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Montevideo, May 8th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

Tag: International Football Association Board (IFAB)

  • Monday, March 7th 2016 - 04:40 UTC

    The Football Association Board approves the use of video technology to aid referees

    “We have taken a really historic decision for soccer. IFAB and FIFA are now leading the debate and not stopping the debate,” new FIFA president Infantino

    Soccer's law-makers gave the green light this weekend to the use of video technology to aid referees in live matches starting no later than the 2017-18 season. The International Football Association Board (IFAB), the games law-making body, approved a two-year trial period allowing technology to be used in four questionable cases: to determine if a goal has been scored, sending off, penalties and mistaken identity.