Charles and David also contributed with the bat to hand Patriots their third loss in four games
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Roston Chase’s fifty formed the backbone of the St Lucia Kings’ innings•CPL T20/Getty Images
After a washout in their opening game, St Lucia Kings beat St Kitts and Nevis Patriots by three runs in a last-ball thriller in Basseterre to register their first win of CPL 2025. This was Patriots’ third loss in four games.After being sent in, Kings rode on the half-centuries of Johnson Charles and Roston Chase and a 23-ball 46 from Tim David to post 200 for 8. Patriots started well in their chase but had lost three wickets by the end of the powerplay. It became 66 for 4 after nine overs. At that point, ESPNcricinfo’s Forecaster gave Patriots a 5.32% chance of winning.Jason Holder kept them in the game singlehandedly, striking a 29-ball 63. After he fell, Navin Bidaisee took over and brought it down to four needed off the final delivery. David Wiese bowled a slot ball; Bidaisee swung towards long-off but could not clear David. Apart from scoring a 38-ball 61, Chase also picked up 2 for 27 from four overs and was named the Player of the Match.Earlier, Kings were 21 for 2 after three overs before Charles and Chase injected momentum into the innings by adding 50 off 26 balls for the third wicket. After Charles fell, Chase and David carried on. Chase hit Dominic Drakes for three fours in an over and, later, David smashed Holder for three sixes in his one over.Jason Holder’s valiant knock could not bring a win for Patriots•CPL T20/Getty Images
They added 80 off 50 but after they both departed, the incoming batters could not keep the momentum going and managed just 21 from the last three overs.Andre Fletcher and Kyle Mayers gave Patriots a start of 43 in 4.2 overs. But once Wiese broke that stand with Mayers’ wicket, Patriots’ chase got derailed. Khary Pierre, who had opened the bowling, removed Fletcher and Mikyle Louis in the next over to make it 49 for 3 after the powerplay. Chase dropped a tough return catch of Rilee Rossouw. It did not prove costly as Chase dismissed him in his next over. Holder came and hit Tabraiz Shamsi for 4, 6, 6 off successive balls in the tenth over to take the side to 84 for 4 at the halfway stage.Holder kept hitting and brought up his fifty with his fifth six, off Wiese and off just 23 balls. He added 77 off 40 balls for the fifth wicket with Bidaisee, in which the latter’s contribution was 9 off 11.Once Holder fell, Bidaisee opened up and dispatched Shamsi for 4, 4, 6. He hit a six in each of the next four overs and got to his fifty in 35 balls. But he could not take Patriots over the line.
LOS ANGELES — In a star-studded World Series, attended by royalty and played by baseball royalty, with a pair of rosters that combine to cost $876 million, in which the faces of two or three nations compete nightly for camera time, it was a young man who basically lives out of his Toyota Tundra who sent the Dodgers’ season to the brink.
The Blue Jays’ Trey Yesavage baffled the Los Angeles lineup in a 6–1 victory in Game 5 of the World Series to send his team back to Toronto one win from glory. He produced seven sparkling, 12-strikeout innings; allowed one run; and broke the hearts of the 52,175 in attendance who by the end were all but silent despite the exhortations of the preposterously loud speaker system. As he trotted from the bullpen to the mound to begin the game, he thought about how he had opened his season pitching in front of 327 people against the Jupiter Hammerheads. He hoped to send this crowd home upset.
“It’s a crazy world,” Yesavage said. “Hollywood couldn’t have made it this good.”
It would be hard to cast the first return to the World Series by a defending champion since the Phillies did it in 2009 as a failure, but the level of talent on this roster—and the money spent on it—means anything short of a dynasty will be a disappointment.
Blake Snell falls short
The Dodgers felt well equipped to leave Los Angeles with a series lead. Game 5 marked a rematch of Game 1, between the Dodgers’ Blake Snell, a two-time Cy Young winner pitching in his 10th season and second World Series, and the Blue Jays’ Trey Yesavage, a 22-year-old who began the year at Single A and has three regular-season major league appearances to his name. Yesavage took the first matchup, going only four innings but allowing only two runs; Snell, who had opened the National League Championship Series against the Brewers with eight one-hit, scoreless innings, allowed five runs in five frames and took the loss.
