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Every sport in Earth's history.

Ancient to modern to leisure. One page per sport, readable in 5 minutes — rules, field, scoring and origin at a glance.

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3000 BC – 500 AD Ancient Games people played before 500 AD — dated by earliest physical or written evidence, not legend. 14 sports → LIVING TRADITION Traditional & Folk Folk and regional games still played today, from Kho Kho to Calcio Storico. 26 sports → 1800 – TODAY Modern & Olympic Codified rules, governing bodies and world championships. 16 sports → FOR FUN Leisure Recreational games for parks, pubs and back gardens. 10 sports →
SPORT OF THE DAY · 12 NOV

Football (soccer)

Football is a team sport played with a spherical ball between two teams of eleven players. It is distinguished by the restriction against players using their hands or arms to field or pass the ball during open play.

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Ball19 Combat13 Racket4 Water0 Winter1 Motor0 Target14 Mind10 Athletics4 Tag & Chase3 Racing5 Net4

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South Asia 11 East Asia 8 Southeast Asia 3 Mediterranean 7 Europe 19 Africa 4 The Americas 8 Oceania 0 Middle East 2 Global 4

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