When an acronym for instant replay is overshadowing the World Cup, the beautiful game can get ugly, fast. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what’s happening in France, where every Women’s World Cup match, ...

What a way to start the 2024 Paris Olympics. Drama immediately arose in one of the opening two men's soccer matches on Wednesday following a controversial officiating decision. Argentina trailed ...

The symbol of all that is wrong with football. Another week in football, another VAR controversy to fill the column inches and rile up the fans. If you missed it, Coventry scored a last-minute winner ...

Video Assistant Referee or what is popularly known as VAR is one of the most controversial systems introduced in football. VAR is basically a match official in association football who reviews ...

Opaque communication. Lengthy deliberation. A bewildering outcome. Tennis, welcome to VAR: the source of existential angst, frustration, and rage across the English Premier League. This may sound ...

FIFA is employing an alternative review system that allows coaches to appeal two referee’s decisions per match at the Under-20 soccer World Cup in Chile The football video support (FVS) is a ...

Trials of Football Video Support (FVS), a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) alternative which sees managers able to make two ‘coach’s challenges’ in a game, have been expanded by the International ...

Concacaf announced Wednesday that it will use VAR (Video Assistant Referee) technology for the remainder of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifying campaign, as well as additional events like the 2022 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images / Michael Regan - FIFA The FIFA World Cup 2026 is just around the corner, ...

A view of the video assistant refereeing (VAR) operation room at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in Moscow on June 9, 2018 [AFP PHOTO / Mladen ANTONOV] Video ...