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Alan Gunn, the referee of the 1990 FA Cup final, once said that game's law enforcers "are stage managers, not performers". Following the release of audio between Premier League referees on the pitch and those assisted by video, fans have been given a direct line to the crackling dialogue on the walkie-talkies behind the scenes. For the first time since the introduction of video assistant referees (VAR) ahead of the 2019/20 season, Howard Webb, the chief refereeing officer of the PGMOL (Professional Game Match Officials Limited), ran through the discussion behind decisions made in five Premier League matches on Sky Sports ' Monday Night Football . But why has it taken the best part of four years for the curtain to be tentatively pulled back? Here's everything you need to know about the release of the stage managers' instructions. Why is Premier League VAR audio being released by PGMOL REVEALED! The audio of officials and VARs when a decision to award Newca...

After being held for ransom for nearly a month in Haiti, Jean Dickens and Abigail Toussaint were released after negotiations with their kidnappers, police told ABC News. After being held for ransom for nearly a month in Haiti, a Florida couple was released Thursday after negotiations with their kidnappers, the Haitian National Police and the couple's family told ABC News. Jean-Dickens Toussaint and Abigail Toussaint, who were visiting relatives in Haiti, were kidnapped on March 18 while Travel ing on a bus from Port-au-Prince, according to their family members. Jean Dickens Toussiant and Abigail Toussaint are shown in this undated photo. Toussaint and Imbert Family "They stopped the bus at a stop and they asked for the Americans on the bus and their escorts to come off the bus and then they took them," Christie Desormes, the couple 's niece, told ABC Affiliate WPLG last month . MORE: American couple being held at ransom in Haiti, family says: 'We told them not t...