Major League Soccer is aiming to implement Video Assistant Referees during the second half of the 2017 season after testing the system in the first part of the season, commissioner Don Garber said Friday. And MLS is not alone, as Garber said he was “excited to be one of the few leagues in the world […]
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 […]
Anouar Kali could only smile in disbelief. The Willem II midfielder was assessed a red card and sent off from a Dutch Cup match Wednesday after a Video Assistant Referee sitting in a van advised a match official to change the original yellow card ruling. Get The Latest Sports Tech News In Your Inbox! Kali […]
Earlier this month, FIFA kicked the ball forward with its inaugural use of video replay technology, specifically called “video assistant referees” (VAR). Yet, the trial run was met with criticism by some. On Sept. 1, Italy and France squared off in Bari for FIFA’s first ever “semi-live” test run. FIFA President Gianni Infantino was “very satisfied” with how […]
