Association football (6)

I believe the answer is:

soccer

'association football' is the definition.
(synonyms)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for soccer that I've seen before include "American football?" , "Football for Americans?" , "Association football" , "popular game" , "Roy Keane's game" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday.com, The Irish Times, The Mirror, The Independent, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Irish Times (Simplex) and The Times.

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