Question
Download Solution PDFThe term 'kick off' is related to which of the following games?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Football.
Key Points
- Football is the world’s most popular ball game in terms of the number of participants and spectators.
- Football, also called Association Football or Soccer, is a game in which two teams of 11 players, using any part of their bodies except their hands and arms, try to maneuver the ball into the opposing team’s goal.
- Only the goalkeeper is permitted to handle the ball and may do so only within the penalty area surrounding the goal.
- Each match is controlled by a referee who has full authority to enforce the Laws of the Game.
- The Power and Duties of referees are as follows:
- enforces the Laws of the Game.
- controls the match in cooperation with the other match officials.
- acts as timekeeper keeps a record of the match, and provides the appropriate authorities with a match report, including information on disciplinary action and any other incidents that occurred before, during, or after the match
- supervises and/or indicates the restart of play.
Additional Information
Games and its related terms:
- Football: Blind Side, Corner Kick, Advantage Clause, Centre Forward, Direct Free Kick, Goal kick, Dead Ball, Dribble, Hat-trick, OffSide, Golden Goal, Marking, Penalty Kick, Red Card, Penalty Shootout, Striker, Tripping.
- Cricket: Bowling, Banana, Ashes, Boundary, Crease, Chinaman, Caught, Cover Drive, Fine Leg, Duck, Doosra, Duckworth-Lewis Rule, Googly, Full Toss, Follow On, Gardening, Inswinger, Hat-trick, Gully, Hit Wicket, Leg Glance, Leg-break, l.b.w., Leg-bye, Maiden Over, Off Break, Late Cut, No Ball, Out, Over, On Drive, Outswinger, over Pitch, Rubber, Mandatory Over, Popping Crease, Silly Point, Run Down, Short Pitch, Run Out, Stone Walling, Stumped, Square Leg, Straight Drive, Slip, Third man, Spin, Yorker, Short leg, Swing.
- Badminton: Backhand Low, Angled Drive Serve, Deuce, Bird, Double Group, Flick Serve, Fault, Forehand Smash, Lob, Let, Love All, Smash, net Shots, Rush.
- Hockey: Hat-trick, Halfway Line, Striking Circle, Goal Line, Back-stick, Stick, Off-side, Free-hit, Roll -in, Advantage, Corner, Tackle, Red Car, Dribble, Centre Forward, Bully, Square Pass, Short Corner, Tie-breaker, Zonal Marking, Sixteen-yard hit, Flick, Scoop, Cary, Green Card.
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