As you watch or read about the World Cup, there's a good chance that you'll see someone talking about VAR. But what is it? VAR is the use of the video assistant referee to review decisions made in a ...

When you watch the 2026 World Cup this summer, you are going to see something familiar. A big play happens. Everyone stops as the referee walks over to a small screen on the sideline. Everyone watches ...

The 2026 World Cup will feature a string of new rules for players and teams - including expanded powers for VAR, 10-second substitutions and clamping down on tactical timeouts. The International ...

2026 tournament will be the biggest, longest and most expensive – and the most intricately refereed – ever seen The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest, longest and most expensive. It will also feature ...

Arsenal and Chelsea were the biggest beneficiaries of video assistant referee and on-field errors this season. Mikel Arteta's Gunners won the Premier League while becoming the first team to go the ...

The video assistant referee (VAR) is one of the most controversial aspects of soccer today. At the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it will again take center stage, providing the final word on many of each ...

Antoine Semenyo had a goal disallowed for offside by the VAR in a 0-0 draw with Chelsea Bournemouth in the Champions League? It was still an outside possibility as the final day of the Premier League ...

PEP Guardiola would have been leaving English football as the Prem champion AGAIN – had it not been for VAR. SunSport has analysed the 102 decisions changed after the intervention of Stockley Park to ...

Arsenal still would have become Premier League champions if the division did not employ VAR, according to research. The Gunners would have only edged Manchester City out on goal difference, however.

Premier League VAR errors have benefited Arsenal to the potential tune of four points this season, gifting the Gunners a huge advantage in the title race. City are two points behind Mikel Arteta's ...

Gary Neville has called the decision to disallow West Ham's 95th-minute equaliser in a 1-0 defeat to Premier League title hopefuls Arsenal the 'biggest moment in VAR history'. Arsenal were leading 1-0 ...

In generating a constant stream of outrage, debate and engagement, much-reviled tech has become its own spectacle “Just keep delaying,” Darren England tells the referee, Chris Kavanagh, at West Ham on ...