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Osasu Obayiuwana: Why progress should not hold football back

With the World Cup in Brazil being the first in which Goal Line Technology (GLT) is used, to ascertain whether a ball has crossed the line, its effectiveness – and using similar aids, to reduce other refereeing errors – will certainly be a regular talking point.

And not just amongst fans, as the animated conversation between Didier Deschamps and Luis Suarez, the managers of France and Honduras, over Les Bleus’ second goal, in their 3-0 win in Group E,

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The World Cup sickie phenomenon hits East and West

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By Mark Baber
June 20- Media stories about employees taking time off work because of the World Cup, which began with stories in the Chinese media of fake sick notes being sold to Chinese fans, were eagerly picked up by Western media for their interest value have now returned home with evidence the UK economy will be taking a hit from yesterday’s England-Uruguay game.

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Mass-murder of World Cup fans in Nigeria likely the work of Boko Haram

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By Mark Baber
June 20- Despite there being no immediate claim of responsibility, Boko Haram militants are almost certainly behind Wednesday’s bombing in northern Nigeria which targeted football fans watching Brazil playing Mexico, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens including men, women and children.

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Swansea City hail new Goldenway deal as biggest in the club’s history

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By Mark Baber
June 20- Swansea City has agreed a two-year extension with Hong Kong-based Goldenway Global Group as the club’s main sponsor. The deal means Goldenway’s GWFX brand logo will remain on player shirts, following the success of the initial one year partnership.

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Day 9 pre-match stat pack: ITA v COR, FRA vs SUI, HON vs ECU

June 20 – Italy are on the longest goal streak of any team in the World Cup but they need to beware an underestimated Costa Rica; the last three France vs Switzerland games have been drawn; Honduras have yet to win a World Cup game but Ecudor can expect a muscled approach.

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Castol Activ gets social in India with ‘second screen’ focus

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June 20 – Castrol Activ has avoided the scramble for TV audiences and switched from a traditional TV-based marketing campaign to focus their world cup promotion on ‘second screen’ technology. The World Cup sponsor is running a digital and social media campaign in collaboration with digital marketing agency FoxyMoron called ‘Castrol Activ Cling On To Football’.

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FIFA and LOC promise tighter security in aftermath of Chilean fans stampede

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By Andrew Warshaw in Belo Horizonte
June 20 – FIFA and World Cup organisers have promised there will be no repeat of the security breach that saw dozens of ticketless Chilean fans detained after smashing their way into the Maracana stadium media centre ahead of their team’s 2-0 win over Spain that knocked out the defending champions.

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FIFA cracks down on ticket touts after two caught selling in official hotel

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By Andrew Warshaw in Belo Horizonte
June 20 – Two ticket touts have been arrested after infiltrating one of the official FIFA hotels in Rio de Janeiro, FIFA marketing director Thierry Weil revealed at a news briefing today. FIFA called police to the Sofitel hotel near the famous Copacabana beach and “the reaction was immediate,” Weil said.

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World Cup shorts: Football, music and religion. Three passions, one feeling

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June 20 – From foaming at the mouth to foam on your boots, Brazil 2014 is providing the lot. INSIDEworldfootball chief correspondent Andrew Warshaw is in Belo Horizonte awaiting the arrival of Lionel Messi and his mates. Here are some of the other things that are occupying his agenda

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Burrda Sport – Belgian football’s Qatar connection

By David Owen
June 19 – Anyone with an eye for such things might have noticed, as much-fancied Belgium laboured to get the better of Algeria in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday, that the kit worn by world football’s other Red Devils bore an unfamiliar logo.

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FIFA clean-up falters as FARE reports discriminatory chanting at group games

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By Andrew Warshaw in Belo Horizonte
June 19 – After promising that the World Cup would be the most culturally inclusive to date and send a positive message around the world, FIFA have been hit with a number of racism reports involving fans from up to four of the finalists.

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FIFA issues warning to Botswana: comply or face expulsion

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By Mark Baber
June 19 – The long-running dispute over Botswana President Ian Khama’s (pictured) constituency football tournaments has reached a new level of seriousness as FIFA insist the issue of bringing the tournaments under the authority of the Botswana Football Association (BFA) must be resolved by September 22 or the BFA faces possible suspension from FIFA.

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Matt Scott: Hertha Berlin – what it tells football about tapping into a new world of riches

“How does it feel to have a trillion dollars burning a hole in your pocket?” Andrew Blackman, the Wall Street Journal

Not since the conquistadors discovered Potosí, Bolivia’s famed silver-ore mountain and “Cerro Rico”, has anyone known the answer to the question Blackman rhetorically posed this week. But with the data-cruncher Prequin estimating that private-equity firms now hold $1.141 trillion in investible funds, the managed-investment arm of the financial-services industry seems to have a fair idea.

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Day 8, round 2, pre-match stats: COL v COI, URU v ENG, JAP v GRE

June 19 – Didier Droga has already proved he should never be written off as Ivory Coast carry a continent’s hopes. Uruguay and England, Japan and Greece are must-win face-offs.

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World Cup TV viewing data in Africa shows strong youth demand

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June 19 – World Cup TV viewing data in the African continent is showing pan-regional interest in the World Cup and in African teams in particular. GeoPoll has released data on viewing figures in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda showing large proportions of national populations are tuning in, skewed strongly towards young adult males.