Lazio&nbsp;beat&nbsp;Juventus&nbsp;3-1, their second&nbsp;win&nbsp;over the Turin giants in little more than two weeks, to&nbsp;win&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/football/football-lazio-beat-juventus-3-2-in-dramatic-italian-super-cup-18950">Italian&nbsp;Super Cup</a>&nbsp;on Sunday, the annual meeting between the Coppa Italia&nbsp;winners and Serie A champions.

Second-half goals from Senad Lulic and Danilo Cataldi won the match which was being played in Saudi Arabia for the second year running.

Lazio&nbsp;also&nbsp;beat&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/juventus-inter-milan-return-to-serie-a-duel-as-napoli-try-to-snap-winless-run-265161">Juventus</a>&nbsp;3-1 in Serie A on Dec. 7, handing their opponents their first defeat under coach Maurizio Sarri.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/flying-cristiano-ronaldo-fires-juventus-top-as-buffon-equals-maldinis-serie-a-record-269078">Lazio</a>, the Coppa Italia victors, went ahead after 17 minutes when <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/football-manchester-united-sevilla-and-celtic-into-europa-league-last-32-260697">Sergei Milinkovic Savic</a> laid the ball off for Luis Alberto to fire into the net.

Paulo Dybala levelled for the Serie A champions at the end of the first-half from a rebound after <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/champions-league-cristiano-ronaldo-and-higuain-on-target-as-juventus-beat-leverkusen-2-0-267848">Cristiano Ronaldo's</a> shot was parried by <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/serie-a-roma-knocked-out-of-third-place-with-defeat-at-parma-261301">Thomas Strakosha</a>.

Juventus&nbsp;seemed to be in control in the second half and Ronaldo was close with a shot which went just over but they were caught out when Marco Parolo's cross flew across the face of goal and Lulic volleyed in at the far post in the 73rd minute.

Juventus&nbsp;had midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur sent off in stoppage time and Cataldi curled the resulting free kick into the net with the last action of the game.

The&nbsp;Supercup&nbsp;final is often played abroad and has also been hosted in China, the United States, Libya and Qatar.

Lazio beat Juventus 3-1, their second win over the Turin giants in little more than two weeks, to win the Italian Super Cup on Sunday, the annual meeting between the Coppa Italia winners and Serie A champions.

Lazio beat Juventus 3-1, their second win over the Turin giants in little more than two weeks, to win the Italian Super Cup on Sunday, the annual meeting between the Coppa Italia winners and Serie A champions. Second-half goals from Senad Lulic and Danilo Cataldi won the match which was being played in Saudi Arabia for the second year running. Lazio also beat Juventus 3-1 in Serie A on Dec. 7, handing their opponents their first defeat under coach Maurizio Sarri. Lazio, the Coppa Italia victors, went ahead after 17 minutes when Sergei Milinkovic Savic laid the ball off for Luis Alberto to fire into the net. Paulo Dybala levelled for the Serie A champions at the end of the first-half from a rebound after Cristiano Ronaldo's shot was parried by Thomas Strakosha. Juventus seemed to be in control in the second half and Ronaldo was close with a shot which went just over but they were caught out when Marco Parolo's cross flew across the face of goal and Lulic volleyed in at the far post in the 73rd minute. Juventus had midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur sent off in stoppage time and Cataldi curled the resulting free kick into the net with the last action of the game. The Supercup final is often played abroad and has also been hosted in China, the United States, Libya and Qatar.

Football: Lazio beat Juventus again to win Italian Super Cup

Manchester City manager <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/i-have-to-earn-new-contract-pep-guardiola-269437">Pep&nbsp;Guardiola</a>&nbsp;has written to the&nbsp;Premier&nbsp;League&nbsp;to "thank" them for a demanding schedule over the&nbsp;festive&nbsp;period with two matches in less than 48 hours.

Champions City, who trail&nbsp;league&nbsp;leaders Liverpool by 11 points, visit Nuno Espirito Santo's Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday before hosting Sheffield United on Sunday and&nbsp;Guardiola&nbsp;said it left his players with little recovery time.

"I wrote to the&nbsp;Premier&nbsp;League&nbsp;to say thank you and we're going to the fridge after <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/premier-league-wolves-beat-villa-to-move-into-top-eight-261293">Wolves</a> to get ready for Sheffield United," a sarcastic&nbsp;Guardiola, whose side defeated second-placed Leicester City 3-1 on Saturday, told reporters.

