The soccer season is in full swing but there is rarely anyone who knows all the facts related to the coveted cup. For instance, that the original cup known as the Jules Rimet was designed by Abel Lafleur in 1930 was made of Gold and semi precious stones and that it was stolen twice, firstly in the year 1966, from London and then again in the year 1983 from Rio de Janeiro is a fact that hardly any one today's fans have a knowledge about.
After its theft from Rio in 1983,the original cup was never seen again and was replaced by a new cup named aptly as the FIFA World Cup that was designed by Silvio Gazzaniga.