#VAR Controversy

Articles (5)

• 🇺🇸 VAR Review: Should Ox have been sent off? | 'Livi foul on Rangers' Moore a red' — 20/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Football Discipline
• 🇺🇸 'There is NO excuse!' | Ref Watch puzzled by 'obvious' Havertz penalty decision — 16/03/2026 [USA]

  Jay Bothroyd and Dermot Gallagher go over Kai Havertz's penalty appeal against Everton and try to dissect why the foul was not given.

  Related: #Refereeing Standards
• 🇺🇸 Masked fan unplugs VAR monitor at German soccer game to disrupt video review — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  A masked fan has unplugged the referee’s video review monitor at a German soccer game while the referee was deciding on a penalty, in an apparent protest against VAR technology

  Related: #Fan Protest
• 🇬🇧 'Howard Webb, where are you?' - How we can stop VAR ruining football — 06/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  In his BBC Sport column, former Premier League boss Tony Pulis explains how VAR has become a monster, and why people in the game should be asked how to fix it.

  Related: #Football Governance
• 🇬🇧 'Not fair to fans' - how VAR denied Burnley one of greatest comebacks — 28/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Burnley were set to complete one of the greatest Premier League comebacks - until VAR intervened. BBC Sport takes a look at whether the decisions were correct.

  Related: #Premier League Relegation, #Football Rule Interpretation