Howard Webb says diving players will run the risk of "immediate punishment'' under the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee system.

VAR is to be introduced in Major League Soccer from Aug. 5, as well as from the third round of the upcoming season's FA Cup, ahead of a potential wider implementation which will be decided upon sometime after the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Retrospective punishment for diving will already be introduced for 2017-18, but the arrival of VAR will provide the greater...

The Football Association is not considering scrapping FA Cup third-round replays or moving the competition to midweek, Press Association Sport reports.

The growing influence of the Champions League and Premier League has seen the FA Cup's impact fade over the years.

The competition, won last month by Arsenal, undergoes continual review, but PA Sports cites an FA source as saying ending third-round replays and moving it into a primarily midweek event is not on the agenda at the moment.

A report...

Rio Ferdinand has said the one regret of his Manchester United career was not urging Sir Alex Ferguson to play his strongest team in the 2009 FA Cup semifinal.

In a Letter to My Younger Self, written for the Players' Tribune website, Ferdinand said that had cost him the chance to win the trophy.

Ferdinand won six Premier League titles, three League Cups and the Champions League during 12 years at Old Trafford, but never lifted the FA Cup.

He wrote: "Of all the matches you'll go on to play, if there's...

Arsene Wenger will attend an Arsenal board meeting designed to resolve his future on Tuesday having already agreed the terms of a new two-year contract at the club as long ago as November, sources have told ESPN FC.

Wenger, 67, is out of contract at the end of June and uncertainty continues to hang over his position at the Emirates Stadium following Saturday's FA Cup final victory against Chelsea at Wembley -- a success which secured a record 13th FA Cup for Arsenal and a seventh for Wenger since...