Torrent is expected to arrive in Nuevo León this Saturday and will be officially presented to the media on Sunday.

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• are scheduled to report back for preseason on May 26

• Their CWC debut set for June 17 against Inter Milan

• They’ll face River Plate on June 21 and Urawa on the 25th.

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  Monterrey have moved quickly and decisively, officially announcing Spanish manager Domènec Torrent as their new head coach this Wednesday – just as Chivas continue to search for a replacement. Torrent will take charge of in the coming days, ahead of a busy stretch that includes the upcoming Liga MX season and a high-stakes appearance at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup.

  In a statement shared on their official social media channels, the club introduced their new manager with enthusiasm:
  "The club has reached an agreement with Domènec Torrent to take over as head coach of Rayados. The Catalan coach brings experience developed alongside the world’s best, a balanced, dynamic, and competitive style of play, and familiarity with Mexican football. This city beats for Monterrey—now we beat together, mister!"

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  At 62, Torrent brings a unique blend of elite experience and familiarity with Mexican football. This will be his second stint in Liga MX, following a notable run with Atlético de San Luis. In his debut tournament with during the Apertura 2024, he led them to a club-record 30 points and an impressive playoff campaign, knocking out Tigres in the quarterfinals before falling to in the semis. However, his second season was less successful, finishing with 18 points and missing out on the Play-In, which led to his recent departure from the club.

  Torrent’s managerial résumé includes stops in MLS, Brazil, Turkey, and, most famously, a long-term collaboration with Pep Guardiola. He served as Guardiola’s assistant from the Barcelona B era all the way through the historic treble-winning years at Barça, then followed him to Bayern Munich and Manchester City. He eventually stepped into a head coaching role in 2018 with New York City FC, where he set a franchise record with 68 points and captured the Supporters' Shield.

  He later took the reins at Flamengo in 2020, where he earned 15 wins in 26 matches across all competitions. However, a four-match winless streak brought that chapter to a close. A brief stint with Galatasaray followed, but after eight losses in 20 matches, he parted ways with the Turkish giants.

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  Now back in Mexico, Torrent begins a new chapter with one of the country’s most ambitious clubs. Monterrey’s last league title came in the Apertura 2019 under Antonio Mohamed, and expectations are high for Torrent to bring silverware back to the trophy cabinet—both domestically and on the global stage.

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  Torrent is expected to arrive in Nuevo León this Saturday and will be officially presented to the media on Sunday. He will begin working with the squad on Monday as the team ramps up preparations for its World Cup campaign. are scheduled to report back for preseason on May 26, with their international tournament debut set for June 17 against Inter Milan. They’ll then face River Plate on June 21 before wrapping up the group stage on June 25 against Japan’s Urawa Red Diamonds.

Sunderland missed out on signing an “incredible” attacking talent in the January transfer window, with the player in question reportedly turning down a move to the Stadium of Light.

Sunderland preparing for huge Leeds clash

The Black Cats face arguably their biggest test of the season on Monday night, making the trip to Leeds United for a much-anticipated Championship clash.

Regis Le Bris’ side take on the league’s second-place team at Elland Road, in what represents a massive game for both outfits. Sunderland are fourth in the league after the weekend action, and they know that victory would take them level on points with Burnley and just four behind a top-two spot.

Regardless of the result on Monday, the Black Cats know that they are in a wonderful position to at least finish in the playoff places this season, but failure to win would be a big blow to their automatic promotion hopes.

This will be a huge gauge of where Sunderland are at under Le Bris, in terms of genuinely being automatic contenders or a step down from that level, and it promises to be a fascinating evening against Leeds.

It turns out that they could have had a top-quality player in their ranks for this match, had things panned out a little differently.

Sunderland missed out on "incredible" striker

According to Sunderland AFC News, Adam Armstrong “rejected a deadline day move” to Sunderland, instead deciding to join West Brom on loan from Southampton. That’s due to his “Newcastle allegiances”, having been at the Black Cats’ biggest rivals in the past.

The 28-year-old scored on his debut for the Baggies, coming in a 2-1 win at home to Sheffield Wednesday, and could prove to be an influential signing for them between now and the end of the season.

Armstrong would have been a perfect addition for Sunderland until May, proving to be a guaranteed source of goals and assists at this level. The striker has scored 78 times in the Championship, as well as registering 33 assists in the competition, and former Southampton manager Russell Martin waxed lyrical about him earlier in the season.

