Uppies and Downies is a version of Hand Ba game, with roots in even earlier games, played in Workington, West Cumbria, England. The modern tradition began...

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(male)". Guinness World Records. "Young footballer reaches 7.1 million keepy-uppies to help key workers". the Guardian. 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-15. "World...

called the Uppies or the Downies, depending on which part of town they were born, or otherwise owe allegiance to. The ball must be man handled, and play often...

Cumbria holds three Uppies and Downies matches over the Easter period. There are no rules, except those suggested by cunning and skill, while brute force...

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fields and rivers is typical of the terrain still used for current games played in Ashbourne and in Workington, Cumbria, where "Uppies and Downies" games...

5, and 4 players on each side; coed or single-gender; with kicking and punting and with point-after conversions (including some with 1, 2, and 3 point...

soccer in Australia, Canada, South Africa, the United States, and sometimes in Ireland and New Zealand); Australian rules football; Gaelic football; gridiron...

and badminton. Throwing sports, such as dodgeball and bocce. Cue sports, such as pool and snooker. Target sports, such as golf and bowling. Hand and ball-striking...

central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use...

American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams...

minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. The game of association...

by and adjacent to the home of Workington A.F.C. the folk game of "Uppies and Downies" is still an annual event. There are records about the game from 20...

(/ˈbɒtʃə/ BOTCH-ə) is a precision ball sport, similar to bocce, and related to bowls and pétanque. The name "boccia" is derived from the Latin word for...

length, the size of the field and ball, the type and nature of fouls that referees may penalise, the offside law, and many other laws that define the...

hand-passing, and soloing (dropping the ball and then toe-kicking the ball upward into the hands). In the game, two types of scores are possible: points and goals...

sepak takraw and sipa. This game is known as jegichagi (제기차기) in Korea. The Wu-style tai chi practice dates back to at least the 1930s, and French policemen...

football game, that resembles a mix of basketball, association football and volleyball. FIFA cites cuju is the earliest form of a kicking game for which...

aristocrats who played every night between Epiphany and Lent. Even popes, such as Clement VII, Leo XI and Urban VIII, played the sport in Vatican City. The...

played in the United States and Canada. American football, which uses 11 players, is the form played in the United States and the best known form of gridiron...

and the Netherlands one (2018). Wheelchair basketball retains most major rules and scoring of basketball, and maintains a 10-foot basketball hoop and...

Rugby sevens (commonly known as simply sevens and originally known as seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven...

contains football-related statistics in the form of lists without commentary and it is maintained by volunteer contributors. It is considered one of "the...

typically played in outdoor urban settings such as streets, playgrounds and car parks. The term encompasses a variety of different formats, which do...

elements of sepak takraw and table tennis. Back and forth, the players hit a football with any part of the body except arms and hands. Teqball can be played...

footballer Waldyr "Didi" Pereira, and the presenter Stuart Hall claimed to have originated it in 1958. The English author and football fanatic H. E. Bates...

Sprint football is a varsity sport played by United States colleges and universities, under standard American football rules. Since the 2022 season, the...

the coin toss prior to kick-off (for choice of ends or to have kick-off) and prior to a penalty shoot-out. Contrary to what is sometimes said, captains...

from the Han dynasty, and it closely resembles modern association football. Similar games were played in ancient Japan, Greece, and Rome. The first written...