية، حيث تعتبر هذه المجموعة متوازنة بعض الشيء مقارنةً بالفرق الأخرى.

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وكانت شبكة ESPN قد كشفت أن فيفا يخطط لجعل مباراة مصر وإيران في كأس العالم “لقاء فخر” لمجتمع المثليين، في قرار أثار جدلًا كبيرًا.

وفي ضوء ذلك، قال مهدي تاج: “لقد اعترضنا نحن ومصر على هذا القرار، لقد كانت خطوة غير منطقية بدت وكأنها تدعم مجموعة معينة، سنتناول هذه المسألة بالتأكيد”.

الجدير بالذكر أن قطر والتي استضافت كأس العالم النسخة الماضية عام 2022، قد فرضت عقوبات قاسية على المثليين، إذ تم اتخاذ قرار بحصول أي لاعب على بطاقة صفراء إذا ارتدى أي شارة تدعم المثليين.

Manchester City have now reportedly offered Real Madrid a shock swap deal in an attempt to sign a young player that Pep Guardiola loves.

Man City targeting Real Madrid star

The big concern that Man City had in the opening weeks of the Premier League campaign was their list of goalscorers. When it wasn’t Erling Haaland, it was difficult to pinpoint just who would step up for Guardiola’s side. As we approach Christmas, however, to say that is no longer an issue would be an understatement.

Phil Foden has particularly stepped up as of late and even defenders such as Josko Gvardiol are getting in on the act, scoring twice in City’s last three Premier League games.

Full of praise for Foden after yet another excellent display on Saturday, Guardiola told reporters: “Phil is incredible.

“He is scoring a lot of goals. He came to me after the game and said he didn’t feel well today and look what happened how he runs, in behind, regain the ball. When he is in this momentum and this mood, he is a gift and a diamond. He is top.”

City have now cut Arsenal’s lead at the top of the Premier League to just two points as they look to make up for last season and get back on top in English football.

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With 2026 around the corner too, several rumours are beginning to surround the potential business that the Citizens could complete and that includes a shock Real Madrid star.

Reports have claimed that Man City are targeting a move to sign Arda Guler from the Spanish giants, despite Foden’s recent resurgence. The Turkish midfielder has been one of few players to benefit from Xabi Alonso’s arrival in Spain and those at the Etihad are now reportedly ready to sacrifice one of their own stars to secure his signature.

Man City offer Real Madrid shock swap deal

According to reports in Spain, Man City have now offered Rodri in a swap deal to sign Guler from Real Madrid in 2026. Guardiola is reportedly a huge fan of the 20-year-old and could bid farewell to one of his most important players to get the deal over the line.

It would undoubtedly be the most unexpected deal of the year. Rodri may still be recovering from his ACL injury, but there is still no one better in his position when he is 100%. Would Man City really sacrifice their Ballon d’Or winner?

What’s more, the question must also be asked as to whether City even need Guler? With Foden and Rayan Cherki competing for that No.10 role, finding a place in their side for the Madrid star would arguably be fairly difficult. That said, he has been billed as “the next Kevin De Bruyne” by one journalist.

Nonetheless, it is a deal that Real Madrid are not willing to take at this time, and that should come as little shock after Alonso told reporters: “With his (Guler) quality, he’s a mix between Özil and Guti.

“Guti had that vision and finesse to link play or operate closer to goal, and with Mesut I enjoyed football so much. Arda has that something special — that natural talent you can’t teach.”

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If you’re an Arsenal fan right now then it must feel as though the world is ending. The Gunners had enjoyed an 18-game unbeaten run but it’s now over, swept clean by Aston Villa and Unai Emery no less.

Mikel Arteta’s side have been the best side in the country this season. They’ve been one of the best teams in the whole of Europe. However, whatever you have to say about their impressive squad depth, they look tired and leggy.

Their performance at Villa Park was not one that we’ve become accustomed to. Yes, they were missing the likes of Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba, but the defence looked a mess, a shell of what we’ve come to expect from this outfit.

