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The pitch invasion during an A-League Melbourne derby in December has been described as “the worst witnessed in Australian football” by Football Australia CEO James Johnson. “We cannot let this happen again in our game,” Mr Johnson told reporters at a media conference on Tuesday. “We believe a strong sanction, both financial and also sporting, is warranted and justified.” The A-League has implemented a suspended 10-point deduction for future supporter misconduct. This sanction will come into effect for the remainder of the 2022/23 season and is to remain until the conclusion of the 2025/26 season. Source: Sky News

The government of Nicolas Maduro has been criticised for barring potential challengers from seeking office.A court in Venezuela has issued arrest warrants for three opposition leaders who have publicly denounced the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro, accusing them of treason, money laundering and impersonating public officials. The warrants come after the three legislators were named last week to the head of Venezuela’s opposition government, which refuses to recognise the authority of Maduro’s presidency. Dinorah Figuera was appointed president of Venezuela’s opposition legislature alongside two vice presidents, Auristela Vasquez and Marianela Fernandez. All three live abroad to avoid what they…

Members of the public have been asked to avoid wild swimming and other water-based activities following two tragic deaths after more flood warnings were issuedVideo LoadingVideo UnavailableThe video will auto-play soon8CancelPlay nowBrits have been told to avoid large bodies of water as concerns grow over further flooding. Yellow weather warnings are in place for large parts of Wales and northwest England on Tuesday as heavy downpours are expected to fall on already wet ground. The Met Office said “persistent heavy rain may lead to some disruption” in the morning, including delays from spray and flooding on roads, impacts on bus…

Hero, zeros and full blitz from Georgia’s national championship win over TCU on Monday: Hero Who else but Stetson Bennett? Bennett could have left Georgia last year as a program hero. Instead he returned and might have earned himself a statue outside Sanford Stadium, finishing his career with an 18 of 25, 304-yard, six-touchdown performance for a second national title.  Zero TCU needed an unreal performance from Max Duggan to have a chance. Instead, Duggan never found a rhythm, getting picked off twice and failing to muster his usual magic as Georgia’s defense put TCU to sleep.  Brock Bowers catches a…

Hikeshi Spirit, a clothing store in Tokyo’s Asakusa district that was hugely popular with Chinese tourists before the pandemic, is also hoping this key customer segment will join other nationalities in returning soon, sales manager Masaki Nagayama said. “About 90 per cent of our staff can speak English, so with the timing for Chinese customers, we would like to think about hiring staff who can speak Chinese,” he said. In Thailand, the deputy prime minister personally welcomed Chinese tourists at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on Monday, a day after China’s border reopening, and the country now hopes Chinese visitors can double…

In the College Football Playoff semifinal, Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver Ladd McConkey was battling through a knee injury that had been bugging him the late few weeks of the season. There was no telling how he would play against TCU in the national championship game on Monday night. The answer? Two touchdowns and 88 yards on five receptions in the 65-7 beatdown by the Bulldogs over the Horned Frogs. “I feel like we started clicking,” McConkey told Fox News Digital in the Georgia locker room after the Bulldogs set the new college football record for most points scored in a title game.…

London and Brussels have secured a breakthrough in the corrosive dispute over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading relations, clearing the way for a new push to resolve the longstanding issue.After months of deadlock and acrimony, the UK and EU issued a joint statement yesterday proclaiming a tentative deal that would give Brussels access to the UK’s IT systems for trade across the Irish Sea.The statement described the talks between James Cleverly, UK foreign secretary, and Maroš Šefčovič, European Commission vice-president, as “cordial and constructive”. An EU official said: “It’s looking good.”Cleverly and Šefčovič will meet again on January 16, with EU…

A suspended 10-point deduction which “may be triggered” for each instance of “serious supporter misconduct” will be introduced in the wake of pitch invader scenes at an A-League match, according to Football Australia CEO James Johnson.Mr Johnson has fronted a media conference to publicly declare the future ramifications for riotous supporters.He said the sanctions are in effect for the remainder of the current A-League season and “also for the following three A-League men’s seasons”.“This sanction will not conclude until the 2025/26 A-League men’s season concludes,” he said.“Football Australia has also determined, with competition integrity at the heart of our decision…

AI crypto platforms and their native tokens are trending as traders predict artificial intelligence to be the next big thing in blockchain alongside the explosion in popularity of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, generative AI and similar technologies. Are they right?AI Crypto Predictions from TradersThis month analyst Bleeding Crypto, who has 63k followers, tweeted:I believe AI will be the next hype of the 2024 / 2025 cycle so we need as much information on those projects and to get in while they are a few Satoshis.Muro also posted a nine tweet thread for his 242k followers earlier in January:In December 2022 popular influencer…

“Our government’s enhanced quarantine measures on travellers from China are based on scientific and objective evidence,” Lim Soo-suk, a spokesperson for Seoul’s foreign ministry, told a regular briefing following the announcement. South Korea began requiring travellers from China to undergo a PCR test upon arrival from last week, joining a growing list of countries imposing border restrictions amid concern over infections following China’s decision to end its zero-COVID policies. Effective Thursday, arrivals are also required to provide a negative PCR result, taken within 48 hours of the beginning of the journey to South Korea, or a rapid antigen test taken…