The pair of global soccer superstars were among the fans in New Orleans for America's most-watched sporting event

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Messi, Rodri both attend Super Bowl LIXPhiladelphia Eagles dominate Kansas City ChiefsInter Miami kick off competitive matches on Feb. 18Follow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱Get the MLS Season Pass today!Stream games nowWHAT HAPPENED?

Inter Miami's Lionel Messi and Manchester City's Rodri, both Ballon d'Or winners, attended Super Bowl LIX, enjoying America's biggest sporting event as the defending NFL champion Kansas City Chiefs took on the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday night in New Orleans.

The Eagles ultimately rolled to a dominant 40-22 victory to claim the Vince Lombardi trophy.

There had been speculation about whether or not Messi would attend, as Miami had a preseason friendly in Honduras less than 24 hours before the NFL championship game kickoff in New Orleans.

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The visits from both Messi and Rodri highlight the growing impact of American football on the global stage. The NFL continues to expand its footprint and will play its first game in the Republic of Ireland this year.

WHAT NEXT FOR INTER MIAMI?

Inter Miami kick off their competitive fixtures on Feb. 18, when they play in CONCACAF Champions League against Sporting Kansas City.

يواصل محمد صلاح، نجم الفريق الكروي الأول بنادي ليفربول كتابة الأرقام القياسية مع النادي الإنجليزي، حاصدا جائزة جديدة خلال الموسم الاستثنائي الذي يقدمه مع الريدز.

وأعلن ليفربول عبر موقعه الرسمي حصول محمد صلاح على أعلى نسبة تصويت من قبل رابطة الكتاب الرياضيين للفوز بجائزة أفضل لاعب في إنجلترا، إذ حصل قائد منتخب مصر على 90% من إجمالي الأصوات التي تتكون من 918 عضوًا مؤهلًا، ليحقق أكبر فارق في هذا القرن.

وحصل صلاح على الجائزة للمرة الثالثة، بعدما حصل عليها في عامي 2018 و2022، متساويًا مع تييري هنري، نجم آرسنال التاريخي.

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وحل زميله في الفريق فيرجيل فان دايك ثانيًا في التصويت، يليه ألكسندر إيزاك، لاعب نيوكاسل يونايتد، وديكلان رايس، لاعب وسط أرسنال، في المراكز الأربعة الأولى على التوالي، وحصل خمسة عشر لاعبًا آخرين على أصوات خارج الرباعي المتصدر.

وقال رئيس رابطة كتاب السيناريو جون كروس: “نادرًا ما كان هناك فائز أكثر شعبية من مو، إن فوزه الساحق هو مجرد انعكاس لموسم لا يصدق، هو يواصل إعادة كتابة كتب الأرقام القياسية، وكان أداءه هذا الموسم واضحًا لأنه كان مفتاحًا لفوز ليفربول باللقب الـ 20”.

وسجل محمد صلاح 33 هدفًا و23 تمريرة حاسمة في 49 مباراة فقط في جميع المسابقات.

ويتصدر نجم الريدز مرة أخرى السباق على جائزة الحذاء الذهبي في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز برصيد 28 هدفًا، كما أن تمريراته الحاسمة البالغ عددها 18 تمريرة حاسمة جعلته في طريقه للفوز بجائزة أكثر من قدم تمريرات حاسمة.

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da doce： Em São Januário, o Grêmio chegou com uma carga de pressão imensa em cima do elenco e comissão técnica e arrancou um empate sem gols.

– VEJA A TABELA DA SÉRIE B

Apesar de não ter sido o resultado ideal, o Tricolor obteve um desempenho que agradou o técnico Roger Machado.

‘Arrisco a dizer que tenha sido nosso melhor jogo até o momento. Importante a estrutura com três (zagueiros) centrais funcionar bem. Conseguimos pressionar no campo do adversário. O empate devemos valorizar pelo momento que estamos vivendo, o ideal era vencer, porém é um adversário direto na briga’, destacou Roger.

‘Não é o suficiente para diminuir a pressão, mas bem importante para encontrar um caminho novamente’.

Com 14 pontos conquistados, o Grêmio aparece na 5ª colocação da Série B.

