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VAR to be used in 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Europe – UEFA

Ihesiulo Grace 5 August 2021 0

Video Assistant Referees (VAR) will be used in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Europe, starting from September 2022, continental football ruling body UEFA said Thursday. The light-touch use of VAR at Euro 2020 was widely praised, and UEFA will hope those standards are maintained in the

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Manchester United striker Rashford says VAR will improve football

Ihesiulo Grace 19 May 2020 0

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford says he believes the Video Assisted Referee (VAR) will improve football in the long run. Speaking to former world No 1 men’s tennis champion Andy Murray in a chat on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, the England forward said the country is not quite used to it yet. “I think in the […]

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FIFA’s Wenger wants offside law changed to reduce VAR criticism

Ihesiulo Grace 19 February 2020 0

VAR Zurich – FIFA’s head of global development Arsene Wenger says he will attempt to make a major change to the offside law. He disclosed that it would be a change which could end a run of contentious decisions in the game since the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). Wenger wants a player to […]

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UEFA cuts 15 seconds off VAR reviews in Champions League games

Ihesiulo Grace 18 February 2020 0

Zurich – UEFA says it has shaved 15 seconds off the average time it takes for the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system to correct a decision in its Champions League this season. It said the average is now down to one minute 30 seconds. The head of UEFA’s referees’ committee, Roberto Rosetti, said he was […]

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Italy’s FA seeks changes to Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system

Ihesiulo Grace 15 February 2020 0

Rome – Italy’s football governing (FIGC) has asked FIFA’s rule-making body, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), if it can make some changes to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system. FIGC wants to introduce a system where Serie A teams can challenge referee’s decisions and ask for technology to intervene. The Italian top-flight introduced the […]

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Klopp says VAR has changed his touchline behaviour

Ihesiulo Grace 15 December 2019 0

Liverpool (UK) – Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp says he waits now before celebrating goals on the touchline because of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR). He really has no choice, after Sadio Mane’s effort was ruled out for offside in Saturday’s 2-0 English Premier League (EPL) win over Watford. Mane thought he had put Liverpool ahead […]

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VAR cannot work in Nigerian football competitions for now, sports enthusiasts say

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2019 0

Some sports stakeholders in Nasarawa state on Thursday observed that the use of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in local football fixtures in the country would fail due to certain obvious reasons. VAR is a match official in Association Football who reviews decisions made by the head referee. READ ALSO Nigerian Armed Forces shine at international […]

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CHAN: Video Assistant Referee, VAR, technology to be used

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2018 0

A new technology Video Assistant Referee (VAR) that allows off-field match officials to assist referees in “game-changing” situations such as goals, penalty kicks, straight red cards and cases of mistaken identity has been confirmed to be used during the African Nations Championship, CHAN, which kicks off on Saturday with hosts country Morocco. The system according […]