Law 12: Fouls and MisconductSending-off·Page 126, 2026/27 edition

Sending-off

The provision as it is printed, and everything on Ruleside that turns on it.

Sending-off offences include (but are not limited to):
· delaying the restart of play by the opposing team e.g. holding onto the ball, kicking the ball away, obstructing the movement of a player
IFAB Laws of the Game 2026/27, page 126 · clause law-12-4555f532

Verdicts that turn on it 2

Walk the tree to any of these and this clause is part of the answer.

Explained in the rules library 1

The plain-language pages that build on this provision.

Time Wasting & Delaying Restarts

Applied in these incidents 1

Real decisions where this clause decided what should have happened.

Barbarez held onto the ball and then threw it at a United States player, and Law 12 prints both as sending-offsUnited States vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

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