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#competition-rules

Wheelchair users who have secured a match ticket are unable to buy an accompanying ticket for a caregiver, leading to significant frustration among fans.

Veron Mosengo-Omba, a former general secretary of the Confederation of African Football, confirmed his candidacy to be president of the DRC's football federation, Fecofa, this week.

Professional athletes cannot bet on their own sport, including games in their league, to prevent insider trading. This rule is strictly enforced across major leagues.

Unfortunately, our application for a period of grace to fulfil the required criteria for our SFA bronze licence was declined by the SPFL board. On this basis we are not eligible to participate in the pyramid play-off competition.

Working-class footballers lost hundreds of millions to financial mis-selling, but the V11 group is still being pursued for tax on money they never had.

MAUschine was immediately escorted offstage following the assault and was subsequently issued a 10-year-long ban by event organizers DACH CS Masters. 'We do not tolerate physical assaults against other players at LAN and have acted accordingly,' DACH CS Masters announced.

Shabab Al Ahli's hopes of becoming champions of Asia had just come to an end in the penultimate stage of the tournament with a 1-0 loss, but they were adamant that tie should have been headed for extra-time after their 92nd-minute equaliser was disallowed.

If the safety of the national team's players in the United States is ensured, we will travel to the World Cup, Iran's Sports and Youth Minister Ahmad Donyamali was quoted as saying.

I have decided to step down from my position as Secretary General of CAF to devote myself to more personal projects. Now that I have been able to dispel the suspicions that some people have gone to great lengths to cast on me, I can retire with peace of mind and without constraint, leaving the CAF more prosperous than ever.

Senegal's players walked off the pitch in protest when hosts Morocco were awarded a stoppage-time penalty before eventually returning. Following an appeal by the Moroccan FA, the Confederation of African Football ruled that Senegal had forfeited the match, with the result being recorded as 3-0 in favor of Morocco.

The club's use of slogans such as 'forever pure', and the repeated chanting of ethnic slurs such as 'terrorist' directed at Arab players, are not isolated incidents but rather form part of a systemic pattern of conduct that offends the basic rules of decent behaviour and brings the sport into disrepute.

For millions of soccer fans, buying World Cup tickets has been an ordeal. My friends and I had signed up for updates from soccer's governing body, FIFA, and their emails about how to buy tickets felt a bit like receiving the fine print of an insurance policy in monthly digests. First there was a presale—but it was sponsored by Visa and only for people with Visa cards, and it was a lottery.

Corners and second yellow cards will be added to the scope of the video assistant referee (VAR) for this summer's World Cup. Other rule changes for the 2026 World Cup will include new rules in place to cut down on time wasting by teams to ensure games flow more quickly. This will be achieved by countdowns on goal kicks, throw-ins, and substitutions, which have so often been taken slowly by teams if they're protecting a narrow lead late in games.

One poor decision is forgivable, two is careless, but there were a hat-trick of howlers, with Tammy Abraham clearly offside for Aston Villa's opener. Lucas Digne needed his own dedicated review booth, escaping with a yellow card for an agricultural tackle on Jacob Murphy and avoiding a penalty for handball. Officials ruled that Digne handled the ball outside the penalty area, an impressive feat given that he both took off and landed inside the box as he jumped to block a cross.

The study, published in Addictive Behaviors Reports and titled "The effect of television advertising on gambling behaviour: a quasi-experimental study during the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup," analyzed betting behaviour among 365 men aged 18-45 in England during the 2022 tournament. According to the paper's abstract, "Frequency of betting on football was 16% to 24% higher during games televised on a channel with gambling advertising compared to one without."