Before the World Cup in Qatar, FIFA’s Chairman of the Referees’ Committee, Pierluigi Collina, announced the tournament would prevent time-wasting in matches. In Qatar, matches often continued beyond the 100-minute mark, with the opening four matches featuring an average of 16 additional minutes. Collina made a point of noting that...
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After an eventful year of sport in 2022, which culminated with Lionel Messi’s Argentina winning the World Cup, we preview the sporting calendar for 2023. With World Cups aplenty, 2023 promises to be an action-packed year of sport. Women’s T20 World Cup – 10 February South Africa will host the...
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World no. 1 Gerwyn Price was thrashed 5-1 by Gabriel Clemens in the quarter-final of the World Darts Championship on New Year’s Day. After finding himself 3-1 down, Price put on some ear defenders and swapped to earplugs in the sixth set in order to try and block out the...
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Cody Gakpo officially became a Liverpool player on 1 January, completing a £44m move from PSV Eindhoven. According to the Liverpool Echo, the Reds had been forced into the transfer amid interest from Manchester United, with manager Jurgen Klopp conceding that Gakpo would have become ‘unaffordable’ in the future. Given...
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It takes a big person to admit they were wrong, not least when Jose Mourinho has been in the right all along. In 2020, Amazon Prime Video’s All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur lifted the lid on behind-the-scenes events at Spurs, highlighting Mourinho’s player management both on and off the pitch....
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Jake Rodrigues analyses the issues around the 2022 tournament.
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Follow England's first group stage clash with Iran with Jake Rodrigues!
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The Premier League Manager Merry-Go-Round is already well underway 14 games into the season – who are the new faces in the top tier’s dugouts, and what can we expect to see from them? Can Julen Lopetegui bring new ideas to Molineux? After an awful start to the campaign, Wolves...
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They say when you have an ongoing problem, the first stage is acknowledging that you are indeed struggling. 12 games into the season, Liverpool sit ninth in the Premier League and are a mere shadow of the team that played the maximum 63 games last season. Jürgen Klopp’s sideline smiles...
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As the Premier League season has officially reached it’s conclusion, the writers of The Boar Sport are putting their heads together to create the best XI based upon this campaign. Every few days, a new writer will have their chance to pitch what they believe to be the ultimate side,...
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On 29 April, Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp extended his contract with the club to 2026. Just last month, the German had hinted that he intended to take a break from the sport, so this news comes as a welcome surprise for Liverpool supporters. Liverpool fans owe a lot to Klopp’s...
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England’s first UEFA Nations League game ended in defeat at the Puskas Arena against a fearless Hungary side. As a punishment for racist abuse, Hungary had been ordered to play the match behind closed doors, but instead UEFA agreed to allow over 30,000 children to watch the game. Although there...
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On Saturday, Kylian Mbappé snubbed Real Madrid and decided to negotiate a new contract with Paris Saint-Germain, agreeing to a lucrative three-year deal to keep him at the club until 2025. Sky reported that the Frenchman is rumoured to receive a salary of £1m per week with a signing-on fee...
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