From this summer goalkeepers will be allowed eight seconds from catching the ball to releasing it, in the latest attempt to ...

Soccer’s rule makers are taking another crack at reducing timewasting by goalkeepers who hold the ball for too long.

Law 12.2 currently says goalkeepers can only hold onto the ball for six seconds but it has not been properly applied for ...

Borussia Dortmund’s Gregor Kobel voiced his opinion on football’s latest rule where a goalkeeper must release the ball within ...

At their annual general meeting, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) have approved a change to the Laws of ...

Keepers will only be allowed eight seconds from catching the ball to releasing ... indirect free kick should be awarded if a goalkeeper held onto the ball for longer than six seconds but was ...

"The last person I am looking at is the referee" admits the Norwegian as goalkeepers prepare for officials counting seconds with ...

The new law to tackle goalkeeper time-wasting was approved ... goalkeepers will be allowed eight seconds from catching the ball to releasing it, in the latest attempt to cut down on time-wasting.

The International Football Association Board approved a rule change Saturday whereby the opposing team will be awarded a corner kick if a goalkeeper holds the ball for more than eight seconds.

Referees will punish goalkeepers holding on to the ball for more than eight seconds ... to watch football semi-regularly to spot a goalkeeper catching and diving to the ground in elaborate stages.