’Football also known as football association and most commonly called soccer‚ is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players each‚ and four referees dealing with the rules properly followed. It is widely considered the most popular sport in the world. Over a century of competitive world soccer‚ it has formed apparent contrasts between Latin American and European soccer styles. There are three major world soccer competitions in the FIFA federation. These three tournaments include Copa
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HISTORY OF FOOTBALL The history of football is interesting as well as exciting‚ from the first forms of the game ever played‚ to the multi million dollar organizations of today. The game continues to evolve and change with the times. Football is a sport that evolved from many different games. Football is mainly known as a different form of rugby or soccer‚ but there is more to the origin of the game than just those two sports. Football games were played around the world before the game was
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The National Football League has recently faced a class-action lawsuit from hundreds of ex-football players regarding the lifelong effects of football concussions. The NFL has settled its brain trauma case in September of 2013 with an agreement to pay out $765 million to 4500 football retirees (Ezell). Concussions have become a major issue in not only the game of football but the business of football as well. In high contact sports‚ such as football concussions are going to be very prevalent. Equipment
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this football game. All kinds of emotions stir‚ and as the men pound at each other constantly‚ the crowd roars. Because of all of the intensity involved in the game‚ football is on of the world’s most popular sports‚ however‚ understanding the game of football is not easy. Football is a complex sport in its origin‚ evolution‚ and rules of the game. It is said that the forerunner of American football was a game called "harpaston‚" played by the ancient Greeks. Similar to modern football‚ the
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Malaysian Football Do you know football? If you are Malaysian‚ I bet that football is a popular topic of discussion for the nationwide and it is a well-known sport in our surrounding. Without any doubt‚ the phenomenon of football has spread through the people favorite as we can see then chanting about the sport everywhere; at the café also in the electronic media. Nowadays‚ Malaysian football scenario can be observed through the performance of the league and championship‚ the success of national
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Everybody loves to watch football. It is a large part of the American culture. 64% of Americans watch and enjoy football every Sunday according to gallup.com. But everyone seems to leave out the ugly truth of the whole sport; the violence. Football is said to be the 3rd most violent sport in the world‚ right behind hockey and rugby‚ according to reference.com. The difference between football and those two sports is how many people play them. About 6 and a half million people play hockey and rugby
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Football in England Bill Shankly‚ Liverpool manager on football: “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I’m very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much‚ much more important than that.” General facts:- national sport in the United Kingdom -over 40‚000 association football clubs‚ England has more clubs than any other country - played in English schools since at least 1581 -modern global game of Football was first codified in 1863 in London -UK is
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A football player kicking a football is an example of a gross muscular skeletal muscle coordinating together to display the live-action potential of the chemistry between the functions of the nervous‚ muscular‚ and the skeletal system. For these actions to take place‚ the skeletal system must first be established and erected along with the cartilage‚ ligaments‚ and tendons attaching bones‚ muscle to bones‚ and articulation for movements. When a football player sprints on the field during a game
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interest in American football. Sally lives in downtown Pittsburgh and her husband is a huge fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers. "He watches every game‚ every highlight‚ and every report. He doesn’t miss anything‚ and that gives me time to have an affair with Simon‚ my British lover"‚ she told reporters. Like Sally‚ a growing number of American women now look forward to the NFL season‚ instead of dreading it as they have in the past. "I used to get so angry during football season"‚ said Sally‚
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March 23‚ 2013 Concussions in Football Injuries in sports are bound to happen no matter what sport you are playing and you never know when an injury will occur. They just come with the territory and they can range from a cut to an injury that could end an athlete’s career or even worse lead to a death. A big problem in sports nowadays is that there are too many concussions in pro sports all the way down to young kids who are just starting to play a sport. Football in particular has received a
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