أعلن الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم “كاف” عن قائمة الأندية المرشحة لجائزة نادي العام في القارة الإفريقية، والتي شهدت حضورًا قويًا لـ بيراميدز، بعد سلسلة من الإنجازات غير المسبوقة التي حققها الفريق خلال عام 2025.
ويأتي ترشيح بيراميدز تتويجًا لعام استثنائي في تاريخ النادي، حيث نجح الفريق في حصد ثلاثة ألقاب قارية كبرى خلال موسم واحد، في إنجاز تاريخي كبير.
وبدأ بيراميدز موسمه القاري بالتتويج بلقب دوري أبطال إفريقيا لأول مرة في تاريخه، بعد فوزه على ماميلودي صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي بنتيجة 3-2 في مجموع مباراتي الذهاب والإياب، ليكتب اسمه بين كبار القارة بعد سنوات من العمل المتواصل والاستثمارات الكبيرة في الفريق.
ولم يكتفِ الفريق بذلك، بل واصل تألقه بحصد كأس القارات الثلاث، ثم توج باللقب الثالث هذا العام بعد تغلبه على نهضة بركان المغربي بهدف دون رد في مباراة كأس السوبر الإفريقي، ليؤكد هيمنته على الساحة الإفريقية.
طالع أيضًا | رسميًا | بيراميدز يتلقى خبرًا سارًا من كاف بشأن دوري أبطال إفريقيا قائمة الأندية المرشحة لجائزة أفضل نادي في إفريقيا
1- بيراميدز.
2- شباب بلوزداد الجزائري.
3- شباب قسنطينة من الجزائري.
4- أسيك ميموزا من كوت ديفوار.
5- نهضة بركان من المغربي.
6- ماميلودي صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي.
7- أورلاندو بايرتس الجنوب إفريقي.
8- ستيلينبوش الجنوب إفريقي.
9- الهلال السوداني.
10- سيمبا التنزاني.
ومن المنتظر أن يُعلن الاتحاد الإفريقي عن الفائز بالجائزة خلال الحفل السنوي لتوزيع جوائز “كاف”، والذي سيُقام في وقت لاحق هذا العام في إحدى الدول الإفريقية الكبرى.
Some squad numbers carry more weight than others at football clubs. Celtic are no different, particularly when it comes to the number seven shirt.
Henrik Larsson was, of course, famous for wearing the number seven shirt during his illustrious career in Scotland, scoring 227 goals in 301 matches for the club in all competitions, per Transfermarkt.
The club’s current number seven is Jota. He is now in his second spell at Parkhead and has produced 33 goals and 28 assists in 99 appearances for Celtic, per Transfermarkt, which shows that the forward is doing the number justice.
Another squad number that was made iconic by the player who donned it is the number eight jersey, because of what Scott Brown achieved at the club.
Why Scott Brown made number eight iconic
Whilst other players have worn it before, Bobby Lennox, and since, Kyogo Furuhashi, the number eight shirt is an iconic part of modern Celtic history because of what the former Scotland international did on the pitch.
Scott Brown in action for Celtic during the 2016/2017 campaign.
Brown played a staggering 618 times for the Hoops in all competitions, per Transfermarkt, and produced 46 goals and 63 assists from a central midfield position.
The former Celtic captain led his side to ten Scottish Premiership titles, seven League Cup victories, and six SFA Cup trophies in his time in Glasgow, which shows that his spell in the team was an incredibly successful period in the club’s history.
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He was a brilliant all-round central midfielder, deserving of the number eight shirt, and Brendan Rodgers may have the club’s next iconic number eight in the making, but it is not the player currently occupying it.
The Celtic star who is a number eight in the making
Summer signing Benjamin Nygren currently wears the number eight shirt. However, it is 2024 summer signing Arne Engels who could be Celtic’s long-term number eight.
The Belgium international, who currently wears number 27, joined the Hoops from Augsburg in a club-record £11m deal last year, and has had a difficult start to the current campaign, starting two of the club’s four Premiership games, per Sofascore.
It is easy to forget, though, that Engels is only 21. He is three years younger than Nygren and the same age that Brown was when he signed from Hibernian in 2007.
