Champions League final: how money buys success on the pitch
▻http://theconversation.com/champions-league-final-how-money-buys-success-on-the-pitch-118087
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Rio sur Seine
▻https://africasacountry.com/2018/07/rio-sur-seineWhen Germany played Brazil in the 2002 World Cup final, who would French fans in Paris root for?
Ronaldo scores for Brazil vs Germany in the final of the 2002 World Cup.
International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan. June 30, 2002. Germany-Brazil. World Cup 2002 was over as soon as it had begun for France: in the opening game, Senegal beat France 1-0. On paper, with three of Europe’s top scorers, with Champions League winners and arguably the best player in the world that year, France seemed unbeatable. So much for that. Although this victory alone did not guarantee France’s exit, it made clear that the team would not go far. Senegal’s victory sent hundreds people to celebrate in the streets of Paris and notably in the (...)
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92% false positive rate for police facial recognition system.
▻http://www.statewatch.org/news/2018/may/wales-police-face-recog.htm"A police force has defended its use of facial recognition technology after it was revealed that more than 2,000 people in Cardiff during the 2017 Champions League final were wrongly identified as potential criminals.
South Wales police began trialling the technology in June last year in an attempt to catch more criminals. The cameras scan faces in a crowd and compare them against a database of custody images.As 170,000 people arrived in the Welsh capital for the football match between Real Madrid and Juventus, 2,470 potential matches were identified.
However, according to data on the force’s website, 92% (2,297) of those were found to be “false positives”.
South Wales police admitted that “no facial recognition system is 100% accurate”, but said the technology had led to more than 450 arrests since its introduction. It also said no one had been arrested after an incorrect match.
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Welsh police wrongly identify thousands as potential criminals
▻https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/may/05/welsh-police-wrongly-identify-thousands-as-potential-criminalsSouth Wales force defends use of facial recognition technology at 2017 Champions League final A police force has defended its use of facial recognition technology after it was revealed that more than 2,000 people in Cardiff during the 2017 Champions League final were wrongly identified as potential criminals. South Wales police began trialling the technology in June last year in an attempt to catch more criminals. The cameras scan faces in a crowd and compare them against a database of (...)
#algorithme #CCTV #biométrie #facial #sport #surveillance #vidéo-surveillance
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New look Sports Interactive names Disney veteran Matt Carroll as COO
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-02-26-new-look-sports-interactive-names-disney-veteran-matt-carrNew home, new structure and new projects. “We’ve been a Europa League studio for a long time, we want to be in the Champions League”
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#Palestine scores
▻http://africasacountry.com/palestine-scoresUEFA may not have realized, but Palestine have already scored several goals in this season’s Champions League. Africa’s best striker was widely hailed as the outstanding player on the pitch in the Champions League game at Stamford Bridge a couple of weeks ago — and no, it wasn’t Samuel Eto’o. Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah has arrived […]
#Football_is_a_Country #Bob_Bradley #Frederic_Kanoute #Israel #John_Carlos #Jose_Mourinho #Mohamed_Aboutika #Mohamed_Saleh #Tommie_Smith
