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Germany, which previously staged the event as West Germany in
1988 and successfully held the 2006 World Cup, won the vote among UEFA’s
executive committee after a four-year campaign. Germany received 12 of the 17
votes with four for Turkey and one abstention.
* The Asian Football Confederation plans to introduce the Video
Assistant Referee (VAR) system at next year's Asian Cup finals, the regional
governing body said on Thursday. The extended 2019 Asian Cup will see 24
teams taking part for the first time, up from the 16 that competed in the
last four editions.
* Madrid has been selected to host the first two revamped Davis
Cup finals in 2019 and 2020, the premier international men's team event
organisers announced on Thursday. The revised week-long, 18-team finals are
scheduled to be held at La Caja Magica, the current venue for the Madrid
Open, in November 2019, while the following edition will be held at either
the same location or the WiZink Centre.
* Japan will not introduce daylight saving time for the 2020
Summer Olympics in Tokyo because public opinion is against the proposal, the
Asahi Newspaper reported on Thursday. Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics
originally floated the idea of setting clocks back one to two hours after
scorching heat this summer killed at least 120 people, raising concerns about
the safety of athletes, particularly marathon runners.
* UEFA has confirmed the use of video assistant referees (VARs)
in the Champions League from next season and plans to use them at Euro 2020,
European football's ruling body said on Thursday. UEFA's executive committee
agreed that the VAR system would be used in the final qualifying round, the
group stage and the knockout stages of next season's Champions League.
* Cristiano Ronaldo will be suspended for only one game after
his dismissal in the Champions League, paving the way for his return for
Juventus against his former club Manchester United, European football's
governing body UEFA said on Thursday. The 33-year-old's punishment will not
exceed a one-game suspension which means he will only be unavailable for next
week's Group H clash at Swiss side Young Boys.
* FC Barcelona confirmed on Thursday that Spain international
midfielder Sergio Busquets has agreed a new contract with the club. The
30-year-old signed his new deal on Thursday lunchtime prolonging his stay at
the Camp Nou Stadium until the end of June 2023 and increasing his buyout
clause from 200 to 500 million euros.
* The Russian city of St Petersburg will host the 2023 world ice
hockey championship, the Russian hockey federation said in a statement on
Thursday. The federation's deputy president, Roman Rotenberg, told TASS news
agency that the 2024 and 2025 world championships will be held in the Czech
Republic and Sweden, respectively.
* A bid for Wembley stadium is an open goal for Britain’s top
football body. Pakistani-American billionaire Shahid Khan has offered a
staggering 600 million pounds for the UK’s national stadium.
* Tiger Woods will partner Patrick Reed against Francesco
Molinari and Tommy Fleetwood in the fourth and final fourballs match when the
Ryder Cup gets underway on Friday, a grouping sure to be the number one draw
for fans at Le Golf National.
* Ashleigh Barty beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 5-7 6-4 to
reach the semi-finals at the Wuhan Open on Thursday. The Australian world
number 17 next plays Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated 2016 finalist Dominika
Cibulkova 7-5 6-3.
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Source: NDO
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