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England

God Save the QueenGod save our gracious Queen! Long live our noble Queen! God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the Queen.

Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour, Long may she reign. May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause, To sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen.

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Did you know?

There is only a 34 kilometre (21 mile) gap between England and

France and the countries are connected by the Channel Tunnel which

opened in 1994.

London is hometo several UNESCO World

Heritage Sites: The Tower of London, Royal Botanical Kew Gardens, Westminster Palace,

Westminster Abbey,St. Margaret’s Church, and

Maritime Greenwich.

The city of London has a population of approximately

12 million people, making it the largest city in all of Europe.

There have been anumber of influential English

authors but perhaps the most well-known is William

Shakespeare, who wrote classics such as Romeo and

Juliet, Macbethand Hamlet.

London53,010,000British Pound Sterling130,279km2Scafell Pike (978 metres)River Severn (350km)

English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web.

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Joe HartJack ButlandFraser Forster

Nathaniel ClyneLeighton BainesGary CahillJohn StonesChris SmallingPhil JagielkaPhil JonesKieran Gibbs

Dele AlliRoss BarkleyRaheem SterlingAdam LallanaJordan HendersonJames MilnerFabian DelphAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Jamie VardyWayne RooneyHarry KaneTheo Walcott

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The Three LionsWayne Rooney (right)Bobby MooreRoy HodgsonWembley Stadium (90,000)NikePeter Shilton (125 caps)Wayne Rooney (51 Goals)3rd Place Euro 196810v Scotland (Drew 0-0, 30/11/1872)v Northern Ireland (Won 13-0, 18/02/1882)v Germany (Won 4-2, 30/07/1966)

Manchester City FCStoke City FCSouthampton FC

Liverpool FCEverton FCChelsea FCEverton FCManchester United FCEverton FCManchester United FCArsenal FC

Tottenham Hotspur FCEverton FCManchester City FCLiverpool FCLiverpool FCLiverpool FCManchester City FCArsenal FC

Leicester City FCManchester United FCTottenham Hotspur FCArsenal FC

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RussiaGosudarstvenny Gimn Rossiyskoy FederatsiiRossiya – svyashchennaya nasha derzhava,Rossiya – lyubimaya nasha strana.Moguchaya volya, velikaya slava –Tvoyo dostoyanye na vse vremena!

Pripev:Slav’sya, Otechestvo nashe svobodnoye,Bratskih narodov soyuz vekovoy,Predkami dannaya mudrost’ narodnaya!Slav’sya, strana! My gordimsya toboy!

Ot yuzhnyh morey do polyarnogo krayaRaskinulis’ nashi lesa i polya.Odna ty na svete! Odna ty takaya –Khranimaya Bogom rodnaya zemlya!

Pripev

Shiroky prostor dlya mechty i dlya zhizni.Gryadushchiye nam otkryvayut goda.Nam silu dayot nasha vernost’ Otchizne.Tak bylo, tak yest’ i tak budet vsegda!

Pripev

Russia – our sacred homeland,Russia – our beloved country.A mighty will, a great glory –These are your heritage for all time!

Chorus:Be glorious, our free Fatherland,Age-old union of fraternal peoples,Ancestor-given wisdom of the people!Be glorious, our country! We are proud of you!

From the southern seas to the polar landsSpread are our forests and fields.You are unique in the world, one of a kind –This native land protected by God!

Chorus

Wide spaces for dreams and for livingAre opened for us by the coming yearsOur loyalty to the Fatherland gives us strength.So it was, so it is, and so it always will be!

Chorus

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Did you know?

The world’sfirst satellite, named

Sputnik, was launched by the Soviet Union in

1957.

The Soviet Union(USSR) was a socialist state

that occupied much of northern Asia and eastern Europe from 1922 until it was dissolved in

1991. Former Soviet states include Lithuania, Georgia, Latvia, Ukraine,

Kazakhstan and others.

Russia is located across 11 time

zones.

Russia has a wide range of natural resources

and is one of the world’s largest producers of oil.

Moscow143,975,923Russian Ruble17,098,242km2Mount Elbrus (5,642 metres)River Volga (3,692km)

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Nickname:Captain:Legend:Manager:National Stadium:Kit Manufacturer:Most Appearances:Most Goals:Euro Record:FIFA Ranking:First International:Largest Victory:Famous Result:

Igor AkinfeevYuri LodiginArtyom Rebrov

Sergei IgnashevichYuri ZhirkovAleksei BerezutskiDmitri KombarovRoman ShishkinGeorgi ShchennikovOleg KuzminIvan NovoseltsevAndrei Semyonov

Igor DenisovRoman ShirokovAlan DzagoevDenis GlushakovAleksandr SamedovAleksei IonovDenis CheryshevPavel Mamayev

Aleksandr KerzhakovArtyom DzyubaFyodor Smolov

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Russians drive on the right hand side of the road.

