FIFA to start testing goal-line technology

FIFA will next week launch tests into 10 companies' goal-line technology systems which if successful should lead to the principle being adopted at a meeting of the game's law-makers in March.

FIFA will next week launch tests into 10 companies' goal-line technology systems which if successful should lead to the principle being adopted at a meeting of the game's law-makers in March.

The Zurich-based research institution EMPA will carry out the tests between February 7-13, FIFA have announced.

Each system will have to demonstrate they meet the criteria of being 100% accurate,
and can relay the decision automatically to referees within a second.

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