Red card (sports)
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This article is about red cards in sports. For other uses, see red card.
In sports, a red card is a penalty card that is shown after a rules infraction. The actual penalty depends upon the sport. Some sports also use yellow cards for less serious offenses or warnings, while a few also use black cards for very serious infractions.
[edit] Usage by sport
- In football (soccer), a red card is used to indicate that a player has been sent-off as punishment for misconduct. The red card can be either a "straight red" (for certain types of serious misconduct warranting sending-off in their own right) or be a result of two cautions (yellow cards) in the same match.
- In volleyball a red card is used in a similar manner to football (soccer), resulting in a player being sent off. Yellow cards are also used.
- In handball, a red is show to a player either after his 3rd 2-minutes suspension or directly after a strong offence. Yellow cards are also used for admonishment.
- In fencing, a red card is issued as punishment for a variety of rules infractions and results in a point for the opponent.
- In mixed martial arts promotion PRIDE, a red card is issued as punishment and results in a 10% deduction of the guilty fighter's fight purse (only used when fights are conducted under PRIDE's Bushido rules).
- In many other sports, a red card is issued as a penalty and results in expulsion from the game.
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