Each game and period in Olympic water polo starts with a swim-off, which is a race for the ball in the center of the pool. Players from each team are lined up along their own goal lines and the first ...

Michael Irving, who played college basketball at Rice and got into refereeing through a friend, said he knew nothing about water polo when Max started playing. He pitched in by taping Max's games ...

Video assistant review, commonly known as VAR, was introduced to Olympic water polo at the 2020 Tokyo Games. The technology serves to help referees determine if a ball completely crosses the goal line ...