Football fans have uploaded videos in various angles showing Vlaar's penalty kick. When the Aston Villa defender turned his back from the goalpost after Romero had saved the ball, the ball had spun back into the net and landed up to the goalline, where it stopped dead. At another angle, the ball appeared to have touched Vlaar, just brushing past his shoulder that had sent it to the goalpost after Romero had saved the ball.
The Telegraph said California-based John Wayne Enterprises has filed a federal lawsuit to assert their rights to the name "Duke" of which the company said is the late actor's moniker since childhood, for their commercial products. lawyers of the North Carolina university has since insisted that the use of the name "Duke" would "diminish, dilute and tarnish" the value of the school's name. The paper said that both parties hold trademarks to the name.
The Associated Press said that as of Friday, over 900 targets have been attacked so far and had resulted to over 85 casualties and 300 civilians injured. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has since cautioned both factions about the consequences of their conflict. Christian Science Monitor reported that the Security Council is expected to have an emergency meeting to discuss the Middle Eastern fighting.
At the moment, FIFA has set in place a concussion sideline assessment in the form of a list of questions to be asked in a player. But for players who are playing for world recognition and pride for their country, time is precious during an ongoing match that they have the power to overrule and disregard the concussion assessment.
