Rules of the Game: An indirect free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a goalkeeper touches the ball with his hands after he has received it directly from a throw-in taken by a teammate.
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
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Soccer was first played as an official Olympic competition in 1908. Great Britain won the Gold that year.
As of December, 2007, FIFA has 208 member associations -which is 16 more than the United Nations.
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