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Growing up in the UK, photographer Jamie McGregor Smith was familiar with traditional churches and their historic architecture. But in 2018, when McGregor Smith and his family moved to Vienna, Austria, he noticed cathedrals and churches across Europe built in a 20th century brutalist style. Intrigued, McGregor Smith planned a series of train journeys across Europe to find out more about these modernist places of worship. Over four years, McGregor Smith photographed close to 200 churches across eight countries, all designed and constructed in the 1960s and 1970s. “Even though (the churches) are now 50 years old, they still have this feeling of transporting you to some timeless space in the future,” McGregor Smith said in an interview with CNN.

@LeticinhaCortez great honor for me, but also for the University of Southern California. I look forward to attending future ceremonies and sharing this moment with my alma mater."

Bush will also be invited to future Heisman Trophy ceremonies and USC will receive a replica trophy. “I am grateful to once again be recognized as the recipient of the Heisman Trophy,” Bush said in a statement released by his representatives. “This reinstatement is not only a personal victory but also a validation of the tireless efforts of my supporters and advocates who have stood by me throughout this arduous journey. “I want to make it abundantly clear that I have always acted with integrity and in accordance with the rules and regulations set forth by the NCAA. The allegations brought against me were unfounded and unsupported by evidence, and I am grateful that the truth is finally prevailing.” With Bush’s reinstatement, USC has the most Heisman Trophy winners in college football, with eight. Former NFL quarterback and 2012 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel thanked the Trust “for doing what’s right and welcoming a storied member of our history back into the fold.” “There were many voices throughout this process that stood on the table for Reggie simply because of the kind of human being he is. I look forward to being on that stage with you this December @ReggieBush you deserve it” Manziel wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Following his three seasons with USC, Bush played 11 seasons in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills, rushing for 5,490 yards and 36 touchdowns and catching 477 passes for 3,598 yards and 18 TDs in 134 regular season games. Bush helped the Saints win their first Vince Lombardi trophy in Super Bowl XLIV.

@GkNvl to scouting events, talent is now being sourced globally, opening up opportunities for players and coaches from around the world to break into the NFL.

For years, the NFL acted as a closed-door shop. Player and coaching prospects almost entirely came through the college system, originating from the US and following the usual pathways to reach the professional game. But in recent years, those horizons have broadened. From games hosted around the world to players arriving from non-traditional football nations, the NFL’s international growth has been a priority for league officials in recent years. And one man who helped propel those changes and is a shining example of that globalization is Aden Durde. The British-born former linebacker was instrumental in the foundation of the International Player Pathway (IPP) program – through which the NFL has seen an influx of foreign talent – and is spearheading a new wave of international coaches. His rise from coaching American football teams in London to being handed the defensive reins of an NFL franchise is one of adaptability and humbleness. While he is the first to reach where he is from the UK, his trailblazing achievements don’t quite hold the same sort of weight as they did before, despite the pride he feels. “I would say I feel that I was the ‘first’ when I was a [quality control coach with the Atlanta Falcons in 2018], so it’s kind of like always kind of been a little bit different and it hasn’t really bothered me,” Durde told CNN Sport. “I just kind of work and be myself and learn and work and try and do the job as best as I possibly can do it and that’s worked for me.” Exposure While soccer or rugby were traditionally the sports of choice for many young people in Britain, football was the sport of choice for Durde. He first began playing for the Greenwich-based London Olympians, before eventually being selected to play in NFL Europe, first with the Scottish Claymores and then the Hamburg Sea Devils; Durde played linebacker in Hamburg’s victorious 2007 NFL Europe World Bowl XV Championship team.

@DieGndz development, breaking barriers and creating opportunities for aspiring athletes.

