Football is one of the oldest and most popular sports in the world football has been played in almost every civilization and almost every age of the world in that sense it is safe to say that football is a history of ancient civilizations and various evidence of the history of football is found in the ancient greek and Egyptian civilizations as well s in the ancient American civilization of Maya in these civilization the game of football had a religious sanctity that was considered a source of pleasure for the gods and goddesses the roman politician cicero mentions a man in 43 -106 bc who died after being hit by a soccer ball while he was shaving at a barber shop.
Yugoslav archaeologists have unearthed a statue of a man holding a ball resembling a football it is said that a leather ball used by the ancient tribes for playing is also preserved in the British Museum in East China is a country where traces of football have been found in ancient times between the 1st and 3rd centuries bc Chinese military exercises also mention a game similar to football which was named after the cuju or kickball the laws of cuju were compiled in 206 bc from china the game was introduced in japan and Korea the use of air-filled balls began in this game in the early 8th century.
Meanwhile, professional players joined the cuju game and made it a source of livelihood the game was adopted by the Romans from the ancient Greeks in Roman times and some popular rules considered the game of football to be necessary for maintaining physical fitness and given this idea they made it a must for the soldiers of their army due to the interest of the roman rulers the game of football flourished and when they conquered England in the first-century ad the game was also played in England by the roman soldiers arriving in England the game underwent many significant changes which led to its further development.
From the fifth century, ad to the 15th ad the game began to be played in the streets of England, and football matches began to take place on almost every happy occasion William Fitz Stephen made a special mention of the game of football in his famous work description of the city of London published in the 12th century according to him football was popular at the time that people from areas flocked to cities and towns to watch and play matches all shops and businesses in the city will be closed during the matches to enjoy the competition due to the professional player football of that era was played brutally.
The ball could be moved with both hands and feet during the game when the player of players of the opposing teams tried to snatch the ball by force they would often get severe injuries most of the players would get injured sometimes severely injured people would lose their life which would result in riots looting and quarrels as a result in 1365 king Edward III of England banned the play of football by royal decree for which a fine of 4 cents was imposed this ban lasted for about 350 years the ban on the game football was lived in 1603 at the end of the reign of queen Elizabeth I.
The game of football underwent significant changes in the 17th century the game is no longer barbaric and shows signs of politeness and gentleness the game was then added to the curriculum of public and private educational institutions with new objectives and rules, in particular, the game began to be played in the great schools of the time eton and harrow where the children of princes and nobles were educated the rules of the game were changed in 1823 which made the use of hands prohibited in football at the same time the game of hands and feet was give the name of rugby and was subordinated to a separate organization.
The first football body in the world was established in London in 1863 under the name of the Football Association whose efforts made football very popular efforts the world's first international match between Scotland and Great Britain was played at Hamilton Park, Glasgow the Scottish Football Association was founded in 1873 FIFA was founded in Paris in 1904 with early members including Scotland Denmark Spain sweden france belgium Switzerland and the Netherlands as of 2021 the number of FIFA member associations has reached 211 football is the most popular sport in the world today has developed in England and Europe.
Football is played on every continent and in every country of the world apart from Europe the game is being played and watched with great interest in Latin America and then in almost all African and Asian countries at the Olympic games football was included in the 1908 games in London in which Great Britain won the title the game of football has been played consistently at the Olympics even since the most popular tournament in the sport of football is the world cup it is considered to be the largest tournament in the world after the Olympic games the FIFA president is more popular than the IOC president.
So far Europe and Latin America have the upper hand in the World Cup and Asian countries have reached the semi-finals as much as possible Nigeria has become the Olympic champion which is a guarantee of the popularity of football in African countries the European Asian and African football championships are the most popular tournaments in the world football is played by the most professional players who are transferred from one club to another for millions of dollars.
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