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Football, officially known as Association Football, is the most popular sport in the world. Football is also known as soccer, particularly in North America.

Football is a team sport, played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field of grass, or artificial turf, measuring between 100-130 yards long by 50-100 yards wide, with a ‘goal’ at each end. The goal consists of two perpendicular poles, 8 yards apart, (the “uprights”), with a horizontal bar across the top, 8 feet high, (the “crossbar). The aim of the game is to move or kick a round ball using the feet or legs into the opposing team’s goal, which will be protected by the team’s goalkeeper, who is the only player allowed to use his hands or arms.

The team that scores the most ‘goals’ at the end of the match of ninety minutes duration, (plus any time added on for stoppages), is the winner. If the scores are equal at the end of the game, it is declared a draw, or in certain competitions may go into ‘extra time” and/or a “penalty shoot out.”

The game of football, as known throughout the world today, was first played in England, and in 1863, after the formation of The Football Association; the first Laws of the Game were codified.

Worldwide football is now governed by the “Federation Internationale de Football Association, (International Federation of Association Football), which is known by the acronym “FIFA”.

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