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https://www.thefa.com/news/2026/jun/29/new-name-for-pgmo Sounds like a bad APP.

The plan has been kiboshed for this World Cup, may come back in future.

Hydration breaks were FIFA, advert breaks during them were a Fox decision. I was criticising ITV (our commercial broadcaster) for using them for a competition advert, the BBC seems to use them to advertise that you must pay for a TV licence.

@Big Cat Fox set to rake in $250 million for hydration break adverts. They 'only' paid just under $500 million for the rights. FIFA will have seen that and will be negotiating a cut next time.

England setting up a walk behind the Panama wall, referee comes and uses the spray to put a line a good 2-3 yards behind the Panama wall.

We've criticised the yanks for advertising breaks, ITV are using the hydration break to advertise their competition.

Perhaps it's time to read the law changes. Had assumed once treated the one minute off the pitch would apply. This will be a joy with rolling subs...

If he's 'injured' call the physio on. Player safety 😉

it was a quick break iirc, looks like he's breaking right to try and get an angle. What does the 54 metre indicate? Was that where the pass came from, or change in possession possibly? Even more of a case for VAR to get involved.

The change was made to allow the sub goalkeeper to participate at a joint-record 6th World Cup Just make a nominated player go off if they make the change too slowly. They can bring it in as a law change for the knock-out stages.

5 game ban! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c0lykrnw64xo Remember that SFP is often a 2 game ban in FIFA comps!

Ref pointed towards technical area; perhaps 4th official have it belatedly.

from Dale Johnson Pierluigi Collina pre-tournament. "There will be a hydration break each half, three minutes. This is to protect the health and the safety of players. So it will be around the middle of each half, I would say around minute 22. But referees are a bit flexible with this. So I...

@DJIC There was a delay to the restart despite the 3 minutes having elapsed