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قاد مصطفى فتحي لاعب نادي بيراميدز، فريقه لفوز صعب على ضيفه أسوان بهدفين مقابل هدف.

جاء ذلك في المباراة التي أقيمت على ملعب استاد الدفاع الجوي ضمن منافسات الجولة الثامنة من عمر الدوري المصري الممتاز.

فيديو | بيراميدز يعمق جراح أسوان ويخطف فوزًا بثنائية في الدوري

وحصل مصطفى فتحي على جائزة أفضل لاعب في المباراة باختيار رابطة الأندية المصرية المحترفة.

وكان فتحي قد شارك في تحقيق الفوز بتسجيل الهدف الأول، وصناعة الثاني بتمريرة حاسمة لمحمد فتحي.

يذكر، أن فوز بيراميدز رفع رصيده إلى 17 نقطة محتلًا المركز الرابع في سلم ترتيب الدوري.

Rangers return to action in the Premiership at Ibrox as they look to end their domestic league campaign on a high.

The Gers are nine points behind their arch-rivals at the top of the table and winning the league seems impossible, although they can build up momentum for other competitions.

Gio van Bronckhorst has the chance to end the season with two trophies under his belt as the Light Blues are set to compete in the finals of both the Europa League and Scottish Cup.

Rangers beat RB Leipzig 3-1 in Glasgow on Thursday night to secure their place in a major European final as James Tavernier, Glen Kamara and John Lundstram all scored.

It was a magical night at Ibrox and Van Bronckhorst may look to make a number of changes to his team in order to keep things fresh and avoid burnout, with two huge matches coming up later this month.

One alteration that he must make to his starting XI is the introduction of Aaron Ramsey. The Welshman returned from injury to feature on the bench against the Bundesliga outfit and the Dutch head coach must finally unleash him from the start this afternoon.

GvB must unleash Ramsey

The 31-year-old has not started a game since 17t April, against Celtic in the Scottish Cup, and this match is the perfect opportunity to bring him back into the team. Rangers have little to play for in the Premiership aside from getting minutes into players who need them, such as Ramsey.

The former Arsenal star is a match-winner on his day, showing throughout his career that he has the quality to make the difference at the top of the pitch. He provided 130 direct goal contributions in 371 matches for the Gunners, including 91 in 262 Premier League outings.

Martin Keown previously dubbed him an  “outstanding technician” and Rangers have seen glimpses of the Welshman’s quality in the final third since he joined on loan from Juventus in January.

Ramsey has scored two goals in three Premiership starts for the Light Blues, including the opener against Celtic in early April, and this shows that he still has the quality to be a match-winner from midfield.

Therefore, he must finally be unleashed against Dundee United, as getting him fit and firing ahead of the two cup finals would be a major boost to Van Bronckhorst’s squad, given the 31-year-old’s ability to be the difference-maker with his goals and assists.

AND in other news, Big setback as Rangers hit with huge injury blow which will leave GvB fuming…

Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and David Hussey have all been given the chance to impress the selectors in Australia’s only ODI before the World Cup squad is named

