About football

Football

Football is the word given to a number of similar team sports, all of which involve 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'. In other words, advancing the ball with kick, running with it. passing to other team-mates, trying to forward it to the opponent's end of the field, shooting in between the goal posts and scoring a point, is football. The winning team is the one that has scored more number of goals when a specified length of time has elapsed.
The game 'football' was firstly introduced by a Chinese military during the Handynasty in about 2nd century. It was known as 'Cuju' (Tsu chu) which involved kicking a leather ball through a hole in a piece of silk cloth. Then, the game was re-invented after ever a thousand years by the English.

The game football involves:-
1. Two teams of usually between 11 and 18 players.
2. A clearly defined area in which to play the game.
3. scoring goals or points by moving the ball to an opposing team's end of the field and
either into a goal area.
4. players using only their body to move the ball.

In most codes, there are rules restricting the movement of players offside, and players scoring a goal must put the ball either under or over a crossbar between the goalposts. Other features common to several football codes include:- points being mostly scored by players carrying the ball across the goal line and players receiving a free kick after they make a fair catch.
Today, the laws of football are determined by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) that was formed in 1886. Federation International de Football Association (FIFA), the international organizing body organizes the most prestigious international football competition. FIFA world cup is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world.