“He has been incredible. As a person first, and with the goals as well. He is brave and aggressive. He is just like a warrior. Every team meeting we show a clip of him recovering. He is a striker and tackles and wins the ball. He is demanding of himself and his team-mates, which I think is really important. That’s one of the reasons why he has been wearing the armband.”

Armstrong’s pace and finishing would have been such a potent weapon for Sunderland, so it is hard not to rue him not joining, but the Newcastle element of things was always going to make it difficult.

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Hopefully, the Black Cats will still be able to secure promotion back to the Premier League without the Englishman, but he could have been a difference-maker for Le Bris in tight games.

Ollie Robinson has been likened to Glenn McGrath for his height and metronomic bowling style, and the England man seems keen to fulfil a similar pantomime villain role when it comes to the Ashes.Having suggested a couple of weeks ago, in an interview with BBC local radio, that England could give Australia “a good hiding” this summer, Robinson was happy to once again talk up his side’s chances while on pre-season media duties for Sussex at Hove. “The way we’re playing cricket, we feel like we can really stick one on them and win the series comfortably,” he said with a smile.For Robinson, who ended the previous Ashes in Australia under scrutiny about his fitness levels, having been last man out at Hobart to complete a 4-0 drubbing, this summer’s contest also represents an opportunity to atone – albeit 11 wickets at 25.54 put him second on the England averages in 2021-22.Related

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“There’s definitely a desire there still, a hunger to put it right,” he said. “I felt when I got back from that trip I didn’t leave it all out there and I’d let myself down and the side down a little bit. So it’s definitely something I want to put right and there’s a few fellas in that position as well. So there’s a lot of hungry boys this summer to beat the Aussies again.”Of his recent comments, he said he was happy to have fired the first shots in the 2023 Ashes phoney war: “I was talking to local radio but I was happy that it got out. I mean it’s been happening in every Ashes series for years – Glenn McGrath says 5-0 every Ashes. We say 5-0 every Ashes. It’s one of the biggest series we play, it only comes around every four years in England, so why not talk it up? Get it going, get it big and give the fans what they want.”I think the cricket we’re playing at the moment makes it such an exciting time to play them. We’ve been dominating teams in all conditions for 12 months now. In England we dominated, in Pakistan we dominated and in New Zealand we played most of the cricket for nine days and lost on the last day because we probably weren’t quite there. But I think the way we’re playing cricket, we feel like we can really stick one on them and win the series comfortably.”Robinson is currently No. 6 in the world on the ICC’s bowler rankings, and looks a leaner, fitter presence after heeding the advice of his Test captain, Ben Stokes, last year. He is set to play “three or four” of Sussex’s opening six County Championship games, as part of his preparations for the Test summer, and said that he had already begun to focus his training on pitching the ball up again, after feeling that he had slipped into bowling “pretty” lengths during England’s 1-1 draw in New Zealand last month.He will also be able to practice his Ashes smack talk in the dressing room in a few weeks, with Australia’s Steven Smith due to arrive for a three-game stint with Sussex in May.”It’ll be good to have him here,” Robinson said. “For county cricket it’s great to have Steve Smith at Sussex. For myself, it’s not going to change a huge amount. I’ll prepare the same way. I might get a better look at him in the nets.”I might not bowl at him to be honest. We’ll see how it goes. But we had [Cheteshwar] Pujara here last summer and we played India and I bowled at him a lot. I don’t read too much into it. He’s a good player, he’s going to get runs whether I bowl at him here or not. It’s one of those things.”The signing of Smith, who will be looking to attune himself to English conditions ahead of Australia’s appearance in the World Test Championship final against India, and then the subsequent Ashes, prompted familiar questions about whether the county system should be providing such a service for England’s great rivals.But Paul Farbrace, Sussex’s new head coach and England’s assistant the last time they won the Ashes in 2015, argued that the presence of Smith could potentially be of benefit to Stokes and Brendon McCullum in the long run – with Tom Haines, who scored a century on debut for England Lions over the winter, foremost among a crop of young batters at Hove who will be looking to learn from the way Smith goes about his business.”We want to keep county cricket strong and we want the best players coming to play county cricket,” Farbrace said. “In Tom Haines we’ve got a player who could very much be playing for England in the next 12-18 months. If he spends a month with Steve Smith, batting in the middle and learning about international cricket from him, then Steve Smith is doing English cricket a huge favour.”As long as we can remember, county cricket has been the finishing school for cricketers from all over the world. I was lucky enough to play against Viv Richards and Richard Hadlee and people like that. These players came over and enhanced county cricket. Either we want county cricket to be the best version of cricket in the world it can be or we want it to be second-rate where we don’t want overseas players.”If you ask members and supporters, they want to watch the best players. We moan when we can’t see our own international players, so let’s get the best internationals we can over here and make county championship cricket the best it can be. If it means Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne come and get an opportunity before the Ashes, why not? Absolutely why not?”

