VAR will come into play for every tie from the fifth round of the FA Cup and will be available for the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. However, semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) will ...

Premier League clubs are set to hold a vote at their annual general meeting next month on a proposal to abolish the video assistant referee (VAR) system from the start of next season. VAR has been ...

The English football season is only a few weeks old, yet it would surely already prove difficult for last weekend to be topped in the controversy stakes. In the men’s game, Liverpool were left fuming ...

Mohamed Houssein Ali CAF/FIFA Fitness coach, Djibouti, during referee Open day at Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi on August 26, 2025 ahead of CHAN 2024 final. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Over the past ...

Growing anger over the use of video technology in football has been kicked up a notch further by high-profile incidents in recent matches. Since being introduced into English football in 2019, the use ...

It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the decision-makers in charge of football’s direction are out of touch with what fans truly think. The comments from key figures like Howard Webb, Tony Scholes ...

For several years now, VAR (Video Assistant Referee) has been a fixture in football. It still sparks debate, with some decisions remaining incomprehensible (like during the Monaco/PSG match last ...

Heading into the new season, the VAR remains a talking point as sections of fans and pundits are against the use of the technology in sports today, while some are for it. VAR was introduced to help ...

The "VAR challenge" is being tested in Brazil and may soon be implemented in major competitions. The president of the Arbitration Commission of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Rodrigo ...

Teething problems are to be expected when implementing new technologies in sport, but will video technology be shortlived in England? The long-awaited rollout of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in ...