The Game Of Soccer
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, or association football as it is properly called, is the world's most popular team sport. Virtually every country on Earth plays the game in some form or another. It is both physically and intellectually demanding, requiring athletic skill and quick thinking. Brazil's Pele, perhaps the greatest p ....
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.... 1885. From there the game spread throughout the Empire and to the rest of the world.
By 1904 an international governing body was established to control the sport the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Today, FIFA, which is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, has more than 140 member nations and oversees the activity of about 39 million players worldwide.
FIFA rules require that soccer be played on a rectangular field between 100 and 130 yards (90 and 119 meters) long ....
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