Gaelic football is often described as a mixture of soccer and rugby.

盖尔人足球经常被人称之为一种“英式足球与橄榄球”的混合体育项目。

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American football is derived from the English game of rugby, and is entirely different from ordinary football, that is, soccer or association football.

美国的橄榄球运动起源于英国的橄榄球赛，同一般的足球运动、即英式足球截然不同。

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The team's success has reportedly prompted a fivefold increase in interest in the sport in Ireland, a country more associated with Gaelic football, rugby union and soccer.

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So he made a dramatic career switch, breaking free of Microsoft's golden handcuffs in 2003 and three years later starting a company called Fair Trade Sports, which makes balls for soccer, basketball, football and rugby using rubber cultivated in pesticide-free plantations in India and Sri Lanka.

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Studies indicate concussion risk is greatest in football and rugby followed by hockey and soccer.

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