From this summer goalkeepers will be allowed eight seconds from catching the ball to releasing it, in the latest attempt to ...

But not Lizbeth Ovalle. Football has a way of providing brilliant moments. The Mexican winger, 25, created one at the Estadio ...

Law 12.2 currently says goalkeepers can only hold onto the ball for six seconds but it has not been properly applied for ...

The International Football Association Board approved a rule change Saturday whereby the opposing team will be awarded a corner kick if a goalkeeper holds the ball for more than eight seconds.

The new law to tackle goalkeeper time-wasting was approved ... goalkeepers will be allowed eight seconds from catching the ball to releasing it, in the latest attempt to cut down on time-wasting.

Referees will punish goalkeepers holding on to the ball for more than eight seconds ... to watch football semi-regularly to spot a goalkeeper catching and diving to the ground in elaborate stages.