<p>The day is not too far when FIFA, the world governing body for football, would be forced to introduce goal-line technology to end controversies over disputed goals, said former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke here on Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“There are additional referees on the lines now. But I think in future this (introduction of goalline technology) will happen. Too much is at stake,” said the 40-year-old Trinidadian. <br /><br />The debate over the need to introduce the technology started again following the controversy during the England versus Ukraine game at the league stage of the Euro 2012. <br /><br />FIFA will introduce it in the near future, felt Yorke speaking after launching the Mumbai leg of the Airtel Rising Stars initiative. <br /><br />The Mumbai leg is to be held on August 4 and 5 as part of Airtel’s pan-India initiative covering 16 cities to choose 12 hand-picked under-16 footballers to attend a week-long training camp with the glamorous and highly successful Premier League club Manchester United at Old Trafford in England. <br /><br />Yorke, a close friend of Trinidadian cricket great Brian Lara and a fan of the game, said that while racism in football was much less now than when he had started his career in the late 1980s, it has not disappeared totally. <br /><br />“I have lived in England for 24 years. Football has moved a great way forward in rooting out racism.”<br /></p>
<p>The day is not too far when FIFA, the world governing body for football, would be forced to introduce goal-line technology to end controversies over disputed goals, said former Manchester United star Dwight Yorke here on Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“There are additional referees on the lines now. But I think in future this (introduction of goalline technology) will happen. Too much is at stake,” said the 40-year-old Trinidadian. <br /><br />The debate over the need to introduce the technology started again following the controversy during the England versus Ukraine game at the league stage of the Euro 2012. <br /><br />FIFA will introduce it in the near future, felt Yorke speaking after launching the Mumbai leg of the Airtel Rising Stars initiative. <br /><br />The Mumbai leg is to be held on August 4 and 5 as part of Airtel’s pan-India initiative covering 16 cities to choose 12 hand-picked under-16 footballers to attend a week-long training camp with the glamorous and highly successful Premier League club Manchester United at Old Trafford in England. <br /><br />Yorke, a close friend of Trinidadian cricket great Brian Lara and a fan of the game, said that while racism in football was much less now than when he had started his career in the late 1980s, it has not disappeared totally. <br /><br />“I have lived in England for 24 years. Football has moved a great way forward in rooting out racism.”<br /></p>