Goal-line technology back on the agenda

Football’s lawmakers have moved a major step closer to the introduction of goal-line technology but ordered that any system to be considered will have to confirm within one second that a goal has been scored.

Today’s decision by the International FA Board (IFAB) – made up of FIFA and the four British home associations – to re-consider the issue just seven months after ruling out any technology was taken at the body’s business meeting in Newport.