Football is the game that has dominated sports for the past century. The game is played by almost all countries that exist in this world. This game brings us a tournament that is second to the Olympics. Football world cup includes 32 teams from around the world, who play for the glory of their nation.

Football is very famous and popular game. It was started in 19th century and since then it never looked back. Its rules are very simple to follow; each team has 11 players in which one must be a goal keeper while you can decide the position of the other 10 members as you like. You receive yellow card for a harsh tackle and red if you tackle to harm the other player intentionally, plus two yellow cards also make one red card that can send you out from the match.

The ground or pitch on which football is played is almost 100-110 meters long and the width is 65 meters. So since it is a big pitch players are need to have good stamina as well as good skills over the ball. The duration of the game is ninety minutes, which are divided in two halves each of it is 45 minutes long. There is a break after a half for about 10-15 minutes.

Big names of football are England, Italy (the world champions), Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Brazil and Argentina. These teams have big titles under their belts and are considered to be the dominant teams in football.

Club football is also very active part of football world. English clubs like Manchester united, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal are all very famous clubs. There are different clubs like real Madrid (Spain), Barcelona FC (Spain), and AC Milan (Italy) who have made their mark in the football world. Zidane, Buffon, Henry, Kaka, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo are the players to watch.