World Cup Kicks

A strange little side quest

Here is a rabbit hole for the next loading screen in World Cup Kicks: Association football's first unified Laws of the Game were drawn up in London in 1863. The broader history adds one more wrinkle. Archery was already on the Olympic programme in 1900, boxing joined the modern Games in 1904, and basketball became a medal sport in 1936. That long chain of experiments is part of why football still feels fresh when a game finds the right twist.