Referee Danny Makkelie speaks to players as a VAR check is underway for 'mistaken identity' involving a tackle between Miguel Almiron of Paraguay and Tim Ream of the United States during the FIFA ...

Thursday night’s World Cup knockout-round match between Croatia and Portugal revealed, for better or worse, the extreme precision of the VAR system that FIFA has embraced. Watching it work, it becomes ...

It was searing pain and utter confusion for Croatia, while a 41-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo stayed alive in his final World Cup. To the uninitiated or Americans falling in love with their first World ...

FIFA have explained why Croatia's dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against Portugal was ruled out after VAR intervened. Connected Ball Technology detected the slightest touch from Igor Matanovic in ...

Croatia's Fifa World Cup 2026 campaign ended in dramatic and controversial fashion on Friday after their stoppage-time equaliser against Portugal in the Round of 32 at Toronto Stadium was ruled out ...

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 ...

The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system has come under intense scrutiny following a series of controversial decisions at the ongoing World Cup, with many football ...

FIFA has confirmed that Croatia's equaliser against Portugal was correctly ruled out for offside due to technology housed inside the World Cup ball. The goal stood on the field, and it appeared from ...

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Croatia's Igor Matanovic has admitted that he made 'slight contact' with the ball as his nation saw a late equaliser against Portugal ruled out. Croatia thought that they had scored a dramatic ...

Croatia thought they had snatched a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser against Portugal, only for VAR to rule the goal out for offside after a review. The decisive moment came when technology detected ...

Luka Modric has spoken out against the use of VAR after Croatia were knocked out of the World Cup at the round of 32 stage in controversial fashion. The nation were on the end of a 2-1 defeat against ...