FIFA World Cup
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The 1930 FIFA World Cup: The Inaugural Chapter of Football History The 1930 FIFA World Cup stands as a landmark event in the history of sports, marking the beginning of what would become the most prestigious football tournament in the world. Held in Uruguay from July 13 to July 30, 1930, this inaugural edition of
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Football in the Netherlands did not come to a complete halt during World War II, despite the Nazi occupation and the hardships of wartime. Instead, it became both a form of escape and subtle resistance for many Dutch people. When the Germans invaded in May 1940, football matches continued under occupation. The Dutch football association
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The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA; /ˈfiːfə/ FEE-fə), meaning International Federation of Association Football, is the global governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. Founded on 21 May 1904, FIFA was established to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain (represented by Real Madrid
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Now that the FIFA World cup is well on its way, it might be a good time to have a look at the history of Football. I will be referring to the sport as Football and not soccer, because the name is Associated Football. It is one of the most if not the most popular
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I think the best way of telling the stories of the Holocaust , is to bring it down to a personal level , so that people can find some association with it, although it is impossible to fully comprehend the horrors. What makes it difficult is just to pick one of the millions who were
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This is one of those forgotten battles you don’t hear about in history classes. It was a battle between Hungary and Brazil. But as you can guess from the picture above it wasn’t a battle during any war but fought on a football pitch during the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. The score was 43-3
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It’s May 17 1942, you country is occupied by a hostile foreign nation. Fellow country man are dying on battlefields or being executed for being members of the resistance and other fellow country men are being deported to death camps. What do you do? Well watch a football match of course. Since the champions league
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No this is not a piece on World War 2 or any other war for that matter,although it is often said that football is war. The Battle of Santiago is the name given to a particularly infamous football match during the 1962 FIFA World Cup. It was a game played between host Chile and Italy
History of Sorts 
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