Rules of the Game: The player making a throw-in may not touch the ball again until it has touched another player.
Rules of the Game: The penalty area is composed of two lines drawn at right angles to the goal line, 16.5 m (18 yards) from the inside of each goalpost. These lines extend into the field of play for a distance of 16.5 m (18 yards) and are joined by a line
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
England's Football Association first legalized professional soccer players in 1885.
The African Cup of Nations, the main international football competition in Africa, was first held in 1957.