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

It's the single most controversial rule in all of soccer. To this day, 163 years since the rule was invented and codified, no ...

The margins are so fine at the World Cup. Portugal and Croatia each had goals called off because of offside rules on Thursday ...

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

Colombia and Portugal generated staggering ticket prices at the 2026 FIFA men's World Cup, and the match lived up to the hype ...

A 'Snickometer' check showed the ball had slightly grazed Croatian midfielder Igor Matanović's head from a cross, which ...

Croatia thought they had forced extra time against Portugal, but a faint touch detected by FIFA's Connected Ball Technology triggered an offside decision that ended their World Cup 2026 campaign ...

The law governing its modern application has 45 clauses and runs to more than 1,000 words. A former Premier League referee ...

However, there was late controversy as Croatia believed they'd forced the game to extra time with a last-gasp equaliser. The ball was forced home by Manchester City's Josko Gvardiol in the 13th minute ...

FIFA has confirmed that Croatia’s equaliser against Portugal was correctly ruled out for offside due to technology housed ...

Portugal beat Croatia 2-1 to qualify for the Round of 16.

In the 109th minute of a wild, pulsating, nerve-shredding World Cup match for the ages, referee Espen Eskås finally called ...