Soccer, otherwise known as football, is a relatively simple sport. Eleven players play on each team who, aside from the goalkeeper, can't touch the ball with their hands and must put the ball in the ...

No throw-ins, no limits: FIFA builds the future of football in Baku No throw-ins, unlimited substitutions and an offside line just 14 metres from goal: at the first FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival™, ...

World Cup soccer is back again, which means one of the most controversial calls in sports is returning, as well. The offside rule has caused some of the most frustrating moments ever in soccer and is ...

Top soccer officials in the Netherlands are potentially planning to abolish the offside rule at the amateur level of the game. The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) claims that the move could ...

It might be the most intimidating rule to learn as a new fan of the game. Even for the diehards, it inspires heated debates on a near-weekly basis. That's right: it's the offside rule. With the 2026 ...

An array of iPhones will act as video assistant referees at soccer matches in England. Photo: Markus Spiske/Pexels Correctly determining when soccer players are offside turns out to be surprisingly ...

If the ball doesn’t hit your elbow, should it matter where while you’re trying to score a goal in soccer? That’s the fundamental question at stake in the “daylight offside” trial set to start this ...

The ball goes into the net, the crowd cheers, but then the assistant referee's flag goes up. The celebrations end. What happened? The play was offside. Offside is one of soccer's most important ...