France, April 29 -- The International Football Association Board (Ifab), which has overseen the sport's rules since 1886, outlined the changes during a special meeting in Vancouver, Canada on Tuesday.

World football's governing body, Fifa, organisers of the 2026 World Cup, confirmed it would bring in the Ifab reforms for the tournament, which starts on 11 June.

Fifa proposed one of the new rules to Ifab after Real Madrid's Vinicius Junior accused Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni of making a racially charged insult while covering his mouth during a Champions League match in February. 

Last week, Uefa, which organises the Champions League, handed Prestianni a six-game ban for the verbal abuse. A Uefa disciplinary said Prestia...