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The first meeting of the League of Combatants of the Great War took place on 16 October 1923, [1] at the office of the lawyer João Jaime Faria Afonso in Lisbon. [2] Faria Affonso had been lobbying for the creation of the League starting in 1919, but achieved little initial success.
The Football War (Spanish: Guerra del fútbol), also known as the Soccer War or the 100 Hour War, was a brief military conflict fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969. Existing tensions between the two countries coincided with rioting during a 1970 FIFA World Cup qualifier . [ 7 ]
In the 85th, Hölzenbein was fouled again, but no penalty this time. Eventually, West Germany, European Champions of 1972, also won the 1974 World Cup. This was the only case of the reigning European champions winning the World Cup, until Spain (champions of the UEFA Euro 2008 ) defeated the Netherlands in the South Africa 2010 FIFA World Cup ...
First ball to have no laces and introduce the syringe valve. [8] 1954: Swiss World Champion Kost Sport, Basel The first 18-panel ball. [5] [9] 1958: Top Star Sydsvenska Läder och Remfabriken, Ängelholm (aka "Remmen" or "Sydläder") Chosen from 102 candidates in a blind test by four FIFA officials. [10] [11] 1962: Crack: Señor Custodio Zamora H.,
The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the 4th edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950.
The club played its first competitive game on 12 November 2022, a 0–1 defeat away to Choupana FC, [7] whilst one week later, on 19 November, União da Bola secured a historic first victory with a 1–0 win against C.F. Carvalheiro at Campo do Adelino Rodrigues; Rodrigo Gama scored the only goal of the game and the first goal in the history of ...
Copa Mundial de Fútbol Argentina '78 Tournament details; Host country: Argentina: Dates: 1–25 June: Teams: 16 (from 5 confederations) Venue(s) 6 (in 5 host cities) Final positions; Champions Argentina (1st title) Runners-up Netherlands: Third place Brazil: Fourth place Italy: Tournament statistics; Matches played: 38: Goals scored: 102 (2.68 ...
A Bola was founded in 1945 by Cândido de Oliveira, Ribeiro dos Reis and Vicente de Melo [1] and was then published twice a week. [2] It became a daily newspaper in 1995. Although its subtitle is "newspaper of all sports", its content is mainly about fo