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
Rules of the Game: Corner flags must be on non-pointed posts that are at least five feet (1.5 m) high.
The mascot for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France was a cockerel (or rooster) named Footix.
Gerd Muller, who played for Bayern Munich from 1965-79, is the all-time leading scorer in the German Bundesliga with 365 goals in 427 games.
Substitutions were allowed for the first time in the 1970 World Cup.