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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

Everton's Thierno Barry effectively gained from being offside when Manchester City's Marc Guehi teed him up to score on Monday. Is the law fair? And were the game's other big decisions correct?

Real Madrid edged out Liverpool to win the Champions League on Saturday, with Vinicius Junior's 59th-minute goal settling the game in Paris. But earlier there was controversy when Carlo Ancelotti's ...

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.