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http://worldsoccer.about.com/cs/historyandstats/a/sochistart.htm "There is documentary evidence that a a game or skill building exercise, involving kicking a ball into a small net, was used by the Chinese military during the Han Dynasty - around the 2nd and 3rd centuries BC. Earlier evidence - of a field marked out to play a ball-kicking game has been found at Kyoto, in Japan." www.fifa.com also has an article about the history of soccer that credits the Chinese with inventing the game.

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soccer was first originated by the Chinese game chu. they played it with a leather ball at first stuffed then deflated so that it went faster. then the greek game of episkyrosstarted. that was played with a ball made of linen and hair which was wrapped in string and sewn together. soccer then became one of the most popular games because it was a "war game".

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Soccer balls are one of the most popular toys for children and they are an important piece of sports equipment. They were first invented in 1836.

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18th century officially, but similar games were played before the middle ages

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about a month after soccer balls were made

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This is up for debate, as football has been played for centuries, but the laws of the game appear to have been first codified in 1863.

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Football was invented by the English.

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