Breaking barriers As a non US-based member of the football fraternity, Durde knows what it’s like to be on the outside. And that’s why the Londoner made it a main goal of his to open pathways for those to come. For three years, Durde served as NFL UK’s head of football development. And, together with two-time Super Bowl-winning player and fellow former Brit Osi Umenyiora, they helped craft the IPP program. As the NFL says, the program “aims to provide elite athletes from around the world the opportunity to earn a spot on an NFL roster and increase the number of international players in the league.” It’s been a slow burn, but recent years have seen an influx of talent onto active rosters via the program, with a number of high-profile success stories already. Washington Commanders defensive end Efe Obada is heading into his ninth season in the NFL, former rugby player Jordan Mailata is the Philadelphia Eagles’ left tackle, and just recently, Wales rugby international Louis Rees-Zammit has signed with the Kansas City Chiefs.

@gz05 coach in the NFL to hold a full-time coaching position.

Coordinating In his own line of work, Durde has been blazing his own trail. He spent three seasons as part of the Falcons’ defensive coaching staff, working across a number of roles under head coach Dan Quinn. His permanent hiring in 2018 meant Durde became the first British full-time coach in NFL history. Coming from a different background does pose its own unique challenges, but the authenticity of Durde’s coaching style immediately lent himself to his players. “I didn’t know what to think of him,” former Falcons linebacker coach Jeff Ulbrich told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2020. “I just knew he had a British accent, and he was very interesting. “But he’s become one of my best friends. He’s this transparent human being that we all need in our lives. He’s incapable of [faking it with] anyone about anything. He doesn’t care if you’re the president. He doesn’t care if you’re a CEO. He’s going to tell you what’s on his mind and we all need that.” Following Quinn’s departure from Atlanta and subsequent hiring as the Cowboys’ defensive coordinator, Durde followed him to Texas to work as the team’s defensive line coach. Under Durde’s stewardship, Dallas’ defensive line developed into one of the most feared in the league, in particular star linebacker Micah Parsons. Parsons, who was a rookie in Durde’s first season with the Cowboys, was a game-wrecking force for Dallas and – during the Brit’s three years there – recorded 40.5 sacks, making him the fifth player since 1982 to record at least 40 sacks in his first three seasons. Parsons was also a three-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro during that time.

@ozgrerdogdu racist abuse during matches, saying, “It shouldn’t be happening.”

‘It shouldn’t be happening’ Earlier this year, Brazilian superstar Vinícius Jr. broke down in tears in an emotional media conference while speaking about his experience with racist abuse while playing for Real Madrid in Spain. The 23-year-old Brazilian has been subjected to racism from fans of opposing teams on multiple occasions, including an effigy of the Brazilian being hung from a bridge before his side’s clash against city rival Atlético Madrid in January 2023 and persistent racial abuse in a match against Valencia later that year. Racist slurs have also been caught on camera during Madrid’s matches at Osasuna, Mallorca, Real Valladolid and Atlético. “I just want to play football, but it’s hard to move forward … I feel less and less like playing,” an emotional Vinícius told reporters earlier this year. Bellingham is aware it shouldn’t be up to players to solve the issues themselves, but he’s intent on raising awareness to pressure the game’s governing bodies to act. “We can all say that we want to do things or say it should change, but I think we can all come together, regardless of what color you are, to help get rid of it because we’re all on the same team at the end of the day and we all think it’s disgusting,” said Bellingham. “It shouldn’t be happening. So yeah, I look forward to seeing how the people in charge incorporate the players into the process of preventing it in the future.” CNN has reached out to La Liga and the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for comment.

@LeticinhaCortez expressed his excitement to compete for his 25th grand slam singles title at the upcoming French Open.

Novak Djokovic said he’s “looking forward” to the chance of winning a record-breaking 25th grand slam singles title at the French Open this year. Speaking to CNN’s Amanda Davies after winning a joint-record fifth Laureus World Sportsman of the Year trophy on Monday, Djokovic said he has visualized the moment of becoming the most successful singles player – men’s or women’s – in history. The Serbian superstar has won 24 grand slam singles titles to date – the most of any man – and currently shares the all-time record with Margaret Court. He will have the chance to break the record when the French Open starts on May 20. “You take nothing but the win, that’s the mentality. You kind of visualise yourself achieving that already. So I’ve been, you know, really looking forward to it,” Djokovic said. “Of course I’m not the only one that wants to grab that title but I look forward to it. I like competing with different generations. You have the young guys who are coming up … they’re all incredibly hungry and fit and fast. “But I use my adaptability to adjust my tactics and my game to them and understand really what it takes, you know, what it takes to stay at the top and compete with these guys and try to win more titles.”

