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
Eurosport has been providing soccer-lovers like you with high quality gear since 1984.
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.