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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sports_twalk (Sports Twalk) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:49:21 -0000
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@ParisDT I threw him out of the flat all weekend (!) But he basically watched football in his pants with pizza, so I don't feel too guilty.
thehitchcockb (Molly Flatt) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:48:54 -0000
@ParisDT I threw him out of the flat all weekend (!) But he basically watched football in his pants with pizza, so I don't feel too guilty.
I am surprised to see that Giggs won BBC Sports award. He deserves some form of life time achievement award, but not this isn't it #football
dgutte (David Gutteridge) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:48:52 -0000
I am surprised to see that Giggs won BBC Sports award. He deserves some form of life time achievement award, but not this isn't it #football
@allisonp5 Same here. Im a big football fan too, but this is ridiculous..
jacquesd8 (Jacques Duke) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:48:40 -0000
@allisonp5 Same here. Im a big football fan too, but this is ridiculous..
@hemgiles This site is good for BC Football tickets: http://bit.ly/V1PPf
findyourticket (Trolley Marketing) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:48:03 -0000
@hemgiles This site is good for BC Football tickets: http://bit.ly/V1PPf
No end in sight for Manchester City's big spending, according to a club insider: http://bit.ly/52aFY2 #football
Betfred_Sport (Betfred Sport) Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:47:56 -0000
No end in sight for Manchester City's big spending, according to a club insider: http://bit.ly/52aFY2 #football

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