Recently, his agent, Scott Boras, sent him a study he’d commissioned about October at Dodger Stadium. Boras’s team found that hitters struggle to see breaking balls during the first four or so innings of the 5 p.m. postseason starts.
Perhaps Snell should have studied it more closely: His first pitch was a 97-mph fastball that Davis Schneider whacked over the left field wall.
Two pitches later, Snell threw Vladimir Guerrero Jr. a 96-mph fastball, and Guerrero did the same thing.
It marked the first back-to-back leadoff home runs in World Series history, and the first time in this one that the Blue Jays scored first.
Dodgers’ offense has disappointed in October
In April or June, two runs would not have been insurmountable for the vaunted Dodgers’ offense, the best in the National League in most metrics. But the bats have largely gone cold in October.
The Dodgers had a .768 regular-season OPS; in the first four games of the World Series, that figure was .693. Only DH Shohei Ohtani and first baseman Freddie Freeman had an OPS over .800. L.A. was 5-for-29 with runners in scoring position.
So after running out the same lineup for most of the postseason, Roberts finally made a change Wednesday. He moved shortstop Mookie Betts from second to third in the batting order and Freeman from third to fourth, slotting catcher Will Smith in second. Roberts also swapped in outfielder Alex Call for Andy Pages in the nine hole.
Betts had not batted lower than second in the Dodgers’ order since September 2021, but he entered the night hitting .147 with one extra-base hit over his last eight games. With Pages going 4-for-October, Ohtani, leading off, did not really have anyone to drive in or anyone to drive him in.
Roberts, often expansive in his scouting reports on his own players, said simply, “I feel that that’s the best way to win the game tonight.”
Mookie Betts went 0-for-4 on Wednesday night despite being moved to No. 3 in the order. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images
Yesavage gave Dodgers a new look
Roberts’s tweaks were not enough. Yesavage is a difficult matchup in part because of his inexperience; he has the highest release point in the majors, at 7.1 feet in the air (compared to the average of 5.8 feet), and his split-fingered fastball, which he throws in the low 80s, resembles basically no one else’s. So the Dodgers were confident that they could take advantage of the familiarity of a second meeting. But Yesavage lacked feel for his splitter in Game 1 and threw it only 13% of the time; it was back to its devastating best in Game 5, so he was a new pitcher after all.
In fairness, nearly everything he does is new. The Blue Jays took Yesavage with the 20th overall pick in last year’s draft out of East Carolina University, and no one expected this meteoric rise from him. Toronto manager John Schneider vaguely remembered a “Hey, nice to meet you, kid. Welcome to the organization,” interaction in spring training; L.A. manager Dave Roberts hadn’t heard of the kid until he blanked the Yankees for 5 ⅓ innings in Game 2 of the ALDS. Yesavage was called up so late in the year that it did not occur to him to try to find an apartment; instead he stores most of his belongings in his truck (“It looks like a mobile home,” he said) and packs and unpacks a suitcase to stay in a hotel each time the Blue Jays change cities.
“This playoff paycheck is going to be nice whenever it hits,” Yesavage said.
Maybe the naivete helps, or maybe he’s just really good. In any case, he set down the first seven in order, including five straight strikeouts, before allowing a solo home run to Kiké Hernández in the third. Then Yesavage quickly went back to mowing them down, with 10 strikeouts and only two hits through five innings. Even as his pitch count rose and the third time through the order loomed, Blue Jays manager John Schneider, who has learned to manage more with his eyes than with his clipboard in the postseason, just kept sending him out there. In the sixth, Schneider turned to pitching coach Pete Walker and said, “I don’t think there’s anyone better in our bullpen right now.”
The kid rewarded him with absolute dominance. Yesavage’s 12 K, in the seventh, was the most by a rookie in World Series history.