The 21-year-old maestro has produced ten goals and 14 assists in 59 appearances in all competitions for Celtic to date, per Transfermarkt, which shows that he can carry a threat at the top end of the pitch.
His work out of possession can also be underrated because of his inconsistency and the fact that the Hoops are so dominant in the Premiership that he does not always get to show it off, as he did in the Champions League last term.
24/25 Champions League
Arne Engels per 90
Percentile rank vs midfielders
xAG
0.25
Top 7%
Assists
0.37
Top 6%
Shot-creating actions
3.11
Top 29%
Key passes
2.24
Top 6%
Percentage of dribblers tackled
71.4%
Top 9%
Tackles made
2.49
Top 28%
Passes blocked
1.12
Top 27%
Stats via FBref
As you can see in the table above, Engels delivered well-rounded performances in the Champions League for the Scottish giants last season, excelling among his positional peers in key metrics on and off the ball.
These statistics show that he does have the potential to be a brilliant all-round central midfielder who can impact games at both ends of the pitch, with tackles, blocks, key passes, goals, and assists.
However, it is down to Engels to develop and show consistency in his performances to prove that he deserves to be the long-term successor to the number eight shirt at Parkhead, over Nygren, who is more attack-minded and three years older.
If the Belgian star can do that, then he can begin to live up to the legacy that Brown left behind with that number.
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يستأنف فريق ليفربول مشواره في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، اليوم الأحد، بمواجهة مانشستر يونايتد، بعد انتهاء فترة التوقف الدولي لشهر أكتوبر الجاري.
ويستقبل ليفربول خصمه مانشستر يونايتد على ملعب “آنفيلد” في إطار مباريات الجولة الثامنة للدوري الإنجليزي “البريميرليج” موسم 2025-2026.
وكان ليفربول قد تعرض للهزيمة من تشيلسي بهدفين لهدف في الجولة الماضية بالدوري الإنجليزي، أما مانشستر يونايتد كان قد تغلب على سندرلاند بهدفين دون مقابل.
ويحتل ليفربول المركز الثالث في ترتيب الدوري الإنجليزي برصيد 15 نقطة، ومانشستر يونايتد يملك 10 نقاط في المركز 11.
ويتواجد آرسنال في الصدارة بـ 19 نقطة بعدما تغلب على فولهام بهدف دون مقابل، مساء السبت بالجولة الثامنة، ويأتي مانشستر سيتي في المركز الثاني بـ 16 نقطة حيث تغلب على إيفرتون بهدفين دون مقابل. موعد مباراة ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد اليوم
تنطلق المباراة في تمام الساعة السادسة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت مصر والسعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد
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Poucas horas depois de desembarcar na capital paulista após retornar de Cuiabá em voo fretado, o elenco do São Paulo já se reapresentou no CT da Barra Funda na manhã deste domingo (23) e deu início à preparação para o primeiro jogo da semifinal da Copa do Brasil contra o rival Corinthians, terça-feira (25), às 21h30 (de Brasília), em Itaquera.
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Na atividade, os atletas que atuaram por mais tempo contra o Cuiabá fizeram um trabalho regenerativo na parte interna. O restante do grupo foi ao gramado, onde começou os trabalhos com um aquecimento com bola.
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Em seguida, houve dois trabalhos técnicos: um exercício de posse de bola sob pressão e um coletivo de 11 contra 11 em campo reduzido. Ao final da atividade os defensores permaneceram no gramado para um complemento de bolas aéreas.
A principal novidade do dia foi a presença do zagueiro Alan Franco. Recuperado de dores na perna direita, treinou normalmente com o restante do elenco.
