Kaishu Sano’s goal for Japan against Brazil was always going to draw attention, but the sequence that led to it is what has made the moment stand out. In Houston, Sano found the net shortly after avoi...
VAR was supposed to reduce controversy, not create a new layer of uncertainty. Yet BBC Sport’s World Cup discussion captures a familiar tournament problem: when the technology is present but the appli...
BBC Sport’s World Cup analysis has focused on a contentious moment involving Germany, with pundits Joe Hart, Ellen White and Lucas Leiva arguing that Alexander Pavlovic’s high boot should have been pu...
VAR remains one of football’s most divisive tools, and BBC Sport’s latest explainer lands on a question that supporters, managers and pundits keep asking: is the system being applied differently at th...
Scotland’s narrow 1-0 defeat to Morocco in Boston has prompted fresh discussion around a penalty decision that could have changed the tone of the match, with Stephen McGinn saying referee Ilgiz Tantas...
Scotland’s narrow 1-0 defeat to Morocco in World Cup Group C has been framed by BBC Sport Scotland as a match shaped by three major decisions that went against Steve Clarke’s side. In a game decided b...
Scotland’s World Cup Group C meeting with Morocco in Boston has prompted fresh debate over officiating after BBC Sport highlighted three key decisions that may have shaped the contest. With the match ...
British boxing has long been shaped by tradition, hierarchy and a stubborn resistance to change, so the emergence of the first female professional referee in the country is more than a personal milest...
Barcelona have filed an official complaint with UEFA, claiming “serious harm” was done to the club following their controversial Champions League elimination by Atletico Madrid. The club’s...
Sarri Criticizes Serie A Refereeing Standards After Loss to Inter Serie A officiating has come under fire as Lazio manager Maurizio Sarri openly called for the introduction of foreign referees followi...