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No more delayed flag? Fifa adds new offside tech for World Cup
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- Fifa has been working on ways to improve offside decisions for the World Cup
- Football issues correspondent Published32 minutes ago The delayed offside flag could almost become a thing of the past after Fifa unveiled new technology to be used at the 2026 World Cup.
- Fifa will introduce advanced semi-automated offside for video assistant referees (VAR) which should make decisions faster and mean an assistant can raise the flag rather than wait for a move to play out.
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Fifa has been working on ways to improve offside decisions for the World Cup
Football issues correspondent Published32 minutes ago The delayed offside flag could almost become a thing of the past after Fifa unveiled new technology to be used at the 2026 World Cup.
Fifa will introduce advanced semi-automated offside for video assistant referees (VAR) which should make decisions faster and mean an assistant can raise the flag rather than wait for a move to play out.
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