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American football is an amazing sport in which each team tries to push the other team behind and gain every inch of the field and finally score a touchdown or a field goal. Read on to know the history of this sport that has evolved from being a game of brute force in its early forms, to becoming a game that requires technique, skill and high levels of physical fitness.
Football is a sport that epitomizes endurance, competitiveness and the human spirit to win. It has not only been adopted as a national sport by 60 countries, but historical records show that it was played even in the ancient times. The sport was used by the Romans and the Ancient Greeks to train their warriors. The Chinese have been known for playing football 3000 years ago. However, modern day football owes its origin to the football that started shaping up in England. Read the rest of this entry »
Football is one of the most popular games played in almost every corner of the globe. But, do you know about the invention of football and how the game has developed over the years? Let’s take a look at the history of this wonderful game.
There are many sports being played all over the world, but if we need to acknowledge one as the king of all sports, it has to be football. But, wait a minute; what sport are we talking about? Different parts of the world relate football to different sports. For us, here in the US and Canada, it’s American football, down under they mean Australian rules football, in Ireland it is Gaelic football and the rest of the world understands it as what we know as soccer. Damn! That’s a lot of interpretations. While we discuss the invention of football, we’ll talk in brief only about the two most popular and widespread forms of football i.e. American football and Soccer. Read the rest of this entry »
Football fans everywhere are preparing to settle in for the NFL’s biggest and most electric weekend of the season—a four-game playoff marathon that will swallow up at least 12 hours of broadcast time over two days.
But here’s something even dedicated students of the game may not fully appreciate: There’s very little actual football in a football game. Read the rest of this entry »