Rules of the Game: The referee indicates an indirect free kick by raising his arm above his head. He maintains his arm in that position until the kick has been taken and the ball has touched another player or goes out of play.
Rules of the Game: On a soccer field, the two longer boundary lines are called touch lines. The two shorter lines are called goal lines.
Soccer was first played as an official Olympic competition in 1908. Great Britain won the Gold that year.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.
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