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

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

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 ...

Everton's Thierno Barry effectively gained from being offside when Manchester City's Marc Guehi teed him up to score on ...

The Premier League are introducing new VAR technology next season, but the “semi-automated offside” system will not be ready for the start of the campaign. Shareholders for top-flight clubs met on ...

Premier League fans will finally get to see how SAOT (semi-automated offside technology) works when it reaches the English top flight this weekend. It should be an important addition, helping reduce ...

As Ted Lasso said to Trent Crimm when the British journalist asked the American coach if he could explain the offside rule in the second episode of the Apple TV show: “It ain’t easy to explain, but ...

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 ...

For that reason, every goal scored in overtime or the last minute of regulation — in both the playoffs and the regular season ...

Semi-automated offside technology will be trialled in the fifth round of the FA Cup, with a view to it introduced in the Premier League before the end of the season. The FA has agreed to use the new ...

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 ...