Rules of the Game: During a kick-off, the opponents of the team taking the kick-off must be at least 9.15 m (10 yds) from the ball until it is in play.
Rules of the Game: On a soccer field, the two longer boundary lines are called touch lines. The two shorter lines are called goal lines.
The mascot for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France was a cockerel (or rooster) named Footix.
The African Cup of Nations, the main international football competition in Africa, was first held in 1957.
The Netherlands' Ernie Brandt is the only man to score a goal for both teams in a World Cup game, accomplishing the feat in 1978.
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