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• time is lost attending to injuries on the field;

• time is lost completing player substitutions;

• time is lost due to delays in putting the ball back into active play after it goes out; or

• any other cause for interruption to active play the referee deems sufficient.

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Did you know …

that aside from during the regulation halftime beak, the Laws of the Game do not permit the referee to ever stop the clock once play has begun?

What is the penalty for faking an injury?

Not that this ever, ever happens (ahem!), but any simulating action that is intended to deceive the referee — anywhere on the field — must be sanctioned as unsporting behaviour. This includes Oscar-worthy performances for fake injuries. The penalty is not a golden statue, but a yellow card.

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Did you know …

that a ball rolling along outside the touchline remains in play as long as part of the ball is over the touchline?

When is a soccer player offside?

Provided that he is not in his own half of the field, a player is offside when he is not in possession of the ball and he is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second last opponent (including the goalkeeper). If an offside infraction is called, the opponent is awarded an indirect free kick (IFK). There is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from a goal kick, a throw-in, or a corner kick.