Premier League referees have been told to change the way they judge hair pulling after three players were sent off last ...

The Premier League announced on Friday a change to its refereeing guidance. Pulling an opponent’s hair will no longer ...

Reyna Reyes was sent off in March for hair-pulling Al Sermeno/ISI Photos It appears the National Women’s Soccer League has entered its red card era. Across 75 matches, 11 have been given, roughly one ...

It was, according to Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick, “one of the worst” refereeing decisions he had witnessed. An aerial challenge with Leeds United forward Dominic Calvert-Lewin had led ...

Referees will be able to issue yellow cards for hair pulling in the 2026-27 season after a new set of football principles and ...

Sunderland's Daniel Ballard pulls the hair of Wolverhampton Wanderers' Tolu Arokodare Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images The Athletic FC ⚽ is The Athletic’s daily football (or soccer, if you ...

The English Premier League said on Friday that pulling an opponent's hair will ​not necessarily warrant an automatic red ‌card under changes to refereeing guidelines for next season.

Red cards for hair-pulling have never been so frequent in the Premier League. The latest came Saturday when Sunderland defender Dan Ballard was sent off for yanking the hair of Wolverhampton striker ...

Manchester United defender Lisandro Martínez was shown a red card for pulling the hair of Leeds striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin on Monday, April 13. Leeds won the match 2-1 at Old Trafford, and the ...