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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, [a] is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
Uruguay, population 3.4 million, has won more Copa América titles than Brazil and more World Cups than England. It is once again among men's international soccer's top 10 teams.
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 ...
Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title, defeating France 5–3 in a penalty shoot-out in the final after extra time had finished in a 1–1 draw. Germany defeated Portugal 3–1 to finish in third place. Angola, Ukraine, Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Trinidad and Tobago and Togo made their first appearances in the finals.
How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization (also published as How Football Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization [1]) is a book written by American journalist Franklin Foer. It is an analysis of the interchange between soccer and the new global economy.
The Soccer Academy is a children's television show produced by Capistrano Films. The show is shown in over 23 countries around the world, including the United States, Africa, and the Middle East. Soccer Academy is a children's television show based upon the skills needed by children to participate in soccer.
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