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Simod

Simod is an Italian sportswear manufacturer, based in Piove di Sacco. The company specialises in sports footwear, such as training shoes, running shoes and football boots, although they also design casual footwear not intended for use in sport. The company was founded by Paolo Sinigaglia in 1967 when he was just over twenty years old, borrowing the first machines for gluing shoe soles. Simod sponsored the English Full Members Cup professional football competition from 1987 to 1989, during which time the competition was known as the Simod Cup. In 2015, Simod was declared bankrupt due to a debt of €50 million.

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Simod is an Italian sportswear manufacturer, based in Piove di Sacco. The company specialises in sports footwear, such as training shoes, running shoes and football boots, although they also design casual footwear not intended for use in sport. The company was founded by Paolo Sinigaglia in 1967 when he was just over twenty years old, borrowing the first machines for gluing shoe soles. Simod sponsored the English Full Members Cup professional football competition from 1987 to 1989, during which time the competition was known as the Simod Cup. In 2015, Simod was declared bankrupt due to a debt of €50 million.

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  1. date of foundation: 1967 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1967". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346563661

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