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We all know about football. Kicking a
ball with the foot is what we refer football game. Nowadays football is one
of the most popular sports in the world. "Soccer" is the other name
of football. It has a long history. Ancient people started to play first football.
During the 20th century various types of football are getting more
popular like rugby, American football, Canadian football etc.
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Football (as well as rugby and soccer) are believed to have
descended from the ancient Greek game of harpaston. Harpaston is mentioned frequently in
classical literature, where it is often referred to as a “very rough and brutal
game“. The rules of this ancient sport
were quite simple: Points were awarded
when a player would cross a goal line by either kicking the ball, running with
it across the goal line, or throwing it across the line to another player. The
other team’s objective was simply to stop them by any means possible. There was no specific field length, no side
line boundaries, no specified number of players per team, only a glaring lack
of rules.
Most modern versions of football are
believed to have originated from England in the twelfth century. The game
became so popular in England that the kings of that time (Henry II and Henry
IV) actually banned football. They believed that football was taking away
interest from the traditional sports of England, such as fencing and archery.
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