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PGMOL chief refereeing officer Howard Webb has outlined the steps Premier League referees have taken to avoid a blunder similar to Luis Diaz's disallowed goal at Tottenham in the future. Diaz's clearly-onside effort in north London was chalked off due to a VAR blunder . Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp called for a replay while his club questioned the "sporting integrity" of the 2-1 defeat due to the mishap. PGMOL said the failure to award the goal was down to "significant human error" and the released audio confirmed an embarrassing communication breakdown between on-field referee Simon Hooper, VAR Darren England and AVAR Dan Cook. The game was goalless at the time of Diaz's goal. Curtis Jones had earlier been sent off before Son Heung-min and Cody Gakpo struck before half-time. Diogo Jota was then dismissed for two bookable offences in the second half as Joel Matip scored an own goal to seal the win for Spurs. Webb spoke about incident on Match Official...

As two teenagers face murder charges in an alleged intentional hit-and-run, the victim's family is reeling from the "cold and callous" way he died. As two teenagers face murder charges in an alleged intentional hit-and-run that killed a retired police chief who was biking in Las Vegas, the victim's family is reeling from the "cold and callous " way he died. Andreas "Andy" Probst, 64, a former police chief for Bell, California, died after a vehicle slammed into him while riding in a designated bike lane last month, authorities said. Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill called it a "senseless murder," with the two suspects accused of intentionally striking Probst and then leaving him for dead. Andy Probst is shown in this undated file photo. LinkedIn "We are beside ourselves with the tragic loss of my husband and our children's father," the Probst family said in a statement to ABC News on Tuesday. "There are no wor...

Most of the casualties in Libya's floods could have been avoided if it had a functional meteorological service, the World Meteorological Organization chief said. Most of the casualties in the devastating Libya floods could have been avoided if the divided country had a functioning meteorological service, the head of the United Nation's World Meteorological Organization said Thursday. At least 6,000 people have died after widespread flooding washed away entire neighborhoods in eastern Libya over the weekend during Mediterranean storm Daniel. At least 9,000 people are missing, according to the Libyan Interior Ministry. The port city of Derna was especially hard-hit; the collapse of two dams wiped out a quarter of the area. The deaths in the city could reach upwards of 20,000 people, based on the extent of the damage, according to Derna Mayor Abdulmenam al-Ghaithi. A view shows the damaged areas, in the aftermath of the floods in Derna, Libya, Sept. 13, 2023, in this screen gr...

Elon Musk has named former NBCUniversal advertising chief Linda Yaccarino as Twitter's new CEO, as the company tries to reverse a plunge in ad revenue. Yaccarino will take over a social media platform beset with challenges and a heavy debt load, after she spent several years modernizing the advertising business at NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast Corp. "I am excited to welcome Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter!" Musk said in a tweet on Friday. "@LindaYacc will focus primarily on Business operations, while I focus on product design & new Technology ." Since Musk acquired Twitter in October, advertisers have fled the social media platform, worried that their ads could appear next to inappropriate content after the company lost nearly 80% of staff. Musk earlier this year acknowledged that Twitter suffered a massive decline in ad revenue. Twitter's "trajectory will immediately take a 180-degree turn" under her leadership, sai...

Japan’s public safety chief has come under fire for his remark that he enjoyed eel rice so much that he kept eating after his agency informed him of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s narrow escape from a pipe bomb attack two weeks ago TOKYO -- Japan's public safety chief has come under fire for his remark that he enjoyed eel rice so much that he kept eating after his agency informed him of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's narrow escape from a pipe bomb attack two weeks ago. Koichi Tani, chair of the National Public Safety Commission for Kishida's Cabinet, told a governing party gathering Tuesday that he had the local delicacy in front of him for lunch when the phone rang. “I was told that we can eat delicious unagi (eel) rice bowl there, and I was really looking forward to it," Tani told party lawmakers. “Just as I was going to dig into it, I got a call from the National Police Agency saying something was thrown at the prime minister in Wakayama," Tani said. “But I f...