da realbet： As the pressure continues to increase on Erik ten Hag to turn things around at Manchester United, INEOS are reportedly ready to resume talks with an out of work manager who’s already a Champions League winner.

Ten Hag under pressure

da lvbet： Before Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Dan Ashworth steered the Red Devils in the right direction when it comes to transfer strategy, it could have been argued that Ten Hag had simply been the victim of just how poorly Manchester United were being run off the pitch. That’s not an excuse that the Dutchman can fall back on after the summer transfer window, however.

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On paper, Manchester United signed several improvements. They strengthened their backline with Matthijs de Ligt, Noussair Mazraoui and one for the future in Leny Yoro. They reinforced their attacking options with Joshua Zirkzee and most importantly, they found their replacement for the struggling Casemiro in the form of Manuel Ugarte. Yet, still, Ten Hag’s side have failed to find their form.

Their latest result to forget came in the Europa League, when they were forced to rely on Harry Maguire’s late goal to level things up against Porto in a 3-3 draw, having initially taken a 2-0 lead.

Without a win in four games, pressure is growing on Ten Hag, leading to names such as Eddie Howe being linked with what could soon be a vacant position. Before the Newcastle boss, however, the Red Devils could turn towards a Champions League winner.

According to Sam Cunningham of Inews, INEOS are ready to resume talks with Thomas Tuchel if they decide to sack Ten Hag this season. The German was reportedly in negotiations over the role in the summer before things ultimately broke down and United stuck with Ten Hag. Now though, he could finally be on his way.

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After three seasons at the helm, Manchester United don’t look like a side who are set to progress under Ten Hag and with Tuchel available, INEOS would be wise to make their move. Tuchel has a plethora of experience, winning the Champions League during his time at Chelsea, which looks like an incredible achievement, given the undoubted chaos in the boardroom during his tenure.

What’s more, although not famed for his entertaining style of play, has consistently earned results throughout his managerial career, be that at Stamford Bridge, Bayern Munich or Paris Saint-Germain. Dubbed “smart, modern, adventurous coach” in the past by New York Times’ Rory Smith, Tuchel may well be the manager that Manchester United so desperately need to take charge of a new era.

If it is to be the former Chelsea boss, he’ll be hoping to avoid following in Jose Mourinho’s footsteps and instead help steer what is still a sinking ship back in the right direction on the pitch. With the likes of Ashworth working behind him too, Tuchel could have the perfect environment for success if INEOS finally pull the trigger.

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وفي الجولة ذاتها، فاز ريال مدريد على نظيره سيلتا فيجو بنتيجة 3/2، في المباراة التي أقيمت على ملعب “سانتياجو برنابيو”. جدول ترتيب الدوري الإسباني

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Royal Challengers Bangalore fast bowler Harshal Patel has left the IPL bio-bubble following the death of his sister.Harshal exited the bubble on Sunday after the game against Mumbai Indians on Saturday in Pune.It is not clear yet for how long Harshal will remain unavailable for his team and he will miss at least one game, against Chennai Super Kings at the DY Patil Stadium on Tuesday. To re-enter the IPL bubble, he will need to undergo quarantine for a minimum of three days.Harshal has been a standout player for Royal Challengers over the past couple of seasons and he took 2 for 23 on Saturday in the team’s seven-wicket win over Mumbai Indians. He is their second-highest wicket-taker so far with his tally of six wickets, behind Wanindu Hasaranga’s eight. Overall, he has picked up 84 wickets in the 67 IPL matches since debuting in 2012.His breakthrough year came in 2021, when took the purple cap home with 32 wickets at an average of 14.34. He was also the top wicket-taker in the death overs last IPL with 19 wickets.He was, however, not retained by Royal Challengers ahead of the mega auction earlier this year, before he was bought again by them for a whopping INR 10.75 crore (USD 1.4 million) – 53.75 times his previous salary of INR 20 lakh.Harshal, 31, has played eight T20Is since making his international debut last year.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has promoted an unseen teenager to his Europa League squad, with the youngster also spotted in training ahead of their clash with Ferencvaros on Thursday evening.

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The Lilywhites have travelled to Hungary to face Ferencvaros in Budapest this evening, with Spurs’ second European game of the season kicking off at 5:45pm.

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The match will be broadcast live on TNT Sports for supporters, who will be expecting Postecoglou’s side to seal their fifth-straight win in all competitions after much-needed victories against Coventry City, Brentford, Qarabag and Man United last weekend.