@GkNvl Djokovic is a deserving winner of the Laureus award.

Djokovic was awarded his Laureus award by NFL great Tom Brady after a remarkable 2023 season where he won three out of the four grand slams. The pair have grown close over the years and Brady praised his friend for not only being an “amazing player and talent” but “a great man, too.” “[He] has great integrity,” Brady told CNN, standing alongside Djokovic. “I think what you’ve seen over all these years, the competition always, in my view, brings out the best in people and it certainly has brought out the best in him.” Despite turning 37 later this year, Djokovic said he has no plans of slowing down and is not close to contemplating retirement. The focus, he said, is very much on the next tournament, rather than looking back on his achievements. “I feel like it’s so important to always remind yourself to be in the present moment, really to appreciate, to acknowledge, to remember where you came from, the journey, the path, also the people that surround you,” Djokovic said. “Every single week there’s something new happening and new events. So I think I will truly be able to appreciate everything that we have accomplished really, only post-career, to be honest. “Because while you’re still active … it’s what’s the next task? What’s the next challenge? “You have only maybe a few days or a week max where you’re contemplating on a great success.”

@ozgrerdogdu else in history. Duplantis' unparalleled dominance in the pole vault makes him a true legend of the sport.

Few athletes can claim to be as dominant in their discipline as Mondo Duplantis, the pole vault star who has broken the world record a staggering seven times. His latest record of 6.23 meters, achieved at last year’s world championships, is seven centimeters higher than anyone else has managed in the history of the sport, a testament to his supremacy in the pole vault over the past four years. Duplantis’ medal haul is also impressive, boasting an Olympic gold and four world championship titles – two indoor and two outdoor – with his sights set on further Olympic success in Paris later this year. And as for world records, Duplantis promises that he’s not done yet. “I think in the near future, I hope to just raise it up as little as I can because I think that’s all I need to do for a world record,” he tells CNN Sport’s Amanda Davies. “I know that I can jump higher. I know that I have higher heights in me. “I know what I need to do to get into those 6.30-type marks … I want to be dominant in the sport because I know that’s what I’m capable of, trying to win every competition and get the most out of myself at every meet that I’m at. “If I’m able to jump high, jump a world record, then that’s just a cherry on top.” Sporting pedigree runs in the Duplantis family: his father was a former top pole vaulter and his mother a heptathlete who competed for Sweden. He has been pole vaulting for almost as long as he could walk, taking his first steps in the sport as a three-year-old in his parents’ backyard in Lafayette, Louisiana, where a runway, bar and crash mat were installed for him and his siblings to use.

@DieGndz Jamal Murray's clutch shot seals a thrilling Game 2 comeback win, giving Nuggets a 2-0 series lead.

Jamal Murray hit a stunning 15-foot buzzer-beater over the outstretched arm of the 6’10” Anthony Davis to cap a sensational 20-point comeback and give the Denver Nuggets a 101-99 Game 2 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. The unlikely victory opens up a 2-0 first round series lead for the defending champions as the teams now prepare to head to LA for the next two games at the Lakers’ Crypto.com Arena. Murray, who has developed a reputation over the years for stepping up his game during the playoffs, fell into the Nuggets bench and was mobbed by his teammates as Ball Arena erupted. Remarkably, Murray had a horrendous start to the game, making just three of his first 16 shots before going 6-for-8 and notching 14 of his 20 total points in the fourth quarter, including the game winner. “Man, I just want to give all the credit to my teammates, coaches,” Murray said on TNT Sports. “I told my teammates when I was struggling: ‘I’m going to look for y’all.’ Every single one of them told me to keep shooting. ‘Keep shooting. Be aggressive, keep shooting.’ “Even when I was throwing up that bullsh*t floater, they told me to stay aggressive and keep looking for it, keep hunting it. I had the ball with a few seconds left and I knew once I made a couple, the next one should go down as well. “You miss four or five in a row, you miss six or seven in a row, everybody is telling you to keep shooting, you’re missing bad on some of them. Then you miss 10, 11 in a row, 12 in a row and then it’s like: ‘Man, should I change something? Should I look at something else?’