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“Not being close to winning any games, you get a bit of self-doubt, and the players get a little bit niggly”

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Jaffer: CSK are missing a wicket-taker in the powerplay

Chennai Super Kings have never had a worse start to their IPL campaign than the one they have made in 2022. After their fourth loss in as many games, talks have already started about what the defending champions need to do to stay alive in the tournament.On Saturday, after an eight-wicket loss to Sunrisers Hyderabad, repetitive questions about what all has gone wrong for Super Kings left their head coach Stephen Fleming seemingly ticked off.Related

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Eventually, he cut it short: “I think it’s clear. Batting, bowling and fielding is what we need to work on. And moving forward we improve batting, bowling and fielding.”That reflects in the margins of defeats as well. Before their latest drubbing, Super Kings had lost two games by six wickets and one by 54 runs. In a tournament where dew has played a vital role, losing three out of four tosses hasn’t helped either.According to Fleming, not even getting close to winning has affected the self-belief of the side.”Probably each facet [of the game] is a concern, if not at one stage then altogether,” Fleming said. “We were well outplayed today. We’re sort of learning. We’ve got some issues around player availability, and in some areas a little bit underpowered, that we’re just looking for players to step up. So we’ve got some learning to do still around our players and our squad.”And we haven’t had any evidence that sort of helps the belief. We are not winning any games. Not being close to winning any games, you get a bit of self-doubt, and the players get a little bit niggly. So we just got to work through that pretty quickly and try to find some rhythm and get back in the tournament.”

“We’re sort of learning. We’ve got some issues around player availability, and in some areas a little bit underpowered, that we’re just looking for players to step up”Fleming on CSK’s poor season so far

Super Kings were dealt a blow even before the tournament started. Deepak Chahar, their powerplay specialist whom they bought for a massive INR 14 crore (approx. US$ 1.86 million) at the mega auction, suffered a quadricep tear during the third T20I against West Indies in Kolkata. He is yet to recover.Then, Adam Milne picked up a niggle against Knight Riders in the opening game of the tournament. It’s not clear if he is available for selection.”Deepak is a loss but if I could summarise, it’s probably batting, bowling and a little bit of fielding – it’s pretty much everything,” Fleming said when asked to specify which area they are lacking in.”But it’s just pressure, we’re just not getting ourselves in positions to pressurise the opposition and we’re just coming a distant second. It takes one or two good performances and then you get a bit of belief and a bit of evidence that you’re an okay side and away you go. But at the moment, we look a long way away from that.”

The Australia fast bowler with a finger injury wants to play a part in the ongoing ODI series, but not at the cost of his Test place

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Australian quick Mitchell Starc is still holding out hope of featuring in the ODI series against Sri Lanka, but only if it doesn’t compromise his chances of playing in the Tests.Starc sliced open his left index finger on his shoe spike during his follow through in the T20I series opener last week. The 32-year-old has been able to bowl full steam at training in recent days, but ICC rules preventing bowlers from using tape on their fingers means Starc hasn’t been able to feature in games.Starc had the stitches removed on Thursday, but just how well his finger recovers from this point on will determine whether he will be fit for game three of the ODI series against Sri Lanka on Sunday. He is hopeful of playing at least some part in the five-match series, but only if it won’t compromise his chances of featuring in the two Tests that follow.”I’m still holding onto hope that I will,” Starc said of his chances of featuring in the ODI series. “There’s still a fair bit of glue still in the wound. That will start to dissolve a bit more in the next couple of days. Once we get to Colombo we’ll have a look at it again and see where it’s at.”I’m still training. It’s just a matter of where the wound is at, and obviously with one eye on the Test series as well and not compromising that.”Starc said it was frustrating to feel super fit and still unable to play.”I feel really good with the ball in hand,” he said. “I’ve had to bowl at training with the tape on, and it’s purely that I can’t do that in the fixture due to the ICC rules which is why I’m not playing.”If it’s game three, four, or five [that I play], I’m not sure yet. We’re just making sure we’re not compromising the Test series [which starts on June 29].”Australia have been riddled by injuries on the tour to Sri Lanka. Marcus Stoinis (side strain), Sean Abbott (finger) and Kane Richardson (hamstring) will play no further part, while Ashton Agar (side strain), Starc and Mitchell Marsh (hamstring) have also been injured. Agar is out of the remainder of the ODI series but hopeful of being fit in time for the second Test.Star batter Steven Smith sent a scare through the camp in Friday’s 26-run ODI loss when he pulled up lame while sprinting for a second run. Although he was able to play on after receiving strapping on his upper left leg, he will be assessed over the coming days.”I don’t know how sore he is or how much of a niggle he might be,” Starc said. “After he got the strapping he played a pretty nice drive through mid-wicket, so I’m sure he’ll be fine to play the next game.”

