gIÚP E MẤY câu hỏi ở dưới với ạ (8) Football, however, was mostly developed in England. From the 8th to the 19th century it had a local character and the rules varied from place to place. At the end of the 19th century, sailors of the English navy introduced Football to the four corners of the earth. The year 1863 marks the beginning in the modern history of Football: The British Football Federation was established. Eight years later, the federation counted 50 club-members. (9) The modern game began in England but interest soon spread around Europe and other countries. The Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA) was founded in Paris in May 1904 as a recognition of this growth on an international level and is the football world's governing body. The seven founding members were France, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland. As Football's worldwide popularity increased, the number of FIFA country-members followed. Today, FIFA counted 204 members. Over 100 years after the formation of the Football Association, football is the most popular sport in the world, played by nearly 250 million people, including 40 million women. The numbers of spectators in the stadiums and of television viewers amounts to billions. (10) Men's Football was introduced as a demonstration sport in the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens. 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 in Atlanta. (11) Until the 1984 Olympic Games, participation was restricted to amateur players and Olympic Football was dominated by Eastern European countries. After the inclusion of professional athletes at the Olympic Games, participation rules have been a subject of debate between the International Olympic Committee and FIFA. As a result, new regulations were established specifying the age of participant athletes. The new regulations have enabled many African countries to display a rich pool of Football talents.