English Premier League clubs have agreed in principle to introduce Video Assistant Referees (VAR) to the competition in the 2019/20 season. At a shareholders’ meeting Friday, November 16, the clubs were provided with an update on the non-live VAR trials being undertaken by the League and Professional Game Match Officials …
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The decisive matches in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup – UAE are to be enhanced by the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system after the AFC Referees Committee approved its use from the quarterfinals onwards. Asia already boasts some of the world’s leading referees and now they will …
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UEFA and European referees are hard at work preparing for the introduction of video assistant referees (VAR) in UEFA competitions from next season. At a four-day course in Madrid, a group of referees with limited experience of VAR in their own countries took part in intensive theoretical and practical sessions, …
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The UEFA Executive Committee met yesterday morning at the House of European Football in Nyon and decided to introduce Video Assistant Referees (VAR) in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League, as of the playoff stage of the competition in August 2019. In addition, it was decided that VAR would also be …
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The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) determination to embrace technological advances for the development of football in Asia has been underlined with the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system at some stage in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup – UAE – which is just 100 days away. After approval …
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A few days after the final whistle by the Argentinian referee Nestor Pitana, FIFA looks back extremely satisfied with how the referees performed and how the historical implementation of Video assistant referee (VAR) contributed to the resounding success of refereeing at the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Russia. “We said …
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I just love to watch the 442oons and their funny take on football and its matches! In the 442oons of the day its about the matchday three of the 2018 FIFA World Cup – Group B in which VAR somewhat saved Spain and Portugal from potential elimination.
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The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 13 Referees, who will act solely as Video Assistant Referees (VARs) during the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. The selection criteria for the VARs was primarily based on their experience as Video Match Officials in their respective National Associations and Confederation competitions, in …
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The video assistant will be officially used at all Bundesliga matches starting from the 2018-19 season. The Bundesliga clubs passed a corresponding resolution with one abstention at the yesterday’s meeting of the members of DFL e.V. in Frankfurt/Main. The costs will be split among the 18 clubs on a pro …
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The FIFA Council held its first meeting of the year yesterday in Bogotá, Colombia, where it discussed a number of milestone initiatives related to the future of international football competitions. FIFA’s supervisory and strategic body approved the adoption of the most recent changes to the Laws of the Game at …
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