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Offside (sport)
Rule used by several different team sports
For the term for one half of the field in cricket, see Off side.
Clemens Schüttengruber, referee of Austria; here as assistant referee, showing the position of an offside.The blue forward on the left of the diagram is in an offside position as he is in front of both the second-to-last defender (marked by the dotted line) and the ball. Note that this does not necessarily mean they are committing an offside offence.