The VAR manually selects the farthest forward point on both defender and attacker (or the ball if applicable), which cannot be applied consistently or accurately. Then there's the time it can take ...

The semi-automated technology was supposed to make offside decisions in a few seconds, but in its very first weekend we instead saw the longest VAR check ever in English football… Bournemouth ...

But the first weekend of semi-automated offside technology in football brought an epic eight-minute VAR check that ended with a goal ruled out for… offside. In the first half of their FA Cup ...

Fans had to wait eight minutes for the VAR officials to disallow a Bournemouth goal The Football Association has said the record eight-minute VAR stoppage during Bournemouth's FA Cup fifth-round ...

The Football Association has said the record eight-minute VAR stoppage during Bournemouth's FA Cup fifth-round win against Wolves was caused by a congested penalty area. It came during the first ...

Article continues below Another aspect of the weekend that will be important for United and City to know is that VAR will be in use in the fifth round. The FA confirmed that the video assistant ...

VILLA PARK will tonight see the launch of English football’s VAR upgrade. Premier League chiefs plan to roll out the use of Semi-Automated Offside Technology across the remainder of the season.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pitch crews clean up after the home crowd threw tennis balls onto the pitch in a protest against VAR ...

Felix Auger-Aliassime and Alexander Bublik were involved in a bizarre VAR review incident at the Dubai Championships just weeks after tennis' new technology stoked controversy at the Australian Open.

After each weekend we take a look at the major incidents, to examine and explain the process both in terms of VAR protocol and the Laws of the Game. VAR review: It was the big controversy of the ...