Fifa approves use of video assistant referees for World Cup in RussiaAP FIFA president Gianni Infantino announcing the decision to approve video assistant referees in this year's World Cup. Fifa has finally and fully approved video review to help referees at the World Cup. The decision came two weeks after Fifa's rule-making panel voted to write video assistant referees (VAR) into the laws of football. That landmark move still left competition organisers to opt to use video review in their games, and Fifa's ruling committee had to sign off on the World Cup decision. Controversy has been stirred even by the most experienced VAR officials who have handled many more games than most referees who will work at the June 14-July 15 World Cup tournament.

Source: Stuff March 16, 2018 21:45 UTC