At the 1998 World Cup in France, adidas supplied the match balls and outfitted 12,000 officials, referees, linesmen and volunteers.
Rules of the Game: The referee indicates an indirect free kick by raising his arm above his head. He maintains his arm in that position until the kick has been taken and the ball has touched another player or goes out of play.
Rules of the Game: According to FIFA, a goal may be scored directly from the kick-off.
England's Football Association first legalized professional soccer players in 1885.
The first non-European nation to join FIFA was South Africa in 1909.