Offside law changed after Swedish third-tier club?s pressure pays off

• Torns IF used ?gentle persistence? to force officials to act
  
• Ifab clarifies offside loophole over ?delayed? pass

A Swedish third-tier side have changed the laws of football after their ?gentle persistence? in exploring an offside loophole forced officials to act.
Football?s law-making body, the International Football Association Board. (Ifab), has amended the text of the offside law to clarify at which point an offside assessment should be made. The change comes after interventions from Torns IF, a club from the small town of St?ngby near Malm?, who wondered whether a player could get around the offside law by keeping the ball balanced in the crook of their foot.
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