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Kids aged 6 face red cards in football matches for deliberately heading ball

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football matches if they deliberately head the ball to stop a goal.Grassroots teams are trialling the FA’s new safety initiative aimed at reducing brain damage in footballers.

The pilot project will stop youngsters in teams aged under 12 from heading the ball in training and matches.An FA spokesman said: “There’s not enough information on whether there are any long term effects of headering.

We want to mitigate against any potential risks."READ MORE: Gary Lineker sparks health fears as he says he can 'hardly remember any' of his goalsA spokesperson for the International Football Association Board, the sport's law-making organisation, added: "Deliberate heading is an offence within the heading ban trial and the Laws of the Game state that any offence (foul, handball etc.) which stops a goal is a red card."The Laws do not distinguish between different offences or different age groups."There have been growing concerns in recent years about football's link to brain injuries.

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