“He’s just completely composed,” said righty Chris Bassitt. “The moment’s not too big for him, which is crazy for how young he is.” He added, “Some guys mentally are just built different, and the fact that he had the utmost confidence walking into this place—he’s pitched a lot at home, but coming into this place, it’s like, ”
Yesavage simply beat the Dodgers on the mound, but the Dodgers often beat themselves in the field. Betts threw wide on a potential double-play ball in the third to cost Snell seven pitches. Teoscar Hernández cost more an inning later, when Daulton Varsho scorched a ball to right field. Hernández took a bad route, slid, came up short and watched helplessly as Varsho scampered to third. The next batter, Ernie Clement, flied to center to drive in the run. In the seventh, Addison Barger singled, took second on a wild pitch (Snell’s), took third on a second wild pitch (Snell’s again) and scored on yet another wild pitch (this one by righty Edgardo Henriquez). An inning later, the Dodgers added a fourth wild pitch, this one by lefty Anthony Banda; that one, too, advanced a runner who later scored.
“Giving up bases, it changes the lineup as far as who comes up, and it affects the game going forward,” said Roberts. “Things certainly get magnified in games like this, especially when you’re not swinging the bats.”
It was almost a relief when Teoscar Hernández struck out swinging to put the game out of its misery.
Dodgers have no more room for error
The Dodgers may carry a slight advantage into Game 6; their scheduled starter, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, is coming off two consecutive complete games, the first time someone has done that in the postseason in 25 years. On the other hand, the Blue Jays will be at home, they will need to win only one game and they will counter with Kevin Gausman, who matched Yamamoto through six last week before making two mistakes.
But Los Angeles has no margin for error. The team will fly to Canada late Wednesday, ahead of Thursday’s off-day and Friday’s game, knowing that another offensive performance like this will almost certainly end the season. Thanks in part to the kid who spent more time this season with the Dunedin Blue Jays than the Toronto Blue Jays, the Dodgers may only have two more nights in a hotel this year.
O CRB superou o Bahia por 8 a 7 nos pênaltis, após 0 a 0 no tempo normal, neste domingo (26), na Arena Fonte Nova, pela semifinal da Copa do Nordeste. Com o resultado, o Galo está classificado para a decisão e encara o Fortaleza em dois jogos.
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⚽ COMO FOI A PARTIDA? Bahia e CRB fizeram um primeiro tempo muito equilibrado na Fonte Nova. O time alagoano começou melhor, mas aos poucos o Esquadrão de Aço foi controlando a posse de boa e acalmou o jogo. No entanto, as dificuldades da equipe de Rogério Ceni para criar era visíveis. Na segunda etapa, o Tricolor teve boas chances, sobretudo com Cauly e Arias, mas não conseguiu marcar.
A vaga na final da Copa do Nordeste foi, então, decidida nos pênaltis. Após oito cobranças de cada lado, o CRB levou a melhor, após defesa do goleiro Matheus Albino em chute de Caio Alexandre, o único a despediçar na disputa.
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➡️ Fortaleza atropela Sport e está na final da Copa do Nordeste
📅 O QUE VEM POR AÍ? O Bahia visita o Atlético-MG na Arena MRV no próximo domingo (2), às 16h, pela sétima rodada do Brasileirão. Por sua vez, o CRB vai até Campinas para encarar a Ponte Preta no sábado (1º), no Estádio Moisés Lucarelli, pela oitava rodada da Série B.
The Mets are clinging to a one-game lead in the NL wild card chase right now as they, the Reds and the Diamondbacks all lost on Wednesday night. New York didn't put up much of a fight in their loss to the Cubs at Wrigley Field as Chicago won 10-3 and Pete Crow-Armstrong scored from second on a wild pitch.
That's right. The same night a guy got thrown out at first from right field, another player basically stole home from second base.
The Cubs had a 6-2 lead in the bottom of the fifth when Crow-Armstrong came to the plate with two outs and a runner on third. PCA chopped one to third that was fielded cleanly by Mark Vientos, but his throw was in the grass and bounced into the stands. A run scored and Crow-Armstrong trotted to second on the error.
Two pitches later Mets reliever Clay Holmes threw one in the dirt. PCA ran to third, but noticed that no one was covering home so as he approached the bag he excellerated and sprinted for home.
