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FIFA World Cup

• Every four years, billions of spectators watch their national teams take part in the football World Cup.
• It is a moment that all football fans look forward to.
• In fact, the FIFA World Cup is probably the most important sport event in the world.
• The World Cup was created in the 1930s when Jules Rimet, a French football official, came up with the idea of bringing the best football teams in the world together to play against one another for the title of World Champions.
• There was great enthusiasm for his idea, and the first FIFA World Cup was organised in Uruguay in 1930.
• The host team won the first World Cup when they beat Argentina 4-2.
• Since then, almost twenty World Cup tournaments have been played and the competition has often surprised fans around the world.
• Everyone was amazed when the USA beat England 1-0 in 1950.
• The 1966 World Cup surprised many fans when Italy lost 1-0 to North Korea, and Northern Ireland took everyone by surprise when they beat the host team Spain 1-0 in 1982.
• Many legends and many football records have also been made during the World Cup.
• The Irish 17 year-old Norman Whiteside was the youngest player to ever play in a World Cup and Pelé was the youngest to ever score in a match and win the World Cup.
• Ronaldo is the top scorer in World Cup history, with 15 goals.
• Football history is made every four years at the FIFA World Cup.
• Whatever the results, the championship brings people from every region of the world together in the spirit of fun and sport.