‘Hawk-Eye would end goal confusion’

THE inventor of Hawk-Eye has said referee Jorge Larrionda would have known within half a second that Frank Lampard’s shot had crossed the line during England’s defeat by Germany had the system been in place at the World Cup.

Dr Paul Hawkins, whose technology has been successfully introduced into tennis and cricket, is confident he has the system to end the debate over goal-line controversies once and for all.

FIFA have to date resisted calls for its introduction for a variety of reasons, among them the extent to which it could break up the game.