When you watch the 2026 World Cup this summer, you are going to see something familiar. A big play happens. Everyone stops as the referee walks over to a small screen on the sideline. Everyone watches ...

Analysis: If you analyse the social and technical dynamics of VAR, you can see a number of drawbacks and even a number of positive forces VAR was built with a functional objective to be implemented in ...

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has made some big changes to soccer ahead of the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. But you'll also see them in leagues around the ...

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Less than two weeks out from the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North America, the International Football Association Board (IFAB) has announced significant changes to its video assistant referee ...

Referees’ chief Howard Webb has insisted the VAR was right to rule out West Ham United’s late equalizer against Arsenal after a lengthy review which also featured checks on a number of other incidents ...

May 13 (Reuters) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola compared the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system to the flip of a coin on Tuesday and said his side must play ‌well enough to avoid any impact ...

It was over four minutes of pure, unadulterated cinema. A total of 266 seconds that put soccer fans across the world through the entire spectrum of emotions. If you missed it live, you’ve likely seen ...

LONDON --By god, they've gotten away with one here. If Arsenal do go on to win the league, it will have been in spite of what they did Sunday. Not just the goal they conceded at the death that never ...

March 30 (Reuters) - More than 75% of Premier League fans do not support the continued use of Video Assistant Referees (VAR), a survey by a football supporters group showed. The survey was ‌conducted ...