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Sofascore

Sofascore is an application for following sports statistics and results. The app is owned and developed by SofaIT from Zagreb, Croatia. According to a report released by the company in 2020, the app has over 20 million users. It covers 20 different sports and around 11,000 different leagues and tournaments, and is available in more than 30 different languages. The app founders are Ivan Bešlić and Zlatko Hrkać, who previously worked on other Internet projects during the era of "blogs and forums". They started the app for collecting sports results in 2010. After significant user engagement, Google invited the founders to Dublin in 2011. That year, they formed a small office for programme developers. In 2012, just before the UEFA Euro 2012, they changed the app's name to Sofascore in order to develop a brand. They developed a system for tracking and assessing performances of athletes in lower-tier leagues that were underrepresented in mainstream coverage and analytics, which distinguished the app from competitors. The app's main user base is in Europe, South America and Africa. A lightweight version was later released for regions with limited internet infrastructure. As of 2023, Luka Modrić is a brand ambassador of Sofascore.

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Sofascore is an application for following sports statistics and results. The app is owned and developed by SofaIT from Zagreb, Croatia. According to a report released by the company in 2020, the app has over 20 million users. It covers 20 different sports and around 11,000 different leagues and tournaments, and is available in more than 30 different languages. The app founders are Ivan Bešlić and Zlatko Hrkać, who previously worked on other Internet projects during the era of "blogs and forums". They started the app for collecting sports results in 2010. After significant user engagement, Google invited the founders to Dublin in 2011. That year, they formed a small office for programme developers. In 2012, just before the UEFA Euro 2012, they changed the app's name to Sofascore in order to develop a brand. They developed a system for tracking and assessing performances of athletes in lower-tier leagues that were underrepresented in mainstream coverage and analytics, which distinguished the app from competitors. The app's main user base is in Europe, South America and Africa. A lightweight version was later released for regions with limited internet infrastructure. As of 2023, Luka Modrić is a brand ambassador of Sofascore.

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  1. release date: 2020 — 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 release date is "2020". 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=1375424334

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