The1925 FA Cup final was anassociation football match contested bySheffield United andCardiff City on 25 April 1925 atWembley Stadium in London, England. The final was the showpiece match of English football's primary cup competition, theFootball Association Challenge Cup (FA Cup), organised bythe Football Association. Both teams entered the competition in the first round and progressed through five stages to reach the final. Both clubs conceded only two goals each en route to the final. This was the second time a team from outside England had reached anFA Cup final. It was also the first time a Welsh team had reached the final of the competition. Nearly 92,000 spectators attended the final. The only goal of the game was scored by Sheffield United'sFred Tunstall after 30 minutes and the match finished1–0. The match remains the last time Sheffield United won the FA Cup. Cardiff later played in and wonthe 1927 final. (Full article...)
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TheDHL Fastest Lap Award is given annually by the courier,Formula One global partner and logistics providerDHL to the driver with the highest number offastest laps over the course of the season. It is presented to the winning driver at the final round of the season. The inaugural winner was theFerrari driverKimi Räikkönen with six fastest laps in 2007. The award has been decided on a tiebreaker on four occasions. Räikkönen and his teammateFelipe Massa tied with six fastest laps and two-second-quickest laps in 2007 with the former winning by having more third-fastest laps than the latter. British drivers have won the award seven times, German drivers four times, and Finnish racers three times.Mercedes have won on seven occasions to Red Bull Racing's six and Ferrari's three. The2024 recipient wasLando Norris of theMcLaren team with six fastest laps, the first time he and his team won the award. (Full list...)
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TheIndian Head gold pieces were two coin series struck by theUnited States Mint: a two-and-a-half dollar piece, orquarter eagle (1908–1915, 1925–1929), and a five-dollar coin, orhalf eagle (1908–1916, 1929). The only US coins with recessed (engraved) designs ever to enter circulation, they were the last of a long series of coins in those denominations.PresidentTheodore Roosevelt advocated for new coin designs, and had the Mint engage his friend, the sculptorAugustus Saint-Gaudens, to design coins that could be changed without congressional authorization. The sculptor completed aneagle ($10 piece) anddouble eagle before his death in 1907. Roosevelt convinced Mint DirectorFrank A. Leach to reproduce the eagle's design on both of the smaller coins, but recessed below the background. The job fell to Boston sculptorBela Pratt, and after some difficulty, the Mint was able to strike the coins, though Pratt was unhappy with modifications made by the Mint's engravers. The quarter eagle enjoyed popularity as a Christmas present, but neither coin circulated much. This photograph shows the obverse (left) and reverse (right) of a quarter eagle coin struck in 1908, which is in theNational Numismatic Collection at theNational Museum of American History. Coin design credit:United States Mint; photographed by Jaclyn Nash Recently featured: |
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