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Football encompasses a variety of team sports that involve kicking a ball to score goals, with the term typically referring to the most popular form in a given region. Its contemporary codes originated from ancient ball games and were codified in 19th century England, spreading globally due to the British Empire's influence. By the end of the 19th century, distinct regional variations emerged, leading to the establishment of professional leagues and the rise of football as a major global sport.

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Football encompasses a variety of team sports that involve kicking a ball to score goals, with the term typically referring to the most popular form in a given region. Its contemporary codes originated from ancient ball games and were codified in 19th century England, spreading globally due to the British Empire's influence. By the end of the 19th century, distinct regional variations emerged, leading to the establishment of professional leagues and the rise of football as a major global sport.

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Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal.

Unqualified, the word football generally 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
Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New
Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron football (specifically American
football, arena football, or Canadian football); International rules football; rugby league football;
and rugby union football.[1] These various forms of football share, to varying degrees, 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.[2][3][4] Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the
codification of these games at English public schools during the 19th century, itself an outgrowth
of medieval football.[5][6] The expansion and cultural power of the British Empire allowed these rules of
football to spread to areas of British influence outside the directly controlled empire.[7] By the end of
the 19th century, distinct regional codes were already developing: Gaelic football, for example,
deliberately incorporated the rules of local traditional football games in order to maintain their
heritage.[8] In 1888, the Football League was founded in England, becoming the first of many
professional football associations. During the 20th century, several of the various kinds of football
grew to become some of the most popular team sports in the world.[9]

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