Football

Football the generic term for various kinds of sports (English: codes of football), which have evolved from the early forms of football and rugby.

In the Anglo -Saxon world, the word usually for a particular sport, most of the local variety. In British English, is meant by "football" soccer. The Opposite is there rugby with the supported oval ball, which is sometimes included under the term rugby football with the term football with. The internationally unambiguous designation is association football. Derived from it 's soccer football or soccer short, under which the sport, especially in North America, but also in Australia and New Zealand is known. That conclusion is there the term football to American football and Canadian football against. However, International is a tendency that is continually repressed soccer in everyday language through football. Even the Australian Association changed its name in 2005 and 2006 followed the New Zealand Association.

Variants

Football is associated in English with these sports:

  • Gridiron Football American football in the United States, as opposed to flag football and tackle football called.
  • Canadian football in Canada
  • Arena Football as indoor sports
  • Flag football as a contactless poor variant
  • Rugby Union
  • Rugby League

Differences between football and rugby sports

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