Liverpool scraped past Inter Milan 1-0 thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai's late penalty on Tuesday night and the crucial late VAR call has drawn massive criticism. The decision to award the Reds a ...

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The video assistant referee (VAR) causes controversy every week, but how are decisions made, and are they correct? This season, we take a look at the major incidents to examine and explain the process ...

It was a weekend of video assistant referee penalty decisions in the Premier League, with spot-kicks awarded, cancelled and ignored. VAR is always going to face accusations of being inconsistent, ...

Michael Salisbury was replaced as VAR for Liverpool's clash with Arsenal on Sunday after the PGMO acknowledged the decision to disallow Fulham's goal at Chelsea on Saturday was incorrect. Salisbury ...

The scope of the video assistant referee in the Premier League might be expanded in the future to include decisions on yellow cards and the awarding of corners, says Howard Webb. Referees' chief Webb ...

Despite being despised by large swathes of football supporters, VAR is here to stay, and 2024–25 was another turbulent campaign for the technology and its users in the Premier League. During its fifth ...

Atlético de Madrid enquired with UEFA over the incident, which led to the disallowance of the kick from the penalty mark taken by Julián Alvarez at the end of yesterday’s UEFA Champions League match ...

Norway's top two divisions have voted to end the use of video assistant referees (VAR) in domestic leagues. A total of 19 of 32 teams in in Norsk Toppfotball (NTF), the organisation that represents ...

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