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First professional soccer player vaccinated

An image is worth a thousand words.

Lionel Messi never dives

A remarkable player from many different points of view, also one of the few top ranked players who didn't dive during the World Cup

Marta doesn't dive

A remarkable example given by the best female footballer of all time

Stories of unfair impact: The Final Match

A dive, a set piece and a goal change the advantage in the World Cup final.

Stories of unfair impact: Embellishment and Card Accumulation

Another blind spot for VAR: embellishment, yellow cards and card accumulation

Stories of unfair impact: No Caution

Law 12, Section 3 was not applied in either of the World Cups we analysed.

Stories of unfair impact: Reward for Persistent Diving?

Players are more likely to ‘get away with it’ the more frequently they dive.

Stories of unfair impact: VAR Blind Spot

VAR is unable to vet set pieces outside the penalty box allowing negative impact on matches.

Diving analysis by Confederation

A comparison of diving behaviour by Gender and Confederation

The prevalence of diving in the World Cups

A recap of how dives were identified in the Men's and Women's Wold Cups.

Wendie Renard and Sweden, the most honest high scoring player and team

How much the top scoring teams and players used diving as a tactic?

United States and Australia, the top divers of the World Cup

The United States were the team that produced the highest number of dives.

2019 World Cup diving wrap up, women dived less than men

A summary of diving at the Women's World Cup and a comparison with men's behaviour.

Tracking the 2019 World Cup too

Our team will be tracking diving behaviour during the 2019 Women's World Cup.

World Cup unsung hero: N’Golo Kanté

The player who doesn’t dive. The player who plays one, two, five, any number of matches and just doesn’t dive.

Luka Modrić, Golden Ball Award and top non diving player

The non-diving player who played the most minutes in the tournament.

The Queensland Study: A self-feeding mechanism

The diving player is more likely to ‘get away with it’ the more frequently they dive.

Denis Cheryshev and Belgium, the most honest high scoring player and team

How much the top scoring teams and players used diving as a tactic?

A new man everyday, by Neymar

Neymar just released a video where he speaks about his behavior on the field.

France and Portugal, the top divers of the World Cup

France were the team that produced the highest number of dives.

2018 World Cup diving wrap up

A summary of diving at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Diving foosball game

My World Cup foosball game finally arrived! 😃

The man with the injured hair

An unusual but very real account from the #ENGTUN game.

Launching the 2018 World Cup Diving Report

Our team is committing to measure the diving phenomenon during the 2018 World Cup.

Liverpool, the most honest team in the Champions League semifinal

Liverpool with only 4 dives, the most honest team this round.

VAR would have had 4% effectiveness in Champions League matches

Detailed analysis from 12 Champions League matches (round of 16).

How to recognise a dive, 5 traits to easily identify dives

Learn which behavioural traits can be used to recognize dives.

Challenges for VAR in the 2018 World Cup in Russia

The hottest topic in football at present, VAR.

The living proof of how diving affects children

Arsène Wenger vs. Mauricio Pochettino

It’s possible

To all those players who could have dived but didn't, we thank you!

Measuring the impact of dishonesty in football

How to measure dives and their unfair impact.

The Portsmouth Study: The Perception of Deceptive Intentions

Science can be applied to the challenge of identifying dives.

Would you link your brand to a dishonest act?

A close look at the collective unconscious around diving.

Honest players wanted

We are looking for those honest and courageous players.

They also dive in Tennis (#orNot)

Novak Djokovic making fun of football dives.

A #StopDiving victory!

Fans acting together have a powerful voice!

Introducing StopDiving.org

Today we're launching our cause to ask football players to #StopDiving.

Help us change the game

Let’s make football an example of honour and honesty for the generations to come. Here’s what you can do:

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to your favourite players through social media and ask them to #StopDiving

all signs of honesty on the field.

with your friends:

addressed to all the professional players in the world.

if you want to collaborate with us.

Demonstrate honesty and integrity every time you play

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Data and insights should be taken as directional rather than exact. The report doesn't claim to have statistical significance in categorising players behaviour over time. It's only a representation of a measurement model applied to the 2 tournaments tracked.
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