Technology

Dawn of the connected ball

By 2024-06-25T16:25:00

Adidas Fussballliebe for Euro 2024 - connected ball

Source: Adidas

The video assistant referee (VAR) has been a part of professional football in some capacity since at least 2016, with trials going back years before, but it hit the big time at the FIFA World Cup in 2018. Now, six years later, an extended version of it has cost Belgium ...

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