Chris McKee scores an extra-time penalty to help Linfield edge past Glentoran 1-0 and win the BetMcLean Cup for a record-extending 13th time.

Yankuba Minteh scores the only goal of the game in bizarre fashion as Brighton condemn Sunderland to a third straight home ...

Quadratic regression is a classical machine learning technique to predict a single numeric value. Quadratic regression is an extension of basic linear regression. Quadratic regression can deal with ...

This article first appeared in the January 2026 edition of World Soccer Magazine Football is a complex game. An action taken ...

A masked fan has unplugged the referee’s video review monitor at a German soccer game while the referee was deciding on a ...

The United States swept both Olympic hockey gold medals only to see the celebrations turn into a political flashpoint. The men took a locker room call from President Donald Trump, ...

Martin O’Neill claims the process around Auston Trusty’s red card against Hibernian was “such a nonsense” as the Celtic defender gets set to miss three domestic matches. The 27-year-old USA ...

Furious Ally McCoist has demanded VAR is binned from the Scottish Premiership as he let rip at those who operate it after an "embarrassing" weekend in Scottish football. The Rangers icon was ...

At a time when Barcelona have raised eyebrows through their protest against the quality of refereeing in La Liga, data suggests the club are playing a game of two extremes when it comes to VAR. Indeed ...

Roberto Rosetti, UEFA’s head of refereeing, believes VAR has become too “microscopic” and claims the reason for the technology’s introduction in the first place has been forgotten. The 58-year-old, a ...

Heading into the new season, the VAR remains a talking point as sections of fans and pundits are against the use of the technology in sports today, while some are for it. VAR was introduced to help ...

The Premier League’s Key Match Incidents Panel ruled Everton were wrongfully denied a penalty in their 1–0 loss to Arsenal. Controversy surrounded the Gunners’ win at the Hill Dickinson Stadium back ...