It wants to allay fears and the U.K.as a major center for interest in football is a good place to do that."

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

As young players prepare to begin their professional careers in the sport, one important person in American football announced his retirement.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

He began his career as a head football coach in nineteen sixty-nine, when he was selected to lead the Oakland Raiders.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

The former football star was accused of killing his ex-wife and a male friend of hers in Los Angeles.

VOA: special.2011.06.06

Video and magazine ads show three men playing table football and laughing in a coffee shop in Madrid,Spain.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

Thirty-two teams will start the World Cup in South Africa with dreams of reaching football glory.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

FIFA,the international football federation, says the United States has twenty-four million soccer players-second in the world.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

The festival later expanded to include the parade and a big game in college football.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

Most sports experts believe football is the favorite sport to watch in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

And we tell about the teams competing in the championship game of American football .

VOA: special.2010.02.05

For one month, the drama of international football will play out in South Africa.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

In the movie, he speaks of the school's football team as he is dying.

VOA: special.2011.02.06

Football,called soccer in the United States, is probably the world's most popular sport.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

In the United States, soccer competes with baseball, American football and basketball.

VOA: special.2010.06.02

The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl in the National Football League.

VOA: special.2009.07.13

Several popular professional sports, including football, are played in winter.

VOA: special.2010.01.29

Jackie won honors in baseball,basketball, football and track.

VOA: special.2009.04.05

Football arenas in six other cities, including Durban and Pretoria, have also been completed and have already hosted games.

VOA: standard.2010.01.22

The growing popularity of football or soccer known as here in the U.S., is on display every week on this pitch.

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

The Pittsburgh Steelers made history when they won last February's National Football League Super Bowl game played in Tampa,Florida.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

The Football for Hope program is sponsored by FIFA in partnership with civic groups in some 50 countries.

VOA: standard.2010.07.05