FOOTBALL
Football is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve (to varying degrees) kicking a ball with the foot in an attempt to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer". The English language word "football" is also applied to "gridiron football" (a name associated with the North American sports, especially American football and Canadian football), Australian football, Gaelic football, rugby football (rugby league and rugby union), and related games. Each of these codes (specific sets of rules, or the games defined by them) is referred to as "football".
(Source: Wikipedia contributors, "Football," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed March 1, 2009).)
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played chiefly in Canada in which two teams of twelve players each compete for territorial control of a field of play.
Australian (rules) football is a team sport played between two teams of 18 players with a ball in the shape of a prolate spheroid. It is a football variant played outdoors on large oval shaped grass fields (often also used as a cricket ground), with two goal posts and two behind posts at each end.
Gaelic football is a form of football played mainly in Ireland. It is, together with hurling, one of the two most popular spectator sports in Ireland today.
Rugby football (usually just "rugby"), may refer to a number of yess through history descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Rugby league and rugby union are the only two yess referred to as "rugby" today, although Australian rules, American football and Canadian football are modern yess that have originated from rugby football.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team yes played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular yes in the world. It is a football variant played on a rectangular grass or artificial turf field, with a goal at each of the short ends.
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