Brennan Johnson has been on fire since being forced to delete his social media channels due to online abuse – scoring in each of Spurs’ last four wins – while summer signing Dominic Solanke will see tonight as a real opportunity to continue his own goalscoring streak.

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Their face-off against the Hungarian minnows also comes as an opportunity for Tottenham to hand some promising youngsters opportunities on the big stage. Lucas Bergvall has been tipped for more Spurs game time in the build-up to their Europa League campaign, while injuries to both Son Heung-min and Destiny Udogie give fringe members of the squad a chance to impress in their stead.

Postecoglou has already confirmed his plans to utilise teenage summer signing Archie Gray, following Radu Dragusin’s suspension for and Udogie’s suspension, with the former Leeds starlet capable of playing a variety of roles.

“Archie can play centre-back, he’s played full-back, played midfield, played left-back,” said Postecoglou on Gray’s involvement.

“He’s a very versatile player. He takes in information well. With Radu [Dragusin] being suspended and Destiny [Udogie] out we’re definitely going to need him at the back. We’ve got a couple of different options about where we use him but I’d be comfortable using him in any of those areas.”

Gray is by no means the only teenage talent at Postecoglou’s disposal either, with football.london journalist Alasdair Gold sharing three new names that have been included in their Europa League squad and could make the bench this evening.

Ange promotes Damola Ajayi to first-team Tottenham training and Europa League squad

Alfie Dorrington and Dante Cassanova were spotted training before Ferencvaros, as well as unseen 18-year-old winger Damola Ajayi. The winger, described as “exciting” and “direct” by Gold, is yet to make his professional debut for Spurs.

The Englishman boasts a goal and an assist for Tottenham’s Under-21s across six appearances in all competitions this season, following on from his impressive tally of 16 goals and eight assists in total for their Under-18s team last season.

Postecoglou has now promoted Ajayi to Tottenham’s Europa League squad, with the youngster also photographed training in Hungary ahead of this afternoon’s clash.

If Spurs’ head coach does include Ajayi on the bench today, he could even make his first senior appearance, but it remains to be seen whether Postecoglou shows that much faith in the starlet during a game they need to win.

Once among the country’s top players, Venugopal Rao’s fortunes plummeted so much that he was thinking of stepping away from the game, at least temporarily, though he’s only 31

Devashish Fuloria in Surat07-Nov-2013During the Greg Chappell years, Venugopal Rao was among the most promising young cricketers in the country, and had been selected for India’s ODI squad for Sri Lanka in July 2005 along with Suresh Raina.Now 31, Rao’s fortunes have nosedived so much that he was contemplating stepping away from the game, at least temporarily. A migrant on the Ranji circuit, without a first-class hundred since 2007, Rao had a woeful time last year in his first season with Gujarat. This season began no better, as he made 16 in the opening match against Vidarbha.”After first match again, I was literally down. I went back home, sat with my family,” Rao says. “I thought I had worked hard for the last two-three months, I was getting runs in the local Chennai leagues, but I am still not getting it. I made up my mind that if I don’t score, I need a break, a big break, just to get away. I knew I could play, but I wasn’t getting it.”Between 2005 and 2013, Rao’s first-class average plummeted to 29.03 – at least 20 runs below what is expected from a top player. He managed just two scores of over hundred in that spell, after accumulating 11 before 2005. Switching teams in search of form and opportunities had not helped. So his 107 on the first day of Gujarat’s match against Delhi brought palpable relief to Rao.”I have been waiting for this for the last two years,” Rao says. “Twenty20 made my batting a bit more complicated. I was more of a Test player when I started. It’s not just about IPL. The IPL gave me the ability to play a lot of shots.”Maybe it was that I was trying too many shots. But today, Manpreet [Juneja] told me ‘Venu , you are leaving the balls well. First game, you were playing at those and today you are leaving them’. I have to listen because he is in good form and you have to understand what they are thinking.”After Andhra, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, Gujarat is Rao’s fourth Ranji team. He featured in five matches for them last season but the bottom line only read 110 runs.”It’s been hard. I have been playing a lot of cricket back home in Chennai but the last two seasons in Ranji Trophy haven’t been great. Last season, I played five games for Gujarat but couldn’t do anything and it had a very bad impact on me. I went back home, took rest, thought about my game … what’s my strength, my weaknesses, and that I needed to leave the balls a little more, stay longer at the wicket. So yes, this innings helped me.”Playing for teams other than your home state comes with the added pressure of being an inspirational professional for the local boys, which Rao thought was a double-edged sword. “We learn from different atmospheres and as professionals when you go in, you have to set an example for the local players. It’s challenging. Sometimes it puts additional load on you. It depends on how you take it. I saw both sides of it. It’s tough, but you learn a lot.”Vijay Patel, the Gujarat coach, highlighted the challenge Rao faced in a young team trying to establish itself and his role as a mentor. “His reputation was also at stake this year, because last season he didn’t get many runs,” Patel said. “This year he was more committed and his involvement was total with the team.”Rao hadn’t disappeared into anonymity during these last few years. He was one of the top-rung domestic recruits for the Deccan Chargers in the first three seasons of the IPL and later moved to Delhi Daredevils, playing in the shadow of bigger names, but still managing to stay visible, still being in the company of India’s elite cricketers.When asked if anyone helped him out, he said, “I have been playing for almost 15 years. It is easier to say for them ‘you know everything’ and ‘you don’t need to be told’, but at the end of day, no one comes and says it to you.”Rao has been overtaken by a new generation of cricketers in the race for national selection, but he is not competing with them. He just wants to focus – something that he said he has lacked in the past – on the Ranji Trophy and do well for Gujarat.”At the end of the day, it’s a hundred in the four-day game that satisfies you,” he says. “You don’t get the same feeling from other formats.”

