Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has called for the VAR system to be simplified, saying he “trusts the car but the driver is the problem” following the costly Liverpool goal blunder. Liverpool were wrongly denied an opening goal in their 2-1 defeat at Tottenham last weekend due to an error by ...

By Taiwo Adesanya The Nigeria Referees Association has revealed plans to introduce Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the 2023-24 Nigeria Professional Football League season. President of the NRA, Sanni Zubair, disclosed this during a chat with the media. Zubair opined that the introduction of VAR ...

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has concluded arrangements to install Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in regional stadiums in the country as plans are underway to train and retrain referees to achieve the purpose. The President of the federation, Malam Ibrahim Gusau, stated this on Saturday ...

Referee John Brooks has been replaced as the VAR for both Liverpool vs Everton and Arsenal vs Manchester City on Wednesday. Last weekend, Brooks wrongly disallowed a Brighton goal against Crystal Palace. In his place, Andre Marriner and David Coote will assume VAR duties for both fixtures. ...

The body responsible for match officials in English football, Professional Game Match Officials Limited, PGMOL, has admitted “significant errors” with VAR offside decisions. One of which went against Arsenal in their 1-1 draw with Brentford. Ivan Toney earned a point for the visitors with an ...