The Art of Sport

The super fight between two of biggest names in the boxing world today, Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder is off, for now. On the 26th July the news broke that the two teams of the respective fighters could not agree on terms of the contract for the fight. The details of why the fight isn't happening have yet to be released but it doesn't stop fans and even other boxers speculating on why there will be no fight between theses two heavyweights. One boxing fan tweeted his thoughts on the situation, "Wilder knew exactly what he was doing.... prolonging Eddie Hern offer, knowing full well AJ was running out of time to fight his mandatory in Povetkin". Another fan tweeted his frustration, "This is why nobody watches boxing anymore lmao". Of course former world champion, Tyson Fury, has had his say stating that Joshua is "afraid" of getting "chinned" by Wilder. Eddie Hern has come out on twitter to defend himself and his team even going as fa...

After Argentina's first match at the 2018 World Cup, Lionel Messi came under a lot of criticism after his performance missing a crucial penalty to win the game for his side. The draw against Iceland came a day after one of the greatest individual performances in a World Cup by Messi's rival, Cristiano Ronaldo. The Real Madrid winger scored his 51st career hat trick in his sides 3 - 3 draw against Spain. In Argentina's opening World Cup match, Messi tried to drive his team to victory but in the end his efforts were in vain. During the match it became obvious on why Messi has struggled with his international side, often trying to do too much and not putting trust into his team mates. There was a moment in the match where Messi beat two players with ease and drilled the ball into Maximiliano Meza. As he continued his run into the box, expecting the return of the ball, Meza passed backwards towards his defence much to the frustration of Messi and the Argentina supporters. T...