If the Mets go on to miss the postseason, it won't be because of this play, but just being able to throw it in their late-season lowlight reel seems fitting.
More importantly, it's the perfect highlight to add to Crow-Armstrong's breakout season.
Everton have battled their way out of relegation-threatened status in the Premier League.
After several years of low-table fortunes, things have changed, with David Moyes lifting Goodison Park on its swansong up to a mid-table finish last season.
Now, he’s targeting an ambitious push for Europe, with the signings made across the summer propping up these ambitions.
At the forefront is Jack Grealish, and he is back in contention to play this weekend as the Toffees welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Hill Dickinson, having missed last weekend’s defeat at Manchester City due to ineligibility.
Jack Grealish could be the game-changer
Grealish joined Everton from Man City on loan this summer, having fallen by the wayside across the past couple of years in Pep Guardiola’s squad.
He’s back. Four August assists served Grealish the Premier League Player of the Month award, and he’s maintained a talismanic presence, lifting the spirits and the belief of his teammates.
If Everton surpass expectations this summer, expect the plaudits to rain down at the 30-year-old’s feet.
His playmaking quality was sorely missed last weekend, but he can play once again, and it’s a good thing too, for Tottenham have many high-level players and have improved defensively since Thomas Frank replaced Ange Postecoglou this summer.
Grealish can’t do it alone, but luckily, Moyes has another talented midfielder who could share the load and maybe even outperform his senior peer on the afternoon.
The Everton star who could outshine Grealish
Last season, Tyler Dibling emerged as one of the brightest teenagers in the Premier League, and there was a swarm of interest in his signature. Everton won the race, signing the 19-year-old in a £42m deal.
However, he has only featured four times in the top flight this term, hooked at half-time on his sole start against Crystal Palace.
In fairness, this was a poor display, but for a teenage talent performing in new territory to flatter to deceive during such a scenario is hardly unheard of.
Tyler Dibling – Stats vs Palace
Match Stats
#
Minutes played
45′
Goals
0
Assists
0
Shots (on target)
0 (0)
Accurate passes
6/7 (86%)
Chances created
0
Dribbles
0/3
Tackles
1
Duels won
3/10
Data via Sofascore
There’s a real player in there, to be sure, with Dibling having already been on Tottenham’s radar, Spurs having pushed for a deal this summer before Everton won the race.
As per FBref, he ranks among the top 17% of positional peers for pass completion, the top 20% for successful take-ons and the top 26% for tackles per 90, with this robust array of skills leading the data-driven platform to list Iliman Ndiaye as one of his most comparable players.
But there’s no denying more is needed after a slow start on Merseyside. Luckily, Dibling has all the talent in the world, and Moyes needs only to bring his confidence and balance in this new team to the fore.
And his match sharpness will have improved after two winning performances with England U19s this month. He drew praise for his performances, with data scientist Michael Green hailing the youngster for being “incredibly positive with every action”.
With Grealish sure to slot back into that left-sided berth, the competition for places is thick, but Dibling could use this chance as a springboard, having endured a testing start to his Everton career, no doubt about that.
His speed and technical quality and athleticism suggest he has what it takes to shine the brightest for Moyes’ Everton side, and there’s no doubt that this is a “world-class talent”, as has been said by his former youth coach Andy Goldie, having thrived in an abject Southampton side.
Should Dibling make an impact against Frank’s Tottenham, who lack fluency in attack right now, all eyes will be on him. In this, he could outshine the ever-impressive Grealish.
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The New York Mets significantly overhauled their bullpen on Wednesday, reshaping their set of relievers ahead of the MLB trade deadline.
With two trades, they beefed up their setup corps for closer Edwin Diaz. But both deals were costly. All-in-all, New York sent six prospects out to bring in Tyler Rogers and Ryan Helsley. We're going to combine them into one big deal for the purpose of grading the moves.
In the first deal, the Mets landed Rogers from the San Francisco Giants in exchange for righty Jose Butto, outfield prospect Drew Gilbert, and right-handed pitching prospect Blade Tidwell. Butto is a solid relief arm, while Tidwell has made his big league debut this season, and Gilbert is close. All have their warts, but are also likely to provide solid value.
