• There is an offside rule in most versions of football, generally making it an offence to join the action from too far upfield. See:
  • Ice hockey also has an offside rule. It states that an offensive player in possession of the puck must be the first player who crosses the defensive team's blueline. If an offensive player's teammate advances ahead of the blueline before the puck carrier, the linesman will stop play and force a faceoff just outside the blueline, at the hash mark.

  • In cricket the off side is the side the striker is facing. The other side is the on side or leg side.

  • Offside is a Japanese comic.

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