IFAB: video refereeing on the agenda of the annual business meeting in London (ENG) on 07/01/2016

The annual business meeting (ABM) of the IFAB is scheduled to take place on Thursday, 07/01/2016, at the Royal Garden Hotel in London (ENG), announced FIFA on 22/12/2015. "The ABM acts as a preparatory meeting for the annual general meeting (in Cardiff, WAL, from 04 to 06/03/2016) - the only forum in which changes to football’s Laws of the Game can be made," said the International Federation.

Video refereeing will feature on the agenda of the annual business meeting of the IFAB, who have "been working on potential scenarios and clear protocols for how it could be tested, with the idea that well-run experiments would be the best way to understand the pros and cons of video assistance in full," said FIFA.

Other notable topics include the complete revision of the laws of the game (to improve clarity), the amendment of the "triple punishment" law (penalty-exclusion-suspension) and the authorisation of a fourth substitution in extra time.