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FIFA to test 10 goal-line technology systems

The Columbian
Published: February 4, 2011, 12:00am

ZURICH (AP) — FIFA’s rules-making panel will study the results from 10 different goal-line technology systems being tested before its meeting next month.

FIFA says the 10 systems will be tested privately next week by researchers from a Zurich-based technology institute.

IFAB will meet March 5 in Wales to evaluate the accuracy of the systems before taking a “decision of principle and potential next step” to give referees high-tech help.

IFAB also will consider letting UEFA use the five-referee match official system at the 2012 European Championship.

Other proposed rules changes relate to stray objects on the field, players wearing snoods and tights, plus referees using vanishing spray to mark where defensive walls stand.

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