game at the English public school of Rugby committed a soccer sin by picking up the ball and running with it. That derivative became the game of Rugby Football.

The game of football is governed by the Federation Internationale de Football Association, commonly known as FIFA. The association was founded in 1904 and by 1996 the organisation had grown to include 197 member associations making it the biggest sports association in the world; In 1928, FIFA decided to stage a world championship -- The World Cup which was to be staged every four years; Uruguay was the host of the first World Cup; Abel Lafleur designed the splendid World Cup trophy -- the Winged Victory which is made of 1800 grammes of gold; The Jules Rimet trophy, as the original trophy became known, found a permanent home in Brazil in 1970 -- when football legend Pele and his team won the Cup for the third time; and Korea/Japan will co-host the next World Cup in 2002; Source: FIFA SOCCER SOC