The Mail on Sunday

ARE THESE PENALTIES?

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LAST SEASON, the Premier League used a lenient interpreta­tion of handball only to be told by FIFA to clamp down and apply it more strictly. After a sharp rise in ridiculous handball penalties, the PL were given permission to loosen the interpreta­tion again. Now chief lawmaker David Elleray has had his say. We look at three controvers­ial penalties and ask: just what is handball?

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