Marginal offside calls, aided by technology, have been widely criticized in the FIFA World Cup 2026 for sucking the immediacy, momentum and joy out of soccer. But the Canadian Premier League believes ...

In the hectic final minutes of the Croatia vs. Portugal World Cup round of 32 match, a controversial call negated a potential equalizer. Here's why ...

Florian Wirtz’s goal for Liverpool on Sunday highlighted the biggest problem with the Premier League’s implementation of semi-automated offside technology. Florian Wirtz scored his second goal of the ...

In the Montreal Canadiens’ game against the Vegas Golden Knights, the Habs had a goal called back for offside nearly a minute after the contested zone entry happened. In the post-game conference, we ...

Offside calls are some of the most controversial ones in soccer. Here’s a detailed look at the rules ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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 ...

There was still a defender behind the ball when Iran scored the goal that seemed like it would get them a FIFA World Cup win on Friday night. Offside was called after a VAR review. The goal was ...

The biggest single culprit in Iran’s failure to advance to the knockout phase is a weird idiosyncracy to the offside law that has long outlived its usefulness.

Cristiano Ronaldo is still featuring for the Portugal national team at 40 years old, and on Wednesday, he had yet another signature moment in his legendary career. And, of course, it came with some ...

EDMONTON — They got the call right, but there will be NHL fans who decades from now say they didn’t and that it robbed the Florida Panthers of a goal that could have been a momentum-changer with the ...

The World Cup has given the Canadian Premier League plenty to discuss with FIFA after a disallowed Cristiano Ronaldo goal was among 17 that would have stood under a revised offside interpretation its ...

Arsene Wenger wants more accountability from Premier League officials. In the wake of Sunday's disappointing 2-1 loss to Manchester City, the Arsenal bench boss took aim at the work of the officiating ...