Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a teammate.
Rules of the Game: All field marking lines should not be more than 12 cm (5 inches) wide.
Rules of the Game: In the event that the game ball should burst or fail somehow during the run of play, the referee will immediately stop the match until the game can be resumed by calling for a drop ball at the spot of the failure with a fresh ball.
The first African nation to qualify for the World Cup was Egypt in 1934. The second was Morocco in 1970.
On a regulation size field, the edge of the penalty box is 18 yards from the goal line.