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Kane to the rescue as England squeeze past DR Congo
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Sponsor Break: Carvana & Chevrolet
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The episode breaks for two mid-roll advertisements. The Carvana ad plays out as a comic sketch in which a salesman arrives only to discover the car has already been purchased through Carvana at a great price with a 7-day return policy, hence 'buyer's rejoice' rather than buyer's remorse. The Chevrolet ad is a brand-values campaign positioning Chevy truck drivers as dependable, hard-working, always-show-up people — concluding with the tagline 'Together, let's drive' and a direction to chevy.com/trucks.
VAR had a disastrous run of decisions at the World Cup, and Gary Lineker has a clear explanation: super slow-motion replays distort reality and allow officials to find contact where the real-time eye would never see an offence. Ban it for VAR review, and the decisions improve overnight.
Rob Beckett has a theory: to be a referee, you have to crave attention. Give them names on their shirts and a ref-cam, and they behave. But eventually the desire to intervene kicks back in. VAR's early restraint at this tournament has given way to a rash of bad calls — and Rob thinks he knows why.
