Women’s football has had VAR for nearly a decade, so why not bring it into the men’s game?
The score assistant sits in the onsite TG4 production van and has use of all available camera angles to help determine whether a goal or point has been scored
VAR (Video Assistant Referee)
Fifa seeking answers after VAR official accused of ‘far-right’ hand gesture
Australian official Shaun Evans made the upside-down ‘OK’ symbol with his right hand as the broadcast feed cut to VAR hub in Dallas
New survey finds 91% of fans believe football is better off without VAR
Biggest gripe is with delay in reaching decisions
Ken Early: The saddest comparison was that between Doku and Salah
Free-scoring Manchester City thump Liverpool in riposte to Arsenal’s corners-and-duels vision
Premier League delays use of new offside technology after record VAR hold-up
Semi-automated offside technology failed in FA Cup
Uefa to ask for review of double touch rule on penalties after Julián Alvarez incident
Atlético Madrid player denied in Champions League shoot-out against Real Madrid
Premier League clubs vote 19-1 to keep VAR but insist on improvements
Reduced delays and better fan experience sought; Wolves the only club to vote in favour of scrapping it
Premier League reveals waiting time for VAR decisions went up 50% last season
Checks took an average of 64 seconds in 2023-24 compared to 40 the previous season
Premier League clubs to vote on scrapping VAR after Wolves lodge resolution
Vote at the league’s AGM in June will need 13 of the other 19 clubs to agree with them
Ange Postecoglou calls for VAR to be scrapped in current form
Tottenham manager says his team’s game against Liverpool should not be replayed
Malachy Clerkin: The Liverpool offside fiasco shows why football needs more VAR, not less of it
The way you kill off conspiracy theories is by making VAR a transparent, smooth-running and functional piece of game administration - not the clown show we saw last weekend
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