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☆ NWSL announces record broadcast deal to start in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Scripps Company CEO Adam Symson speaks during a press conference announcing the NWSL’s new partnerships with CBS Sports, ESPN, Prime Video, and Scripps Sports at Venue 808. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) has agreed a four-year media deal with broadcasters ESPN, CBS, Prime Sports and Scripps' ION Network, the league said on Thursday. The NWSL described the deal, worth a reported $60 million annually, as the "largest media investment in women's sports history", promising "record-breaking distribution and revenue" for the top-flight American league. The 2024 NWSL will include two expansion teams, Bay FC and the Utah Royals. Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York, editing by Ed OsmondOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Adam Symson, Kyle Terada, Jessica Berman, Rosalyn Durant, Amy Tennery, Ed Osmond Organizations: Scripps Company, CBS Sports, ESPN, Prime, Scripps Sports, Women's Soccer League, CBS, Prime Sports, Scripps, ION Network, Bay FC, Utah Royals, Thomson Locations: San Diego , California, USA, Australia, New Zealand, New York

☆ New Zealand's Boult excited by prospect of facing India in World Cup semis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Boult bagged 3-37 to help restrict Sri Lanka to 171 before New Zealand made short work of the chase to snap a run of four straight defeats, finishing their pool stage campaign with 10 points from nine games. "I can't speak on what they're thinking but from our point of view to play the World Cup in India and come up against the hosts, a team that's red hot playing good cricket at a great ground - you couldn't script it any better," Boult said. "Excited if that happens, I feel like we've done all we can from our point of view and we'll wait and see what happens." "But history suggests it's a good wicket," Boult said. Doesn't get any bigger than taking on India in front of 1.5 billion people.

Persons: Zealand's Trent Boult, Lanka's Charith Asalanka, Adnan Abidi, seamer Trent Boult, Boult, Doesn't, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Toby Davis Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Chinnaswamy, Lanka's Charith Asalanka REUTERS, Rights, Sri Lanka, England, New Zealand, Thomson Locations: New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Bengaluru, India, Afghanistan, South Africa, Pakistan, , New Zealand, Mumbai, New, Dharamsala

☆ Morocco call up Nice midfielder Diop for World Cup qualifiers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Former France under-21 international Sofiane Diop has accepted a first call-up from Morocco for the start of their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign this month, coach Walid Regragui confirmed on Thursday. Nice midfielder Diop, 23, was born in France but is also eligible for Morocco, who reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in Qatar and recently recruited another French youth international in Bayer Leverkusen winger Amine Adli. "He (Diop) is a player who could have chosen other countries also. Morocco are scheduled to host Eritrea next Thursday in their qualification opener and despite reports the latter could withdraw from the preliminaries, Regragui said they have received no confirmation from FIFA. The Atlas Lions will travel away to Tanzania on Nov. 21 for their second game.

Persons: Sofiane Diop, Walid Regragui, Diop, Regragui, Yassine Bounou, Munir El Kajoui, El Mehdi Benabid, Ghanem Saiss, Nayef Aguerd, Abdelkabir, Yunis, Achraf, Ayoub El, Noussair Mazraoui, Yahya Attiat Allah, Sofyan, Azzedine Ounahi, Yahya Jabrane, Ismael Saibari, Bilal El Khannouss, Amir Richardson, Hakim Ziyech, Youssef En, Tarik Tissoudali, Nick Said, Toby Davis Organizations: Bayer Leverkusen, FIFA, The Atlas Lions, Thomson Locations: France, Morocco, Qatar, Tanzania, Niger, Congo, Zambia, United States, Mexico, Canada

The National Women's Soccer League on Thursday announced a new media rights deal that will feature the league's matches on ESPN, CBS Sports, Amazon Prime Video and Scripps Sports. “We’re resetting the standards by which women’s sports can be valued.”The league's current deal with CBS Sports ends at the end of this season. Political Cartoons View All 1239 ImagesStarting next season, a Friday night game on Prime Video will kick off each weekend. The remaining regular season games will be part of a domestic direct-to-consumer package produced and distributed by the NWSL, the league said. In the playoffs, Prime Video and a CBS platform will each broadcast a quarterfinal each, while ESPN/ABC airs the other two.

