This article first appeared in the January 2026 edition of World Soccer Magazine Football is a complex game. An action taken ...
For several years now, VAR (Video Assistant Referee) has been a fixture in football. It still sparks debate, with some decisions remaining incomprehensible (like during the Monaco/PSG match last ...
Mohamed Houssein Ali CAF/FIFA Fitness coach, Djibouti, during referee Open day at Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi on August 26, 2025 ahead of CHAN 2024 final. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Over the past ...
Everyone knows and accepts that football has become sh*t. Especially and specifically Premier League football. Arne Slot has had a go at it, and is unlikely to have softened in his views after Tuesday ...
Norwegian football fans have announced a series of protests across the opening two matchdays of the top two divisions after its governing body voted to keep using Video Assistant Refereeing (VAR) ...
We could do away with video reviews in sport if we framed the rules in terms of the officials’ perception of events rather than the events themselves. The sport of race walking did just that when ...