Fifa ‘want robots to replace linesmen’ to give accurate offside calls in next technology advance to beef up VAR
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Monday, 26 August, 2019, 14:55
![]() FIFA want robot linesmen to replace assistant referees in the future — after VAR has highlighted how accurate they are on offside calls. Tech advances through video assistant refs could render real life ones a thing of the past. |

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