Lionness stars Alessia Russo and Leah Williamson could hardly hold back their emotions as they spoke after Arsenal's Champions League win in Lisbon.

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The Gunners bested a heavily favoured Barcelona team 1-0 to claim European glory. La Blaugrana dominated possession for much of the game, as they pursued their third straight European crown, but the game was decided by substitute Lina Blackstenuis, who finished tidily in the 75th minute.

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Both Williamson and Russo held back tears as they were interviewed on the TNT broadcast. Russo said the victory felt surreal, but the team "believed" they could win the competition from the start. Williamson, swore during the interview, but regained her composure enough to praise her teammates who had the "game of their lives".

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Williamson said: "I don't believe it, I'm going to f*****g cry. Sorry, I'm crying.

"This team has been together for a really long time and we've been working really, really hard to get to the next level.

"And to do it on the biggest stage, and I think some people just had the game of their lives and that's what you need, and we did it. I'm just so happy."

Russo added: "It feels surreal. We knew we could [win]. We believed since the moment our Champions League journey started.

"We knew that we had the capabilities, we knew that we could be good enough. It was just about going and doing it, and we've done it."

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The Gunners will be celebrating their first UCWL victory for 18 years long into the night. The festivities will continue on Monday, as the players will parade their trophy outside The Emirates.

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O técnico Vítor Pereira se mostrou bastante chateado com a invasão de campo e tentativa de agressão aos atletas, principalmente ao goleiro Cássio, após o jogo de volta das oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil, na Vila Belmiro, contra o Santos.

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O treinador corintiano, que já teve que deixar partidas dentro de tanque de guerra, quando dirigia o Fenerbaçhe, da Turquia, ressaltou que já viveu situações idênticas a desta quarta-feira (13) em outro país, mas salientou que isso é algo que excede o futebol.

Vítor não quis se estender sobre possíveis providências, mas deixou claro que medidas precisam ser tomadas para melhorar a segurança nos estádios.

– Já vivi situações idênticas a esta, mas isso de fato não é futebol e não pode ser isso. Eu não posso estar aqui fazendo comentários a isso, mas isso não é futebol, as pessoas não podem ver o futebol dessa forma. Muita frustração. Santos não está passando por uma fase boa, naturalmente há frustração para as pessoas, mas isso não pode. Tem que se tomar medidas porque se não deixamos de ter segurança e se eixamos de ter segurança não há futebol – afirmou Pereira em entrevista coletiva após o jogo, na Vila.

Para Vítor Pereira, o debate sobre o tema precisa gerar providências em relação às autoridades.

– A partir disso são as pessoas que precisam fazer as avaliações e as pessoas que estão no poder tomar as decisões – salientou VP.

O treinador corintiano também trouxe a importância deste tipo de atitude ser revista, pensando na valorização do produto que é o futebol brasileiro.

– Tem que se tomar medidas, porque, com certeza, amanhã em Portugal não vão falar da nossa classificação, mas da invasão do campo. Vendo, a imagem que passa é essa. Não se pode vender um produto com a qualidade que tem aqui, que poderia ser de um nível muito mais alto com cenas dessa – argumentou Vítor Pereira.

Em campo, mesmo tendo sido derrotado por 1 a 0, em Santos, o Timão bateu o Peixe e avançou às quartas de final da Copa do Brasil. A promoção se deu pela goleada por 4 a 0 aplicada pelo Corinthians no jogo de ida, na Neo Química Arena, há três semanas.

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Desperately hoping to welcome some much-needed upgrades in the summer, Manchester United have now reportedly made contact over a potential deal to sign a 17-goal striker.

