Referees have immense power in football matches, as they look to maintain order and control game flow across the 90 minutes of every game. One of the main punishments a referee can issue is yellow and ...

A look at every red card in World Cup history reveals when matches truly break open and why pressure and fatigue drive late-game chaos.

Many footballers end their careers with fewer than four red cards. Philipp Lahm, for example, played over 750 matches without being sent off even once. Rickey Broadley is wired a little differently.

The heated ending to the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona resulted in several players from both sides being sanctioned by the referee. Sunday’s El Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium was a ...