What is VAR? How video assistant referee works at 2026 World Cup, are there challenges, what to know

As you watch or read about the World Cup, there's a good chance that you'll see someone talking about VAR. But what is it?
Sports Illustrated

Released VAR Audio of Disallowed West Ham Goal Sums Up Criticism of Arsenal

Referees’ chief Howard Webb has insisted the VAR was right to rule out West Ham United’s late equalizer against Arsenal after a lengthy review which also featured checks on a number of other incidents ...
The New York Times

VAR is broken. The furore at Motherwell, Tottenham and West Ham proved it

The big screen announces that the VAR is checking a possible foul in the buildup to West Ham's equaliser against Arsenal on Sunday Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images “Minimum interference, maximum ...
London Evening Standard

Every word of VAR check for West Ham's disallowed goal as audio released from Arsenal controversy

Callum Wilson thought he had slammed the Irons level late on against the Gunners, but the strike was ruled out after a lengthy check for a foul on David Raya by Pablo. The incident sparked huge ...
Sky Sports

Q&A: Was VAR call for Celtic penalty at Motherwell ‘clear cut’ or ‘worst decision in history’?

It is the decision that has got the footballing world talking. Celtic’s match-winning penalty at Fir Park. Was it a handball? Was it a header? What does it mean for the Scottish Premiership title race ...
BBC

How controversial VAR calls have defined two title battles

Two games, two potentially title-defining stoppage time video assistant referee moments. On Sunday in the Premier League, West Ham saw their equalising goal against Arsenal ruled out for a foul by ...
BBC

Three more VAR errors take mistake tally to 23

David Moyes has seen his Everton side wrongly denied three VAR penalties in the Premier League this season Three more video assistant referee errors have been confirmed by the Premier League's Key ...
BBC

Three more VAR errors take mistake tally to 23

Three more video assistant referee errors have been confirmed by the Premier League's Key Match Incidents panel, taking the total this season to 23. It is a 35% increase on last season, with 17 at the ...
Nottingham Post

Nottingham Forest given fresh VAR explanation after Matheus Cunha 'shocker' for Man Utd

Matheus Cunha's goal against Nottingham Forest should have been ruled out, according to ex-referee Dermot Gallagher. The former Premier League referee believes that handball should have been given ...

Why YouTubers Are Turning Hollywood Upside Down

Variety spoke with Hollywood producers, filmmakers, distributors and YouTube execs about the horror films shaking up the ...
The Guardian

Why are we getting more, not less, VAR? Football will not kill its golden goose

In generating a constant stream of outrage, debate and engagement, much-reviled tech has become its own spectacle “Just keep delaying,” Darren England tells the referee, Chris Kavanagh, at West Ham on ...