We wanted video replay in soccer, and it doesn't work now that we have it

Mexico and New Zealand got into a melee at the end of their Confederations Cup clash on Wednesday, and the Video Assistant Referee review somehow turned out to be a bigger mess. The arrival of the Video Assistant Referee — or VAR — to help adjudicate every other decision hasn’t made the game better. Now in use in the first major tournament, the ongoing Confederations Cup in Russia, the technology has revealed itself as unready to be integrated seamlessly into the game just yet.

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  Confederations Cup: Hudson claims New Zealand are not scared of Ronaldo and Portugal

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  Mexico roll past New Zealand with second half surge

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Wrestler promotes match by saying dumb thing

Alberto El Patron will wrestle Bobby Lashley at Slammiversary on July 2, 2017, in Orlando, Florida. One week later, Brock Lesnar will wrestle Samoa Joe at Great Balls of Fire on July 9, 2017, in Dallas, Texas. El Patron, while promoting his match during an interview with Sports Illustrated, made the following claim: “Our match is going to be a thousand times better. I have deep respect for Brock Lesnar and Samoa Joe, and I know they’ll give the fans an amazing match, but they’ll be limited by the politics in that company. That company won’t let one of them give one-hundred percent to the audience, they’re going to hold them back. Impact Wrestling says, ‘Here is the ring, go do your thing.’” No.