Three rule changes set for the 2026 World Cup 😱

Football revolutionized?

According to the English media The Times and The Sun, the IFAB (the body that dictates the rules of football), is considering adding or modifying three current rules and launching them for the 2026 World Cup:

• the immediate stoppage of play following a penalty stopped by the goalkeeper. If the latter stops a penalty from an opponent, the action then stops, the shooter, his teammates or the opponents would thus no longer be able to enter the penalty area to recover the ball.
• the intervention of VAR to cancel an unjustified corner.
• the intervention of VAR to invalidate an unjustified second yellow card, synonymous with a red card.

These three proposals are being discussed at the moment. They will first need to be proposed at the IFAB meeting next November, before being put to the vote in March 2026. If they are accepted, these three new rules would then become effective on June 1, 2026, a few days before the kickoff of the 2026 World Cup.

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This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.

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