Brydon Coverdale11-Jan-2011Brett Lee, Shaun Tait and David Hussey have all been given the chance to press for World Cup selection after being named in Australia’s squad for the first ODI against England. The match in Melbourne on Sunday will be the only one-day game Australia will play before their 15-man World Cup group needs to be finalised, so there is plenty at stake for several fringe men.Nathan Hauritz was also chosen, having not been part of Australia’s team in any format since he was axed before the first Ashes Test. Hauritz, Xavier Doherty and Steven Smith are all in the 14-man squad, and with the World Cup to be played on spin-friendly subcontinental surfaces, they will all be keen to impress in the 50-over format.Michael Clarke, who last week announced his retirement from Twenty20s, will captain the side with Ricky Ponting still sidelined by his finger injury. Brad Haddin was picked and will be Australia’s first-choice gloveman at the World Cup, despite the selectors giving Tim Paine the vice-captaincy for the two Twenty20s against England this week.Lee will be aiming to play his first ODI since October 2009, after a severely injury-disrupted 2010, and he has already made clear his ambition to be part of Australia’s World Cup defence. He will form part of a quick attack with Tait, Doug Bollinger and Peter Siddle forming the rest of the fast-bowling group.One of the most interesting selections was that of David Hussey, who hasn’t played an ODI since a one-off match against Scotland in August 2009, and has been considered a Twenty20 specialist by the national selectors since then. Despite having scored only 143 runs at 23.83 in the split-innings Ryobi Cup this summer, Hussey has been give a chance ahead of his Victorian team-mate Brad Hodge, who is the competition’s leading run scorer.There was no room for Callum Ferguson, although that might be because he is already considered a lock-in for the World Cup, while Shaun Marsh was also overlooked. A new squad will be chosen for the remaining six ODIs against England, and that is likely to comprise the 15-man World Cup group, as it will be their final hit-out before flying to India.”We’ve given David Hussey the opportunity to push for inclusion in the World Cup squad as we think he will be well suited for the sub-continent conditions which will be faced in the World Cup,” the chairman of selectors, Andrew Hilditch, said. “Ricky Ponting is recovering from a finger injury sustained during the Ashes, which gives Michael Clarke another chance to lead the one-day side.”His vice-captain will be Cameron White, who has had a real impact on this form of the game in the last year and Cameron will be coming off leading Australia in the two Twenty20 internationals this week. We have some explosive fast bowling with Shaun Tait, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Doug Bollinger and Peter Siddle all selected in this squad. Shaun and Brett will therefore have an opportunity to impress in this form of the game before World Cup squad selection.”We’ve included Nathan Hauritz, who has been a key part of our one-day side for some time now and Xavier Doherty in this squad, who played well against Sri Lanka at the start of the summer. This gives us a chance to look at both of them prior to the World Cup.”Squad Shane Watson, Brad Haddin (wk), Michael Clarke (capt), Cameron White, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Steven Smith, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Brett Lee, Xavier Doherty, Peter Siddle, Shaun Tait, Doug Bollinger.

England’s captain Andrew Strauss has brushed off suggestions of Kevin Pietersen being a potentially divisive member of the squad for this year’s Ashes tour

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England’s captain Andrew Strauss has brushed off suggestions of Kevin Pietersen being a potentially divisive member of the squad for this year’s Ashes tour. And Strauss is confident Pietersen’s big-game mentality will ensure he lifts for the battle for the urn, despite having not made a Test century since the tour of the West Indies in March 2009.The former Australia coach John Buchanan, who is working with England this Ashes series, has said Pietersen “has the potential to be fragmentary and an individualist” and could be a “major problem”. However, Strauss said he had no such concern with Pietersen, who briefly was Strauss’s predecessor as captain until a falling out with the then-coach Peter Moores.”Kevin Pietersen has never been a problem for the England cricket team,” Strauss told BBC Sport. “Buchanan is off the mark to say that – I’m sure Kevin will come to the party.”Pietersen, 30, has enjoyed his past tussles with Australia and averages 50.72 in his 12 Tests against them. But his recent form has been well below average, and since the start of England’s triumphant 2009 Ashes campaign he has averaged 36.61 with a highest score of 99.He was dropped for the first time in his England career in August for the limited-overs contests against Pakistan, which prompted him to type out a Twitter tirade. However, Strauss does not believe there is any possibility Pietersen would be cut from the team for the first Test at the Gabba, even if his form in the warm-up matches was poor.”No, I couldn’t see that happening,” Strauss said. “We all know what sort of character he is, we know these sort of big Ashes series tend to bring out the best in him and to me that’s very encouraging. He’s been out of form – that happens to all of us – and anyone who’s played international cricket for any length of time knows it only takes one innings to get yourself back in form.”For Kevin it might be one of the first-class games that precede the Ashes, it may be in the first Test match, but he’ll come right – he’s too good a player not to. I don’t have any concerns that he’s going to come right, the key is that he hopefully hits that first Test feeling in great form and ready to make his mark on an Ashes series.”England set off soon for what will be the defining tour of Strauss’s captaincy if he leads his men to victory, and they are in the unfamiliar position of being ahead of Australia on the ICC Test rankings. Australia are under pressure after losing their past three Tests, against Pakistan and India, but Strauss was wary of reading too much into Australia’s efforts in India.”The conditions in India are so different,” he told Sky Sports. “They’ve obviously lost a few Tests and have a few questions they need to iron out and that might preoccupy them where we don’t have that.”But we know from past experience that as soon as you arrive in Australia, from day one things get pretty tough. They’re a proud side, their record in Australia is outstanding and we’re expecting them to be at their best … so if we want to beat them we have to be better than that.”

