A half-decade into its VAR era, the English Premier League is committed to improving the replay system, even as a chorus of fans, players, pundits and coaches alike air their grievances on a ...

As is goalline technology. The Athletic explains why. The debate over the use of VAR in the FA Cup has been sparked by Harry Maguire’s controversial stoppage-time winner for Manchester United in ...

The Premier League has said "significant progress" has been made with testing of semi-automated VAR offside technology (SAOT) in recent weeks, adding that it still plans to introduce the new ...

The Premier League hopes to introduce semi-automated offside technology (SAOT) before the end of this season, and it wants to see referees explaining VAR decisions to the crowd inside stadiums for ...

VAR then confirmed the decision as despite not touching the ball, Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers was deemed to have interfered with play while being in an offside position. Rogers' positioning ...

The Premier League believes its referees are setting a model for VAR that other leagues want to follow as the latest stats showed video review errors are down 35% on last season. After 23 rounds ...

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It took a long time for his strike to be confirmed however. That's because VAR had to check for a touch from Marc Guiu in an aerial challenge with Max Kilman. A touch from the Spanish youngster ...

Norway is set to become the first country to abandon VAR after 19 of its 32 clubs voted Wednesday to scrap video refereeing in the country's top division. Following a four-month consultation ...

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Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie has claimed that some club officials are hindering the implementation of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in South African football. After years of contentious ...

After each weekend, we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. In this week's VAR Review: Was the VAR right to ...