Flag football is a variant of gridiron football (American football or Canadian football depending on location) where, instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball … See more

The specific rules of flag football vary widely by league, though all share in common their replication of the rules of traditional See more

The IFAF Flag Football World Championship is normally conducted every two years. IFAF stands for International … See more

The 2022 World Games marked the 40th anniversary of the event, which took place from July 7–17, 2022. Hosted at Birmingham's historic See more

The best available records to date point to the early 1940s during World War II as the sport's starting point. The game began as a recreational sport created for American military personnel to help them stay fit but was designed in a way that would help prevent them from … See more

Chiefly, because there is no dominant sanctioning organization for the sport, the game has mutated into many variations: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 4 … See more

In July 2022, the National Football League (NFL) and the IFAF partnered on a bid for flag football to be included as an optional event during the See more