Human eye &#39;cannot spot offside&#39;
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A doctor in Spain has offered referees the perfect excuse for giving dodgy offsides - their eyes are not up to it. Dr Francisco Belda Maruenda says the human eye is physiologically unable to process all the
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England captain David Beckham thought he was being &quot;clever&quot; by deliberately getting a yellow card. The ploy could backfire and land him in trouble with his coach and soccer&#39;s governing body.
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Hooligans have rarely been a feature of America&#39;s pastime, baseball, but fans and officials were creasing their brows yesterday over an ugly fracas that broke out at a game between
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Canada almost forces overtime on the final sequence of the match, but an offside violation allows the U.S. team to escape with a controversial 2-1 victory and a berth in the Gold Cup final.
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SAN DIEGO ---- The batter&#39;s eye in baseball is the device that prevents hitters from losing sight of the tiny white pill emerging from a pitcher&#39;s hand amid the swarm of distracting motions beyond the outfield fence.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy could still face a UEFA ban after his alleged elbow on Sparta Prague defender Pavel Pergl. The United striker thought he had escaped when the referee cleared him of misconduct in Tuesdayâs game.
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England v Azerbaijan - another game for the national side totally overshadowed by David Beckham. This is, of course, a not uncommon phenomena.
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Some athletes are predisposed, genetically hard-wired, to draw attention, one way or another.
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David Beckham&#39;s remarkable goal in England&#39;s 2-0 victory over Wales has been overshadowed by the controversy over whether he picked up a second yellow card on purpose.
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Sven-Goran Eriksson admitted he has been left bemused by the latest interpretation of the offside rule after Roque Santa Cruz's controversial late equaliser sealed a 2-2 draw for Blackburn at Manchester City on Thursday.
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It is an all-for-one, one-for-all game if ever one existed. The complexity, the speed, the violence all dictate that, and even those who practice the team concept fervently sometimes find it isn&#39;t good enough.
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The fact that racism in European soccer is not a dead issue became painfully obvious in Spain during the past week, with members of both England&#39;s full international
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They have been criticized roundly, at home and here in Europe, sometimes by their own coach. What the team lacks is to some observers more obvious than its attributes.
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The ball at the World Championships of Soccer for the Blind clatters like a rattlesnake's tail. Fans are barred from cheering too loudly and clear plastic walls keep the players in-bounds. Every four years, players compete for Cup glory in an eight-nation tournament drawing hundreds, not millions, of fans to a game without the noisy hype of media and merchandising. Save for the goalkeepers, all the athletes are legally blind.
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A brief glance at the teams contesting this year&#39;s Asian Cup reveals an eye-goggling array of knock-off &quot;Galacticos&quot; -- even a Beckham on the side.
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Football&#39;s offside rule is too complex for the human brain and eye to process accurately, according to new research which should give comfort to referees and linesmen who come under fire from armchair critics.
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The name on the back of the uniform says "Szczerbiak." The face is recognizable. The game, however, is unrecognizable.