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What team holds the record for most consecutive championships in the French league’s premier division?

Olympique Lyonnais, based in Lyon, won the premier league title seven years straight, from 2002–08, a record that no other club in France has matched.

What is the origin of Manchester United FC?

Manchester United began life being called Newton Heath L&YR in 1878 when a group of workers from the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railways formed a soccer team. The club entered the Football League in 1892 and began to sever its links with the rail depot, becoming an independent company, appointing a club secretary and dropping the “L&YR” from their name to become simply Newton Heath FC. In 1902, a sizeable donation from J.H. Davies, the managing director of Manchester Breweries, saved the club from bankruptcy. The club required a change of name to reflect the fresh start and Manchester United was officially adopted on April 26, 1902.

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that the Jamaican national team is nicknamed the “Reggae Boyz”?