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Football Europe | Union des Associations Européennes de Football (UEFA) (754 words) |
 | UEFA - the Union of European Football Associations - is the governing body of football on the continent of Europe. |
| European football’s governing body is one of six confederations that form the global football federation, FIFA. |
| The UEFA Intertoto Cup is a summer competition, previously operated by several Central European football associations, which was relaunched by UEFA in 1995 as a qualifying competition for the UEFA Cup. |
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| An old saying goes "football (soccer) is a gentleman's game played by ruffians, and rugby is a ruffian's game played by gentlemen." In most rugby-playing countries, rugby union is widely regarded as an establishment sport: most private schools and grammar schools play rugby union. |
| Set-pieces of the union code include the scrum, where packs of opposing players push against each other for possession, and the lineout, where lines of players attempt to catch the ball thrown from touch the area behind the touch-line (the sidelines). |
| Canadian football, was frequently known as "rugby" until the middle of the 20th century. |
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