The Scottish Sun

Scotland World Cup rule changes CONFIRMED as use of VAR expanded and steps taken to crack down on timewasting

FOOTBALL law makers have brought in a raft of measurements designed to stop time wasting and speed up the game. The changes, confirmed by the International Football Association Board on Saturday, will ...
ESPN

Football rule changes: More VAR power, more countdowns for 2026 World Cup

VAR's powers have been extended by football's lawmakers. Using VAR to check corners will be an option for competitions from this summer, while the core VAR protocol has now been widened to cover ...
Sky Sports

IFAB: VAR powers extended to include second yellow cards and corner checks as timewasting clamped down on

VAR's powers have been extended by football's lawmakers. Using VAR to check corners will be an option for competitions from this summer, while the core VAR protocol has now been widened to cover ...
BBC

VAR reaction 'over the top' as refs step down

Gerard Lawlor defended the decision to introduce VAR for the BetMcLean Cup final Northern Ireland Football League [NIFL] chief executive Gerard Lawlor says some of the reaction to the planned ...
Telegraph & Argus

VAR powers extended to include second yellow cards and corner checks

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Associated Press

Let’s avoid microscopic VAR intervention, says UEFA referees’ chief

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The New York Times

Aston Villa-Newcastle controversy: Why is VAR not in use in FA Cup fourth-round matches?

The Video Assistant Referee system continues to provide almost weekly controversies in the Premier League and it was no different in the FA Cup’s fourth round on Saturday – even though the technology ...
Yahoo! Sports

Uefa refereeing chief issues VAR warning as he admits use of technology may have gone too far

UEFA’s referees’ chief has issued a stark warning that the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system risks becoming overly "microscopic" in its analysis of subjective decisions, straying from its original ...
Sports Illustrated

Is There VAR in 2025-26 Carabao Cup Fourth Round?

The Carabao Cup fourth round takes centre stage midweek, with the 16 teams remaining looking to continue their quest to conquer the first major trophy of the season in English football. The fourth ...
Deadline.com

Amazon Web Services Says Outage Has Been Resolved, Though Some Backlogs Still Being Processed

In a post to its support page at 3:53 p.m. PT, AWS announced that, by 3:01 p.m., “all AWS services [had] returned to normal operations. Some services such as AWS Config, Redshift, and Connect continue ...
intelligentcio

UPDATE: Amazon says all cloud services “returned to normal operations”

Global outage incident that affected up to 8.1 million customers appears over. Amazon says all cloud services are “returned to normal operations” with the global outage incident that affected up to ...