A player who falls to the ground or goes into a sliding tackle must protect himself using the arm’s support. Therefore it is usually not a handball if the ball hits the supporting arm/hand.

The tackle was considered low ... Both were declined. The Rodri handball Everton received an apology from PGMOL for one of the most contentious decisions the club fell on the wrong side of ...

What's changing? The IFAB has brought DOGSO handball inside the penalty area in line with a tackle, to reduce the chance of being sent off. Up until this summer, any handball which stopped a goal ...

Handball? Very probably ... But there appears to be enough disagreement about this tackle that it won't go down as a missed red card, that the "referee's call" should stand, but if he had been ...

Uruguay's star striker Luis Suarez proving to be a bizarro-world hero of sorts as he ended up saving his team from last minute defeat at the death of extra time with a blatant and deliberate handball ...

I did the handball, but the Ghana player missed the penalty, not me," Suarez said at a news conference in Doha. "I could apologise if I injured a player with a tackle and got a red card ...

Just because it’s not popular in the U.S. doesn’t mean it’s not fun to watch. Handball will once again be on the world stage at the Paris Olympics this summer, giving American fans a ...

The tackle was considered low ... wrong side of - the failure to award a penalty at home to Manchester City for handball against Rodri. On-field official Paul Tierney waved away Blues complaints ...

We suffered to the end but the hand of God, it's mine now." [Photos: More of Uruguay's handball hero, Luis Suarez] With the score even at 1-1 and the shootout looking inevitable, the lovable ...