Life Goes On

So Russia will host the 2018 World Cup and, within minutes of the announcement, the recriminations have started.

I might be wrong, but surely football is a game? You win some and you lose some.

This time we lost!
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Wanna Bet?

On Monday evening BBCs Panorama programme alleged that three FIFA executive committee members of accepting ‘corrupt’ payments and that its vice-president attempted to supply ticket touts.

Since all four men are part of the committee that will vote on the 2018 and 2022 hosts, one would think that England’s chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup were slim indeed.

But an official from England 2018 said yesterday: ‘The BBC’s Panorama did nothing more than rake over a series of historical allegations none of which are relevant to the current bidding process.’

I wouldn’t like to bet on it!
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Goal?

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It is for debate whether the disallowed goal in the England v Germany match would have made any difference to the end result, but already there are increasing calls for technology to be used to monitor goal lines in the same way that it is already used in other sports.

Cameras are one option that has been suggested. Another is to install a chip in the ball which will react with sensors behind goal lines. Of course, if there is mistrust of technology for this particular sport, there is a much simpler and possibly less expensive solution.

That is to appoint a couple of junior or trainee referees just to keep watch over goal lines in major tournaments. But they would need to have perfect vision!
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