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Football
* Some footballs have gravitational energy
  - potential energy
  - green tints
* are athletic events
  - contact sports
  - fun
  - located in roofs
  - organized sports
  - physical activities
  - professional sports
  - projectiles
  - rounds
  - used for exercising
* begins in the fall, when everything is dying.
* brutal sport, and violent contact makes injuries inevitable.
* can also create great rugby players
  - be an emotional game in which big plays are celebrated by fans and players alike
* collision sport.
* combative sport that calls upon all components of one's athleticism.
* contact game
* cross between an art form and a science.
* demanding sport that combines speed, agility, strength, and precision.
* device of male dominance.
* disciplined sport.
* diverse group of athletes that love pain and glory at the same time.
* does bring in more money than other sports, but it also spends more than it makes
  - dominate the lives of many
* equates to violence and boozing, stimulates pushing and shoving.
* finite game.
* full contact sport.
* game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.
* game of dealing with issues
  - emotions, the kids truly have to learn how to win
  - fundamentals, such as, running, blocking, tackling, throwing and catching
  - hard-hitting fast action
  - inches moved forward, a game of struggle
  - mental and physical toughness
  - momentum
  - numbers
  - pageantry
  - quickness more than a game of speed
  - repetition
  - short bursts of effort with very little extension of the joints
  - systems, and a player can look good in one system and bad in another
  - teamwork
  - territory and strategy
  - played with passion
* game that is won with a number of outstanding players
  - requires the constant conjuring of animosity
  - to enjoy and unite people
* has a pension fund
  - unique way of building leadership
  - many leagues of teams
  - power to greatly appeal to people's national sentiments, compared with other sports
* high-contact sport with head injuries being quite common.
* hitting sport.
* includes regulation time
  - second periods
* increasingly defines the seasonality of American life.
* is about intensity, and players are payed millions of dollars to play football
  - movement
  - accepted as a profession in European and Latin American countries
  - all about timing, conditioning and killer instinct
* is also a game without guile
  - team game that demands individual practice
  - true team sport
  - an increasingly popular sport
* is an aggressive and violent sport
  - explosive sport
  - incredibly physical game played by incredibly physical people
  - inherently dangerous activity that can result in serious injury or death
  - international language
  - opportunity to get an education
  - another popular sport in France
  - arguably the most popular of professional U.S. sports
  - brothers beating each other up in the backyard, violent and superficial
  - by definition a sport wherein violent contact and injury are all too commonplace
* is by far Scotland's most popular spectator sport
  - the most popular sport in Sierra Leone
  - different from any other sport - it is almost like picking puppy dogs
  - entertainment
  - football at any level
  - increasingly popular at Maine high schools
  - indeed a team sport
  - like sex , for men
  - no different than any other sport
  - of course the most widespread sport
* is one of the highest-risk sports as far as injuries per player hour
  - top sports in America
* is played and patronised in almost all Islamic countries
  - at every level, including college and professional teams
  - by players for players
* is played in a stadium
  - quick, anaerobic bursts
  - several planes of movement
  - outdoors and requires strong skill, speed, and endurance to play
  - with grace and athleticism
  - played, for the most part, during the afternoon, when kids can actually watch
  - popular and most large towns have modern stadiums
  - quite ancient and has existed in most every cultural group through time
  - religion
  - rough game with a penalty for unnecessary roughness
  - run by men
* is still a game of blocking and tackling
  - participation sport
  - such a physically demanding sport that many players' careers end quickly due to injury
* is the Liberian national sport
  - game of fiery oratory and adrenal overload
  - language of the world
  - last all-male major sport
  - main sport of the month
  - major reason women get small pieces of the pie
* is the most popular national sport of Egypt
  - sport among both boys and girls
* is the most popular sport in Albania
  - Argentina
  - Burma
  - Germany
  - Northern Ireland both for watching and playing
  - Norway
  - Qatar, closely followed by cricket
  - The Royal Scots
  - Uruguay
  - Yemen
  - Zimbabwe
* is the national sport in Uganda
  - number one national sport
* is the only sport that had a relatively low response rate among athletes
  - where there is no equal for women
  - other major sport the cheerleaders participate in
  - primary money-producing sport at most high schools
  - sport with the biggest number of fans in the city
* is the ultimate team game, where continuity and rhythm are essential
  - world's most popular sport
  - very important in Alabama
  - what European and Latin American call soccer
* is, obviously, a contact sport.
* man's game
* memory-making machine.
* multibillion-pound industry.
* numbers game.
* physical contact sport which was invented and designed for a man's body
* popular sport in Austria
  - the country recently , where the main sport is baseball
* power hitting, crunching sport.
* promotes camaraderie and keeps the players active physically
  - oneness and friendship between individuals and countries
* provides entertainment and conversation, and can even bring people together.
* quarterback's world.
* reflects certain primal urges in men that go all the way back to when they lived in caves.
* rough, rough sport.
* series of collisions and people get hurt.
