Canadian football/Related Articles

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Parent Topics

•  Sport: Activity that involves skill and physical exertion, and is governed by a generally accepted set of rules and guidelines. ^[e]
•  Forms of football: Any of a number of team sports which involve kicking and/or handling a ball with the purpose of territorial gain leading to the scoring of goals or points. ^[e]

Subtopics

•  Canadian Football League: A major, professional Canadian sports league founded in 1958 whose rules are roughly similar to, but differ in some respects from (American) football rules. ^[e]

Related topics

•  American football: A high-contact sport played by two teams of 11 players on a 100-yard field that originated in the United States of America. ^[e]
•  Australian rules football: A form of football involving two teams of eighteen players on an oval-shaped field. Players can kick or handle the ball. ^[e]
•  Football to 1900: A history of football's development through the 19th century from a folk activity into its modern variants. ^[e]
•  Gaelic football: An outdoor sport played by two teams of 15 players a side. It is a form of football using a round ball which the players may both handle and kick, with the object of kicking or punching the ball into the goal. ^[e]
•  Rugby league: A form of rugby football played in teams of thirteen. It began in 1895 as a breakaway sport from rugby union on the issue of professionalism. ^[e]
•  Rugby union: The original form of rugby football played in teams of fifteen. It was strictly amateur until 1995 when it opened up to professionalism. ^[e]