The head of a player literally decided the outcome of the match. On December 12, Hertha Berlin played away at Fürth in Bundesliga 2. The match was tight until the very end. The teams parted with the ...

Here's what you need to know about offside, why it exists and how it will be implemented at the 2026 World Cup.

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

Premier League fans will finally get to see how SAOT (semi-automated offside technology) works when it reaches the English top flight this weekend. It should be an important addition, helping reduce ...

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 ...

What once sounded like a radical idea is now being openly discussed by FIFA officials as part of a broader push to make the game more attacking, more fluid, and easier to officiate in the era of ...

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 ...

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 Frenchman believes the rule change will make the game more open and exciting. If it succeeds in the Canadian Premier League it could go global ...