Borussia Dortmund’s Gregor Kobel voiced his opinion on football’s latest rule where a goalkeeper must release the ball within ...

There has been a recognition that referees were hardly ever enforcing the six-second rule, in part because an indirect free-kick seemed too harsh a sanction, as well as the difficulties and the ...

A free kick is often a scoring opportunity, a chance to change the game or even history. But what’s the difference between a direct and indirect free kick in soccer? Free kicks are common in ...

with the opposition being awarded an indirect free-kick if they exceed that allotted time. However, the rule is rarely enforced, which has given netminders an easy avenue to waste time.

It replaces the current and mostly unenforced rule that states a referee should give an indirect free kick to the other side if a goalkeeper holds the ball for more than six seconds. Referees will be ...

the kick is retaken if the ball does not enter the goal, the referee stops play and restarts with an indirect free kick except for the following when play will be stopped and restarted with an ...

The Atletico Madrid forward was deemed by VAR to have touched the ball twice as he fired in his penalty in a shoot-out ...

At present, Law 12.2 states that a goalkeeper has six seconds to release the ball before the opposing team is awarded an indirect free-kick. While the rule has been introduced to prevent ...

UEFA will look into the possibility of reviewing the double touch rule that helped lead to Atletico Madrid’s loss in a ...

A new rule passed by lawmakers IFAB is set to change how goalkeepers trying to run down the clock is punished with an amendment to the current six-second limit. Instead of being punished with an ...

The referee immediately ruled it out, awarding an indirect free-kick to the opposition. The decision followed the same IFAB rule that was applied to Julián Álvarez’s case—penalty takers ...

There has been a recognition that referees were hardly ever enforcing the six-second rule, in part because an indirect free-kick seemed too harsh a sanction, as well as the difficulties and the ...