@gz05 The 76ers suffered a shocking collapse against the Knicks, losing 104-101 in the final seconds.

Embiid and 76ers collapse against Knicks, Cavs cruise past Magic The Philadelphia 76ers snatched defeat from the jaws of victory against the New York Knicks on Monday, somehow giving up eight points in the final 27.1 seconds to lose 104-101 in one of the most remarkable playoff finales Madison Square Garden has ever witnessed. Leading 101-96 with 47 seconds remaining, the 76ers looked on course to level the series until one of the all-time worst playoff capitulations. After Sixers guard Kyle Lowry missed the second of his two free throws, the Knicks came down the floor and Jalen Brunson saw his three-point attempt bounce fortuitously off the front of the rim and in. The 76ers then turned the ball over from the inbounds play as Tyrese Maxey was stripped by New York forward Josh Hart, before Donte DiVincenzo eventually nailed another three-pointer to give the Knicks a 102-101 lead.

@GkNvl a message expressing his excitement to meet them all and explore the beautiful country together.

That first day, they exchanged hundreds of messages back and forth. The connection – and the ease – was obvious right away. Samantha mentioned some of her friends were coming over to join her soon, and that the group were going to travel around New Zealand. Toby instantly sent over a list of recommendations of places they should go. Then Samantha shared funny stories of the “horrific dates” she’d endured on her husband-hunting quest. Toby sympathized – he’d been on plenty of bad dates himself. Then, a couple of days after they’d first connected, Samantha was messaging Toby while out at a bar. Several glasses of wine in, she decided to spontaneously call him. “It was the first time we’d ever spoken,” Samantha recalls. She was standing outside a pub, amid crowds of drinkers, when Toby answered. His face, surprised then happy, popped up on Samantha’s phone screen. But then, almost instantaneously, a fight broke out next to Samantha and she decided to intervene and try to break it up. “So I quite literally picked up the phone to a Scottish accent shouting, ‘Leave it, he’s not worth it,’” recalls Toby. “It wasn’t a serious fight,” explains Samantha. “Just a silly scuffle. But yes, I helped break it up.” Civilian duty done, Samantha turned her attention back to the video call. It wasn’t a long chat, but it was “fun” to see Toby’s face, and it didn’t feel like chatting to a stranger. As for Toby, when answered the call he’d felt “nervous excitement.” But almost immediately, chatting with Samantha became “just easy.”

@DieGndz profile to show his interest in surfing and explored opportunities for a fresh start in Bali.

“I wasn’t quite sure what I was going to do at that point, whether I wanted to stay in London, move back to New Zealand,” Toby tells CNN Travel. “I spent six months in Bali, learning to surf, just trying to work it out.” As he considered the future, Toby adjusted his Tinder settings to expand out of west London and include Wellington, New Zealand – partly because he worked in analytics, and was intrigued by how the Tinder algorithm worked. And partly because Toby was wondering what it might be like to be single in his old college town. He quickly found the Wellington dating pool to be full of people he vaguely knew – friends of friends or old college acquaintances. Samantha, with her “fun, different bio” announcing her comedy show plans and husband-hunting intentions, stood out. Toby recalls Samantha’s profile also mentioning “traveling, and that she really liked melon.” And she listed her college, which was in the UK. “So I guessed she was maybe English,” recalls Toby. “Also, I thought she was cute.” As they started exchanging messages, Samantha and Toby realized that although they were on opposite sides of the world, they were each living in cities the other was very familiar with – Samantha had spent years living in London, while Toby knew Wellington well. “We enjoyed the irony,” says Samantha. “We could also relate to what each other was up to pretty easily, which made for a good conversation,” adds Toby. “Sammy was missing parts of London, I was missing parts of NZ.”

@gz05 Samantha in New Zealand used Tinder to find inspiration for her show.

