Monday, 17 October 2011

FOOTBALL

There are a lot of sports in the world, but the most popular is football. Football is the international sport for all of the countries in the world.

Commonly  known as football or soccer, it is a sport  played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. At the turn of the 21st century, the game was played by over 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world's most popular sport. The game is played on a rectangular field of grass or green artificial turf, with a goal in the middle of each of the short ends. The object of the game is to score by driving the ball into the opposing goal. In general play, the goalkeepers are the only players allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms. The team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extra time and/or a penalty shootout, depending on the format of the competition. The Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by the Football Association in 1863 and have evolved since then. Association football is governed internationally by FIFA (Federation International de Football Association)  which  organises  the FIFA World Cup every four years.





                                                                                                 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football    

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