(n.) An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather.
(n.) The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is 30 years since Paul Canoville became the first black footballer to play for Chelsea.
(2) I wish to clarify that for the period 1998 to 2002 I was employed by Fifa to work on a wide range of matters relating to football,” Platini wrote.
(3) Cas reduced it further to four, but the decision effectively ends Platini’s career as a football administrator because – as he pointedly noted – it rules him out of standing for the Fifa presidency in 2019.
(4) DATA Modern football data analysis has its origins in a video-based system that used computer vision algorithms to automatically track players.
(5) He continued: "I don't think there could be a better move for me: to retire from one of the world's best football clubs at the end of the season and then join one of the world's best broadcasters.
(6) Perhaps there were some other generations in Portuguese football with more talent, but they didn’t win.
(7) Alan Pardew faces punishment from the Football Association for his head-butt on Hull City's David Meyler.
(8) Beckham's decision marks the culmination of a strategy aimed at preserving his brand long after the footballer has faded.
(9) At the moment they’re playing some of the best football I’ve seen from any Tottenham team for many, many years.
(10) The number of seats has been reduced from 72,000 to 68,000, with another 12,000 to be added after the Games to meet the 80,000 minimum required in case Japan launches a bid to host the football World Cup.
(11) He said: "I don't want to talk any more about politics for one reason because I'm not in the House[es] of Parliament, I'm not a political person, I will talk about only football."
(12) I would like to see much more of that money go down to the grassroots.” The Premier League argues that its focus must remain on investing in the best players and facilities and claims it invests more in so-called “good causes” than any other football league.
(13) The 79-year-old also described the Liverpool striker’s four-month suspension from all football , plus nine international matches and a £65,000 fine, as a “fascist ban”.
(14) Keepy-uppys should be a simple skill for a professional footballer, so when Tom Ince clocked himself in the face with the ball while preparing to take a corner early in the second half, even he couldn't help but laugh.
(15) Massive pay packets are being used to lure foreign coaches and players from footballing nations such as Brazil in order to beautify the still dismal Chinese game.
(16) The footballer said the noise of the engine was too loud to hear if Cameron snored but his night "wasn't the best".
(17) Now serves as director of football and director of the academy at Crewe.
(18) Absolute has raised its profile with big-name signings such as Frank Skinner and bought live Premier League football rights for the first time for this season .
(19) Corruption scandals have left few among the Spanish ruling class untainted, engulfing politicians on the left and right of the spectrum, as well as businesses, unions, football clubs and even the king’s sister .
(20) There could be no faulting the atmosphere or the football drama.
Footie
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) If you are not booing for racist grounds, stop, because it never used to be part of your day at the footy.
(2) And it continues at footy games, BBQs, cricket matches, school, college, university, at work, the pub; we are all in a position to make a positive influence when we see unacceptable behaviour or attitudes,” he said.
(3) Australia to change law to allow strikes on more Isis combatants Read more “People need to be assured that our agencies have the capability to protect us and we take appropriate measures to make sure any footy final or any place where a lot of people are gathering do have appropriate protections,” he told the Nine Network on Wednesday.
(4) Footy news site bold.dk managed to get a hold of the Greek’s agent, who in disbelief asked if this was supposed to be a joke: “Is this a joke?
(5) On Wednesday, the publisher of the Fifa series of footie sims announced that it had extended its “official sports technology” partnership with the Premiership until 2019.
(6) "It is a remarkable but incontrovertible matter of historical fact that - in my thirty years or so of watching international footie tournaments - no team I have supported has EVER won a penalty shoot-out," writes Richard Hands of Mali, who I'm guessing isn't rooting for Uruguay to make it three.
(7) Strachan told BBC Radio 5 live: "People have problems in footy where you have an indication that something is wrong, but this one is right out of the blue.
(8) We all have a circle of influence around us, whether it’s a whole organisation, the local footy club, or simply the family around the dinner table.
(9) Which makes it all very embarrassing for Sky, which has spent a fortune trying to move away from its footie fan, taxi-driver image in the past few years.
(10) I would say there’s definitely a racist element to it,” Buckley told Fox Footy.
(11) While Logan might represent a polar extreme of full-blown footie Anglophilia, scores of other American fans fervently support EPL teams without committing to such dramatic extremes.
(12) While the stereotype is that gay men can’t and don’t play footy, the opposite perception is that only lesbians play sport.
(13) Take Si Evans for example: Si Evans (@siphev) @KidWeil RSL looking good...first time in 26 years of watching footy I've missed a goal.
(14) Shorten said Dutton’s defence that the joke was made as part of a private conversation were “not good enough,” adding, “he’s a minister, he’s a cabinet minister, he’s not some bloke on the outer at the footy, he’s a cabinet minister of the Australian government”.
(15) The Palmer United party senator said on Tuesday that Abbott and Shorten were acting like “hormone-affected schoolboys trying to out-macho each other on the footy field”.
(16) Speaking to Fox Footy post-match Goodes denied there was anything untoward going on between himself and the Blues’ supporter group.
(17) Prior’s team has gone to the usual lengths to ensure that you really feel part of the summer’s footy frenzy, with the game packing in all 203 teams from the qualifying stages, made up of 7,469 players – all of whom have their names in the game.
(18) The word from Gamescom is that Konami’s series is heading toward a new zenith, not just for the faithful acolytes but for footie simulation fans in general.
(19) I don’t think it is anything to do with the way he plays his footy.” I can tell you how Adam Goodes feels.
(20) It’s a bit of a shock, he’s a champion of this footy club,” said Swans defender Rhyce Shaw, who had previously announced he was retiring at the end of the season.