Folarin Balogun and Christian Pulisic react as referee Raphael Claus indicates a VAR decision Charlotte Wilson/ Presented as ...

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 ...

Video review doesn’t always improve sports. Former US Men’s National Team forward Herculez Gomez — and many others — called ...

Andy Davies breaks down all three major incidents from England's topsy-turvy 3-2 World Cup round-of-16 win over Mexico.

Here's how VAR works in soccer, what plays can be reviewed and what's new at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

A simple guide to how VAR works in soccer, what decisions can be reviewed and how video replay will be used during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Ex-Fiorentina and Milan star Riccardo Montolivo complains that VAR has ‘more power’ than on-the-field referees: ‘It should be the other way around, like this, it’s a mess.’ Italian referees are under ...

In an analysis of a video-assisted, pitch-side review of soccer (UK football) referee calls in the English Premier League, referees overturned their original call 95% of the time. However, these ...

Design: Kelsea Petersen/The Athletic; Photos: Paul Ellis/Getty Images, Ryan Pierce/Getty Images Graham Scott refereed in the Premier League for a decade before retiring in 2025 to return to his ...

According to reports in Italy, VAR officials were allegedly influenced by external figures, such as referees’ chief Gianluca Rocchi, who used ‘coded messages’ to suggest whether to alert the referee ...