Tuesday 21 May 2013
Goal-line technology will not be on the agenda when football's law-makers meet in Wales later this week, contrary to indications by FIFA president Sepp Blatter.
The technical sub-committee of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) will meet in Cardiff tomorrow, but as planned back in May, there will only be one item on the agenda and that will be the continuing experiment with additional assistant referees.
Goal-line technology may be discussed at a more formal meeting in October.
It hasn't always been a bed of roses
For a player who has taken English football by storm in the last three years, the remarkable thing about Gareth Bale, according to those who work with him on a daily basis, is that he is so low-maintenance.
Sam Allardyce expects Jose Mourinho to come back to England an even better manager than the one who left if the Portuguese returns for a second spell in charge of Chelsea.
Jose Reina admits he is flattered to be linked with a return to former club Barcelona but has again insisted he is happy at Liverpool, with whom he is under contract until 2016.
As the Spanish club Real Madrid confirmed that Jose Mourinho would leave them at the end of the season, president Florentino Perez was asked about the prospect of Carlo Ancelotti replacing him and Zinedine Zidane working alongside the Italian coach.
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