There are a number of conflicting beliefs concerning the question of who invented soccer. Some suggest that the earliest signs of a feet-based ball game date back as far as 2500BC‚ during which time the Greeks‚ Egyptians and Chinese all appear to have partaken in such activities. Most of these games included the use of hands‚ feet and even sticks to control a ball. The Roman game of ‘Harpastum’ was a possession based ball game where each side would attempt to retain possession of a small ball
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Soccer Is My Favorite Sport Soccer is my favotite sport. The reason’s why is because soccer has to do with teamwork. Also because I like when I block somebody’s shot. Finally because it’s a sport that me‚ my brother’s‚ and freind’s really understand. These are the reason’s on why soccer is my favorite Teamwork is an important thing in soccer. Soccer has the most
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“Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you‚ it is much more serious than that.” This was a quote by long serving Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly who coached and played from the 1930’s through the 1970’s. The Football War‚ or the 100 Hours War‚ was a short four-day war between the Central American countries of El Salvador and Honduras. Though the war itself only lasted four days‚ the build up to the war was ongoing for many years. The Football War got its name
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My favorite sport is football Football is considered a contact sport. I like to look at the crowd and hope they are going to cheer for my team‚ before they get on the field. I believe in football you get more exercises than any other sport. I like the fact that you can play under the lights at night. This seems to be the best time to draw a crowd to cheer you on and parents aren’t so happy to be working so they can come and enjoy the game. My dad loves football as much as I do and it seems
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FOOTBALL FOOTBALL IS MORE THAN A GAME‚ IT IS CHANGING THE WORLD Marcello de Quintal English PACE 1132 June 24‚ 2013 INDEX Introduction Football What is Football Why Football Is So Popular Anyone can Play Easy To Play Very Few Rules For All Genders The Ball All You Need Easy To Make How Football Connects People Zimbabwe Trip FIFA World Cup Healing A Nation Economic Growth Lessons Learnt Better Infrastructure * * * INDEX * * * What Football
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Football is a popular American team sport. Players can start young by participating in youth leagues and then work their way up through high school teams‚ college teams‚ semi-pro teams and finally‚ professional teams in the National Football League. Players can play tag football or tackle football. Tackle football involves much more physical contact. Though football is a source of exercise‚ it can be dangerous if not played correctly. Physical Conditioning Football players undergo demanding workouts
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focusing on soccer) Brazil is a big country. I mean‚ huge. It’s the biggest country in South America. It consists of 8‚511‚996 square kilometers‚ including all of its oceanic islands. Its full‚ official name is the Federative Republic of Brazil‚ and the most recent consensus counted the total population as 188‚078‚22 Brazilians. So now that you know the basic statistics of Brazil‚ I can relate to you the actual topic of this paper- Brazilian culture‚ with an emphasis on soccer (Brazil‚ pp
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Pro Basketball vs. Pro Football If you had a choice‚ would you pick a career where injuries are less frequent and less severe along with a better salary or a career where injuries are frequent and sometimes severe‚ and salaries are not as good. Anyone in their right mind would choose the first option. This will now bring me to my topic‚ professional basketball is better than professional football. Professional basketball is more dominant than football in three critical areas‚ injuries sustained
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Ricardo Pardey ID 596397911 Second Essay February 15‚ 2013 Football Vs. Rugby When I was a senior in high school‚ I played on my school’s rugby team. It was really excite and funny while I played almost all weekend even though it is not popular in Colombia. But then when I came to the United States‚ it catch my attention that everybody likes and watches Football and it made me contrast these two aggressive sports Rugby and Football. These two sports are almost the same‚ for example the object
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Football refers to a number of sports that involve‚ to varying degrees‚ kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football‚ more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer". Unqualified‚ the word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears‚ including association football‚ as well as American football‚ Australian rules football‚ Canadian football‚ Gaelic football
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