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The two newcomers will be part of the elite panel for the 2025-26 period
ESPNcricinfo staff25-Mar-2025
Alex Wharf is one of the two new faces in the ICC’s elite panel of umpires•ICC via Getty Images
Michael Gough and Joel Wilson have been removed, while former cricketers, South Africa’s Allahuddien Paleker and England’s Alex Wharf, have been included in the ICC’s elite panel of umpires for 2025-26 as part of the ICC’s routine performance-assessment process.Wharf, who played 13 ODIs for England between 2004 and 2005, has been the on-field umpire in seven Tests, 33 ODIs and 45 T20Is in men’s international cricket, and was a part of the panel at the latest ICC white-ball tournaments for men and women, including at the Champions Trophy earlier this year in Pakistan and the UAE.”This milestone would not have been possible without the amazing colleagues who have shared their expertise with me, and those who have supported me both on and off the field,” Wharf said in a statement released by the ICC. “I look forward to continuing to learn from and work alongside them as I embark on this exciting new chapter in my career.”ICC Elite Panel of Umpires (2025-26)
Kumara Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand), Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Richard Illingworth (England), Richard Kettleborough (England), Nitin Menon (India), Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa), Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Paul Reiffel (Australia), Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid (Bangladesh), Rod Tucker (Australia) and Alex Wharf (England).
Paleker is a former South African first-class cricketer, and has been an on-field umpire in four Tests, 23 ODIs and 67 T20Is in men’s international cricket, and 17 women’s international games. He also officiated at the men’s T20 World Cup in 2024, and the Under-19 men’s World Cup in 2024.”This is a significant moment in my umpiring career. It’s an honour to be named in the elite panel, and I look forward to reposing the faith shown in me,” Palekar said. “Being on this panel brings both pride and responsibility, but I am confident that my experience officiating across formats will stand me in good stead.”Thanking Gough and Wilson for their services to the game, ICC chair Jay Shah welcomed the new members of the elite panel, saying, “Being an elite official brings with it scrutiny and pressure, but we are confident that both Allahuddien and Alex possess the temperament, experience and skill to deliver consistently at this very top level.”
أعلن اتحاد الكرة رسميًا، عن موقف نبيل عماد دونجا لاعب فريق الزمالك، من المشاركة في بطولة كأس السوبر المصري الذي من المقرر أن يقام في دولة الإمارات.
يذكر أن بطولة كأس السوبر المصري ستبدأ من يوم 6 نوفمبر 2025 في الإمارات، بمشاركة الأهلي والزمالك وبيراميدز وسيراميكا كليوباترا.
طالع.. خاص وعاجل | اتحاد الكرة يحسم مصير مشاركة دونجا مع الزمالك في السوبر المصري بيان اتحاد الكرة حول موقف دونجا من السوبر المصري
وجاء بيان اتحاد الكرة على النحو التالي:
أرسلت إدارة المسابقات بالاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم، خطابات إلى الأندية الأربعة المشاركة في بطولة السوبر المصري بالإمارات “الأهلي، والزمالك، وبيراميدز، وسيراميكا كليوباترا” لإخطارهم بأسماء اللاعبين الصادر بحقهم عقوبة الإيقاف في بطولة السوبر المصري حيث لا يحق لهم المشاركة في النسخة المقبلة.
تضمنت قائمة الإيقافات، اسم اللاعب نبيل عماد علي المهدي “دونجا” لاعب الزمالك فقط حيث تم إيقافه 4 مباريات في بطولة السوبر بناء على تقرير مراقب مباراة فريقه أمام بيراميدز في البطولة الأخيرة.
On Sunday, the Hoops will face Glasgow neighbours Partick Thistle in a League Cup quarter-final at Firhill.
The Celts are League Cup holders, winning the competition in seven of the last nine seasons, so are huge favourites to progress through to the last four.
Considering the hosts sit third in the Scottish Championship, the Hoops having won each of their last eight encounters with the Jags, Brendan Rodgers surely has an opportunity to experiment, so should he start his “natural finisher”?
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To end the transfer window, the Hoops sold their only senior out-and-out centre-forward, with Adam Idah joining Swansea City for £7m, with no replacement signed before the window closed.
So, having had his contract terminated by Sevilla, the Nigerian was able to move to Glasgow as a free agent, certainly having an instant impact, converting this stoppage-time penalty to snatch victory at Kilmarnock last Sunday.
Nevertheless, Iheanacho’s career has very much endured a downward trajectory in recent seasons, as documented below.
Iheanacho’s scoring record
Seasons
Minutes
Goals
2025/26
20
1
2024/25
1,348
4
2023/24
1,111
6
2022/23
1,437
8
2021/22
2,214
8
2020/21
2,259
19
via Transfermarkt
As the table outlines, since being at the peak of his powers at Leicester City during the lockdown season, Iheanacho has not been a regular goalscorer, with three of his four goals last season coming against Spanish amateur sides Las Rozas and UE Olot in the Copa del Rey.
