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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@EA Your football games are still far behind where they should be by now. Please make improving Madden and NCAA a priority for next year.
hallower1980 (Aaron Miller) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:29:19 -0000
@EA Your football games are still far behind where they should be by now. Please make improving Madden and NCAA a priority for next year.
Did you Give 5 today... donate at ArtWalk for a chance to win an autographed football from Maurice Jones Drew http://bit.ly/5mu1cz
unitedwaynefl (United Way of NE FL) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:29:16 -0000
Did you Give 5 today... donate at ArtWalk for a chance to win an autographed football from Maurice Jones Drew http://bit.ly/5mu1cz
Brian Kelly will be next Notre Dame football coach, sources tell IrishCentral http://bit.ly/8w78UC @irishbuzztap
irishcentral (Irish Central) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:29:12 -0000
Brian Kelly will be next Notre Dame football coach, sources tell IrishCentral http://bit.ly/8w78UC @irishbuzztap
Filming went well, chap we were interviewing was sound as a pound. Now to play some football...wishing it was indoor.
Stel256 (Steven) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:29:05 -0000
Filming went well, chap we were interviewing was sound as a pound. Now to play some football...wishing it was indoor.
Look at dat bitch - he is copying me!!! http://www.picvi.com/2009/11/29/funny-football-3/
thierry__henry (Thierry Heńry) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:29:02 -0000
Look at dat bitch - he is copying me!!! http://www.picvi.com/2009/11/29/funny-football-3/
@AGROGAN88 what about a story of a woman trying out as QB for a pro football team after being raised by her father and 5 brothers
OrangeChuck (Chuck Fiello Jr.) Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:28:56 -0000
@AGROGAN88 what about a story of a woman trying out as QB for a pro football team after being raised by her father and 5 brothers

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