Australia's A-League to trial video replays in matches (The Associated Press)

Football Federation Australia will trial video replays in the A-League after being one of six countries approved by FIFA to run offline experiments. FFA said Friday that FIFA had approved the A-League and competitions from five other countries to trial video assistant referees before eventual live tests. Joining Australia in the trial is Germany's Bundesliga, Major League Soccer in the U.S., the league and cup competitions in Portugal, as well as unspecified competitions in Brazil and the Netherlands.