The video assistant referee causes controversy every week, whether it be the Premier League, Champions League or FA Cup, but now we have a 104-game FIFA men's World Cup to cover, so how are the ...

Croatia is in turmoil after its elimination from the World Cup following a dramatic and controversial defeat to Portugal, with strong criticism directed at the refereeing team and a late VAR decision ...

It certainly looked like Croatia had equalized against Portugal in the 2026 World Cup round of 32 match on Thursday. Joško Gvardiol appeared to make it 2-2 in stoppage time, scoring in the 102nd ...

On the internet, they call it “the rule of cool.” The concept is simple. In sports, if a play is cool enough — a poster dunk, a buzzer-beating three-pointer, a one-handed catch straddling the sideline ...

Ghana coach Carlos Queiroz believes his team were denied a "clear penalty" in Tuesday's game against England. Marcel Bonte / Soccrates / Getty Images Carlos Queiroz said that the VAR “was on vacation” ...

FIFA has confirmed that Croatia's equaliser against Portugal was correctly ruled out for offside due to technology housed inside the World Cup ball. Gonçalo Ramos' header put Portugal 2-1 up in the ...

Folarin Balogun and Christian Pulisic react as referee Raphael Claus indicates a VAR decision Charlotte Wilson/Getty Images Presented as a still image by the video referee, the case for the ...

Video review doesn’t always improve sports. Former US Men’s National Team forward Herculez Gomez — and many others — called out the “inconsistent” Video Assistant Referee (VAR) that resulted in a ...

On-field officiating and the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) produced some controversial decisions during the 2026 World Cup group stage – in some cases, the technology played a part at ultimately ...

VAR is killing the joy of this World Cup, or at least it's trying to. For the most part this World Cup has been awesome. From Messi scoring goals to the U.S. looking competent to the legions of fans ...

FOXBOROUGH, MA – Jonathan Tah was on the verge of being a hero in Germany. Instead, Paraguay breathed the deepest sigh of relief – and then some. A VAR review of Tah’s go-ahead goal in the 101st ...

Egypt nearly put Argentina on the ropes in the 58th minute of Tuesday's World Cup round of 16 match, until VAR had stepped in. Midfielder Mostafa Zico's breakaway goal that would've put Egypt up, 2-0, ...