Sport – Page 2 – First World War Centenary News Archive

June 23, 2013 CN Editorial Team

David Beckham could be called upon to play in Centenary ‘Christmas Truce’ football match

The Daily Mail reports that former England football captain David Beckham could be called upon to play in a Centenary football match in 2014 to mark the ‘Christmas Truce’ of 1914.

July 8, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Australians on the Western Front 1914-1918: The Australian Remembrance Trail in France and Belgium

The Australian Government is developing a ‘Remembrance Trail’ in France and Belgium, as part of its efforts to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

July 8, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Australians on the Western Front 1914-1918: The Australian Remembrance Trail in France and Belgium

The Australian Government is developing a 'Remembrance Trail' in France and Belgium, as part of its efforts to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

July 8, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Australians on the Western Front 1914-1918: The Australian Remembrance Trail in France and Belgium

The Australian Government is developing a 'Remembrance Trail' in France and Belgium, as part of its efforts to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

July 8, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Australians on the Western Front 1914-1918: The Australian Remembrance Trail in France and Belgium

The Australian Government is developing a ‘Remembrance Trail’ in France and Belgium, as part of its efforts to mark the Centenary of the First World War.

July 20, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Battle of Fromelles remembrance trail opens in France

Nord Tourism and Nord-Pas de Calais Regional tourism board have developed the Battle of Fromelles walking trail in France, to commemorate the 1916 battle.

July 27, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Motorcyclists make 2,500 mile journey around Britain to visit First World War “Thankful Villages”

The BBC has reported that two men will be visiting Britain’s 51 “Thankful Villages” – where all servicemen who fought in the First World War from the same village returned alive.

July 27, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Thankful villages run 2013

Over the summer of 2013, two motorcyclists will be riding through each of the United Kingdom's 'thankful villages', where there is no First World War memorial, as all of those who served in the conflict, returned home.

August 2, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Tour de France 2014 to have special First World War Centenary route

leJDD reports that the Tour de France will mark the Centenary of the First World War with a special route through sites of importance during the conflict in 2014.

August 27, 2013 CN Editorial Team

Mountaineering expedition in 2015 to mark Centenary of Italy’s entry into the First World War

On 24th May 2015 a mountaineering expedition – which will span 1500km from the Stelvio Pass to the Carso Plateau – will mark the Centenary of Italy’s entrance into the First World War.