Rules of the Game: A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in.
Rules of the Game: In the event that the game ball should burst or fail somehow during the run of play, the referee will immediately stop the match until the game can be resumed by calling for a drop ball at the spot of the failure with a fresh ball.
As of December, 2007, FIFA has 208 member associations -which is 16 more than the United Nations.
The youngest player to score in the German Bundesliga was Nuri Sahin of Borussia Dortmund (16 years and 335 days) in 2005.
The oldest soccer club in the world is England's Sheffield FC, founded in 1857.
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