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Mar 2, 2013

Goal-line technology can be used selectively – IFAB

EDINBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) – Goal-line technology could be used in some matches in a competition and not others following a decision taken by the International Board, football’s law-making body, on Saturday.

A tweak clarifying the use of words in Law 11 on offside, detailing when an attacker is interfering with play or not, was adopted but a change to Law 8 regarding the re-start of a match for a dropped ball following a stoppage for injury was deferred for further study.

Mar 2, 2013

Soccer-Goal-line technology can be used selectively – IFAB

EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 2 (Reuters) – Goal-line technology could be used in some matches in a competition and not others following a decision taken by the International Board, soccer’s law-making body, on Saturday.

A tweak clarifying the use of words in Law 11 on offside, detailing when an attacker is interfering with play or not, was adopted but a change to Law 8 regarding the re-start of a match for a dropped ball following a stoppage for injury was deferred for further study.

Mar 2, 2013

Soccer must do more to fight racism says Task Force boss

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Soccer has failed to respond to victims of racism on or off the pitch for far too long and needs to change its attitudes now, Jeffrey Webb, the chairman of FIFA’s new Anti-Racism and Discrimination Task Force said on Saturday.

Webb, the president of the CONCACAF confederation of countries in north and central Amercia and the Caribbean, has been appointed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter to review the way the sport handles racist incidents, which have dramatically increased in recent years.

Mar 2, 2013

Football must do more to fight racism says Task Force boss

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Football has failed to respond to victims of racism on or off the pitch for far too long and needs to change its attitudes now, Jeffrey Webb, the chairman of FIFA’s new Anti-Racism and Discrimination Task Force said on Saturday.

Webb, the president of the CONCACAF confederation of countries in north and central Amercia and the Caribbean, has been appointed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter to review the way the sport handles racist incidents, which have dramatically increased in recent years.

Mar 2, 2013

Soccer-Football must do more to fight racism says Task Force boss

EDINBURGH, March 2 (Reuters) – Soccer has failed to respond to victims of racism on or off the pitch for far too long and needs to change its attitudes now, Jeffrey Webb, the chairman of FIFA’s new Anti-Racism and Discrimination Task Force said on Saturday.

Webb, the president of the CONCACAF confederation of countries in north and central Amercia and the Caribbean, has been appointed by FIFA president Sepp Blatter to review the way the sport handles racist incidents, which have dramatically increased in recent years.

Mar 1, 2013

FIFA to set up anti-racism Task Force

EDINBURGH (Reuters) – FIFA is establishing a task force to deal with racism in soccer, the president of the world governing body Sepp Blatter said on Friday.

Blatter, speaking to reporters in Edinburgh ahead of Saturday’s International Board meeting, said the task force would be headed by Jeffrey Webb, president of the CONCACAF confederation of north and central American and Caribbean countries

Mar 1, 2013

FIFA set to let goal-line decisions be shown in stadiums

EDINBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) – Fans in stadiums and watching on TV should see all decisions based on goal-line technology, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday before this weekend’s meeting of soccer’s lawmaking body.

FIFA, which approved the use of technology to see if a ball has crossed the goal-line last year following a number of controversial incidents, said earlier that a fourth system has been granted a licence.

Mar 1, 2013

Soccer-FIFA set to let goal-line decisions be shown in stadiums

EDINBURGH, Scotland, March 1 (Reuters) – Fans in stadiums and watching on TV should see all decisions based on goal-line technology, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday before this weekend’s meeting of soccer’s lawmaking body.

FIFA, which approved the use of technology to see if a ball has crossed the goal-line last year following a number of controversial incidents, said earlier that a fourth system has been granted a licence.

Mar 1, 2013

Soccer-FIFA to set up anti-racism Task Force

EDINBURGH, March 1 (Reuters) – FIFA is establishing a task force to deal with racism in soccer, the president of the world governing body Sepp Blatter said on Friday.

Blatter, speaking to reporters in Edinburgh ahead of Saturday’s International Board meeting, said the task force would be headed by Jeffrey Webb, president of the CONCACAF confederation of north and central American and Caribbean countries

Feb 28, 2013

Benitez gets little sympathy from former Chelsea players

LONDON (Reuters) – Former Chelsea players showed little sympathy for interim boss Rafael Benitez who said on Wednesday he was leaving the club at the end of the season and criticised the club’s board and fans.

Instead, they rallied round their old club with former defender Jason Cundy saying Benitez had orchestrated his own downfall at Stamford Bridge by failing to adopt an attractive brand of football which would have won over the fans.