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The United Kingdom doesn't play as UK, they play as Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England. England is the only one to have won the World Cup, they did so in 1966.
The Olympic Games have not been held in Africa.
Rome has hosted the Olympic Games only once. That was in 1960.
As far as the Olympic Games go, that would be Al Oerter of the United States. He won gold medals in four consecutive Olympic Games (1956, 1960, 1964, 1968). A serious car accident almost ended his career after the 1956 Games but he recovered and went on to win three more gold medals.
The first time the Summer Olympics were in London was in 1908. The second time was in 1948. London is the only city to have hosted the modern Summer Olympics three times, and the United Kingdom is one of only two countries that has hosted more than two modern Summer Olympics to date (the other is the United States, which has hosted four).
Yes in the medieval times they had the Great Olympic games, but did not have as many sports but they could be more rough.