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football,hockey,cricket, kabadi
It does appear in the description, ..the game is sometimes known as 'Association Football' to distinguish it from other football games like..
There are several sport that use a kickoff term as a rule on the game such as Football, Rugby and Soccer. Kickoff usually used at the start of the game.
Football is the correct name of the game. The term soccer is used mainly abroad, for example in the USA. As they already have American football. The term soccer would be frowned upon if used in the UK as a reference to football.
a statement or phrase not intended to be understood literally — is figurative. You say your hands are frozen, or you are so hungry you could eat a horse. That's being figurative.
The word "football" is an English term which in early medieval times was spelt "fote-ball" (first recorded c.1400) to describe a 'ball game played on foot'.
Half-time is a break at the half-way point of a game or match, particularly a football game or match.
A yellow cake is a figurative term for uranium ore.
a deca game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_and_figurative_language Whenever you describe something by comparing it to something else, you are using figurative language.
A bag of nerves is a figurative term for a very nervous person.