Wikipedia's first sentence called it “football competition which was held between arab countries”. Today it says “football competition which was held between countries in the arab world”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Football tournament The president Habib Bourguiba honors the Tunisian national team after winning the 1973 Palestine Cup in Libya The Palestine Cup ( Arabic : كأس فلسطين , romanized : Kaʾs Filasṭīn ) was a football competition which was held between countries in the Arab world. The tournament de facto acted as the replacement for the Arab Cup during the long interruption between 1966 and 1982, it held on three occasions in Arab countries in the 1970s. The first edition was held in 1972 in Iraq .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Football tournament The Palestine Cup of Nations ( Arabic : كأس فلسطين للأمم ), is a football competition which was held between Arab countries . The tournament apparently acted as replacement for the Arab Nations Cup during the long interruption between 1966 and 1985 and did not account as the Arab Cup, it held on three occasions in Arab countries in the 1970s. The first edition was held in 1972 in Iraq .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Football tournament The Palestine Cup of Nations ( ), is a football competition which was held between Arab countries . The tournament apparently acted as replacement for the Arab Nations Cup during the long interruption between 1966 and 1985 and did not account as the Arab Cup, it held on three occasions in Arab countries in the 1970s. The first edition was held in 1972 in Iraq .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Football tournament The Palestine Cup ( ) was a football competition which was held between countries in the Arab world.The tournament de facto acted as the replacement for the Arab Cup during the long interruption between 1966 and 1982, it held on three occasions in Arab countries in the 1970s. The first edition was held in 1972 in Iraq .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “football competition which was held between arab countries”. Today it says “football competition which was held between countries in the arab world”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
football competition which was held between arab countries
Now
football competition which was held between countries in the arab world
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