Organising an international football tournament is difficult at the best of times. In the middle of a pandemic, the process can become more chastening, as CONMEBOL – the governing body of South American football – has come to realise. Initially, the 47th edition of the Copa América was due to...
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Since opening the 2021 IIHF World Championship with back-to-back-to-back losses, Team Canada has undergone quite the revival in Riga. Later today, Gerard Gallant’s Canadians will go to war with Finland in the gold medal game, a finale few would have predicted at the close of the group stage on 1...
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“To go all the way in the Champions League, we played some tough teams,” Mason Mount told BT Sport on Saturday evening in Porto. “At this moment in time, we’re the best team in the world. You can’t take that away from us.” If not the best team in the...
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Luke Ferrara will return to the Coventry Blaze for the 2021/22 season, extending his association with the Skydome Arena club to five years. Ferrara, 27, is the first player to put pen to paper for the Blaze ahead of the new season, which is set to begin on 25 September....
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Team Great Britain bowed out of the 2021 IIHF World Championship with a 6-3 defeat against world-class Swiss opposition. Once again, Arizona Coyotes draftee Liam Kirk played a pivotal role for the Brits, scoring twice and registering an assist in his best performance of the tournament. With the game tied...
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Gleaming with joy in the wake of Chelsea’s 1-0 victory over Manchester City in the Champions League final, Kai Havertz delivered a fittingly blunt quip live on BT Sport. “I don’t give a fuck,” the 21-year-old remarked when asked about the transfer fee that saw him swap Leverkusen for West...
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“We actually skated with Sweden for twenty minutes,” Matthew Myers remarked in the wake of his 100th appearance from Team Great Britain. “After that we gave them too much respect and their skill and speed started to cut through.” Friday marked another defeat for Team GB in Latvia, with the...
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The 2021 Elite Series was completed without any confirmed cases of the coronavirus, an Elite Ice Hockey League spokesperson has announced. Following the return of the Elite Series’ overseas players, it was announced that the tournament had been completed without any detected cases, with tests carried out daily throughout the...
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Sheffield Steelers forward Tanner Eberle was voted Elite Series MVP by the competition’s media pool, the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) has announced. The 27-year-old Canadian forward enjoyed a headline-grabbing tournament for the Steelers, leading the Elite Series in goals (15) and points (27). Eberle played a key role in...
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The 2021/22 Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) season will begin on the weekend of 25-26 September, organisers have confirmed. The announcement of key dates for the new season follows the conclusion of the Elite Series, a five-week event held in place of the cancelled 2020/21 campaign. “The Elite Ice Hockey...
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Luke James explores Mick Schumacher's debut in Formula 1, and whether he can break free from his legendary father's shadow.
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Boar Sport writers Luke James and Mitchell Ryan sit down to discuss the 2021 Elite Series. In the main segment of the show, The Boar Sport team discuss their media ballots, before looking ahead to the 2021 IIHF World Championship in Belarus. Interested in writing for The Boar Sport? Join our writers’ group, here....
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Tim Wallace’s Nottingham Panthers opened the best-of-three Elite Series final with a win, defeating the Sheffield Steelers 5-3 amid controversial circumstances. Ollie Betteridge’s game-winning goal, Nottingham’s fourth of the evening, was upheld following a review requested by Steelers head coach Aaron Fox. Scored following a scramble for the puck in...
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