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Football encompasses various 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 British influence. By the late 19th century, distinct regional variations emerged, leading to the establishment of professional associations like the Football League in 1888.

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Football

Football encompasses various 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 British influence. By the late 19th century, distinct regional variations emerged, leading to the establishment of professional associations like the Football League in 1888.

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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
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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
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