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.
England's Football Association first legalized professional soccer players in 1885.
The youngest player to score in the German Bundesliga was Nuri Sahin of Borussia Dortmund (16 years and 335 days) in 2005.
The African Cup of Nations, the main international football competition in Africa, was first held in 1957.
The first African nation to qualify for the World Cup was Egypt in 1934. The second was Morocco in 1970.
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