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Soc: FIFA to experiment with microchip technology

AAP Sports News (Australia), February, 2005

> AAP Sports News (Australia) 02-27-2005 Soc: FIFA to experiment with microchip technology LLANTRISANT, Wales, Feb 26 Reuters - Microchip technology is expected to be used for the first time at September's world Under-20 championship in Peru, following a meeting of the International Football Association Board (IFAB) today. IFAB will recommend that FIFA, world soccer's governing body, goes ahead with the experiment after a trial match played this week between Nuremberg and Nuremberg reserves, close to the headquarters of Adidas. German sports good firm Adidas is the company which has developed the technology. A FIFA source told Reuters: "The board has decided to give permission to FIFA to experiment with the new technology." A microchip in...

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