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

The Women’s World Cup is back again, which means one of the most controversial calls in sports has also returned. The offside rule has caused some of the most frustrating moments ever in soccer and is ...

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 ...

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

If you are baffled by when a seemingly legal goal is disallowed, or puzzled by some of the jargon, don’t worry, you are not ...

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.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 3 (Reuters) - Players and match officials in Canada's national soccer league are rewiring their brains and bodies as a critical test of provisional FIFA offside rules takes ...

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 ...

March 25 (Reuters) - Former Netherlands forward Marco van Basten has called on football's lawmakers to consider scrapping the offside rule, saying the sport would be better off without it. The game ...