Persons: ”, Jessica Berman, “ We're, ” Sean McManus, Berman, Megan Rapinoe's, Lumen, Rapinoe, Ali Krieger, ___ Organizations: Women's Soccer League, ESPN, CBS Sports, Amazon Prime, Scripps Sports, Gotham FC, CBS, Scripps, ION, Paramount, CBS Sports Network, ABC, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, Endeavor, NHL, NFL, Utah Royals, Bay FC, U.S . Locations: San Diego, Seattle, Gotham

☆ Australia's Maxwell will inspire a new generation, says coach McDonald
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PUNE, India, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Australia coach Andrew McDonald believes Glenn Maxwell's breath-taking shotmaking, best illustrated by his incendiary double hundred in Monday's World Cup match against Afghanistan, will inspire a new generation of cricketers. Hobbled by cramp during the latter stages of his innings, Maxwell smacked 10 sixes and 21 fours in his batting pyrotechnics and McDonald said it would take time to fully appreciate the magnitude of the feat. McDonald said the all-rounder was impacting batsmanship like compatriot Ricky Ponting or South African stalwart AB de Villiers did in the past. "Players take the game forward every day, and the game is better today than it was yesterday," the coach said. "Glenn Maxwell will no doubt inspire a new generation with some outrageous shots..."That's the beauty about the game, and he stretched the boundary as did AB de Villiers and Ricky Ponting in their time as well.

Persons: Andrew McDonald, Glenn Maxwell's, Pat Cummins, Maxwell, McDonald, Patty, Ricky Ponting, de Villiers, Glenn Maxwell, Villiers, Amlan Chakraborty, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: cramp, Bangladesh, South, de, Thomson Locations: PUNE, India, Australia, Afghanistan, New Delhi

☆ Indian Capital Gets a Breather as Rain Brings Respite From Smog
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Overnight rain in New Delhi and its suburbs brought some relief to the Indian capital on Friday morning, where authorities were mulling seeding clouds to improve the toxic air gripping the city. India's weather department has forecast intermittent rain over the city and adjoining areas till early noon on Friday. Meanwhile, air in the financial capital of Mumbai has markedly improved due to showers in nearby coastal areas. This year, attention on the worsening air quality has cast a shadow over the cricket World Cup hosted by India. Friday's rain comes two days before the Diwali festival, when many people defy a ban on firecrackers, causing a spike in air pollution.

Persons: Tanvi Mehta, Rajendra Jadhav, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: India Locations: DELHI, New Delhi, Swiss, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Kolkata, India's, Mumbai

☆ Inspired by Afghanistan, the Dutch want 'ideal game' vs India
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BENGALURU, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The Netherlands are far from intimidated by the prospect of finishing their 50-overs World Cup campaign on Sunday with a game against India, the tournament's only unbeaten team, all-rounder Teja Nidamanuru said. The Dutch side, who came through the qualifiers, upset South Africa and beat Bangladesh to register two wins from their eight matches so far. "Every time we step on the park, we're trying to showcase our skills and do the best that we can, especially being at the World Cup and coming through the journey that we've done." This is the first time the Dutch managed two wins at a World Cup but Nidamanuru felt their performances have been inconsistent. "We haven't put together the ideal game yet, if I'm really honest."

Persons: Teja Nidamanuru, Nidamanuru, I'm, Amlan Chakraborty, Peter Rutherford Organizations: India, England, ICC, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Netherlands, Africa, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, New Delhi

☆ Hazlewood expects Maxwell to face Bangladesh after Miracle of Mumbai
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 9 (Reuters) - Paceman Josh Hazlewood expects Glenn Maxwell to face Bangladesh in Australia's final round-robin match at the World Cup this weekend despite the gruelling nature of his spectacular innings against Afghanistan on Tuesday. Maxwell suffered the excruciating pain of all body cramps at Wankhede Stadium as he scored an unbeaten double century that has been hailed as the greatest one-day international innings of all time by cricketing luminaries. The unlikely three-wicket victory sent Australia into a semi-final against South Africa and rendered Saturday's clash against Bangladesh in Pune a dead-rubber but Hazlewood reckons Maxwell will still suit up for the match. "He went down like he was a shot, lying down like a dead man on the floor," team physiotherapist Nick Jones recalled on Cricket Australia's website. Maxwell did get up and, despite struggling to move, relied on his natural batting instincts to complete the extraordinary innings.

