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 ...

Everton manager David Moyes believes that Diogo Jota’s winner in Wednesday’s Merseyside derby should have been disallowed for offside, describing it as a “very easy decision to give”. In the build-up ...

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 ...

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 ...

The next wave of soccer’s rule evolution arrived on the Eastern side of the Atlantic on Saturday, as the new “Daylight Offside” rule allowed a goal for the first time in the Canadian Premier League.

Arséne Wenger’s “daylight offside” rule will be used in the Canadian Premier League in 2026. | Michael Regan/FIFA/Getty Images, Tim Austen/Canadian Premier League The Canadian Premier League is ...