"Tomorrow (Sunday) is a day off, we're training on the 23rd and 24th. The night of the 24th is off, the morning of the 25th off. Then 26th training and then 27th is Nuno's team."

Guardiola&nbsp;said it was "unrealistic" for his team to retain their&nbsp;league&nbsp;title from their current position, but added that they would not stop chasing unbeaten <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/liverpools-hunger-for-titles-like-an-addiction-lallana-269291">Liverpool</a>.

City have 38 points from 18 games having played one match more than <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/liverpool-end-sensational-year-as-roberto-firminos-extra-time-goal-seals-club-world-cup-269525">Juergen Klopp's</a> side, who won the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/premier-league-chelseas-frank-lampard-savours-win-over-old-mentor-jose-mourinho-269624">Club World Cup</a> in Doha on Saturday.

"When a team has 16 (league) victories from 17, it's unrealistic to think we're going to chase them," he added.

"It's unrealistic right now. We have to try to win our games, secure <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/champions-league-mourinho-masterstroke-pays-off-as-tottenham-spurs-hit-back-to-win-264816">Champions&nbsp;League</a>&nbsp;for next&nbsp;season&nbsp;and then you never know."

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has written to the Premier League to "thank" them for a demanding schedule over the festive period with two matches in less than 48 hours.

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has written to the Premier League to "thank" them for a demanding schedule over the festive period with two matches in less than 48 hours. Champions City, who trail league leaders Liverpool by 11 points, visit Nuno Espirito Santo's Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday before hosting Sheffield United on Sunday and Guardiola said it left his players with little recovery time. "I wrote to the Premier League to say thank you and we're going to the fridge after Wolves to get ready for Sheffield United," a sarcastic Guardiola, whose side defeated second-placed Leicester City 3-1 on Saturday, told reporters. "Tomorrow (Sunday) is a day off, we're training on the 23rd and 24th. The night of the 24th is off, the morning of the 25th off. Then 26th training and then 27th is Nuno's team." Guardiola said it was "unrealistic" for his team to retain their league title from their current position, but added that they would not stop chasing unbeaten Liverpool. City have 38 points from 18 games having played one match more than Juergen Klopp's side, who won the Club World Cup in Doha on Saturday. "When a team has 16 (league) victories from 17, it's unrealistic to think we're going to chase them," he added. "It's unrealistic right now. We have to try to win our games, secure Champions League for next season and then you never know."

Guardiola takes dig at Premier League, says 'thank you' for busy festive season

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/world-cup-england-face-acid-test-in-world-cup-semi-final-clash-with-australia-234734">England&nbsp;</a>will be&nbsp;looking to bring a heady year to a successful close in the opening Test&nbsp;of their four-match&nbsp;series&nbsp;against <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/india-vs-south-africa-3rd-test-day-4-india-win-ranchi-test-by-an-innings-and-202-runs-clinch-series-3-0-over-south-africa-257413">South Africa</a>, which starts on Boxing Day in Pretoria but must beware a home side eager to revive their fortunes.

English&nbsp;cricket&nbsp;has been basking in the glory of dramatic World Cup success in 2019 but the Test&nbsp;arena did not offer any subsequent triumphs as they failed to regain the Ashes and lost last month in New Zealand.

Yet they are favourites to beat their&nbsp;hosts, who have had a year of turmoil both on and off the field.

South Africa surprisingly lost a home&nbsp;series&nbsp;to Sri Lanka earlier in the year, flopped at the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/football-uefa-announces-new-playoff-system-for-2022-world-cup-qualifiers-266326">World Cup </a>and was comprehensively thumped in India in October, losing all three&nbsp;tests to sit bottom of the new <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/world-test-championship-is-a-right-move-taken-at-right-time-feels-virat-kohli-244476">World&nbsp;Test&nbsp;Championship</a> standings.

There has also been a crisis at&nbsp;Cricket&nbsp;South Africa, who are at loggerheads with the players union, have been accused of mismanagement, losing millions on an ill-conceived Twenty20 venture and are soon to lose their major sponsors.

Several changes have recently been made, including the appointment of&nbsp;test&nbsp;cricket’s most successful captain Graeme Smith as acting director of&nbsp;cricket.