Persons: Josh Hazlewood, Glenn Maxwell, Maxwell, Hazlewood reckons Maxwell, Nick Jones, Glenn, Jones, Nick Mulvenney, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Afghanistan, South, Bangladesh, News Ltd, cramp, Cricket, Thomson Locations: Bangladesh, Australia's, Australia, South Africa, Pune

☆ England eye 'proper performance' against Pakistan, says Buttler
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 9 (Reuters) - England captain Jos Buttler said the team have shown a desire to "put things right" in India after a dismal World Cup campaign and are determined to secure a spot in the 2025 Champions Trophy with a top-eight finish. Ahead of the bottom three - Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Neteherlands - on net run rate, England head to Kolkata for their final match against fifth-placed Pakistan, who will host the next edition of the eight-team Champions Trophy. "We haven't performed the way we wanted to this whole trip and we'd like to leave India putting in a proper performance," Buttler told reporters. "Not playing for what we wanted to be playing for, but a really vital match for us in the grand scheme of things. Reporting by Chiranjit Ojha in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter RutherfordOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Jos Buttler, haven't, Buttler, everyone's, Chiranjit, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Thomson Locations: England, India, Netherlands, Pune, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kolkata, Pakistan, Bengaluru

☆ New Zealand restrict Sri Lanka to 171 in vital World Cup game
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Shrivathsa Sridhar | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BENGALURU, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Seamer Trent Boult and spinner Mitchell Santner landed timely blows as New Zealand restricted Sri Lanka to 171 all out in their World Cup encounter at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. A big win for New Zealand will put them in a strong position to bag the last semi-final spot and join India, South Africa and Australia, while Sri Lanka need a victory to boost their chances of a top-eight finish for 2025 Champions Trophy qualification. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson's decision to bowl after winning the toss paid off early as pacemen Boult (3-37) and Tim Southee (1-52) ripped through Sri Lanka's top-order to leave them in trouble at 32-3 inside five overs. A fit-again Lockie Ferguson (2-35) struck in his second over to dismiss the aggressive Perera for 51 as Sri Lanka crumbled to 70-5 before folding in the 47th over for a modest total after Santner (2-22) and Rachin Ravindra (2-21) joined the party. Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; Editing by Pritha SarkarOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Seamer Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, Kane Williamson's, pacemen Boult, Tim Southee, Kusal Perera, Tom Latham, Boult, Charith Asalanka, Lockie Ferguson, Perera, Rachin Ravindra, Shrivathsa Sridhar, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: New Zealand, Sri, Thomson Locations: BENGALURU, Zealand, Sri Lanka, India, South Africa, Australia, Sri Lanka's, New Zealand, Bengaluru

☆ Sterling misses out on England selection again
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Chelsea forward Raheem Sterling was again left out by England manager Gareth Southgate as he named his squad for the forthcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia. Sterling, who has earned 82 caps for his country and was once a key part of Southgate's forward line, has now missed five successive England squads. Despite Southgate saying the door remains open, time is clearly running out for Sterling to force his way back into the reckoning for the Euro 2024 finals. Manchester City's John Stones misses out because of injury while Chelsea's Reece James is also not included despite recently returning from a lengthy injury lay-off. "I'm super excited about the tournament, we're really gearing towards the next tournament and I think everybody in international football is always living from tournament to tournament.

Persons: Raheem Sterling, Gareth Southgate, Sterling, Southgate, Raheem, we've, Eddie Nketiah, Callum Wilson, Aston, Ollie Watkins, Manchester City's John Stones, Chelsea's Reece James, Reece James, that's, Sam Allardyce's, Sam Johnstone, Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale, Levi Colwill, Lewis Dunk, Marc Guehi, Harry Maguire, Fikayo, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Trent Alexander, Arnold, Jude Bellingham, Conor Gallagher, Jordan Henderson, Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice, Jarrod Bowen, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Harry Kane, James Maddison, Marcus Rashford, Martyn Herman, Toby Davis Organizations: Chelsea, Malta, Italy, Newcastle United, Manchester, Wembley, Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion, Manchester United, Milan, Manchester City, West Ham United, Bayern, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, Thomson Locations: England, North Macedonia, France, Germany, Malta, Crystal, Everton, Chelsea, Manchester, Liverpool, Real Madrid, West, Bayern Munich

