Red cards for hair-pulling have never been so frequent in the Premier League. The latest came Saturday when Sunderland ...

Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez is sent off after 56 minutes for pulling the hair of Leeds United striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin at Old Trafford.

Sunderland defender Dan Ballard becomes the third player to be sent off for pulling an opponent's hair in the Premier League ...

The National Women’s Soccer League on Thursday announced additional one-game suspensions for red cards handed to North ...

Alyssa Thompson was "crying and emotional" after getting her hair pulled in Chelsea's match against Arsenal on Wednesday.

Sunderland's Dan Ballard became the second player to be sent off for pulling Arokodare's hair this season. What are the rules ...

Dan Ballard was sent off for pulling Tolu Arokodare’s hair in Sunderland’s 1-1 draw at Molineux – a decision Régis Le Bris found ‘hard to digest’ ...

Hair-pulling red cards are increasingly common in football, with several notable incidents in both men's and women's games.

Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor hit out at the standard of refereeing after Alyssa Thompson was left in tears after having her hair pulled in an incident overlooked by VAR. Bompastor herself was shown ...

The two similar incidents had entirely different outcomes just under two weeks apart.

Ballard was shown a red card in the first half at Molineux after referee Paul Tierney reviewed the incident on Wolves striker ...

Everton manager David Moyes said VAR Chris Kavanagh should have been "embarrassed" for advising a red card review after Michael Keane pulled the hair of Wolves' Tolu Arokodare In January Everton boss ...