Variants Of Association Football
This is a list of various types of football, including most variations of gridiron, rugby and association football. Games descended from The FA rules *Association football, also known as "football" or "soccer". *Association football varieties with reduced number of team members: **Five-a-side football – played throughout the world under various rules, including: ***Futsal (from or ) – the FIFA-approved five-a-side indoor game. ** Indoor soccer – the six-a-side indoor game as played in North America. **Seven-a-side football – a variation of minifootball played by teams of seven players. *** Sevens football – a seven-a-side game played in India. * Paralympic association football – modified association football for disabled competitors. **Amputee football ** Blind football ** CP or 7-a-side football – for players with cerebral palsy. ** Powerchair football and wheelchair soccer * Beach soccer – played on sand, also known as sand football. Like futsal, it is gover ...
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Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly called ''football'' include association football (known as ''soccer'' in North America and Australia); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby union and rugby league; and Gaelic football. These various forms of football share to varying extent common origins and are known as "football codes". There are a number of references to traditional, ancient, or prehistoric ball games played in many different parts of the world. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century. The expansion and cultural influence of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of Briti ...
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