da betsson： Arne Slot has settled into his new surroundings in England extremely well so far, as his Liverpool side continue to show no hangovers from the end of the Jurgen Klopp reign.

da realsbet： Sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League with a stunning six victories from seven, another lengthy international break might have come at a disruptive point for the Dutchman’s team, with the Reds wanting to build more momentum and add more wins next to their name away from any off-time.

Still, this Liverpool youngster will have enjoyed the break more than others, as the promising ace in question won his first-ever senior start for his nation.

Doak's performance vs Croatia

Ben Doak doesn’t currently find himself up for contention for any starts at Anfield, however, with the exciting 18-year-old on the books of Michael Carrick’s Middlesbrough on a temporary loan basis this season.

Doak will love cutting his teeth in the Championship though, alongside also being recognised by Scotland in the senior mix away from the Reds, with the Boro loanee gifted a chance versus Croatia in the Nations League.

The teenage winger certainly didn’t look out of place in Steve Clarke’s starting XI either, even when facing off against Manchester City star Josko Gvardiol, who was boldly labelled as “one of the best LBs in the league” by football content creator Mark Goldbridge earlier this year.

Still, Doak wasn’t fazed by the challenge of getting the better of the Croat and his teammates, with the 18-year-old successfully managing two dribbles as a livewire for his nation coming up against some stern opponents.

Doak’s numbers vs Croatia

Stat

Doak

Minutes played

77

Goals scored

0

Assists

0

Touches

33

Shots

0

Accurate passes

15/18 (83%)

Accurate crosses

0/2

Accurate dribbles

2/3

Total duels won

4/12

Stats by Sofascore

It wasn’t the most complete display from the Liverpool youth product, but it was a promising showing all the same from the raw attacker, with The Herald journalist David Irvine handing out a 7/10 rating to Doak post-match, stating that the Reds number 50 was a “real handful” all night for Croatia.

With a goal under his belt playing at the Riverside Stadium this season too, Slot will have lots to ponder over when it comes to the immediate future of Doak at Anfield, and whether first-team chances will be forthcoming down the line for the energetic Scotsman.

Doak's future at Anfield

Klopp was a big fan of the teenager when he was still occupying the Liverpool dug-out, with the much-loved German boss even describing Doak as “special” when giving him chances here and there in the men’s set-up.

It would lead to Doak being given ten first-team appearances in total, but a loan move away from his boyhood employers was deemed the best for his progression this summer, as Slot went about leaving his mark on proceedings.

Doak will just hope he doesn’t end up suffering the same fate as Sepp Van Den Berg and Fabio Carvalho when he returns back to Liverpool, with the pair both once promising Liverpool prospects in their own right but now find themselves on the books of Brentford permanently, instead of coming into their own at Anfield.

But, the 18-year-old will have full faith in his ability to finally become a part of Slot’s first-team plans down the line, especially if Mohamed Salah does walk away from the Reds shortly, which would free up more space for competition to be had down the right wing.

Before anyone gets carried away, however, Doak will just be glad more game time is coming his way in the second tier, with his bright showing against Croatia on the international stage one sign that he could blossom into a top talent for Liverpool down the line.

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ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the seventh ODI in Wellington