While based in New Zealand capital Wellington, Samantha downloaded dating app Tinder “and started saying yes to everyone.” She announced her intentions on her dating profile, explaining she was writing a show and warning potential matches that “any Tinder interaction may be used for material.” Samantha figured the more dates she went on, with as many men as possible, the more fodder she’d have for her comedy show – and, theoretically, the higher the likelihood she might find a potential husband in the fold. Not long into her quest, Samantha swiped right on a guy called Toby. She liked that he had a picture with a dog and “looked like he traveled a lot.” He also “seemed like he had a personality.” His bio – the little summary dating app users write about themselves – was “funny and original.” The only fly in the ointment – while this guy Toby was seemingly from New Zealand, when he matched with Samantha, he wasn’t living there. “Congrats on your match 12000m away,” Toby wrote to Samantha. “How’s that hubby hunting going for you?” An unexpected match Like Samantha, in late 2017 Toby Hunter was going through a transitional period. Originally from Gisborne, New Zealand, he’d grown up in Napier, gone to college in Wellington and then, in his mid-20s, moved across the world to London. Now he was 30, recently out of a long term relationship and unsure whether to stay in the UK or return home.

@LeticinhaCortez to explore the city together, creating lasting memories.

Toby figured that when New Zealand morning rolled around, Samantha might be a bit hungover, so he organized a breakfast bagel to be sent to her hostel, a move she thought was “real smooth.” And so their back and forth continued. Samantha’s friends arrived and the group started exploring New Zealand, finding themselves in Napier, the city where Toby had spent much of his childhood, and where his parents still lived. “My parents own a fish and chip shop there,” Toby told Samantha. “You should pop in and say hi to them.” That would be a bit rogue, Samantha thought, but it might also be a fun anecdote for the comedy show. She told him they’d plan to swing by. Meanwhile, Toby mentioned to his parents that Samantha might call into the cafe, struggling to describe who she was to him. “Because what were Sammy and I? It was two, three weeks deep,” says Toby. “We weren’t exactly dating. We were just chatting. Chatting a lot.” In the end, he just described Samantha as a “friend from out of town.” And she was easy for Toby’s parents to spot. Samantha and her friends “stuck out like a sore thumb”, as Samantha puts it. “I’m from the UK. There’s a very different standard of dress there than in New Zealand. New Zealand’s very casual – like, you go to the fish and chip shop most people don’t have shoes on,” she says. Samantha and her friends arrived in full hair and make up, wearing heels. “We got very, very dressed up,” she says. Toby’s mother instantly guessed Samantha must be the friend Toby had mentioned. Toby’s father took a photo of Samantha and her friends looking quizzically at the menu. The whole thing was quite surreal, made only more so by the fact that Samantha had now met Toby’s parents before she’d actually met Toby in person. After the stop off in Napier, Samantha’s friends were continuing their travels, but Samantha was at a crossroads. She wanted to meet Toby in “real life” and started considering how she could make that happen. She didn’t necessarily think she’d achieved her husband-hunting goal, but Samantha had an inkling her connection with Toby might be something special. Toby felt the same way. He was an analyst, someone who worked in statistics – and the statistics seemed to suggest this was a no ordinary dating app match. “We’d been chatting a heck of a lot,” he says.

@ozgrerdogdu Samantha Hannah was reflecting on her life during her travels through Australia and New Zealand in late 2017 after her brother's unexpected passing.

