Editing FIFA (section)

===Video replay and goal-line technology===
{{See also|Goal-line technology|Video assistant referee}}

FIFA now permits the use of video evidence during matches, as well as for subsequent sanctions. However, for most of FIFA's history it stood opposed to its use.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jan/05/newsstory.sport8 |title=Fifa rules out video evidence |date=5 January 2005 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=29 November 2009 |archive-date=20 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220154213/http://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jan/05/newsstory.sport8 |url-status=live }}</ref> The 1970 meeting of the [[International Football Association Board]] "agreed to request the television authorities to refrain from any slow-motion play-back which reflected, or might reflect, adversely on any decision of the referee".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ssbra.org/html/laws/IFABarc/pdf/1970/1970min.pdf |title=Minutes of the AGM |author=IFAB |publisher=Soccer South Bay Referee Association |location=Inverness |date=27 June 1970 |access-date=29 November 2009 |page=§&nbsp;5(i) |no-pp=y|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430093219/http://ssbra.org/html/laws/IFABarc/pdf/1970/1970min.pdf |archive-date=30 April 2011}}</ref> As recently as 2008 FIFA president Sepp Blatter said: "Let it be as it is and let's leave [football] with errors. The television companies will have the right to say [the referee] was right or wrong, but still, the referee makes the decision – a man, not a machine."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/fifa-halts-instant-replay-experiment-1.695604 |work=[[CBC News]] |title=FIFA halts instant replay experiment |date=8 March 2008 |access-date=20 June 2010 |archive-date=2 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902164916/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/story/2008/03/08/fifa-instant-replay.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This stance was finally overturned on 3 March 2018, when the IFAB wrote [[video assistant referee]]s (also known as VARs) into the Laws of the Game permanently.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historic step for greater fairness in football |url=http://www.theifab.com/news/historic-step-for-greater-fairness-in-football |publisher=IFAB |access-date=6 July 2018 |date=3 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721225556/http://www.theifab.com/news/historic-step-for-greater-fairness-in-football |archive-date=21 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Their use remains optional for competitions.

In early July 2012 FIFA sanctioned the use of goal-line technology, subject to rules specified by the [[International Football Association Board]] (IFAB), who had officially approved its use by amending the [[Laws of the Game (association football)|Laws of the Game]] to permit (but not require) its use.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bailey |first=Graeme |url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7870900/goal-line-technology-approved |title=Goal-line technology approved |publisher=[[Sky Sports]] |date=6 July 2012 |access-date=6 July 2018 |archive-date=7 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707011231/http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7870900/goal-line-technology-approved |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://football-technology.fifa.com/en/media-tiles/about-goal-line-technology/ |title=About Goal-line Technology |publisher=FIFA |access-date=6 July 2018 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140841/https://football-technology.fifa.com/en/media-tiles/about-goal-line-technology/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This followed a high-profile incident during a second-round game in the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] between England and Germany, where a shot by Englishman [[Frank Lampard]], which would have levelled the scores at 2–2 in a match that ultimately ended in a 4–1 German victory, crossed the line but was not seen to do so by the match officials, which led FIFA officials to declare that they would re-examine the use of [[goal-line technology]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Coomber |first=Michael |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifa-boss-to-consider-video-replay-1.964232 |title=FIFA boss to consider video replay |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=29 June 2010 |access-date=22 December 2010 |archive-date=11 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511131031/http://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/fifaworldcup/news/story/2010/06/29/sp-fifa-video.html |url-status=live }}</ref>