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Hawk-Eye to end Premier League goalline disputes

April 11, 2013 10:30
By Keith Weir LONDON (Reuters) - The Premier League has sought to consign disputes over goalline decisions to the past by introducing technology in the form of the British Hawk-Eye system from next season. All 20 clubs voted to approve the technology, which involves the use of seven cameras behind each goal, at a meeting of Premier League executives on Thursday. The English top flight will be the first domestic league to adopt goalline technology.

Football: Premier League approves goal-line technology

April 11, 2013 10:00
The Premier League has approved the use of goal-line technology in the English top flight from the 2013-14 season onwards, it was announced on Thursday. British-based firm Hawk-Eye was chosen to supply the technology at a meeting attended by the chairmen of the 20 Premier League clubs. "I'm for it and all the other clubs are for it. They are all in favour," Stoke City chairman Peter Coates told Sky Sports television. "(Hawk-Eye) were the preferred bidders and I am sure they got it right."

Champagne wants FIFA executive committee to be directly elected

March 20, 2013 21:30
By Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - Soccer's governing body FIFA needs to change the way its executive committee is selected to make it more representative, a former advisor to president Sepp Blatter said in an interview. The 25 members are currently chosen by the continental confederations, with eight from Europe, four each from Africa and Asia, three each from CONCACAF and South America, one from Oceania, one female representative and the president.

Soccer-Mainz coach baffled by handball interpretation

March 9, 2013 15:30
BERLIN, March 9 (Reuters) - Mainz 05 coach Thomas Tuchel said he no longer understood the interpretation of the handball rule after his own team benefitted from a controversial penalty to beat Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The spot kick was awarded after Bo Svensson's shot appeared to hit Manuel Friedrich's hand, although there looked to be no way the defender could have got out of the way. "It's controversial to say that Manuel Friedrich handled the ball in the area," Tuchel told reporters.

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

March 1, 2013 19:31
By Mike Collett 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. "It must not be a secret," Blatter told reporters.

Soccer-Fourth goal-line technology system approved by FIFA

March 1, 2013 06:45
ZURICH, March 1 (Reuters) - A fourth system of goal-line technology has been approved and granted a licence, soccer's governing body FIFA said on Friday. FIFA said that the German-produced GoalControl 4D used 14 high-speed cameras placed around the pitch and directed at both goals to determine whether the ball had entered the goal. "The position of the ball is continually and automatically captured in three dimensions as soon as it approaches the goal-line," said FIFA in a statement.

UPDATE 1-Soccer-FIFA confirms goal-line technology at World Cup

February 19, 2013 09:00
* Two more goal-line technology systems could be used * GLT "successful" at World Club Cup despite not being needed (Adds details) ZURICH, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Goal-line technology will be used at the 2014 World Cup and two more systems could be considered in addition to the existing pair, soccer's world governing body FIFA said on Tuesday.

REFILE-Soccer-Controversial triple sanction left off IFAB agenda

February 4, 2013 08:30
(Clarifies drop ball in par 18) BERNE, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The controversial "triple punishment", where a player gives away a penalty, is sent off and automatically suspended, has been left off the agenda for the next meeting of soccer's rule-making body. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will, however, discuss proposed changes to the drop-ball and offside rules which soccer's governing body FIFA hopes will make referees' decisions more clear-cut and less open to interpretation.

Soccer-Belgium to use additional linesmen

January 16, 2013 17:04
BERNE, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Belgium is to start using additional linesmen on the goal line in the second half of this season in a boost for UEFA which pioneered the system and favours it over goal line technology. The additional linesmen will be used during the six-team playoff which decides the Belgian league title and from the semi-finals onwards in the Belgian Cup, UEFA said on its website (www.uefa.com).

Soccer-FIFA reforms to go under the microscope

January 11, 2013 06:45
BERNE, Jan 11 (Reuters) - European soccer chiefs will meet this month to discuss proposed reforms to present to the sport's governing body FIFA, including an age limit for the president and a restriction on the number of mandates he can serve. A working group which was set up to revise the FIFA statutes has proposed setting an age limit of 72 for the FIFA president and executive committee members at the time of their election, re-election or nomination. It has also proposed limiting their mandates to two four-year terms.
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