The Premier League has admitted being disappointed after football’s lawmaker rejected a temporary concussion substitution trial. International Footballers Association Board, IFAB, in its annual meeting in London, rejected the proposal as put forward by the Premier League. A Premier League statement issued after IFAB disapprove the idea expressed its disappointment on why IFAB has decided […]
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IFAB set to urge referees to adopt the strategy used at the 2022 World Cup by playing more additional time to clamp down on time-wasting. Football’s governing body has declared that referees would be instructed to follow the example set at last year’s World Cup and play more extra time in an effort to reduce […]
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VAR has brought precision and accuracy, enabling referees leverage over minor errors in game but it has also been at the center of match controversies. From fans, players, and coaches, VAR complaints and contentions have been a regular phenomenon, with many questioning its place in the game. Now, a new development that will make VAR […]
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The video assistant referee (VAR) has remained one of the biggest and most controversial innovation in football as far as the digitization of the game is concerned. Most critics believe that the system has affected the beauty of the game negatively and it is gradually removing the human face in the sport. But David Elleray, […]
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The Premier League clubs have voted against the 5 substitutions per match rule again despite the increasing demand for the reintroduction of the rule especially by big clubs in the league. The Premier League adopted the 5 substitutions per game rule towards the end of the 2019-2020 season. When the rule was adopted, major leagues […]
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International Football Association Board (IFAB) has approved the introduction of concussion substitute in football on trial. The trial will commence in January 2021. The lawmaking body of FIFA approved the new rule at the body’s annual business meeting held on Wednesday, December 15. IFAB has been working on the new rule for months and the […]
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The advisory panel of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) has declared support for the use of additional substitutions also known as concussion substitutions. Recently, the English Football Association and the Premier League agreed to commence trials for concussion substitutions in the 2021-2022 season. The rule is being worked on by IFAB and it is […]
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Lawmakers are set to discuss controversial handball rules during the International Football Association Board (IFAB) meeting to be held on November 23. It could be recalled that UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin in a letter to his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino last month asked that IFAB look again at the law. The law was changed in […]
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The International Football Association Board (Ifab) and Football Association in England have agreed that any footballer who deliberately cough at close range from another player or match official can be awarded a red card. This new rule which is expected to take effect immediately is one of the new guidelines introduced amid the dreaded coronavirus […]
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FIFA has taken over the ownership of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology from the Premier League. This means the Premier League has lost control over its use of the technology protocol. Pierluigi Collina, the chairman of Fifa’s Referees’ Committee, will now oversee VARs. The former Italian referee stated that he wants the system to […]
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