Champions League to use VAR from KOS

DUBLIN: UEFA will fast-track the implementation of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) for the Champions League knockout stages this season, their president Aleksander Ceferin said on Monday.

European football’s governing body opted against using VAR this season, despite the technology being employed by major European leagues in Spain, Italy and Germany, and the World Cup in Russia this year.

BAYERN BOSS HOENESS SLAMS BREITNER

BERLIN:BAYERN Munich president Uli Hoeness on Sunday insisted there is no chance of burying the hatchet with club legend and his former friend Paul Breitner in their heated public feud.

“Paul Breitner has been made into a martyr, but Paul Breitner is not the victim — he’s the culprit,” Hoeness fumed on a visit to a Bayern fan club in Kersbach.

“The relationship can no longer be saved — he has crossed a line.” Relations between the pair soured sharply in October. Breitner, 67, heavily criticised both Hoeness, 66, and Karl-heinz Rummenigge for attacking the German press in a bizarre press conference on October 19 over criticism of the club.

Hoeness was furious when Breitner told Bavarian broadcaster BR that the Bayern president had “ruined the work that the club had done in the past”.

ROMA, INTER SHARE SPOILS IN SERIE A

ROME:AS Roma fought back from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Inter Milan in Serie A in a Stadio Olimpico thriller on Sunday.

Roma came close to scoring early on when captain Alessandro