VAR edges closer to confirmation for 2018 World Cup

• Ifab recommend video technology be approved for use
• Decision taken in Geneva seen as a crucial seal of approval

Video Assistant Referees (VAR) took another step towards becoming part and parcel of football after the International Football Association Board (Ifab) recommended they be approved for use.

The decision taken in Geneva is seen to be the crucial seal of approval for the technology, which has been the subject of testing for the past two years across 20 football competitions. It will now be rubber-stamped at the Ifab’s AGM in March leaving it certain to be deployed in full at this summer’s World Cup.

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