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Closer to the relegation zone than they are to the top four, out of the FA Cup on penalties and stealing all the wrong headlines away from the pitch, Manchester United’s season couldn’t have gone much worse since Ruben Amorim’s arrival. Once again, the Red Devils were blunt against Fulham and once again, Rasmus Hojlund struggled to make his mark with his £72m fee becoming more regretful by the day.

That failure on the pitch continues to have plenty of consequences away from the action too. INEOS’ ruthless cost-cutting measures have been no secret in recent months, with a struggling side costing the jobs of those outside of playing roles as Manchester United desperately look to claw back from growing debt.

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Just where that leaves the Red Devils in the summer transfer window remains to be seen. Amorim’s side undeniably needs a rebuild, but sales must simply come first before United can splash the cash they’ve recently been linked with spending.

According to Sky Sports Germany’s Florian Plettenberg, Manchester United have made contact by expressing an interest in signing Benjamin Sesko from RB Leipzig this summer. The impressive striker would certainly be an upgrade on Hojlund, but given that his release clause is expected to be worth a hefty €80m (£66m) at the end of the season, United may have to settle for other options.

With the likes of Arsenal also interested in signing Sesko this summer too, Manchester United are likely to face an uphill battle in the race to secure his signature.

"Excellent" Sesko would be an instant upgrade

Whether it’s been Joshua Zirkzee or Hojlund this season, Manchester United’s frontline simply has not been good enough this season and looks unlikely to change with their current options. Amorim has seen how his system can flourish when a talented goalscorer leads the line courtesy of Viktor Gyokeres. Now, Manchester United need to do everything in their power to replicate that by signing Sesko.

With 17 goals to his name this season in all competitions, the Leipzig star has scored more than both Zirkzee and Hojlund combined. Finally beginning to reach the “high” ceiling and using the “excellent fundamentals” that analyst Ben Mattinson praised last summer, Sesko is destined for a big move.

Whether that big move is one to Old Trafford remains to be seen, but there’s no doubt that Sesko would finally end Manchester United’s striker woes.

حدد النادي الأهلي موعد وملعب مران الفريق اليوم الإثنين، في إطار استعداداته لمواجهة بالميراس البرازيلي بالمواجهة التي تجمع بينهما ضمن منافسات بطولة كأس العالم للأندية 2025.

وكان الأهلي قد تعادل سلبيًا أمام إنتر ميامي فجر أمس الأحد بالمباراة التي جمعت بين الفريقين في الجولة الأولى من مرحلة المجموعات للمسابقة العالمية.

وووصلت بعثة الأهلي إلى مدينة نيوجيرسي الأمريكية، من أجل خوض مواجهة بالميراس، بعدما خاض الفريق مواجهة افتتاح كأس العالم للأندية أمام إنتر ميامي على ملعب هارد روك بمدينة ميامي.

ويتواجد الأهلي في المجموعة الأولى ضمن منافسات كأس العالم للأندية، رفقة أندية إنتر ميامي الأمريكي وبالميراس البرازيلي وبورتو البرتغالي.

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ويخوض الأهلي مرانه على ملعب مدرسة بينجري بمدينة نيوجيرسي في الخامسة مساء اليوم الإثنين بتوقيت أمريكا، (الثانية عشرة منتصف الليل بتوقيت القاهرة)، استعدادًا لمواجهة بالميراس.

ويخوض الأهلي مواجهة بالميراس البرازيلي يوم الخميس المقبل، في تمام الساعة الثانية عشرة ظهرًا بتوقيت أمريكا، (السابعة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة)، على ملعب ميتلايف في نيويورك.

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Rashid Khan has threatened to pull out of the BBL, where he plays for Adelaide Strikers, following Cricket Australia’s decision to withdraw its men’s team from a bilateral ODI series against Afghanistan in March because of the Taliban’s stance banning university education for girls in the country.”I am really disappointed to hear that Australia have pulled out of the series to play us in March,” Rashid said. “I take great pride in representing my country, and we have made great progress on the world stage. This decision from CA sets us back in that journey. If playing vs Afghanistan is so uncomfortable for Australia, then I wouldn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable with my presence in the BBL. Therefore, I will be strongly considering my future in that competition.”Rashid played eight matches for Strikers this season before leaving to play for MI Cape Town in the SA20. He was not expected to return to the BBL this season because of conflicting commitments.