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Overstretched Referees Re "Officially Wrong" [July 3], about the World Cup referees making bad calls: A single referee must linger near the center of the field and watch all the action from a distance. Since most penalties occur near the goals, it is understandable that refs make such bad calls...
A democracy of more than 1 billion people, many profiting from a reformed economy, India is turning itself into a primary player in the global marketplace. Readers welcomed the rise of a free society, although not without a few misgivings about the lingering effects of the caste system and corruption...
High-Tech Referees Re "Technophobia" [June 26], your article on why high-tech solutions aren't being used to reduce referee errors in football: Football's world governing body-the Fédération Internationale de Football Association-shouldn't be so closed-minded about the effects of modern...
TIME recommended giving football the same number of officials that tennis and rugby matches use. But just one additional assistant referee with a TV set would be enough. Referee errors get more annoying as TV coverage matures to perfection: instant slow-motion replays from different angles show exactly whether a...
And that's only half the problem. Since 2000, with the collapse of any Arab-Israeli peace process, the start of the war on terrorism and the U.S. invasion of Iraq, regional actors have lacked a clear compass, rules of the road or a referee. Syria is being told to...