Martin Odegaard's girlfriend Helene Spilling danced away to Arsenal fans singing "Waka Waka" for Kai Havertz during the 5-0 victory over Chelsea.

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• One-way traffic at the Emirates
• Odegaard ran the show in midfield
• Notched two assists including one for Havertz

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  The Norwegian midfielder hardly put a foot wrong against the Blues on Tuesday evening. He pulled the strings from the centre of the park and sliced open Chelsea's brittle defence time and again with his vision and made two assists to wrap up an incredible showing at the Emirates.

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  Kai Havertz, who had a difficult time as a player at Stamford Bridge, found the net twice against his former employers and had no qualms in bursting into vibrant celebrations after both goals. The Emirates enjoyed every bit of it and sang their own version of Shakira's chartbuster Waka Waka in unison to hail the German forward for his heroics.

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  Odegaard's partner, Spilling, also shook her hips to the chants of the Arsenal fans in the VIP box as she soaked in the incredible atmosphere in north London.

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  Arsenal will face Tottenham next on Sunday afternoon in the Premier League, where they will look to build on the momentum after the thumping victory over Chelsea. After the north London derby, they will host Bournemouth, then set off for Manchester to take on Erik ten Hag's side and will end their campaign with a home game against Everton on May 19.

Narine not confident enough in bowling action, Russell’s knee not yet up to 50-over cricket

George Dobell25-Jan-2019

West Indies are set to be without Sunil Narine and Andre Russell for their ODI series against England.Narine has informed CWI that he is not yet confident enough in his bowling action to get through an ODI, while Russell has  informed them his knee is not yet up to the demands of 50-over cricket.Narine hasn’t played an ODI for more than two years, but insists he is keen to return to international cricket. He has struggled with his action for most of his career, first attempting to remodel it in 2011 and then having it reported during the Champions Trophy of 2014.He withdrew from the 2015 World Cup squad to work further on his action. He is expected to work with Carl Crowe, the spin bowling consultant, in the coming weeks. The news almost certainly ends any chance he has of playing in the 2019 World Cup.Russell’s involvement remains possible. He is fit enough for T20 cricket – he has been involved in the BPL and has just been announced as a replacement for Steve Smith in the PSL – but feels his fitness is not quite at the required level for a longer game. He last played an ODI in July.

كشف الجهاز الفني لفريق الكرة الأول بنادي الزمالك، عن بدلاء القلعة البيضاء لمباراة اليوم أمام طلائع الجيش، التي تجمع بينهما ضمن منافسات كأس مصر.

وتقام مباراة الزمالك أمام طلائع الجيش، على أرضية استاد السلام، في إطار لقاءات دور الـ16 من البطولة المحلية.

طالع | تشكيل الزمالك أمام طلائع الجيش في كأس مصر

وكان الزمالك قد تمكن من تخطي عقبة بروكسي في دور الـ32 بعد الفوز عليه بنتيجة 5-2، بينما فاز طلائع الجيش على فريق بور فؤاد بفوز بهدف دون رد.

ويتأهل الفائز من مبارا الزمالك وطلائع الجيش لمواجهة الإسماعيلي الذي استطاع تخطي سموحة، وذلك في ربع نهائي كأس مصر. بدلاء الزمالك أمام طلائع الجيش في كأس مصر

عمر عبد العزيز وحسام عبد المجيد وحسن أبو المعاطي ومحمد إبراهيم وزياد كمال ومحمد شحاتة وأحمد عبد الرحيم “إيشو”وسامسون أكينيولا ومحمد صلاح ذكي.

Batsman Imrul Kayes is among five new inclusions in BCB’s central contracts list for a period between 1st January to 31st December 2019. This, days after he had been ignored for the upcoming New Zealand tour. Seamer Khaled Ahmed and offspinner Nayeem Hasan, who have played one and two Tests respectively, have also been handed a central contract, while fellow offspinner Najmul Hossain Shanto has been cut from the list.Seamers Abu Jayed and Mohammad Saifuddin are the other newcomers in the 17-man list. The BCB has changed the gradation of the salary slabs, making it only A+, A, B and rookie this year. Previously, there used to be two other slabs.However, the annual salary remains the same, as the A+ category players are set to get BDT 400,000 per month this year too. Mashrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Tamim Iqbal, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah are the top-tier earners, with the captains set to earn an extra amount.Jayed, Saifuddin, Nayeem and Khaled have all been drafted in the rookie category.A+ Category: Mashrafe Mortaza, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah
A Category: Imrul Kayes, Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain
B Category: Mominul Haque, Liton Das, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam
Rookie Category: Abu Hider, Abu Jayed, Nayeem Hasan, Saifuddin, Khaled Ahmed

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Na tarde desta segunda-feira, o Corinthians selou o destino de um dos seis jogadores que retornaram recentemente de empréstimo. Trata-se do zagueiro Caetano, que foi emprestado ao São Caetano para a disputa do Paulistão-2021.

