The official ball for the 2006 World Cup was the adidas Teamgeist.
Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands after it has been deliberately kicked to him by a teammate.
Rules of the Game: For FIFA matches, if a substitute enters the field of play without the referee’s permission, play is stopped, the substitute is cautioned, shown the yellow card and required to leave the field of play. Play is restarted with a dropped b
The mascots for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany were two boy characters named Tip and Tap.
The earliest documented use of the word football appears in a proclamation by King Henry IV of England in 1409.