The 28-year-old, reunited with Rodgers, will almost certainly score goals at Scottish Premiership level, but is surely lacking match fitness.
Also, will the Nigerian be a high-level difference maker, which he’ll need to be, with Celtic set to start their Europa League campaign against Crvena zvezda at Stadion Rajko Mitić in Belgrade on Wednesday?
So, ahead of that key fixture, should Rodgers try out an alternative centre-forward at Firhill?
Celtic's best centre-forward option
Among all the discourse surrounding Celtic’s attacking options, supporters furious about the lack of adequate replacements for Kyōgo Furuhashi and Nicolas Kühn, Johnny Kenny is often the forgotten man.
After joining the club from Sligo Rovers in 2022, Kenny featured for the club’s controversial B team in the Lowland League, before being loaned out to Queen’s Park, not making much of an impact there, but then very much showing what he was capable of back in Ireland with Shamrock Rovers.
In 76 appearances for the Dublin-based club, Kenny scored 26 goals, of which, notably, seven came in European competition.
Last season, he bagged braces against Víkingur Reykjavík and Borac Banja Luka, as well as scoring against Larne, The New Saints and Rapid Wien, helping Shamrock Rovers reach the knockout stages of the Conference League.
He then returned to Celtic in January, scoring goals against Livingston and Aberdeen, albeit his opportunities have been very limited, seeing just 291 minutes of action, only 96 of which have come this season.
His only start of the campaign, so far, came against Falkirk in the previous round of the League Cup, a resounding 4-1 victory, as Rodgers heavily rotated ahead of the ill-fated Champions League play-off against Kairat, which didn’t go quite so well.
Shortly after his integration in January, Rodgers labelled Kenny “absolutely brilliant”, later describing him as a “natural finisher”, forecasting that he will develop into a top-level striker.
Well, if the manager truly believes that, he needs to give the 22-year-old opportunities, so what better time to do so than a cup tie against lower-league opposition, one that comes three days before a crucial European tie?
Iheanacho was only fit enough to see 20 minutes off the bench at Rugby Park last Sunday, during which time he touched the ball only ten times.
Thus, the Nigerian surely won’t be ready to go this week, his services required far more in Belgrade on Wednesday, so Kenny more than deserves his chance to stake a claim for a spot that is very much up for grabs.
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SRH captain Pat Cummins struck thrice and that helped restrict DC to just 133
Karthik Krishnaswamy05-May-20251:01
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No Result Rain put an official end to Sunrisers Hyderabad’s (SRH) IPL 2025 playoffs hopes and gave Delhi Capitals (DC) what could be a valuable point in their bid to finish in the top four. It certainly looked like a point gained for DC rather than one lost, after Pat Cummins took three new-ball wickets to put SRH in the driver’s seat at the innings break.Rain arrived soon after DC, sent in to bat, finished their innings at 133 for 7. By the time the weather cleared, the outfield was too sodden for the ground staff to clear by 11.42pm, the official cut-off time for a five-over chase.c Kishan b Cummins, again and again and againA grass-free surface at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium proved to be a tricky one, offering enough grip for balls banged into a hard length to misbehave, and Cummins is a master of banging the ball into a hard length.The SRH captain took the new ball himself with Mohammed Shami left out, and struck first ball, getting it to straighten and find Karun Nair’s edge. It was a sign of things to come, with the ball frequently stopping on the batter or – particularly if delivered with a wobbly seam – deviating sideways, usually just enough to find the edge.By the time he had bowled 19 balls, Cummins had taken three wickets and Ishan Kishan – keeping for the first time this season, relieving Heinrich Klaasen of the gloves – three catches.Pat Cummins wheels away after dismissing Karun Nair with the first ball•BCCI
With Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat also getting into the wickets column, DC were gasping at 29 for 5 in the eighth over. The fullish ball Unadkat bowled to dismiss KL Rahul, from left-arm around, summed up the conditions – on nine out of ten IPL pitches, Rahul would have probably middled the drive he attempted; this was the tenth pitch, and the ball straightened to kiss his edge and make Kishan the first keeper to catch out an entire top four in an IPL innings.Stubbs and Ashutosh steer DC towards respectabilityTristan Stubbs anchored DC’s recovery from that point, putting on 33 with Vipraj Nigam for the sixth wicket – Nigam sacrificed his wicket following a mix-up that left both batters at the same end – and 66 with Ashutosh Sharma for the seventh.As they have done in other recent games, DC named a bowler-heavy starting XI despite batting first, and brought Ashutosh off the Impact Player bench when the need arose. And Ashutosh was primarily responsible for a late flourish that brought DC 61 runs off their last six overs, hitting three sixes in a 26-ball 41. Stubbs finished unbeaten on 41 off 36 balls.Rain ends SRH’s hopesRain began soon after DC’s innings ended, leaving SRH waiting to begin a chase that eventually never took place.With three games left to play, SRH can finish the league stage with a maximum of 13 points. Four teams already have 14 or more points. DC, with 13 from 11 games, sit just outside that group.
