Football: we owe the World Cup to... a Frenchman!
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96 years ago, on July 13, 1930, Uruguay hosted the first matches of the Jules Rimet Cup, better known as the Football World Cup.
96 years ago, on July 13, 1930, Uruguay hosted the first matches of the Jules Rimet Cup, better known as the Football World Cup. Jules Rimet was French, more precisely from Haut-Saône, convinced that football needed its own global competition. And he was right!
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