Soccer APIs – Removal of VAR Decision Field

We've removed the decision data point from VAR review events across the Soccer and Soccer Extended APIs.

VAR review events will continue to be delivered, but the decision attribute is no longer included in the response payload.

Although the decision field has been removed, the outcome of a VAR review can still be determined using the description value on the VAR events.

The following description values may be provided:

goal / no_goal
penalty / no_penalty
red_card / no_red_card
corner / no_corner
mistaken_identity / no_mistaken_identity

☑️ Sample Request:

Sport Event Timeline (Match 70076100)

curl --request GET \
     --url https://api.sportradar.com/soccer-extended/trial/v4/en/sport_events/sr:sport_event:70076100/timeline.json \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

🔢 Versions

🔁 Endpoints Affected

The following endpoints are affected in both Soccer and Soccer Extended:

Live Timelines
Live Timelines Delta
Sport Event Timeline
Push Events

⚙️ Return Sample

A VAR review sequence continues to be represented by two timeline events:

video_assistant_referee — Indicates a VAR review has started.
video_assistant_referee_over — Indicates the VAR review has concluded.

The decision field, previously available under event.decision, has been removed.

        <event id="3000032774" type="video_assistant_referee" time="2026-04-29T01:07:33+00:00" match_time="50" match_clock="49:14" competitor="away" period="2" period_type="regular_period" description="penalty"/>
        <event id="3000032882" type="video_assistant_referee_over" time="2026-04-29T01:09:38+00:00" match_time="52" match_clock="51:19" competitor="away" period="2" period_type="regular_period" description="penalty"/>

{
    "id": 3000032774,
    "type": "video_assistant_referee",
    "time": "2026-04-29T01:07:33+00:00",
    "match_time": 50,
    "match_clock": "49:14",
    "competitor": "away",
    "period": 2,
    "period_type": "regular_period",
    "description": "penalty"
},
{
    "id": 3000032882,
    "type": "video_assistant_referee_over",
    "time": "2026-04-29T01:09:38+00:00",
    "match_time": 52,
    "match_clock": "51:19",
    "competitor": "away",
    "period": 2,
    "period_type": "regular_period",
    "description": "penalty"
},