Com a semifinal diante do São Paulo se aproximando, o torcedor do Corinthians se agarra em todas as superstições possíveis para acreditar na classificação à final da Copa do Brasil, e Taylor Swift é o “amuleto da sorte” do Timão.
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A cantora pop nunca deu nenhuma declaração dizendo ser fã do Corinthians, mas a relação entre Taylor e o clube paulista surgiu após uma curiosidade tomar conta das redes sociais. O Timão possui um aproveitamento quase perfeito quando a cantora lança um novo álbum.
O Corinthians sofreu apenas duas derrotas antes ou depois da artista anunciar um novo álbum. A primeira aconteceu dois dias antes do “Red (Taylor´s Version), onde o Timão perdeu por 3 a 0 diante do Atlético-MG, em novembro de 2021. A mais recente foi em julho de 2023, na regravação do álbum “Speak Now”, quando a equipe de Luxemburgo perdeu o primeiro jogo para o América-MG, nas quartas de final da Copa do Brasil.
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Segundo dados da página “Timão Dados”, o clube alvinegro venceu ou empatou nas semanas dos lançamentos de de Taylor Swifit (2006), Fearless (2008), Speak Now (2010), Red (2012), 1989 (2014), Reputation (2017), Lover (2019), Folklore e Evermore (ambos de 2020).
Following a second defeat in a matter of days, Arne Slot is set to hand one player his Premier League debut against Chelsea in a game that must feature an improved performance from Liverpool.
Carragher: Time for Slot to "earn his money"
It’s a slump that looked on the cards as each late goal found the back of the net against Bournemouth, Arsenal, Southampton in the Carabao Cup and against Atletico Madrid, but it’s now one that the Reds must deal with before a panic turns into a crisis.
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Liverpool endured a night to forget as they were beaten by Galatasaray in the Champions League.
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After suffering back-to-back defeats for just the second time under Slot, all eyes will be on Liverpool when they travel to Stamford Bridge this Saturday. Defeat would signal plenty of questions for those at Anfield, who Jamie Carragher believes are playing more like a basketball team than the defending Premier League champions that they are.
The Liverpool legend then went on to say that it’s time for Slot to “really earn his money” after a smooth ride last season. Just what that means for a number of struggling stars is the big question.
The Dutchman has already proved that he’s not afraid to get ruthless at Anfield and that could be on show this weekend with one player in line to make his Premier League debut.
Slot set to hand out Premier League debut vs Chelsea
Liverpool’s night became worse when Alisson Becker went down after what appeared to be a muscle injury and Slot has already confirmed that the Brazilian will not feature against Chelsea. As such, Giorgi Mamardashvili is set to make his Premier League debut. The former Valencia man has been waiting for his chance and now he’s set to get it.
A lot of questions were asked about Mamardashvili’s game time when Alisson stayed put this season, but the 25-year-old wasn’t just signed to succeed the world-class shot-stopper. Alisson has an extensive injury history and one which has almost had an inevitability about it in recent seasons, making Mamardashvili’s arrival incredibly important.
Described as “magnificent” by scout Jacek Kulig in 2024, the summer arrival offers Liverpool the chance to replace the injured Alisson without losing much quality. Mamardashvili is more than ready to step up, particularly in the shot-stopping department.