For all the sports lovers out there football is one of the most favorite sports game ever. They love playing it and they love the thrill of it. Every time there is a football world cup or any great football championship going on, all the enthusiasts simply go berserk and cannot have enough of the game. It is a much loved sport of all time and people love watching as well as playing it.

Football had had a greater fan base abroad where there are a number of teams that are loved immensely by the crowd and every time they play there is no stopping in the cheering. Like every other sports game, football has a number of rules and specifications too that need to be kept in mind during every game, it is the difference in the sports and their specifications that make them so interesting.

Let us have a look about few of the facts related to this sport and whether they are as interesting as the sport itself:

• ITS FAN BASE IS HUGE

As far as the statistics go, football has been regarded as the most watched sports of all time. This should not come as a surprise because everyone is aware of its huge fan base. People simple love this show and they cannot get enough of it. Every time there is a match they can hardly control their excitement level and they just love the thrill of it, the entire games and all the rules associated with it is really interesting and the fans love every part of it.

• THE SPECIFICATION DO MATTER

As mentioned earlier, there are a certain rules and then a certain specifications that should be kept in mind while playing this sport. Over the years it has been concluded that a footballer needs to run for 9.65 kilometers for every game. That is quite a lot and that is the specification calculated for this particular sport. No wonder all the footballers are in such a fit shape and have the perfect physique for the sport.

• IT HAS DIFFERENT NAMES TOO

You must have heard a lot of people call football as "soccer". Always remember that you will only be hearing the Americans and Canadians use that term for football. They are the only ones who call this sport by that name and that is how they are distinguished from the rest of the crowd. This game is famous worldwide and the fan base is equally divided all across the globe.