A staff member found the stone base of the Jules Rimet trophy last month in basement storage ... octagonal piece of blue semi-precious lapis lazuli stone, Ausseil said. It carries the names ...

The current World Cup trophy made its inaugural appearance in 1974, after Brazil had won the first cup for the third time in 1970. As decreed by Jules Rimet himself, the first team to win the ...

As a result of winning it three times, Brazil were allowed to keep the original trophy, as per the wishes of Jules Rimet. However ... 14.4 inches in height with a base 5.1 inches wide and it ...

The current trophy is called the Fifa World Cup Trophy. Before Fifa awarded teams with a different trophy called the Jules Rimet trophy ... With the base removed, it still weighs over 5kg and ...

Named after Jules Rimet ... and lapis lazuli, it depicted the ancient Greek goddess of victory, Nike. But then someone nicked Nike. Only a day after the start of the exhibition, the trophy ...

The champion receives a replica of the trophy and their name is engraved on the base of the ... FIFA President Jules Rimet, was made of gold-plated sterling silver and lapis lazuli, representing ...

Who Stole the World Cup? (Channel 4, Monday, 10pm) is a documentary about the notorious theft of the Jules Rimet trophy months before England were due to host the tournament, in 1966. But what it ...

The competition was the brainchild of the FIFA president at the time, Frenchman Jules Rimet. The trophy was named after Rimet from 1946 until 1970. A replacement trophy was commissioned by FIFA ...

And the Three Lions will be looking to get their hands on the trophy, which some people call the Jules Rimet. Jules Rimet helped establish FIFA in 1904 and became the organisation’s third ...

The current World Cup is the second version of the trophy, with the Jules Rimet trophy used between ... several bands of malachite around the base. The current trophy has been in use since ...