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Aos 21 anos, o jovem defensor estava no Oeste, também por empréstimo, na disputa da Série B do Brasileirão, em que a equipe de Barueri foi rebaixada. No início de fevereiro, Caetano retornou para o Timão, mas já sabia que não ficaria e logo foi negociado com o Azulão para jogar por lá pelos próximos meses.

Com contrato até fevereiro de 2024, o zagueiro tem recebido rodagem para algum dia ser aproveitado na equipe principal. Como é tratado como um jogador com potencial e receber a atenção do mercado, os empréstimos têm sido priorizados em detrimento de sua utilização no elenco sub-23.

Caetano chegou ao Corinthians em 2018 para integrar a equipe sub-20, mas ainda não teve sua estreia vestindo a camisa do time principal. Na temporada 2020, pelo Oeste, fez 20 jogos e não marcou gols, em 2019, ele já havia passado por Barueri realizando 21 partidas e marcando um gol. No começo do ano passado, ele teve curta passagem pelo Coritiba, onde atuou em quatro duelos.

كشف خالد الجوادي المترجم السابق للسويسري مارسيل كولر المدير الفني لـ الأهلي، كواليس الرحيل عن الجهاز الفني للقلعة الحمراء.

وكان مجلس إدارة النادي الأهلي، أعلن رحيل خالد الجوادي، ووجه له الشكر على الفترة التي قضاها عقب نهاية الموسم 2023-2024.

وقال الجوادي خلال تصريحات لبرنامج “هاتريك” المذاع على قناة أون تايم سبورت 2 : “أنا من 3 أشهر قررت إنني لن أستمر لأسباب خاصة متعلقة بعائلتي في ألمانيا لأنني بعيدًا عنهم منذ سنتين، والحياة صعبة ومكلفة ومرهقة جدًا، بجانب أن الأجواء لم تعد جيدة لأنه كان هناك انتقادات كبيرة ضدي أو أنني أتخطى مهام عملي، رغم أن هذا عملي”.

طالع | مترجم كولر السابق يكشف عن مفاجأة بشأن منصبه في الأهلي قبل رحيله

وأضاف: “كولر رفض وقتها أن أرحل وقال مستحيل، لكن الهجوم زاد وقررت أرفع الحرج عن الجميع وقلت للنادي إنني جئت حبًا للنادي ولن أستمر طالما هناك بعض الناس سيكونوا غير سعداء بتواجدي، وأنا أرى إنني قضيت سنتين مع كولر عرف من خلالها كل شيء عن الثقافة المصرية، بالتالي تقدمت باستقالتي بعد مباراة المقاولون”.

وأستمر: “كولر تمسك بي بشكل كبير جدًا، وأنا أكن الاحترام للجميع، الخطيب حبه في قلبي كبير، وخالد مرتجي أيضًا، وأنا قلت لهم قبل ذلك أنا لو تواجدي في النادي سيكون عبئا سأرحل بهدوء”.

وتابع: “لم أندم عند دفاعي عن كولر، لأن كان حقه أن أدافع عنه في الفترة التي تعرض لها للهجوم، وكل ما كتبته هو يعرفه وكان موافق عليه، لأن الهجوم كان عنيفا جدًا، وكان بالتنسيق معه أن أوضح بعض الأمور، كان من الممكن الناس تتقبل أكثر إذا كولر هو الذي نشر هذا الكلام عبر صفحته الرسمية، لكن أرتأينا أن أكتب أنا المنشور الذي نُشر على صفحتي باللغة العربية ليصل للناس أفضل”.

وتطرق الجوادي للحديث عن المهاجم الفرنسي أنتوني موديست الذي رحل عن الأهلي بنهاية الموسم، قائلًا” “مودست كان لديه مشكلة لم يعرف كيف يتعايش هنا، خطوة بخطوة ساعدناه وبدأ يتأقلم وبالفعل تأقلم في أخر الأيام ولكن كان ذلك متأخرًا جدًا”.

وأكمل: “قبل التعاقد مع موديست، كولر تواصل مع المدرب الذي كان يدربه وسأله، ولكن للأسف أعطاه معلومات خاطئة عن اللاعب عن قدراته البدنية العالية والفنية وأنه أحسن لاعب شاهده يلعب برأسه”.