Andrew Fidel Fernando29-Jan-2015The stump-breaking slideTillakaratne Dilshan ran 55 of his 81 runs in Wellington, but none more urgently than the single that took him to his fifty. Pushing the ball defensively to the off side, Dilshan called his partner through for the run, but found halfway down the track that the fielder at cover had made good ground. He had run right down the middle of the pitch in his haste, and when he dove to ensure he’d make his ground, he went clattering into the stumps at the other end, spraining a wrist in the process. He was not admonished by the umpires for treading on the wicket though, and continued to do so for much of the remainder of his knock.The déjà vu in inverseIn the fifth ODI in Dunedin, Martin Guptill had been out first ball of the innings as a wide Nuwan Kulasekara ball took his outside edge and flew to the keeper. In Wellington, Guptill collected another golden duck, though this time it was his other edge that was beaten, by the same bowler. Planting his front foot on off stump to a length ball, Guptill failed to adjust to the seam off the deck, and was struck in front by a ball heading towards middle and leg stump.The non-turning mystery ballDilshan has developed into a reliable offspin option over the last few years, and on Thursday, he unveiled what he perhaps hoped would add a new dimension to his bowling. In the 28th over, Dilshan sent down the first of his carrom balls, and though he had fired it down the legside, he managed to dismiss Kane Williamson, who had got himself into a tangle advancing to the ball. Replays showed the ball had not even turned a fraction, however, and throughout the evening, none of Dilshan’s carrom balls would take any spin.The nutmegDaniel Vettori had been whipping everything off his legs brutally into the leg side all evening, but Seekkuge Prasanna found a way through them in the 42nd over. Vettori walked down the pitch to the legspinner, but as the ball drifted and dipped, only ended up yorking himself. The ball passed between his boots, and Prasanna, who is enlisted in Sri Lanka’s army, gave Vettori a see-you-later salute.

Pakistan opening batter Abid Ali has been cleared to resume his international career four months after undergoing angioplasty. He was diagnosed with Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) in December last year after he complained of chest pain while batting in a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy match and had to undergo angioplasty a day later.Abid had been on conservative cardiac rehabilitation since December last year and was allowed to play a local T20 tournament in Faisalabad recently. He started with walking on treadmills and was gradually allowed to run at a certain pace in the field. He started hitting the nets last month at the High Performance Centre in Lahore and he was cleared to play competitive cricket by the PCB after undergoing several tests.”I am really excited to be back with the prospect of playing for Pakistan again,” Abid told ESPNcricinfo. “Doctors cleared me to go back in the field and I can finally return to live a normal life. I will be on medicines for some time because of the stents implanted but overall, physically, I am feeling great. I am diving, running, jogging, batting and it’s really great to be normal again. There were doubts if I could play again with a heart condition but I didn’t lose hope. I stopped thinking about cricket for some time and focused on regaining a healthy life first. It was tough but the recovery has been great with all the extensive rehabilitation.”Related

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In Abid’s absence, Pakistan had to rejig the opening combination in Tests by promoting Imam-ul-Haq to partner Abdullah Shafiq, with Shan Masood as third opening option. Pakistan’s next Test series is in Sri Lanka in July-August and it’s too early to say if the selectors will consider Abid for that. Pakistan currently have an off-season going on with the domestic season set to start in September, and there is hardly any competitive cricket coming up for Abid to prove his form. But the batter is upbeat about using this time to get fitter.”I am not sure what is the status of my national selection right now but I am fully set for my comeback,” Abid said. “PCB has been of great help throughout, taking very good care of me. I am thankful for their support and guidance. For now, I started with the shorter format by playing three-four games in the Ramzan tournament in Faisalabad and it went well.”These two games have given me confidence to revive my cricketing career. This is just the start and I am working hard on my fitness to stay in contention for selection. I had a good last series scoring good runs (against Bangladesh) and was in good nick when I fell in Karachi (with chest pain). I need to work very hard to catch up on the lost time and I am quite hopeful that I will be able to achieve that. I still have a lot of cricket left in me and I don’t want to sit back. Cricket has been my life.”Abid last played completive cricket in December when he returned to his domestic side, Central Punjab, following the Bangladesh tour, where he was Player of the Series for the Tests after scoring 263 runs at 87.66. He was playing his sixth first-class game of the season and had scored 766 runs at an average of 51.89 with three hundreds. On the last day of the game against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at the UBL Sports Complex in Karachi, he had crossed a half-century when he complained of discomfort around his shoulder and chest area before he was rushed to the hospital. Since his angioplasty, he was under the care of a consultant cardiologist who is liaising with the PCB medical team for his treatment.Abid, 34, was the highest run-scorer in Tests for Pakistan until December since his debut in 2019, and in 2021 he was sixth in the world with 695 runs in nine Tests at 49.64, including a double-hundred against Zimbabwe in Harare.He made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi in 2019 after spending 12 years in domestic cricket for 7116 runs in 106 first-class games. He began his Test career at the age of 31 with a century, and also became the only player in history to reach three figures on both Test and ODI debuts.