In attack, they also struggled and the fact Arteta made two substitutions at half-time spoke volumes about the display his team were showing.

Arsenal's biggest underperformers against Aston Villa

Let’s get one thing out in the open first. Villa Park is not an easy ground to go to. It’s a bit like St James’ Park. The supporters raise their voice even louder when the big boys come to town.

While Arsenal had their fair share of the ball, when Matty Cash slammed home the opener at the back post, it was always going to be an uphill battle.

Leandro Trossard came to the rescue once again, scoring a vital equaliser but Arteta’s defence crumbled in the dying embers. Emilino Buendia – once linked with Arsenal – slammed home a last-gasp winning goal.

That chaotic moment came from their inability to clear the ball. Piero Hincapie – Gabriel’s stand-in – claimed the ball inside the penalty area and, instead of clearing it upfield, ran possession out of play.

The resulting phase of play ended up in a goal for the Villans. A game of pinball played out inside the area and with several Arsenal players scrambling to get their bodies in the way, Buendia came up with a moment of composure and quality.

Truth be told, this was Arsenal’s worst defensive display of the season. While Jurrien Timber filled in well at centre-half against Brentford in the week, he and Hincapie were terrorised by the runs of Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers throughout.

At left-back, Riccardo Calafiori struggled too and in midfield, Martin Zubimendi looked dead on his feet. Any chance of a Christian Norgaard cameo? That signing looks all the more puzzling as the days go by.

For once, Mikel Merino as a striker didn’t work. The Spaniard managed just 17 touches and didn’t have a single shot before he was dragged off for Viktor Gyokeres at the break.

The Swede didn’t cover himself in much glory either. He made just four passes and didn’t have a shot during his 45 minutes on the field. Arsenal needed an elite centre-forward in the summer and if we’re being brutally honest, it doesn’t look like they’ve signed one.

So, changes must be made. Arteta needs to find a solution. Here’s one of them.

Arsenal duo must not start together again

While something of a makeshift defence was put together by the manager on Saturday lunchtime, the midfield and forward line looked fluid.

It’s always exciting when two silky playmakers in the form of Martin Odegaard and Eberechi Eze are named on the same teamsheet but it’s safe to say it did not work against Villa.

Eze had just been named Arsenal’s Player of the Month for November over the weekend. He had found his groove last month, scoring that hat-trick against Spurs and linking superbly well with Merino in the final third.

He did so having played as the number 10, just behind the striker. This time, he was forced out onto the left to accommodate Odegaard and it’s a decision Arteta must regret.

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Eze perhaps endured his worst performance for the club yet. It was his lack of awareness, switching off at the back post, that led to Cash’s goal and even if the summer signing did have a goal disallowed for offside, he failed to offer much in the final third.

That said, can you really blame him? The former Crystal Palace man likes to affect the game from central areas but was pinned out on the left and told to stay there.

Odegaard, on the other hand, did not possess the same pizzazz as Eze has offered from central areas. The Norwegian did manage three key passes, but from three efforts at goal, only amassed an xG of 0.14.

Mins played

90

45

Touches

80

13

Key passes

3

0

Shots

3

0

Successful dribbles

1/4

1/1

Duels won

3/10

2/5

Possession lost

15x

3x

Odegaard was keen to get on the ball but unlike Eze, whose movement and decision-making are quick, he took far too many touches. He slowed the play down, allowed Villa to regroup and reorganise. When Arsenal go forward, it needs to be quick but the club captain was not alert enough.

While there is an argument to suggest that Bukayo Saka looked more threatening with Odegaard back in the team, some of Arsenal’s finest attacking displays of 2025 have come with Eze playing behind Merino. If the £65m addition is going to play then it cannot be out on the left.

As a result, it doesn’t look as though a combination of Eze and Odegaard will ever work. It’s an experiment that Arteta must quickly forget about unless he can get the former to impact things from the middle.

4/10 star had his worst game in an Arsenal shirt vs Aston Villa

Arsenal suffered their second defeat of the season against Aston Villa at Villa Park.