Teenager Nathan Buck took a starring role to spearhead a Leicestershire fightback on the first day of their final home County Championship game of the season against Gloucestershire at Grace Road

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ScorecardTeenager Nathan Buck took a starring role to spearhead a Leicestershire fightback on the first day of their final home County Championship game of the season against Gloucestershire at Grace Road.The 19-year-old seamer posted a career best score of 26 as Leicestershire’s lower order batsmen pulled them out of trouble and then followed up by grabbing two wickets in two balls at the start of Gloucestershire’s reply. But, by the close, Gloucestershire had staged a recovery of their own to reach 54 for 2, although they were still 241 runs behind Leicestershire’s 295, to which Tom New contributed a top score of 63.At one stage the home side had looked to be plummeting to a below-par first-innings total after winning the toss and deciding to bat. They stumbled to 36 for 3 and then to 167 for 6 before New led the fightback as the last four wickets adding 128 valuable runs to take Leicestershire to a competitive score.Claude Henderson struck a quick-fire 33 off 29 balls with 28 of his runs in boundaries, Nadeem Malik made 34 and Buck was last man out for 26 – his best score so far in his first full season of Championship cricket.Then the England Under-19 international trapped both Will Porterfield and Chris Dent lbw with the third and fourth balls of his second over to plunge Gloucestershire to 10 for 2. It also took the highly-rated Buck to 41 wickets for the season.He finished with 2 for 20 off his opening six-over spell as Jonathan Batty (24) and Hamish Marshall (19) survived until the close.Gloucestershire’s veteran seamer Jon Lewis was their most successful bowler taking four for 42 with some well controlled bowling on a helpful pitch. The home side were in real trouble after losing their first three wickets in nine overs but Jacques Du Toit hit 46 off 57 balls with seven boundaries, sharing a stand of 55 with Paul Nixon.Du Toit was dismissed when he edged Anthony Ireland to slip, but Nixon (43) and New put on another 76 runs in 21 overs before Nixon fell lbw to James Franklin. But New led the late tail-end resistance sharing a stand of 56 with Henderson before finally falling to an excellent ball from Ireland that found the edge.But Buck and Malik put on another 62 in 18 overs for the ninth wicket to take Leicestershire to a more comfortable position than had looked likely.

Aston Villa have already been rather proactive in the January transfer window in terms of adding new faces to their squad such as Philippe Coutinho and Robin Olsen on loan deals, as well as signing Lucas Digne and Calum Chambers permanently.

Now that deadline day has arrived, it seems as though a late transfer twist has emerged which could lead to Johan Lange pulling off his biggest deal at the Midlands club yet.

What’s the news?

According to a joint-report for The Telegraph from John Percy and Sam Wallace, Villa have reignited their interest in trying to sign Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma in a deal for this month or when the summer transfer window opens.

Having been linked with a move for the Mail international earlier in January, it was reported that Villa would have to pay a transfer fee in the region of £50m for the Seagulls to consider letting their star midfielder leave this month.

With that in mind, a move for Bissouma this month would surely smash through Villa’s transfer record of £33m, which they paid to sign Emiliano Buendia from Norwich City last year.

This season has seen the £22.5m-rated Mali midfielder rack up an overall performance rating of 7.13/10 from WhoScored, making him Brighton’s highest-rated player. It also ranks him on a level similar to Villa’s best-performing players, highlighting why the club would be keen on signing him as another midfield option.

Taking into account how Steven Gerrard has reportedly been aiming to try and sign a central midfielder this month, and that the club have signed a new player in almost every other position, a very late swoop for the Brighton maestro would surely wrap up Villa’s January window on a high note.

Also, with Marvelous Nakamba still out with a serious knee injury, adding Bissouma to the squad and getting him integrated with the team as soon as possible would presumably be an ideal scenario for the Villans and an exciting prospect for the fans as well.

