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After three years away from managing, Dusty Baker is back—and his return will take on an international flavor.

Baker will manage Nicaragua in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, the country's baseball federation announced Monday afternoon. It will be the 76-year-old's first managerial gig since his retirement from the Houston Astros.

Nicaragua is currently ranked No. 16 in the World Baseball and Softball Confederation men's baseball rankings. The team finished 19th in its first ever appearance in the tournament in 2023.

Baker managed the San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Washington Nationals and Astros during his long Major League Baseball career. He won 2,183 games in 26 seasons, along with three pennants and a World Series title in 2022.

The 2026 edition of the WBC is scheduled to begin on March 5. The Nicaraguans will be grouped with the Dominican Republic, Israel, the Netherlands and Venezuela in pool play in Miami.

Premier League star Ola Aina has been told to “own up” after revealing that he is at the “talking stage” with a fellow football player’s girlfriend. The Nottingham Forest defender claims that the woman in question likes him more than her current clinch, but their budding relationship remains secret for now. Aina is being urged to address the issue with his love rival.

Forest star Aina makes shock revelation

Nigeria international Aina made his shocking revelation when appearing on show. The versatile 29-year-old said he was there to seek advice from the children and adults on the panel for what has become an obvious “dilemma”.

The former Chelsea and Fulham player, who has been at the City Ground since 2023, was happy to state in public that he has become close with the partner of a fellow performer. He now finds himself in a difficult position.

Aina said: “My dilemma is I'm in a talking stage with another baller's girl.” Asked if he is able to reveal the identity of the other player, the Forest full-back added: “Can't disclose that one.” He went on to confirm that he is at the “talking” stage, rather than the “walking” one, with the surprising scenario only playing out over a matter of weeks.

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Quizzed on whether interest has been reciprocated, Aina said that he “knows she likes me back”. He went on to say that he can “easily” take his fellow player one-on-one, but saw it put to him that the girl in question may be “a bit of a clout chaser” as she pits “two footballers” against one another.

Aina maintains that: “I believe she likes me more.” He has, however, been advised to clear the air with everybody involved. The ‘Aunties’ told him to “own up to the guy” and “be honest” about what has happened.

One of the children on the panel added: “Me personally, I think she's only there for your money. You're a professional footballer, you're earning bread, plenty more girls will come. She's on a permanent sin bin off the pitch, red card.”

The two sides proceeded to battle it out in a bid to convince Aina of their argument. He eventually sided with the Aunties, much to their delight. That would suggest that he is ready to speak with the fellow professional that he has become locked in a love triangle with.

Untimely injury: Aina underwent hamstring surgery

Aina does, however, have plenty of his plate at the moment. Away from his private life, every effort is being made to recover from an untimely injury that has kept him out of action since September. His last appearance for Forest came on August 31.

An unfortunate knock was then picked up during the first international break of the 2025-26 campaign, as he headed off with Nigeria. A hamstring problem has been difficult to shake, with surgery required a matter of days after being forced onto the treatment table.

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Aina did not figure for Forest at all during Ange Postecoglou’s ill-fated 39-day spell in charge of the Reds. He has been unable to show current coach Sean Dyche what he is capable of, with it revealed that he is unlikely to grace a Premier League fixture again until 2026.

Dyche has said when delivering a fitness update on his walking wounded: “The ones left not with us yet are Taiwo [Awoniyi], Woody [Chris Wood] and Douglas [Luiz] – although they are getting closer. Ola is getting closer to fitness but obviously can’t be with us until January.”

That is because, alongside his rehabilitation, Aina is in contention to represent Nigeria at the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations. Selection there would come as a surprise, given how much football he has missed over recent months.

The Super Eagles may take a calculated gamble on the 48-cap star, allowing him to rebuild form and fitness before returning to Trentside. The 35th edition of AFCON is set to get underway on December 21 and run through to January 18. Nigeria have been placed in Group C alongside Tunisia, Uganda and Tanzania.

