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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>World football governing body (FIFA) has quashed assertions that they are on the verge of introducing \u2018Blue Card\u2019 in football.<\/p>\n

Reports were rife on various media websites around the world that, aside the normal yellow and red card, a Blue Card will be introduced, specifically for cynical fouls where the offending player could be out for ten minutes.<\/p>\n

FIFA emphasized that no such initiative has taken place and they are even not thinking of that.<\/p>\n

“FIFA wishes to clarify that reports of the so-called ‘blue card’ at elite levels of football are incorrect and premature.<\/p>\n

Any such trials, if implemented, should be limited to testing in a responsible manner at lower levels, a position that FIFA intends to reiterate when this agenda item is discussed at the IFAB AGM on 2 March,\u201d reads a statement that FIFA released on Thursday.<\/p>\n

FIFA has over the years brought developments in the game with the recent one being introduction of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) which was intended to ensure transparent refereeing in football.<\/p>\n

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