Our correspondent takes in scenic drives, listens to legends of mobsters, and bids Bangladesh goodbye

Devashish Fuloria11-Nov-2014#KhulnaIsSoSleepy
Khulna is so sleepy its alarm clocks need alarm clocks. It needs its own hashtag and its jokes.At night, though, Khulna is dressed up. Decorative lights along the roads, welcome posters, national flags. It’s the biggest event the city has seen in a long time. The local MP, also a BCB director and a cousin of the prime minister, has taken care of it all.A road near a major intersection is blocked. There’s a stage in it. A concert is on. Flashing lights, lasers. Massive crowd. People pile up on rickshaws to get a view. The backdrop to the stage is a collage of images, at its centre is the ubiquitous face of the MP, flanked by pictures of Bangladesh and Zimbabwe cricketers.One evening in my hotel room, there’s a knock on the door. I open and there is a middle-aged man with a few people behind him. He walks in past me, asks for the CEO. It’s the man from the posters, the MP. He’s looking for the BCB CEO but has the wrong room number.The players’ neighbour
The teams are staying in a hotel nearby but the road that runs past it has been blocked off completely. The fortifications are a bit excessive. Legendary mobster Ershad Sikdar’s house is barely 100m from the hotel, but Sikdar doesn’t live there anymore. Khulna is not the wild west it used to be.Sikdar was famous for his modes of killing. Chopping people up, turning them into blocks of ice, weighing bodies down to sink them in the Rupsha river, putting victims into tanks of carnivorous fish. Used to run a court on his jetty on the Rupsha. Sikdar was a James Bond villain in real life. He was sentenced to death in 2004. His massive two-storeyed villa, the Sworno Kamal, doesn’t say Sworno Kamal anymore. The nameplate on the gate is blank.The official tea-maker
Bullu bhai is everywhere. Dhaka. Khulna. He will make his special lemon tea when you want it, when you don’t want it, before the match, during the match, after the match. The Bangladesh players know him, the journalists and photographers can’t work without him. Once, MS Dhoni tasted a cup of Bullu bhai’s tea. He couldn’t stop at one, and soon the Indian team were fans. Dhoni gave away his team shirt to Bullu bhai, signing it with a personal message. It’s not the only memento Bullu bhai has.He claims he was once Tendulkar’s lucky charm. The day before a match, he says, he showed Tendulkar a picture of Lord Jagannath of Puri while serving him tea. Tendulkar touched the picture, for a blessing. The next day, he scored his 100th hundred.

