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Football is the name given to a number of different, but related, team sports. The most popular of these world-wide is association football (also known as soccer). more...
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The English word "football" is also applied to American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby football (rugby union and rugby league), and related games. All of these codes (specific sets of rules) are referred to as "football" by their followers.
These games involve:
a spherical or prolate spheroid ball, which is itself called a football.;
a team scoring goals and/or points, by moving the ball to an opposing team's end of the field and either into a goal area, or over a line.;
the winning team being the one that has the most points or goals, when a specified length of time has elapsed.;
the goal and/or line being defended by the opposing team.;
the ball being moved mostly by kicking, carrying and/or passing by hand, depending on the code.;
supervision by officials known as referees or umpires.;
goals and/or points resulting from players putting the ball between two goalposts.;
offside rules, in most codes, restricting the movement of players.;
in some codes, points being mostly scored by players carrying the ball across the goal line.;
players scoring a goal, in most codes, being required to put the ball either under or over a crossbar between the goalposts.;
players in some codes receiving a free kick after they take a mark/make a fair catch.;
players being required to use their feet (and possibly other specific parts of their bodies) to move the ball and/or score, depending on the code.;
Many of the modern games have their origins in England, but many peoples around the world have played games which involved kicking and/or carrying a ball since ancient times.
Etymology
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While it is widely believed that the word "football" (or "foot ball") originated in reference to the action of a foot kicking a ball, there is a rival explanation, which has it that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot. These games were usually played by peasants, as opposed to the horse-riding sports often played by aristocrats. While there is no conclusive evidence for this explanation, the word football has always implied a variety of games played on foot, not just those that involved kicking a ball. In some cases, the word football has even been applied to games which have specifically outlawed kicking the ball.
History
Early history
Throughout the history of mankind, the urge to kick at stones and other such objects is thought to have led to many early activities involving kicking and/or running with a ball. Football-like games predate recorded history in all parts of the world, and thus the earliest forms of football are not known.
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