An adjusted version of an off-field treatment rule that Lionel Messi complained about in 2024 has been adopted in time for the World Cup by the International Football Association Boardy.

The officiating in Newcastle's FA Cup fourth-round win at Aston Villa should have been the perfect argument for VAR, yet the technology, not in use until the next ...

UEFA’s referees’ chief has issued a stark warning that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system risks becoming overly "microscopic" in its analysis of subjective decisions, straying from its original ...

I know what you're thinking. Not another VAR debate! But here's the thing - we know VAR is going nowhere. Football's lawmakers have decided it is the present and the future so that is that. But how ...

Video assistant referee causes controversy every week in the Premier League, but how are decisions made and are they correct? This season, we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain ...

With a level of fury that only VAR can provoke, many fans have expressed outrage at the decision to rule out Antoine Semenyo's second goal in Manchester City's 2-0 win over Newcastle United in the ...

The Premier League is in its sixth season of using video assistant referee technology and yet weekly discussions over high-profile errors persist. Controversies and conspiracy theories remain as ...

Video Assistant Referees (VAR) and Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SAOT) will not be utilised in the third and fourth rounds of the 2025-26 Emirates FA Cup. VAR and SAOT were not in operation until ...

Liverpool scraped past Inter Milan 1-0 thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai's late penalty on Tuesday night and the crucial late VAR call has drawn massive criticism. The decision to award the Reds a ...

FIFA is reportedly expanding the powers of video assistant referees (VAR) for the 2026 World Cup to include rulings on second yellow cards and corner kick decisions. Despite the seemingly omnipresent ...