Samantha Hannah was traveling through Australia and New Zealand, soaking up new places and experiences, while simultaneously reflecting on her past and considering her life so far. It was late 2017. Samantha, from Perth, Scotland, was 31. Her brother had passed away unexpectedly a couple of years previously. “I wanted to go out and live my life as much as possible now he couldn’t,” Samantha tells CNN Travel. Samantha’s brother had left her a little money. “So I quit my job, and I spent that money on a ticket to go to Australia,” says Samantha.  “And then I moved to New Zealand for a bit and was just trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life.” Samantha had always loved comedy and she’d worked the UK comedy circuit for a little bit in her mid-20s. Now –as she checked into hostels and spent evenings with fellow backpackers in Aussie pubs, or hiking beautiful New Zealand scenery – Samantha kept considering, in the back of her mind, the idea of potentially returning to the stage. But if Samantha was going to go back to comedy, she wanted to do it differently this time round. She wanted to come back with a one hour show, one with a strong concept she believed in wholeheartedly. In the meantime, whenever Samantha checked social media to see what was happening back home, yet another friend seemed to be announcing an engagement on Facebook. Or posting an ultrasound photo on Instagram. Or sending an excited WhatsApp message with a photo of dangling keys, in front of a newly purchased home. Samantha was happy for all her friends, but she also marveled at how everyone had suddenly grown up, while she was single, unemployed and traveling, with no fixed address.

@ozgrerdogdu controversial incidents during the game and blamed the referee's bias for their loss.

Nottingham Forest has accused a Premier League refereeing official of being a fan of relegation rival Luton Town in an extraordinary social media post following the team’s 2-0 defeat by Everton on Sunday. Forest felt as though it should have been awarded penalties in three instances during the match: one for handball and one each for fouls on Forest players Giovanni Reyna and Callum Hudson-Odoi. No penalties for the three incidents were given by referee Anthony Taylor, whose decisions were backed up by video assistant referee (VAR) Stuart Attwell, the official Forest accused of supporting Luton. The defeat leaves Forest just one point above Luton, who are in 18th and the final relegation place with four matches of the season remaining. “Three extremely poor decisions - three penalties not given - which we simply cannot accept,” the club wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “We warned the PGMOL [Professional Game Match Officials Limited] that the VAR is a Luton fan before the game but they didn’t change him. “Our patience has been tested multiple times. NFFC will now consider its options.” CNN has learned that the English Football Association is investigating the post. “The Premier League was extremely disappointed to read the comments made by Nottingham Forest on social media yesterday, following its match against Everton,” the league said in a statement on Monday. “We note The FA has confirmed it will be investigating the club’s statement. It is never appropriate to improperly question the integrity of match officials, and the nature of these comments means the Premier League will also be investigating the matter in relation to the League’s Rules.” CNN has reached out to the PGMOL and Forest offering the opportunity for comment. Sky Sports pundit and former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher agreed that the officials had got the decisions wrong but called Forest’s statement “embarrassing.”

@GkNvl US Open if his wife went into labor.

Questions over whether Scheffler would tee up at the tournament had only proliferated given the imminent arrival of his first child, with wife Meredith expected to give birth within the next few weeks. The Texan had vowed to abandon his pursuit of a second career major at the Masters if his wife went into labor and stayed in close family contact this week, calling his partner on Sunday evening and seeking out parents Scott and Diane after tapping home for victory Monday. “Hopefully I’ll be a good Dad. I’m going to do my best,” said Scheffler, whose sister is also pregnant. “I was talking to Meredith on the phone last night, and we were both kind of like, ‘I don’t think it’s officially hit us yet that we’re going to be parents.’ I’ll definitely be leaning on my parents for a good amount of advice. They did a great job raising me and my three sisters. “They’re still a big part of our lives. This will be their second grandchild and they’ll have their third one on the way right after that … It’s an exciting time for Meredith and me, it’s an exciting time for the rest of our family. We’re looking forward to this next journey in our life together.” Even the sole event Scheffler hasn’t won in his last five appearances was a runner-up finish, as he missed out by two shots to Germany’s Stephan Jaeger at the Texas Children’s Houston Open in March. To put his supremacy into context, the world ranking points gap between Scheffler (629.6) and his closest chaser Rory McIlroy (344.4) is wider than that of the Northern Irishman to world No.784 Woods (4.64), who has made just five competitive appearances since the start of 2023.

@gz05 No response from La Liga. Tebas showed old articles on goal-line technology errors.

