Rules of the Game: Within each penalty area, a penalty mark is made 12 yards (11 m) from the midpoint between the goalposts and equidistant to them. An arc of a circle with a radius of 10 yards (9.15 m) from each penalty mark is drawn outside the penalty
The mascot for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France was a cockerel (or rooster) named Footix.
The youngest player to score in the German Bundesliga was Nuri Sahin of Borussia Dortmund (16 years and 335 days) in 2005.
The current World Cup trophy will be retired in 2038 when there is no more room for the champion's name.
The 1970 World Cup was the first to be televised in color.
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