A Game Of Football
There are several sports that are well followed. Multiple sports today, have federations that govern the specific sport, and host yearly tourneys or championships. Football is a good example of this. Every four years, the FIFA World Cup is held in a different host country. Around twenty countries take part in the FIFA Cup, and only one team is victorious. This is a huge event that football fans look forward to.
It’s been said that football is an aged sport that goes back to ancient history. There are many forms of the game but the most common one is association football, better known as soccer. Football “codes” is the term used for the different variations of the sport. Some of the codes still around today are American Football, Australian rules football, Rugby league, and Canadian football to name a few.
Although there are various kinds of codes, there are some likeness in how the game is played. No matter which football code you play, the main aim of the sport is to get the ball in the opponents’ end of the field either in a goal or over a line, to score a point. There are always two teams against each other. The teams have 11 to 18 players, based on the code that is being played. Also, you can only use your body to move the ball around, either by kicking or hand-passing. In whatever game, the opposing team safeguards their goal or line.
Tracing its roots, football is said to have began in England in 1863. The Football Association was first formed in England and said to be the primary regulating body for football. During the Han Dynasty in China, it appears that football was also a sport there in the early days and called Tsu’ Chu. Another kind of the game originated in Japan and is referred to as Kemari, which is still played today.
In the game of football, there has be a big amount of team effort to be triumphant in the sport and to win medals for football. Each team works hard to get a football medal signifying their triumph over another team. These football medals vary, depending on the code that is being played and the championship title that is being played for.
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