This is the VAR we have. Very interesting to watch but also a great illustration of what the game is now. Interminable delays that now pockmark top tier football. The controversy not gone, just moved but now with side order of delay.

Q1: Why did the National League back the decision to scrap cup replays?
A: It’s in talks with the Premier League about an EFL Trophy-like comp between 16 NL sides & 16 U21 PL teams.
Q2: When is fixture congestion OK?
A: When it’s subsidised by the PL. theathletic.com/5450014/2024/0…

Revealed: independent prosecutor’s link to Wada and silence over Chinese drug scandal. Latest on what is a hugely significant story.

thetimes.co.uk/article/524d75…

China's anti-doping agency, CHINADA, has accused some media and other organisations of trying to 'manipulate public opinion by spreading misinformation' including details of swimmers who were minors at the time of the 2021 positive anti-doping tests for which they were found to…

WADA + China: Die ARD-Dopingredaktion listet hier alle zentralen Fragen auf - 34 Schlüsselfragen, die die WADA entweder nicht beantwortet hat oder die sich jetzt stellen. Must read: 'Geheimsache Doping': 'Die Akte China' - die offenen Fragen >>> sportschau.de/investigativ/d…

Was at the Richard Masters press conference and what there wasn’t was a MAJOR UPDATE on the conclusion Man City case. He said “near future”. Nothing had changed from expected timeline. Sorry.

Exclusive: Leading swimmers consider suing Wada over Chinese drug scandal

thetimes.co.uk/article/edd087…

My live report into the BBC Radio 4 Today programme earlier, as World Anti-Doping Agency launches a review into failed tests by Chinese swimmers, with scandal intensifying
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bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming…

Modern day Rosa Parks

Draft 🙄

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Spanish government have decided to oversee the Spanish football federation after Rubiales scandal and then new claims against the man tipped to replace him. Oversight should last, they say, until a president can be named. FIFA and UEFA alarmed by government intervention.