(250624) -- CHENGDU, June 24, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Members of a faustball team pose for a group photo with Sonke Spille (4th L, back), head of events at the International Fistball Association (IFA), in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Oct. 24, 2024. Faustball, also known as fistball in English, is most popular in German-speaking countries such as Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
In 1786, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the renowned German writer known for his poetic drama "Faust," mentioned a fistball match between four noblemen from Verona and four from Venice in his travel diary "An Italian Journey."
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