足球－1900年成為奧運(yùn)會項(xiàng)目

　　While the modern game of football started with the foundation of the Football Association of England in 1863, its roots extend to opposite ends of the earth. The ancient Chinese, Greeks and Romans played a similar game, long before English kings in the 1300s and 1400s were trying to outlaw the violent sport.

　　1863年英格蘭足球協(xié)會的創(chuàng)立開創(chuàng)了現(xiàn)代足球運(yùn)動的歷史，但是足球的起源卻在地球的另一端---古老的東方。在14至15世紀(jì)，英格蘭國王們曾下令禁止這項(xiàng)充斥著暴力的比賽。但在此之前，古代的中國、希臘、羅馬都早已經(jīng)開始從事類似的體育活動了。

　　In 1900, football became one of the first team sports included in the Olympic Games. During the Sydney Games, the sport celebrated 100 years of Olympic football. Women's football was introduced at the 1996 Olympic Games, where the final attracted a world record crowd for a women's sporting event of 76,000 people.

　　足球于1900年正式成為奧運(yùn)會最早的團(tuán)體項(xiàng)目之一。在2000年悉尼奧運(yùn)會上，奧運(yùn)足球迎來了它的百年華誕。女子足球于1996年被納入奧運(yùn)會，當(dāng)年的女足決賽吸引了創(chuàng)紀(jì)錄的76000名觀眾。