Forms of football

For millions of participants around the world, the term football refers to Association football, a team sport played according to the rules of the International Football Association Board and FIFA, and known also as soccer. However, in specific countries, the word football has a different understanding and can refer to a number of other team sports, including:

• American football
• Australian rules football
• Canadian football, a three-down variant of the North American game, played on a wider field than the U.S. version. Canadian football is played professionally in the Canadian Football League.
• Gaelic football
• Rugby football - variants include:
  • Rugby Union
  • Rugby League
  • Rugby sevens

The word "Soccer"

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