Developed by technology company Genius Sports, the Premier League says it creates a "more efficient placement of the virtual offside line" by taking the mapping of the relevant players out of the ...

It was supposed to be the innovation that made offside decisions almost instantaneous. But the first weekend of ...

SOAT reaches domestic English football this weekend, with seven of the eight FA Cup fifth-round ties utilising the technology ...

But the FA did warn in advance that crowded goalmouths could make marginal offside calls difficult for the new technology to ...

Following the regular meeting of all 20 Premier League clubs on Thursday to discuss various issues, vote on certain matters. It has now been widely reported that VAR using semi-automated offsides is ...

Dessers was nearly faultless in an elite level performance. Not only did he score an exquistely taken goal, but his pass for ...

Then came the offside check ... them the technology could not be used and the VAR had resorted to the tried-and-untrusted method of drawing the lines. PGMOL insisted the system wasn't broken ...

In February 2023, the VAR failed to identify that a Brentford player was offside in the buildup to a goal at Arsenal. On the same day, the lines had been placed on the wrong Crystal Palace ...

The VAR must then validate that the kick point and offside line are accurate, and the offside player is active, and then inform the referee who can confirm or change the on-field decision.