100th anniversary of Christmas truce

"This remembrance ceremony pays tribute to the soldiers who expressed, a hundred years ago, their humanity by playing football together."

100th anniversary of Christmas truce

Picture: Press Association

Dignitaries gathered in Belgium on Thursday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Christmas truce between German and Allied troops during the First World War.

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