B Sai Sudharsan brought grit, composure and a glimpse of permanence to India’s most unsettled slot

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Since the start of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy late last year, India have gone through five No. 3s. There have been seven changes in all: Devdutt Padikkal took over from the injured Shubman Gill at the start, then Gill came back; Gill was then dropped and KL Rahul took over; then Gill came back, became captain, and took the vacant No. 4 slot, handing over No. 3 to B Sai Sudharsan; then Karun Nair had that spot for two Tests before it came back to Sai Sudharsan.It appeared to be a late call between Sai Sudharsan and Nair at Old Trafford and for a while it looked like both of them would play, going by signs in the India nets. Both of them were in the slips for catching drills, and Sai Sudharsan did some visualising drills on top of wet covers a day before the Test. On the morning of the Test, India saw mixed signals from the conditions: overcast skies and a pitch that had been under covers called for extra seam, but the dry pitch with some cracks demanded spin as well.Eventually, India decided to cover both bases and were forced to choose between Sai Sudharsan and Nair for No. 3. India went back to their plan at the start of the series: ask for the giant shoes of Rahul Dravid and Cheteshwar Pujara, the last two regular No. 3s for India, to be filled by a batter who averaged 39.93 in first-class cricket.Related

Pant retires hurt after inside-edging a reverse sweep onto his right foot

Sai Sudharsan fifty guides India after they lose Pant to injury

Not since WV Raman in 1988 have India handed out a debut to a specialist batter averaging under 40 in first-class cricket. Usually, you need to average close to 60 in first-class cricket to get close to the Test side as a specialist batter in India. They made an exception for Suryakumar Yadav in recent times; he averages 42.33 in first-class cricket including that one Test experiment.Sai Sudharsan’s case is different. Almost everybody who has seen him has been bullish about him. R Ashwin played against him in club cricket when Sai Sudharsan was 17, and he was amazed that someone so young had an actual working game plan against him. He had left midwicket open, but Sai Sudharsan didn’t play a single ball against the spin until Ashwin overpitched.Two years later, the same Ashwin ran out of money in a bidding war for Sai Sudharsan at a Tamil Nadu Premier League auction. At the IPL, Gujarat Titans bet big on him. That is the second big endorsement, from Ashish Nehra, considered a sharp cricket brain. And then, when the national selectors overlook your first-class numbers to push you into Test cricket, there has to be something special about you. Two things always stood out about what the decision-makers would say about him: his competitiveness and that he finds ways to score runs.1:47

Sai Sudharsan: ‘Shubman communicates very well as captain’

And yet, the jump up to Test cricket is a big one. Ben Stokes, who is a sharp and instinctive captain, wasted little time in actually attempting to get him caught down the leg side. And he did oblige England with two leg-side dismissals. Test cricket can be ruthless: he had to make way for the next two Tests for the sake of the balance of the side.Back at No. 3 now, on a pitch that was already showing signs of uneven bounce and appreciable sideways movement, Sai Sudharsan showed those two exact qualities: competitiveness and finding a way.”It was actually a really enjoyable experience,” Sai Sudharsan said of the contest against the short ball and Stokes. “Because the best bowler in the country is steaming in, trying to hit you hard, and you were batting there and giving your best for the team. That’s one of the best feelings you can have. And of course playing against England on their home soil, definitely, you have to be ready for that aggressive nature. So I enjoyed it very well.”Stokes, in particular, troubled him the most, both with his straight lines and short-pitched bowling. He also tried to get under his skin when Sai Sudharsan took him on and hit a four. Stokes clapped him all the way back from his follow-through. And since Sai Sudharsan was running his runs after hitting the pull, he could see Stokes right in his face. And, as he said it, he enjoyed it.2:28