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Persons: Harry Kane, we're, we've, Kane, you'll, Stan, Stan Sport, ExpressVPN, you've, Stan Sport's, You'll Organizations: Bayern, Galatasaray, tonight's Champions League, Man United, League, Rugby, BT Sport, TNT Sport, BT, TNT, Discovery, Amazon, Amazon Prime, Champions League, Australia, Champions, Stan Sport, Sport, country's Champions League, Paramount Plus, Paramount, CBS, Netflix, PayPal Locations: Munich, Istanbul, Europe, Luxembourg, Luxembourgish, RTL2, Australia, USA

Thankfully, there's a free Copenhagen vs. Man United live stream you can take advantage of tonight. Better yet, unlike many free Champions League live streams around Europe, this one will be broadcast in English as it comes from Ireland. Where to watch Copenhagen vs. Man United free from anywhereAs mentioned in the box above, an Irish TV channel is showing the game for free today. Then get stuck in and enjoy this free Champions League live stream. How to watch Copenhagen vs. Man United live stream with a VPNSign up for a VPN if you don't have one.

Persons: there's, you'll, they're, Stan, Stan Sport, ExpressVPN, you've, Stan Sport's, You'll, we've Organizations: Devils, Champions League, Copenhagen, Galatasaray, Bayern, Old, Europa League, Rugby, League, Virgin Media, BT Sport, TNT Sport, BT, TNT, Discovery, Amazon, Amazon Prime, United, Champions, Stan Sport, Sport, country's Champions League, Paramount Plus, Paramount, CBS, Netflix, PayPal Locations: Copenhagen, Europe, Ireland, Old Trafford, Irish, Australia, USA

☆ Premier League: VAR is proving to be box office entertainment but at what cost to the action?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Instead, four years on from its Premier League debut, the technology has now seemingly become the main talking point rather than the football itself. Chelsea's win over Tottenham involved a number of huge VAR decisions. Henry Nicholls/AFP/Getty ImagesBeing magnanimous about refereeing decisions isn’t a trait many Premier League managers seemingly possess. “The Premier League is the best league in the world with the best players, coaches and supporters, all of whom deserve better,” the statement read. Whatever the Premier League and PGMOL had in mind for VAR’s development, it surely wasn’t this.

Persons: –, Chelsea's, Glyn Kirk, Ange Postecoglou, “ I’ve, ” Postecoglou, I’ve, we’re, Postecoglou, he’s, Jürgen, Henry Nicholls, Mikel Arteta, ”, “ PGMOL, Arteta, Gary O’Neil, Jürgen Klopp, Charlotte Wilson, Keith Hackett, “, Hackett, “ Lukas Brud, ” Hackett, PGMOL Organizations: CNN, Premier League, Premier League doesn’t, Champions League, Serie, Liga, Tottenham, Getty, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sunday, Gunners, ” CNN, Bournemouth, Twitter, International Football Association Board Locations: AFP

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Persons: Mikel Arteta's, they're, you'll, we've, Stan, Stan Sport, ExpressVPN, you've, Stan Sport's, You'll Organizations: Mikel Arteta's Gunners, Sevilla, Spanish Europa League, Arsenal, Lens, La Liga, Europa League, PSV, League, RTL, Rugby, RTL Club, BT Sport, TNT Sport, BT, TNT, Discovery, Amazon, Amazon Prime, Champions League, Champions, Stan Sport, Sport, country's Champions League, Paramount Plus, Paramount, CBS, Netflix, PayPal Locations: La, Europe, Belgium, Belgian, Australia, USA

☆ Court stays sacking of Sri Lanka board
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ranasinghe had replaced the board with an interim committee on Monday after a disappointing World Cup campaign, amid protests calling for the resignation of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) officials. The matter was also discussed in Sri Lanka's parliament on Tuesday. Sri Lanka's team wind up their World Cup campaign against New Zealand on Thursday. Sri Lanka are currently ninth with four points -- the same as England, Bangladesh and the Netherlands. The only control that we have in this tournament is the game tomorrow," Nawaz told reporters.

