Basketball vs Football Basketball is a game played between two teams of five players in which points are scored by shooting a ball through a netted hoop fixed 10ft above each end of the court. Football is a form of team game played in North America with an oval ball used to throw or to run with on a field marked out as a gridiron. Basketball and football are two extremely popular sports but they are different in many was such as shape of the ball‚ playing surface‚ number of players‚ and style of
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you rather do‚ go to a football game or a rugby game? Would you rather yell at the “scrum” or cheer for the completed “flea-flicker”? Do you prefer pads or shorts? Well‚ first you should probably know the differences between them before you choose. There are many similarities and contrasts in these two sports: the ball‚ contact-aspects‚ and how points are scored. The football is a smaller ball than a rugby ball. Which also means that they are use in different ways. The football is 28cm long‚ has a
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Language 1 PORTFOLIO: Football in the UK Supervisor: Sarajevo‚ December 2013 History of Football - The Origins The history of world`s famous and favourite game spans more than 100 years. In 1863 Football Association in England was
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Introduction "Hundreds of English fans have been departed from Belgium after scenes of mass violence in Belgian cities and football authorities have threatened to expel the English team from the competition if there is another outbreak of the English Disease" This was an article dated 20 June 2000 written by an English journalist. It is obvious from this article that world is facing a great problem nowadays. Actually it would be wrong to use the term nowadays ’ because the English Disease ’
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Reprints Follow @TIME The life threatening spinal-cord injury that Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett suffered on Sunday while trying to make a tackle adds urgency to a question that gnaws at the NFL with each passing season — is playing pro football worth the risks? Everett‚ 25‚ remains sedated and on a respirator at Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital in Buffalo following surgery to relieve the pressure on his spine. His orthopedic surgeon‚ Dr. Andrew Cappucino‚ had said Everett’s chances of
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sport we chose to talk about is soccer in Greece. However‚ like many other foreign countries they call it football. As we all know Greece is not big with their sports‚ but they still have it‚ and many people continue to participate in this sport. They also have their problems with government funding‚ and keeping some of the football clubs. Greek football started in 1866. The first match ever played was on January 29th‚ 1866 in the Island Of Corfu. In one of the articles I read said‚ “The story goes
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Football: A Game of Dangers Imagine being out on a field in the high heat of a summer afternoon. In full pads and a helmet‚ getting ready to start a 2 hour game. Teenagers of various heights and weights‚ all running at each other defending the football. Massive linemen collide with lean running backs. Players running back and forth a 100 yard field. Now imagine being tackled‚ being tack to the ground by one or more other players. Helmets colliding‚ ankles twisting‚ and backs smacking the ground
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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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Ten Years of Football When I was a little kid probably around the age of seven‚ I started playing sports. Sports is a big part of life for my family‚ and every one of my siblings‚ including me‚ started playing sports when we were kids. I played multiple sports while growing up. I played football‚ baseball‚ soccer‚ track and basketball‚ so I was always going to practice or playing in a game. The sport I loved the most is football. I started playing football when I was seven. At that age I was
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knowledge about football‚ I do think that football is dangerous for high school players. There are studies done that have proven there are more high school players getting hurt then the college players. “According to the study‚ published in the August 2007 issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine‚ four out of every 1‚000 high school football exposures resulted in an injury‚ while eight out of every 1‚000 collegiate football exposures in an injury.” In a way‚ high school football players tend
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