The rules of soccer are generally believed to have been developed in Britain in the nineteenth century. What was likely the earliest example of the sport, however?
Answer: A Chinese game called tsu chu, roughly equating to ‘kick ball’, which was played in China at least from around 2000 BCE. The ball was made from animal hair, and the goal was a net measuring 30-40 cm in diameter, strung nine metres up between two bamboo poles.
Source: Football by Anton Rippon
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