Croatia is in turmoil after its elimination from the World Cup following a dramatic and controversial defeat to Portugal, with strong criticism directed at the refereeing team and a late VAR decision ...

Croatia's heartbreaking exit from the FIFA World Cup 2026 against Portugal came down to one of the tournament's most dramatic VAR decisions, with FIFA later explaining that advanced ball technology ...

Ghana coach Carlos Queiroz believes his team were denied a "clear penalty" in Tuesday's game against England. Marcel Bonte / Soccrates / Getty Images Carlos Queiroz said that the VAR “was on vacation” ...

ATLANTA -- FIFA explained Tuesday the tighter regulations that resulted in Germany having a potentially game-winning goal disallowed in their shock elimination from the World Cup. Defender Jonathan ...

The Portugal vs Croatia FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of 32 match saw VAR take centre stage with four disallowed goals. None was more controversial than the last. With the scoreline reading 2-1, Croatia ...

VAR has become a major headache for Real Madrid. In recent seasons, the technology has repeatedly made life more difficult for the Spanish giants or, at the very least, prevented games from becoming ...

Ghana head coach Carlos Queiroz launched a stinging attack on VAR officiating after his team were denied a penalty during their World Cup match against England. Speaking at the post-match press ...

MARK HALSEY has claimed VAR made a “clear error” in not awarding England a penalty against DR Congo. Harry Kane was convinced he was fouled by goalkeeper Lionel Mpasi during the clash at the Atlanta ...

FIFA has confirmed that Croatia's equaliser against Portugal was correctly ruled out for offside due to technology housed inside the World Cup ball. Gonçalo Ramos' header put Portugal 2-1 up in the ...

It certainly looked like Croatia had equalized against Portugal in the 2026 World Cup round of 32 match on Thursday. Joško Gvardiol appeared to make it 2-2 in stoppage time, scoring in the 102nd ...

On-field officiating and the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) produced some controversial decisions during the 2026 World Cup group stage – in some cases, the technology played a part at ultimately ...

Vinicius Junior appeared to score his second goal against Scotland after capitalizing on a misplaced backpass from Jack Hendry and beating Angus Gunn. However, VAR intervened after replays showed the ...