ByAngus Sinclair Dec 6, 2025

In a painful—and record—day at the office, Philadelphia Phillies prospect Otto Kemp was hit by a pitch four times in the Lehigh Valley IronPigs' 7-3 win over the Columbus Clippers on Tuesday. On a night where fans at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pa., were treated to seeing Phillies lefthander Ranger Suarez pitch in a rehab assignment, Kemp stole the show—but not in the way he would have hoped.

In his first trip to the plate in the bottom of the first inning, Kemp was plunked in his left thigh by a 91-MPH fastball. In the second inning, Kemp again took a fastball to the body, this time to his left hand.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, the IronPigs third baseman mercifully broke up the painful pattern that was beginning to develop, as he laced a double to center field and later scored in the inning.

And with pitcher Parker Messick, who had plunked Kemp twice, out of the game, surely his troubles were over, right? Unfortunately, no. Facing Clippers righthander Mason Hickman in the bottom of the sixth, Kemp took one for the team off of his derriere. Moments later, he got some measure of revenge, swiping second base against Hickman.

Finally, in the bottom of the seventh inning, the 25-year-old was hit by an 82-MPH slider on his left ankle—by a third pitcher no less. Kemp's final line on the day—1-for-1 with a double and four HBPs, which is an IronPigs record.

Take one (or four) for the team!Otto Kemp set an IronPigs record last night, getting hit 4 times in one game#ironpigs #ottokemp #wegotice #baseball

Posted by Lehigh Valley IronPigs on Wednesday, April 23, 2025

While it's not exactly clear what the minor league record for HBPs in one game is, the big league record is three. Should Kemp one day make it to the majors, he could threaten that record, given his propensity to stand close to the plate in the batter's box.

In 270 career minor league games, Kemp has been plunked 54 times.

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O Corinthians já começou o planejamento para 2024 e abriu negociações com o lateral-esquerdo Hugo, que tem contrato com o Goiás até o final da temporada. Como o defensor está em fim de contrato, o Timão só arcaria com o salário do atleta e possíveis luvas, sem a necessidade de uma compensação financeira ao Esmeraldino.

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Além do Corinthians, outras equipes do futebol brasileiro realizaram consultas para contar com Hugo na próxima temporada. A informação foi noticiada pelo ge e confirmada pela Lance!.

Tanto o Corinthians quanto o staff do atleta só irão retomar as conversas ao término do Brasileirão. Mesmo com 1% de chance de rebaixamento, o Timão só tratará sobre reforços e saídas no final do ano.

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Formado nas categorias de base do CRB, Hugo está no Goiás desde 2021 e ganhou projeção com o técnico Armando Evangelista, demitido após a derrota contra o Atlético-MG.

O lateral de 26 anos soma 41 jogos na temporada e recentemente viralizou ao marcar um golaço na vitória por 2 a 0 do Esmeraldino sobre o São Paulo, em que chutou de voleio mandando a bola para o ângulo.

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LATERAL É SONHO ANTIGO NO TIMÃO

Com as atuações irregulares de Matheus Bidu e a iminência da aposentadoria de Fábio Santos, a lateral-esquerda é uma posição na qual a atual diretoria já tentou reforçar durante a atual temporada. Em julho, o Corinthians se interessou por Yan Couto, emprestado pelo Manchester City ao Girona, e Iago, do Augsburg. Ambas negociações não avançaram pois o desejo dos atletas era permanecer no futebol europeu.

O departamento de futebol corintiano também abriu conversas pelas contratações de Alan Rodríguez, do Rosario Central, e Paulinho, do Midtjylland. Porém, o Timão não atendeu as demandas financeiras dos argentinos e dinamarqueses, e as negociações não avançaram.

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O técnico interino Lúcio Flávio contará com mais um auxiliar em sua comissão técnica nesta reta final de Brasileirão pelo Botafogo. Nesta quinta-feira (5), o clube anunciou Bruno Barbosa para o cargo.

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Barbosa se juntará a Joel Carli na lista de assistentes do ex-jogador. Em suas primeiras palavras como profissional do Alvinegro, o auxiliar destacou suas expectativas.

