4 days ago · Football, also called soccer, is a game in which two teams of 11 players, using any part of their bodies except their hands and arms, try to maneuver the ball into the opposing …

Before long, it had proved more popular than either of them. In full, it was known as gridiron football, but most people never bothered with the first word. As a result, American association …

Oct 21, 2025 · The U.S. Soccer Federation formed in 1913, affiliated with FIFA, and sponsored competitions. Between the world wars, the United States attracted scores of European …

Oct 22, 2025 · Although Gaelic football is similar to these other “codes,” that game was institutionalized under the auspices of the Gaelic Athletic Association (1884) as a distinctively …

What is the origin of football? Modern football originated in Britain in the 19th century. Though “folk football” had been played since medieval times

Oct 21, 2025 · Diego Maradona Diego Maradona (right) of Argentina and a South Korean defender in a 1986 World Cup football (soccer) game. Greater professionalization of sports …

Oct 23, 2025 · Cristiano Ronaldo (born February 5, 1985, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal) is a Portuguese football (soccer) forward who is one of the greatest players of his generation.

Professional soccer leagues, in which players were paid, began in the late 1880s. They formed first in England and then in other countries. By 1900 people were playing soccer throughout …

Gaelic football, Irish version of football (soccer), an offshoot of Britain’s medieval mêlée, in which entire parishes would compete in daylong matches covering miles of countryside.

3 days ago · FIFA, world governing body of association football (soccer), founded in Paris in 1904. FIFA is headquartered in Zürich, and its membership includes more than 200 national football …