Top Italian football club AS Roma and leading eSports organization Fnatic announced a partnership around FIFA, it was announced on Tuesday in Italy. According to AS Roma President Jim Pallotta, the joint venture will enable the football organization “to start building a strong legacy in eSports and engage our fans in exciting new ways.” “As one of […]
In early 2016, it was reported that the workers working on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar stadium were suffering “appalling treatment” by FIFA and the Qatari authorities. According to Amnesty International, the workers were forced to live in squalid accommodation, appeared to pay huge recruitment fees and had wages withheld and passports confiscated. After […]
Video replay technology was used to award a penalty kick for the first time in FIFA competition on Wednesday at the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. The tournament is the site of FIFA’s first live trial of the Video Assistant Referee, enabling the referee on the field to review video footage on a pitchside […]
FIFA is enabling the match officials at the FIFA Club World Cup Japan that began on Thursday to review footage on a pitchside monitor for certain decisions. The “important test” is a first for FIFA, which in its previous “semi-live” experimentation had only allowed officials on the pitch to receive verbal input on key decisions […]
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is in favor of having Video Assistant Referees in place by the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Infantino made the comments to Le Parisien on Monday, making it a real possibility that the World Cup, a referee inside of a van with access to video technology can advise a match official […]
