The flag is up! We explain what that means and why one of soccer's most important rules is also one of the toughest to see live.

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 ...

FIFA wants football’s law-making body the International Football Association Board (IFAB) to press on with trials of what would be the biggest change to the offside rule in over 30 years. Championed ...

Offside is a law in association football which states that if a player is in an offside position when the ball is touched or played by a teammate, he may not become actively involved in the play. A ...

The Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) is considering scrapping the offside rule for amateur matches in response to a surge in violent incidents stemming from disputed decisions. Last season ...

Another way is for the officials to use VAR (Video Assistant Referee) to go back and look at the play to determine if it was offside or not. If it is "clear and obvious" that a ca ...

The offside call is often as consequential a call as a foul inside the penalty box in a soccer match. It’s often the reason a goal gets overturned. Or two goals. Video replay showed dos Santos onside ...

 The World Cup is in full swing, so let’s look at how many terms in football (soccer) relate to pro football ...

Semi-automated offside technology will make its debut in English football in seven of the eight FA Cup fifth-round ties. The technology will be used at all the ties hosted at Premier League stadiums, ...