UEFA approves goal-line technology for use at Euro 2016

PanARMENIAN.Net - UEFA on Friday, January 22 approved the use of goal-line technology (GLT) for its competitions, as the body's acting chief Gianni Infantino vowed to win FIFA's upcoming presidential vote, AFP reports.

The greenlight for GLT, which has been expected, was given the final nod at UEFA's executive committee meeting, with the technology to be introduced at the France-hosted Euro 2016 championship.

Meanwhile, with the campaign heating up to replace Sepp Blatter as the head of world football's scandal-tainted governing body, UEFA's executive committee unanimously backed Infantino's candidacy for FIFA's February 26 vote.

"We are certain he is the right man to take FIFA forward now,” an executive committee statement said, according to AFP.

Infantino, UEFA's secretary general who entered the race following the suspension of European football's fallen president Michel Platini, voiced confidence of an election win.

Asked how many votes he expected to get from the 209 FIFA member-associations who will pick the body's next leader, Infantino said: "at least 105, which is the number needed to become the president of FIFA."

UEFA's national associations have also "overwhelmingly" backed Infantino's candidacy, but each nation will disclose its individual endorsement "in due course," the executive committee statement said.