VAR to review second yellows and corners as timewasting clamped down on

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Using VAR to check corners will be an option for competitions from this summer, while the core VAR protocol has now been widened to cover second yellow cards. Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱No Sky?

Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW📺The successful introduction of the eight-second rule for goalkeepers has encouraged IFAB to go further on efforts to stop players slowing the game.Referees will be given the power to start a five-second countdown if they feel players are taking too long over throw-ins and dead-ball goal kicks, and substitutions must be completed in no more than 10 seconds, otherwise the substitute must stay off for at least one minute. The Premier League has been trialling a 30-second period, but some within the IFAB did not feel this was long enough to serve as a deterrent.

Watch now on the Sky Sports app Not got Sky? Get instant access with no contract Live Premier League table Watch FREE Premier League highlights The aim with all the measures set to be adopted is to maintain the tempo of the game but also to help reduce time to be added on for stoppages, which is a problem from a player welfare perspective, for supporters and for broadcasters' schedules.Changes agreed on Saturday will officially become part of the laws of the game from July 1 but will be adopted at this summer's World Cup which kicks off on June 11.The IFAB also agreed trials be conducted to further assess goalkeeper tactical injury delays and to propose options to deter this behaviour.Lawmakers are adamant VAR checks on corners must not delay the kick being taken and will only be used to spot obvious errors.