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VAR was trialled in France in the Ligue 1 relegation play-off at the end of last season, while the technology is already in use in the Bundesliga. La Liga has previously confirmed VAR will be used in Spain’s top tier for the 2018-19 season and Ligue 1 is now following suit. “The LFP board validated on Thursday December 14 the principle of the use of video assistance for refereeing in Ligue 1 for the 2018-19 season,” an LFP statement said....

Fournette, as part of his partnership with sports nutrition company MET-Rx, found a perfect way to focus on the future and put his past behind him — by melting the trophies he has already earned. MORE: Jags RB battle: Unstoppable force vs. movable objects In the recently launched “Greater than Gold” video campaign, we see how the Jaguars’ rookie running back joined forces with innovation studio Deeplocal to transform all his old trophies into free weights and kettlebells to help the next generation of football players....

Not against one of the NBA’s worst teams, and not with Kawhi Leonard around. Leonard scored 34 points, Fred VanVleet added 15 and Toronto extended its winning streak to eight games despite missing Kyle Lowry with a 106-95 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. Danny Green and Pascal Siakam added 15 apiece as the Raptors improved the league’s best record to 20-4, reaching the 20-win mark quicker than at any time in their history....

Embrace Pep’s Man City for what they are The punter placed a €2 bet on a correct score double - backing Atletico Madrid to beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 and Manchester City to win 4-3 against Monaco in Tuesday night’s Champions League last-16 games. While the gambler got the score in Leverkusen correct, he was one goal off in the City game thanks to Sane scoring in the 82nd minute....

That’s the battle cry you’ll hear most when you release picks for 44 bowls this time of year. You should see the emails and tweets. I started doing bowl projections for Sporting News in 2014 — the first year of the College Football Playoff. I’ve learned the college football fans not only think bowl projections are meaningless — they also love to pick apart those projections apart on a weekly basis....

The U.S. triumph ended with a total rout of Iraq’s Army in Kuwait, and Washington dreamed of a new world order and a remade Mideast For all his losses, the Iraqi despot remained standing and turned his rage on Iraq’s own Kurdish and Shiite peoples The old guard rolled out the tanks in Moscow, but after three days the putsch crumbled and even the Army hailed the victory of the people...

The candidate who’s practically a sure thing for induction in the Canton Class of 2015 is late Chargers linebacker Junior Seau, the biggest name in the group of players eligible for the first time. Quarterback Kurt Warner, with a NFL MVP award, a Super Bowl win and two other appearances, is likely to make it, too. The returning candidates class is strong, as usual, and heavy with players passed over multiple times....

After previewing NBC’s Olympics coverage, NBC Sports chairman Mark Lazarus spoke Monday with Sporting News about Rio doomsayers such as Mike Greenberg of ESPN2’s “Mike & Mike,” as well as Michael Smith of ESPN2’s “His & Hers,” who said U.S. Olympians such as NBA star Carmelo Anthony should “seriously consider” boycotting Rio to protest police shootings and gun laws in the U.S. During a one-on-one interview at the studio home of “Saturday Night Live,” Lazarus said it’s “hypocritical” for Americans to call for boycotting global sporting events in foreign countries such....

Mexico is the world’s largest consumer of soft drinks, by a factor of about three to one. (The United States is No. 2.) But here in the southern province of Chiapas, Coca-Cola is more than just a fizzy drink. Around the square in San Juan Chamula, groups of indigenous Indian men, wearing the traditional black wool vests of the Tzotziles, sit around white plastic tables, talking quietly. Each has in front of him a 12-ounce glass bottle of “agua negra,” as they often call it, which they drink slowly and earnestly, holding in the other hand the long wooden sticks, known as toletes, that in Chiapas serve as symbols of authority....

Among those praising Moore was Levante manager Juan Roman Lopez Muniz, who wasn’t surprised to see the 21-year-old fullback play well. “We never had any doubt,” Muniz told reporters after Sunday’s victory. “He’s a player that we’ve said for a long time that he’s young, he comes from the second team, that comes from a lower level, and the level in the first division is high, and he had a rival in front of high of high quality, but we knew he would do well....

Hamilton’s return to social media is currently the hottest topic in the F1 world, with multiple fans reacting to the picture of the Briton smiling in the Grand Canyon. One fan, however, decided to give his take on the world champion’s smile, claiming that it is the smile of someone who knows something the general public does not. The tweet read: Hamilton’s smile was unlikely to be an indicator of anything but his mood at the time of being photographed....

Hirsch debuted with CZW in 2017 and became one of the Newark-based promotion’s best-kept secrets. In 2019, she hit the ground running as she worked with indie companies like WXW, Beyond, Queens of Combat, Battle Club Pro, Women’s Wrestling Revolution, Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling and Pro Wrestling: E, to name a few. This coming-out party led to a tour in Japan with STARDOM. During her foray into Joshi wrestling, Hirsch worked alongside the late Hana Kimura as a member of her recently defunct unit, Tokyo Cyber Squad....

It was the first all-teenager final since the 1999 US Open final where 17-year-old Serena Williams lifted her first Grand Slam title, defeating 18-year-old Martina Hingis. Leylah Fernandez shared a heartfelt message on her social media cherishing her triumphant year. The 19-year-old pulled off some magnificent upsets en route to the 2021 final. She outwitted Ana Konjuh, Kaia Kanepi, Naomi Osaka, Angelique Kerber, Elina Svitolina and Aryna Sabalenka to enter the final two....

Also at MWC 2015: LG Urbane Watch hands-on review | Honor 6 Plus hands-on review All four smartphones run Android 5.0 Lollipop with LG’s UX interface, each has 8GB of internal storage, and each is available in 3G and 4G models. They differ when it comes to design, specs and of course price, so we’ll talk you through each model here and give you our first impressions of the smartphones after spending some time with them at MWC 2015....

The 32GP850-B will set you back £449 in the UK and $476 in the US, though, and that’s money that you could also spend on a gaming display with different and potentially more useful attributes. Let’s see if the UltraGear 32GP850-B is the best gaming monitor for you. Design & Build A large panel with a sensible resolutionGood-looking, with solid connectivity and sensible designA slick and easy to use on-screen display...

“If they didn’t tell me to do it,” Ball said. “It wouldn’t have been in there.” LaVar Ball, LiAngelo’s outspoken father, was next to LiAngelo during the interview and was asked if he any had any say. In other interviews, LaVar Ball has made it clear he’s not sure if Trump did anything to help his son, but said he let his kid make his own decision on the subject....