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Premier League adopts vanishing spray

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Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura sprays a line after calling for a free kick for Brazil The vanishing spray has been a great success at the tournament

The Premier League announced on Wednesday that referees in the English top flight will use vanishing spray to police free-kicks from the start of the 2014-15 season.

"Vanishing spray will be used in the Barclays Premier League from the start of this season," read a statement on the organisation's Twitter page.

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