Senational facts about Soccer 6

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FIFA started the World Cup in 1930. In 1991, the organization created the Women's World Cup.
Argentine footballer Diego Maradona used his hand to score a goal in the 1982 World Cup. When referees discovered this through checking videotape, Maradona claimed it was "the hand of God" that scored the goal.
In the Middle Ages, Londoners played an early and very violent form of soccer every Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent.
English Puritans in the 1600s opposed soccer, claiming it was a sinful game.

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