2014年6月10日 · The very first world cup was played from 13 July to 30 July 1930 and was hosted by Uruguay. With 13 teams taking part, it seems the luck was with the home team as Uruguay claimed the top spot after beating Argentina 4 – 2. The United States and Yugoslavia were placed third and fourth respectively.

2015年9月22日 · And in 1987, when the first Rugby World Cup was played, Webb Ellis’s name was inscribed on the silver and gold trophy. There is an alternative story. In the late 1830s, a Rugby pupil named Jem Mackie was notorious for running with the ball.

2014年7月12日 · 1. Since 1966 and ‘World Cup Willie’ the lion, each FIFA World Cup has had a mascot. These range from a Spanish orange, a Mexican jalapeno pepper to a Brazillian three-banded armadillo – the mascot of the 2014 tournament. 2. The World cup trophy, introduced in 1974, has room for 17 inscriptions of the winners name on its base.

2018年6月14日 · Dr Neil Phillips found his way into the world of football medicine after a fateful encounter with Walter Winterbottom, the first England manager. Impressed by his aptitude for sports medicine after he treated a member of the England under-23 team, Winterbottom sent him to do an appraisal of the FA medical course incognito.

2024年3月15日 · When the First World War began on 28 July 1914, Ireland was still embroiled in its own political struggles at home, with the threat of a civil conflict growing more likely. Nonetheless, when the call came for volunteers to join up, men with both Nationalist and Loyalist allegiance signed up to join the army – some motivated from loyalty to ...

2014年4月22日 · On this day in 1915, during the Second Battle of Ypres, chlorine gas was used by the Germans, making it the first use of poison gas in the First World War on a large scale (the French had used tear-gas grenades against the German forces in 1914, but not to the extent that the Germans would later deploy chlorine).

2014年3月24日 · When the First World War broke out a century ago, thousands of young men answered the call to military duty, including the Calvin brothers from York. The ten brothers, aged between 18 and 37 at the time of the outbreak, are thought to have been the largest group of siblings to have ever fought in a war and survived to come home.

2014年1月30日 · Britain Entering First World War Was ‘Biggest Mistake in Modern History’ According to historian Niall Ferguson, Britain could have lived with German victory and should have stayed out of the war. Claiming that there was no immediate threat to Britain, Britain could have faced a Germany-dominated Europe at a later date on its own terms ...

2016年1月22日 · Remus von Woyrsch’s career with the Prussian Army had already ended by 1914, but he was recalled from retirement when the First World War broke out, aged 68. Born of minor nobility, he had served in both the Austro-Prussian and Franco- Prussian Wars, receiving the Iron Cross for his actions in the latter.

2014年1月22日 · As one of the most iconic songs of World War One, Pack Up Your Troubles has traveled the world, with the lyrics and tune remaining with us long after the guns fell silent in 1918. A firm favourite in its day with troops on the Western Front as well as their families back at home, it has been translated into Dutch, German and Spanish, becoming a ...