International Football Association Board
Make Eurosport your go-to source for sports news online, complete with full schedules, stats and live scores, from football to tennis, cycling, snooker and more. The governing bodies in each country operate league systems in a domestic season, normally comprising several divisions, in which the teams gain points throughout the season depending on results. Teams are placed into tables, placing them in order according to points accrued. Most commonly, each team plays every other team in its league at home and away in each season, in a round-robin tournament. At the end of a season, the top team is declared the champion. A foul occurs when a player commits an offence listed in the Laws of the Game while the ball is in play. Handling the ball deliberately, tripping an opponent, or pushing an opponent, are examples of "penal fouls", punishable by a direct free kick or penalty kick depending on where the offence occurred. There are 17 laws in the official Laws of the Game, each ...