In the second, the Mets sent three prospects to the Cardinals: shortstop Jesus Baez, right-hander Nate Dohm, and right-hander Frank Elissalt. Baez was New York's No. 8 prospect, and the 20-year-old has shown some serious power in A-ball, while also having a feel for hitting and a strong arm in the field. Dohm is New York's No. 14 prospect, and the 22-year-old has a 2.62 ERA in 11 appearances (10 starts) at High-A ball this year. Elissalt was a 19th-round pick in 2024 and is 4-5 with a 3.04 ERA in 20 appearances across two levels this season.
New York Mets: B
The Mets certainly upgraded their bullpen, which was a need, but both players they received were rentals, and they gave up six players to get them. On top of that, neither of the guys they landed will be closing, though both probably can in a pinch.
Helsley is the reigning NL Reliever of the Year, but hasn't reached the same highs this season. He's 3-1 with a 3.00 ERA, a 1.39 WHIP, and 41 strikeouts in 36 innings. He has walked 14 and allowed 36 hits in those 36 innings, while also blowing five saves in 26 chances. He dealt with a toe injury early in the season but has been healthy lately. He'll be an excellent setup man for Diaz.
Rogers is enjoying what might be his best season in the big leagues. He's 4-3 with a 1.80 ERA, 0.86 WHIP, and 38 strikeouts against only four walks in 50 innings. The 34-year-old submariner just gets people out, though his 2.68 xFIP suggests some regression is likely to come. He's still a really nice pickup for the relief corps.
The amount the Mets gave up and the fact that both guys are rentals hold these deals back from getting a better grade.
A Confederação Brasileira de Futebol informou que a retomada da Série A do Brasileirão se dará a partir da 7ª rodada, que será disputada em 01 e 02 de junho. Tanto a 7ª quanto 8ª rodadas da competição haviam sido adiadas pela tragédia que vem assolando o Rio Grande do Sul.
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VEJA DATAS, HORÁRIOS E LOCAL DOS JOGOS DA 7ª RODADA DO BRASILEIRÃO
01/07 – 16:00 Grêmio x Red Bull Bragantino – Couto Pereira
01/06 – 16:00 Vitória x Atlético-GO – Barradão
01/06 – 18:30 Fluminense x Juventude – Maracanã
01/06 – 18:30 Cuiabá x Internacional Arena Pantanal
01/06 – 21:00 Corinthians x Botafogo – Neo Quimica Arena
02/06 – 16:00 Atlético-MG x Bahia – Arena MRV
02/06 – 16:00 Vasco da Gama x Flamengo – Maracanã
02/06 – 16:00 Criciúma x Palmeiras – Heriberto Hulse
02/06 – 18:30 São Paulo x Cruzeiro – Morumbis
02/06 – 18:30 Fortaleza x Athletico-PR – Arena Castelão
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Quanto às partidas canceladas de Grêmio, Internacional e Juventude de rodadas anteriores e de outras competições organizadas pela CBF, a entidade reitera que serão remanejadas para datas futuras e de acordo com disponibilidade de datas no calendário.
A CBF também comunicou que o Conselho Técnico, com representantes dos 20 clubes da Série A do Brasileirão, está mantido para segunda-feira (27).
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شن أحمد المحمدي، لاعب أستون فيلا السابق، هجومًا قويًا على جيمي كاراجر، محلل قنوات سكاي سبورتس بعد تصريحاته الهجومية تجاه محمد صلاح، نجم ليفربول.
وخرج صلاح بعد انتهاء مباراة ليدز يونايتد وتحدث لوسائل الإعلام وفتح النار على الجميع، وعلى رأسهم مدربه آرني سلوت، بسبب جلوسه على دكة البدلاء لثلاث مباريات متتالية.
بعد تلك التصريحات، انهالت على صلاح تعليقات اللاعبين القدامى والمحللين الإنجليز وانتقدوا حديثه بشدة وعلى رأسهم جيمي كاراجر.