SbornayaRoman ShirokovLev YashinLeonid SlutskyNo Permanent StadiumAdidasSergei Ignashevich (115)Aleksandr Kerzhakov (30)Champions (1960)27v Mexico (Won 2-0, 16/08/1992)v Liechtenstein (Won 7-0, 08/09/2015)v Yugoslavia (Won 2-1, 10/07/1960)

CSKA MoscowZenit Saint PetersburgSpartak Moscow

CSKA MoscowZenit Saint PetersburgCSKA MoscowSpartak MoscowLokomotiv MoscowCSKA MoscowRubin KazanFC RostovFC Terek Grozny

Dynamo MoscowCSKA MoscowCSKA MoscowSpartak MoscowLokomotiv MoscowDynamo MoscowValencia CFFC Krasnodar

FC ZürichZenit Saint PetersburgKrasnodar

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Slovakia

Nad Tatrou sa blýskaNad Tatrou sa blýskaHromy divo bijúZastavme ich, bratiaVeď sa ony stratiaSlováci ožijú To Slovensko našePosiaľ tvrdo spalo Ale blesky hromu Vzbudzujú ho k tomuAby sa prebralo

There is lightning over the Tatras Thunders loudly sound Let us stop them, brothers After all they will disappear The Slovaks will revive

That Slovakia of ours Had been sleeping by now But the thunder’s lightnings Are rousing the land to wake it up

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Did you know?

Štefan Banič (1870-1941)

invented the first actively used

parachute, patenting it in 1913.

The capital ofSlovakia, Bratislava, lies on

the borders with Austria and Hungary. That makes the city

the only one capital in the world that borders two independent

countries.

The oldest artefact found in Slovakia is the Moravian Venus, a 7.6cm high statue of a woman cut

from a mammoth tusk, dating to 22,800BC.

Traditionalmeals include potato

dumplings with sheep’s cheese and cabbage soup

with sausages.

Bratislava5,415,949Euro49,035km2Mount Gerlachovsky (2,655 metres)Vah River (403km)

The oldest marathon in Europe is held every year in Košice on the first Sunday in October.

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Nickname:Captain:Legend:Manager:National Stadium:Kit Manufacturer:Most Appearances:Most Goals:Euro Record:FIFA Ranking:First International:Largest Victory:Famous Result:

Ján MuchaMatúš KozáčikJán Novota

Martin ŠkrtelJán ĎuricaTomáš HubočanKornel SalátaDušan ŠventoNorbert GyömbérLukáš Tesák

Marek HamšíkStanislav ŠestákVladimír WeissJuraj KuckaViktor PečovskýRóbert MakOndrej DudaPatrik HrošovskýErik Sabo

Róbert VittekMartin JakubkoMichal ĎurišAdam Nemec

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Národná reprezentáciaMartin SkrtelĽubomír MoravčíkJán KozákŠtadión pod Dubňom (11,313)PUMAMiroslav Karhan (107 caps)Róbert Vittek (23 goals)Debut at Euro 201632v Germany (Won 2-0, 27/08/1939)v San Marino (Won 7-0, 06/06/2009)v Italy (Won 3-2, 24/06/2010)

Slovan BratislavaViktoria PlzeňRapid Wien

LiverpoolLokomotiv MoscowDynamo MoscowSlovan Bratislava1. FC KölnRomaFC Kairat

NapoliFerencvárosAl-Gharafa SCA.C. MilanŽilinaPAOKLegia WarsawViktoria PlzeňPAOK

Slovan BratislavaRužomberokViktoria PlzeňWillem II

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Wales

Hen Wlad Fy NhadauMae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad,Dros ryddid collasant eu gwaed.

(Chorus)Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i’m gwlad.Tra môr yn fur i’r bur hoff bau,O bydded i’r hen iaith barhau.

The land of my fathers is dear to me,Country of poets and singers, celebrities indeed:Its warring defenders, so gallant and brave,For freedom their life’s blood they gave

Land!, Land!, Pledge-ful I am to my country!While seas secureThis land so pure,O may our old language endure.

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Did you know?

Cardiff’sMillennium Stadium

has the largest retractable roof of any sports stadium

in the world.

The monastery of Bangor-on-Dee,

near Wrexham, is the oldest in Britain. It

was foundedin 560.

Cardiff3,063,456British Pound Sterling20,779km2Mount Snowdon (1,085 metres)River Towy (120km)

The country of Wales is said to contain more castles per square mile than any other country in the world.

The village of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrn

-drobwllllantysiliogogogoch (translated in English as ‘St. Mary’s Church in the hollow

of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St. Tysilio of the red cave’) is

famous for having the longest placename in Europe (58 letters).

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Nickname:Captain:Legend:Manager:National Stadium:Kit Manufacturer:Most Appearances:Most Goals:Euro Record:FIFA Ranking:First International:Largest Victory:Famous Result:

Wayne HennesseyOwain Fôn WilliamsDanny Ward

Chris GunterAshley Williams James CollinsNeil TaylorBen DaviesJames ChesterPaul DummettAdam Henley

Joe LedleyDavid VaughanAndy KingDavid EdwardsJoe AllenJonathan WilliamsEmyr HuwsAaron Ramsey

Simon ChurchGeorge WilliamsTom LawrenceGareth Bale

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Y Dreigiau (The Dragons)Ashley WilliamsRyan Giggs (right)Chris ColemanMillennium Stadium (74,500)AdidasNeville Southall (92 caps)Ian Rush (28 goals)Debut in Euro 201624v Scotland (Lost 0-4, 26/03/1876)v Ireland (Won 11-0, 03/03/1888)v Hungary (Won 2-1, 17/06/1958)

Crystal Palace FCInverness Caledonian Thistle FCLiverpool FC

Reading FCSwansea City FCWest Ham United FCSwansea City FCTottenham Hotspur FCWest Bromwich Albion FCNewcastle United FCBlackburn Rovers FC

Crystal Palace FCNottingham Forest FCLeicester City FCWolverhampton Wanderers FCLiverpool FCMilton Keynes Dons FCHuddersfield Town FCArsenal FC

Aberdeen FCGillingham FCCardiff City FCReal Madrid CF