The offside rule is confusing for those watching soccer (world football) for the first time. It can be even more confounding when the assistant referees, those with the flags, wait to actually put ...

VAR reviews for offsides are becoming more frequent Florencia Tan Jun/Getty Images Get free access to the most comprehensive World Cup coverage in The Athletic app. Offside calls generating ...

The video assistant referee (VAR), with its incessant replays and gutting goal reversals, is the worst thing about the best World Cup.

Let’s talk about offside. It’s a rule present in dozens of sports, all of which have basically similar concepts — but it’s really easy to lose track of what offside actually is, especially when it ...

LOS ANGELES — The World Cup is underway n the United States, Canada and Mexico. With World Cup fever picking up, many fans are new to the game and are learning the rules. Few rules in sports create ...

Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal’s men’s national team will face off against Spain on July 6 in the World Cup Round of 16, and many fans of Croatia are calling out FIFA’s new technology for manifesting ...

VAR is football's replay room, armed with multiple camera angles, slow-motion replays Referee Wilton Sampaio, of Brazil, show the red card to South Africa's Themba Zwane during the World Cup Group A ...

England’s manager Thomas Tuchel called the officiating ‘just not good enough’ in the fiery last-16 tie. Now Alireza Faghani gives his version of events A lot has been said about Real Madrid’s failure ...