VAR and peace? Why tech-assisted refereeing won't do away with disputed decisions at the World Cup
- Written by Stan Karanasios, Associate professor, The University of Queensland
The football teams of 32 nations are gathered in Qatar for the quadrennial FIFA World Cup. Some 5 billion people around the world are expected to tune in to watch matches over the course of the month-long tournament.
These enormous audiences will be ready to applaud great play – and to howl ferociously when a referee’s decision goes...