In turn, he appointed old teammate Mark Boucher to coach the side, with another stalwart Jacques Kallis brought on board as a batting consultant.

The changes are expected to infuse&nbsp;energy&nbsp;to a moribund side, who&nbsp;looked listless in India where they suffered a&nbsp;series&nbsp;of heavy defeats.

But captain Faf du Plessis will take charge of a relatively inexperienced team after a&nbsp;series&nbsp;of recent retirements from the&nbsp;test&nbsp;arena, including Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn.

Joe Root leads an&nbsp;England&nbsp;side that has James Anderson and Johnny Bairstow back and excitedly awaits to see if Ben Stokes can repeat the bludgeoning he handed South Africa in the 2015-16&nbsp;series&nbsp;and what Jofra Archer might be able to extract from seamer-friendly wickets.

A bout of illness in the&nbsp;England&nbsp;camp on the eve of the first&nbsp;test, however, means Archer and Stuart Broad are both scrambling to be fit in time to make Thursday’s team line-up.

The first&nbsp;test, from December&nbsp;26-30, at Centurion in Pretoria is followed by&nbsp;tests at Newlands in Cape Town (January&nbsp;3-7), St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth (January&nbsp;16-20) and the Wanderers in Johannesburg (January&nbsp;24-28).

England will be looking to bring a heady year to a successful close in the opening Test of their four-match series against South Africa, which starts on Boxing Day in Pretoria but must beware a home side eager to revive their fortunes.

England will be looking to bring a heady year to a successful close in the opening Test of their four-match series against South Africa, which starts on Boxing Day in Pretoria but must beware a home side eager to revive their fortunes. English cricket has been basking in the glory of dramatic World Cup success in 2019 but the Test arena did not offer any subsequent triumphs as they failed to regain the Ashes and lost last month in New Zealand. Yet they are favourites to beat their hosts, who have had a year of turmoil both on and off the field. South Africa surprisingly lost a home series to Sri Lanka earlier in the year, flopped at the World Cup and was comprehensively thumped in India in October, losing all three tests to sit bottom of the new World Test Championship standings. There has also been a crisis at Cricket South Africa, who are at loggerheads with the players union, have been accused of mismanagement, losing millions on an ill-conceived Twenty20 venture and are soon to lose their major sponsors. Several changes have recently been made, including the appointment of test cricket’s most successful captain Graeme Smith as acting director of cricket. In turn, he appointed old teammate Mark Boucher to coach the side, with another stalwart Jacques Kallis brought on board as a batting consultant. The changes are expected to infuse energy to a moribund side, who looked listless in India where they suffered a series of heavy defeats. But captain Faf du Plessis will take charge of a relatively inexperienced team after a series of recent retirements from the test arena, including Hashim Amla and Dale Steyn. Joe Root leads an England side that has James Anderson and Johnny Bairstow back and excitedly awaits to see if Ben Stokes can repeat the bludgeoning he handed South Africa in the 2015-16 series and what Jofra Archer might be able to extract from seamer-friendly wickets. A bout of illness in the England camp on the eve of the first test, however, means Archer and Stuart Broad are both scrambling to be fit in time to make Thursday’s team line-up. The first test, from December 26-30, at Centurion in Pretoria is followed by tests at Newlands in Cape Town (January 3-7), St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth (January 16-20) and the Wanderers in Johannesburg (January 24-28).

England start favourites against South Africa in Boxing Day Test

Canadian <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/golf-tiger-woods-to-sit-out-saturday-fourballs-at-presidents-cup-268043">Adam&nbsp;Hadwin</a>&nbsp;and South African <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/golf-hatton-wins-six-man-playoff-under-floodlights-to-lift-turkish-open-title-261284">Erik&nbsp;van&nbsp;Rooyen</a>&nbsp;have snuck into the field for next year's&nbsp;Masters&nbsp;after&nbsp;finishing the year barely inside the top 50 in the world rankings.

With no more official tournaments left on the global 2019 schedule&nbsp;after&nbsp;the Australian PGA Championship and Thailand&nbsp;Masters&nbsp;were completed on Sunday,&nbsp;Hadwin&nbsp;and&nbsp;Van&nbsp;Rooyen&nbsp;finished the year ranked 49th and 50th in the world.

They were among 12 previously non-exempt players who ended 2019 inside the top 50 and can now start planning a trip to Augusta for the year's first major from April 9-12.