وأتم: “كان لاعبا محترفا جدًا، بعد قرار الأهلي بعدم التجديد له، وكان سيسافر فجر أحد الأيام، وفي هذه الليلة كان يوجد تدريب حضره كاملًا وتدرب بشكل قوي، كان محترف لآخر يوم في عقده”.

First team minutes were expected for a Tottenham player yet to feature this season, but that's now been scuppered following a recent injury update.

Ange suffering Spurs injury crisis

Manager Ange Postecoglou was dealt some very bad news earlier this week, as widespread reports shared that midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur has been added to the growing list of Spurs absentees.

The Uruguay international joins senior stars James Maddison, Micky van de Ven, Richarlison, Ryan Sessegnon, Ivan Perisic and Manor Solomon as the players unavailable through injury right now, Pape Matar Sarr is racing to shake off his knock after missing Spurs' 2-1 defeat to Aston Villa last weekend.

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Bentancur is set to miss two months of action with an ankle ligament injury, following an arguably reckless challenge from Villa right-back Matty Cash. The former Juventus star had only just returned from nine months on the treatment table, so this will come as a truly devastating bit of news for him personally.

Spurs take on Premier League champions Man City at the Etihad Stadium this weekend with a severely depleted starting eleven. To make matters worse, more tough tests against London neighbours West Ham and Champions League qualification rivals Newcastle await Postecoglou soon afterwards.

The Lilywhites will also lose Sarr, Yves Bissouma and Son Heung-min early next year to the Africa Cup of Nations and Asia Cup tournaments, as the Spurs trio travel to represent their countries in early January. Both competitions start from January 12 to February 11, meaning Tottenham face a potential month without them.

Reports suggest Spurs could take to the winter transfer market for reinforcements, as a result of their bare squad depth. Allegedly, sporting director Johan Lange is targeting a new Tottenham centre-back in particular after van de Ven's injury.

Phillips chance scuppered after injury blow

Amid Spurs' real lack of defensive options, Postecoglou looked likely to turn to young summer signing Ashley Phillips.

The centre-back, signed from Blackburn Rovers, is yet to make a single senior appearance for Tottenham despite being included in matchday squads – and that won't change any time soon after he picked up an injury recently.

Phillips is expected to out for around a month, which will come as a real blow for him considering he looked like he was about to be given a chance.

According to 90min, Spurs were expected to give Phillips a first team chance before his injury lay-off, but the teenager's absence now means a longer wait for his awaited debut,

The defender is one of real promise and could've been an exciting option for Postecoglou to call upon, with ex-Rovers boss Tony Mowbray tipping him to become a "mega footballer" as far back as 2021.

“He’s an amazing footballer and he is going to be a mega footballer I’m pretty sure, but he’s a very young boy," said Mowbray (via Lancashire Telegraph).

“He’s a 6’3, 6’4 magnificent cut of a guy, fast as lightning, composed with the ball, aggressive. I think this football club have a footballer on their hands, and we have to manage his introduction into our team as best we can. I just brought him to give him some experience.”

Jurgen Klopp has been tipped for a sensational return to Borussia Dortmund ahead of his imminent exit from Liverpool.

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Klopp leaving Liverpool in summerGerman was "running out of energy"Tipped for Dortmund return in new roleWHAT HAPPENED?

With Klopp stepping down as Liverpool manager at the end of the season, due to "running out of energy", questions have been raised over what the German will do after that, though he has vowed to take a year away from the game. Now, according to The Independent, rumours are circulating Klopp could return to former side Dortmund next year – the team he managed between 2008-2015.

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Miguel Delaney of has said: "There is increasing talk around [Dortmund] about bringing former manager Jurgen Klopp back as head of football in 2025."

There is no suggestion he could be brought back as a head coach at this stage, though Delaney also revealed: "For some at Dortmund, this is the inevitable end point of a long period harking back to the 2010-13 glory era, with the club constantly rehiring familiar figures." He added this is not necessarily seen as a "good thing" as fairytale returns don't always work out.

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Like at Liverpool, where Klopp won eight trophies including the Premier League and Champions League, the German is seen as a hero at Dortmund. He led BVB to two Bundesliga titles and reached a Champions League final, before losing to Bayern Munich at Wembley. If he did rejoin the club, this role would be less demanding than a managerial position – meaning current boss Edin Terzic could stay in charge and Klopp could have an easier ride, perhaps.

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Transfer speculation aside, Liverpool are into the final five games of the Klopp era; starting with a home clash against Tottenham on Sunday in the Premier League, followed by an away trip to Aston Villa on May 13.