وقال المحمدي، عبر حسابه الرسمي على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي “إكس”: “صحيح يا جيمي، أنت عار، أعاد صلاح كتابة قصته بالكامل من خلال العمل الجاد والتواضع وأدائه العالمي”.
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وأكمل: “صلاح لم يفشل في تشيلسي، لم تُمنح له الفرصة أبدًا، ذهب إلى إيطاليا، وأعاد بناء نفسه، ثم جاء إلى ليفربول وأصبح، أسطورة في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، أعظم لاعب في تاريخ مصر، أحد أكثر المهاجمين ثباتًا في جيله”.
وأردف: “حمل صلاح مصر لسنوات، وتأهلت مصر لكأس العالم مرتين بعد فترة طويلة، استحق صلاح كل شيء”.
واستطرد: “ليس غريبًا أن كريستيانو رونالدو تجاهلك، ليس غريبًا أن ميسي انتقدك، ليس غريبًا أن مورينيو قال إنك أقل من المتوسط، ولست حتى من بين أفضل 1000 مدافع في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز”.
Right Jamie you’re a disgrace,
Salah completely rewrote his story through hard work, humility, and world-class performances.
He didn’t “fail” at Chelsea — he was never given the chance. He went to Italy, rebuilt himself, then came to Liverpool and became:
A Premier League… — Ahmed Elmohamady (@Elmo_27) December 9, 2025
يواجه نادي الزمالك أزمة جديدة تتعلق بالقيد، بعدما تأكد استمرار الإيقاف لثلاث فترات مقبلة، وهو ما يهدد خطط الفريق في سوق الانتقالات الشتوية ويزيد الضغوط على الإدارة.
وتسعى إدارة الزمالك خلال الأيام الأخيرة إلى التواصل مع أصحاب القضايا المالية، وعلى رأسهم المدير الفني السابق كريستيان جروس، أملاً في إيجاد حلول عاجلة تمكن النادي من رفع العقوبة قبل الميركاتو الشتوي.
ووفقًا لما علمه بطولات، فقد تواصل مسؤولو الزمالك بالفعل مع جروس لمحاولة التوصل إلى تسوية مالية بشأن المبلغ المستحق له، والذي يبلغ 133 ألف دولار، في محاولة لإغلاق الملف لأن القرار نهائي.
إلا أن رد المدرب السويسري جاء مفاجئًا وصادمًا للإدارة، بعدما رفض تمامًا أي حلول ودية أو تخفيضات، متمسكًا بالحصول على كامل القيمة المالية دون الدخول في مفاوضات.
وبحسب المصادر، فإن رفض كريستيان جروس لم يكن بسبب تأخر المستحقات فقط، بل نتيجة غضبه من شائعات خرجت من النادي عقب رحيله، تزعم أنه يعاني من مرض الزهايمر، وهو ما اعتبره إهانة شخصية.
ويرى المقربون من جروس أن المدرب يشعر بأن تلك الشائعات أساءت لسمعته المهنية، ما دفعه لاتخاذ موقف أكثر تشددًا في القضية.
وكان جروس قد عاد للزمالك في فترة ثانية خلال الفترة من ديسمبر 2024 وحتى رحيله في فبراير 2025، حيث قاد الفريق في 13 مباراة بالموسم الماضي.
The Los Angeles Dodgers continued their recent struggles Tuesday night with an ugly 10-7 loss at home to the Minnesota Twins. It was their 11th loss in their last 14 games and one ugly play in the top of the seventh inning summed up how things have been going for them lately.
The Twins had the bases loaded with one out when Royce Lewis hit a slow grounder up the first base line. Dodgers reliever Edgardo Henriquez ran over and scooped up the ball and then turned a made a horrible throw to first.
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How bad was it? The ball ended up bouncing off the wall in deep right field, which allowed three runs to score and sent Lewis all the way to third base.
This was something straight out of a Little League game:
The Dodgers are still in first place in the NL West with a 59-43 record but they haven't been able to get out of their own way lately.
“Tonight, it just wasn’t pretty,” manager Dave Roberts told reporters after the game. “When you’re walking guys and the defense is spotty and things like that, it wasn’t a good one.”