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Ligue De Football Association
The (, LFA) was a French federation bringing together football clubs. History The LFA was founded on 27 August 1910 by four dissident clubs of the USFSA: CA Paris-Charenton, Cercle Athlétique de Paris, Red Star FC#History, Red Star Amical Club, US Suisse Paris, and Paris Star. These clubs left the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques, USFSA because the latter refused to join the French Interfederal Committee (CFI), which had represented France at FIFA for three years. The founding members were Georges Caizac, Mac Cabe, Vaury, Henri Beau (footballer), Henri Beau, Robert Desmarets, Michel Fontaine, and the president of Red Star Jules Rimet. The latter took over the presidency of the newly created LFA, leaving his post at Red Star because he felt that he could "not be responsible for a club and represent all football clubs at the same time". The LFA quickly joined the CFI, which made its players eligible for selection in the France national football team, French n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular field called a Football pitch, pitch. The objective of the game is to Scoring in association football, score more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framed Goal (sport), goal defended by the opposing team. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport. Association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game (association football), Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by the International Football Association Board, IFAB since 1886. The game is pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Fontaine
Michel Henri Robert Fontaine (26 January 1934 – 5 April 2005) was a French sports shooter. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, prone event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Fontaine died in Vannes Vannes (; , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Morbihan, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic ... on 5 April 2005, at the age of 71. References 1934 births 2005 deaths 20th-century French sportsmen French male sport shooters Olympic shooters for France Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{France-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Matin (France)
''Le Matin'' (, ''The Morning'') was a French daily newspaper first published in February 26, 1884, and discontinued in 1944. History ''Le Matin'' was launched on the initiative of Chamberlain & Co., a group of American financiers and the American newspaper editor Samuel Selwyn Chamberlain, in 1883, on the model of the British daily ''The Morning News (British newspaper), The Morning News''. The direction of the project was entrusted to the French journalist Alfred Edwards (journalist), Alfred Edwards, who launched the first issue on 26 February 1884. His home was then situated in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, at 6 boulevard Poissonnière, and his offices at numbers 3 to 9 on the same street. A few months later, Edwards left ''Le Matin'' to found his own journal, ''Le Matin Français'', which soon surpassed the circulation of ''Le Matin''. Later Edwards bought ''Le Matin'' and merged the two papers. He modernized the resulting hybrid with the most modern techniques and tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1916–17 LFA Interfederal Cup
The 1916–17 LFA Interfederal Cup () was a football competition organized by the Ligue de Football Association (LFA) between the champions of each federation that makes up the said committee. It has the particularity of being open to all associations, and the press of the time considers the competition as the "real French war championship". It was won by AS Française, who defeated Stade Rennais Stade Rennais Football Club (SRFC, ), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais () or simply Rennes,''Rennais'' and ''Stade Rennes'', used by some English-speaking media outlets and journalists, are not grammatically correct names for the club. is ... 2–1 in the final. Paris First round AS Amicale, USA Clichy, Enghien Sports, CA Boulonnais, CA Vitry, CA XIVe, and US Suisse were exempt from the first round. The first round matches are: Second round Quarts de Final Semi-Finals Final Province First round The LFA established the schedule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First World War
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Gasqueton
Henri Capbern-Gasqueton (1886 – 1972) was a French Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for Vie au Grand Air du Médoc, VGA Médoc, and also a sports manager, who served as the president of Vie au Grand Air du Médoc, VGA Médoc in the 1910s, as the founding president of the ''Ligue du Midi de Football Association'', and as the 2nd president of the Aquitaine Football League from 1920 to 1924. Early and personal life Henri Gasqueton was born in Roubaix in 1886, as the eldest of five sons from the marriage formed by Hélène Berchon (1862–1932) and Georges Capbern-Gasqueton (1857–1922), a businessman involved in the wine industry and the proprietor of ''Château Capbern-Gasqueton'' and ''Château Calon-Ségur'' in Saint-Estèphe, Gironde, having bought the latter in 1894, with the help of Charles Hanappier, a négociant from Orléans and also the grandfather of his wife; the 37-hectare vineyard of Calon-Ségur cost them over half a million francs. Despit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vie Au Grand Air Du Médoc
Vie au Grand Air du Médoc (VGAM) was a French football and sports club based in Mérignac, France. Apart from football, it organised cricket, hockey, tennis, cycling, basketball and swimming teams. The motto of the VGAM was "''bien faire et laisser dire''" ("well done and said"). The club moved to the Stade du Jard ("Stadium of the Jard") in Mérignac, commonly known as the Parc de la Vie au Grand Air, which was a thirteen hectare sports complex. Awards * Champion France (CFAF): 1912, 1913, 1914 * Finalist Trophée de France: 1913 * Champion DH Southwest: 1921, 1922 History VGA Médoc reached the finals of the Trophée de France in 1913, after defeating FC Rouen 2–1 in the semi-finals on 12 May. On 18 May, VGA was defeated by CA Paris 2–1 at the Stade du Jard. In the following season, it reached the 1914 Trophée de France finals and lost to Olympique Lillois 4–1. After the First World War, VGA shined in the Coupe de France The Coupe de France (), also known in En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Équipe
''L'Équipe'' (, French for "the team") is a French nationwide daily newspaper devoted to sport, owned by Éditions Philippe Amaury. The paper is noted for coverage of association football, rugby, motorsport, and cycling. Its predecessor, ''L'Auto'', was founded by wealthy conservative industrialists to undermine '' Le Vélo'', which they found too progressive. It was a general sports paper that also covered the auto racing which was gaining popularity at the turn of the twentieth century. ''L'Auto'' launched the Tour de France road cycling stage race in 1903 as a circulation booster. The race leader's yellow jersey () was instituted in 1919, reflecting the distinctive yellow newsprint on which ''L'Auto'' was published. The European Champion Clubs' Cup, the competition that would later be rebranded as the UEFA Champions League, was also the brainchild of a ''L'Équipe'' journalist, Gabriel Hanot. The participating clubs in the first season were selected by ''L'Équipe' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Languedoc
The Province of Languedoc (, , ; ) is a former province of France. Most of its territory is now contained in the modern-day region of Occitanie in Southern France. Its capital city was Toulouse. It had an area of approximately . History The Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis fell to the Visigothic Kingdom from the 5th to the 8th centuries. Occupied briefly by the Emirate of Córdoba between 719 and 759, it was conquered and incorporated into the Kingdom of the Franks by Pepin the Short in 759 following the Siege of Narbonne. The term Languedoc originated to describe a cultural region that was not necessarily politically unified. After the decline of the Carolingian Empire political rule fragmented into small territorial divisions. King John of England lost his holdings in northern Languedoc to Philip II of France. He visited the region in 1214 seeking the restoration of those lands. In the 13th century, the See of Rome challenged the area's spiritual beliefs, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trophée De France (football)
The Grand Prix de France is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the French Federation of Ice Sports () (FFIS). The first iteration of the Grand Prix de France was held in 1987 in Paris. When the ISU launched the Champions Series (later renamed the Grand Prix Series) in 1995, the Grand Prix de France was one of the five qualifying events. It has been a Grand Prix event every year since, except for 2020, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Grand Prix de France has been held under several names: the Grand Prix International de Paris, the Trophée de France, the Trophée Lalique, the Trophée Éric Bompard, and the Internationaux de France. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
