News & Reviews:   football

The Video Assistant Referee system better known as VAR is a controversial system used in several major world leagues including Malaysia and also the 2022 World Cup and the 2024 European Cup. Controversy arose because mistakes still occur even though VAR is used. Following some controversial decisions, the VAR system for detecting offsides in the English Premier League (EPL) season 2024/2025 will be replaced by the Semi-Automated Offside Technology (SOAT) system.

Last month, sooka launched a new update that the whole of the Liga Malaysia 2023 season will be available on its app. With new plans and promotions, the company decided to sweeten the deal further by lowering the sooka VIP plan price.

Apple is reportedly gearing up a bid for the streaming rights to the English Premier League (EPL) which is soon coming up for renewal. The deal may cost the tech giant up to USD250 million or ~RM1.08 billion per year.

Today, Maxis announced that the company will be offering free one million World Cup Qatar 2022 sooka live match passes for all its customers to redeem. In other words, all Maxis Postpaid, Hotlink Postpaid, Hotlink Prepaid and Maxis Home Fibre customers can stream the World Cup for free any of the 64 matches live. 

Today, FIFA announced and launched FIFA+ as a free streaming service. Available on the website here, as well as on iOS and Android, FIFA+ is a platform where football fans can access free live matches, past games, original content and many more. It's also available in English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. 

In conjunction with our 62nd National Day, Digi has done something unique and helpful for the visually impaired community. For the first time, the company developed a new technology called Footbraille can it was designed in mind to help them experience a football match by touching.

Attention to all FIFA fanatics out there, the latest FIFA 19 is now available for pre-order on Shopee right now for the Sony PlayStation 4, Microsoft Xbox One as well as the Nintendo Switch with prices starting from at low as RM201. There’s also free shipping as well for those who are interested in getting the game.

Comrade_Rasydan from Melaka claimed the title as the best FIFA18 player in Rah Rah Russia FIFA 18 Tournament, beating FF_Shinge in a best of 3 finals. The winner will not only take home the title but also be awarded a trip for 2 to Russia and also RM5000 prize. To go into more detail about Rah Rah Russia, it is an Esports Tournament and roadshow hosted by the official smartphone sponsor Vivo along with eGG Network from Astro as their official broadcaster for Esports.