Hadwin&nbsp;has played in the&nbsp;Masters&nbsp;twice, making the cut in both 2017 and 2018, while&nbsp;Van&nbsp;Rooyen, who tied for eighth at last year's <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/golf-hatton-wins-six-man-playoff-under-floodlights-to-lift-turkish-open-title-261284">PGA Championship</a>, will make his debut.

Neither played last week.

Fortieth-ranked Jazz Janewattananond will also debut, though he had already mathematically assured himself of a spot before winning his home Thailand&nbsp;Masters.

American Keegan Bradley finished the year an unlucky 51st, though he could still play his way in, with several other avenues still open to qualification in the new year.

The 2020&nbsp;Masters&nbsp;field will likely be much larger than this year's 87 players.

Canadian Adam Hadwin and South African Erik van Rooyen have snuck into the field for next year's Masters after finishing the year barely inside the top 50 in the world rankings.

Canadian Adam Hadwin and South African Erik van Rooyen have snuck into the field for next year's Masters after finishing the year barely inside the top 50 in the world rankings. With no more official tournaments left on the global 2019 schedule after the Australian PGA Championship and Thailand Masters were completed on Sunday, Hadwin and Van Rooyen finished the year ranked 49th and 50th in the world. They were among 12 previously non-exempt players who ended 2019 inside the top 50 and can now start planning a trip to Augusta for the year's first major from April 9-12. Hadwin has played in the Masters twice, making the cut in both 2017 and 2018, while Van Rooyen, who tied for eighth at last year's PGA Championship, will make his debut. Neither played last week. Fortieth-ranked Jazz Janewattananond will also debut, though he had already mathematically assured himself of a spot before winning his home Thailand Masters. American Keegan Bradley finished the year an unlucky 51st, though he could still play his way in, with several other avenues still open to qualification in the new year. The 2020 Masters field will likely be much larger than this year's 87 players.

Golf: Hadwin, Van Rooyen seeing green after sneaking into Masters

The counting of votes for 81 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand began on Monday.

The state had gone to the polls in two phases on November 30 and December 20.

Exit polls have given JMM, Congress and RJD over the ruling BJP in the state as Chief Minister Raghubar Das seeks another five-year term.

The final result is likely to be announced by 1 pm.

The tenure of the current Jharkhand assembly ends on January 5, 2020. It is the fourth assembly election in Jharkhand since the state was carved out of Bihar in 2000.

 
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The counting of votes for 81 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand began on Monday. The state had gone to the polls in two phases on November 30 and December 20. Exit polls have given JMM, Congress and RJD over the ruling BJP in the state as Chief Minister Raghubar Das seeks another five-year term.

The counting of votes for 81 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand began on Monday. The state had gone to the polls in two phases on November 30 and December 20. Exit polls have given JMM, Congress and RJD over the ruling BJP in the state as Chief Minister Raghubar Das seeks another five-year term. The final result is likely to be announced by 1 pm. The tenure of the current Jharkhand assembly ends on January 5, 2020. It is the fourth assembly election in Jharkhand since the state was carved out of Bihar in 2000.

Counting of votes underway in Jharkhand polls

Nineteen-time Grand Slam <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/i-had-nothing-left-to-give-says-rafael-nadal-after-spain-win-davis-cup-264343">champion Rafael Nadal </a>and former world number 1 Andy Murray are among those honoured by the men's tennis tour ATP at their end of the season awards for 2019.

Nadal was&nbsp;voted by fellow players as the winner of "Stefan Edberg sportsmanship"&nbsp;award for the second straight year and third time overall. The Spaniard was also honoured with the year-end number 1 trophy at the ATP tour finals last month and named the ITF world champion for 2019 alongside women's number 1 Ashleigh Barty.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray was named the "comeback player of the year"&nbsp;after going from almost retiring at the Australian Open due to persistent injury to an unprecedented return from a hip resurfacing surgery that culminated in a doubles and singles title.

Italy's 23-year-old Matteo Berrettini was named the "most improved player"&nbsp;of the year after a breakout season in which he won two titles, reached a maiden grand semi-final and went from number 54 to a career high number 8 in the world rankings. Berrettini beat the likes of Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev and Felix Auger Aliasime.

World no. 4 Medvedev's stellar season was recognised indirectly, with his coach Gilles Cervara adjudged as the "coach of the year"&nbsp;after leading the Russian to a tour leading 56 match wins, four titles and nine finals.

