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Was it a goal? Debate should end at World Cup
WCup Technology Heal
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, file photo, the goal-line monitoring device is demonstrated before the media at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama, near Tokyo. For the first time at a World Cup, technology will be used to determine whether a ball crosses the goal line during matches at the upcoming tournament in Brazil. With vanishing spray also being used to prevent encroachment by defenders making up a wall during free kicks, officials at the highest level of the worlds most popular sport are finally getting some assistance. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File) - photo by Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO — Was it a goal, or wasn't it? The question shouldn't need to be debated in the next five weeks in Brazil, where goal-line technology will be used for the first time in a World Cup. Fourteen cameras — seven trained on each goalmouth — have been hung up in all 12 World Cup stadiums.