Persons: Arun Jaitley, Sri Lanka's Dilshan Madushanka, Bangladesh's Tanzid Hasan, Pathum Nissanka, Anushree, Roshan Ranasinghe's, Ranasinghe, Shammi Silva, Sri, Sri Lanka's, Naveed Nawaz, Nawaz, Chiranjit Ojha, Rohith Nair, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Arun, Sri, Pathum Nissanka REUTERS, Sri Lanka Cricket, New Zealand, Christian, Thomson Locations: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, New Delhi, India, Sri Lanka's, Pakistan, England, Netherlands, Bengaluru

☆ Rain threat adds element of unknown to NZ's semi-final bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 8 (Reuters) - A forecast for rain has added an unknown element to New Zealand's final World Cup group stage match against Sri Lanka in Chennai on Thursday, captain Kane Williamson said. There's been a lot of weather around and it could look different tomorrow," said Williamson. "I think if we look at the cricket on a whole, there has been a lot of good cricket. New Zealand similarly struggled to make the semis in 2019 but were able to turn things around and reach the final. Williamson added that pacer Lockie Ferguson's return after missing two matches due to injury would depend on pitch conditions.

Persons: Kane Williamson, There's, Williamson, Chiranjit, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Sri, Zealand, Thomson Locations: Sri Lanka, Chennai, New Zealand, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Zealand, Bengaluru

☆ Fact Check: Altered, miscaptioned images of Cristiano Ronaldo in pro-Palestinian video
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A video showing mostly altered photographs and miscaptioned videos of Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is being shared online alongside claims that the images reflect his support for Palestinians. A Facebook post published on Oct. 27, 2023, sharing the video compilation that lasts over one minute had more than 21,000 views at the time of publishing. The caption reads: “Cristiano Ronaldo Full support palestine.”Reuters ImageIn the first video clip of the circulating compilation, Ronaldo is framed by a poster and map overlaid on the video and he says: “We know that you have been suffering a lot. @SavetheChildren.”The compilation of the miscaptioned images then continues to show a variety of suggestive clips and images. The videos and images in the video compilation pre-date the 2023 Israel-Hamas war and many are altered or miscaptioned.

Persons: Cristiano Ronaldo, “ Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo, Don’t, Jawad El Yamiq, “, Lorca, ”, Lionel Messi, Read Organizations: Ronaldo’s, Canada, Palestinian, Reuters, FIFA, TNT Sports, Lorca, Palestine, Observers, Palestinian Football Association, Thomson Locations: Portuguese, palestine, Syria, Moroccan, Madeira, Lyon, France, Budapest, Morocco, Gaza, ”, Lorca , Spain, Israel

☆ Don't count Afghanistan out yet, says coach Trott
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Afghanistan have rebounded from defeat at the World Cup and can do so again, coach Jonathan Trott said after Tuesday's three-wicket loss to Australia in Mumbai. Afghanistan had Australia reeling at 91-7 chasing 292 before Glenn Maxwell's unbeaten 201 snatched a remarkable victory that sealed a semi-final slot for the five-time champions. "We lost the New Zealand game pretty heavily and came back and won the next game," Trott told reporters. Afghanistan had won only one match in their two previous World Cup campaigns but have already won four of their eight matches in India so far. Spinners were bowling different lengths, he was hitting that," Trott said of Maxwell.

Persons: Jonathan Trott, Glenn Maxwell's, " Trott, Maxwell, you've, Chiranjit, Peter Rutherford Organizations: New Zealand, England, Thomson Locations: Afghanistan, Australia, Mumbai, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, India, Australian, Bengaluru

☆ Storm Hunter defies the odds to win first BJK Cup match
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Australian tennis star Storm Hunter won her first match at this year’s BJK Cup in Seville, Spain, on Tuesday, despite landing in the country just hours before it started… without her luggage. The 29-year-old had been playing in the WTA Finals doubles competition in Cancún, Mexico, last week, eventually losing with partner Elise Mertens in the semifinals on Sunday. It’s definitely been a whirlwind few days.”Hunter (left) had played in the doubles semifinals at the WTA Finals on Sunday. Clive Brunskill/Getty ImagesThe Billie Jean King Cup is akin to the women’s World Cup of tennis, pitting countries from around the world against one another. 1 Iga Świątek, opted not to play at this year’s BJK Cup, with the event starting just a day after the rain-delayed WTA Finals.

Persons: Storm Hunter, Elise Mertens, Hunter, Kimberly Birrell, Slovenia’s Veronika Erjavec, Ela Milić –, “ It’s, ” Hunter, “, It’s, Clive Brunskill, Billie Jean King, Coco Gauff, Świątek Organizations: CNN, WTA, Australia, Slovenia, Team Australia Locations: Australian, Seville, Spain, Cancún, Mexico, Kazakhstan

Reviewing refereeing decisions has come a long – and increasingly unloved – way from the VAR (video assistant referee) project first trialed by FIFA in 2016. Two days earlier, Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta lashed out at “an absolute disgrace” to allow Newcastle a decisive goal after a triple-layered VAR review. “Significant human error,” the league officials' group acknowledged after Tottenham's 2-1 win that is still title-chasing Liverpool's only loss in the league. Former Australia coach Postecoglou said he is traditional and prefers soccer without VAR, where all accept occasional mistakes and respect the referee. “You can’t tell me referees are in control of games,” Postecoglou said Monday.

