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  • IFAB extends Goal Line Technology testing

    IFAB extends Goal Line Technology testing

    Saturday 5 March 2011
    It was today announced that the testing of Goal Line Technology will be extended by one year following the latest meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which marked its 125th anniversary.
  • The IFAB, past and present

    The IFAB, past and present

    Friday 4 March 2011

    Ahead of 5 March’s 125th AGM, where the issue of goal-line technology will be raised, FIFA has published a brochure outlining the history of the IFAB.

  • IFAB: 125 years and still going strong

    IFAB: 125 years and still going strong

    Thursday 10 February 2011

    The International Football Association Board (IFAB) celebrates its 125th anniversary this year. Ahead of the Board’s meeting next month, FIFA World profiles the “guardians of the game” and their activities over the past century and a quarter.

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The IFAB, the eternal guardian of laws

The IFAB, the eternal guardian of laws

FIFA.com explains the history behind the IFAB and reveals the role it has played in the development of the game from its foundation in the late 19th century through to the present day.

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  • IFAB Meeting, 5 March 2011
  • IFAB Meeting, 5 March 2011
  • IFAB Meeting, 5 March 2011
  • IFAB Meeting, 5 March 2011
  • IFAB Meeting, 5 March 2011
  • IFAB Meeting, 5 March 2011
  • IFAB Meeting, 5 March 2011
  • International Football Association Board meeting - 5 March 2011

The IFAB: How it works

The IFAB: How it works

The role of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) is to discuss and decide upon proposed alterations to the Laws of the Game.

    Laws of the Game

    On 1 July 2010, the new Laws of the Game, modified at the 124th Annual General Meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in Zurich, Switzerland on 6 March 2010, came into force. Click here to see the Laws of the game.

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      From 1863 to the Present Day

      From 1863 to the Present Day
      Football has come a long way since its first laws were drawn up in London in 1863. That historic meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern led not only to the foundation of the Football Association but, moreover, to the game's inaugural set of common rules.