The International Football Association Board released rule changes in their 2023-24 law changes report. There, in Law 14- ‘The Penalty Kick’, it says that goalkeepers will no longer be able to “unfairly distract” penalty takers. Now available for download: list of changes and clarifications to the Laws of the Game 2023/24, effective as from 1 July ➡️EN: https://t.co/p0ZMs6kijL ➡️FR: https://t.co/pZ0qxQC6VC …
UEFA chief Ceferin’s intervention came after a spate of penalties being awarded because balls have — even unwittingly — hit outstretched or raised arms. “I believe that going back to the previous wording, perhaps reviewed and integrated by a provision which does not allow goals to be scored with a hand/arm, is an option to be taken into account.” The …
FIFA president Gianni Infantino has received a request from UEFA to adjust the handball law again to provide more flexibility for referees and prevent players being unfairly punished. In a letter to Infantino seen by The Associated Press, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin asked for the November meetings of the game’s lawmakers to consider allowing referees to determine again whether a …
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