Report: Coded messages for VAR and referees in controversial incidents

According to reports in Italy, VAR officials were allegedly influenced by external figures, such as referees’ chief Gianluca ...
Yahoo! Sports

Has your club been wronged by VAR? Our referee expert goes team-by-team

Must do better? Yes, afraid so. Easy as it is to cast aspersions on former colleagues from the ivory tower of retirement, referees’ accuracy in the Premier League has dipped this season and a strong ...

Referee decisions in soccer frequently overturned following VAR-assisted review: No external influences found

In an analysis of a video-assisted, pitch-side review of soccer (UK football) referee calls in the English Premier League, ...
The New York Times

Why referees hate VAR just as much as you do: ‘It felt like the walls were closing in’

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 ...
Yardbarker

Video: Referee, VAR chaos in Serie A and World Cup farce

Football Italia’s transfer expert Alfredo Pedullà examines referee controversies from Torino-Cremonese and Parma-Lazio and criticises the reported proposal to reschedule a big game from Round 30 by ...
The Idaho Press-Tribune

Bundesliga referees and VAR under scrutiny as frustration over mistakes grows

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s referees are under scrutiny after a plethora of questionable decisions and incorrect calls compounded by anger over the video assistant referees’ failure to correct them. It's ...