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Football (also known as association football or soccer) is a team sport played between
two teams of 11 players each. It is widely considered to be the most popular sport
in the world. A ball game, it is played on a rectangular grass field, or occasionally
an artificial turf, with a goal at each end of the field. The object of the game
is to score by manoeuvring the ball into the opposing goal; only the goalkeepers
may use their hands or arms to propel the ball in general play. The team that scores
the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is tied at the end of
the game, either a draw is declared or the game goes into extended time, depending
on the format of the competition.
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