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Football - Premier League - Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur - Craven Cottage, London, Britain - March 4, 2021. General view of a big screen displaying a VAR decision to disallow a goal. [Pool via REUTERS/Kirsty Wigglesworth]
Football's rulemaker IFAB has changed the laws of the game so that accidental handballs leading to a teammate scoring will no longer be penalised.
It was previously the case that a handball would be given if the ball touched a player's or a team mate's hand or arm immediately before a goal was scored or a goalscoring opportunity was created.
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