Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. The penalty system in FIFA can be somewhat confusing. We know what a foul looks like. But some ...

As the U.S. men's national soccer team prepares for its World Cup Round of 16 showdown against the Netherlands on Saturday (10 a.m. ET on FOX), there are a handful of players carrying yellow cards who ...

Governing bodies are finding more ways to punish players. At the start of the 2023/24 Premier League season, PGMOL encouraged referees to book players for even the most pedantic of delaying the ...

A yellow card in soccer is a disciplinary action that could have major consequences as a game unfolds. Professional soccer games include one referee on the pitch and two assistant referees down either ...

The first two yellow-card suspensions of the 2024-25 Premier League campaign will be served this weekend. Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella and Wesley Fofana were each booked for the fifth time in the league ...

Yellow cards are not wiped away in the Champions League until the later stages of the competition. / IMAGO/ZUMA Press Wire Players in the Champions League face suspension due to yellow card ...

Among the stadiums and balls and robots specifically designed for this World Cup, a few objects remain unchanged. Most visibly, perhaps, is the yellow card. It is now and has, since its introduction ...

Oriol Romeu could soon become a record breaker. Maybe not the sort he wants but a record breaker nonetheless. The Southampton midfielder has received the second-highest amount of yellow cards (53) in ...

Yellow cards mean different things in singular and multiple terms as far as cautions and suspensions are concerned. In soccer (or football), the referee can caution a player or a team official if they ...