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VAR (Video Assistant Referee ) was introduced to reduce the number of officiating errors in matches.
It uses a team of officials based in a screening room to watch the match and review certain decisions made by the on-pitch referee.
Currently in FIFA football tournaments, only four types of decisions are able to use VAR: penalties, goals, red cards and cases of mistaken identity.
To activate the system for one of these decisions, the center referee can call for VAR assistance.
The team of officials then review the incident in a control room.
The officials at the control room have access to more than 30 different camera angles, including eight in super slow motion and four in ultra slow motion.
Referees then wait to be told what to do, which sometimes includes going to review a decision themselves on an off-pitch monitor.
The VAR team can communicate with the center referee via a microphone and an earpiece.
The combination of camera angles, computers and slow motion cameras is providing referees with all the tools for good decision making.
One will say that the break in play is new to football, and the reluctance to accept extended pauses is putting pressure on the system to make the right decision .
Imagine supporting your favorite team at the ongoing FIFA tournament and you have to hold off celebrating a goal until a confirmation is received from VAR.
This act hampers the excitement and the spirit of the game.
The fear is that as the relentless progress of technology continues, football might just lose the magic that made it so special.

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President Buhari today at the State House met with the Governors of Imo and Kano States, Rochas Okorocha and Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, respectively. Details of their meeting were not available as at the time of this report.

With so many players and referees from different parts of the world. Football games operate as smoothly as they do with players and referees shouting at each other. One begins to wonder if they speak the same language , knowing fully well that most players can't communicate in English. So, what languages do soccer referees speak in FIFA World Cup?

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In Paderno Dugnano, a little city close to Milan, Italy, there is a pink-walled factory. This, in such a low-key area, is where the trophy is made.
The golden original, property of FIFA and rarely exhibited, was designed in 1970 by artist Silvio Gazzaniga, winning the international contest for the new World Cup trophy.
Every four years, a brass copy of the trophy is provided and handed to the football federation of the winning side.
The pictures below show different stages of foundry ,treatment, chiseling and polishing the trophy undergoes before it could be handed over to FIFA.

http://www.currentgist.com.ng/2018/06/see-where-and-how-fifa-world-cup-trophy.html?m=1

The former Argentina superstar found himself embroiled in controversy following an incident where the soccer legend appeared to have made a racist gesture towards a young fan.

While meeting supporters from South Korea ahead of Argentina’s match with Iceland over the weekend, Maradona spotted a young boy wearing one of his country’s jerseys and reportedly pulled his eyes back and to the side in an unabashedly racist manner.

The gesture was immediately met with outrage from soccer fans around the world.
Maradona responded to the incident with a Facebook post on Sunday morning that downplayed the moment, though he didn’t deny or apologize for his act.

“I understand better than anyone that during the World Cup people are always looking for news at all costs,” Maradona wrote. “But let’s take it easy: Today, at the stadium, among the many demonstrations of affection of people, my attention was attracted by a group of people around a fan who was filming us, an Asian boy wearing an Argentina shirt. I, from far away, tried to tell him how nice it seemed to me that even Asians would come for us. And that’s it, guys. Please.”

FIFA has long been concerned with racism among supporters and has taken numerous steps in recent years to enforce penalties against those who commit such acts. With Maradona seen as a living legend by many of the game’s fans, his words and actions always carry an added weight — especially when the World Cup comes around.

After the Iceland-Argentina match, Maradona also apologized for smoking a cigar in the stadium in violation of the World Cup’s policy on tobacco.

“I honestly did not know that no one can smoke in the stadiums,” Maradona wrote. “I apologize to everyone and the organization.”

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/diego-maradona-responds-criticism-alleged-racist-gesture-200235188.html

The World Cup is on-going in Russia, and some of soccer's biggest stars are playing in the tournament.
32 squads, which totals to 736 players, will battle it out in Russia for two weeks to win soccer's biggest crown.
So which club team sent the most players to the World Cup?
Below is a list of the top 10:
1. Manchester City (16 players)
2. Real Madrid (15)
3. Barcelona (14)
4. Paris Saint-Germain (12)
5. Chelsea (12)
6. Tottenham (12)
7. Juventus (11)
8. Manchester United (11)
9. Bayern Munich (11)
10. Athletico Madrid (9)

http://www.currentgist.com.ng/2018/06/see-club-team-with-most-players-at.html?m=1

Happy birthday to Odion Ighalo of super eagles. Many more fruitful years !

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Tonto dike engaged bobrisky in a deep kiss that got fans talking. It was learnt that the kissing occurred at bobrisky sister's birthday bash. What do u think?

http://www.currentgist.com.ng/2018/06/kissing-between-tonto-dike-and-bobrisky.html?m=1

The visit would have been an impromptu arrangement to uncover the atrocities going on in SARS cells. With this information they will prepare for their coming.

The Inspector-General of Police has approved the request of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to commence an independent audit of detention cells in all police commands and formations in Nigeria including those of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

These visits will enable the NHRC oversee the human rights situation of detainees as well as undertake general audit of the state of Police detention facilities (cells) in the country. This exercise is part of the NHRC 2018 audit of police detention centers in Nigeria.

http://www.currentgist.com.ng/2018/06/human-rights-commission-to-conduct.html?m=1

Masquerade receiving blessings from reverend father.

Prof. Yemi osibanjo has inaugurated the Advisory Group on Technology and Creativity which is a part of the Industrial Policy and Competitiveness Advisory Council which was established by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2017.

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Temitope Balogun Joshua (born June 12, 1963), commonly referred to as T. B. Joshua, is a Nigerian Pastor, televangelist and philanthropist. He is the leader and founder of The Synagogue, Church of All Nations (SCOAN), a Christian organisation that runs the Emmanuel TV television station from Lagos.
He is celebrating his birthday today with his congregations all over the world. Happy birthday man of God!
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