Referee Danny Makkelie speaks to players as a VAR check is underway for 'mistaken identity' involving a tackle between Miguel Almiron of Paraguay and Tim Ream of the United States during the FIFA ...

FIFA has confirmed that Croatia's equaliser against Portugal was correctly ruled out for offside due to technology housed inside the World Cup ball. The goal stood on the field, and it appeared from ...

Luka Modric has spoken out against the use of VAR after Croatia were knocked out of the World Cup at the round of 32 stage in controversial fashion. The nation were on the end of a 2-1 defeat against ...

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 ...

When does FIFA get issued a yellow — or even a red — card for its poor performance employing a referee who’s in over his head in the World Cup, the largest global sporting event on the planet? And VAR ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — What do you mean U.S. forward Folarin Balogun got red-carded? For that? As a nation, we’re pretty new to all this. And this VAR abomination we’ve all now been introduced to?

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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 ...

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 ...

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Germany's hopes of advancing in the FIFA World Cup 2026 were dashed by a contentious VAR decision during their match against Paraguay. The incident has drawn attention to the interpretation of the ...

A statement explaining why Jonathan Tah’s goal for Germany was not allowed to stand against Paraguay has been issued. In the first-half of extra-time of the World Cup round of 32 showdown at the ...