The Philadelphia Union star launched a rocket from far to give the U.S. their opener against Venezuela

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• McGlynn scored an incredible goal to give U.S. lead
• McGlynn makes second appearance for the Americans
• He stars for the Union in MLS

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  The U.S. men's national team's January camp is a showcase, largely, for MLS players to prove themselves against international competition. USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino will be certainly taking note of Jack McGlynn after the midfielder scored on a world-class strike to put the U.S. up 1-0 against visiting Venezuela in Miami Saturday.

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  McGlynn was one of the early favorites to make a name for himself at this camp, and the midfielder is certainly doing so in just his second cap for the Americans.

  He also is a part of the Union's young core that features other exciting young Americans including Quinn and Cavan Sullivan. Last season, McGlynn had four goals and seven assists in 30 league appearances for Philadelphia.

• WHAT NEXT FOR USMNT?

  After playing Venezuela Saturday, the USMNT will have another friendly against Costa Rica in Orlando, Florida next Wednesday.

“There is so much appetite to learn and be successful on these wickets”

Andrew Fidel Fernando01-Jul-2022Being proactive. Being brave. And embracing the challenge of playing on spinning surfaces. According to captain Pat Cummins, these were the tenets of Australia’s success in Galle, where they crushed Sri Lanka inside two-and-a-half days.Proactive and brave, because Australia had scored at 4.53 in the 70.1 overs they’d batted in the first innings, even though they’d been 100 for 4 at one stage. The sixth-wicket partnership between Cameron Green and Alex Carey was a particular example of the urgency Australia brought to their batting. They put on 84 runs off 93 balls, and advanced Australia’s chances substantially on a rain-curtailed second day.”A couple of new words we’re using about our approach is about being proactive and being brave,” Cummins said after the match. “We saw some really clear methods from all the batters. They might have been individually a bit different, but you saw everyone being really proactive, and putting pressure back on the bowlers. It’s something you’d normally talk about in one-day cricket or T20 cricket. But I think that’s the style over here that’s needed.”Related

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A more aggressive approach brings risk too, however. While Usman Khawaja, Green, and Carey produced substantial innings, others, like Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head, were out cheaply, attacking. For Cummins, though, failure is just a part of this approach.”I think it’s part of the environment that we are trying to create,” he said. “Failure is absolutely okay, as long as you are failing in a way you are happy to be.”Some of Australia’s batters who had been to Sri Lanka in 2016 had failed during that 3-0 loss. But they are richer for that experience, Cummins said.”I think I wouldn’t discount our batters in our squad that have been here. They know what works. All of them have had success in these types of wickets, so having them as great reference points for the young guys and seeing them go out and do it – I don’t have to do anything as captain really.”Eight months into his captaincy, Cummins’ side has also gone undefeated in four successive Tests in Asia, having won two of those games. The Australia of 2022 is no longer so wary of spinning conditions, Cummins said. Even the senior players are being pushed to develop their games further.Pat Cummins was delighted with the intent shown by Australia’s batters•Getty Images

“Embracing everything about the conditions – that’s been a big one for us. In the past you can get caught up in conditions that aren’t like Australia, but if you want to be the number one Test team in the world, you’ve got be winning overseas. I think everyone – the experienced guys finding new shots, Mitchell Starc working on reverse swing, Nathan Lyon coming up with a few new balls – there is so much appetite to learn and be successful on these wickets.”Lyon was instrumental to this victory, having taken 5 for 90 in the first innings, then 4 for 31 in the second. Through the course of this game, he also surpassed three bowling greats on the all-time wicket tally. He now sits 10th on that list with 436 wickets, just ahead of Rangana Herath, Kapil Dev, and Richard Hadlee.”I wouldn’t change Lyon for anyone,” Cummins said. “He’s gone into the top 10 wicket takers of all time. You saw him out there. He’s unplayable for left or right-handers. Sometimes out here, bounce for spinners is spoken about something that’s not desirable, but he showed here with that bounce he was unplayable. His stamina as well – you give him the ball from one end and say see you at the end of the day.”