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2. History of association football - Wikipedia

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   Cricket and Foot-Ball, one of the earliest books about association football, published by Beadle & Co. in New York in 1866.It contained the rules and laws of the game. The history of association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, stretches back to at least medieval times.

3. Association football - Wikipedia

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   The game is played using a spherical ball of 68–70 cm (27–28 in) circumference, [96] known as the football (or soccer ball). Two teams of eleven players each compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under the bar), thereby scoring a goal.

4. History of soccer in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The St. Louis League was founded in 1886, and modified the FA's rules; so did the St. Louis Soccer League, which was founded in 1903. [ 2 ] : 28–29 Other cities where soccer was popular were Chicago , Philadelphia , Detroit , Cincinnati , Cleveland , San Francisco , and Los Angeles .

5. Ball (association football) - Wikipedia

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   Promotional balls are usually made to promote a name brand, organization or event. Indoor footballs come in the same sizes as outdoor soccer balls but are designed to have less bounce and rebound in them, making it possible to control the ball on a smaller court or indoor arena. The cover of an indoor ball is also the strongest of any category ...

6. Football - Wikipedia

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   The various codes of football share certain common elements and can be grouped into two main classes of football: carrying codes like American football, Canadian football, Australian football, rugby union and rugby league, where the ball is moved about the field while being held in the hands or thrown, and kicking codes such as association football and Gaelic football, where the ball is moved ...

7. History of football in England - Wikipedia

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   Hacking was outlawed but the "fair catch" was allowed, providing the player did not hold onto the ball. [19] Just over a year later, in January 1860, the rules were upgraded to outlaw handling. [20] On 26 December 1860, the world's first inter-club match took place when Sheffield defeated newly formed Hallam F.C. at Sandygate Road, Hallam's ...

8. Football (ball) - Wikipedia

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   Adidas Tricolore, the official ball for the 1998 World Cup. Law 2 of the game specifies that the ball is an air-filled sphere with a circumference of 68–70 cm (27–28 in), a weight of 410–450 g (14–16 oz), inflated to a pressure of 0.6 to 1.1 atmospheres (60–111 kPa or 8.7–16.1 psi) "at sea level", and covered in leather or "other suitable material". [7]

9. Cuju - Wikipedia

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   Cuju or Ts'u-chü (Chinese: 蹴鞠; pinyin: cù jū) is an ancient Chinese football game, that resembles a mix of basketball, association football and volleyball. [1] [2] FIFA cites cuju as the earliest form of a kicking game for which there is documentary evidence, a military manual from the Han dynasty.