The beautiful game, some call it (8)

I believe the answer is:

football

(Other definitions for football that I've seen before include "Team sport" , "controversial issue" , "Ball game" , "Lob aloft (anag)" , "Liverpool or Everton, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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