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Goal Line Technology Will Be Used This Season

Thu, 05 July 2012 6:58PM

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has approved goal line technology as part of the laws of the game. It will be used for this season's Club World Cup in Tokyo.

If the technology works it will be also be used for the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup.

It's thought the Premier League could now introduce technology part of the way through next season.

IFAB is the game's law making body. It consists of FIFA and the four British football associations. The board has apporved the use of both the Goalref and Hawkeye system.

The board also approved the continued used of extra referee's assistants behind the goals and the wearing of hijabs.

The end of the ban on women wearing headscarves during games clears the for the participation of many Muslim nations in top-flight competition.
 

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