Steven Gerrard sees red 38 seconds after being introduced against Manchester United; Newcastle United team-mates Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer were sent off for fighting each other Getty Images Editor’s ...

Cruzeiro beat Atlético Mineiro 1-0 in the Campeonato Mineiro final in Belo Horizonte, but the match ended in chaos as a massive brawl involving players and staff led to 23 red cards, the highest ever ...

It took a split second for a World Cup final to tilt beyond repair. The red card sent shockwaves through the sport, and it meant more to me than any sending-off before it. In the space between the ...

Permanent red cards are a rarity in modern rugby, but exactly a week after Lood de Jager’s controversial sending-off against France his fellow Springbok lock Franco Mostert was given the same sanction ...