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In 1903, ______a new event in France.

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______ just 60 people in the competition, all of them European.

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______ women or girls in the event, only men.

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______ an event for women until 1984.

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______ only six stages or parts, in the competition.

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In 1903, ______ medals for the winners, just money and later a yellow jersey or shirt.

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The event was very popular. _____ a lot of fans in France, and soon it was an international competition.

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In 2012, _____ a British winner for the first time- Bradley Wiggins.

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In the early 1900s, people all over the world were interested in football and so ____ - the World Cup.

• The French won the match 4-1

• There were 93,000 people there

• they were the first country to win the World Cup

• there were 13 countries in the competition

• a new international competition was born

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The First FIFA World Cup was in Uruguay in July 1930. There was a new stadium for the matches in the capital city of Montevideo. In total. ____: seven from South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia and Peru), four from Europe (France, Belgium, Romania and Yugoslavia), and two from North America (The United States and Mexico).

• The French won the match 4-1

• There were 93,000 people there

• they were the first country to win the World Cup

• there were 13 countries in the competition

• a new international competition was born