Persons: Mikel Arteta, Massimo Busacca, ” Busacca, “, ”, Ange Postecoglou, Bjorn Kuipers, Thierry Henry’s, we’re, Postecoglou, Liverpool's, Busacca, ” Postecoglou, “ They’re Organizations: FIFA, Tottenham, Chelsea, English Premier League, Arsenal, Newcastle, Premier League, Associated Press, ” Tottenham, Burnley, Bournemouth, Norway, League, Former, Swiss FIFA Locations: Russia, Zurich, France, Ireland, Liverpool, Former Australia

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Persons: we've, you'll, Stan, Stan Sport, AEST, ExpressVPN, you've, Stan Sport's, You'll Organizations: PSG, Milan, League, Champions League, Rugby, BT Sport, TNT Sport, BT, TNT, Discovery, Amazon, Amazon Prime, Champions, Stan Sport, Sport, country's Champions League, Paramount Plus, Paramount, CBS, Netflix, PayPal Locations: Milan, Newcastle, Dortmund, Europe, Italy, Luxembourg, Australia, USA

☆ Hermoso hopes for positive change following kiss scandal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FILE PHOTO:Soccer Football - Liga MX Femenil - Monterrey v Pachuca - Estadio BBVA, Monterrey, Mexico - September 15, 2023 Pachuca's Jenni Hermoso after the match. Rubiales has been banned from all football-related activities for three years by FIFA following the allegedly non-consensual kiss he gave Hermoso at the final in August. Rubiales has repeatedly said the kiss was consensual, while Hermoso says it was forced on her. Hermoso scored a last-gasp winner against Italy in the Nations League last month on her return to the national team for the first time since the incident. "In the race to the Olympic Games, in my team in Mexico, in the national team.

Persons: Jenni Hermoso, Luis Rubiales, Hermoso, Rubiales, I've, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Football, Pachuca, Estadio BBVA, Spain's, Spanish Football Federation, FIFA, Italy, Nations League, Olympic Games, Thomson Locations: Monterrey, Mexico, Spanish, Spain, Bengaluru

☆ Jennifer Hermoso says that she has received threats after Luis Rubiales’ unwanted kiss
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Patrick Sung | Wayne Sterling | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Spanish Women’s World Cup star Jennifer Hermoso revealed on Monday that she has “received threats” in the aftermath of the unwanted kiss she received from former Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales. I’ve received threats and that’s something which you will never get used to.”Rubiales gave an unwanted kiss to Hermoso during the medal ceremony after Spain’s Women’s World Cup triumph in August. Alexia Putellas, Hermoso and Irene Paredes celebrate winning the Women's World Cup. Catherine Ivill/Getty ImagesIn her GQ interview, Hermoso didn’t go into detail as to what those threats had been, but added that: “These weeks have been very hard. She returned to the Spanish women’s team late last month and scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory against Italy.

Persons: Jennifer Hermoso, Luis Rubiales, ” Hermoso, “ I’ve, I’ve, ” Rubiales, Spain’s, Rubiales, Alexia Putellas, Hermoso, Irene Paredes, Catherine Ivill, Hermoso didn’t, I’m, she’s, that’s, ” Organizations: CNN, Spanish, Spanish Football Federation, GQ Spain, FIFA, La, Spanish women’s, Italy, Olympic Games, Spain’s National Locations: “, Mexico, Spain

☆ Ending the 40-hour workweek is possible, but it'll require sacrifices from all of us
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today's big story, we're looking at the internet calling for changes to the "soul-crushing" and "depressing" 9-to-5 workday. The 40-hour workweek is facing a reckoning after a recent grad's viral TikTok emotionally questioning how people have time for a personal life while working a full-time job. AdvertisementAdvertisementSo yes, upending the 9-to-5 is possible — and worth considering — but only with a bit of sacrifice from all of us. Earnings today: Uber, eBay, H&R Block, Nintendo, and other companies.

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