In other news: Gregg Evans drops big AVFC deadline day update which will surely have fans thrilled

Manchester United are keen on signing Aston Villa midfielder John McGinn in the summer.

That’s according to The Telegraph, with a number of Red Devils fans giving their thoughts to the news on social media.

United aren’t expected to be busy during the January transfer window, with the club turning their attentions towards a busy summer.

Midfield is thought to be an area where United want to strengthen, with McGinn featuring against Ralf Rangnick’s side in a 1-0 FA Cup defeat last week.

The Telegraph’s James Ducker revealed on Monday that the 27-year-old is admired by Old Trafford technical director Darren Fletcher and could be valued at around £40m. Should his contract situation remain the same in the Midlands, the Scot would have two years left on his deal in the summer, although he is expected to be offered new terms.

United fans react

@utdreport shared the links regarding McGinn on social media. Here is what these United fans had to say in reply, with a mixture of responses available to view below, where one supporter labelled it as ‘ridiculous’.

“Wow”

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“This is fantastic”

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“This is ridiculous when he costs as much. He does why not get someone more suited to the manager like Zakaria whilst saving a lot of your money for a better player and get them now, I don’t really just see the point, just trying to throw us off surely!”

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“These are the types of players we need ‘work horse’ ”

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“Shame on Man United.”

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“If we’re even looking at this it’s absolutely ridiculous”

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In other news: ‘Conte at it again’ – Lots of Man Utd fans react as Spurs now eye move for £120k-p/w ace

As a football betting enthusiast, you have the opportunity to bet on football matches all year round if you want it. Yes, professional soccer league betting is always available somewhere in the world. As you might know, that could be a good thing or a bad thing.

If you have complete control over your football betting activities, there is nothing wrong with betting on matches regularly. The term “control” refers to you not allowing any form of gambling to interfere with your life. That typically means restricting your football betting bankroll to your discretionary money, money that remains after your bills are paid. Then, it’s all good. If there would ever come a time that you would lose control over your football betting, you will hopefully seek help getting things back in order.

One of the first things you should do if you suspect you might have a gambling problem is seek out some form of self-exclusion resource. By finding and using a self-exclusion resource, you would make it clear to the people in your life that you want to be responsible about the way you live your life.

The rest of this article is going to focus on two self-exclusion resources you will immediately have at your disposal. Those resources are GamStop and Gamban.

GamStop Self-Exclusion Program

If your football betting activities are focused on online sportsbooks in the UK, you should have access to the GamStop Self-exclusion scheme. This would especially be true if your online bookmaker of choice is licensed by the UK Gambling Commission. If that’s the case, it’s very likely that your online bookmaker has subscribed as a member of GamStop. For information about GamStop, you can look for the GamStop logo or speak with a customer service representative.

Once you get access to the program, you can register for free. As part of the registration process, you will have to provide a lot of important personal information (full name, phone number, cell number, email address, etc.). This is the information that the GamStop program will use to block your access should you try to open any new sports betting accounts after your self-exclusion period starts. By the way, all of your active accounts will immediately be suspended.

Since the program is strictly voluntary, you get to decide how long you want your self-exclusion to last. Your options would be 6 months, 1 year, or years. Once it goes into effect, member UK gambling sites are supposed to deny you access to their gambling websites.

Of course, no program or system is perfect. GamStop is only available for online gamblers through online operators that are licensed with the UKGC and have subscribed to the GamStop scheme. As you can imagine, there are a lot of ways you could get around your self-exclusion.

The most obvious option would using non GamStop UK sites for online betting. Indeed, there are plenty of UK licensed operators that have been able to avoid GamStop membership because while it has been deemed mandatory as part of the licensing process, enforcement has been slow. Other GamStop-avoidence options would include:

• Football betting through offshore sportsbook
• Using Bitcoin only gambling sites
• Betting through retail bookmakers
• Opening accounts under other identities

The Gamban Option

If you feel committed to staying away from online football betting sites, you might want to consider using a self-exclusion software solution like Gamban.

Gamban is a downloadable software program that you can download on all the devices you use for your football betting activities. Once the program has been downloaded and activated, your devices will not be able to interact with any websites that can be identified as gambling sites. The self-exclusion is permanent as there is no way to remove the software from a hard drive.

