VAR is football's replay room, armed with multiple camera angles, slow-motion replays Referee Wilton Sampaio, of Brazil, show the red card to South Africa's Themba Zwane during the World Cup Group A ...

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 ...

2026 tournament will be the biggest, longest and most expensive – and the most intricately refereed – ever seen The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest, longest and most expensive. It will also feature ...

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 ...

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 ...

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta on their controversial win over West Ham and the consistency of VAR Sobha Realty Training Centre, London, UK He was fooling around on the edge - then his hand suddenly ...

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 ...

Arsenal were the beneficiaries of one of the most contentious decisions in VAR history in the closing minutes of their 1-0 victory over West Ham. West Ham had scored an equaliser, but after a long VAR ...

It is becoming a wearying trend for the FC Barcelona faithful: a moment of brilliance by Ferran Torres, a celebratory roar from the stands, and then the cold, digital intervention of a VAR system that ...

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 ...

Rule changes and technological innovations have been a constant in soccer in recent years, aimed at speeding up the game and preventing referee errors that could impact match results. Ahead of the ...

Roberto Rosetti, UEFA’s head of refereeing, believes VAR has become too “microscopic” and claims the reason for the technology’s introduction in the first place has been forgotten. The 58-year-old, a ...