The "newcomer of the year"&nbsp;award was won by 18-year-old Italian Yannick Sinner who won the ATP next gen finals on his debut appearance to cap off a season in which he went from being ranked 553rd to the youngest in the world's top-80 since 2003.

Swiss maestro Roger Federer won the "fan favourite award"&nbsp;for a record-extending 17th consecutive year while the Bryan brothers won the same award for doubles teams for the 14th straight time.

Nineteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and former world number 1 Andy Murray are among those honoured by the men's tennis tour ATP at their end of the season awards for 2019.

Nineteen-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal and former world number 1 Andy Murray are among those honoured by the men's tennis tour ATP at their end of the season awards for 2019. Nadal was voted by fellow players as the winner of "Stefan Edberg sportsmanship" award for the second straight year and third time overall. The Spaniard was also honoured with the year-end number 1 trophy at the ATP tour finals last month and named the ITF world champion for 2019 alongside women's number 1 Ashleigh Barty. Three-time Grand Slam champion Andy Murray was named the "comeback player of the year" after going from almost retiring at the Australian Open due to persistent injury to an unprecedented return from a hip resurfacing surgery that culminated in a doubles and singles title. Italy's 23-year-old Matteo Berrettini was named the "most improved player" of the year after a breakout season in which he won two titles, reached a maiden grand semi-final and went from number 54 to a career high number 8 in the world rankings. Berrettini beat the likes of Stefanos Tsitsipas, Daniil Medvedev and Felix Auger Aliasime. World no. 4 Medvedev's stellar season was recognised indirectly, with his coach Gilles Cervara adjudged as the "coach of the year" after leading the Russian to a tour leading 56 match wins, four titles and nine finals. The "newcomer of the year" award was won by 18-year-old Italian Yannick Sinner who won the ATP next gen finals on his debut appearance to cap off a season in which he went from being ranked 553rd to the youngest in the world's top-80 since 2003. Swiss maestro Roger Federer won the "fan favourite award" for a record-extending 17th consecutive year while the Bryan brothers won the same award for doubles teams for the 14th straight time.

Nadal, Murray honoured at ATP awards

Pakistan's openers&nbsp;nullified Sri Lanka's first innings lead of 80 runs to leave the second Test firmly in the balance after day two in Karachi.

The day began with Sri Lanka resuming on 64 for 3 in response to Pakistan's first innings total of 191 but they quickly slid to 80 for 5 as both overnight batsmen Lasith Embul-Deniya and Angelo Mathews were caught behind.

However, the rest of the Lankan batting lineup led by former captain Dinesh Chandimal made the hosts work hard for the remaining wickets.

Chandimal shared a 67-run stand with Dhananjaya de Silva for the sixth wicket and then a 37-run partnership with Niroshan Dickwella for the seventh wicket.

Chandimal then combined with Dilruwan Perera for another half-century stand that erased Sri Lanka's deficit but a loose shot to Haris Sohail saw him fall for 74.

Perera went on to score 48 and led the visitors to 271 before Shaheen Shah Afridi wrapped up the innings with twin strikes for his maiden five-wicket haul.

At that point, the advantage was firmly with Sri Lanka but Pakistan were back level by stumps as the opening pair of Shan Masood and Abid Ali scored 57 runs from 14 overs and left the hosts in the red by just 23 runs.

Pakistan's openers nullified Sri Lanka's first innings lead of 80 runs to leave the second Test firmly in the balance after day two in Karachi. The day began with Sri Lanka resuming on 64 for 3 in response to Pakistan's first innings total of 191 but they quickly slid to 80 for 5 as both overnight batsmen Lasith Embul-Deniya and Angelo Mathews were caught behind.

