to fill the void. GENEVA -- FIFA has blocked rock concerts from being staged in World Cup stadiums in the weeks before the 2018 tournament kicks

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- When Ohio State opened training camp earlier this month, coach Urban Meyer said it was open season for starting jobs. With a little more than a week to go before the season opener, some of those jobs have yet to be locked down.That happens when a team has to replace eight starters on each side of the ball. Offensive line, wide receiver and cornerback are among the positions where starters for the Sept. 3 game against Bowling Green still havent been named, Buckeyes coaches said this week. Regardless of who starts, there will be many new faces on the field next week.On the offensive line, returning starters Pat Elflein and Billy Price are the anchors at center and right guard. Pencil in Jamarco Jones at left tackle and at right tackle probably Isiah Prince, one of the teams few true freshmen who earned playing time last year. The big competition is for the left guard spot, with 6-foot-7, 310-pound true freshman Michael Jordan mixing it up with sophomore Demetrius Knox and redshirt freshman Matthew Burrell. All likely will see playing time.Highly touted junior college transfer Malcolm Pridgeon, who was expected to compete at guard and tackle, was lost to a knee injury in training camp.The number one thing up front, I think, is experience, so we dont have a lot of it, offensive line coach Greg Studrawa said. Weve got some new guys coming in there. The second thing is getting the group in there playing together. Were struggling with that a little bit.On the defensive line, Tyquan Lewis returns at end, and sophomore Sam Hubbard, who backed up All-American Joey Bosa last season, has locked down the other end position. The competition for the tackle spots continues, with juniors Michael Hill, the most experienced tackle on the squad, and Tracy Sprinkle trying to fend off redshirt freshmen Davon Hamilton and DreMont Jones.Everything is a competition, no matter if you think youre a starter or youre not, Sprinkle said. Everythings a competition, so you have to go out there every day like somebody is on your heels.The No. 6 Buckeyes lost all their starting receivers from last year, which has made for one of the most intriguing competitions in camp.Noah Brown, who has just one catch in his Ohio State career, has been designated a starter at one of the wideout spots. Fifth-year senior Corey Smith had laid claim to the other spot because of his experience, but Meyer said this week that Parris Campbell, who played some last year as a redshirt freshman but has yet to catch a pass, has a chance to grab that job. Terry McLaurin, Austin Mack and others also are expected to play. Curtis Samuel, who backed up Braxton Miller last season, brings some experience to the H-back position.I need six guys who are going to go into every game, and whoever earned it that week will start and the other ones will play just as many plays, receivers coach Zach Smith said. I dont know who it is yet. I cant stamp anybody as `game ready. There are a couple who are close.Returning starter Gareon Conley is locked in at one cornerback spot and could be, according to coaches, one of the best in the country. Its been a fight for the other spot between sophomores Marshon Lattimore, who is returning from a nagging hamstring injury, and Denzel Ward, who is the fastest player on the team. Redshirt freshman Damon Arnette also is in the mix.Theyre all going to play, theyre all going to play early, and Im very, very excited about that, cornerbacks coach Kerry Coombs said.---Follow Mitch Stacy at http://twitter.com/mitchstacy . 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Miikka Kiprusoff had just announced his retirement after a decade-long run in Calgary and it would be up to Berra and Ramo to fill the void. GENEVA -- FIFA has blocked rock concerts from being staged in World Cup stadiums in the weeks before the 2018 tournament kicks off in Russia.FIFA passed a rule to ensure that the field of play is of the highest quality, it shall not be used for a non-football event for two months before a stadiums first match.In updated 2018 World Cup regulations published Monday, FIFA requires explicit prior approval for exemptions.FIFA has also introduced disciplinary records -- a points system adding up red and yellow cards -- as a potential tiebreaker in the group stage when teams have the same amount of points in the group stage.FIFA said Monday the stricter turf rule was because of overuse of stadiums and training sites in Brazil ahead of the 2014 World Cup. But it also follows issues at the European Championship in France in June.A concert by rock band AC/DC one month before the tournament in Marseille was cited by France coach Didier Deschamps as a problem.Deschamps called the Stade Velodrome turf a disaster after beating Albania 2-0. The turf had been re-laid after the concert on a tight schedule for Euro 2016 and struggled to take root in heavy rain.Its a disaster, but thats not surprising, Deschamps said of a field where France would later beat Germany in the semifinals. If you have an AC/DC concert a month before the European Championships -- theyre changing the pitch, re-laying the turf.FIFA can also veto matches in the 12 Russian stadiums, plus training camp and pre-match practice field sites, for one month before they are needed during the tournament.dddddddddddd.The new regulations for the June 14-July 15 tournament updates a document produced for the qualifying stages. FIFA now follows UEFA in having fair play as a final group-stage tiebreaker before going to the drawing of lots.Unlike UEFA, FIFA has retained goal difference as the first way to separate teams that are level on points. UEFA uses head-to-head record as the first tiebreaker stage in European Championship and Champions League groups.In one minor addition to 2014 World Cup rules, FIFA now requires teams to bring spare goalkeeper kits with no names or numbers printed, for rare situations where an outfield player has to go into goal.That happened to UEFA in a Champions League playoff in August 2014 when the Ludogorets Razgrad goalkeeper was sent off in extra time against Steaua Bucharest.In a memorable shootout, Ludogorets defender Cosmin Moti both scored his penalty and saved two from Steaua players to help his team advance -- but he did it wearing the shirt of a substitute goalkeeper with a name and number that was not his own.The new rules also no longer state that the FIFA president will present the World Cup trophy to the winning captain.However, FIFA protocol has long required the president and host nation head of state to jointly present the trophy. It is expected that Gianni Infantino and Vladimir Putin will do those duties at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. ' ' '