Referees at the 2018 World Cup finals will be able to show red cards for off-the-ball incidents spotted by Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology, according to the International Football Association Board (IFAB).
The VAR system will be rolled out for the first time at a World Cup at the June 14 to July 15 tournament in Russia.
IFAB, which determines the laws of football, has decided that match officials will be able to call on the help of VAR in order to dismiss players retrospectively if an incident was missed from earlier in the game - but the organisation suggests such instances would be rare.
"If there is something away from the action that has been missed and it later comes to the attention of the VAR or the assistant VAR, then they can inform the referee and he can send the player off, even if it is later in the match," IFAB technical director David Elleray told The Times.
"We do not anticipate this happening very often... this would only be for serious red-card offences."
Additional reporting by Reuters.
