England fans have been left frustrated by the goalless draw against Ghana, but were Thomas Tuchel's side fortunate not to ...

FIFA have blamed a "technical outage" for the controversy that resulted from the award of a penalty to Switzerland during the 1-1 draw against Qatar on Saturday. The award of a penalty -- which was ...

The Netherlands and Japan will open their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign at AT&T Stadium in Dallas on Sunday. The match will be officiated by a referee from the United States of America, and is known ...

The United States vs Paraguay match in Los Angeles, played in Group D of the 2026 World Cup, produced one of the most unusual early uses of VAR’s expanded powers. The incident involved Dutch referee ...

We’re just one game into the FIFA World Cup 2026 but the conversation is already about VAR. In the Mexico vs South Africa game on Thursday night, where three red cards were shown, VAR assisted with ...

VAR is football's replay room, armed with multiple camera angles, slow-motion replays Referee Wilton Sampaio, of Brazil, show the red card to South Africa's Themba Zwane during the World Cup Group A ...

Bafana Bafana will be distraught at the result of the FIFA World Cup's opening match, losing 2-0 to Mexico at the Estadio Azteca, but more brutal was the loss of two players to red cards. Yaya Sithole ...

Mexico’s 2-0 victory over South Africa delivered plenty of drama for an opening match at the World Cup. There were three red cards, an electric Estadio Azteca crowd and a refereeing display from ...

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 ...

Analysis: If you analyse the social and technical dynamics of VAR, you can see a number of drawbacks and even a number of positive forces VAR was built with a functional objective to be implemented in ...