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LONDON -- The new Premier League season is set to trial a crackdown on goalkeepers who appear to feign injury in order to disturb the flow of the game or give time for coaches to instruct players.
The English Football Association on Monday said the move has been approved by global soccer's rulemaking panel.
The trial "championed collectively" by Pro Ref, the FA, Premier League, English Football League, Women's Super League Football and the National League, it said, "will be implemented across the men's and women's professional game in England and is designed to address occasions where goalkeeper injuries have been used to disrupt momentum, slow the game down or create opportunities for tactical instruction."
The opening game of the Premier League season will see Arsenal begin its title defense at home against newly promoted Coventry on Aug. 21.
Shoeless to prove a point?
MINNEAPOLIS -- When Lucas Glover removed his shoes to retrieve his ball after a birdie putt in the final round of the 3M Open, TV commentators speculated it was in protest of the AimPoint green-reading system used by many PGA Tour players.
Turns out, he went shoeless for another reason: to prevent his metal spikes from making marks on the greens after hearing a complaint from a tournament official. Fellow player Michael Kim said several players had complained about spike marks on the greens, thinking it was Glover.
After hearing the complaint from a rules official, the 2009 U.S. Open made sure there were no spike marks by retrieving the ball in his socks after sinking a birdie putt on the 10th hole.
The Associated Press