Actualité sportive

A simple explanation of the most common betting markets and terms, with examples.

Odds are not tips but priced probabilities - here is how to convert them quickly in your head.

Football's laws are still governed by an unusual eight-vote body - and the 90 minutes is a 19th-century legacy.

Offside is football's most disputed law - and the only one whose amendment instantly rewrote the scoring records.

After a big transfer, money also flows back to the small club where the player trained at twelve.

Under the German model members hold the majority of voting rights - which is why the Bundesliga looks so different from …

A maximum of 12 weeks in summer and four in winter: FIFA sets the framework, national associations set the dates.

A forgotten midfielder's court case created the system in which every expiring contract is a news story.

Option to buy or obligation to buy? Release clause or negotiating threshold? The most common terms, explained.

The coefficient decides how many clubs a country can enter and which round they join - here is how the points add up.

Ten-minute additions are not referees' whims: the interpretation changed, not the law.

The video referee does not replay the match: there are only four situations, and only clear errors count.