PENALTY CARD

A 'penalty card' is used in many sports as a means of cautioning a player regarding their conduct, or indicating that a player is to receive a certain level of punishment.

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Yellow card

Red card

Yellow card

A 'yellow card' is used in many sports as a means of cautioning a player regarding his or her conduct, or indicating that a player is to receive a certain level of punishment. Examples include:

★ Football (soccer): Indicates a caution to a player who has committed certain types of misconduct which isn't considered as serious as being sent-off. A second yellow card in a match leads to a red card and results in send-off automatically. For more details, see Misconduct (football).

★ Rugby union and Rugby league: The player is suspended from the game for 10 minutes (colloquially termed being sent to the sin bin). Yellow cards are not usually used in Rugby league in the southern hemisphere.

★ Fencing: A warning, nullifying the action just made by the fencer.

★ Water Polo: Given to entire bench as warning for disrespectful conduct from the coach, individual players, or the entire bench. Following the issuance of a yellow card, further incidents will result in a red card and the expulsion of individual players and coaches.

★ Mixed Martial Arts promotion PRIDE: A warning, the third leads to disqualification.

★ Volleyball, women's lacrosse, field hockey, handball

★ Australian Rules Football In leagues other than the AFL, when a player is reported, they are shown a yellow card, and are suspended from the game for 15 minutes. There are by far fewer yellow cards given out than in soccer.
In association football (soccer), a yellow card is shown by the referee to indicate that a player has been officially 'cautioned'. The player's details are then (traditionally) recorded by the referee in a small notebook; hence a caution is also known as a 'booking'.
A player who has been cautioned may continue playing in the game. However, a player who receives a second caution in a match is sent off (shown first the yellow card again, and then a red card), meaning that he must leave the field immediately, take no further part in the game, and that he may not be replaced.
Law XII of the Laws of the Game (which are set by the International Football Association Board and used by FIFA) lists the categories of offences that may result in a caution. Broadly these are:
#Unsporting behaviour
#Dissent by word or action
#Persistently infringing the Laws of the Game
#Delaying the restart of play
#Failing to respect the required distance of a corner kick or free kick
#Entering or re-entering the field of play without the referee’s permission
#Deliberately leaving the field of play without the referee’s permission

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.
A 'red card' is used in many sports as a means of indicating that a player has received a certain level of punishment, typically that they have been 'sent off' (expelled from the game).
In association football (soccer), a red card is shown by a referee to signify that a player has been sent off following serious misconduct.
A player who has been sent off is required to leave the field of play immediately and must take no further part in the game as well as the next game. The player who has been sent off cannot be replaced during the game; their team must continue the game with one player fewer.
Law 12 of the Laws of the Game (which are set by the International Football Association Board and used by the sport's international governing body FIFA) lists the categories of misconduct for which a player may be sent off. Broadly these are:
#Serious foul play. This includes a tackle that endangers the safety of an opponent.
#Violent conduct
#Spitting at anyone
#A deliberate hand ball to deny an obvious goal-scoring opportunity by any player other than a goalkeeper in his own penalty area
#Committing an offence that denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity (informally known as a professional foul)
#Using offensive, insulting or abusive language or gestures
#Receiving a second caution (yellow card) in one game


★ 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 water polo a red card is issued to a coach and/or player(s) on the bench for a second incident of misconduct after receiving a yellow card, or immediately in cases of severe misconduct (i.e. verbal abuse of referee or desk official).

★ 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.