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FA to bring in retrospective diving bans

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England's governing Football Association has voted in favour of bringing in retrospective bans for players who dive or feign injury from next season.

Thursday's annual general meeting at Wembley saw the FA create a new offence of "successful deception of a match official", which is based on a regulation already used in Scottish football.

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