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+ Novo interino do Botafogo, Lúcio Flávio fez cursos da CBF e foi aposta do clube como auxiliar

– Iniciei minha carreira como treinador no Serrano e há um ano cheguei ao Botafogo como auxiliar técnico do sub-20. Durante esse período também tive oportunidade de me tornar o treinador interino, do meio do ano até aqui, agora chegando ao profissional. É muito gratificante chegar, fui muito bem recebido pelos jogadores e por todo o estafe, foi um dia bem produtivo – afirmou, ao falar sobre seus primeiros passos no Glorioso.

O auxiliar não escondeu seu otimismo por chegar ao Botafogo.

– Deu para ver que os jogadores estão bem focados e motivados. É um grupo que gosta de trabalhar bastante. Espero chegar para agregar e ajudar o Botafogo a conquistar os objetivos – disse.

Bruno Barbosa também valorizou a forma como a equipe dá espaço a jogadores das categorias de base.

– O Botafogo hoje tem um processo de formação não só de atletas como de profissionais bem forte. O trabalho na base vem sendo muito bem feito. Estamos em constante evolução, em formação, buscando melhorar para auxiliar os jogadores. É muito positivo para o clube ter profissionais que vêm da base, porque já vêm conhecendo a história do clube, já estão inseridos e chegam com muita vontade de ajudar – e acrescentou:

– É uma oportunidade muito valiosa. Buscamos nos capacitar para quando houver a oportunidade estarmos prontos para ajudar um clube grande como é o Botafogo – garantiu.

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O Corinthians é tetracampeão da Libertadores Feminina. Neste sábado (21), as Brabas venceram o Palmeiras por 1 a 0 e conquistaram pela quarta vez o troféu continental. Vic Albuquerque perdeu pênalti no primeiro tempo e Tarciane foi expulsa na etapa final, mas o gol de Millene garantiu o título corintiano. O partida marcou o último jogo do técnico Arthur Elias, que vai assumir a Seleção Brasileira Feminina.

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Cinco lances que marcaram a partida

!VIC NA TRAVE! Camilinha segurou Gabi Portilho dentro da área e o árbitro marcou pênalti. Vic Albuquerque não foi feliz na cobrança e mandou na trave.

!BRABAS NA FRENTE! O Corinthians não se abalou com o pênalti e abriu o placar aos 29 minutos do primeiro tempo. Millene limpou a marcação e finalizou sem chances para a goleira Amanda.

!NÃO IA VALER! Gabi Portilho e Vic fizeram boa jogada, mas a atacante parou na goleira Amanda. Tamires aproveitou o rebote e foi acertada no rosto, mas o lance já estava parado por impedimento.

> !PRESSÃO PALESTRINA! O Palmeiras voltou com tudo no segundo tempo e chegou com perigo duas vezes contra a meta de Lelê, mas a zaga corintiana prevaleceu e evitou o empate.

!EXPULSA! Tarciane fez falta dura em Bia Zaneratto, recebeu o segundo cartão amarelo e foi expulsa. Mesmo assim, as Brabas seguraram a vantagem nos últimos 30 minutos com milagres da goleira Lelê nos minutos finais.

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CORINTHIANS 1 X 0 PALMEIRAS
FINAL – LIBERTADORES FEMININA

Data: 21 de outubro de 2023, sábado
Horário: 20h30 (horário de Brasília)
Local: Estádio Pascual Guerrero, em Santiago de Cali, na Colômbia

GOLS: Millene (1-0, aos 29′ do 1ºT)

CORINTHIANS (Técnico: Arthur Elias)
Lelê, Kati, Tarciane, Mariza e Yasmim; Gabi Zanotti, Duda Sampaio, Jaqueline e Tamires; Millene e Vic Albuquerque

PALMEIRAS (Técnico: Ricardo Belli)
Amanda; Bruna Calderan, Poliana, Lorena e Katrine; Duda Santos, Amanda Gutierres e Camilinha; Bia Zaneratto, Flávia e Laís.