Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra … See more

Ties are common in ice hockey due to the game's low-scoring nature. If the score is tied at the end of regulation play, certain leagues play overtime.
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Baseball and softball are unique among the popular North American team sports in that they do not use a game clock. However, if the … See more

Ties are allowed to stand in most forms of cricket (c.f. Tied Test), but should a winner be necessary (such as in tournament settings), the most commonly used tiebreaking method is … See more

National Football League
In the National Football League (NFL), sudden death overtime periods are played during regular … See more

In basketball, if the score is tied at the end of regulation play, the teams play multiple five-minute overtime periods until a winner is decided. In levels below collegiate/Olympic … See more

When a tie needs to be broken in handball, two straight 5-minute overtimes are played. If the teams are still tied after that, this overtime procedure is repeated once more; a further draw will result in a penalty shootout. See more