Currently making waves throughout European football, VAR - or Video Assistant Referee to give the concept its full name - was introduced in the Bundesliga for the 2017/18 season, and has been ...

As part of a three-day workshop, IFAB Technical Director David Elleray explained in a media briefing Wednesday the situations where the two-year video assistant referee experiment would be utilized.

MLS and the Professional Referee Organization (PRO) announced on Friday that live, in-game testing of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) initiative has begun in select MLS preseason games.

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Video assistant referee (VAR) The use of video assistant referees (VARs) is only permitted where the match/competition organiser has fulfilled all Implementation Assistance and Approval Programme ...

Other match officials (two assistant referees, a fourth official, two additional assistant referees, a reserve assistant referee, a video assistant referee (VAR) and at least one assistant VAR (AVAR)) ...

an assistant referee is one of several officials who assist the referee in controlling a match. Two officials, traditionally known as linesmen (or lineswomen if they are female), stand on the ...