Understanding soccer's offside rule hinges on timing — it's about a player's position when the ball is passed, not received.

A player is in an offside position if, when the ball is played by a team-mate, they are nearer to the opposition's goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent. From the graphic above, ...

One hundred years ago today, at a meeting at 22 Rue de Londres, Paris, association football — soccer — changed forever. The International Football Association Board voted that Law 11 of the game, the ...

How can a player be offside when the ball has been played to them by an opposition player? You can understand why fans might be confused, especially so for West Ham's 'goal' on Tuesday night, ...

As Victor Torp sprinted toward the Wembley corner flag and fell onto his back, Coventry City looked like they had produced one of the greatest moments in FA Cup history. Having been 3-0 down against ...

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 ...

A proposed change to football’s offside rule will be tested in Canada from 2026, as FIFA looks for ways to reduce controversy in the VAR (video assistant referee) era.

Everton's Thierno Barry effectively gained from being offside when Manchester City's Marc Guehi teed him up to score on ...

(WHTM) — Penalties are an inevitable part of football, and a common question fans ponder when watching the NFL is what the differences are between three similar penalties: encroachment, offside, and ...

Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s chief of global football development, is championing a major change to football’s offside law. The former Arsenal manager first proposed his “daylight” rule in 2020, aiming to ...

Arsene Wenger‘s proposed offside rule has been one of the most debated potential changes in soccer over the past several years, ever since the former Arsenal manager joined FIFA. Now, the governing ...