Manjrekar: Sai Sudharsan’s game tailor-made for Test cricket

For an innings that can be considered slow by many used to modern batting pace, Sai Sudharsan played at least five shots that will make any highlights reel: two dismissive pulls with his front leg in the air a la Gordon Greenidge, a back-foot punch for four off Stokes, and two whippy cover-drives against spin. He was, as has been said of him, finding ways.Between scoring shots, Sai Sudharsan had to endure looking scratchy at times. If he was slightly unlucky at Headingley for getting out the way he did, he was slightly lucky Jamie Smith dropped him when he again tickled one down the leg side. “If he would’ve taken the catch, I would walked off,” he said matter-of-factly. “That’s about it.”Sai Sudharsan’s innings was crucial for India in this match because England hadn’t necessarily made full use of the conditions in the first session and were beginning to make amends after lunch. He walked in at the fall of yet another wicket just before or after a break. He weathered the storm the way India have been desperate for their No. 3 to do even as wickets fell at the other end.This was the first half-century by an India No. 3 in nine Tests starting from that Border-Gavaskar Trophy. There will be days when Sai Sudharsan will be more fluent. There will also be days when he won’t enjoy the rub of the green. But by steering the team towards a good score on a day that they likely lost Rishabh Pant to a suspected foot fracture, Sai Sudharsan has shown enough to back up the promise shown in him and give India hopes they might have found a No. 3.

كشف الإعلامي أحمد شوبير حقيقة ما تردد خلال الساعات الماضية بشأن تلقّي لاعب الأهلي إمام عاشور عرضًا من الدوري الأمريكي، وموضحًا موقف اللاعب داخل الفريق في المرحلة الحالية.

وقال شوبير في برنامجه الإذاعي صباح اليوم الأحد: “سألت عن موضوع إمام عاشور والعرض الأمريكي وما يُقال حوله، وقيل لي: لم نسمع شيئًا من هذا الكلام على الإطلاق، أؤكد أن آدم وطني نفى وصول أي عرض”.

وأضاف: “على العكس تمامًا، إمام بدأ يعود بشكل جيد جدًا، والأمور أصبحت جيدة بالنسبة له بنسبة 100%، واللاعب سعيد للغاية بمشاركته التدريجية في المباريات، سواء عشر دقائق أو ربع ساعة، حتى يستعيد فورمته ومستواه”.

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وتابع: “إمام لاعب رائع ولا غنى عنه، والجميع في النادي سعداء به، والجهاز الفني كذلك سعيد بأدائه وبالتزامه”.

واختتم: “إمام لم يتحدث في أي شيء خاص بالرحيل، وكل اهتمامه الأول والأخير هو استعادة مستواه بالكامل، وأي شخص يقول إن إمام تلقّى عرضًا الآن.. قُل له إن الأهلي نفى ذلك تمامًا، قد يأتي عرض لاحقًا، الله أعلم، لكن هذا هو الموقف الحالي”.

NEW YORK — The 2025 New York Yankees died as they lived: disappearing for a stretch, then—long after it really mattered—staging a furious comeback attempt that ultimately fell short. 

Add Aaron Judge’s thrilling, game-tying, season-saving American League division series Game 3 home run to the Endy Chávez catch file: It would have been one of the greatest of all time if only the team had gone anywhere. Instead, after a listless 5–2 loss in Game 4, the only place the Yankees are going is home. 

Over the past five days, they disappointed in all areas of the game. They were out-hit, out-pitched, out-defended. It was the most pitiful effort by a group of New Yorkers since Eric Adams’s re-election campaign. 

“They beat us this series,” said manager Aaron Boone. “Simple as that.” 

Start with the pitching. The Blue Jays certainly did, scoring first in all four games. Only in Game 2 did it take them more than two outs to plate their first run—and then it took three. The Yankees’ starters, whose 3.61 regular season ERA was fourth in baseball, combined to allow 19 runs in 14 ⅓ innings. Only rookie Cam Schlittler, who threw 6 ⅓ innings of four-run ball in Game 4, got an out in the fourth inning. The beleaguered bullpen mostly kept the score where it was, but converted starter Will Warren allowed six runs in 4 ⅔ innings, and erstwhile closer Luke Weaver, after lowering his October 2025 ERA from infinity to 135.00, acknowledged he felt he was tipping pitches and said, “I don’t feel like my mind is completely clear to go out there and attack.” 

