According to the Chinese, they had a version of the game is as far back as 7000 years! Thei game was called Tsu Chu and the players would have a leather ball stuffed with fur into a hole. Similar to soccer today hands should not be used in the team was considered an honor.
The Japanese call their idea of football and Kemar told to come almost three thousand years. Their sport is very much like Tsu Chu of
The records of the Byzantine Empire show that a version of football is played in the emergence of the
Believe it or not the ancient Mayans in Pre-Columbia America also has a game similar to football. It is actually a combination of football and basketball with small stone hoops placed about ten to twelve meters and players have to bounce a ball of hard rubber of a substance through the hoop without use their hands. This version called Pok t 'Pok was also very violent and the use of weapons is permitted at a time. The losing team was beheaded, no worries of a losing streak.
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The beginning of the game was very violent but very popular throughout the country. King Edward III thought it was so violent that he wanted to prohibit ordinary people play, but that never materialized.
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