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Evening Standard
Sport
Matt Verri

Football 'set to introduce blue card' as sin-bin trials planned for dissent and cynical fouls

A blue card is set to be introduced in professional football in a major shake-up of officiating rules.

The Telegraph report that the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the body responsible for the laws of the game, have approved the measure as part of sin-bin trials, with confirmation expected to come on Friday.

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