SPORTING DIRECT




What is Football?

Football or soccer, is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of 11 players.

The game is played on a rectangular field and the objective of the game is to score by moving the ball beyond the goal line into

the opposing goal.

The FIFA World Cup

The largest football tournament, held every 4 years, is the FIFA world cup.

The contest starts with the qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years to determine which teams qualify

for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 32 teams compete for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over the

course of about a month

Best players of all time

The current best players in the world include Lionel Messi for his playmaking and dribbling and

Christiano Ronaldo as he is the best goal scorer in the world