Pakistan's openers nullified Sri Lanka's first innings lead of 80 runs to leave the second Test firmly in the balance after day two in Karachi. The day began with Sri Lanka resuming on 64 for 3 in response to Pakistan's first innings total of 191 but they quickly slid to 80 for 5 as both overnight batsmen Lasith Embul-Deniya and Angelo Mathews were caught behind. However, the rest of the Lankan batting lineup led by former captain Dinesh Chandimal made the hosts work hard for the remaining wickets. Chandimal shared a 67-run stand with Dhananjaya de Silva for the sixth wicket and then a 37-run partnership with Niroshan Dickwella for the seventh wicket. Chandimal then combined with Dilruwan Perera for another half-century stand that erased Sri Lanka's deficit but a loose shot to Haris Sohail saw him fall for 74. Perera went on to score 48 and led the visitors to 271 before Shaheen Shah Afridi wrapped up the innings with twin strikes for his maiden five-wicket haul. At that point, the advantage was firmly with Sri Lanka but Pakistan were back level by stumps as the opening pair of Shan Masood and Abid Ali scored 57 runs from 14 overs and left the hosts in the red by just 23 runs.

Karachi Test, day 2: Pak openers seize initiative as Sri Lanka wilt

According to a US government study, <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/china-bans-fake-news-created-with-ai-bots-265404">facial recognition systems</a> can produce inaccurate results, especially for non-whites.

The study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identified "false positives rates" for Asian and African American. It also found that African-American females are more likely to be misidentified.

NIST said it tested 189 algorithms from 99 developers including companies like Microsoft, however, tech giants Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google did not submit their profile for scrutiny. The study found "false positives" where an individual is mistakenly identified and "false negatives" in which the algorithm fails to match face in the database.

The revelations come even as facial recognition technologoy is being increasingly deployed&nbsp;by police in the US to identify criminal suspects and is&nbsp;also used in airport security, banking, online retail and in mobile unlocking systems.

It said Microsoft had almost ten times more "false positives" for women of colour than men of colour in one-to-many tests.

The study said it found American-Indian category showed the highest rate of "false positives" with black women likely to be falsely identified almost 35 per cent of the time. It said &nbsp;"false positives" rates for Asians and African-Americans was as much as hundred times higher than for whites.

According to a US government study, facial recognition systems can produce inaccurate results, especially for non-whites. The study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identified "false positives rates" for Asian and African American.

According to a US government study, facial recognition systems can produce inaccurate results, especially for non-whites. The study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) identified "false positives rates" for Asian and African American. It also found that African-American females are more likely to be misidentified. NIST said it tested 189 algorithms from 99 developers including companies like Microsoft, however, tech giants Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google did not submit their profile for scrutiny. The study found "false positives" where an individual is mistakenly identified and "false negatives" in which the algorithm fails to match face in the database. The revelations come even as facial recognition technologoy is being increasingly deployed by police in the US to identify criminal suspects and is also used in airport security, banking, online retail and in mobile unlocking systems. It said Microsoft had almost ten times more "false positives" for women of colour than men of colour in one-to-many tests. The study said it found American-Indian category showed the highest rate of "false positives" with black women likely to be falsely identified almost 35 per cent of the time. It said "false positives" rates for Asians and African-Americans was as much as hundred times higher than for whites.

Racial bias found in facial recognition tools: US government study

France's competition authority has fined Google $167 million for unclear advertising linked to web searches and resorting to anti-competitive behaviour.

In a strongly worded statement, the French authority asked Google to clarify the operating rules of its Google Ads advertising platform and the procedures for suspending the accounts of certain advertisers.

"Google holds an extraordinarily dominant position in search-based advertising, with a market share of between 90 and 100 per cent, said &nbsp;Isabelle de Silva, the chief of the French authority, adding,"when you have great power, you also have great responsibilities".

The competition body sought clear rules from Google and said that it could not be applied in "an erratic way".

"Uncertainty about the rules framework for advertisers may have discouraged the development of innovative sites", the competition authority said.

The development comes as Google faces backlash in several European countries over tax and privacy concerns. &nbsp;Last month the search giant had informed that it had updated how it handled political ads.

The US search giant said its rules ban any advertiser, including those with political messages, from making demonstrably false claims. Google said it will also limit targeting of political ads to general categories such as age, gender, or postal code level location.

"It's against our policies for any advertiser to make a false claim, whether it's a claim about the price of a chair or a claim that you can vote by text message, that election day is postponed, or that a candidate has died," Google ads product management vice president Scott Spencer had said.&nbsp;

Google had said it would begin changes in Britain and throughout the EU by year-end and around the world year next year.

In March, the European Commission had fined Google $1.7 billion for blocking rival online search advertisers. The European Commission had said that the anti-competitive practice had lasted a decade.

"Google has cemented its dominance in online search adverts and shielded itself from competitive pressure by imposing anti-competitive contractual restrictions on third-party websites," European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said while castigating the US company.

