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Automated offside system is 'set to be used at 2022 World Cup and could be in the Premier League by 2023' with Hawk-Eye cameras capable of tracking each player and the ball before pinging a decision to VAR officials within half-a-second

Technology that automatically detects whether a player is offside is on course to be used at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and could be in the Premier League by 2023.

The Hawk-Eye system uses cameras to track the movement of both the ball and the players to determine whether a player is offside or onside at the moment a pass is made.

At first, it will work as a semi-automated system which sends a message to the video assistant referee (VAR) who then decides whether the offside player was interfering with play.