Soccer opinion: VAR on trial - Should football maintain faith or scrap it for good?
When video assistant referees were introduced to football, they were meant to represent progress, a step toward fairness and accuracy in a sport long defined by human error.
VAR promised to correct the infamous injustices of the past, from Thierry Henry’s handball in 2009 to Frank Lampard’s ghost goal in 2010.
The technology was sold as the answer to decades of controversy. Yet over five years after its introduction to the Premier League - fans, players and managers remain divided.
Here, Sports News Blitz writer Ben Phillips looks into arguments for and against the continuation of the VAR project.
The impact of referee decisions on live betting odds
In the modern world of sports betting, you can not only bet on wins and losses, but almost every little detail in a game. Of course, the referee can have a massive impact on this, for a myriad of different reasons that we will get to.
But how can you minimise these variables, and how can you increase your chances of making a winning bet?
Premier League Brings Three Rule Changes That Shake Up Match Officials
The new Premier League season has introduced three rule modifications that change how referees operate during matches.
Fans can already see the differences in how officials handle everything from goalkeeper time-wasting to VAR communication.