FIFA won't hurry into giving refs video help

Faced with soccer's "biggest decision ever", FIFA said on Saturday it would not be rushed into approving - or even testing - video technology to improve the accuracy of referees' decisions.

But an incident in the English Premier League then highlighted just why the English Football Association pushed FIFA to embrace technology beyond existing goal-line aids, at a meeting of the game's rule-makers on Saturday.

In Manchester United's game against Sunderland, it appeared the wrong player might have been sent off when a penalty was awarded. Sunderland defender John O'Shea pulled back Radamel Falcao in the penalty area but Wes Brown, who appeared to make no contact with the United striker, was dismissed.