France's competition authority has fined Google $167 million for unclear advertising linked to web searches and resorting to anti-competitive behaviour. In a strongly worded statement, the French authority asked Google to clarify the operating rules of its Google Ads advertising platform and the procedures for suspending the accounts of certain advertisers.

France's competition authority has fined Google $167 million for unclear advertising linked to web searches and resorting to anti-competitive behaviour. In a strongly worded statement, the French authority asked Google to clarify the operating rules of its Google Ads advertising platform and the procedures for suspending the accounts of certain advertisers. "Google holds an extraordinarily dominant position in search-based advertising, with a market share of between 90 and 100 per cent, said Isabelle de Silva, the chief of the French authority, adding,"when you have great power, you also have great responsibilities". The competition body sought clear rules from Google and said that it could not be applied in "an erratic way". "Uncertainty about the rules framework for advertisers may have discouraged the development of innovative sites", the competition authority said. The development comes as Google faces backlash in several European countries over tax and privacy concerns. Last month the search giant had informed that it had updated how it handled political ads. The US search giant said its rules ban any advertiser, including those with political messages, from making demonstrably false claims. Google said it will also limit targeting of political ads to general categories such as age, gender, or postal code level location. "It's against our policies for any advertiser to make a false claim, whether it's a claim about the price of a chair or a claim that you can vote by text message, that election day is postponed, or that a candidate has died," Google ads product management vice president Scott Spencer had said. Google had said it would begin changes in Britain and throughout the EU by year-end and around the world year next year. In March, the European Commission had fined Google $1.7 billion for blocking rival online search advertisers. The European Commission had said that the anti-competitive practice had lasted a decade. "Google has cemented its dominance in online search adverts and shielded itself from competitive pressure by imposing anti-competitive contractual restrictions on third-party websites," European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said while castigating the US company.

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Russian President<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/impeachment-against-trump-absolutely-on-made-up-grounds-putin-269164"> Vladimir Putin, 67</a>, in his year-end press conference dropped broad hints that he might not seek another term in 2024.

"Your humble servant served two successive terms and then stepped down and had the constitutional right to return to the post of president," he said, adding, "but some of our political scientists and activists do not like this and maybe this could be removed, possibly."

The press conference attended by 1,800 journalists especially accredited for the event were taken by <a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/nobody-knows-origins-of-global-climate-change-putin-in-annual-press-conference-269149">surprise as Putin </a>made the remark which proved to be the biggest talking point of the marathon event.

“One thing that could be changed about these (presidential) terms is removing the clause about 'successive' (terms)," Putin said.

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The Russian presidency was handed to Putin by Boris Yeltsin in 1999, the Russian leader served as president from 2000 to 2008 and then as premier from 2000 to 2012 and then returned as president in 2019.

Putin is due to step down in 2024 which will be the end of his fourth presidential term. Putin is barred from immediately running again under the Russian constitution.

The four hours and twenty-five minutes press conference saw the Russian president answer several questions specifically on Trump impeachment and the WADA ban on Russian sports.

Putin looked to back Trump, declaring that the impeachment was based on "made-up grounds".

"It still needs to go through the Senate, where the Republicans have a majority," Putin said.

"And it is hardly likely that they are going to push out of office a representative of their own party, on grounds that are absolutely made-up," he added.

On the WADA ban, he said: "If WADA does not have any issues with our national Olympic committee our team must compete under its flag."

WADA had banned Russia for four years from major global events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar over doping manuplation.

"Any punishment should be individual," he added.

"If a majority of our athletes are clean how is it possible to slap sanctions against them for someone else's actions?"