Once again, no program or system is perfect. It should be pretty obvious that Gamban is a device-specific solution. If you were to be motivated to resume your football betting activities, you would just need to buy a new device or borrow one from a friend or relative.

Since neither of these self-exclusion programs offers you complete protection from problem gambling issues, we would recommend you use both options at the same time. While Gamban will cost you a little money, GamStop registration is free. The combination of these two programs would still not offer absolute protection, but it could be enough to keep you from betting football until you have your life back in order.

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Ryan Jack and Leon Balogun are ‘likely’ to start for Rangers against Hearts on Sunday afternoon, The Scotsman’s Stephen Halliday writes. 

The lowdown

Jack and Balogun were half-time substitutes in the 3-0 defeat against Celtic in midweek, replacing Glen Kamara and Borna Barisic respectively.

The Scotsman, who earns £12,000 per week, hasn’t started a game for Rangers since last February, with Giovanni van Bronckhorst intent on managing his minutes.

Balogun (£14,000-p/w), meanwhile, missed nearly all of November and December, having started 18 of The Gers’ first 21 Premiership matches.

The latest

Halliday expects Jack and Balogun to feature in Van Bronckhorst’s XI after they ‘improved Rangers’ performance level’ against The Hoops.

Elsewhere, Aaron Ramsey is set to make his debut following his Deadline Day move from Juventus, and Alfredo Morelos is available again after missing the Old Firm because of international commitments.

So, there could be four changes to Gio’s selection from Wednesday, with both Ramsey and Jack making their full season debuts in the middle of the park.

The verdict

A starting place would be just reward for the duo, who were arguably Rangers’ best players in midweek despite only playing the second 45.

Indeed, only Ryan Kent could match their SofaScore ratings of 7.1/10.

Balogun won three of his four duels, came up with two interceptions and picked out three accurate long balls from four attempts.

The £3.15million-rated Jack, meanwhile, struck the woodwork and created two chances, the joint-most in the team.

Journalist Josh Bunting said he was one of few players who could ‘leave the pitch with pride’ and called for him to be given a chance from the off.

In other news, Rangers have been gifted a contract boost.

An exciting update has emerged on Newcastle United’s pursuit of Sevilla defender Diego Carlos…

What’s the talk?

According to The Telegraph, the centre-back is keen on a move to St. James’ Park and talks are ongoing between the two clubs over a deal for the Brazilian.

The report claims that the Magpies are hoping to wrap up negotiations for the £40.5m-rated titan by the end of this week as they attempt to bolster Eddie Howe’s squad.

Delight

The ex-Bournemouth boss will surely be elated with this news as it is an exciting update on the club’s efforts to land Carlos. Their belief that they can have the deal done within the next seven days indicates that talks are going well and they are confident that he will be a Newcastle player sooner rather than later.

Carlos could be an exceptional addition to the squad and Howe will be buzzing with the prospect of being able to select him in his starting XI for the rest of the Premier League season. This latest update suggests that the head coach will be able to work with him on Tyneside this term, but what sort of player could he be getting?

Spanish football analyst Domagoj Kostanjšak previously outlined the defender’s key attributes and hailed his quality in La Liga, saying:

“He’s a really physical player – he’s built like a tank and they don’t call him ‘The Beast’ for no reason. He’s really good in the air and he’s decent on the ball as well – you have to be under Julen Lopetegui.

“He’s been in my top three or four centre-backs in Spain this season, along with Raphael Varane and Inigo Martinez – he’s been a bit of a revelation. He’s playing the best football of his career and he immediately settled in. I would say there is a shade of Kalidou Koulibaly about him – not the same quality, of course, but I would compare him to him.”

In the Spanish top-flight this season, Carlos has averaged an excellent SofaScore rating of 7.14 – winning 64% of his duels overall. Meanwhile, Federico Fernandez’s score of 6.77 is the highest of any Newcastle centre-back this term, suggesting that the Sevilla man would come in and be a major upgrade in that position.

Therefore, Howe will be delighted with the news that the Magpies are hopeful of securing a deal for the Brazilian by the end of this week as he could provide an extra level of quality to his Premier League side.

AND in other news, “They’d like to sign..”: Reporter delivers big NUFC transfer claim, it’ll excite Howe…