FIFA go ahead for goal-line technology tests

Football’s rule-makers today gave the go-ahead for FIFA to experiment with goal-line technology.

It is expected the micro-chip technology will be used for the first time at FIFA’s Under-20 World Championships in Peru in September.

The decision follows a presentation by adidas to the International FA Board in Cardiff today, after the sports goods manufacturers tested a ball containing a micro-chip in a match between Nuremberg and Nuremberg reserves in Germany on Tuesday.