World Cup finals may have goal-line technology

GOAL-LINE technology will be used in next year's World Cup finals if an experiment later this month proves successful, FIFA president Sepp Blatter insisted last night.

Four stadia are being fitted out with adidas' 'smartball' technology for the FIFA U17 world championships in Peru which will see the referee sent a signal every time the ball goes out of play or into the goal.

Delegates from the International Board will attend the tournament to monitor the experiment and a decision on introducing the system for the World Cup will be taken at a meeting in October.