If you’re looking for the earliest ancestor of the world’s most popular sport, be ready to turn back your watch and spin your globe. Here’s what you need to know about soccer’s ancient origins and why it’s the world’s favorite sport today
in Maya. So did its rules, which included moves such as keeping the ball in play by bumping it with body parts or using racquets or bats.
The specifics are unclear, but some courts are decorated with panels depicting the gory sacrifice of losing players. Sacrifice and sport are closely related in a, too: It shows a pair of ball-playing twins defeating the lords of the underworld on the court. They go on to become the sun and the moon.
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