Sentence examples for original trophy from inspiring English sources

The original trophy – the Jules Rimet Cup – was awarded permanently to Brazil, the first nation to win three World Cups, in 1970.

By comparison, the original trophy – French sculptor Abel Lafleur's The Goddess of Victory, a solid-silver-with-gold-plate statuette of Greek goddess Nike on a lapis lazuli stand – boasted 14 inches of hopelessly exotic old-time sass.

The football writer Simon Kuper has voiced his reservations over this theory, pointing out that the original trophy wasn't actually made of solid gold, but of silver coated with gold.

Rio has now played host to two major World Cup moments, both of which shook Brazil to its core: Uruguay's highly unexpected 2-1 defeat of the hosts in the decisive match of the 1950 tournament (labelled by many as the greatest tragedy in Brazilian football) and the 1983 theft of the original trophy.

If no prevails, then it will be the Lib Dems who will need placating: some are quietly looking forward to a defeated Clegg demanding Lords reform to soothe his troops, a consolation prize that could prove shinier than the original trophy.

Though they are searching to find the missing, original trophy, their decade of dominance will forever be in the history books.

Q. Describe the original trophies.

The Jules Rimet Trophy was the original prize for winning the Football World Cup.

It is the one that replaced the original Jules Rimet trophy, which Brazil were allowed to keep in 1970 after winning it for the third time.

After all, they gave away the original Jules Rimet trophy – a pure gold depiction of Nike of Samothrace designed by Abel Lafleur – to Brazil only to see it stolen in 1983 and then melted down.

"There are 41,000 amateur wrestlers out there, so this means a lot to me," said Gardner as he accepted the bronze replica of the original Sullivan trophy at a dinner in midtown Manhattan.