association football

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Besides setting the rules, the association gave the game its formal name: association football.
除了制定规则，这个协会还为球赛取了一个正式的名称：英式足球。
OrganisedFootball: association football organised under the auspices of FIFA, the confederationsand the Associations, or authorised by them.
有组织足球：在国际足联、洲足联和协会协助或授权下进行的协会足球比赛。
Calling themselves the Football Association, they held meetings for two months, then published The Book of Rules of Association Football, by a Group of Former English Public School Men.
这个由多名英国公学毕业生组成的小组称自己为足球协会（the Football Association），在两个月时间里举行了数次会议进行磋商，他们随后还出版发行了《英式足球规则手册》。

The World Cup is organized by FIFA, the Fdration Internationale de Football Association.
"Concerning the International Football Association Board, naturally they will take on again the discussion on technology."
FIFA President Sepp Blatter says any referee mistakes are deplorable and the board of the International Football Association that makes the laws of the game will re-consider the use of video replay technology.

The British Open Championship in golf began in 1860, Association football championships in 1871, cricket championships in 1873.
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