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Oh, you mean anything-except-hands-ball.

(or, more sarcastically, dive-ball)

Yes. 90% of the world, including me, are infatuated with.

Why the downvotes? What's wrong with liking soccer/football?

Players kick footballs with their foot too. It's called a field goal.

I was thinking 'handegg' would be a more appropriate name.

Or extra point, punt, kickoff, or, on occasions so rare as to almost be extinct (only 1 since 1941 -- in 2006), a drop kick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Jsz-fSNd4 (It's hard to see in the video, but this differs from a punt in that the ball must bounce before being kicked: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_kick)