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Premier League announces new rules for 2024/25 season

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August 10, 2024

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The English Premier League has announced new rules for the upcoming 2024/25 football season.

As the domestic league games begin on Friday, August 16, 2024, with an opening match between Manchester United and Fulham, there will be a significant difference in the rules guiding the games, a statement on the EPL website read on Thursday.

“There will be a difference this campaign in how match officials will be applying the rules of the game,” the statement partly read.

Subs warming up

The number of substitutes in a single match is five players which started in the previous season. During warm-up, only three substitute players from each team are allowed to warm up at the same time.

However, starting this coming season, “the number of substitutes allowed to warm up at the same time on the perimeter of the pitch during a match has gone up from three to five players per team.

“This is to correspond with the fact that teams are able to make five substitutions at any one time.”

Multiball

The statement on the website stated that the EPL “will practise the multiball system in 2024/25, with 15 balls in use to speed up the game.

“When the match ball goes out of play and is not quickly retrievable, players must go to the nearest cone to collect a replacement ball themselves to restart play.”

The statement warned that “ball assistants are not permitted to return a ball to a player but should return it to a vacant cone.”

However, starting this new season, an exception to the rule is that “the ball assistants positioned behind the goals at the end where the ball goes out are allowed to return a ball to the goalkeeper who will take the restart.”

The statement also added that the referee would send off a club’s technical area staff who deliberately delays the restart of play by holding on to the ball, kicking the ball away, etc.

Also, any players who do the same in the technical area will receive a yellow card.

More accurate calculation of added time

“From this season, when a goal is scored, match officials will only start adding time on to the end of the match when the delay between the goal and the subsequent kick-off exceeds 30 seconds. This will allow natural time for both teams to resume their restart positions after each goal.

“Given that there were 3.28 goals scored per match last season on average, this change may result in a significant drop in stoppage time this season,” the statement noted.

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Just IN: Argentina Cruise Past England To Set Up 2026 Final World Cup Showdown With Spain

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July 15, 2026

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England had been on course to reach their first World Cup final since 1966 after Anthony Gordon fired them into the lead 10 minutes after half-time in the semi-final in front of 68,239 fans in Atlanta.

But the great rivalry between these nations has produced several memorable contests on the World Cup stage down the years, and this will be remembered as the stuff of legends in Argentina as the South Americans denied England with two late sucker punches.

Messi set up Enzo Fernandez to fire in an 85th-minute equaliser and then, with extra time looming, crossed for substitute Lautaro Martinez to head in the winner in the second minute of stoppage time.

It was maybe not quite up there with Diego Maradona’s legendary display in putting England to the sword in 1986, but the goals this time brought Argentina back from the dead and kept alive their hopes of winning back-to-back World Cups.

Argentina are in the final of the World Cup! The defending champions fought back from one goal down to defeat England and book a date in Sunday’s game.

Argentina will face Spain in the final on Sunday, July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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World Cup: Ahead England, Argentina clash FIFA makes major VAR decision

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July 15, 2026

EMMANUEL AGAJI

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World football governing body, FIFA, has made a key video assistant referee, VAR decision ahead of the much exected World Cup semi-final match between England and Argentina.

The match will be played in Atlanta on Wednesday.

FIFA has opted to deploy an on-site VAR team for this high-profile encounter.

Previously, the VAR team had been functioning from a central hub located at the International Broadcast Centre in Dallas, regardless of the venue of each match.

However, for this particular game, the on-site officials will act as a backup in the event of any technical or communication difficulties.

Dan Hunt, a member of the Organising Committee, elaborated on the decision to have VAR operate on-site for the second semi-final as reported by Sport Bible.

He said, “There is a significant amount of drama that occurs during these matches. Moreover, when only four officials are tasked with overseeing the action on a field that is considerably larger than an American football field, it becomes quite challenging

“I am pleased that there will be on-site officials. I am uncertain about how the communication will be managed.”

FIFA has faced considerable criticism for the inconsistent VAR decisions throughout the tournament, with the defending champions Argentina benefiting from favorable calls without any against them, while England has experienced the opposite, resulting in a net negative outcome.