* sport of grim attrition
  - supremely suited to the television age
* sport that builds it
  - demands stability, especially on offense
  - requires speed, agility , quickness and strength
  - where coaching is deemed the most important
  - with a long tradition at U.S. universities, and it part of our culture
* symbol that means that everyone can- at the same time, compete and live together.
* teaches many lessons learned in life
  - the self-discipline, hard work and sacrifice that are necessary to achieve a goal
* team effort, it takes everyone working toward a common goal
* twentieth-century technological struggle.
* unique sport in that there is no equivalent to it in women's athletics.
* very expensive sport
  - important subject in sociological, psychological and other researches
* very popular sport in Thailand
  - which the Irish hold a great deal of national pride
  - visceral sport
* violent game.
* wildly popular sport, from the high school to college to professional levels.
* winter sport and is often played in very wet conditions.
+ Association football, Who plays football: Summer Olympic sports
  * Football is the world's most popular sport. It is played in more countries than any other game. It is played by both males and females.
+ Bhutan, Sports: Bhutan :: Current monarchies
  * Bhutan's national sport is archery. Competitions are held regularly in most villages. Cricket has gained popularity in Bhutan, particularly since the introduction of television channels from India. The Bhutan national cricket team is one of the more successful affiliate nations in the region. Football is also an increasingly popular sport.
+ Dominican Republic national football team: National football teams
  * Dominican Republic national football team' is the national football team of Dominican Republic, and is controlled by the Dominican Football Federation. The team has never featured globally. Football is a popular sport in the country recently, where the main sport is baseball.
+ Football in Argentina: Football :: Sports in Argentina
  * Football is the most popular sport in Argentina. It is played from childhood into old age
  * Football is a popular sport in Austria. It is the second most popular sport in the country after alpine skiing. It has been a member of FIFA since then. The country's national team has not been successful in tournaments. Austria has never qualified for the European championship. It did participate once in 2008, when it co-hosted the championship with Switzerland and did not need to qualify in order to play
+ France, Culture, Sports: European Union member states :: Former good articles :: French-speaking countries :: G8 nations
  * The Tour de France cycling race in July is one of the best-known sporting events. Football is another popular sport in France. The French team won the FIFA World Cup in 1998 and the UEFA European Football Championship in 1984 and 2000. France also hosts the 24 Hours of Le Mans car race. France also hosted the Rugby World Cup in 2007 and finished fourth.
+ Germany, Culture, Sports: European Union member states :: German-speaking countries :: G8 nations
  * Football is the most popular sport in Germany. The national team has won the FIFA World Cup 3 times, and appears in the finals a lot. The team also has had the most Euro titles than any other country. The top football league in Germany is Bundesliga. Some of the worlds best Footballers came from Germany. Plus, many tournaments have taken place in Germany.
+ Ghana, Sports
  * Football is the most popular sport. The national men's football team is known as the Black Stars. The under-20 team is known as the Black Satellites. Ghana has been in many championships including the African Cup of Nations, the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA U-20 World Cup. In the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Ghana became the third African country to reach the quarter final stage. There are several club football teams in Ghana, which play in the Ghana Premier League and Division One League.
+ Manchester, Culture
  * The city has two Premier League football teams, Manchester City and Manchester United. Football is a very important part of the culture of the city. Many of the people support or show interest in the sport.
+ Qatar, Sport
  * Football is the most popular sport in Qatar, closely followed by cricket. The Qatar under-20 national football team finished second in the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.
+ Scotland, Sports, Football
  * Football is the most popular sport in Scotland. Three of the big cities, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, have two or three big football teams, and most cities have at least one team. These are Celtic and Rangers. These two Glasgow clubs have a lot of history, and are fierce rivals, often causing fights, riots and even murders between the fans. Rangers are world record holders, having won the most amount of league titles of any football team, currently '54'.
+ Sierra Leone, Sports: English-speaking countries
  * Football is by far the most popular sport in Sierra Leone. Children, youth and adult are often seen playing street football across Sierra Leone.
+ São Paulo, Sports: Capitals of Brazilian states
+ Uganda, Culture and sport
  * Football is the national sport in Uganda. Games with the Ugandan national football team usually attract large crowds of Ugandans. The Ugandan Super League is the top division of Ugandan football. There are 16 clubs from across the country. It was made in 1968. Uganda's most famous footballers are David Obua of Scottish club Hearts and Ibrahim Sekagya, who is the captain of the national team.
+ Uruguay, Sports: Spanish-speaking countries
  * Football is the most popular sport in Uruguay. The Uruguay national football team has won the FIFA World Cup on two occasions.
+ Yemen, Sport
  * Football is the most popular sport in Yemen. The Yemen national football team competes in the FIFA and the AFC leagues. The country also hosts many football clubs that compete in the national or international leagues.
+ Zimbabwe, Sports
  * Football is the most popular sport in Zimbabwe. Rugby union and cricket are also popular. Zimbabwe has won eight Olympic medals.