Rules panel set to approve goal-line technology

Published July 5, 2012 11:52am ET



ZURICH (AP) — Soccer’s rule-making panel is set to approve goal-line technology on Thursday, clearing it for use at the 2014 World Cup.

Two years after reversing his opposition to high-tech aids for referees, FIFA President Sepp Blatter will help decide if two systems passed trials to prove they can accurately judge when balls cross the goal line.

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