QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador and FC Cincinnati player Marco Angulo has died from his injuries sustained in a car crash that also killed his former youth team teammate Roberto Cabezas, the Ecuadorian Football Association said on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Angulo was a passenger in the car that crashed into a metal barrier on the Rumiñahui highway southeast of Quito on Oct. 7. The driver and Cabezas, who played for Independiente Juniors, were killed in the incident.
Angulo was left with serious head injuries and a lung contusion. He was placed in an artificial coma but died from the injuries on Monday night, the El Universo newspaper reported.
Angulo played for Ecuadorian league champion L.D.U. Quito on loan from MLS team FC Cincinnati.
Ecuador’s FA said Angulo “defended the colors of our country at every opportunity he had with his talent and dedication. Marco was not only an outstanding player, but a great teammate. He leaves a deep pain in our hearts.”
Angulo, a defensive midfielder, played for Ecuador Under-17s and Under-20s before making his senior debut in a friendly against Iraq in November 2022. He played in another friendly against Australia in March last year.
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FILE -FC Cincinnati midfielder Marco Angulo plays during an MLS soccer match against Toronto FC June 21, 2023, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean, File)
DUBLIN (AP) — World Rugby has postponed a decision on the future of 20-minute red cards which are being trialled in the ongoing autumn rugby tests.
Referees have the option to use the temporary red cards for technical fouls and a full red card for blatant foul play. Offenders receiving 20-minute red cards are sin-binned and replaced by a teammate after 20 minutes. Two such red cards were issued last weekend to Fiji wing Semi Radradra and Scotland lock Scott Cummings.
The World Rugby council decided on Thursday it was too early to decide whether the experiment should become a law.
“With cross-hemisphere international matches having only just begun, in line with the recommendation, the council decided to delay consideration of the 20-minute red card trial until the conclusion of the autumn nations series to enable further feedback and full data analysis to be considered,” World Rugby said in a statement.
The French and Irish federations have opposed the 20-minute red cards, claiming it poses a health risk. But the likes of Wales coach Warren Gatland support it.
Other proposals that were made law by the World Rugby council included:
— 60-second shot clock on conversions, aligned with penalties
— 30-second setup for lineouts, aligned with scrums
— play-on rule in uncontested lineouts when the throw is not straight
— scrumhalf protection during scrums, rucks, and mauls.
However, proposals for a global trial to call a mark inside the 22 at kickoff and restarts, and for single-stop mauls, did not receive the required support.
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South Africa's Jaden Hendrikse, left, kicks the ball clears the ball as Scotland's Scott Cummings, right, attempts to charge the ball down during the Autumn Nations series rugby union match between Scotland and South Africa in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
