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 ...

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 ...

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The Croatian national team has been eliminated from the 2026 World Cup following a disputed refereeing decision after a VAR intervention in the dying moments of the match, ultimately falling 2-1 to ...

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 ...

Portugal vs Croatia Highlights FIFA World Cup 2026 Round of: Super-sub Goncalo Ramos struck the decisive goal to send Portugal through to the next round with a thrilling 2-1 victory over Croatia in ...

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 ...

Croatia thought their FIFA World Cup hopes were still alive when they scored the game-tying goal just before the end of stoppage time in the second half. But a VAR review said Mario Pasalic was ...

Late VAR drama saw Croatia crash out of the FIFA World Cup 2026 following a 1-2 loss against Portugal in their Round of 32 clash on Friday. Josko Gvardiol scored in the 13th minute of second-half ...