The championship game of Australia’s top soccer league was mired in controversy Saturday by a software malfunction in the Hawkeye Video Assistant Referee system. Melbourne Victory defender James Donachie was visibly offsides on a free kick that immediately preceded teammate Kosta Barbarouses’ goal. The VAR review should have negated the goal, which proved to be the […]
The growing tide of Australian sporting clubs leaping into esports shows no signs of slowing down with Hyundai A-League team Melbourne City FC becoming the first major football club in Australia to sign an official FIFA esports player. Melbourne City’s acquisition of Victorian-based Marcus Gomes, a 20-year-old FIFA fanatic, local football player and esports competitor […]
Speaking in Spanish in Chile on Wednesday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino reiterated how he hoped the 2018 World Cup in Russia would have Video Assistant Referees after trials had shown “very positive results.” In Australia, VARs have already been implemented earlier this month. The A-League after more than a year of preparations and dozens of trial runs […]