Should the annual Irani Cup, pitting the Ranji Trophy champions and a Rest of India side, take place at the start of the Indian domestic season or at the end of it, as had been the case for the past five seasons? Chandrakant Pandit, coach of Vidarbha – winners of both the tournaments in 2017-18 and 2018-19 – is firm that it should be at the beginning, a curtain-raiser to the season.”The Ranji Trophy is a long-drawn tournament, which takes more than four months and the winning team has to play at least ten to 11 matches,” Pandit said on Sunday. “The players will be tired after a long season and they will be carrying injuries. It is difficult for them to recover and start all over again and give their 100% for the Irani Cup a few days after the Ranji final.”Personally, I feel the Irani Cup should be held at the beginning of the season.”ALSO READ: The brains and the brawn behind Vidarbha’s riseEarlier, from it’s inception in 1965-66 to 2012-13, the Irani Cup served to remind everyone of the star performers for the previous season. It also gave the Rest of India side – a selection of players without being much of a team – a good shot at winning the game. As an example, in the 15 seasons leading up to the schedule change, Rest of India lost just twice. Since then, they have won just twice.Pandit’s argument is along the lines of what former India batsman and ex-selector Dilip Vengsarkar recently told . “What’s the point in playing the Irani Cup when the Ranji Trophy is just over? Irani Cup and Duleep Trophy should be the curtain-raiser for the season as they are the most important tournaments where players would like to display their form and fitness to stake a claim in the Indian squad for the season ahead,” Vengsarkar had said.”How does it help to schedule the Irani game just after the Ranji Trophy? It makes no sense to me and it defeats the very purpose. BCCI’s approach to get done with tournaments is questionable.”There have been no signs of a move away from the current schedule on the part of the BCCI, however, with Saba Karim, the general manager of cricket operations, saying recently that he hasn’t heard any complaints about the current arrangement.”The season-opener is the Duleep Trophy. I’ve not received any feedback of the players being drained out for this fixture. Obviously the team that wins the tournament (Ranji Trophy) will play the most number of games,” he said. “If any such issue is there, it will be discussed in the captains and coaches conclave.”

Chelsea have made contact to enquire about a deal to bring an exciting teenager to the Premier League, according to a reliable reporter.

Chelsea transfer targets

The Blues are mostly looking to strengthen their goalkeeping and attacking departments during the upcoming window, with reports suggesting that the board are preparing an offer for Arsenal’s Aaron Ramsdale and are interested in a move for Feyenoord striker Santiago Gimenez.

While Todd Boehly and Mauricio Pochettino are considering their options as to who they could sign to strengthen the team in the here and now, they will also have an eye on if there are any available youngsters out there as they look to build a squad for the long-term future of the club.

Chelsea chiefs set sights on club's "vital" star after Mourinho message

The Blues are chasing a new defender.

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River Plate’s attacking midfielder Claudio Echeverri has emerged as a potential target, with the 17-year-old attacking midfielder having worked his way up through his outfit’s various youth ranks to eventually get promoted to their senior first-team (Transfermarkt – Echeverri statistics).

Argentina’s youth international is set to reach the expiration of his deal in December 2024 (River Plate contracts), and with the teenager having been nicknamed the next Lionel Messi, he’s caught the attention of the hierarchy at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea plotting swoop for Echeverri

Taking to X, Fabrizio Romano confirmed that Chelsea are interested in Echeverri and have already approached River Plate to make their admiration known, although they are set to face stiff competition from two other clubs who are also keen to secure his services.

“Understand both Chelsea and Man City have made contact to be informed on Claudio Echeverri situation. Barcelona remain keen but structure of the deal makes it complicated with Financial Fair Play. Release clause: €25m (£21m), up to €30m (£25m) in the final days of the market.”

Echeverri is a "crazy talent"

Across all competitions for Argentina’s U17s, Echeverri has posted a remarkable 18 contributions (13 goals and five assists) from 22 appearances, showing how prolific he can be in the final third, but he’s also able to dictate the game with the ball at his feet.

The Resistencia native is currently recording a 91.1% pass success rate in the league, highlighting how calm and composed he can be in possession, not to mention how much this helps when linking up the play with his fellow teammates in the attacking areas of the pitch (WhoScored – Echeverri statistics).

Sponsored by Adidas, Pochettino’s target already knows what it takes to compete and be successful having been crowned Argentinian Champion with River Plate, alongside being named the U17s South American Championship top goalscorer individually.

For all of the positive qualities that he possesses at such a young age, Jacek Kulig, who is a football talent scout, has hailed Echeverri a “crazy talent”, and with the bags of potential that he has to offer, he could be a fantastic recruit in years to come for Chelsea.