"The WADA decision contradicts the Olympic Charter," Putin added.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, 67, in his year-end press conference dropped broad hints that he might not seek another term in 2024. "Your humble servant served two successive terms and then stepped down and had the constitutional right to return to the post of president," he said, adding, "but some of our political scientists and activists do not like this and maybe this could be removed, possibly.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, 67, in his year-end press conference dropped broad hints that he might not seek another term in 2024. "Your humble servant served two successive terms and then stepped down and had the constitutional right to return to the post of president," he said, adding, "but some of our political scientists and activists do not like this and maybe this could be removed, possibly." The press conference attended by 1,800 journalists especially accredited for the event were taken by surprise as Putin made the remark which proved to be the biggest talking point of the marathon event. “One thing that could be changed about these (presidential) terms is removing the clause about 'successive' (terms)," Putin said. Watch Video: The Russian presidency was handed to Putin by Boris Yeltsin in 1999, the Russian leader served as president from 2000 to 2008 and then as premier from 2000 to 2012 and then returned as president in 2019. Putin is due to step down in 2024 which will be the end of his fourth presidential term. Putin is barred from immediately running again under the Russian constitution. The four hours and twenty-five minutes press conference saw the Russian president answer several questions specifically on Trump impeachment and the WADA ban on Russian sports. Putin looked to back Trump, declaring that the impeachment was based on "made-up grounds". "It still needs to go through the Senate, where the Republicans have a majority," Putin said. "And it is hardly likely that they are going to push out of office a representative of their own party, on grounds that are absolutely made-up," he added. On the WADA ban, he said: "If WADA does not have any issues with our national Olympic committee our team must compete under its flag." WADA had banned Russia for four years from major global events, including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World Cup in Qatar over doping manuplation. "Any punishment should be individual," he added. "If a majority of our athletes are clean how is it possible to slap sanctions against them for someone else's actions?" "The WADA decision contradicts the Olympic Charter," Putin added.

Putin hints at presidential term limit in marathon press conference

IPL auctions got underway in Kolkata on Thursday as Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab splurged in millions to buy foreign cricketers for the upcoming 2020 season.

Pat Cummins took the cake as former champions Kolkata Knight Riders lapped him up for a record 15.5 crore(approximately $2.2 million) even as Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers fought for the Australian.

Cummins has now become the most expensive foreign acquisition in IPL history.

Another Australian Glenn Maxwell was bought by Kings XI Punjab for 10.75 crore (approximately $ 1.5 million) and Royal Challengers picked up Australia opener Aaron Finch for 4.4 crore (approximately $620,000).

Aussie bowler Mitchell Marsh, 28, was brought by SRH for 2 crores and his teammate Josh Hazlewood was taken by CSK for 2 crores.

Shimron Hetmyer who is currently playing the ODI series against India and making a name for himself was taken by Delhi Capitals for a whopping 7.75 crores going way past the base price of 50 Lakh as Royals and Knight Riders fought for him which was followed by Delhi Capitals and Royals.

As far as Indian players are concerned, Rajasthan Royals bid for Mumbai's Yashasvi Jaiswal, 17, and got him for &nbsp;2.4 crore(approximately $3,38,000). The uncapped player is the youngest batsman to score a List A double century.

Varun Chakravarthy was another catch for Kolkata Knight Riders who fended off Royal Challengers to take the 28-year-old Tamil Nadu leg-spinner for 4 crores(approximately $563,000).

IPL auctions got underway in Kolkata on Thursday as Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab splurged in millions to buy foreign cricketers for the upcoming 2020 season.

IPL auctions got underway in Kolkata on Thursday as Kolkata Knight Riders, Delhi Capitals and Kings XI Punjab splurged in millions to buy foreign cricketers for the upcoming 2020 season. Pat Cummins took the cake as former champions Kolkata Knight Riders lapped him up for a record 15.5 crore(approximately $2.2 million) even as Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers fought for the Australian. Cummins has now become the most expensive foreign acquisition in IPL history. Another Australian Glenn Maxwell was bought by Kings XI Punjab for 10.75 crore (approximately $ 1.5 million) and Royal Challengers picked up Australia opener Aaron Finch for 4.4 crore (approximately $620,000). Aussie bowler Mitchell Marsh, 28, was brought by SRH for 2 crores and his teammate Josh Hazlewood was taken by CSK for 2 crores. Shimron Hetmyer who is currently playing the ODI series against India and making a name for himself was taken by Delhi Capitals for a whopping 7.75 crores going way past the base price of 50 Lakh as Royals and Knight Riders fought for him which was followed by Delhi Capitals and Royals. As far as Indian players are concerned, Rajasthan Royals bid for Mumbai's Yashasvi Jaiswal, 17, and got him for 2.4 crore(approximately $3,38,000). The uncapped player is the youngest batsman to score a List A double century. Varun Chakravarthy was another catch for Kolkata Knight Riders who fended off Royal Challengers to take the 28-year-old Tamil Nadu leg-spinner for 4 crores(approximately $563,000).

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