Football is the name given to a number of different, but related, team sports. The most popular of these worldwide is Association football, which also goes by the name of soccer. The English language word football is also applied to Rugby football (Rugby union and Rugby league), North American football (American and Canadian), Australian rules football, and Gaelic football.

While it is widely believed that the word football, or "foot ball", originated in reference to the action of a foot kicking a ball, there is a rival explanation, which has it that football originally referred to a variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot.Professional Football Researchers Association Origins of Football These games were usually played by peasants, as opposed to the horse-riding sports often played by aristocrats. While there is no conclusive evidence for this explanation, the word football has always implied a variety of games played on foot, not just those that involved kicking a ball. In some cases, the word football has been applied to games which have specifically outlawed kicking the ball. (See football (word) for more details.)

All football games involve scoring with a spherical or ellipsoidal ball (itself called a football), by moving the ball into, onto, or over a goal area or line defended by the opposing team. Many of the modern games have their origins in England, but many peoples around the world have played games which involved kicking and/or carrying a ball since ancient times.

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FIFA Photos football: Jonathan Urretaviscaya of Uruguay celebrates after scoring http://bit.ly/ToZRp
we_are_football (we-are-football) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:37:18 -0000
FIFA Photos football: Jonathan Urretaviscaya of Uruguay celebrates after scoring http://bit.ly/ToZRp
RT @TonyDearing: We've cleared the last hurdle for posting Big Ten football highlights on AnnArbor.com. Watch for that later this week.
JimKnight62 (Jim Knight) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:37:17 -0000
RT @TonyDearing: We've cleared the last hurdle for posting Big Ten football highlights on AnnArbor.com. Watch for that later this week.
Going to look and possibly buy a 4 wheelers and the watch my son play football. ... http://lnk.ms/2Ljvd
Chrishughes75 (Christopher Hughes) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:37:15 -0000
Going to look and possibly buy a 4 wheelers and the watch my son play football. ... http://lnk.ms/2Ljvd
今日はやらかすチームあると思ったら...めちゃめちゃ順当なとこがやらかしている。さすがリバポ #cl #ucl #football
ixxuih (ixxui hixx) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:37:15 -0000
今日はやらかすチームあると思ったら...めちゃめちゃ順当なとこがやらかしている。さすがリバポ #cl #ucl #football
FIFA Photos football: Bryan Arguez of USA (L) holds off a challenge from Jean Bapidi of Cameroon http://bit.ly/3ic1H
we_are_football (we-are-football) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:37:14 -0000
FIFA Photos football: Bryan Arguez of USA (L) holds off a challenge from Jean Bapidi of Cameroon http://bit.ly/3ic1H
U. of #Cincinnatti head football coach Brian Kelly just gave one of best radio intrviws I've ever heard on SVP show.
KLV760 (Ken LaVicka) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:37:13 -0000
U. of #Cincinnatti head football coach Brian Kelly just gave one of best radio intrviws I've ever heard on SVP show.

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