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 ...

The use of technology in football has been on the increase over the past few years but none seems to create as much heated debate and questioning as that of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). By and ...

Between what was nominally the 70th and 73rd minutes of Barcelona Femeni’s 8-0 win against Alhama CF last weekend, Claudia Pina scored twice — but the VAR review of her second goal took more than five ...

As the technology becomes more widespread and available, more soccer leagues and cups adopt the video assistant referee, or VAR. This fifth official works behind the scenes to identify several ...

UEFA’s head of refereeing, Roberto Rosetti, has warned that the use of video assistant referees (VAR) risks becoming “too forensic”, calling for greater consistency and fewer microscopic interventions ...