Still, the Yankees are built to out-slug anyone, and they simply did not. In Game 1, they scored one run; in Game 2, they put up seven, but only after Toronto had scored 12. On Wednesday, facing a bullpen game—against a relief corps that threw 6 ⅓ innings a day before, and that had shown every arm to the Yankees during the series—the lineup that scored the most runs in the majors this season went 1-for-6 with a walk with runners in scoring position. Not until the seventh inning, down 4–1, did a runner stand at second base. The only runs came when glove-first third baseman Ryan McMahon homered in the third and Judge singled in a run in the ninth. 

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O Corinthians fechou um contrato de permuta com a Gazin, indústria de colchões do Paraná, até o final de 2024. 

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O Corinthians aceitou ceder um camarote para 12 pessoas na Neo Química Arena, além de espaço nas costas da camisa de treino e uma placa de publicidade no CT Joaquim Grava.. A Gazin irá entregar ao Timão 64 “camas box” e 64 colchões, que serão usados para melhorar a estrutura do hotel do clube no CT. A informação é da Gazeta Esportiva.

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Segundo consta no contrato assinado entre as partes, o valor de mercado dos produtos, somados, é de R$ 104,3 mil, menos de 25% do que a nova diretoria do Timão tem cobrado por um camarote na Neo Química Arena – cerca de R$ 420 mil por temporada.

O acordo foi costurado por Sérgio Moura, superintendente de marketing do Corinthians, e é uma tentativa de elevar o valor do uniforme da equipe de futebol masculina. Após vencer as eleições, Augusto Melo prometeu que a camisa do Timão valeria mais de R$ 200 milhões.

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Até o momento, o Corinthians tem quatro espaços vagos no uniforme: a barra fontal, a barra traseira, a omoplata e o meião.

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O Bahia recebe o Vitória nesta quarta-feira (20), pela sexta rodada da fase de grupos da Copa do Nordeste. A bola rola a partir das 21h30 (de Brasília), na Arena Fonte Nova, com transmissão do SBT, DAZN e canal Nosso Futebol.

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✅FICHA TÉCNICA
Bahia x Vitória
6ª rodada da fase de grupos da Copa do Nordeste

Data e horário: quarta-feira, 20 de março de 2024, às 21h30 (de Brasília)
Local: Arena Fonte Nova, em Salvador (BA)
Onde assistir: SBT, DAZN e canal Nosso Futebol

⚽ PROVÁVEIS ESCALAÇÕES

BAHIA
Marcos Felipe, Gilberto, Kanu, Victor Cuesta e Luciano Juba (Rezende); Caio Alexandre, Jean Lucas, Cauly e Everton Ribeiro; Thaciano e Everaldo. Técnico: Rogério Ceni.

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VITÓRIA
Lucas Arcanjo, Zeca, Camutanga, Wagner Leonardo e Patric Calmon; Willian Oliveira, Rodrigo Andrade e Matheusinho; Osvaldo, Mateus Gonçalves e Alerrandro. Técnico: Léo Condé

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A Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) determinou que a Gaviões da Fiel, principal torcida organizada do Corinthians, fique impedida de participar de competições sob sua responsabilidade até o final de 2026. 

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A medida, formalizada em portaria assinada pelo vice-presidente Mauro Silva, atende a uma orientação do Ministério Público de São Paulo, por meio do Juizado Especial Criminal da Capital.

O MP recomendou a suspensão após apontar preocupações relacionadas à segurança nos eventos esportivos. Com isso, além da proibição de ingresso dos integrantes, também ficam vetados quaisquer itens que remetam ao grupo, como bandeiras, faixas, roupas ou outros materiais identificadores.

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A FPF comunicará os órgãos de segurança públicos e o Ministério Público de São Paulo para que fiscalizem o cumprimento da determinação. A entidade máxima do futebol paulista ainda informou que a portaria passa a valer imediatamente, e todas as normas anteriores que contrariem a nova decisão deixam de ter efeito.

