FIFA gives VAR green light for World Cup, lifts 30-year Iraq ban

Video assistant referee technology (VAR) will make its debut at the World Cup in Russia this summer despite lingering opposition from within and outside football, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Friday. “We are going to have in 2018, for the first time, a World Cup with VAR,” said Infantino after a meeting of the FIFA … Continue reading FIFA gives VAR green light for World Cup, lifts 30-year Iraq ban