La Liga didn’t immediately responded to CNN’s request for comment, but Tebas posted screenshots of four old articles – the most recent more than two years old – on X, formerly known as Twitter, that highlighted errors made by goal-line technology in various European leagues with the caption: “No comment.” Tebas’ post has been met with a barrage of criticism, while in an article for Spanish outlet Diario AS, Lucía Taboada comically likened La Liga’s refusal to adopt goal-line technology to somebody wilfully ignoring the world’s technological advancements. “Imagine still wanting to live with torches and oil lamps with electricity in the building,” she wrote. “Or wanting to live with an infection while having antibiotics on hand. Well, this is what happens in La Liga with goal line technology.” Real Madrid went on to win El Clásico thanks to a stoppage time goal from Jude Bellingham, opening up an 11-point lead over Barcelona to put one hand on the La Liga trophy. “I can’t find the words to explain what happened on the goal line,” Ter Stegen told reporters, per ESPN. “It’s embarrassing for football. There is a lot of money in this industry, but not for what is important. “I don’t understand how there cannot be money to implement the technology that other leagues have.” Xavi said he agreed “completely” with his goalkeeper. “It’s embarrassing that there is not goal-line technology. If we want to say this is the best league in the world, we need it,” he said. “Everyone has seen it. What can I say? [The league] can sanction me. The images are there. The feeling today is of complete injustice.

@DieGndz match where Barcelona's goal was disallowed without the use of goal-line technology, prompting criticism from Xavi and ter Stegen.

Barcelona manager Xavi and goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen have labeled La Liga “embarrassing” for its lack of goal-line technology after the team was denied what it thought was a legitimate goal in Sunday’s 3-2 El Clásico defeat by Real Madrid. The incident occurred in the 28th minute after Real Madrid forward Vinícius Jr. had levelled the scores at 1-1 following Andreas Christensen’s early opening goal at the Bernabéu Stadium in the Spanish capital. Teenager Lamine Yamal flicked on Raphinha’s corner at the near post and appeared to catch out Real Madrid goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, who desperately shoveled the ball away from the goal, with Barca players claiming it had crossed the line. Despite Barca’s vehement protests referee César Soto’s on-field decision was that the ball had not crossed the line, with the incident then being checked by VAR. The camera angles provided by VAR were inconclusive – including one looking directly down the goal line that was blocked by Lunin’s body – meaning Soto’s original decision stood. La Liga is now the only one of Europe’s top five leagues that doesn’t have goal-line technology, with Spanish outlet Cadena Ser reporting at the start of the current season that league president Javier Tebas refused to pay the €3 million ($3.2M) it would cost to install the system. According to FIFA, goal-line technology can notify a referee within “a second” if the whole of the ball has crossed the line. “The system uses 14 high-speed cameras mounted on the catwalk of the stadium/under the roof. The data from the cameras is used to create a 3D animation to visualise the decision to the fans on TV and on the giant screen inside the stadium,” said FIFA in an explainer of the technology on its website.

@LeticinhaCortez secure another victory.

You know the drill by now. A golf tournament is staged. After four rounds the tournament concludes. Scottie Scheffler poses with the winner’s trophy. Just a week on from conquering a windswept Masters, the world No. 1 mastered the elements once more at a stormy RBC Heritage to reel in his fourth win in his last five starts. Thunderstorms in South Carolina had delayed Sunday’s action for two-and-a-half hours before play was suspended due to darkness, leaving Scheffler to return to Harbor Town Golf Links on Monday to finish his last three holes. Carrying a five-stroke advantage, a closing bogey served up no jeopardy, as the American carded a three-under-68 to finish on 19-under overall, three shots ahead of compatriot Sahith Theegala. It seals Scheffler’s 10th PGA Tour title and a tied career-high fourth of the season as the 27-year-old continues to exert a level of dominance that is drawing increasing parallels to Tiger Woods’ seemingly perpetual presence in the winner’s circle across the 2000’s. No golfer since Woods in 2006 had won a PGA Tour event the week after triumph at a major, while you would have to go back as far as Bernhard Langer in 1985 to find the last, and only previous, time that a golfer followed up victory at Augusta National with a win at Harbor Town. “I didn’t show up here just to have some sort of ceremony and have people tell me congratulations,” Scheffler told reporters Monday. “I came here with a purpose. Got off to a slow start but after that played some really nice golf.”