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GLENEAGLES, Scotland (AP) - Soccer's lawmakers agreed Saturday to halt all experiments with camera replay, putting faith in extra manpower instead. FIFA's International Board approved a plan to experiment with the addition of two more referees' assistants, rather than use cameras to rule on disputed goals. fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke said there were fears the advance of goal-line technology would lead to its extensive use. fifa president Sepp Blatter and the Welsh Football Associatio... Read More

FIFA will be urged this weekend to allow video evidence to be used to punish players who dive.

The annual meeting of the International FA Board, the game's rule-making body, in Gleneagles on Saturday will hear a call from the Scottish FA to toughen up the rules on ``simulation``. Under current fifa regulations, diving cannot be punished retrospectively if the referee has seen the incident and made a judgement call not to yellow-card the player involved. Scottish FA chief executive Go... Read More

Le nouveau volet de la référence du jeu de street soccer débarque le 21 février 2008.


 
Fifa Street 3... Read More

Sporting Life
Ballon d'Or winner Kaka also took home FIFA's top individual prize, heralding the arrival of a new generation of stars. The 25-year-old Brazilian was competing with Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, 22, and Barcelona's Lionel Messi, 20, for the prestigious award. "All three of us are young," Kaka told reporters before Monday's event. "This means that football has started a new cycle."

Despite AC Milan's domestic problems in Serie A, Kaka led the Rossoneri to the UEFA... Read More