One policeman comes in, flashes a torch in our faces. Wants to see ID. Hits our driver for smiling. Not sure how I would have reacted to muggers, but policemen are certainly scary

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I spend an hour watching the Test from the terrace of the media centre. The cameramen are there too. I keep my gaze moving; they don’t move. I take a chair; they keep standing. One of them is from Bangalore. He shows me his rig during the break. Heavy machinery. Controls on both handles – buttons to switch the communication feeds on the right, and a dial to control focus on the left. The dial has to be managed while moving the camera to keep the ball in sight, a process repeated 540 times a day by the cameraman. The players get to rest, the umpires swap ends, but the cameramen just cannot switch off. It’s physically demanding – like driving a motorbike while standing.The moonlit ride
Mashrafe Mortaza is from Khulna. When in town, he likes to eat at a roadside shack at Zero Point, outside the city limits. I head there for dinner via the impressive Rupsha bridge. It’s a segmental bridge, fairly new, quite tall, gives great views.The road is fantastic but lonely. Open fields on either side. No artificial light anywhere. The electric rickshaw has its lights off too, saving its batteries.One of those in the company is quiet. Says road is notorious for muggings. We are stopped. Police van parked in the darkness. No lights again. One policeman comes in, flashes a torch in our faces. Wants to see ID. Hits our driver for smiling. We are let off after a few minutes. Not sure how I would have reacted to muggers, but policemen are certainly scary.The selection news
Limited choices for dinner in Khulna town centre. #KhulnaIsSoSleepy. Local journalists list all the restaurants they have been to, or would want to visit. The number is three. One of them caters at the stadium. The second is within our hotel complex. Third is a short walk away. Nothing to do in Khulna either.One evening gets interesting. I get a call from another journalist. A surprise selection is on the cards for the third Test. I am told to keep it quiet and confirm it the next morning. It could be an exclusive. After dinner, I notice others discussing it softly. So it’s not an exclusive anymore. I wait. The next morning I am the last to realise the news was planted to send everyone on a wild goose chase. Someone even called up the board to check, but was told off. Luckily it was not me.Bullu bhai: Lemon tea specialist and Sachin Tendulkar’s lucky charm•Devashish Fuloria/ESPNcricinfo LtdThe most soothing bus ride ever
The bus is late. Next, we hear it is cancelled. Lots of upset people force the company to arrange for a better bus.Khulna to Jessore is one of the most beautiful routes ever – tree-lined, ditches full of water all along, palm trees, shacks with roofs thatched with cucumber vines, no plastic litter, small towns. A shop, not a showroom, with cycles stacked outside reminds me of the day I bought my first bicycle. There is nothing to see as such, but that’s the point; it slows your brain down. So peaceful. It’s like being in the back country in Goa. One day, development will come, the roads will be broadened, trees will be hacked down, ditches filled.Return ferry ride. Long queue of buses. Someone on the bus calls up a friend in the police. We get priority, overtaking 13 other buses. Forty minutes early for the fresh served on the ferry.Farewell Bangladesh
Big plane, small airport. I am the first to get off in Sylhet. A car is waiting. It takes me past the town centre, the tea gardens and the Sylhet Cricket Stadium in their midst, through open roads with paddy fields on either side, on roads so bumpy that going zigzag is the only way forward, all the way to the Tamabil border.I should have got a receipt from a bank to say I have paid travel tax, I am told at immigration. Stuck now. Only have 12 takas. Need 500. Pay in Indian rupees. Now left with 12 takas and Rs 20. Twenty steps and I am at the India post. A member of the Border Security Force strikes up a conversation. I am offered tea. His Beretta is on the table, pointed towards me. I move on, get my stamps done. No shuttle cars as it’s a Sunday. Need to walk 2km with bags to Dawki for a taxi to Shillong.Dawki is 20 houses and 10 cars. No one is moving. I buy tea. Twenty metres ahead is the most amazing sight: the trees clear up to reveal the cleanest, greenest, stillest river I have seen. It’s so clean I can see the shadows of boats on the riverbed in deep sections.It’s hot. Five minutes later, I am in the water. Twenty days, two wins in two Tests for Bangladesh all because of me, fish and mustard, meat and rice, calm and chaos, cricket madness. Now taxis with Liverpool, Barca, Real, Arsenal stickers. Exit cricket nation, enter football country.

