The long-awaited introduction of the video assistant referee (VAR) system in South African football continues to face ...

Set to officiate his first UEFA Champions League final, Romanian referee Istvan Kovacs brings a wealth of experience to the ...

Football has been transformed by the use of VAR, which stands for ‘Video Assistant Referee’ and involves the use of technology to review decisions made by match referees. The global football ...

Currently making waves throughout European football, VAR - or Video Assistant Referee to give the concept its full name - was introduced in the Bundesliga for the 2017/18 season, and has been ...

Here's a round-up of all your need to know details. What is VAR? Every Premiership fixture has a Video Assistant Referee (VAR), a qualified referee who watches the match via a number of screens and ...

PSG and Inter Milan clash in the 2025 Champions League final, but all eyes are on the referee—set to shape history in this ...

But will your correspondent Euan Healy’s cautionary value at risk (VaR) assessment, with a dash of vector autoregression (VAR) on the side, require a second look by football’s “video assistant referee ...

The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) has said the assistant referee who allegedly elbowed Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson will not be appointed during the investigation into ...

Former referee’s vacillating on Sky only adds to view it is becoming too tough to rule on decisions with any authority in the time available ...

Aside from becoming the first team outside of the traditional ‘Big Six’ to qualify for the Champions League in successive ...

Thanks to the video assistant referee, however, referees can also allow moves to run longer and only check whether there have been any infringements of the rules after they have been completed.