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That's true, but I wonder if he realised this or someone had a quiet word in his ear because it happened again a little later and he didn't stop play for a dropped ball.

I bought a vinyl record yesterday called "Sounds Wasps Make". When I got home and played it, I said to myself, "This doesn't sound anything like wasps." Then I realised, I was playing the bee side...

The picture below shows part of the scenario for a potential problem with Middlesbrough's first goal. The scorer Lankshear looked to be clearly in an offside position when his team mate Whittaker took a shot. The ball came back off the post, hit the goalkeeper on the back of the head (or...

Based on the articles I've read, this particular wording, and the provision by which a player can be suspended for two games after scoring by deliberate handling is a new rule though, just brought in at the start of the 2024/25 season.

As retrospective punishment for scoring an illegal goal? Do you have any examples?

According to the Times article below: West Brom striker given two-match ban for ‘deception’ after handball goal

I think that's right - any of the offences listed above that fall under E3.1, would be subject to VAR review in the Premier League.

They can do it because there's a specific section of the FA Disciplinary Code (Section E3.1) that was brought in before the start of the 2024/25 season, which authorises this exact punishment for, "Successful Deception of a Match Official." See results of a search on FA Rule E3.1 below.

While I might not be in favour of this particular amendment myself, if you want it to be officially considered you should send it to the IFAB using the email address: [email protected]

Well, that went well for Infantino, didn't it? Infantino officially scraps controversial plan but future as Fifa president in jeopardy

The law says an injured player cannot be treated on the field of play but also lists a series of exceptions. Due to those exceptions, it's very possible that an injured player might legitimately receive treatment. (Although we also know that injured players who do not meet the exceptions are...

Pretty sure there would be provision for a ban, if they so chose, although I think it's fairly clear they won't. World Cup 2026 regulations, Section 34.3 prohibits any political slogans being displayed by players. And while Article 34.3 doesn't list any specific punishment, Article 7 makes a...

OK, but it's never been used in a World Cup finals competition before and as others have said, the optics are just terrible. The fact that, as reported by the New York Times, Trump personally called Infantino three times on Balogun's behalf, before the decision to use article 27 was made, just...

Not really. On this subject, the protocol states: It doesn't say the referee must initiate a review when the VAR recommends it, only that they can. So it's not mandatory (although I'll admit it is expected, based on everything we know).

For me, the main problem with this (and many other VAR OFR's we see) is that they seem to be going against the VAR protocol's stipulations for the use of slow motion. This is what it says. "The VAR can ‘check’ the footage in normal speed and/or in slow motion but, in general, slow motion...

When he says, "Has it ever happened before!?" I think he's referring to this. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/mar/17/senegal-stripped-of-africa-cup-of-nations-title-over-protest-in-chaotic-final

If you're talking about Emma Hayes, she's on ITV, not BBC.

If you're talking about the new 'five second rule', for throw-ins, it's not in the form of a fixed, automatic five second time limit. The referee should only start a five second countdown if and when they decide that the thrower is unfairly delaying the restart. It doesn't apply to every...

According sportingnews.com: "The word 'i' means "and" in the local languages -- Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian. So the BiH abbreviation is simply the three words in their language, Bosnia and Herzegovina, or Bosnia i Herzegovina. It's that simple."...

The law doesn't say that players only have five seconds to take a throw-in. It says the referee can start a five second count down if they decide that a player is unfairly delaying the taking of a throw-in.