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Have Video Officials Killed Our Belief in Sport?

Claims by former Netherlands football coach Louis van Gaal that last year’s FIFA football World Cup in Qatar was rigged in order to allow one of the game’s greats Lionel Messi to win a World Cup have caused quite a

Time to Review the Review?

To the un-initiated a 0-0 draw in football must be boring. Yet that can be far from the truth, as often a match is decided by the finest of margins. A deflected shot can wrong-foot a goalkeeper to give a

Time for a Review?

Over the Christmas period there was much debate once again on social media about the Video Referral system in a number of sports, in particular during the Boxing Day Test match in Melbourne and with the Video Assistant Referee on

Van Basten Leaves Fans Flat-Footed

What do you love about the sport you follow? Think about it for a minute before reading on. Is it the atmosphere? Or is it the excitement and skill? Or the fact that you can rely on it to deliver

To Refer or Not to Refer That is the Question

Four Southern hemisphere sides are in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup for the first time ever. Some will claim that this confirms that the Rugby Championship is a tournament a notch above the six nations, even if it