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The referee is given considerable discretion as to the rules' implementation, including deciding which offences are cautionable "unsportsmanlike" conduct. In the sport of association football, fouls and misconduct are acts committed by players which are deemed by the referee to be unfair and are subsequently penalised. An offence may be a foul ...
1889 – A player may be sent off for repeated cautionable behaviour. 1890 – A goal may not be scored directly from a goal kick. When first introduced in 1891, the penalty was awarded for offences within 12 yards of the goal-line. 1891 – The penalty kick is introduced, for handball or foul play within 12 yards of the goal line. The umpires ...
The National Football League defines two types of unfair acts, a palpably unfair act and an extraordinarily unfair act. For the former, the general rule is that "palpably unfair" acts interfere illegally with the course of play, be it from player or non-player action, and the compensation must be, in the judgment of the officials, "equitable ...
SEC teams warned by league about a practice to slow down high-tempo offenses ... 1 / 6. Mississippi LSU Football. Mississippi head coach Lane Kiffin arrives for an NCAA college football game ...
In association football, a player is dismissed from the field of play by the referee showing them a red card if they commit a dismissible offence or the player has committed a cautionable (yellow card) offence having already received a yellow card in the same game. The act of ejection is referred to in the sport as "sending off".
Swedish lower league footballer Adam Lindin Ljungkvist was given a second booking in 2016 for breaking wind during a game. The referee called his flatulence "unsportsmanlike" and thought he was ...
The French soccer federation president is joining forces with the country's referees after Marseille president Pablo Longoria accused them of being corrupt in a bitter rant that followed his team ...
A yellow card being given in a game of handball. Unsportsmanlike conduct (also called untrustworthy behaviour or ungentlemanly fraudulent or bad sportsmanship or poor sportsmanship or anti fair-play) is a foul or offense in many sports that violates the sport's generally accepted rules of sportsmanship and participant conduct.