When the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system was introduced to the English Premier League (EPL) for the 2019/20 season, it ...

VAR lines are drawn on the leading part of the defender and the leading part of the attacker with which they can score. However, the decision also has a 'tolerance level' of around 5cm in favour ...

In February 2023, the VAR failed to identify that a Brentford player was offside in the buildup to a goal at Arsenal. On the same day, the lines had been placed on the wrong Crystal Palace ...

A statement on Tuesday read: "Semi-automated offside technology automates key elements of the offside decision-making process to support the video assistant referee (VAR). "It provides more efficient ...

Instead of having officials in the VAR room determine tight offside decisions by manually drawing lines, SAOT will come to ...

Here’s everything you need to know. Under the current system, VAR officials are required to manually draw two lines on the relevant attacker and defender as well as determine the ‘kick point ...

VAR’s biggest critics had an eight-minute respite due to a fire alarm during Nottingham Forest’s 2-1 win over Tottenham. The video assistant refereeing system went down at the end of the first ...

The VAR must then validate the kick point and the accuracy of the offside line, and that the offside player is the one who touched the ball or who impacted play, and then inform the referee who ...