Football is a word that is confusing and entertainment and a sport that sums up the pride of a nation and the strength of an athlete. In other places, football is a game known as soccer in America. Football in America is where the quarterback throws the ball to a receiver and everyone is running [...]
Dr. James Naismith is known worldwide as the inventor of basketball. Born in 1861 in Ramsay township, near Almonte, Ontario, Canada. The concept of basketball was born from Naismith school days in the area where he played a simple child’s game known as duck on a rock-a school outside their room. The game involved attempting [...]
American football emerged from the European game of Rugby in 1879. Walter Camp, player and coach of Yale University, is recognized as “The Father of American Football” as the initial rules of the game was created by him. However, before students at Princeton were already playing a game called “Ballown.” It was about fisting the [...]
The forerunner of American football may have been a game played by the ancient Greeks, harpaston call. In this game there is no limit on the number of players. The aim was to move a ball across a goal line by kicking, throwing, or running with it. Classical literature contains detailed game reports, including its [...]
Ever wonder how the football or soccer games to enter our lives? When and where is the origin of this game? Why is that so many people in the crazy world of this game? Almost every culture has reference to the history of football. The origin of football / soccer can be found in every [...]
The first description of a football match in England was written by William Fitzstephen in about 1170. It is recorded that during his visit to London, he realized that “after dinner all the youth of the city out to the fields to the popular game of the ball.” Notes that all trades had their own [...]