Replays will not be shown on stadium video screens during this year’s World Cup.
FIFA, meeting in Zurich, decided Thursday that only transmissions of live action will be allowed during the tournament in Japan and South Korea.
Referees recommended the move, which was approved by the Cup organizing committee.
– Mexican midfielder Jesus Arellano was suspended from the first two games of this year’s World Cup by FIFA for fighting in a qualifier against Costa Rica last October.
– Shannon MacMillan scored three goals to lead the United States over Denmark 3-2 in the fifth-place game of the Algarve Cup at Albufeira, Portugal.
College football: Southern Mississippi has dismissed running back Timmy Blackwell, who missed three games last season due to suspensions, from the team after the sophomore failed to participate in any of the team’s off-season workouts.
Figure skating: Marie-Reine Le Gougne, the French judge at the center of the Winter Olympics’ scandal, said she was trapped by international officials and the news media into falsely accusing her national federation of pressuring her.
– A dislocated shoulder will prevent Angela Nikodinov from taking Olympic champion Sarah Hughes’ place on the U.S. team at the March 18-24 World Championships in Nagano, Japan. The spot opened by Hughes’ withdrawal now will be offered to Jenny Kirk, fifth at this year’s national meet.
Hockey: Petr Sachl’s first-period goal put Milwaukee ahead to stay in a 3-1 AHL victory over the visiting Wolves.
Running: Olympian Alvin Harrison won the 200 and 400 meters while Cathy Freeman found her international comeback tougher than expected at the Melbourne Classic when she finished fourth in the women’s 200.