The total prize money has also gone up by 75% to $3.5 million

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Feb-2022The ICC has doubled the prize money for the winners of the upcoming Women’s ODI World Cup to $1.32 million. They have also increased the overall prize money pot by 75%, with eight teams getting a share of $3.5 million, a figure $1.5 million more than the 2017 edition which England had won.The runners-up will take home $600,000, which is $270,000 more than what second-placed India received in 2017. The two losing semi-finalists will receive $300,000 each, while the four teams who will fly back home after the group stage will be awarded a sum of $70,000 – up from the $30,000 prize from the previous edition.Related

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Every group stage win will also earn the teams a reward of $25,000 per victory from a total pot of $700,000.That makes it a rise in the prize money for consecutive editions of the Women’s ODI World Cup. The total prize money between the 2013 and the 2017 edition had seen a ten-fold increase when it went up from $200,000 to $2 million. England, the 2017 winners, got a reward of $660,000 after beating India by nine runs at Lord’s to claim their fourth title.Eight teams are participating at the World Cup this year – to run from March 4 to April 3 in New Zealand – with a total of 28 league games to be played in a round-robin format. Four sides will then move to the semi-finals to be played in Wellington and Christchurch, followed by the final in Christchurch.

Manchester United scouts are keen on bringing a ‘new’ Jude Bellingham to the club, with the player in question “destined for greatness” in the coming years.

Man Utd transfer news

The summer transfer window may now be a thing of the past, having slammed shut last month, but that’s not to say that the Red Devils aren’t still being linked with new signings.

RB Salzburg attacking midfielder Oscar Gloukh is one player who has been touted as a potential target for United, with the 20-year-old a bright young talent who has already scored a hat-trick in the Austrian Bundesliga this season. He could be viewed as a long-term replacement for Bruno Fernandes, who turned 30 earlier in September.

Sverre Nypan is another young player who United are believed to be tracking, with their scouts wowed by his ability after watching him in action for Norwegian side Rosenborg.

It does look as though the Red Devils are looking at the bigger picture and aiming to bring in the most exciting up-and-coming talent around, and they have now been linked with a move for one of the most highly-rated teenagers in the game currently.

Man Utd eyeing player "destined for greatness"

According to HITC, Manchester United could make a move for Sunderland starlet Chris Rigg, whose stock continues to rise by the week – dubbed the new Bellingham by the site.

The report states that Red Devils scouts “firmly believe” the club. need to win the race for the 17-year-old, having missed out on Bellingham when he opted to join Real Madrid last summer instead. They have tracked the Black Cats midfielder since he was 15 and believe he “has the potential to be their next Bryan Robson or Roy Keane”, such is the level of regard they hold him in.

Rigg looks like a stunning talent already, proving to be one of the first names on Sunderland’s team sheet, helping them make a great start to the season. On Saturday, the midfield gem scored the only goal of the game as his side beat local rivals Middlesbrough in the Championship, producing an outrageous back-heeled finish.

Second Tier podcast have claimed that the Englishman is “destined for greatness”, while his current manager Regis Le Bris heaped praise on him after Saturday’s match-winning showing, saying:

“I think he is like a symbol of our process, our game model. He always wants to learn, to play whatever the circumstances are, whoever the opponent is. He deserves to play like this because I see it every training session, he prepares to be able to do this. I don’t think the age is a problem. You can have a high level of maturity at 17 and a low level of maturity at 30.”

Young players can often fail to reach their potential after receiving many accolades as teenagers, but Rigg really does feel like the real deal, already performing with so much maturity for Sunderland, scoring once in the league but impressing in his all-round game.

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To be compared to such United legends as Robson and Keane says all you need to know about what he could be capable of, so United beating the likes of Liverpool and Real Madrid to his signature could feel like a massive coup.

Former England batter had been involved with men’s team selection since 2018

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Jun-2022The reorganisation of England men’s coaching and selection structures has continued with the ECB announcing the departure of James Taylor from his role as head scout.Taylor, the former England, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire batter, joined the ECB in 2018, working beneath national selector, Ed Smith. When Smith’s role was made redundant in 2021, Taylor moved into the scouting role, assisting head coach, Chris Silverwood, with selection.The arrival of Rob Key as England men’s managing director has already seen a number of changes, with separate head coaches appointed for red- and white-ball cricket, and the return to selection by a panel.Key is reportedly keen to bring back the national selector role, but is understood to be considering splitting the position by format, too. The Daily Mail last week linked former England batter Ian Bell with the job of Test selector.”James Taylor has been a great servant to English cricket both as a player and an excellent administrator over the past four years,” Key said. “He has a deep passion for the game and is attuned to the current demands of a modern cricketer, having played with and against most of the England set-up and pathway players.”Everyone at the ECB would like to thank James for his hard work and dedication and wish him well in the next chapter of his career.”