Sweden has become the first country to refuse to use Video Assistant Referees following a fan revolt against its introduction.
Now and again, too rarely, you get a sense of your life slipping away in real time. Usually this comes during hour two of a zonked-out doomscroll, realising you have consumed everything new across your preferred social networks with nothing to show for it beyond a jangly, hollowed-out feeling. You can achieve a similar effect with prolonged exposure to the VAR discourse.
US-China relations are at risk of taking a “downward spiral”, Antony Blinken was warned during his trip to Beijing on Friday.