In 1926, the Aga Khan gave a cup ( the Aga Khan Trophy ) to be awarded to the winners of an international team show jumping competition held at the annual horse show of the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin, Ireland every first week in August.

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world.

However, to protect the identity of the competition, the sponsored name has always included ' The FA Cup ' in addition to the sponsor's name, unlike sponsorship deals for the League Cup where the word ' cup ' is preceded by only the sponsor's name.

In 2010, Manchester United defeated Aston Villa 2 – 1 at Wembley to retain the League Cup, its first successful defence of a knockout cup competition.

This competition, for national knockout cup winners and high-placed league teams, was launched by UEFA in 1971 as a successor of both the former UEFA Cup and the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ( also begun in 1955 ).

A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries-compete for the title of world champion.

A world cup is generally considered the premier competition in its sport, with the victor attaining the highest honour in that sport and able to lay claim to the title of their sport's best.

The idea of a European cup competition was shaped after World War I which brought the defeat and collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

The Coupe d ' Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider ( commonly called the Schneider Trophy, or prize or cup ) was a prize competition for seaplanes.

It was won by Uruguay, who had won the inaugural competition in 1930, clinching the cup by beating the hosts Brazil 2 – 1 in the deciding match of the four-team final group ( this was the only tournament not decided by a one-match final ).

The Copa del Rey () is an annual football cup competition for Spanish football teams.

The UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions.

Mirroring the circumstances behind the creation of the European Cup five years earlier, the idea for a pan-European cup competition contested by all of Europe's domestic cup winners came from prominent European sports journalists.

One proposal was for a tournament based upon the format of the Champions ' Cup, but with national cup winners rather than champions taking part, which could run alongside that competition.

However the initial reaction to the competition's creation was unenthusiastic on the part of many of Europe's top clubs – many European associations did not have domestic cup competitions at the time and in those countries that did, the cup competition was generally held in low esteem and often not taken seriously by the bigger clubs.

By 1968, all UEFA member nations had set up domestic cup competitions due to the success of the Cup Winners ' Cup which by then had firmly established itself as Europe's second most prestigious club competition.

The Double, in association football, is the achievement of winning a country's top tier division and its primary cup competition in the same season.

Ryder, who donated a gold cup and had agreed to pay £ 5 to each member of the winning team, attached his name to the new competition.

In season 2006 / 07 the club won their first cup competition in their history when they won the LOB Intermediate Cup.

The compensation claim by Newcastle included the £ 10m cost of buying Owen's replacement, Obafemi Martins, £ 6. 2m towards Owen's salary costs while injured, the possibility of long-term damage to Owen's fitness and ability, the loss of league position and cup competition progress, depreciation of Owen's four-year contract, and the cost of medical treatment for Owen.

* The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the Scottish Cup, is launched by the Scottish Football Association as a knockout cup competition ahead of the 1873 – 74 season.

They all three had another cup of coffee.

Leaving the theatre after the performance, I had a flash of intuition that life, after all ( as Rilke said ), is just a search for the nonexistent cup of hot coffee, and that this unpretentious, moving, clever, bitter slice of life was the greatest thing to happen to the American theatre since Brooks Atkinson retired.

But then the so-called coffee was bad enough at best, cold it was all but undrinkable -- especially that cup!!

The Lions ' 2005 tour to New Zealand, coached by 2003 England world cup winning coach Clive Woodward, won all seven games against provincial teams however suffered heavy defeats in all three tests and were narrowly defeated by the New Zealand Maori team.

In one such incident involving the 1972 explosion and sinking of the tanker, the Coast Guard photographed the wreck and recovered several bodies, in contrast with one Triangle author's claim that all the bodies had vanished, with the exception of the captain, who was found sitting in his cabin at his desk, clutching a coffee cup.

She claimed " I can go for months and months without having anything at all other than a cup of tea.

A widely accepted practice is for all to receive and hold the elements until everyone is served, then consume the bread and cup in unison.

The decision to hold the semi-finals at the same location as the final can be controversial amongst fans However, starting with the 2008 cup, all semi-finals are played at Wembley ; the stadium was not ready for the 2007 semi-finals.

The series ends with all the friends plus Monica and Chandler's new babies leaving the apartment, heading to Central Perk for yet another cup of coffee.

) from different manufacturers are usually all interchangeable, shotshells typically are loaded for particular brands of shotshell cases ( called hulls ) only with one specific brand of wad, shot cup ( if used ), primer, and powder, further increasing the complexity and difficulty of reloading shotshells.

The historic drink can be served in an ice-frosted silver julep cup, but most Churchill Downs patrons sip theirs from souvenir glasses ( first offered in 1939 and available in revised form each year since ) printed with all previous Derby winners.

Handling the cup while disassembled does not provide enough contact to remove all the surface charge.

By winning all three of the cups at the 100cc level, a fourth cup – the Special cup – is unlocked.

The racer with the highest number of points after all five races have been completed wins the cup.

It is stated that God asked Nanak to drink from the cup of Naam ( Path / Essence of God ) and then promoted Nanak to the highest of all status.

In that context, Jesus said of what to all appearances were bread and wine: " This is my body … this is my blood " or, in the case of what appeared to be wine, "… this cup is the new covenant in my blood ".

A home-made saline solution made from one-fourth teaspoon of all natural pink or gray non-iodized sea salt and one cup of hot distilled or filtered water is a common way to heal a lip piercing and avoid infection.

Also, at different points in the Seder, the leader of the Seder will cover the matzot and lift their cup of wine ; then put down the cup of wine and uncover the matzot — all to elicit questions from the children.

The rabbis determined that the matter should be left until Elijah ( in reference to the notion that Elijah's arrival would precipitate the coming of the Messiah, at which time all halakhic questions will be resolved ) and the fifth cup came to be known as the Kos shel Eliyahu (" Cup of Elijah ").

" This theft of a cup, Smaug's knowledge of every item in the hoard, and the dragon's ensuing rampage all echo the story of Beowulf, on which Tolkien was a noted expert and which he described as one of his " most valued sources " for The Hobbit.

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