Em nota oficial, a Gaviões da Fiel informou que seu departamento jurídico já foi acionado após a divulgação da portaria da FPF. A torcida organizada declarou que está ciente do comunicado e que irá se manifestar publicamente no momento que considerar adequado.

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— Em relação ao comunicado, o departamento jurídico do Gaviões já tomou conhecimento e, no momento oportuno, iremos nos manifestar — disse.

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PORTARIA FPF – Nº 214 DE 10 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2025.

MAURO SILVA, Vice-Presidente da Federação Paulista de Futebol, no uso das atribuições legais e regimentais.

CONSIDERANDO os termos do Ofício JECRIM nº 077/2025, datado de 10 de dezembro de 2025, expedido pelo Ministério Público do Estado de São Paulo – Juizado Especial Criminal da Capital, por meio do qual o Ilustre 1º Promotor de Justiça da Promotoria do Juizado Especial Criminal Central recomenda a proibição da presença da seguinte Torcida Organizada: “GAVIÕES DA FIEL”, em todas as praças desportivas, até o final do ano de 2026.

CONSIDERANDO que é dever desta Entidade preservar a disciplina nos campos de futebol.

INFORMA:

Atender integralmente a recomendação do Ministério Público do Estado de São Paulo, para que seja PROIBIDA a entrada, nos estádios de futebol, de qualquer indumentária e objetos (faixas, bandeiras etc.) que identifiquem os associados da torcida organizada: “GAVIÕES DA FIEL”, do Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, a contar desta data, até o final do ano de 2026.

A Federação Paulista de Futebol oficiará aos Órgãos de Segurança do Estado, Ministério Público do Estado de São Paulo, para fins de fiscalização no cumprimento desta Portaria. Esta Portaria entra em vigor na presente data, revogadas as disposições em contrário.

Mauro Silva

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The New York Yankees' recent struggles hit another new low on Saturday when they dropped to third place in the AL East after a second straight loss to the Miami Marlins.

Aaron Boone's team has been making too many errors and some costly mental mistakes lately, which have been not been sitting well with the team's fanbase.

The team's play also hasn't impressed two of the its former legends. Derek Jeter broke down their struggles on Saturday, saying: "They make way too many mistakes. Way too many mistakes."

Alex Rodriguez also weighed on on the team's struggles, and he painted a pretty bleak picture for their future.

“You can’t make this up,” Rodriguez said on the MLB on Fox studio show. “I mean, look, you can bring in nine relievers, it’s not going to make a difference. I don’t care if you bring back their ’98 bullpen with Mariano [Rivera], Mike Stanton, and Jeff Nelson, if your pitchers are going 3⅓, 4⅓, it’s not going to work.”

He added: “Here is my biggest concern—You bring in seven guys and you’re still miles away from winning a world title. … You’ve got to restructure this roster. I like a lot of the players individually but together it just doesn’t work.”

The Yankees are 4-6 in their last 10 games and on Sunday they'll try to avoid being swept by the Marlins in their three game series in Miami.

With the playoff push in full swing, the Yankees need to clean up a lot of issues if they want to be serious contenders come October.

The Chicago Cubs gave team president Jed Hoyer a multi-year extension on Monday, just days before MLB's trade deadline, Marquee Network's Taylor McGregor reported.

Hoyer's five-year deal as the Cubs' president would've expired after the 2025 season. He took over the role from Theo Epstein in 2020. Hoyer previously was the team's general manager from 2011-20.

Hoyer and Cubs executive chairman Tom Ricketts both released statements shortly after the news dropped.

The Cubs are tied for the second-best record in MLB right now with a 62-43 record, sitting just one game back from the league-leading Mets. Chicago is tied with the Brewers for second place, and the two NL Central teams happen to begin a three-game series against each other on Monday. There will be some shake-up in the standings based on who wins those matchups.

Hoyer's extension was the Cubs' first big move ahead of the trade deadline on Thursday. The team is expected to make some moves this week, so we'll see what Hoyer and the rest of the organization agrees on. Here's some possible options for the Cubs to sign.