Friday, June 16, 2006

The offside rule in football/ soccer

With first round of fifa worldcup 2006 nearing completion, the football fever is high. I have been visiting asia and I could feel the football heat even in non-playing countries.

During one of conversation I have been asked about the offside rule in soccer. Frankly I could not put much to it so on my return the first I did was to google and wiki for the offside.

Wikipedia states Offside rule as one the complex rules. There are hundreds of sites that google returned. One of the sites I liked most is Burtrand World (http://www.burtrandworld.co.uk/offside-rule.php). The page gives a good insight to newbies.