Football was first played in Egypt as part of a fertility rite, during the third century BC. The leather ball was invented by the Chinese in the fourth century BC. The Chinese these balls filled with bristles.
The Greeks and Romans practiced football, and the latter were taken to the British Isles. The game became a national sport English since the early nineteenth century gave rise to rugby. The modern game originated in England in the nineteenth century. But his birth is much earlier, as practiced ball games were played with the foot in many ancient peoples.
