England FA to bring in retrospective diving bans

London (AFP) – 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. Incidents will be reviewed by a panel made up of a former player, a former referee and a former manager. The trio will all look at footage independently and if they all agree a player has deceived a match official then a two-game

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