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Football (soccer) is the most popular amateur sport in South America, as well as being a professional sport revered by the continent's INHABITANTS.[1][2] Football was first introduced to the continent during the nineteenth century, as part of the worldwide diffusion of British culture INITIATED by the British diaspora and subsequent acceptance of the sport by the region's ANGLOPHILE elite. Football was widely regarded as a symbol of modernity and GOOD health, and over time it REPLACED older fashionable sports, such as Bochas. By the middle of the twentieth century, it had become the primary mainstream sport across most of the continent.