It replaces the current and mostly unenforced rule that states a referee should give an indirect free kick to the other side if a goalkeeper holds the ball for more than six seconds.

A corner kick is awarded when the whole of the ball passes over the goal line, on the ground or in the air, having last touched a player of the defending team, and a goal is not scored. A goal may be ...

This is one of the age-old discussions in soccer: Is it better to deliver a free kick or corner kick as an inswinger or an outswinger? Ask 100 soccer people, and they'll most likely be split 50-50.

Goalkeepers will risk conceding a corner if they do not release the ball in time under the rule change - Adam Vaughan/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Goalkeepers who time-waste ...

BELFAST, Ireland (AP) — Soccer’s rule makers are taking another crack at reducing timewasting by goalkeepers who hold the ball for too long. The International Football Association Board ...